Paddy’s Pointers: Four observations from the Canaries 3-0 Oxford romp
addy Davitt delivers his Oxford verdict from Norwich’s impressive 3-0 Championship win. 1. The Clement effect When Philippe Clement took charge of a squad who seemingly had lost belief and lacked direction Norwich City had nine Championship points. They left the Kassam stadium seven points clear of the relegation zone. It is a remarkable body […]
‘We were really, really close’ – Clement on near miss
Norwich City targeted Bodo Glimt’s Champions League goalscoring talisman Kasper Høgh in the recent window – now Philippe Clement has revealed a Canaries’ transfer near miss. City turned their attentions to Australian international, Mohamed Toure, for an initial £2.6m from Randers FC, after missing out on an ambitious striker swoop. Norwich were in dialogue with […]
Paddy Pointers: Canaries surge past leaders Coventry City
Paddy Davitt delivers his Coventry verdict from Norwich’s merited Championship win. 1. Fuel injection What you see is not all you get with Philippe Clement. The Belgian projects an air of calm detachment and authority for the most part in his public persona. You would expect the same behind closed doors. Clement hinted in his […]
Paddy Davitt: Sargent, City and a tawdry affair
Norwich City and Josh Sargent. The biggest break-up since Ross and Rachel. Easier to plot a route to how it got to a much-loved number nine in these parts downing tools than predict the end game. Only Ben Knapper and Sargent himself really know every twist and turn of a tale now being aired rather […]
Paddy’s Pointers: Four observations from the Canaries Baggies beating
Paddy Davitt delivers his West Brom verdict from Norwich’s stunning Championship win. 1. Waving goodbye to the bottom three ‘Philippe, give us a wave,’ was the cry that rose up from the away end at the Hawthorns on a red letter night for Norwich City in a Championship season holed below the waterline for the […]
West Ham’s Andy Irving assessed by Canaries
Norwich City have run the rule over West Ham midfielder Andy Irving as they assess late transfer window market moves. Ali Ahmed arrived from Vancouver Whitecaps in the early days of trading this month, but head coach Philippe Clement admitted City might have to be patient to land more creativity. Irving fits the profile of […]
Norwich 2-1 Southampton: Philippe Clement Championship view
Philippe Clement had his say on the key issues around Norwich City’s impressive 2-1 Championship win against Southampton at Carrow Road. Jovon Makama’s second half brace notched up a huge three points against the in-form Saints, who arrived in Norfolk on the back of six wins in their previous seven. Ryan Manning put them back […]
Norwich City 0-2 Hull: Paddy Davitt Championship pointers
Paddy Davitt delivers his Hull verdict from Norwich’s latest sorry Championship home defeat. 1. Accountability Ben Knapper. Get out of our club. Liam Manning. Your football is s***. Players. You are not fit to wear the shirt. Fan protests before and after the game around the ground. Any chance Mark Attanasio can board another plane […]
Manning on Championship blueprint
Norwich City need a nasty streak to become serial Championship winners. Liam Manning’s squad went into the international break with hard-fought league victories at Portsmouth and Blackburn, but self-inflicted early Carrow Road setbacks to Millwall and Middlesbrough. The next stage of Manning’s makeover is developing a steely edge on a consistent basis to turn City […]
Paddy Davitt: Wilshere caught in City upheaval
Jack Wilshere was earmarked as a Norwich City head coach of the future but ended up collateral damage in the dismissal of Johannes Hoff Thorup. Expected confirmation of a mutually agreed exit arrived on Saturday afternoon, after the 33-year-old was overlooked by sporting director Ben Knapper in the on-going hunt to replace Thorup. The timing […]