
Matej Jurasek of Norwich City participates in the Sky Bet Championship match between Norwich City and Preston North End at Carrow Road in Norwich, England, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by MI News/NurPhoto) (Photo by MI News / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)
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Norwich City’s play-off ambitions have unravelled in the last few weeks, with inconsistency halting the East Anglian side’s progression up the Championship table.
The Canaries looked as though they were heading for an important three points on Tuesday evening at home to Sheffield Wednesday as goals from Borja Sainz and Ante Crnac handed them a 2-0 lead at the break.
However, three goals in 12 minutes from the Owls saw the points stripped from the hands of those in yellow-and-green as Danny Rohl’s side leapfrogged Johannes Hoff Thorup’s men into 11th.
Norwich still have an outside chance of finishing in the top six, but with a seven-point gap to Coventry City and no win in three matches, this task is becoming tougher and it would not be a surprise to see huge changes at Carrow Road in the summer.
It has been a campaign of two halves for the Canaries, with Josh Sargent’s groin injury that he suffered in November proving to be a decisive moment in the battle for the play-offs.
It coincided with a drop-off in form for Sainz, who has been linked with a move away from the Championship side in the past, and fears will be raised of a departure once this campaign comes to an end.