The Norwich City Chronicle
Market15 Nov 2027
Oscar Bobb wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Norwich City
Pelle Mattsson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings15 Nov 2027
Jovon Makama runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Oscar Bobb falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings15 Nov 2027
Ben Chrisene stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.68 on the card, and the Norwich City support went home talking about one name.
Squad15 Nov 2027
No hiding place for Matěj Jurásek
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matěj Jurásek, and the manager let it.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Christopher Marshall stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Christopher Marshall and Norwich City agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match13 Nov 2027
Norwich City draw a blank against Hull City
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Hull City defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market15 Nov 2027
The Vladan Kovačević talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Norwich City know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Izuchukwu Olewunne in it
- Player ratings Andrey Santos was immovable
- Loan watch Stephen Humphrys first choice at Livorno