Norwich City are by no means promoted yet, but they took another small step closer to the Premier League on Friday night thanks to Emi Buendia’s second half strike, which gave them a 1-0 victory over Swansea City. Here’s our Six Things from the game. Swansea’s courage The term bravery in football is commonly meant… Read more →
Norwich City have gone top of the Championship with a statement victory on Saturday teatime, with Daniel Farke’s Canaries winning 3-1 at prime promotion rivals Leeds United. Here’s our Player Ratings from an outstanding victory for the Yellows. Leeds United Kiko Casilla – the goalkeeper, who arrived in January, made one good stop at Rotherham… Read more →
Norwich City underlined their promotion credentials with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Birmingham City, in which all the goals came in the first 25 minutes. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Norwich City Tim Krul – the Dutchman’s performances at Bristol City and West Brom have been crucial to the Canaries avoiding defeats, but… Read more →
After an action-packed second half, Birmingham City drew 2-2 with Norwich City in the opening game of the 2018-19 Championship season. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Birmingham City Connal Trueman – David Stockdale had been transfer listed but with the embargo, Blues haven’t been able to sign a replacement; all of which… Read more →
After an action-packed second half, Birmingham City drew 2-2 with Norwich City in the opening game of the 2018-19 Championship season. Here’s six things from the game. Flexible Norwich Norwich set up as a 4-2-3-1 out of possession, with Tommy Trybull and Alex Tettey in the double-pivot, but the latter dropped deeper when they… Read more →
With the 2018-19 Championship season coming up, The Football Lab spoke to Steve Walmsley from the excellent Sheffield Wednesday blog War of the Monster Trucks (@SheffWedWOTMT). You finished 15th last season, 11 places lower than the previous campaign. Considering the investment that has been made without the insurance of parachute payments, that must go down… Read more →
With the 2018-19 Championship season coming up, The Football Lab spoke to Birmingham City fan Ryan Deeney (@RyanDeeney2194). Blues have gone into the final day fearing relegation to League One in three of the last five seasons. In the post-Gary Rowett era specifically, what do you feel has gone wrong? The decision making from the… Read more →
With the 2018-19 Championship season coming up, The Football Lab spoke to Norwich City fan Ryan Wilson (@ryanjameswillo). You had your lowest finish in nearly a decade last season, yet at no point did a change of head coach seem likely. Is there a possibility that the board set more modest targets than fans would… Read more →
A star performance from 20-year-old David Brooks helped Sheffield United to score four goals at Hillsborough for the first time ever and deservedly win the Steel City Derby. Sheffield Wednesday’s Gary Hooper and substitute Lucas Joao put the game in the balance after John Fleck and Leon Clarke had given the Blades an early lead,… Read more →
With a two-week break from the Championship for internationals, this is a good time to review how all 24 teams have looked in their first five league games. Here’s our assessment of Wolverhampton Wanderers. What we said in pre-season “Much-needed defensive improvements have been made. Ruben Neves adds quality in midfield, even if the attack… Read more →