Norwich City vs Sheffield United

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EFL Championship Matchweek 3 - Saturday 24th August 2024 - 15:00 - Carrow Road
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Referee: Josh Smith
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[Jan Age]

Have you seen any since he came back ?

Fair point … no none at all … all i see is different players…same problems only difference is worse opposition so we don’t get punished

 

[Keen Blade]

Wtf is the point of Campbell now , should have been on earlier

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

Meh result

 

[Jan Age]

Crap

 

[Headshrinker]

Good first, poor second, decent point.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Well earned point.

 

[71Blade]

Moore should have been subbed 10 mins into 2nd half needed more pace not a great 2nd half that but we will take a point

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Weak, negative end to the game. No excuse for it

 

[Enigmatic]

We've been dire here. If we end up losing, there's no complaints to make - it'd be exactly what we deserve

Don’t know what game you’ve been watching, but we’ve been far from dire.

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

Garbage. Early days I know but we won’t go up playing like that

 

[Cheesebored]

Game of two halves. Gilchrist much improved. Too open last 10 minutes but a simple pass from Moore to Campbell at the end and we probably win it.

 

[HOT CURRIE 10]

Fair point … no none at all … all i see is different players…same problems only difference is worse opposition so we don’t get punished

Well I can’t wait for the Wilder lovers coming on and saying Guardiola couldn’t get a tune out of this squad.

 

[Keen Blade]

3 points after 3 games - not good enough when there are options on the subs bench which aren't used early enough or at all.
If Moore is not firing , sub him
If OHare is knackered , sub him
We had JRS , Campbell & Brewster on the bench but we leave it too late
A point is worth risking to get 3.
Where has Wilder's front foot football gone ?

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

Good point. Would be better if we’d not drew at home

 

[Champagneblade]

Point away from home is always a reasonable result, especially against a play off seeking side.

Let’s not forget, as disappointing as dropping 2 points last week was, we have made an undefeated start to the season whilst trying to bed in multiple new players. Brooks and Rak-Sayki both look dangerous.

 

[JJBlade]

Weak, negative end to the game. No excuse for it

The reason why so many late goals are conceded.
If you sit back on the 80 minute mark and decide to take a point there will be a lot of games when you don't get that point, especially when there isn't a single defender that's not capable of having a brain fart when under pressure.

 

[Sharp_as_a_Blade]

Yet another game where we crumble in the second half. We're not going to win many games averaging 3 shots on target per game, Moore and O'hare have been poor. Gilchrist much improved and a good performance from Brooks. Can also see glimpses from Cooper although some of his distribution was questionable.

 

[Blade56]

Wilder arrrrrrggghhhhttttttttt

We’ve sat there fotr 90 mins trying to understand what system we are attempting to play, nah, players dint know either.

Great subs ont 88th minute. Kept our new piñata up front, but not up front

 

[SouthportBlade]

Point on the road and undefeated in 3.

We were always gonna be a bit of a work in progress, lot of squad churn and a new formation.

Onwards.

 

[Champagneblade]

3 points after 3 games - not good enough when there are options on the subs bench which aren't used early enough or at all.
If Moore is not firing , sub him
If OHare is knackered , sub him
We had JRS , Campbell & Brewster on the bench but we leave it too late
A point is worth risking to get 3.
Where has Wilder's front foot football gone ?

Mate don’t forget it’s actually 5 from 3 and undefeated.

It’s only our poor paying skills that made it 3!

Can’t blame Chris for that.

Plus we’ve been away 2 games out of 3.

 

[RetfordBlade]

3 points after 3 games - not good enough when there are options on the subs bench which aren't used early enough or at all.
If Moore is not firing , sub him
If OHare is knackered , sub him
We had JRS , Campbell & Brewster on the bench but we leave it too late
A point is worth risking to get 3.
Where has Wilder's front foot football gone ?

I know it's not 5 but on the pitch its 5 thats playoff form, we never start well, i think if we'd beat qpr and drawn the two away games people would be happier even though we'd be on same points, its early days

 

[Enigmatic]

People expecting us to roll up away at Norwich, in difficult conditions, and wipe the floor with them need to temper their expectations. We’re adapting to a new formation whilst bedding in a new team of players - it was never going to be a perfect start.

I saw plenty of positives today and I’m happy to take a point from that.

 

[Broomhall Blade]

3 points after 3 games - not good enough when there are options on the subs bench which aren't used early enough or at all.
If Moore is not firing , sub him
If OHare is knackered , sub him
We had JRS , Campbell & Brewster on the bench but we leave it too late
A point is worth risking to get 3.
Where has Wilder's front foot football gone ?

To be fair it's 5 from 3 games.
Wilder never has made positive substitutions to try and win games, it's my biggest criticism of him.

 

[Half Bond Jls]

I enjoyed that. Proper game of football. When did Norwich get so physical lol. Good point away from home

 

[Champagneblade]

Also 3 games in, gave the Pigs a 2 point start and 2 home games and were already ahead of them and have +4 goals on them

 

[Harry's Game]

1-1 draw

Called it

 

[blade too long]

Be 6th but for -2 points 2 away 1 at home..unbeaten ..onwards and upwards

 

[jono_t2000]

Gilchrist the standout, best game for him by far and easily MOTM followed by Souttar

Every time I watch Moore I'm getting more and more concerned about our striking options, had a poor game today.

As mentioned in other thread we need to react quicker when Souza gets a yellow (especially if takes a knock) ..2nd week far too slow at making changes allowing opposition to get back into the game

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

I thought both full backs were excellent today

 

[Shadota]

Not good enough.

Trusty was a passenger.

O'Hare & Hamer seem too busy trying to suck each other's cocks to play with the team.

Zero effort made to adapt to Norwich's defensive shape at any point in the game. Got lucky for the equaliser that the loose ball happened to drop to Blaster.

Spent far too much time on the back foot chasing balls over the top, because we still do not have a defence with pace, despite that being a huge weakness for YEARS.

Gave subs a maximum of 25 minutes to have an effect, despite it being painfully obvious who was underperforming.

Positives:

Souttar and Gilchrist did themselves no harm.

Burrows showed a bit of his talent going forward. One particularly good corner that Souttar should have made it 1-0 from, and a couple of decent shots that kept the keeper alert.

Arblaster was excellent when he had opportunity to play. Good distribution with both feet, great goal as well.

Brooks was star of the show. JRS is going to have to work bloody hard to get a starting spot if he's competing for that RW position. Brooks just needs to have a bit more confidence in his right foot - cuts back on his left a lot, and that slows attacks down a bit too often.