Norwich post match thread

[Guppys Love Child]

Just now, cityfanlee23 said:

Regarding retreating at 70 mins I think we can all accept that as part and parcel of the game, there will always come a point where Norwich regrouped and started to get hold of the ball a bit more, and I think we agree that in those moments conposure and a reset it sometimes needed. 
 

We had a great blend today of attack, defense and control. And you are right, in a lot of way it was anti-Enzoball. 
hopefully we see it more often toward the end of the season. 

Oh I agree bud.

 

But it was the fact we took a breather, then when back to Anti-Enzoball again.

 

Hence the 3rd goal.

 

Which was pleasing 

[Twitcher]

13 minutes ago, An Away Move said:

Sack him!!! 

 

 

Exactly. Puppets!

[ForeverandEver]

Huge win!

 

HOW good was Faes??!! 👊🏼

[Spudulike]

1 minute ago, Larry_LCFC said:

Abysmal first half, brilliant second half. I don't know why we think it acceptable to play like we did in the first 45. Team looked like they didn't care. Far more urgency, discipline and pace second half. Vardy can still do a job for us for a while yet. No idea why Enzo waited until 72 minutes to make any changes and then railroaded 5. What a strange bloke. Much needed 3 points.

I wouldn't say the first half was abysmal. I thought we picked it up well after they scored. Didn't panic and forced a deserved equaliser. Set the tone for the second half. 

[Tielemans63]

Just now, Danno said:

So much better with Doyle there

Yeah, that's true. Doyle is a funny one, supports the attack play well and was effective pushed right up, but his defending is ropey at times.

[fazzyfox]

Their number 7 looked lively at times but other than that it was just a testimonial-like lump in Ashley Barnes alongside Art Garfunkel, offering very little, with to be fair, very little service.

[EastAnglianFox]

I bet Mav’s a right barrel of laughs on a night out 

 

 

[Col city fan]

Watching that game today it’s clear what the problem has been…

We’ve caved in under the pressure of being top of the league for so long.

The players have been instructed to play a certain way and when it’s not been working, they’ve lost belief.

Today, bouyed by Fats and having Ricardo back (very composed personality) that belief returned. It’s not been about not trying or ‘pashun’ or anything like it. You could see when we got the third how overjoyed they all were (and relieved).

Season starts now, so to speak.

[Tielemans63]

Were Sky getting bored of Enzo's interview? Wow 

[Twitcher]

14 minutes ago, Tazfox said:

Great performance. Wasn't expecting it. Doyle is such a better option at LB thought he was outstanding today. Mavididi worked his socks off all game making sure Doyle wasn't exposed as well. 

 

Only downside was I thought Fatawu was poor again. 

What!!! Fatawu? Which game are you referring to?

[Claudio Fannieri]

Much much better and a performance in keeping with the 1st half of the season, showed some bollocks to regroup and come back from going a goal down and to be honest that 2nd half showing is as good as we have played, we absolutely bossed it. 
 

the reaction to the Vardy goal was interesting, players seem fully behind Enzo and seemed to playing for him, I think the drop off has been as a result of the off the field distractions plus a couple of key injuries have definitely knocked the wind out of our sails, would be great to build on this with another decent run of results. 
 

Now come on Saints and Hull 

[Itsthejoeker]

this place:

[EastAnglianFox]

Shows how good we can be when fully on it, Norwich have been flying and we've made them look absolute dross

 

Feeling so good in what seems like months, heading out into Norwich City centre now with shirt on and standing about 2 feet taller than usual

 

Football man

Edited 1 April by EastAnglianFox

[Simonb]

Had firmly had enough of this lethargic and lacking creativity football of late... was ready to push Enzo off a cliff..  but fair play, he got it right today.. bit more urgency.. controlled the game in the opponents half and most importantly got the win

 

3 decent chances of wins incoming now 

[richardsfoxes]

[CloudFox]

1 minute ago, Tielemans63 said:

Were Sky getting bored of Enzo's interview? Wow 

Yeah that kinda seemed rude. Just completely cut away mid interview!

[ARM1968]

Everything good now yeah?  We all back on the optimistic bus? Raise our hopes from the dead and then…….

 

Anyway, good win, let’s all enjoy it and see what happens next. 

Edited 1 April by ARM1968

[Steve_Walsh5]

Hopefully we get them in the playoffs. 

[foxes_rule1978]

1 minute ago, Steve_Walsh5 said:

Hopefully we get them in the playoffs. 

Hahaha

[kristianity77]

Credit where it's due, first half hour  aside that's the most composed and intent looking performance so far in 2024. 

 

We just need to hope now we carry it over to the next games and not resort to type. 

[WoodyFox]

2 minutes ago, ARM1968 said:

Everything good now yeah?  We all back on the optimistic bus?

Not yet. If anything today makes the recent form even more frustrating and worrying that we could just drop off again. 

[Richmondfox]

5 minutes ago, Cropwellfox said:

Doyle’s left foot was a big difference today. 5 or 6 very well found passes out to Abdul 

Once the fans got on Vestagard and Faes backs for the walking football and slow passes, it made such a difference.  The fans hyping Abdul as well was great for him and injected energy. 

The defence and Winks can slip into Enzoball in dangerous areas too easily and revert back to the style that has caused us to lose games. 

 

Justin showed so much attacking energy

which was great to see. 

 

[whetstonefox]

Given the nature of the goal we conceded , was good to see what then transpired. Roll on Saturday! 

[iancognito]

20 minutes ago, Tazfox said:

Great performance. Wasn't expecting it. Doyle is such a better option at LB thought he was outstanding today. Mavididi worked his socks off all game making sure Doyle wasn't exposed as well. 

 

Only downside was I thought Fatawu was poor again. 

It's just his final ball TBF just picks the wrong option sometimes but poor is harsh.

[Lillehamring]

11 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

When that KDH / Stephy axis is in full flow, it's pretty awesome. Doesn't click often enough, though imho.

I think doyle made the difference there - his passing is so much more progressive than JJ's safety first approach - so they not only got more possession today, they got it in much better positions.