Guest blogger

It’s guest blog time again and today it’s the MFW debut of Dave Major, who looks back to his formative Carrow Road years of the 1980s and draws some parallels with the Class of 2020. “I have been particularly impressed this season by the way in which our younger professionals have acquitted themselves on the […]

It’s guest blog time again, and again Chris Sadler has been kind enough to look back at some City players of yesteryear; this time at the club’s record signings… Do you remember all these guys? They are Norwich City’s record signings as they came in. Some were fantastic acquisitions who enhanced the club in so […]

It’s guest blog time again, and Chris Sadler is back with a look at the success (or otherwise) City have had in recruiting strikers, specifically those designed to come in and provide competition and/or support to the ‘no 1’. With City’s recent hit-and-miss experiences of bit-part strikers, such as Dennis Srbeny and Josip Drmic, perhaps […]

It’s guest blog time again, and this week it’s the turn of Jacob Robinson… Emi Buendia, the man with the third most completed dribbles in the league. Emi Buendia the man who lost possession for the opening goal in the frustrating home defeat to Watford. Emi Buendia, the man with the most assists for Norwich […]

It’s guest blog time again and a familiar voice. MFW regular, Alex Bain is back to give us his thoughts on what, in hindsight, went right and wrong in the summer transfer window… I have never been or attempted to be a scribe, as those who have read my previous attempts at putting my opinions […]

In an exclusive interview with 888sport, former City midfielder Gary O’Neil has lifted the lid on his departure from the club, and offered his thoughts on the qualities of Alex Neil, Emi Buendia’s worrying lack of pace, City’s commendable but naïve open philosophy and going to war with Alex Tettey. The highlights are here… Buendia’s lack of pace is becoming […]

Guest blog time again and the familiar tones of Alex Bain, who looks at all things youth and how difficult it is for young players to make the step from the academy to a professional contract. He also has a swipe at ex-players turned terrible pundits… During our game at Burnley a few weeks ago, […]

It’s guest blog time again, and MFW regular Alex Bain has taken a look at where offside and VAR collide… *** A combination of VAR and the amended offside rule has caused plenty of controversy over the opening weeks of the new Premier League, so I thought I’d have a look at the rule and […]

It’s guest blog time and today’s it’s the turn of another product of the MFW academy… Fin Stevens. Enjoy…   It is no secret the Canaries are in an incredibly sticky situation at present. Since Christoph Zimmermann was sidelined for four to six weeks early in pre-season, injuries have occurred almost as regularly as Teemu […]

It’s guest blog time again, and Alex Bain is back with his thoughts on refs, gamesmanship and VAR… Firstly, I still can’t make up my mind whether to compliment the Aussies on retaining the Ashes or not – the simple reason being that one batsman has won it for them, no one else. To me, […]

It’s guest blog time again, and here Peter Divey (aka Cobwatch) gives us his thoughts on what Saturday may bring… Chelsea come calling next and Daniel Farke crosses swords with a manager who has no advantage in Premier League experience. And less wins. Frank Lampard will be given time, a popular, legendary player, but there […]

With events about to take a serious turn, as pre-season ends and the real stuff begins, regular MFW contributor Alex Bain takes a humorous look at the Premier League, team-by-team, with each being allocated a TV show and a song, as well as looking at the likely longevity of the manager and a finishing position… […]

In the fifth part of his look at City in the 1990s, Martin MacBlain goes all Fever Pitch on us and tells of how a chat with some mates and a Match magazine combined to create a new Norwich City fan… Why do we support football teams? For some, it’s fostered upon us by peers […]

After a fine MFW debut, @TheBoySadler, aka Chris Sadler, is back with an emotive take on 24 heartbreaking days in the spring of 1989… Let me take you back to a cold night in 1989. 22nd March to be more specific. A Wednesday. About 9:16pm. Norwich City were playing West Ham United in an FA […]

In the fourth part of his look at City in the 1990s, Martin MacBlain looks at the curious tale of three managers, starting with one Martin O’Neill… Mark Bowen, Rob Newman, Jon Newsome, Darren Eadie, Ashley Ward, Robert Fleck… all names, who for a certain generation, roll off the tongue with ease. All part of […]

In the third part of his look at City in the 90s, Martin MacBlain looks back to a game in Nottingham, then one that followed at Carrow Road, and asks ‘what if…’ I wonder what the age demographic is of readers on this site? Sometimes you can glean insights from other writers or from comments […]

In the second of his series of guest blogs looking at the ‘forgotten Nineties’, Martin MacBlain tackles, amongst other things, the thorny issue of the Bryan Hamilton era… Text alert – ‘Neale Fenn’ Hmmm – that’s a tricky one, I ponder. I’ll need to pull out the trump card for this; Text reply – ‘Jim Whitley’ For […]

Today it’s the turn of exiled Canary Martin MacBlain, who made the schoolboy error of commenting on an MFW article with eloquence and in a way befitting someone who could string me a thousand words together. So, over to Martin… Well, after years of reading fabulously well-written articles on here, I now find myself in […]

A new week and a new guest blogger. Today is the turn of regular MFW commenter Peter Divey (Cobwatch) who looks at the unedifying prospect of the Premier League heading down the US franchise route and, as a result, becoming a closed shop… Rumours have swirled for years that if the correct combination of teams […]

Just when you thought it was over… Having badgered a really lovely chap by the name of John Asher for a piece that would dovetail nicely with our TV Week, I was (in football terms) over the moon when one dropped into my inbox yesterday. So, without further ado, I’ll let John explain all… I […]