Norwich City column: Edward Seaman calls for patience in long-term project amid testing run of results
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to hide from the fact that it has been a challenging period for Johannes Hoff Thorup and Norwich City.
A run of two wins from 13 Championship games speaks for itself – form that equates to 11 points out of a possible 39.
Even if we do beat Millwall at Carrow Road on Boxing Day (3pm), that’s the record of a team focusing on the wrong end of the table to where we would like, and expect, to be.
It would be amiss of me to expect anyone to be happy with recent results, but this week’s column is a renewed call for patience; for belief in the long-term project at play.
Perhaps several emphatic early season wins set the bar too high, but before a ball was even kicked this campaign had the word ‘transition’ written all over it, if we’re completely honest.
A new philosophy, key players sold and a youthful recruitment policy is hardly the recipe for instant success.
