Nunez and his Norwich City challenge
A South American wearing the number 10 shirt. No pressure then, Nacho. It was less the numerals on Marcelino Nunez’s back and more the metrics he produced in an eye-catching 90-minute outing in Friday’s 5-2 Premier League 2 win over Norwich City’s development rivals Leeds United. A couple of goals, an assist for Adam Idah, […]
‘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 […]
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, […]
Dean Smith has ‘no regrets’ over Blackburn barbs
Norwich City head coach Dean Smith had his say on the fall out and reaction to his fan comments after the Blackburn defeat, ahead of the Championship Boxing night trip to Luton. This is a transcript of what Smith had to say, exclusively to the PinkUn, on the events during and after last weekend’s defeat to […]
Boro chief Scott aiming to copy City model
City’s former head of recruitment Kieran Scott reckons Middlesbrough’s big name coaches Michael Carrick and Jonathan Woodgate makes his job easier than when he worked with Daniel Farke at Carrow Road. Boro’s head of football is finalising his January window transfer plans to push the Teessiders into the Championship promotion mix, under recently appointed former […]
Paddy Davitt: Smith, Farke and a changing of the guard
Dean Smith clearly had an inkling of the personal as well as the professional challenge that awaited him when he took the Norwich City head coach job. You can peel those layers away, with the benefit of hindsight, for a revealing glimpe of how Smith was thinking upon replacing Daniel Farke as we approach his first […]
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 […]
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 […]