The Norwich City Chronicle
The terraces28 Feb 2033
Anger at Norwich City spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Market28 Feb 2033
Luis Vázquez hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Norwich City can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings28 Feb 2033
A brace, and Luis Vázquez takes the afternoon — 8.67
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Luis Vázquez provided it, and the 8.67 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad28 Feb 2033
A one-man rearguard from Egoitz Arana
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market28 Feb 2033
Benjamin Markuš has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Norwich City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 Feb 2033
A falling-out at Norwich City
Eaden Roka and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Feb 2033
Luc Thomas arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Luc Thomas has, at Norwich City, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Match26 Feb 2033
Luis Vázquez the difference as Norwich City beat Manchester United
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luis Vázquez. 2‑0 against Manchester United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad28 Feb 2033
Iván Cabrera 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.
In brief
- The dugout Alessandro Mercati gets it from the manager
- Market A long bet from Norwich City on Luc Thomas
- The dugout Interim Coach: “That is the standard”