Norwich City are hovering dangerously in 16th place, a point above the relegation zone. In stark contrast to pre-season debate where chairman David McNally proclaimed that the boys in yellow would soar up the table and land somewhere above mid-table come may.
To paraphrase his statement to local radio last week, “death would be preferable to relegation”. The question now beckons, what action is he taking to avoid it?
Norwich City – Is an Attacking Coach The Answer?
The manager is ruing squandered opportunities in front of goal and, for the most part attributing that solely down to the lack of results over the past few weeks. Clearly attempting to exonerate the midfield and defence from criticism, Chris Hughton stated in the post-match interview with West Ham that “it’s not for lack of creating the chances” and yet no one in the City camp seems to have any solution to this issue.
Many a fan has his or her own thoughts on this problematic time for the club and the general consensus is to appoint fan favourite Iwan Roberts as an attacking coach to the club. Goals would come as a welcome addition to the Norwich City statistical portfolio this season because right now it makes for grim reading.
At home, 69% of matches have finished with under 2.5 goals, and only Crystal Palace have scored less goals than Norwich this season. Shocking, when you compare the transfer spending mounted up to reportedly over £ 14 million on striking talent. Norwich are clearly not seeing a return on their investment.
But who is to blame? Is it the strikers for missing opportunities, the team for not creating enough, or the coaching staff who aren’t instilling the confidence in the players to go out and score goals. Arguably at this point in the season, anything with substantial claim for improvement is worth a go.
It is long said that where you are after 38 games is where you deserve to be so Norwich have 12 games left to save their season and if an attacking coach will make the difference then Mr McNally, get your chequebook out.
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