Norwich City column: Senior players need to stand up regardless of who is in charge of the club
It’s hard to believe that yesterday marked four years since Daniel Farke was sacked as Norwich City head coach, bringing to an abrupt end one of the most beautiful chapters in this club’s history.
While living in the past is both dangerous and unproductive – in fact, it is something we long ridiculed our Suffolk neighbours for doing – it is much more comforting than facing up to the reality of our current situation.
Wednesday night’s 1-1 draw with fellow crisis club Sheffield Wednesday takes our tally to nine points from 14 games this season – four points from safety. Bleak. It did at least end a six-game losing streak, I suppose.
Norwich City columnist Edward Seaman
Look, I could sit here and once again write about my desire to see both Liam Manning and Ben Knapper relieved of their duties. Those feelings have only grown stronger in the last week – as has my annoyance at the inaction from Mark Attanasio. But ultimately, what’s the point? Change will come, I’m sure, and probably not far down the line.
The important thing, whoever is in charge of the team, is that our senior players start to stand up and be counted for, in order to avoid a catastrophic fall to League One.
That’s a list which includes Harry Darling, whose early season form has evaporated in recent weeks.
Kenny McLean needs to continue grabbing games by the scruff of the neck, as I thought he tried to do against Hull last weekend and at Hillsborough the other night.
It was McLean’s smart pass that set Josh Sargent away, with the USA striker unselfishly putting it on a plate for Mathias Kvistgaarden to ensure we left Yorkshire with a point.
There’s been a lot of talk about Sargent’s isolation in recent weeks, and I have truly felt sorry for him.
In many ways, it feels like Kvistgaarden is the answer. Let’s just hope he can stay injury free and start to build some form of partnership with our talismanic striker.
