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Norwich City unveil a Trio of Spaniards plus a Brazilian

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Europa League Champions Norwich City today unveiled four new signings. The first two both come from Spanish Giants FC Barcelona. Attacking Midfielder Denis Suarez joins on a free transfer after his contract expired on July 1st, whilst Central Midfielder Rafael Alcantara joins for a fee of £4.5 million, which could rise to 5 depending on appearances.

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Attacker Alvaro Morata joins the East Anglian side for a bargain £5 million from AC Milan. Arguably the biggest coup for Norwich City, is striking sensation Munir, who joins from Tottenham for a fee which could rise to £22 million.
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Transfer Roundup

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Simone Scuffet - £13.75million

I've been scouting goalkeepers for the past two years, knowing that John Ruddy would be into his 30's, and Scuffet is the keeper that was recommended by various scouts. He will immediately challenge Ruddy for the number 1 jersey.

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Marcos Rojo - £13.5million

A new centre back was a must, to add competition at the least. Rojo comes in and will challenge Kongolo for a spot alongside Fabian Schar in the middle of defence.

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Cheick Tiote - £11.75million

A vital addition, quite possibly one of the most important players to us this upcoming season. He has a fantastic work rate and is a great tackler of the ball, will be vital in the games against the top clubs, both domestically and in Europe.

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Rafinha - £4.5million

An excellent addition considering the price, and we battled against AS Roma to clinch his signature, will add depth in midfield and its great he can cover quite a lot of positions.

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Denis Suarez - Free

Excellent player who once again can play in a few positions, should see quite a lot of playing time this year.

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Alvaro Morata - £5million

With Lewis Grabban asking to leave to get more game time, it was vital to bring in a striker as cover, Morata is a great addition who will provide backup to Kane and Munir

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Munir - £20million

Obviously the marquee signing and replaces Dybala as our number one attacker. Have big hopes for this man. Will have to change my tactics in order to allow him to play to the best of his ability, but the change should also benefit Lucas Silva and Tiote.


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So Dybala, Grabban, Tettey and Russell Martin all leave, the majority of them having asked too. Martinez goes out on loan to gain more game time and I am hoping he progresses quite well whilst away.
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August 17/18

August


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100% start to the Premier League Season
City lose in the Euro Super Cup to United on Penalties
New signings start to settle


Euro Super Cup

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A really good match in which we matched United for the first time in a long while. Munir scored a fantasic free kick on his debut, whilst Tiote managed to get himself sent off for two bookable offenses. Harry Kane was the unfortunate player who missed the 5th​ penalty, which meant that Manchester United win 5-4 on penalties.

The Barclays Premier League

Gameweek 1

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Denis Suarez scores on his debut, the only goal in a closely fought match. We just about deserved the three points however, and am glad to get going in the league.

Gameweek 2

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Much more like it. We were awful in the first half and were lucky to go in at the break ahead. Odegaard and Munir ran the show here, and Luta got a goal on his debut too.

League Table and Stats

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Some great transfers though I feel you may paid over the odds for Tiote lol, nice start to the season!
 
SamPeters said:
Some great transfers though I feel you may paid over the odds for Tiote lol, nice start to the season!
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Oh I definitely did! But he was a player I really wanted! I have so many technical players that I needed someone like him, he's my new captain too.
 
September 2017

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September

Dele Alli wins Young Player of the Month
Norwich handed tough Champions League Draw
Proceed to the Fourth Round in the Capital One Cup


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Gameweek 3

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The result is unfair on the boys who played extremely well, they just couldn't finish the chances they created between themselves and Arsenal did.

Gameweek 4

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Munir wasn't having the best day so brought Morata on, who repaid the favour by ripping apart the Everton defense.

Gameweek 5

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A very good home performance, pleased to finally start getting a run going. Murphy was excellent.

Gameweek 6

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A terrible feeling coming out of this game, we really should have put it to bed, we didn't and were punished right at the end. The only positive is that Munir scores his first League Goal.

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So third in the league after six games. A decent enough start, the league is extremely close at the moment, and there's a long way to go.

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Third Round

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Rested the entire first XI, but it needed Munir to come off the bench to get the equaliser. Scrapped through 4-3 on penalties in the end. Will play Manchester City at home in the Fourth Round.

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So a tough group. We will of course be looking to get all six points from Goteborg and then try and take points away from PSG and Dortmund.

Matchday 1

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A dominant away performance in our first ever Champions League game. Rafinha was excellent throughout and Munir got onto the scoresheet too as he continues to struggle to settle into our style of play.
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October 2017

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October

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Gameweek 7
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A great win over a team who always seem to beat us. Aguero got his goal, as he always does against us, but all in all, a great performance by the boys, Munir getting on the scoresheet.

Gameweek 8

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Another great win, the team really seems to be gelling now, and giving great performances week in, week out.

Gameweek 9

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Norwich go top with an away win against the Hammers.

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Fourth Round

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Rested a lot of the team and it showed. We were completely outperformed by City in every single area of the pitch.

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Matchday 2

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A brilliant result against Dortmund. If we are going to qualify for the next round, our home games are the ones we really need to focus on taking maximum points from. Rafinha was excellent.

Matchday 3

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The best result of the year so far. An outstanding result against the French Giants. I couldn't have believed that we could be top of our group after the first three games.

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Great story, certainly doing well :)

Just noticed Sunderland are still in the premier although they were meant to be relegated in the second season, did the game crash lol.
 
andy_14clark said:
Great story, certainly doing well :)

Just noticed Sunderland are still in the premier although they were meant to be relegated in the second season, did the game crash lol.
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Yeah it did! When I replayed the last few games, whilst my scores weren't the same, the overall results were and I couldn't be bothered to edit my post!
 
AdamG23 said:
Yeah it did! When I replayed the last few games, whilst my scores weren't the same, the overall results were and I couldn't be bothered to edit my post!
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That's fine with me, I am a Sunderland fan so happy to see them still in the prem and doing better haha
 
November 2017

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November

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Gameweek 10

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1st against 2nd and the reigning champions came out on top in a really close game. Really impressed with how we performed against the best side in England.

Gameweek 11

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Munir starred but it wasn't enough to get anything from the game.

Gameweek 12

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Awful! Made even worse by the fact it was at Carrow Road.

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Matchday 4

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So PSG get their revenge with a crushing win at home. Depay was unbelievable, and it allows Dortmund to catch up.

Matchday 5

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Finally a win this month! Dortmund beat PSG too so this win puts us top of the group with just the game against Dortmund left.

Competition Roundup

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A rubbish month that sees us drop down to 6th in the league. Onto December where we hope to make up ground and progress to the Knockout stages of the Champions League.
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December 2017

December



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Gameweek 13

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A good result away from home, especially considering our awful form from November.

Gameweek 14

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Another good result against a top side. Murphy has been exceptional this season so far and has outshone all our new signings.

Gameweek 15

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Back to our November performances. We really need to start winning games or we are going to end up outside of the top 8.

Gameweek 16

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A huge derby win over Ipswich. Martin Odegaard was absolutely exceptional.

Gameweek 17

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I have no idea where these performances have come from, but another 6-0 win, and another Odegaard hattrick!

Gameweek 18

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Not quite a 6-0 win, but another cleansheet and another goal from Odegaard! The same starting XI have played the last three games and within it, only 2 of the new signings are included (Scuffet and Rojo).

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Matchday 6

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A top drawer away performance in Germany secures top spot in our difficult group. We will play Zenit in the next round.

Competition Roundup

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So up to 5th in the league, recovering from what was an awful November. Through to the knockout stages in the Champions League and will play Preston in the FA Cup third round.
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January 2018

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January

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Gameweek 19

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Great start to the month, Morata was lethal in front of goal.G

Gameweek 20

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Outperformed by the better team.

Gameweek 21

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Another great win, this time Kane taking all the plaudits.

Gameweek 22

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Awful result, and one which took me completely by surprise.

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Third Round

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A young side gets a closely fought win over Preston.

Fourth Round

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Munir returns from his 5 week lay off with a hat trick.

Competition Roundup

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February 2018

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February

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Gameweek 23

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Great start to the month as Norwich look to press on, Kane scoring for fun.

Gameweek 24

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A famous victory at Old Trafford. We deserved the three points here and are now looking threatening for the top 4 places.

Gameweek 25

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Another great win against a very strong team and the first time Sergio Aguero has failed to score against us in a game.

Gameweek 26

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We should have got something from this game, appalling result considering how well we have been playing.

Gameweek 27

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Cardiff are definitely beginning to become a bogey team, Grabban scoring twice against us makes things even worse.

Gameweek 28

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In a busy month with league games, we finish as we started with a great win. All three goals, not including the penalty, were screamers from outside the box. Alli's won the goal of the month award. Both Alli and Murphy were injured and will be about for at least a month.

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Fifth Round

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For the second time this month, Norwich beat United to progress into the 6th Round of the cup, where we will play Chelsea.


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1st Knockout Round

Leg 1

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A crazy crazy game. Neither team's defense will come out with any credit from this game although Norwich let the game go a little towards the end. Going to have to be on top form at home in the second leg.

Competition Roundup

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So 5th in the league, but we have a game in hand on City, so have a chance to claim 4th spot.
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March 2018

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March

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Gameweek 29

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We were top drawer today and very much deserved the three points.

Gameweek 30

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Beaten by a class act. Chelsea are the best team in England at the moment and deserved the three points although we put up a fight and didn't disgrace ourselves unlike in the Cup!

Gameweek 31

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Our ex Barcelona duo do the job for us today to get us much needed three points.

Gameweek 32

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A tough result to take. We deserved at least a point from this one.

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Sixth Round

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Embarrasing!

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1st Knockout Round
Leg 2

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So we got the win on the night but couldn't find the elusive third goal that would have sent us through. Still, we can look back with pride on our first season in top European Competition.

Competition Roundup

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April/May 2018

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April/May

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Gameweek 33

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Great start to the month as we start the fight to track Manchester City down in 4th.

Gameweek 34

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Another famous away victory against one of the top sides.

Gameweek 35

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We get the double over our East Anglian rivals to keep the pressure up on Manchester City and secure 5th place.

Gameweek 36

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A tough loss to take. We were very competitive and deserved a point from this game.

Gameweek 37

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A great game for the neutrals but awful to watch as a manager. We can no longer catch City, and will finish 5th this season.

Gameweek 38

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With nothing on the line, I played a weakened team for this one with some youngsters making their debuts. They performed admirably. Villa get the win but still get relegated!

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I think its easy to see where we need to improve. Whilst we scored 90 goals (the most in the league, we also conceded 67!

English Footballer of the Year: Eden Hazard
English Players' Player of the Year: Sergio Aguero
English Premier League Top Goalscorer: Sergio Aguero
English Players' Young Player of the Year:Martin Odegaard(Thinking about renaming this award the Norwich City Young Player of the Year Award. One of our players has won it the last three years!!!)English Premier League Golden Glove: Thibaut Courtois
Manager of the Year: Jose Mourinho

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So we have three players in the team of the year, all three very much deserve the accolade.

FA Cup Winners: Chelsea
Capital One Cup Winners: Manchester United
Champions League Winners: Chelsea
Europa League Winners: Liverpool

La Liga: Barcelona
Serie A: Juventus
Ligue 1: PSG
Bundesliga: Dortmund


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Preseason 18/19

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Preseason

So we went into the new season needing to strengthen in defense and try to keep hold of our best players. We hit some of these targets, we have slightly changed our tactics in order to be a bit more defensive minded.

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A good preseason for the boys, good experience against some really good sides.

Transfer Roundup

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Kenny Sinnaeve - £20million*

So whilst we weren't looking for an attacker, we have been scouting Kenny for a couple of years and when Morata asked to leave we decided to make our move. The deal is for an initial £12million with clauses which could rise to 20. Feel very comfortable going into the new season with Kenny, Harry Kane and Munir.

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Cristian Barrios - £7million

Cristian has been brought in to compete with Odegaard, but will get a lot of playing time as Odegaard is pushed back to central midfield.

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Andre Wisdom - £11.75million

After a great World Cup as England's starting right back, as they won the cup, when he became available we made a huge effort to sign him. He will also be our new captain for the upcoming season.

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Robin Knoche - £11.5million

A centre back whom we needed to add to the squad. He will provide competition to Rojo and Schar and should see his fair share of playing time.

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Xuxa - £17.5million

So as part of the tactical shake up, a Defensive Midfielder was needed. We have Tiote but he's getting old, and this young brazilian has the potential to be the best in the world at his position. He will go straight into the first team.

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So Rafinha and Morata both asked to leave after not being happy with the amount of playing time they recieved last year. We made great profits on them so not too worried. Bassong was homesick and Coleman left after we bought Wisdom. Bennett also wanted more playing time.

Promoted from the Youth Team

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We have great hopes for all three young Englishmen. All will be in the first team squad.
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