PREVIEW

It’s officially December, a month where most people look forward to the festive period and relish spending time with their families without a care in the world. But for us Norwich fans, we know December signals our biggest month of Championship football of the season with games coming thick and fast! This month also sees […]

In another world, I would have been previewing two Championship heavyweights as they prepare to slug it out under the Vicarage Road lights on a Tuesday night as they both vie for the automatic promotion places. Sadly that other world expired last season when both failed miserably to build upon the advantages that come with […]

While many had hoped that the international break would act as a watershed for change and the renewal of our collective belief in the direction of travel of the club, we instead remain a club limping into the minefield of the busiest period of the season, still with more questions than answers. Leading the charge, […]

City will be looking for their first victory since 30th September (!) when they travel to the Welsh capital to play Championship highflyers Cardiff City, who have the best home form in the league with 16 points from a possible 18. The Bluebirds will begin this matchday seventh in the table, whilst the Canaries sit […]

After two wins in their last nine league outings, City welcome Blackburn Rovers to Carrow Road in the hopes of resurrecting what is shaping to be another truly dismal Championship campaign.  Norwich find themselves in the midst again of an awful run with performances and results mirroring those at the back end of last season […]

There have been plenty of City/Sunderland clashes over the course of time and this time it gives MFW the opportunity to engage with a friend of mine, Thomas Weetman, a season ticket holder at the Stadium of Light since 2010. He was kind enough to take time out of his break in the Northeast to […]

There have been plenty of City/Boro clashes of note over the last decade and each and every time it gives MFW the opportunity to engage with a friend of the site, Paul Armstrong – former Match of the Day editor, author and, crucially, Boro diehard. He was kind enough to take time out of his […]

Now it gets serious. Back to league action, and the renewal of a fixture rich in history and drama. Since 2005 we’ve played Leeds 20 times, in three different divisions – almost always with a lot at stake, and with plenty of side-stories. Needless to say, tomorrow is no exception. Two teams keen to impose […]

Prior to Wednesday night, Coventry had been the epitome of bang-average so far with a record of two wins, five draws, and two defeats, but their 1-0 win over Blackburn has edged them into positive territory. Given the loss of key men Viktor Gyokeres and Gus Hamer this summer, the fact that Mark Robins has […]

It’s a privilege to write for this site. But it has to be admitted: a previewer’s lot is not always a happy one. City’s trip to Swansea on Wednesday is a case in point. How do you try to make sense of these two teams, and say anything sensible about how the game might turn […]

After three defeats in four in the league, City welcome Birmingham to Carrow Road in the hope of returning to the form that saw them fly out of the traps and surprise the entire division with their free-flowing, relentless style of play, which saw them collect ten points from an available 12.  However, the Canaries […]

When I got the call-up to do this particular MFW preview, I knew that Ashley Barnes would feature prominently in the content, but had no idea that the context would change – and for all the wrong reasons. Plymouth Argyle surely became the club every true citizen of East Anglia fell in some form of unknowing but […]

City play host to second-place Leicester at Carrow Road on Wednesday night as we look to record a statement victory to add to our impressive start to the 2023-24 Championship season under the leadership of David Wagner. At the time of writing, we currently sit in fourth after Saturday afternoon’s hard-fought win against Stoke with […]

Alex Neil’s Stoke City roll into Norfolk tomorrow seemingly still deciding what kind of team they’re going to be. Having made a much-questioned move from an upwardly mobile Sunderland to the terminally moribund Potters during last season, Neil has finally had the ability to move some players in and out and put his own stamp […]

How do you set about previewing a Norwich game these days? Especially against a modest opponent like Rotherham? Do you caution against over-optimism, reminding yourself and your listeners that there’ll be bumps in the road – and that they’re likely to spring up just when the road seems smoothest? Or do you ride the wave, listing […]

A return to an old stomping ground is on the cards for David Wagner and his coaching staff tomorrow as City take on Neil Warnock’s Huddersfield Town, with the Canaries looking to earn their first away win in the league to continue their positive start to the season. Wagner’s Canaries have come flying out of […]

In MFW’s latest encounter with Nick Hart – creator of the brilliant Achtung! Millwall podcast – we have sensibly decided that if it ain’t broke don’t fix it and once again put the ball entirely in his court and asked him to give us the lowdown on how things are going down at the New Den right now, […]

After City’s unexpectedly impressive start against Hull City, things step up a couple notches this weekend when they head to St Mary’s for what we expect to be one of the toughest tests of the season. For some inside info on a new-look Southampton, there’s no one better to turn to than my old mucker […]

Hull are a team I expect to have a very good season following Liam Rosenior’s first full summer working to tweak and adapt a squad that made quiet progress last season. Stylistically, they’re not too dissimilar to Norwich, with an emphasis on getting men behind the ball and being difficult to beat with 4-4-2 having […]

If MFW did short straws… Our preview rota dictates that responsibility for “celebrating” Norwich City’s final EFL Championship match of the season has fallen to me. And I reckon I have drawn the shortest straw of them all since poor Owen Coffin on the Nantucket whaling ship Essex in 1821, who was “put to sleep” by his […]