Alex Tettey’s role in the third goal also needs no description but was symptomatic of his afternoon and the team in general: loose, lacking awareness, sloppy and lackadaisical.
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Howson’s deft finish proves decisive as the Canaries cough and splutter their way into second spot
“We hit the woodwork a few times and if our passing in the final third had been a bit slicker we could have created a few more chances,” Neil told the club’s official website.
All is fair in love and football as City prove there is life after the Villa-bound McCormack
On the same morning that McCormack signed for Villa, City announced the signing of Alex Pritchard, which certainly softened the blow. It also served to counter the accusations that our Board are unable to conclude their business quickly. In essence, Norwich did to Brighton what Villa did to Norwich and what Brett did to me…
Canary Nation walking tall in a Wembley wonderland as two goals in three minutes blast City past a shell-shocked Boro’
“To do it all in front if the fans…. Just look at them. It’s just been an incredible season for me – and now this,” he added.
After a week one victory for the MFW readers, we now need your help to pick to play Watford (h)
With Kyle Lafferty’s cameo catching the eye, will – or perhaps should – the Irishman be let loose on Beppe Sannino’s high-flyers? And should Adams persist with the Martin/Turner combo? Or has Ryan Bennett done more than enough to earn a shot?
Fancy picking a City team? MFW needs your help to pick a starting XI to face Wolves at the weekend
The basic premise is this: we’ll basically be playing a series of one-off matches against fellow websites representing the other clubs in the Championship. These matches will coincide with Norwich’s real-life fixtures.
Norwich left to pay a heavy penalty for shutting up shop all too early as the ten-man Potters rip two points out of Hughton’s hands
As the final, five minutes of added-on time played out without too much threat of note, so the boos ran out at the final whistle. City remain four points clear of the relegation zone, but after that home win against Spurs their momentum is slowing. Potentially fatally…
Snodgrass delivers the perfect riposte to his doubters as City dig deep for a famous victory against Spurs
Given the bad blood that flows routinely from Villa Park to Carrow Road and back again, next Sunday’s encounter promises to be a total thriller. On the back of today’s uplifting performance, can one manager finally lay to rest the ghost of another?
City left to rue two, brainless minutes of second-half football as Cardiff cash in on their rich transfer window pickings
Goals win games. Snodgrass, Bradley Johnson, Nathan Redmond and Sebastien Bassong came closest to adding that second – a roster of names that tells its own story…
Goal-shy City stuck fast in that bottom pack as two, quality strikes give Everton an all-too easy home success
With the January transfer window now open for business and with the board showing little immediate inclination to swap managers mid-season, that is where the attention will now have to focus – finding someone to find the net on a more consistent basis…
A Tottenham perspective: How Jeremy Goss destroyed a Spurs fan’s footballing innocence
As the game unfolded and Jeremy Goss scored what’s been described as “the greatest Norwich goal ever”, a little part of my childhood crumbled away. My father tried to comfort me and predicted that Bayern would triumph 3-1, but then Norwich scored again.
Under-fire Pulis reveals the same ambition as City boss Hughton – to get across that 40-point finishing line as soon as possible
“I personally think we will be safe with 40, and our goal difference is good, so that’s almost an extra point for us. The sooner we get to that then the more relaxed we will be, and with a lot more smiles on people’s faces. The pressure comes off.”
Adkins keeping the faith that Reading can deliver a miracle as Hughton insists that all will be well on the back of the Arsenal effort
“We go to Norwich with a positive mindset,” he stressed. “And the boys have worked really hard on the training ground. I’ve been pleased again and it has been highlighted that we’ve got to get three points.”
Wigan’s last-gasp draw cuts City’s margin for error to just four points as Hughton finds good and bad in another home draw
“It’s going to be tight, I think, the last six games of the season,” added the Canary boss. “And we need to make sure that we show as much determination in those final six games as we did today. If we do that, then we’ll be OK.”
City take themselves eight points clear of the Premier League bottom three courtesy of a dour, but effective home draw
No-one ever said that Premier League survival was going to be pretty and today’s contest was a case in point as two, uncompromising defences made light work of their opposing attacking numbers…
City strike target Graham tonight throws a large spanner in the transfer window works by seeking a move for ‘personal reasons’
“If he comes and says he wants to leave and there’s a very good offer we’ll have to look into it,” said the Dane, with events now taking exactly that turn…
City fans left to bask in the warm glow of another huge win; life doesn’t get much better than when Holt returns to scoring ways
“It’s nice that we’re spreading the goals about the team, but it has had to be built on a solid team ethic. The players can’t be working any harder than they are at the moment,” said Hughton…
Whittaker to stay centre stage for the United clash as Russell Martin continues to struggle with his back injury
“We thought Russ was going to be okay for the last game, but it’s one that has dragged on a little bit. We’re expecting him to train on Monday and Tuesday and continue to progress…
Hughton loathe to let Tettey and Whittaker out to play as he savours another well-drilled outing well worth a big away point
“We were very solid at Villa, but I thought we created at Villa. [Then] we had to do a real tough job against Stoke,” he said. “But it probably wasn’t until the latter bits of the game [Reading] until we found them spaces, but we weren’t able to have those clear-cut chances.”
Hughton under few illusions as the games prepare to commence; there is no walk in the park in the English Premier League
“You know you’re going to lose games and you know that you’re going to have to pick up players when things are not going so well – that’s a normal part of the job and particularly where we are. But there won’t be one player that won’t know what the challenges are this season.”