We’re facing a club with some genuine history on Saturday but I’m pretty sure we’ll have the upper hand and come away with all three points. One win doesn’t make a season but I’m convinced we’ll be too good for them. Preston North End. The original Lilywhites although some Spurs fans might [wrongly] make a […]
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Who’s up for a small-scale, socially distant, Covid-secure ‘welcome home’ party?
Monkeys are irresistible creatures, aren’t they? Mischievous. Cute. Entertaining. They are one of nature’s entertainers. Unless you have one on your back. Then they are an annoyance. Draining. Morale sapping. It came as something of a relief when Norwich City took the opportunity against Huddersfield to throw off the one it’s been grappling with since […]
GUEST BLOG: The musings of a City supporting ex-pat
I should start by giving a little background information on myself. I’m Justin. I’ve been a Norwich fan since I was 7 years old. I’m now 39. I was born in America but brought up in Norfolk. I currently live in Japan and work as an actor under a different name. Being an expat Norwich […]
Przemyslaw Placheta. Remember the name… at least the surname
Since City signed talented Poland Under-21 international Przemyslaw Placheta, he’s been a hot topic of conversation; even more so following his much-publicised sprint on Saturday afternoon. After him scoring in the pre-season friendlies and us watching those games on YouTube live (cheers Dresden and Darmstadt) the interest in him has peaked among City fans. So, […]
Bee Gee’s pivotal in ensuring Norwich’s promotion hope stay alive
Norwich’s centre-half pairing on Ben Godfrey and Ben Gibson could have a massive say in ensuring Norwich gain immediate promotion back to the top-flight. Ensuring last season’s defensive injury crisis doesn’t repeat itself was a key priority in City’s summer recruitment. The momentum gained from storming the Championship was lost instantaneously when a series of […]
City’s second-tier record across a generation
Twenty-six seasons have passed since Martin O’Neill’s stymied attempt in 1995/96 to get us promoted straight back into the top division (for details see file marked ‘Chase, R – The Windass Affair’). Eighteen Norwich City managers since have spent 19 seasons in the second tier attempting the same thing. Many have failed and only four […]
Ten hot takes from City’s opening day win in West Yorkshire
What a wonderful feeling it was for City fans to break that 12 gaming losing streak. I can only imagine what it felt like for the players. A weight had been lifted from their shoulders and, hopefully, it will allow them to relax a little and focus now on the task at hand. Some will […]
When Penneys and Idahs collide – from the south-west of Ireland to the Fine City
Cometh the 81st minute, cometh the young Irishman. That selfless cutback from *old-stager* Teemu Pukki to Adam Idah, which was put to bed with aplomb slowed the over-beating hearts of the Canary Nation. It was just sheer bloody relief for surely almost all of us as in… what 12-game losing streak? What inability to win […]
A win! … a clean sheet! … no disasters! … Who knew football could be like this?
It may not have been especially pretty but that mattered not one jot. What mattered was experiencing that winning feeling again. From top to bottom it was needed. From Delia to match-day steward. From super-fan to part-timer. From NR1 to New Zealand Canaries. That feeling of relief was palpable. No less than 192 days have […]
From embarrassment to expectation… Webber-style
How Stuart Webber has turned Norwich City from relegated humiliation to Premier League inevitability. Changing the culture has long been a desire of Stuart Webber’s. He adopted a football club rooted in pessimism, one opposed to patient football and demanding of a Premier League platform. A title-winning campaign that nobody anticipated helps, of course. Utilising […]
HUDDERSFIELD PREVIEW: Nausea… Jägerbombs… and some “doom and gloom”
So… here we go again. The closest we’ll ever get to two seasons overlapping, which is a bit unfortunate considering the last one was really sh.it. I was determined to avoid using the word beginning with h, ending in r and which alludes to that feeling of nausea and a thumping head that follows a […]
WE MEET AGAIN… Huddersfield Town
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. My weekly series ‘We Meet Again’ returns as part of MyFootballWriter’s pre-match preview, where I look back at previous clashes between Norwich City and our upcoming Championship opponents. […]
CHAMPIONSHIP PREDICTIONS 2020/21: Crystal ball time again for Team MFW
Ahead of the team offering their thoughts and predictions on what may or may not lie ahead for City and the Championship in general, I’d planned an opening gambit along the lines of ‘if you need a steer for the new Championship season, look away now’. But nothing could better the message I received from […]
Is Gibson the man to transform our promotion dreams into a reality?
Ben Gibson is the pillar of stability Norwich City have been crying out for – and may well prove to be the final piece in Daniel Farke’s Championship jigsaw. It’s been a busy summer of ins and outs at City but of all our recent arrivals, none make me more excited than loan signing Gibson. […]
So, what’s changed in Daniel Farke’s Class of 2020/21?
As City returned to competitive action against Luton Town, Norwich fans were expecting something new against Nathan Jones’ men, but did it come? A first-round EFL Cup fixture without 17 first-team players, especially off the back of a humiliating end to life in the Premier League and a condensed pre-season, was never going to be […]
No excuses for Farke and Norwich City this season
“We are not a big favourite for winning the title or something like this.” The words from manager, Daniel Farke, following Saturday’s 3-1 defeat at the hands of Luton Town. It is now 12 competitive matches without a win and counting. That elusive first win behind closed doors can’t come quickly enough. Listen, I know […]
Webber’s given us a great shot at this league. But will that Lady Luck play ball?
As we prepare to launch into a new season there are a couple of topics I considered writing about for MFW. I thought I’d try and condense them into two mini-rambles instead. Topic One – Is this the season nobody sees live? The current plans are that the club will look to try and get […]
All aboard HMS PTL? Or do we learn lessons from our friends south of the Waveney?
I wonder how many of you recognise the name, Greig Shepherd? Some of those who’ve fallen foul of the law may well have had their collars felt by PC Shepherd! He was often to be seen on match day duty at Carrow Road after swapping his football boots for a police uniform. A boy in […]
Gibson arrives… Lewis departs… and an uninspiring afternoon in Luton
That was quite a weekend for Norwich City. The excitement of landing Ben Gibson from Burnley, the gathering storm around what must surely be the imminent departure of Jamal Lewis to Newcastle and an uninspiring exit from the Carabao Cup at the hands of Nathan Jones and his physical Luton Town outfit. Reactions to the […]
No Carabao Cup run for City but mitigation aplenty and all eyes now turn to Yorkshire
It was disappointing – let’s not pretend otherwise – but yesterday’s 3-1 defeat at Kenilworth Road will hopefully have little bearing on what happens in six days’ time in Huddersfield. *Hopefully* That’s not to say it wouldn’t have given us all a much-needed boost. To have had 17 players unavailable is quite the mitigation, but […]