Emma James

Character. Absolutely fearless. Never know when they’re beaten. Self-belief. Determination. Everything that made Norwich City champions. Everything that has been missing over the course of this season. Trying to fathom what’s happened remains a challenge after such success and we’re going to hear plenty of musings; everyone will have their own version of what has […]

  The majority of the 27,000 packed into Carrow Road had muted the noise. With the stunning display flags in the Barclay and optimism, one would be forgiven for thinking last season hadn’t ended because essentially, it hadn’t. With no new faces in the starting XI but maybe a couple missing from the reunion, nothing […]

City may not yet be the fully accomplished and developed Championship winning side, but they have every right to be up there – they just aren’t from Yorkshire (but that’s just geography). Maybe we’re ruining that Yorkshire dream of Sheffield United and Leeds United finally making a return to the top flight, and maybe we […]

Last season was a write off – it was a transition season. It was all so new to us to have a non-British-Irish manager at the helm and who on earth were these German players? It was unfortunate given the fact that everyone in the back of their minds knew it would be our last […]

Following on from her fine piece yesterday, in which she examined what has made City tick this season, Emma has followed it up with a piece that looks at the same journey but from a statistical angle. Enjoy… Leeds United was the turning point, it was a shock to the system for the Canaries. It […]

On September 18, I ended my last piece with the following after City’s 1-0 win against Middlesbrough: Middlesbrough was a wakeup call – at 3 pm, we gathered it would be a similar one to the lesson we were taught by Leeds a few weeks earlier. Instead, by 5pm, there was hope and optimism that […]

Saturday’s matchday squad against Middlesbrough raised concern among some, especially playing a team second in the Championship, who were unbeaten, hadn’t conceded since the first game of the season and, more importantly, were exactly the physical team Tony Pulis wishes for. My favourite tweet at the release of the line-up was… “It’s like Farke is […]

He was a name unfamiliar to most of us when he signed in January – I had no idea who Onel Hernandez was. Just another player from the German leagues was the conclusion. ‘I’ll give him a chance at the very least’. February 3, 2018 [home to Middlesbrough]: City were already 1-0 ahead through a […]

It’s a cliché question. Why do you love the game? But it’s a good one. We all have a reason why we love the game. We may not love the game right now but there’s a reason why we all fell in love with a ball being kicked around by 22 players for 90 minutes […]

Although I’m a young fan compared to many of the readers of this site, I am very much a traditionalist. I love the minimalistic things about football and even being a fan of Norwich. I like the sense of community you get being a football fan, the tale of Norwich being a small city in […]

Let’s talk about Moritz Leitner. When he signed, we felt as though we may have pulled off a coup. We added to the German population in Norfolk yet again and this time, he wasn’t “a nobody” from the German third tiers. Some may call that progress. But there was always a hidden issue. As much […]

It’s January and the battle of the Number 10’s has once again begun but it’s not the type of battle any Norwich fan enjoys. This one is happening off the pitch and, if the rumours are true, has got off to a very bad start. When you list the names Alex Pritchard, James Maddison and […]

It’s a cliché but it was a tale of two halves – the first was nothing close to a good read but the second was everything you want in a good novel. Fight. Something to change the status quo. Now, I’m not saying that Saturday’s game against Sheffield Wednesday changes everything. Yes, there’s positivity. We […]

The last-minute goal – it’s something I personally hate to love and it’s an opinion shared amongst many fans. If you’re a Norwich fan, you’ve most definitely experienced at least one. You’ve most definitely experienced the sitting on the edge of your seats, thinking it was all over and despite all perseverance, it just wouldn’t […]

‘Don’t sell Alex Pritchard, build the team around him.’ A fan’s famous last words. It was all coming together during the end of last season. Alan Irvine had finally unleashed the diminutive figure on opponents in ways Alex Neil never really knew how to or if he did, he still preferred Wes Hoolahan. Then the […]

Against Villa, we lacked creativity, with Josh Murphy having to fill the void left by James Maddison and Wes Hoolahan. Against Millwall, Daniel Farke chose to play all three but struggled to find that defensive support to compete against a physical Neil Harris team away from home, with Christoph Zimmermann benched for a game where […]

Tomorrow night I’ll be sitting in what I will always know as the Jarrold Stand. It will be my first game of the season. My first time seeing Daniel Farke’s revamped team. I’ll be making the 170 plus mile journey up to Norfolk for a cup game – not against Chelsea, Manchester United or Arsenal. […]