It gets difficult to write about this current Norwich side. For opposition managers, they present an almost unplayable proposition. That is not to say that they will blow any team away, more that whatever tactics are employed against them, they possess the nous to find a way to win. In the first half, Cardiff stood off […]
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City’s depth is finally starting to show and is kicking in at just the right time
The Championship is all about momentum, and having weathered the storm of a drab end to a ten-match unbeaten run to string together four 2-1 victories, it would be safe to assume the Canaries’ momentum is due to dry up any second. An extra boost is needed to keep up the promotion chase, and Messrs […]
WE MEET AGAIN… CARDIFF CITY
Sadly, there will be no away fans at Carrow Road for this Saturday’s game but with a lunchtime kick-off and a dismal record of just three wins in 28 trips, maybe, in this case, it’s one Cardiff fans would be better off watching from the comforts of their living room? We’ll see. Cardiff were elected […]
CARDIFF PREVIEW: Beware the kick up the backside. The Bluebirds are on the rise
Having just watched us reinforce our place at the top of the Championship table by beating a decent Reading side without really getting out of second gear, it’s difficult not to get a little carried away by dreams of promotion and thinking about how great the football will be at Carrow Road on Saturday. So […]
Hucks nails it – ‘easily the most complete performance of the season from City’
If the City legend that is Darren Huckerby says it, then it would be churlish of me to disagree. As, unlike Hucks, I’ve got more than 280 characters at my disposal I will add that there have been far too many of this type of performance this season for there to be any element of […]
The Canaries on a roll as Farke’s double-change pays dividends at a spiky Madejski
And another… City’s third 2-1 victory in the space of a week was the clearest sign yet that this is a bona fide promotion charge. Still over half the season to go, but this felt big. Reading were of course without two of their big names in Lucas Joao and Yakou Meite (Sky Sports were very […]
MATCH REPORT: Farke’s Plan B comes to the rescue as the City juggernaut rolls on
The unrelenting juggernaut that is the Championship continued again last night, and ended with the Canaries firmly in the driving seat. The game began with City pressing extremely high up the pitch; three Norwich attackers in the penalty area at one point. Daniel Farke had obviously seen something in his preparation and three times in quick […]
READING PREVIEW: Lousy forecasts, a memory of good fortune, and… *winningest*
I hesitate to mention this, as it may lead some readers to check my record. There’s no denying it’s a shocking record. And if you’re holding me to account, there are some new offences to be taken into consideration. Yes: each year the MFW writers make their predictions for the eventual top six and bottom […]
WE MEET AGAIN… READING
Wednesday night and the Championship’s relentless march continues to a town where I lived for a decade, Reading. A team recently managed by Norwich City Hall of Famer, and arguable Norwich’s greatest-ever left-back, Mark Bowen. Our first meeting with Reading came in the 1908/09 FA Cup. The two were drawn in the first round and […]
Farke is back on the horse and Norwich really are (still) a great team to support
It’s been a scintillating start to life back in the second tier for Norwich City and Daniel Farke. Despite all the off-field issues – COVID-19, transfer rumours and injuries to name a few – the Canaries find themselves top after 18 games, three points clear of second-placed Bournemouth. In recent weeks, Daniel Farke hasn’t had […]
Farke’s Progress…
Surprisingly we’ve already skipped through more than a third of the 2020/21 season having played 18 out of of the scheduled 46 league games. And despite a legion of injuries Norwich City’s momentum has picked up and (at the time of writing) the Canaries occupy top spot. A brilliant achievement. But, how good is Daniel […]
A red-letter day in darkest Lancashire for two of our finest as the City stay top
I’m pretty sure that not many Norwich City supporters would immediately associate themselves with the customs and history of the Royal Welsh Regiment. Except myself of course who for some inexplicable reason knows the connection between the regiment and the Canaries: the Goat. For any MFW readers interested in regimental mascots. for some incomprehensible reason […]
The heroics keep on coming as City edge past Mogga’s very impressive Blackburn
I was tempted to do a cut and paste job from my Thursday morning piece; the one that told of City again overcoming adversity to squeeze out a narrow 2-1 over Forest, sealed by a deflected Emi Buendia shot from outside the box. Okay, so I’d have had to smooth out the bit about Hughton […]
MATCH REPORT: City survive a stern test at Ewood on the day Pukki makes it 50 in 100
Last week I reported on the efforts of Tony Pulis’ team to suffocate Norwich. This week the free scoring Blackburn tried a different tack, but the result was the same. Daniel Farke elected to bring Alex Tettey into the team that won in midweek and deploy Mario Vrancic further up the pitch, in place of […]
BLACKBURN PREVIEW: A Mogga rant… ‘free-scoring’… and a tricky one for City
Plaudits aplenty have been heaped upon Tony Mowbray’s men this season, so when researching this piece (no, honestly) I was a bit surprised to see them down in 10th. The mind is clearly playing tricks. Every time I’ve seen them on Quest’s EFL highlights they seem to be winning, Colin Murray and his guests are […]
“I was surprised how emotional I felt”: How it feels to be back at the Carra
On Wednesday I went to a football game for the first time in nine months. As I approached the Carrow Road gates I felt a strange mix of nerves and excitement, as if I was going to watch my team in person for the very first time. Living outside Norwich I have little reason to […]
WE MEET AGAIN… BLACKBURN ROVERS
It’s hard to believe now but Norwich’s next opponents can boast of a Premier League title. 1994/95 was a historic season for Blackburn Rovers, while for Norwich it signalled the end of ten consecutive years in the top division. Rovers were themselves relegated, among growing fan/ownership tensions, in 2012, and have never since come close […]
‘Two points per game’ against this injury backdrop = one hell of an achievement
After a match like last night’s against Chris Hughton’s Nottingham Forest, it would be very easy to say that we did just enough for our 2-1 win, with *barely enough* doubtless the phrase of choice for those of a pessimistic disposition. I’ll push the boat out a little bit more than that and air the […]
An Emi winner… grit and guts aplenty… still top of the pile… what’s not to love?
Three points clear at the top of the Championship in the midst of the worst injury crisis most City fans can recall. In terms of Daniel Farke’s achievements since his arrival here in May 2017, I’d argue this particular one tops the lot. To have prepared, cajoled, nurtured and steered this stricken group through the […]
WE MEET AGAIN… NOTTINGHAM FOREST
It’s not often City face a former European Champion, even less so one that has won it twice, but this Wednesday Norwich welcomes a club that has two of those iconic cups in the trophy cabinet. Yet another ‘sleeping giant’ its Nottingham Forest. Forest won those European Cups with back-to-back victories in 1979 and 1980. […]