Kanadyan Kanary

Hey, it''s gr8 to see us playing well. Fully deserve this lead and pleased for Naismith. A really well work goal and superb finish.

Yes - excellent improvisation from Mbokani. We deserved that cos we have been playing well despite them gaining in confidence after their lucky freak goal.

Damn - a fluke goal against the run of play.

We have started brightly. A lot more movement up front with Naismith in the side and some nice crisp passing moves up front.

Pinto has had a good start. Looks quick, direct and comfortable on the ball.

[quote user="city-till-i-die"]Omg we look like we have never played together before The need for a quality CB is so Loud it''s unreal[/quote] ... we have been in need for a couple of quality Centre Backs for the last 3 years.

Changes are too late - unbelievable... and Hoolahan still on?

Simply cannot believe there have been no changes at half time, after that woeful performance.

Any one of Howson, Hoolahan and Redmond could be changed - none of them having any impact on this game.

Little change from the first half. We need some spark to get us going.

Couple of concerns at this stage: Can''t see who our best player is - no-one standing out. We are giving the ball away a lot in the middle of the park. Shane Long is winning a lot of balls against our central defenders. Positive point - we have created a couple of good chances.

Well that makes him MOM - awesome from Mbokani

It''s all got a bit scrappy. Need a composed head to take charge.

Yep - Howson chance was an excellent opportunity and we should be 2 up. Hope we don''t rue that.

IMO Mbokani, Hoolahan and Brady are pick of the bunch. The worst is definitely Dorrans; having a mare.

I agree that we have had difficulty all season, breaking down teams who have come to defend. I would like to see us work the ball into shooting positions at the front of the box and then we stand a good chance of picking off rebounds, if they don''t go in first time. We need to mix that approach with the crossing from the bi-line approach. AN said we had 47 crosses tonight and only two shots on target according to the BBC. Wow!

I think this is interesting.  Our stats against top-half teams puts us 2nd in the league but against bottom half teams, we are 11th and if you drill-down further you will see that our performance against bottom half teams at home, we are 18th in the league .  This might suggest a complacency or show an inability to break teams down when they defend against us. I think that was certainly true in the early part of the season but the last two home victories might indicate an improvement on that front. We will see.Anyway, the stats for performance against top half teams are shown here:http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-championship/2014-2015/versus-top-half/full...and against bottom half teams; http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-championship/2014-2015/versus-bottom-half/full

I like the fact that when we lose, it''s down to Adams'' tactical naivety but when we win it''s all down to Phelan''s influence. 

[quote user="kirku"]Get Grabban off. He''s the invisible man.[/quote]Agreed - he''s been invisible for the last two months.

The big issue for us is still how to break down these teams who play defensively against us.  For me, I believe we need to work the ball into shooting positions from the edge of the box and get shots heading towards goal to benefit from deflections or second phase play, rather than crossing from an angle into a packed area. 

[quote user="Cheap Cheap Canaries"]Strongest squad in the league managed by the weakest manager.[/quote]Really???????????? - we started off the game top of the league!

It''s got nothing to do with a curse.. we are just playing poorly.

Midfield does seem insipid.  I would like to see Murphy and Howson on for Grabban and Hoolahan.

...... and once again, the goal comes from us giving away posession in the middle of the park.  Don''t know who it was but it happens too regularly.

If they are camped in their own box, one option is to work the ball to shooting positions outside the box.  We need to work this out.... every team is going to do this when they come to Carrow Road and we must find a solution.