Smith takeaways: Hayden frustrations; Pool reflections; Reading warning
Dean Smith had his say on some of the key issues ahead of Norwich City’s Championship trip to Reading. The Canaries’ boss held his pre-match press call at Colney on Monday morning. This is what Smith had to say on the following. Isaac Hayden fitness update Isaac’s back running now after a 10 day rest […]
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 […]
Paddy Davitt: The holding pattern before the big reveal
Dean Smith is too long in the tooth to worry about appeasing the court of public opinion. But he knows Norwich City must step it up in the Championship. Tracking at two points per game tends to end in a place in the Premier League. Smith is on target to achieve that mission. But a […]
Why Webber still trusts in the process with Canaries
Two promotions from the Championship. Two relegations from the Premier League. Life has not been dull since Stuart Webber arrived in 2017. But the sporting director still believes Norwich City can buck the trend. Webber spoke to Michael Calvin in a wide-ranging interview for his Football People podcast. Many now label Norwich City a ‘yo […]
Hayden to miss start of the season after knee op
Isaac Hayden will miss the start of Norwich City’s Championship season, after surgery to ‘clean out the knee’ that sidelined him at Newcastle United. Dean Smith confirmed a fresh injury blow for the defensive midfielder after Tuesday’s 2-0 friendly win at King’s Lynn. Hayden was Smith’s first signing of his Carrow Road tenure on an […]
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 […]
Smith insists City will be back after Spurs’ rout
Norwich City head coach Dean Smith is pledging to lead the Championship fightback after a painful 5-0 farewell to the Premier League against Tottenham. Smith admitted the ‘lap of appreciation’ around the Carrow Road pitch following a final day humiliation is something he never wants to repeat. But the City chief is adamant there will […]
Paddy’s Pointers: Villa 2-0 Norwich City – Canaries relegated
Paddy Davitt delivered his Aston Villa verdict after Norwich City’s 2-0 Premier League confirmed relegation. 1. Norwich City (R) Mercifully it is over. Norwich City’s Premier League fate is sealed. The Championship awaits. Before then time to hear from Stuart Webber pick through the carcass of another wretched tilt at top flight sustainability. Never previously […]
‘Nothing is done, agreed or finished’ – Dyche on relegation scrap
Norwich City may have got the better of Burnley in a Premier League relegation duel but Sean Dyche believes both clubs have already been written off. Pierre Lees-Melou and Teemu Pukki dented the Clarets’ own bid for survival on Sunday, after they had come from behind to beat Everton at Turf Moor. Pukki admitted after […]
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 […]