So let me get this right, to answer a post on this thread, I should start a different thread? Very interestink, but stoopid. Rowan and Martin's laugh in!
Was at the game today. Thought there were excellent performances all over the pitch. The obvious ones were Aarons and Lewis who are becoming outstanding young footballers, but for me personally Stieperman was a bit of a revelation today. Seen him play a lot at left back after he arrived but never seem him start a game in midfield. Apart from his ballooned shot, I thought he was really neat and tidy. It was a hard game to pick a Man of the Match and the second half particularly was a pleasure to watch.
A thoroughly deserved win (according to the ‘yellow and green’ tinted glasses of the Archant reporters!!) and the stats back that up – Norwich – 16 shots on goal and 6 on target, 3 blocked Boro – 8 shots on goal 2 on target and 2 blocked From the highlights, Krul had a good game and let's hope he is getting back to finding his form. IF we could pick up a minimum of 5 points in our remaining games this month and progress in the EFL Cup, I'm sure the mood around CR would be greatly enhanced by the time Stoke visit next month.
From Gary Gowers Sunday column. http://norwichcity.myfootballwriter...ut-nows-the-time-to-churn-them-out-regularly/
Keeper Holland Left back N Ireland Centre back German Centre back Swiss Right back England Centre midfield Norway Centre midfield German Wing Cuba Wing Argentina Striker Finland Subs Midfield German Midfield Bosnia Striker Scotland Never seen such an International city 11 , 11 different countries represented.
5 points from the next 3 games would be ok, but if we want to get back on track we really need at least 7. Winning once is great, but we need to consistantly churn out performances if we are to get anywhere in this league. Now is the time, as Gary points out. I also liked this from one of the comments after that article: "What City did yesterday was much more akin to the style of play employed by both Fulham and Huddersfield in their promotion campaigns – slick, possession based, passing football, with the onus on transforming from defence to attack at pace." DF has been striving for this since he arrived, but too often we get part of it right, but slip up elsewhere. Yesterday we pressed high, defended well, controlled the possession but also combined slick passing (86% success rate) with the all important pace, which allowed us to get the ball forward to the wingers and overlapping fullbacks before their defence was ready. The key now is whether we can do this consistently like Fulham and Huddersfield did last season.
If you want more highlights.... Have to say I was impressed with the slickness of the passing and the speed we were moving the ball.
I'm astounded by the unanimity of all the reports of Saturday's game - http://norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/ http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/six-things-learned-from-city-s-victory-over-boro-1-5697814 and DF thanking the fans for getting behind the team - http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwic...fter-middlesbrough-championship-win-1-5698020 I guess the only thing missing is no comments from FML?? As has been mentioned in almost EVERY article - this HAS to be the first step on the climb up the table and we need to push on from here, no going back to the sloppiness etc that we witnessed in the early games. I realise that we won't always play as we did on Saturday, but IF we can, we should certainly be nearer the top half of the table by Xmas!!! Edit - I can't post excerpts, as on holiday and only on mobile.
