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Match Day Thread Norwich v Reading

Discussion in 'Norwich City' started by SuffolkCanary, Dec 29, 2022.

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What will the result be?

  1. Norwich Win

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  2. Draw

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  3. Reading Win

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  4. Reading

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  1. carrowcanario

    carrowcanario Well-Known Member

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    Not sure I agree that we let Reading back into the game. Don't think Reading would have scored from open play
     
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  3. RiverEndRick

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    Agree. It was good to watch and had loads of commitment which was lacking under Smith. It's a start, but we'll need to build on it if we're to fight for the playoffs. The top two places are gone, IMO. A win against Watford would help.
     
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  4. ThaiCanary

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    You may be right but they were pushing forward, almost relentlessly, with Norwich on the back foot - we know how dodgy the back line can be under "constant" pressure
     
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    I was 5 minutes away from putting my credit card details into Canary player before @Canary Spring came through again <cheers>
     
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  6. GozoCanary

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    Apart from the score, I'm broadly happy with that performance. Reading were lucky to get the penalty and even more lucky not to get a red card for the guy who brought down Pukki. The players looked far more up for it than they have under Smith.

    I thought Núñez looked off the pace - what has happened to him? Sargent's lack of touch is an issue if we are not going to play him centrally. I thought Pukki was very good tonight except for the poor touch halfway through the first half. The clever little header to get the ball to Idah for the goal was an excellent bit of improvisation, as was the flick of the ball to get past the defender when he was brought down in what should have been a red card incident. The defence coped with Reading's aerial bombardment quite well. Gunn was superb in goal.
     
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  7. Canary Spring

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    Thanks Dunc, but it was Gozo who posted the stream; not me.

    Cheers Gozo :emoticon-0167-beer:
     
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    Was that a "last man" defender? I couldn't tell.
     
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    I didn't think he was the last defender but with only one angle available to view, it's hard to know for sure.
    I believe there was one other player, perhaps no more than a yard closer (perhaps not even that much) to the goal
     
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    I thought there might have been another defender out to the left but wasn't sure. The replay didn't help.
     
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    1950canary Well-Known Member

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    Sorry folks to be a minority of 1 yet again but I didn't think we were much better than the previous 2 games - I just thought that Reading were worse than Luton or Blackburn and that was the difference.
     
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    It's a lot to expect big changes yet, but the attitude and commitment were far better. Núñez is still coming back from injury.
     
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  13. Canary Spring

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    But you did enjoy the way we played, right? I mean the energy, going forward, the excitement. I don't know that we have great players but this beat anything we've seen recently. I have to admit I missed the last 15-20 minutes of the first half with stream problems.
     
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    same here CS, lost it about 32nd minute, so a world wide problem it seems. Second half was much better. The penalty was very soft. Aarons more positive than of late, no DM but still coped very well defensively. At no time did Reading look like scoring from open play.
     
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  15. GozoCanary

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    Actually, it was Walsh.i.am who recommended the site a few games ago, and I've used it since after the demise of hesgoal. So Walsh (is that the poster formerly known as Cromer?) deserves the praise.

    But let's face it, we're all wonderful (well, almost all). :emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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    Disappointed that we only drew but there was a freshness , energy and bite to the play.

    The defence looked tight Gunn was excellent and all 3 forwards combined for the goal and looked like they had a game plan.

    More exciting than Smithball that's for sure and Russell remains unbeaten.

    He has to be our hunkiest manager so far too a real dream boat


     
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    Personally I would rather give Russell a few games to prove himself rather than panic and sign a new manager
     
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  18. mike555

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    An entertaining game last night. When was the last time any of us could say that ? Players appeared committed and passed the ball at pace. What a refreshing change. As Duncan's latest man crush said, football is a simple game and it is our job to entertain. Thank you Alan and Steve for giving us renewed hope. By no means the perfect start but a big step in the right direction.
     
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