Din
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Once again more points dropped at home, and once again it's not good enough. Fair play to Brighton who played some nice football at times, and took their chances when they got them. But on the whole we were poor today. And despite the fact that it finished 3-3, that first half was one of the most boring I have ever endured.
Player Ratings
Ruddy - 6. Can't be blamed for any of the goals, but didn't really have a significant save to make.
Martin - 8. Probably our best player. And scored one of the best goals I've seen at Carrow Road (that wasn't scored by Luis Suarez). Could've done better for LuaLua's goal but overall was excellent.
Turner - 7. Pretty solid as per usual. Won everything in the air and just in general defended well.
Hooiveld - 7. I was more impressed him than I have been. He won a lot in the air, and read the play really well. But he did obviously give the penalty away.
Olsson - 6. Got some good balls into the box particularly in the first half, but was arguably at fault for Brighton's first and didn't go forward enough in the second half for me.
Redmond - 6. Wasn't as dangerous as usual for me, but did well for Howson's goal. Had a decent effort saved by Stockdale as well.
Howson - 7. Good passer of the ball and obviously scored our first goal. Worked very hard off the ball as well but he did sometimes push to far up the pitch.
Tettey - 6. Didn't think he had his best game. I like the fact he usually plays it simple, and made some good challenges. But his shooting is truly atrocious at times, and he lost the ball on a couple of occasions.
Johnson - 5. Did make a few good tackles. But also made some stupid decisions, and in the end it was no surprise he got sent off. Also wasted a great opportunity at 2-1 when we had 3 on 1 and he went for goal himself rather than squaring it to Grabban.
Jerome - 5. Worked hard off the ball but wasn't really involved in the game at all.
Grabban - 4. Again, worked hard but ultimately no end product. Gave the ball away a number of times and wasn't really involved to heavily.
Brighton's first goal was once again poorly defended. No-one got close enough Colunga to stop the cross, and Olsson should've done better at dealing with the ball in rather than let Bruno tower above him. That said though the cross did take a deflection. The second goal was awful. LuaLua was given a ridiculous amount of time to shift the ball onto his stronger side and place it into the far corner. Russell Martin should've got tighter to him and stopped the shot. Then obviously there's the penalty, which I couldn't see clearly but there weren't too many complaints, which suggests that it was the right decision. For Brighton I thought LuaLua was excellent. Really direct and fast, and obviously scored a crucial goal. Also thought Rohan Ince was very good on the ball. Our first goal was well worked. Redmond did well down the right hand side and a good pull-back for Howson to score. Stockdale perhaps could've done a bit better though. Russell Martin's goal was fantastic, and as I said one of the best goals I've seen at Carrow Road. Caught it absolutely perfectly, and when that went in I really thought we'd go onto a comfortable win. Hooper also took his goal very well, and I don't really know what more he can do to start a game.
The first half was really slow, and really quite boring, and you'd never have guessed that there would be 6 goals by the end of the game. The second half was much more entertaining. Much more open and a lot quicker, and in we had a spell when we were 2-1 up where we were playing well. It's just so frustrating that we yet again had chances but couldn't take them. Redmond had a shot well saved by Stockdale, Grabban went through on goal but was denied. The best chance though fell to Johnson, who got the ball off them and we were 3 on 1 with their defence. If Johnson had squared that to Grabban who was in a much better position then we stood a much better chance of making it 3-1 and settling the game. But Johnson stupidly went for goal from 25 yards out, and although it produced a good save from Stockdale it was a waste really of a really good opportunity. Brighton didn't really have a proper chance apart from their goals.
Adams got it wrong again today, and now I think he needs to go. The starting team was wrong again. I really don't know why Cuellar was dropped. He impressed me against Nottingham Forest and I was really surprised that he didn't start. I also don't know why Adams keeps persisting with Grabban, who has been useless for a while now, and Hooper was obviously the better option, as proved when he came on. And Johnson in left midfield? No idea why anyone would think that was a good idea. Adams also got the substitutions wrong again. At 2-1 up we were pushing too far forward and Brighton were hitting easily on the counter. At that point in my opinion we needed to revert 4-2-3-1, bringing Murphy on for Johnson, and O'Neil for Grabban, however we didn't change a thing, and in the end Brighton went 3-2 up because of it. Josh Murphy has consistantly proved that off the bench he can be very dangerous, so why he wasn't used is a mystery to me.
I really like Adams as a person. Seems like a nice guy and clearly is Norwich through and through, but unfortunately he has to go now. On the whole today was pretty poor, and to concede 3 goals at home to a team that have struggled to put the ball in the net all season is ridiculous.
He won't go yet though, simply because Phelan doesn't start to 'assist' him until later this week. And I really hope that Adams can turn it round for the club and his own sake, but if it was down to me, I personally would sack him.
Player Ratings
Ruddy - 6. Can't be blamed for any of the goals, but didn't really have a significant save to make.
Martin - 8. Probably our best player. And scored one of the best goals I've seen at Carrow Road (that wasn't scored by Luis Suarez). Could've done better for LuaLua's goal but overall was excellent.
Turner - 7. Pretty solid as per usual. Won everything in the air and just in general defended well.
Hooiveld - 7. I was more impressed him than I have been. He won a lot in the air, and read the play really well. But he did obviously give the penalty away.
Olsson - 6. Got some good balls into the box particularly in the first half, but was arguably at fault for Brighton's first and didn't go forward enough in the second half for me.
Redmond - 6. Wasn't as dangerous as usual for me, but did well for Howson's goal. Had a decent effort saved by Stockdale as well.
Howson - 7. Good passer of the ball and obviously scored our first goal. Worked very hard off the ball as well but he did sometimes push to far up the pitch.
Tettey - 6. Didn't think he had his best game. I like the fact he usually plays it simple, and made some good challenges. But his shooting is truly atrocious at times, and he lost the ball on a couple of occasions.
Johnson - 5. Did make a few good tackles. But also made some stupid decisions, and in the end it was no surprise he got sent off. Also wasted a great opportunity at 2-1 when we had 3 on 1 and he went for goal himself rather than squaring it to Grabban.
Jerome - 5. Worked hard off the ball but wasn't really involved in the game at all.
Grabban - 4. Again, worked hard but ultimately no end product. Gave the ball away a number of times and wasn't really involved to heavily.
Brighton's first goal was once again poorly defended. No-one got close enough Colunga to stop the cross, and Olsson should've done better at dealing with the ball in rather than let Bruno tower above him. That said though the cross did take a deflection. The second goal was awful. LuaLua was given a ridiculous amount of time to shift the ball onto his stronger side and place it into the far corner. Russell Martin should've got tighter to him and stopped the shot. Then obviously there's the penalty, which I couldn't see clearly but there weren't too many complaints, which suggests that it was the right decision. For Brighton I thought LuaLua was excellent. Really direct and fast, and obviously scored a crucial goal. Also thought Rohan Ince was very good on the ball. Our first goal was well worked. Redmond did well down the right hand side and a good pull-back for Howson to score. Stockdale perhaps could've done a bit better though. Russell Martin's goal was fantastic, and as I said one of the best goals I've seen at Carrow Road. Caught it absolutely perfectly, and when that went in I really thought we'd go onto a comfortable win. Hooper also took his goal very well, and I don't really know what more he can do to start a game.
The first half was really slow, and really quite boring, and you'd never have guessed that there would be 6 goals by the end of the game. The second half was much more entertaining. Much more open and a lot quicker, and in we had a spell when we were 2-1 up where we were playing well. It's just so frustrating that we yet again had chances but couldn't take them. Redmond had a shot well saved by Stockdale, Grabban went through on goal but was denied. The best chance though fell to Johnson, who got the ball off them and we were 3 on 1 with their defence. If Johnson had squared that to Grabban who was in a much better position then we stood a much better chance of making it 3-1 and settling the game. But Johnson stupidly went for goal from 25 yards out, and although it produced a good save from Stockdale it was a waste really of a really good opportunity. Brighton didn't really have a proper chance apart from their goals.
Adams got it wrong again today, and now I think he needs to go. The starting team was wrong again. I really don't know why Cuellar was dropped. He impressed me against Nottingham Forest and I was really surprised that he didn't start. I also don't know why Adams keeps persisting with Grabban, who has been useless for a while now, and Hooper was obviously the better option, as proved when he came on. And Johnson in left midfield? No idea why anyone would think that was a good idea. Adams also got the substitutions wrong again. At 2-1 up we were pushing too far forward and Brighton were hitting easily on the counter. At that point in my opinion we needed to revert 4-2-3-1, bringing Murphy on for Johnson, and O'Neil for Grabban, however we didn't change a thing, and in the end Brighton went 3-2 up because of it. Josh Murphy has consistantly proved that off the bench he can be very dangerous, so why he wasn't used is a mystery to me.
I really like Adams as a person. Seems like a nice guy and clearly is Norwich through and through, but unfortunately he has to go now. On the whole today was pretty poor, and to concede 3 goals at home to a team that have struggled to put the ball in the net all season is ridiculous.
He won't go yet though, simply because Phelan doesn't start to 'assist' him until later this week. And I really hope that Adams can turn it round for the club and his own sake, but if it was down to me, I personally would sack him.
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