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 […]
Clement on Jurasek next steps after Oxford snub
Philippe Clement rates Matej Jurasek but until he is ‘top fit’ the Norwich City attacker will not show Canaries fans why the club shelled out £6m for him. The 22-year-old was embarrassingly substituted 15 minutes or so after he himself was introduced, in the closing stages of Tuesday’s 1-1 Championship draw against Oxford. Clement cited […]
Philippe Clement on Canaries transfer approach
Philippe Clement is already drawing up a January transfer window plan to boost Norwich City’s Championship survival prospects. Clement has replaced Liam Manning at the relegation-threatened Canaries and takes charge of his first game on Saturday at Birmingham. Sporting director Ben Knapper oversaw a summer strategy that recruited 12 new senior players but City have […]
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 […]
Liam Manning’s Northampton Town notebook
The Liam Manning era hits a significant milestone with Norwich City’s opening pre-season friendly on Saturday against League One Northampton in a behind-closed-doors setting at Colney. Manning emerged as the strongest candidate to replace Johannes Hoff Thorup as head coach this summer, but that almost feels like a lifetime ago given the pace and frenetic […]
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 […]
Manning, Lijnders and O’Neil make Norwich City cut
Liam Manning, Pep Lijnders and Gary O’Neil are believed to have made the final cut in Norwich City’s head coach search. Sporting director Ben Knapper has also identified three other potential overseas options, although Christian Titz and Brian Priske are understood not to be in the running. City’s former play-off winning captain, Russell Martin, was […]
Paddy Davitt: Thorup, Knapper and an abrupt divorce
Johannes Hoff Thorup believed he could turn Norwich City into Championship title winners. Ben Knapper did not. That essentially was the fissure that culminated in a decision to dissolve the partnership before even a one year milestone had been reached. The only paper anniversary gift being Thorup’s P45. Go back to a sun-kissed June 2024 […]