norfolkblade
Well-Known Member
Could not be happier to have bragging rights this morning in the office after our last game with them, it's been noticeably quieter!
I was asked for a brief Q&A by the local rag ahead of the game which you can find here (http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/norwich-city-home-to-sheffield-united-1-5359462) and rather pleasingly predicted a 2-1 away win.
As for the game itself I thought we played well for the vast majority of the game and thoroughly deserved the win. They were poor, no doubt the midweek game helped with that as Farke picked an unchanged 11 from the defeat at Chelsea other than the inclusion of Tettey. An early goal was always going to be key for us and sure enough we seem to have gone back towards how we were playing earlier in the season and bagged yet another early goal. Delighted for Wilson, it must have been hell for him the last couple of seasons what with being injured and I really do think we will see him kick on from that goal as he will no doubt want to make up for lost time. That early goal meant they had to take the game to us but they just didn't, largely because we didn't allow them to as we pressed them hard and won almost every second ball and looked like we wanted it significantly more than them. The only work of note I can remember for Moore in the first half seemed to be the apparent fumble from the deflected free kick and a straight forward save from a weak Murphy effort (how he got MOM for them is a mystery, he's awful).
Second half was much the same as the first, we had a lot of the ball and gave them very little time on it until Donaldson bagged the second following that god awful back pass from Tettey. They of course replied instantly but I must question why Moore doesn't have a man on the far post, being a keeper myself I would always prefer one on the far rather than the near as I always feel I can cover that so that for me was pretty disappointing to see. We sat back and defended wave after wave of attack for the last 10-15 mins and to a man were absolutely superb. Key point for me was that 50/50 that Basham went in for near the touchline. A huge, but fair, clattering tackle showed everyone just how much we wanted that result and really geed us up some more I felt.
Big shout out to the other new signings in the middle as well, in particular I thought Evans had a magnificent game and was just the player we needed I think.
The atmosphere was superb, probably one of the best away days I've ever been on to be honest and the "Take your time" number that reverberated around Carrow Road was absolutely tremendous!! Lord CW's celebrations at the end was the ultimate shithousing of their fans to round off the perfect day of revenge. They all hate him but none of us could care less. How good is it to have a manager who just gets it and is essentially one of us; what Norwich or in fact any side really would give to have a manager who cares as much as that. The togetherness at our club is at an all time high in my opinion, granted that my memories of the club are no doubt shorter than many others but I can only speak for myself!
Their fans have been going off and accusing us of celebrating as if we had won the Champs League but what they don't realise is that we celebrate almost every win like that now. Few of them will ever know just how bad it was for us just 18 months ago after that horror experience with Adkins and I think it's made us appreciate and enjoy winning more than we probably realise.
To everyone who was there, thanks for producing a magnificent day out. UTB!!
I was asked for a brief Q&A by the local rag ahead of the game which you can find here (http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/norwich-city-home-to-sheffield-united-1-5359462) and rather pleasingly predicted a 2-1 away win.
As for the game itself I thought we played well for the vast majority of the game and thoroughly deserved the win. They were poor, no doubt the midweek game helped with that as Farke picked an unchanged 11 from the defeat at Chelsea other than the inclusion of Tettey. An early goal was always going to be key for us and sure enough we seem to have gone back towards how we were playing earlier in the season and bagged yet another early goal. Delighted for Wilson, it must have been hell for him the last couple of seasons what with being injured and I really do think we will see him kick on from that goal as he will no doubt want to make up for lost time. That early goal meant they had to take the game to us but they just didn't, largely because we didn't allow them to as we pressed them hard and won almost every second ball and looked like we wanted it significantly more than them. The only work of note I can remember for Moore in the first half seemed to be the apparent fumble from the deflected free kick and a straight forward save from a weak Murphy effort (how he got MOM for them is a mystery, he's awful).
Second half was much the same as the first, we had a lot of the ball and gave them very little time on it until Donaldson bagged the second following that god awful back pass from Tettey. They of course replied instantly but I must question why Moore doesn't have a man on the far post, being a keeper myself I would always prefer one on the far rather than the near as I always feel I can cover that so that for me was pretty disappointing to see. We sat back and defended wave after wave of attack for the last 10-15 mins and to a man were absolutely superb. Key point for me was that 50/50 that Basham went in for near the touchline. A huge, but fair, clattering tackle showed everyone just how much we wanted that result and really geed us up some more I felt.
Big shout out to the other new signings in the middle as well, in particular I thought Evans had a magnificent game and was just the player we needed I think.
The atmosphere was superb, probably one of the best away days I've ever been on to be honest and the "Take your time" number that reverberated around Carrow Road was absolutely tremendous!! Lord CW's celebrations at the end was the ultimate shithousing of their fans to round off the perfect day of revenge. They all hate him but none of us could care less. How good is it to have a manager who just gets it and is essentially one of us; what Norwich or in fact any side really would give to have a manager who cares as much as that. The togetherness at our club is at an all time high in my opinion, granted that my memories of the club are no doubt shorter than many others but I can only speak for myself!
Their fans have been going off and accusing us of celebrating as if we had won the Champs League but what they don't realise is that we celebrate almost every win like that now. Few of them will ever know just how bad it was for us just 18 months ago after that horror experience with Adkins and I think it's made us appreciate and enjoy winning more than we probably realise.
To everyone who was there, thanks for producing a magnificent day out. UTB!!
