After digesting the weekend’s result and trying to look at it objectively, I came to four conclusions: 1) The staggered transfer window is ludicrous We have no idea who is going to be here or not. We already know Emi Buendia and Todd Cantwell, our chief creators, have been affected. As a result, it has then […]
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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: A tactical look at City’s home defeat by The Rams
Four points from four games for City looks, on the face of it, a poor return but there are some caveats. While Daniel Farke is fully aware of his brief, the frustration reverberating around Colney is understandable due to the unyielding transfer rumours. This evidently has had an impact on his approach to games. In […]
Everything that’s bad about Norwich City FC, all on display at varying times…
We’re riding along on the crest of a wave and the sun is in the sky. There are chips, chips, as big as battleships in the quartermaster’s stores. And Jesus wants me for a sunbeam along with all of my colleagues in the 4th Goodmayes cub scout pack. No I didn’t want to join – […]
More Canary Nation heartbreak, as this City side struggles to find its new identity
That went well. We still seem to be in grip of Murphy’s Law; all part of the unhealthy hangover from that cursed Premier League campaign. For everyone outside the Canary Nation there will have been comedic value in Teemi Pukki slipping and sliding around the Barclay End penalty spot, before contriving, double-footed, to somehow clip […]
DERBY PREVIEW: Trouble at t’mill and restless fans aplenty in both camps
I’m not usually a fan of previews. They all seem a bit formulaic. You take the one main talking point of the moment and bang on about it, whilst giving a cursory nod to the opposition and their form. Not much to write about. Not usually much fun to read. But this one might be […]
WE MEET AGAIN: Lights out again against The Rams? Or a Jackson hat-trick moment?
The Premier League dream is over. City find themselves back in familiar territory of The Championship and a new fixture list full of old friends and foes. Big games, historic matches, significant milestones, and player connections. I’ll delve into moments in time where our respective clubs have meet, looking at trends, quirks, and key talking […]
Will City’s midfield transition be detrimental to a bounce-back promotion?
When you think of a typical a Daniel Farke midfield – the type we’ve seen since his arrival at Carrow Road – you think of a free-flowing, attack-minded, creative unit, which will allows both defensive midfielders to be able to play the ball once receiving it from the goalkeeper or centre-backs. From that base, the […]
An early-season tipping point already approaching for Webber and Farke?
Turning points. Moments in time that have significance as markers ahead of a sudden or dramatic turn of events. It sums up the modern game that increasing numbers of Norwich fans are already beginning to think we’re approaching one of these after only three games. If I was happy to paint a diverse range of […]
Time for a tweak in City’s formation to get more out of these newfangled crosses?
After analysing Saturday’s defeat, and all the swirling rumours around Emi Buendia, Todd Cantwell and the team selection, the formation deployed by Daniel Farke was intriguing. He lined up with a 4-1-4-1, and what stood out for me was the fact we delivered 33 crosses in the game, with both Max Aarons and Xavi Quintilla […]
What is Jordan Hugill’s role? A Teemu Pukki replacement or the new Jordan Rhodes?
Upon signing for City towards the end of August, for a fee rumoured to be worth up to £5 million, Jordan Hugill was awarded the number nine shirt and billed as the heir to great Grant Holt. But, three games into the new campaign, it is yet to become clear how prominent his role will […]
More questions than answers as the fallout from Bournemouth rumbles on
Do you get the feeling you’ve been cheated? One of the most famous quotes from one Johnny Rotten who said it somewhere in the USA after the final Sex Pistols gig in 1978. He then reverted to his given monicker of John Joseph Lydon, enjoyed a successful career with PiL and sold out any credibility […]
City hit a blank at the Vitality, with the squad minus its two most creative sparks
There was always a danger this most abnormal of transfer windows could explode in our faces. With five, young, highly prized gems sparkling in our own shop window, this was never going to pass off peacefully. Or end well. Yet because things had remained relatively calm, we’d all been lulled us all into a false […]
Norwich City FC transfers out – The Truth
Sometimes to uncover the truth you have to turn back to what works best; the old ways, the reliable ways – country wisdom and rural folklore. There lives in our village, down a leafy and lonely track, a grizzled man as old as time. No one knows his name or where he came from but […]
BOURNEMOUTH PREVIEW… (after a little rant)
Let me open with a disclaimer. I find it difficult to take a balanced view of AFC Bournemouth. The problem stems, of course, from its portrayal on the BBC and elsewhere as “plucky little Bournemouth”, “Cinderella team Bournemouth” and so on. Not to put too fine a point on it, that’s irritating garbage which makes […]
WE MEET AGAIN… City head to the Vitality hoping to go one better than last season
If what follows sounds a tad familiar, that’s maybe because it is. This is the piece Allan wrote ahead of City’s trip to the Vitality Stadium last season, when they earned their first away point of the campaign. Little did we know at the time we’d only go on to win five more! Since then, […]
City struggling for rhythm, form & oomph but (so far) earning points along the way
Which type of glasses do you prefer? Empty, half-full, or rose tinted? Carrow Road on Saturday afternoon offered more options than Specsavers. Many were left rubbing their eyes in disbelief as not only did we have a crowd to witness an entertaining, if often quality-free, four-goal clash, but Norwich twice came from behind to salvage […]
Aarons to Barca on the verge of collapse? Much like the plan to get more in the Carra
What a difference a couple of days makes. As rumours float around concerning Max Aarons’ *collapsed* £20million plus move to Barcelona and how the lad’s head might drop, I’m kind of thinking along different lines. We carried out a pilot match with 1,000 supporters against Preston as recently as Saturday, and gathering from the account […]
Community, Memories and a Little Football Heaven
It was a foul. Even now I still believe it was a foul. Emi had the ball and was unceremoniously dumped on the ground. The referee signalled play on. The shouts rang out and Emi, in typical fashion, pounded his fists on the ground. Then something else happened. Emi got up, the roar of the […]
In the mix? – A Championship quiz
15 clues, 15 mixed up answers. Have you got the noodles to unscramble these doodles. (PS. No extra points for alternative suggestions to the last question!) Championship Teams : 1. BET ON HUMOUR this season by the seaside at Dean Court? 2. South Yorkshire tykes can sometimes BE SNARLY? 3. YO, TICKETS available in the Potteries? 4. […]
What it felt like to be one of the lucky thousand in a socially distant Carrow Road
It’s something of an understatement to say that a lot has happened since the 28th February; nearly seven months ago and the last occasion many City fans had the opportunity to visit Carrow Road. Therefore, last Wednesday morning’s announcement by the EFL that City’s game against Preston North End had been selected as one of […]