Cordoba coup for Canaries
Norwich City pulled off a ‘phenomenal’ deal to capture headline summer signing Jose Cordoba. Leading sports intelligence company, Twenty First Group, are at the forefront of the data revolution driving the professional game. City’s sporting director Ben Knapper has put data at the heart of the club’s strategy since his arrival last season, and the […]
A shift in the Norwich City balance of power
Norwich City have confirmed a general meeting next month to ratify a process that would see Mark Attanasio’s group match the shares held by current majority shareholders Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones. City released a statement on their official site on Monday morning, with shareholders also recieving documentation in the post over the coming […]
Paddy Davitt: City’s old guard and what it says about David Wagner
I agree with Brian Clough, who once said that if you’ve got fewer than four leaders in your team going to an away game then you might as well not bother getting on the coach. That snippet, taken from Tony Adams’ second autobiographical tome, Sober, charting his personal struggles following a decorated playing career, would seem […]
Crunch time for Tzolis and Norwich City
Christos Tzolis is reaching a tipping point at Norwich City. Literally. The Greek international winger, the player Daniel Farke once labelled among the best of his peers in his position across Europe, will have reached the midway point of his Carrow Road contract by the time the new Championship season kicks off. That the man […]
‘I’ve done nothing at this football club to deserve abuse’ – Webber on personal toll
Stuart Webber never considered walking away from Norwich City but has hit out at the abuse directed towards him. The Canaries’ sporting director opened up on the personal toll following a second Premier League relegation and a 13th placed finish in the Championship. Webber was targeted by sections of the Carrow Road support in the […]
Paddy’s Pointers: Five observations after Norwich City’s insipid 0-0 draw at Wigan
Paddy Davitt delivers his Wigan verdict after a Championship stalemate. 1. Joyless At the end of this instantly forgettable affair – between two teams who seemingly still have it all to play for in the Championship – one of Wigan’s backroom staff came towards the near touchline and lifted, what you presumed to be his […]
Paddy Davitt: Have City reached the same crossroads?
As honeymoon periods go David Wagner can surely not have had time to unwrap all his presents. Burnley was dispiriting because it underlined the gulf between a team Premier League-bound and one treading water. But, to be fair, the Clarets are not the Championship currency Wagner needs to deal in right now. It still remains a […]
Paddy Davitt: Clarity is Wagner’s biggest asset
Clarity was the most impressive facet of those first two Championship wins engineered by David Wagner. Both at Preston and Coventry it was not only the result, or the number of goals scored that smacked of precision and uniformity, it was the manner they achieved two uplifting victories. The same group of players who by the […]
‘This is the chance I had waited for’ – Wagner on City gig
David Wagner knew Norwich City was the club for him to return to English football. The German was unveiled as Dean Smith’s successor last week, with a brief to emulate his previous Championship promotion success at Huddersfield. Wagner was hand picked by Stuart Webber after their successful double act with the Terriers. Webber labelled the […]
Webber defends his City record
Stuart Webber has outlined why David Wagner is his choice to lead Norwich City’s Championship charge – and defended his own Carrow Road record. The Canaries’ sporting director and new head coach held a 46-minute press conference at the stadium covering a range of topics. Webber mapped out why he wanted to push for a […]