I always look forward to City v Boro, and not just because we have a good recent record against them or because it gives us a chance to rehash that now-famous YouTube clip of that Boro fan telling us “yous is shite”. While all of the above contain elements of fact, my real reason for […]
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So many questions to be answered, but none will be asked at tonight’s AGM
On guest blog duty today is Mr Tim Ball – who some on MFW may recognise as one of our regular commenters. On the eve of a #NCFC AGM like no other, he asks some very pertinent questions… *** Tonight is the Norwich City AGM. There will be no local media there for the simple […]
WE MEET AGAIN… MIDDLESBROUGH
Saturday’s opponents need no introduction. We played them in one of the greatest games in our club’s long history. Think Middlesbrough and your mind will be cast back to a glorious day in the Wembley sunshine. It was a day when Norwich played with confidence and style in front of a yellow wall numbering 40,000. […]
Green shoots of recovery or a pleasant respite? Either way, let’s enjoy the moment
My Sunday morning Norwich City media digest is normally a short, sharp but comprehensive one during which I take in all I can from a rich variety of sources in order to keep my finger on the pulse of the Canary nation. This process normally takes around half an hour, then I fight shy of […]
City edge a feisty one in Rotherham
Wins in Rotherham don’t come easy. They never have. And in recent times, Paul Warne or no Paul Warne, any point there is hard-earned. While to the watching world, the Millers are not considered Championship hopefuls, anyone who’s made the trip to Millmoor or the New York City Stadium will know exactly what I mean. […]
October Loan Update: How are Messrs Mumba, Rashica, Tzolis et al doing?
This is the last full month of evaluation for most of these players until after the World Cup. This is how City’s loanees performed in the month of October. Christos Tzolis It’s been a disappointing month for City’s Greek winger, on loan at Twente. He had a combined 23 minutes in a 3-0 win against […]
CITY v ROTHERHAM (A) – THE PREVIEW
Saturday sees the travelling Canary faithful embark on the tortuous [no hyperbole here as any poor soul who has attempted it will confirm] trip along the A47, A17, and A1 to the New York Stadium, the home of Rotherham United – now known as the AESSEAL New York Stadium for naming rights purposes. This has been […]
Ever-decreasing triangles … missed chances … and Angus excellence
For the opening 20 minutes, it was good. Excellent even. But the old adage about having to capitalise on your good spells is an old adage for a reason. We didn’t capitalise. As Teemu Pukki’s brilliantly self-made opportunity slammed into the post and escaped the overtures of Seny Dieng’s goal line, so drifted away City’s […]
MATCH REPORT: CITY 0, QPR 0
The games continue to come thick and fast in this weird, World Cup-affected season. Following a morale-boosting win at the weekend, Smith put our a team that was evolution, rather than revolution, and one that few fans would have disagreed with. The game exploded into life with a horrific-looking challenge on Sam Byram by Iroegbenum. At […]
CITY v QPR (H) – THE PREVIEW
Just one win in eight, and then a confidence boost for Dean Smit and his men came along in the form of a 3-1 win against Stoke. What next for the Canaries? Well, QPR at home – a real test. City will take with them the momentum from the win over Stoke, but an in-form […]
ACADEMY: A draw with West Brom and defeat at Forest for City’s Under21s
City’s Under-U21s have had an impressive start to the season, and after eight games were unbeaten after collecting 16 points. It left them in second place, six points behind league leaders, Leeds United, with City the only team to have taken points from them. Throughout Leeds’ Premier League 2 campaign, they have used a high […]
Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose … as they say in the Snake Pit
They’ve always had a way with words, have the French. Be it Voltaire, Baudelaire. Rimbaud or my good friends Maxim and Bénédicte when I worked with Publicorp on the Rue Rosenwald in Paris, somebody has a poignant expression for seemingly everything. I’ve never known who was responsible for originating one of my long-time favourites, so […]
Well, it was a win…
For 15 minutes it was pretty good. In that respect, it felt like we’d been transported back to the heady days of the nine-game unbeaten run. A win but an underwhelming win. The type to which we’ve become accustomed. But so poor has been the run we’ve been on, it was just a relief to […]
MATCH REPORT: CITY 3, STOKE CITY 1
It is not often that I find myself staring at a metaphorical blank screen, unsure of what to write about a game. I think that probably tells the story of this game as much as anything. I watched the game from Delhi, with my Liverpool-supporting friend. After my groans of despair when the team news […]
VIDEO – ‘CREATORS OF THEIR OWN DOWNFALL!’ NT Podcast #68 | Norwich Talk
Norwich City find themselves in a pickle. Fans are fed up with the lack of narrative and voicing concern – the club is essentially rejecting the idea of a disconnect between the two. You see where this is going? We are joined by Archant’s Connor Southwell to discuss all aspects of the club. Give our […]
CITY vs STOKE CITY (H) – THE PREVIEW
Alex Neil faces his old club for the first time this season as he brings his Stoke City side to Carrow Road. Since his appointment on the 28th August, it’s been a mixed bag for the Scotsman. In his opening 10 fixtures, the Potters have been unable to find any sort of consistency but have […]
How can we unconditionally support an approach that we don’t fully understand?
As the criticism of Dean Smith’s Norwich intensifies, perhaps it’s natural that shots are fired back towards the dissenting voices. There has been a narrative playing out in some quarters that City supporters are unappreciative, expecting too much, and acting like spoilt, petulant children. That accusation is easy to shrug off when it comes from […]
Time for Smith to go. Players going backwards rather than even treading water
Before I pick up the theme of dissatisfaction and malcontent with most things Norwich City that I, unfortunately, feel duty-bound to employ these days, I thought it might be fair and reasonable to allow Dean Smith to get his theoretical mitigation for Tuesday night in first. The absentee list against Burnley at Turf Moor was […]
W’as gorn on in traynun, Neyull?
I didn’t get to see the whole game last night, despite being frustratingly close to Burnley earlier in the day but too late to secure a ticket. A dash home through the traffic ensued to catch what I could on TV, so no detailed match report today. Last January, I wrote an article where I […]
Time’s up for Deano and Shakey
I don’t say it lightly. I’d resisted the urge to demand change longer than most because I wanted to see a side with a Dean Smith imprint on it, and by that I meant one that contained Isaac Hayden, two fit South Americans and a proper left-back. I’ve seen it now. Amid the barrage of […]