PODCAST: No dressing it up, City
The latest edition of the Pinkun podcast got stuck into the good and the persistently bad after Norwich City’s 3-2 Championship defeat to Preston. Host Connor Southwell was joined by Paddy Davitt and Samuel Seaman for episode 509 in our long-running podcast, recorded hours after the final whistle at Carrow Road. Dean Smith’s side started […]
City earn £100m from Premier League fund
Norwich City’s cut of Premier League funds topped £100m from last season’s relegation. The Canaries were the first club to ever finish bottom of the table to bank that figure, made up of broadcast revenue (facility fees) and merit payments (league position). City were awarded £100.6m in a total Premier League pot of £2.5bn, comprising […]
Gabriel Sara: The inside track
Gabriel Sara is the real deal but forget the Emi Buendia comparisons – that is the message from south American football expert Juan Arango. Norwich City look set to confirm Sara as their second summer signing, pending a medical in the coming days, with Brazilian media reporting the 23-year-old midfielder is now due to fly […]
Paddy Davitt: Player ratings after the Canaries’ 3-1 Premier League defeat at Liverpool
Here is Paddy’s verdict on Norwich City, who had the temerity to land the first blow but were rocked by Liverpool’s response in a pulsating Anfield contest. • Angus Gunn 6 Dealt with Liverpool’s longer range threats. Paddled away Virgil van Dijk’s knockdown across his goalline in the 14th minute. Dropped on Sadio […]
Smith draws up plans to replace injured Idah
Adam Idah’s season-ending knee injury is a hammer blow for Norwich City boss Dean Smith. Idah underwent surgery on Thursday after an exploratory arthroscopy confirmed meniscus damage. The Republic of Ireland international injured himself in the recent 1-1 top flight draw against Crystal Palace, after a breakthrough spell under Smith brought him a first Premier […]
A reflective Dean Smith on building a legacy at Norwich City
Dean Smith is planning to be at Norwich City for the long haul. Smith was keen to return swiftly to the game, in the wake of his own dismissal from Aston Villa last November, to pick up the relegation baton from Daniel Farke. Despite a festive swing framed by illness and injury to his playing […]
Smith thrives on survival scrap pressure
Dean Smith insisted the pressure of halting Norwich City’s Premier League decline was not getting to him. The Canaries’ chief plotted back-to-back wins over Everton and Watford ahead of the current mid-winter break to haul City out of the bottom three. That broke a spell of six league defeats without scoring that tested the former Walsall, […]
Klose regret over City exit
Timm Klose regrets how he handled his Norwich City exit but the popular defender’s love affair with the people and the place burns as strong as ever. Klose’s five-and-a-half year spell at Carrow Road officially ended at the start of this season, although his final campaign was spent back home in Switzerland at FC Basel. […]
Paddy Davitt: A brutal divorce and a new City era
Daniel Farke deserved one final hurrah. One final orchestrated moment with the travelling support, after Norwich City finally won a Premier League game. All that emotion, all that elation, all that weight lifted from the shoulders of him and his players after grimly repelling Brentford in a second half that must have felt like an […]
Norwich City sack Daniel Farke
Daniel Farke has been sacked by Norwich City. The Canaries confirmed on Saturday night head coach Farke, assistant Eddie Riemer, first team coach Christopher John and head of performance Chris Domogalla have also left the club with immediate effect. Farke was informed of the decision by sporting director Stuart Webber after City’s 2-1 Premier League […]