August
First game of the season brought us up against a Blackburn Rovers side at Ewood Park and it was a match that I saw was a great opportunity for us to get our first points on the board. But as every game in this decision it was going to be tough.
Full time- Blackburn 1-1 Norwich
Goal scorer- David Fox (8)
Overall it was probably the most likely result at the start of the match but on the match stats Blackburn probably deserved the 3 points on the board but I was delighted to get our first point of the season but next game we knew was going to be tough with a match against title contenders Manchester City.
This was definitely going to be one of our toughest games all season so I wanted to see how we faired against the big boys just to see how good my squad really was.
Full time- Norwich 3-2 Manchester City
Goal scorers- Simeon Jackson (10, 59 pen), Steve Morison (35)
I am absolutely delighted with this result. I didn’t expect it at all. We played counter attacking because we knew they were going to throw everything at us as they probably saw us as an easy 3 points but we certainly proved that we were no push over and if we can perform like that against all the other so called big teams I can see us getting a few points of them. Fantastic performance by all the lads very promising start to the season.
Our first game in the league cup gave us a home tie against league 2 side Port Vale. A game that I expect we should win easily as I am playing a very strong team as this is a competition that I hope to do very well in.
Full time- Norwich 3-0 Port Vale
Goal scorers- Grant Holt (25, 70), Anthony Pilkington (47)
Easy victory in the end, dominated the game. Only bad thing that came out of the game is that it will give me a bit of a selection headache as many of the players that played performed exceptionally.
Next up is Liverpool at Anfield another stern test where we will need to perform well to gain anything from the match. We know that Liverpool are probably going to dominate the possession its just up to us to try and catch them on the counter attack and hopefully get something from the game.
Full time- Liverpool 2-0 Norwich
At the end of the day Liverpool deserved all 3 points. The boys didn’t deserve too badly but we were just over powered by a better Liverpool side.
Not a bad month to be fair we got a brilliant result against a tough City side who will be up at the top or thereabouts come the end of the season more than likely. The Blackburn result was a good point away from home but I was disappointed with the Liverpool result. I’m very happy that we have progressed to the next round in the carling cup. Hope for much of the same next month team is starting to look good though and clicking.
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