So… ready for another ten months of stress, agony, disappointment and potential heartbreak? While the end of last season was most welcome and, at the time, football felt like the last thing any of us wanted to discuss, time is indeed a great healer. So here we are… discussing football. While there is still bruising […]
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All the Germans… Where are they now?
We have reached the end of an era at Carrow Road. Throughout his time at Norwich, former manager Daniel Farke made a total of eight German signings, with the last of them leaving the club this week. The intake of players in Farke’s first transfer window in 2017 consisted of much of this list, with […]
Hello Norwich City? Attanasio calling… I’m on my way
Here we go… again. Following back-to-back pre-season defeats in Scotland to Celtic and Hibernian, and a complete fan meltdown on social media due to these results, there is at least one thing all City fans can now get excited about. As reported by Sam Seaman on The Pink ‘Un, by club officials at the Q&A […]
ACADEMY: Two Under-23 players head out on loan. What will they take to League 2?
Norwich Under-23s had a successful Premier League 2 Division 2 campaign in 2021-22, meaning some players heading into this summer would attract interest from clubs across the Football League. Flynn Clarke and Saxon Earley are the first players from that group to test themselves away from development football this coming season, with others projected to […]
Very little Sunshine on Leith
And so the prologue ends with 46 crucial chapters to follow. The friendlies are completed and the serious stuff begins at Cardiff City’s Millennium Stadium at 3pm precisely on Saturday. City followed up a 2-0 defeat at Celtic Park with a completely lacklustre 1-0 reverse at Easter Road against Hibernian yesterday which saw youngsters Jonathan […]
City’s first defeat of pre-season at Celtic Park but Smith already under pressure
I need to tread a bit carefully. I took some mild stick on Twitter yesterday for suggesting those who bemoaned City’s performance in the 2-0 defeat by Celtic were blubbing prematurely. As I’ve said many times before, I pay little heed to results and performances in friendlies – even those that occur just seven days […]
“All the Germans…” have left the building. But what of the intake of summer 2017?
As confirmed by the club in the last few days, fan favourite defender Christoph Zimmermann has officially concluded his five-year stay in Norfolk, departing back to his native Germany for SV Darmstadt 98 on a permanent deal. Unilateral good wishes flooded in towards the towering German defender following the announcement, with some fans seeing his […]
VIDEO: Pierre Lees-Melou To Leave Norwich City | Norwich Talk
It’s reported that Pierre Lees-Melou is the latest player to depart Norwich City as he is set to join Ligue 1 side Stade Brestois on a three-year deal. Lees-Melou’s pending departure has, understandably, caused some doubt in the NCFC fan base after some solid performances in Norwich City’s latest Premier League embarrassment. It’s reported by […]
GUEST BLOG: All the midfielders, so many midfielders…
The football gods have decreed that there will be extra time in MFW regular Alex Bain‘s silly season series on his favourite Norwich City players of the past and in this final instalment, he recalls some of his favourite midfielders. We’ve had some crackers over the years, so let’s have a shufti at Alex’s choices – he […]
Who can be City’s trequartista for 2022-23?
Since Emi Buendia’s departure, City have craved a creator. A player that effectively has a free role, with the sole aim to make things happen. This kind of player is known under many names but, for those familiar with 1990s Italian football (or who play Football Manager), they are known as a Trequartista. If you […]
VIDEO: Keep, Loan or Sell Part Three: Norwich City’s Attack | Norwich Talk
Welcome back to Norwich Talk’s final part of Keep, Loan or Sell. We take a look at Norwich City’s attacking lineup ahead of the 2022/23 EFL Championship campaign and… you guessed it – decide which players we would keep, loan or sell. NB: Since the recording of this video, Placheta has departed on a season-long […]
Give it half a chance and Norfolk will look after you, Gabriel – you’re one of us now
Like most of us of a Canary persuasion, I have whiled away my spare time this week with quite a few message exchanges with friends and fellow Yellows – not that this is a particularly new concept for me as I guess I do it 52 weeks of the year. This week’s discussions were really […]
Oscillating fans… a new Brazilian… rose and gold heaven… and fun in southern France
So, things are finally moving. The friendlies are starting to come thicker and faster, the mood of the faithful is starting to oscillate more wildly than a bedroom fan, there’s a tangible increase in intensity in training and matchplay, and we already have our first casualty of the new season. So, the week that was, […]
Welcome aboard Gabriel Sara – please be one of our hits, not one of our misses
Finally, Gabriel Sara is a Canary. Welcome aboard. Let’s hope his stay in Norfolk is a fruitful one … because that’s not always the case. Although Stuart Webber has a list of successful incomings in his five-year-stint as City’s Sporting Director, there is an even longer list of players who simply did not work out. […]
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Goodbye Premier League. Hello Football.
It’s Friday, it’s a pre-season no-fresh-content kind of day, it’s going to be a warm one and it all feels a bit rubbish, so it’s to the archives of an MFW legend I turn. And, for once, it’s not Kevin Baldwin. Instead, today we revisit a piece our Ed Couzens-Lake wrote in the summer of […]
Could Danel Sinani yet be the one to finally fill that Emi Buendia-shaped hole?
Since the end of last season, as City concluded 2021-22 with that dismal relegation while Huddersfield went all the way to the Championship Play-Off final, the future of Danel Sinani and what role (if any) he may play in Dean Smith’s team has become a hot topic among City fans. The question being asked is […]
VIDEO: Keep, Loan or Sell Part Two: Norwich City’s Midfield | Norwich Talk
Here we go… part two of three for our mini-series ‘Keep Loan or Sell.’ Today Ben looks at City’s midfield options and whether they possess enough quality to remain in our ideal Norwich City squad or whether they should be sold. NOTE: This was recorded prior to the King’s Lynn game. Give our Twitter a […]
GUEST BLOG: From Barry Butler through to Omobamidele and all those in between
Following on from sharing his thoughts on NCFC keepers, full backs, managers and strikers over the summer, MFW regular Alex Bain turns his attention to recollections of his favourite centre backs who have sported the Yellow shirt over the years. So without further preamble, off you go Alex. *** I have seen several centre-backs come […]
Prem Hangover? … Quality over quantity … bigger and faster … and a new Tzolis?
With City’s relative inaction in the transfer market to date, we’ve been feeding off scraps in order to try and motivate ourselves from the sombre malaise of last season’s capitulation into a positive mindset for the season ahead. No move either in or out can yet be seen as good or bad until we’ve seen […]
New signings arriving with ‘niggly injuries’, an all too familiar tale in the Fine City
A new signing is always exciting. Even as I approach pensionable age I still feel a little flutter when somebody fresh comes through the glass doors at Colney, especially if they are a holding midfielder with Premiership quality and, whisper it quietly, a Brazilian attacking midfielder, which in itself will become a first for the Canaries. […]