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Norwich City chief executive has resigned

By index | May 25, 2016

Norwich City chief executive has resigned after his side defeat against Manchester United

Norwich City chief executive David McNally has apparently resigned from his job on Saturday. In a tweet just after the defeat against Manchester United, McNally has stated that he has resigned from his job and that he now hopes that the club will be able to progress. This came after a fan called him to leave on Twitter.

The Norwich City board of directors has issued a statement saying that they have accepted David McNally resignation and that they thanked him for everything he has done for the club. Indeed, McNally has taken charge of Norwich City at a period where the club was drowning under considerable debts, and he has taken them from the bottom of league one to the Premier League.

Norwich has lost a key man in the resignation of David McNally since he was the one that was managing the club on a day-to-day basis. He joined the club in 2009 at a time where Norwich was stuck in the bottom of league one and having some significant debts. Under the guidance of McNally, Norwich has managed to clear all their external debts and win successive promotions to the top flight. …

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Norwich City has a dilemma on their hands as Alex Neil

By index | April 28, 2016

The Norwich City has a dilemma on their hands as Alex Neil is having trouble determining whether or not he wants to risk putting Nathan Redmond in for the weekend battle versus Newcastle United. If there’s more injury, it could be more serious or provoke a worse injury than the original ankle injury.

The ankle injury was a sudden jolt for the Norwich midfielder which came during a 0 to 0 draw versus Manchester City. This happened in mid-March and has only recently started returning to training to make a recovery and to hopefully jump back into the field. This week, he’s been busy doing rigorous training and trying everything to ensure that his ankle will be fully healed for the next game.

Alex Neil is kind of on the fence but must act fast and is being put under the microscope to make a fast decision. Making a fast decision could end badly but if Redmond feels that he’s ready to play, he might just be ready to play. Newcastle and Norwich have a history of having a hard rivalry so this game is very important for both sides involved. Neil stated in the Eastern Daily press that his ankle was recovering just fine and while he has joined back into the team, the decision to whether or not he’ll be able to play is going to be a last minute decision. …

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Nicklas Bendtner has joined the VfL Wolfsburg camp after the winter break

By index | January 28, 2016

Although Nicklas Bendtner has joined the VfL Wolfsburg camp after the winter break, but, there is very possibility that he would not stay at the club.

There are reports that he might land at Sunderland in the next couple of weeks.

Bendtner has had a loan stint for the Black Cats in the past as well.

The Danish player was there at the Stadium of Light almost for the whole of 2011-12 Premier League and was a regular there.

And, that is the reason he is believed to be interested in going to Sunderland again as he desperately wants playing time.

In his recent interview to a channel, Bendtner, without any hesitation, accepted the fact that he is not relishing his time at Volkswagen Arena.

He was quoted as saying, “I think everyone knows how I am feeling at this point of time. It’s pretty clear.”

“I was given just 5 starts last year, while, there were more than 50 games.”

“Needless to say, it’s not a great situation as far as I am concerned.”

Apart from Bendtner, one more player is thinking about leaving Wolfsburg because of falling out of favour and that’s Bas Dost.

Dost had actually been a regular for most parts of the summer, but, lost his place to Max Kruse towards the end of 2015.

The Dutch striker, who is in his 4^th season at Wolfsburg, is reported to be eyed by Newcastle United. …

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Norwich City has returned to the Premier League

By index | June 27, 2015

Alex Neil has accomplished something very impressive as he managed to guide Norwich City from the English Championship League and into the Premier League. This was done during his first season in charge of Norwich City.

It was earlier in January when Neil was appointed as the new coach of Norwich City and under the guidance of the Scottish manager, the English club managed to win 17 matches of their 25 which was played with Neil at the helm of it all.

The 34 year old Scottish manager said that he is ready to celebrate and be proud about what was done in the previous season.

Neil talked about Norwich City’s promotion to the Premier League and what he will do in the next few weeks as the Scottish manager told reporters: “I’m going to get a couple of beers and see my family and then look forward to heading off on holiday later this week. The goal was to gain promotion. We aimed for automatic. It was difficult but we got close. Than it was important that we remained focused. Felt the squad we had was a strong as anyone. Especially in one-off games like this, I thought the big players rose to the occasion and made the difference.’’ …

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Norwich City lost more in the League Race

By index | March 21, 2015

Norwich City lost further ground in the race for the automatic promotion spots after only managing a 1-1 draw against title rivals Derby County. Norwich were hoping to win this match by taking advantage of the home support.

The victory was more crucial for Norwich given that they had only recovered from the shock 1-0 defeat against Wigan Athletic. After a 4-1 win over Millwall last week, the club were expected to push on for a top spot. Despite being fifth in the table, they are only a couple of points away from the top of the tree.

There are midweek matches in the Championship and Norwich can hope to quickly recover and return to winning ways when they take on Huddersfield Town on Tuesday night. Manager Alex Neil says that he is counting on the club’s superior form away from home to take three points and possibly close the gap to the leaders. Norwich have won the last four away matches without exception and it has been a major reason towards their title push. …

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Alex Neil – The Best Coach

By index | January 20, 2015

Alex Neil used to coach the Scottish side Hamilton Academical FC which is a team that usually has crowds of around 3,000 people and fans watching their respective matches but on January 9, the tables turned as the Scottish manager was selected as the new manager of Norwich City and even though the obstacles will be much more higher and difficult, Neil is confident that he can handle all of the pressure which he is going to face with his new club.

“I’ve been in big stadiums with 50,000. At the end of the day it’s 11 v 11 on the pitch. There are big games in Scotland, we go to Parkhead and play against Celtic, or Ibrox to play Rangers. I played in the Championship with Barnsley for four years. It’s not as if all this is new to me’’

‘’I’m young for a manager. I don’t think there’s any getting away from that,” he said. …

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