Norwich 2-1 Plymouth
By: Edward | December 7th, 2007
The survival fight continues, three wins in four now. More cause for belief?
I think so. I went to the game on Tuesday night and it was refreshing to see Norwich take the lead in the opening minutes through a slicing pass from Jamie Cureton to new loanee Ched Evans to score on his full league debut.
That was nice. Tha game however from then onwards fizzled out into something scrappy, neither side with any final incisive belief. Norwich were the better side though. Then, about four minutes from time Norwich win a penalty and Darren Huckerby scores from the spot, in good fashion. 2-0 looks good until a tame Plymouth corner was allowed to enter the Norwich goal and 2-1 sent nerves jangling in the crowd that we were going to throw important points away. We didn’t, and Plymouth didn’t look like doing so.
One thing I will say, and perhaps I am wrong but it distresses me nonetheless: why pick out and make “ohhhh” noises and shouts of “get him off” to one of our players only recently returned from injury and low in confidence? It seems a self-destructive thing to do, causing our own players to feel nervous as they undoubtedly feel their own crowd’s playful derision. Gary Doherty isn’t perfect, I am not saying he is a world-class defender or any other kind of babble but I do believe he has a genuine character and is an honest servant of the club. I would like to see his confidence boosted, not mocked. If things don’t improve under Roeder, then fine, but lets not try and force our own players out when they have just come back from injury and are low on confidence. I maintain that is a bit unfair. No?
Other good news. Roeder has just admitted Martin Taylor has been told he is free to leave Birmingham City by new boss Alex McLeish. He is tall, with a big physical presence and scored two goals in a month’s loan. Watch this space carefully for updates.
As for tomorrow, roll on Sheffield United. They come on the back of a 3-0 home defeat to Stoke.
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