Norwich City away match thread

[BoonerNC]

I love the way Conway picks the ball up and runs back, pure team player

[Curr Avon]

Just now, IAmNick said:

City goal (Conway): https://dubz.co/v/fd1191

[Sheltons Army]

Putting aside the giveaway goals , we have cut up the Promotion favourites away from home

 

Anyone who can’t see how far we have come in 12-18 months .......well

We look a good side

[Banjo Red]

Believe guys we got this.

Poor couple of mistakes but apart from that we look pretty good.

[MarcusX]

3 minutes ago, Denbury Red said:

Apart from two stupid mistakes we are actually playing pretty well

Absolutely, It’s all us.

2 mistakes is all they’ve had, unfortunately that’s the quality Norwich possess.

[Tim Monaghan]

God I love this team. Really, really nice football. 

[nickolas]

Just now, tin said:

I don't actually think we've played too badly in that first half, although I've been surprised at how high our back line has been. Two bad mistakes by Naismith, but Conway and Dasilva (or was it Wells?) missed guilt-edged chances too. Norwich look to be playing well within themselves, mind. 2-0 is often a precarious lead, that next goal was always going to be crucial. Game on. 

By far the better team. Very composed is possession too. 
Two Naismith shockers have made it a tough job but that Conway goal was coming and fully deserved. 

[Rossi the Robin]

Great half really

[BCFC Rich]

So much space for Sykes. I think bring Semenyo on - they'll either continue to leave the space on the right and both he and Sykes will run riot, or they'll react to how much time Sykes got and change something to cover him more - in which case we have AS there to double up. 

[Lordofthebling]

Frustrating. This should be 1-0 us. Growing in confidence. This team could?? Maybe??? No don't say it.

[Lew-T]

Good character to come back into aswell.

We would have folded in the first half years ago 3 or 4-0 after those mistakes.

[Spike]

22 minutes ago, robin_unreliant said:

Is this a woosh or are you thinking Zak is wearing No 4??

It's no woosh, he doesn't keep the line at all, it causes the back three disruptions. I'm not talking about stand out glaring errors, it's how he positions off of the play and how it affects others. Naismith was 100% playing a stupid pass but he played that pass because we're not giving more than one option, the reason I pulled Vyner up is because he was way away from Pukki but not playing to his line so the second Naismith messed up the pass Pukki was in a massive pocket of open space but onside and Vyner was so much deeper that he couldn't step up to play him offside. 

This is what I don't understand, when we make a mistake in defence everyone looks for the obvious bad pass but are oblivious to the rest of the teams positioning. I attached an image and you can see Naismith has no simple option, if he passes forward there is a Norwich midfielder in-between our options and you have their player sprinting to close down Naismith, he can't turn around because Pukki could then pressure, he has no easy option other than to lump it, however he's being chased down so he plays it quickly and fails. 
It's easy to blame Naismith because with hindsight he should have pumped it forward but Naismith hates to waste possession and is used to players running into space where he can make the pass so we need players to offer. The issue in this case was that once Naismith made that mistake Zac wasn't paying attention to the threat, he was watching the play which is why Vyner is not a natural centre back and I stand by that. I also think it's why Pearson wants a right sided centre back because had Vyner been watching the threat (Pukki) he would have stepped up high to play him offside, instead he was just walking and ball watching and due to that he played Pukki onside.

With a player like Pukki you find out if your centre backs are top tier championship centre backs, Pukki knew he was getting that ball before Vyner even saw the danger, that's a sign that he cannot handle top quality strikers.

So to answer you, no woosh, a clear case of looking at the whole pitch, not just the player on the ball.

 

@TommyD68- rather than me having to write this all out again to you as well

 

Edited September 14, 2022 by Spike

[Sir Geoff]

Apart from two shockers that was a fantastic watch. Absolutely dominated that half.

[downendcity]

If we ( Naismith) didn't make stupid defensive mistakes we would be a very dangerous team.

For the last 20 minutes we have made Norwich look decidedly second best. What is especially impressive is that we came back into the game by playing controlled passing football and creating chances, rather than just lumping it forward, as would have been the case in recent seasons.

[Artcliffe exile]

If we can cut out the sloppy mistake we’re one hell of a team we’ll pleased with that half

[old_eastender]

Be good to see Rob Atkinson switched to middle defender and Naismith put to LCB, where he played so well for Luton. His seemingly inevitable schoolboy errors less likely to cost us goals then. However, I fear NP may be a stubborn mule over keeping Naismith in the middle.

[cityexile]

Pick the bones out of that.

We have for long periods looked really good. Had more efforts than them and restricted them to just two shots on target.

Sadly both of them came from huge cock ups. First one particularly, head it, boot it, anything but what he did. They are far to good to give those type of chances to.

Much actually to be pleased about but cannot afford to give away those type of chances. Could end up any score.

[Lorenzos Only Goal]

4 minutes ago, DolmanGaz said:

**** you Delia Smith, Alan Partridge, Ruth Madoc from Hi-di-hi.... ******* eat that!!! super Tommy Conway

 

back in the game...

Hahaha amused me

[Spike]

11 minutes ago, TommyD68 said:

What game are you watching? This Vyner slander is so boring and tiresome, been one of our better players over the last 5/6 games. Naismith at fault for both, Vyner could do nothing about either. It would actually be 3-0 if it wasn’t for his great block early on, you probably decided to turn a blind eye to that one though. 

The same one as everyone else only I'm looking at the whole pitch, not just the glaring mistake. Read my other reply if you want to know what I'm talking about. Naismith gave the ball away, Vyner gave the chance away.

[davidoldfart]

Much prefer Downey on Robins TV 

 

 

[Lew-T]

2 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

Putting aside the giveaway goals , we have cut up the Promotion favourites away from home

 

Anyone who can’t see how far we have come in 12-18 months .......well

We look a good side

100%
 

It’s amazing really the change in a relatively short time. We look so good to watch! Norwich know they are in a game.

Frustrating about the 2 errors but the signs are there, again.

[Midred]

Do we have any alternatives to Naismith on the bench?

[IAmNick]

Mistakes, eh, very disappointing but whatever.

We're actually enjoyable to watch... really enjoyable. Football is fun again and City are an exciting team, I'm enjoying the game and given the great chances we've also had we could easily be level or ahead based mostly on our own skill and endeavor.

[Curr Avon]

In open play City have been excellent, exploiting huge swathes of space on each flank, with Sykes terrifying Byram and McLean, whilst Cantwell is having his roots done.

Two poor goals conceded, but, hey, sod it, lets give the ball to Sykes and go for it!

COYR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[collier]

If we play like that second half and don't get anything I don't think anybody can complain. Better team, played the better football and caused their defence much more problems.

[Mihai]

Guys this is something we don't get here for a lot of years. This team has spirit, and character. I wrote off Naismith and I still do but this is not about Naismith.

This is about a lovely team full of youngsters that after 2-0 down, keep their head up, and they prove what they can do. They prove that 8 games unbeaten were not just lucky games. This group of players is something we never had for decades.

It is 2-1 ok, but this is an unfair score, we were the better team, and we play away. Trust me, Norwich city manager will not have a calm speech during half time, he is scared and he should be because we are CITY. 

I feel we can get back in game, but even if we don't, I can take this defeat, the way we could control the game the way we pass feels very confident to bring more goals. We will have Kalas back we have Semenyo also.

No matter what happens this game, but this will be a very interesting season, mark my words because I am a very pesimist supporter usually.

Qoute me and say if I am wrong. Maybe I don't know anything about footballs, but this is my opinion.

[Gazred]

Punished for 2 stupid mistakes but been the better side. Great to see another for TC, keeping us in the game for the 2nd half.

[Slippin cider]

1 minute ago, Midred said:

Do we have any alternatives to Naismith on the bench?

Unfortunately not 

[Bodiesaffer]

They didn’t score cause there better we gave them the lead. Better team and will go on to win.

[MarcusX]

5 minutes ago, tin said:

I don't actually think we've played too badly in that first half, although I've been surprised at how high our back line has been. Two bad mistakes by Naismith, but Conway and Dasilva (or was it Wells?) missed guilt-edged chances too. Norwich look to be playing well within themselves, mind. 2-0 is often a precarious lead, that next goal was always going to be crucial. Game on. 

Not sure you can call them gilt edged.

Certainly not Dasilvas but it is a great block from the defender