Best Teemu memory?

[Canary Jedi 610]

Can’t believe it’s only 5 years. Feels like he’s been with us for a decade. Life after Teemu will be different that’s for sure.

But looking backwards, what are your stand-out memorys of Teemu Pukki’s time at Norwich?

With video clip if possible please!

 

[A Load of Squit 6,260]

3 minutes ago, Canary Jedi said:

Can’t believe it’s only 5 years. Feels like he’s been with us for a decade. Life after Teemu will be different that’s for sure.

But looking backwards, what are your stand-out memorys of Teemu Pukki’s time at Norwich?

With video clip if possible please!

 

During that game against Huddersfield he scored after Emi played a through ball to him that was so sublime I want it to be the last thing I think about when I die.

[Capt. Pants 5,008]

There are several collections on YouTube and some brilliant goals.

It's been a privilege having Teemu at our club, but warning it will make you very sad at some of the sublime football we used to play as most of the goals were when a certain D Farke was here.

[Google Bot 3,933]

Volley against Newcastle sits in my mind.  In fact, the hat-trick against Newcastle in the 3-0 was good too, and he hit one from further out in that.

It's weird as I can think of far more special moments for Holt, But when it comes to Pukki it was more about his consistency when through on goal and being the finisher of a team goal, rather than show-stopping moments.

Which in itself is rare for a Norwich striker as normally you'd be thinking a player was going to miss when running through, not with Teemu.  I think it's that consistency and belief that is my best memory of him.

Edited May 4, 2023 by Google Bot

[Robert N. LiM 6,282]

40 minutes ago, A Load of Squit said:

During that game against Huddersfield he scored after Emi played a through ball to him that was so sublime I want it to be the last thing I think about when I die.

This is the correct answer. It's here. https://youtu.be/eWZeD5uVxsU?t=63

I love that goal so much. Emi's tenacity to win the ball back. Lovely little Farkeball passing triangle, then the sublime pass from Emi to Teemu. Just out of shot you know that Teemu's just made one of those brilliant curved runs that suddenly give him acres of space. And the finish is a certainty. Peak Farke, peak Emi, peak Teemu. Going to stop now as I appear to have something in my eye. 

[Barham Blitz 869]

1 hour ago, Robert N. LiM said:

This is the correct answer. It's here. https://youtu.be/eWZeD5uVxsU?t=63

I love that goal so much. Emi's tenacity to win the ball back. Lovely little Farkeball passing triangle, then the sublime pass from Emi to Teemu. Just out of shot you know that Teemu's just made one of those brilliant curved runs that suddenly give him acres of space. And the finish is a certainty. Peak Farke, peak Emi, peak Teemu. Going to stop now as I appear to have something in my eye. 

All of the highlights on that link - beautiful, simple and at that level at least utterly unstoppable football.  Emi's pass and probably the assist for Dowell's goal aside, there is very little technical skill in the build-ups that should be beyond most professional footballers but the synchronicity of the team's understanding and movement and the speed which that allowed them to play at just put them a level above.  Terrifying how far and how quickly we've regressed really.

That look from Dowell at Todd's celebration after the fourth though - hilarious ... 🤣

Edited May 4, 2023 by Barham Blitz

[hogesar 10,762]

Never have I seen a striker play for Norwich with Teemu's pretty average level of pace, but consistently get himself into one-on-one situations because his movement and running was on a completely different level.

I don't doubt in the right Premier League team he could have been a 20 goal a season striker at his best, he really has been incredible for us.

[cambridgeshire canary 7,798]

 

[Barham Blitz 869]

1 hour ago, Google Bot said:

It's weird as I can think of far more special moments for Holt, But when it comes to Pukki it was more about his consistency when through on goal and being the finisher of a team goal, rather than show-stopping moments.

This exactly.  Whenever i think of Teemu I always envisage the same movement - inside right position, around the edge of the penalty area, somehow in around 3 yards of space and receiving a slipped pass.  You just knew what happened next.

I think it was in his first season where we beat Wednesday 4-0 away and I went with a mate of mine who was a Wednesday fan and who despite Rhodes' performances there couldn't understand why we hadn't been playing him ahead of this unknown Finn.  About halfway through the second half he turned to me and said something along the lines of  "I see it now - Pukki is like the Shopkeeper from Mr Ben.  You think you're in a good defensive shape turn around and as if by magic he suddenly appears ..."

As @Hogesar says, for a player of average pace his movement was just so good that he always seemed to be in space running through on goal.  But it wasn't just his movement and finishing for me - it was also the way he could pick a pass and find a team mate and also knew when to do so.  The number of goals we've scored from Teemu cutbacks and little through balls.  And also the sheer joy that he seemed to exude about playing and scoring. 

The loss of that exuberance in the last 18 months has been a little sad to see as he is reduced to chasing between defenders on the press for 90 minutes or making the run for a through ball from Emi that is never going to come again ...

[Robert N. LiM 6,282]

26 minutes ago, Barham Blitz said:

About halfway through the second half he turned to me and said something along the lines of  "I see it now - Pukki is like the Shopkeeper from Mr Ben.  You think you're in a good defensive shape turn around and as if by magic he suddenly appears ..."

that's outstanding!

26 minutes ago, Barham Blitz said:

The loss of that exuberance in the last 18 months has been a little sad to see as he is reduced to chasing between defenders on the press for 90 minutes or making the run for a through ball from Emi that is never going to come again ...

And how true that is: something tragically poetic about that last bit

[Segura 100]

The Newcastle hat-trick for me, I came away from that game thinking we would stay up quite easily and being so impressed with Trybull, Leitner and Lewis.

I also jokingly said to my Magpie-supporting friend before the game that Teemu would roll in a hat-trick, why oh why did I not put some money on it?

[Danke bitte 1,154]

The time he was sponsored by a local sauna company and in the photoshoot for the EDP he looked like a History student from the UEA and I thought “who the fk is this guy??” 

[GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 2,035]

4-3 vs Millwall...3-2? vs Bolton....both injury winners.

Back when we would score the late goals instead of conceding them

[CDMullins 498]

The tap in at Elland Rd giving us a 2-0 lead when the whole of the stadium thought he must have been offside.

[Pyro Pete 2,353]

I'm not Teemu, so how would I know what his best memory is?

Wedding day? Birth of his first child? The day he got a KitKat that was solid chocolate?

[Robert N. LiM 6,282]

2 hours ago, hogesar said:

Never have I seen a striker play for Norwich with Teemu's pretty average level of pace, but consistently get himself into one-on-one situations because his movement and running was on a completely different level.

"The first five yards is in the head" is a saying made for Teemu. Or, "ensimmäiset viisi metriä on päässä"

[Google Bot 3,933]

30 minutes ago, Pyro Pete said:

Wedding day? Birth of his first child? The day he got a KitKat that was solid chocolate?

I'm sure it wasn't the time he visited Malaysia and found out what his name meant over there.

[Satriales 994]

1 hour ago, CDMullins said:

The tap in at Elland Rd giving us a 2-0 lead when the whole of the stadium thought he must have been offside.

It really did seem like he was way offside until the replays were shown. Bizarre moment.

[Creedence Clearwater Couto 1,633]

Millwall at home 4-3 (Pukki’s winner) 

QPR away (Pukki’s chest) 

Leicester away (Pukki’s equaliser) 

 

I’m so sad / angry we didn’t support Pukki with the right players this season. We’ve been robbed of a promotion and a Pukki having 100 goals and a proper celebration send off. 

I’m going to say it, since following Norwich in 93 - Pukki has been my favourite player. 2019 was just incredible. 

Emi and Pukki were just championship cheat codes.

Edited May 4, 2023 by Creedence Clearwater Couto

[paddycanary 579]

10 hours ago, Barham Blitz said:

This exactly.  Whenever i think of Teemu I always envisage the same movement - inside right position, around the edge of the penalty area, somehow in around 3 yards of space and receiving a slipped pass.  You just knew what happened next.

I think it was in his first season where we beat Wednesday 4-0 away and I went with a mate of mine who was a Wednesday fan and who despite Rhodes' performances there couldn't understand why we hadn't been playing him ahead of this unknown Finn.  About halfway through the second half he turned to me and said something along the lines of  "I see it now - Pukki is like the Shopkeeper from Mr Ben.  You think you're in a good defensive shape turn around and as if by magic he suddenly appears ..."

As @Hogesar says, for a player of average pace his movement was just so good that he always seemed to be in space running through on goal.  But it wasn't just his movement and finishing for me - it was also the way he could pick a pass and find a team mate and also knew when to do so.  The number of goals we've scored from Teemu cutbacks and little through balls.  And also the sheer joy that he seemed to exude about playing and scoring. 

The loss of that exuberance in the last 18 months has been a little sad to see as he is reduced to chasing between defenders on the press for 90 minutes or making the run for a through ball from Emi that is never going to come again ...

Super post Barham. A microcosm of the the club's fortunes over the last 5 years. The last paragraph made me a bit sad, like the last two seasons. We've been so lucky/privileged to have gotten his best years out of him & he'll be extremely difficult to effectively replace. Kiitos Teemu! 

[Terminally Yellow 2,614]

As an example of him at his best I present exhibit A.

A beautiful pass from Emi and Teemu telepathically reading it before anyone else to glide past the defence, hitting a shot no goalkeeper on the planet would be able to do anything about.

Ill remember him most for things like this. An incredible striker who has been a pleasure to watch since his arrival.

[GodlyOtsemobor 2,830]

Probably the newcastle volley. 

[AJ 1,359]

That "goal" against Spurs followed closely by the volley against Newcastle. So many good memories from Teemu, it's actually hard to think of a stand out game that sticks out in recent memory that he didn't score or assist in!

[Barham Blitz 869]

Nice Bailey article in The Athletic for those who subscribe.  Interviews with Paul Warne, Farke, Zimbo and Emi.

https://theathletic.com/4487707/2023/05/05/teemu-pukki-norwich-city-legend?source=user-shared-article

 

[Worthy Nigelton 1,301]

Millwall away in the first title win. I was there and when he got sent through you just knew he'd score, and he did. It was at the moment I knew he wasn't just in a purple patch but that he was the real deal and we had a proper player on our hands.