Paddy Davitt: Dean Smith’s demise is a sad City story
Goodbye, Dean. Not sure you will be missed by too many Norwich City fans. A head coach who won fewer games in charge than Glenn Roeder, and seemingly fewer friends judging by the toxic reaction that accompanied Smith down the tunnel against Blackburn and Luton. A people carrier swept him and his assistant, Craig Shakespeare, […]
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 […]
Paddy’s Pointers: Five observations from the Canaries’ 7-0 Championship rout against Huddersfield
Group Football Editor Paddy Davitt delivers his Huddersfield verdict after Norwich City’s 7-0 Championship romp. 1. Perfection Not quite. Just after the final whistle of Norwich’s record-busting romp against Huddersfield Daniel Farke appeared to be having a one-to-one coaching session in the centre circle with Andrew Omobamidele. Or maybe he wanted to tell the teenage […]
‘Maybe I send Teemu out on loan’ – Farke’s classic banter on Idah heroics
Daniel Farke admitted the chances of Adam Idah being allowed to leave Norwich City on loan took a major hit, following his starring hat-trick role in a 4-2 FA Cup third round win at Preston. The 18-year-old grabbed his chance in stunning fashion with injuries to Teemu Pukki, Dennis Srbeny and Josip Drmic handing him […]
Stuart Webber’s verdict on being linked with £15m targets
Sporting director Stuart Webber is busier than ever planning for the Premier League. But he found time to sit down with Group Football Editor Paddy Davitt at Colney. Stuart Webber did not have to think too long to come up with the most ridiculous transfer link of Norwich City’s close season. The Canaries’ Championship title […]
James Maddison sale averted ‘disaster’ at Norwich City
Norwich City’s sporting director Stuart Webber admits it would have been a ‘disaster’ if James Maddison’s club record move was wrecked through injury. The Canaries have sealed a Premier League reunion with the Leicester City midfielder next season after clinching promotion from the Championship. City now need a point from Sunday’s league finale at Aston […]
Opinion: Paddy’s PROMOTION Pointers after Blackburn 2-1 win
Our Norwich City correspondent Paddy Davitt delivers his Blackburn Rovers verdict after the Canaries’ promotion-clinching 2-1 Championship win 1. Magnificent What a way to seal Norwich City’s place in the Premier League. The Canaries should have won by a far more handsome margin, such was their dominance. But the control and the game management in […]
Opinion: Canaries right to plan for Premier League
Daniel Farke may have declared Norwich City’s season a success, after beating Rotherham United, but it is clear he has loftier ambitions in mind. Sealing promotion to the Premier League is the bold objective when the Canaries’ resume their quest, beyond the international break, away to Middlesbrough. But staying there beyond a brief flirtation is […]
Video: Middlesbrough (a) – Paddy’s take down
Paddy delivers his video verdict and conducts a paper review of Boro 0-1 City – March 30 2019
Opinion: Lambert and Farke united by more than shared history
Paul Lambert’s return as Ipswich Town boss provides a fascinating contrast with Daniel Farke. Paddy Davitt detects plenty of common ground between the rivals.