Norwich City Season 2 Part 2
It took until the 85th minute for a shot on target, but a dire game against Fulham is lit up a piece of divine intervention by way of a Phil Mulryne 89th minute free-kick winner, hallelujah.
Get a bit of a pasting off Liverpool and Newcastle, stabilise things by drawing with Derby 1-1 before another defeat this time to Middlesbrough. Worse news follows as Zema Abbey, scorer of 6 of our 14 league goals, is now sidelined for 2 months after tearing his calf. Life after Abbey begins far better than expected, couldn’t ask for a better fixture than 19th placed Bolton at home but 3-0 up by half time and don’t even allow them a shot all game.
The lopsided fixture list leaves us playing the top three in three matches over Christmas. Lose to them all in various manners. Man Utd at home is relatively even but they take their chances we don’t, a red card for Gilberto Silva gives us hope at 1-1 against Arsenal but we push forward and get done 4-1, Huckerby gets sent off early at home to unbeaten league leaders Chelsea so that match turns into damage limitation.
Worrying times as we get outplayed by Everton at home and lose 1-0, the only sides to beat us at home thus far have been the top 5, the Toffees were behind us in the table. Get battered by Blackburn and fortunate to only lose 3-0. Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they do, lose 2-0 in a FA Cup game with Rushden & Diamonds which should have been an ideal opportunity to boost morale.
A win from nowhere, a game of few chances but Berbatov finally scores his first of the season and soon after conceding a delightful Mark Rivers chip proves the winner. Morale has been scrapped off the floor. Follow that with a 3-2 win at Charlton, we’re twice behind before a brace from substitute Mulryne, the winner comes seconds before full-time.
On his return from injury Abbey reveals he’s unhappy with his salary of £2k per week which is justifiable given it’s the lowest in the squad and he's been our best player for the last 1 1/2 seasons but his demands of £24k are beyond the current financial constraints so he will have to wait until next season. After starting in the loss to Wolves, he's back on top form against Birmingham, both scoring and assisting in the 90th minute.
Get a bit of a pasting off Liverpool and Newcastle, stabilise things by drawing with Derby 1-1 before another defeat this time to Middlesbrough. Worse news follows as Zema Abbey, scorer of 6 of our 14 league goals, is now sidelined for 2 months after tearing his calf. Life after Abbey begins far better than expected, couldn’t ask for a better fixture than 19th placed Bolton at home but 3-0 up by half time and don’t even allow them a shot all game.
The lopsided fixture list leaves us playing the top three in three matches over Christmas. Lose to them all in various manners. Man Utd at home is relatively even but they take their chances we don’t, a red card for Gilberto Silva gives us hope at 1-1 against Arsenal but we push forward and get done 4-1, Huckerby gets sent off early at home to unbeaten league leaders Chelsea so that match turns into damage limitation.
Worrying times as we get outplayed by Everton at home and lose 1-0, the only sides to beat us at home thus far have been the top 5, the Toffees were behind us in the table. Get battered by Blackburn and fortunate to only lose 3-0. Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they do, lose 2-0 in a FA Cup game with Rushden & Diamonds which should have been an ideal opportunity to boost morale.
A win from nowhere, a game of few chances but Berbatov finally scores his first of the season and soon after conceding a delightful Mark Rivers chip proves the winner. Morale has been scrapped off the floor. Follow that with a 3-2 win at Charlton, we’re twice behind before a brace from substitute Mulryne, the winner comes seconds before full-time.
On his return from injury Abbey reveals he’s unhappy with his salary of £2k per week which is justifiable given it’s the lowest in the squad and he's been our best player for the last 1 1/2 seasons but his demands of £24k are beyond the current financial constraints so he will have to wait until next season. After starting in the loss to Wolves, he's back on top form against Birmingham, both scoring and assisting in the 90th minute.
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