Norwich vs Bournemouth (Home) 12th August 2015

[ZLF]

Jarvis showed why he is yet another squad strengthening signing adding quality to the left hand side;   wessi was superb going forward while Tettey has grown immensely under Neil,  as well as being the absolute rock at the base he is showing superb who drives and demands better play from his team everytime there is a lull in play; talking structuring guiding.

Howson had his best game for a while having returned centrally but was relatively uninvolved as a cm (fewest touches pm min than any cm);   he needs to impose himself more;  when he did he was effective and he has the engine and talent to become that player - learn to dominate more;   redmond was quieter still,  yet like howson still had an impact      Mbokani looks very direct and could also have had a debut goal;  too short to make any assessment beyond that yet.

Wisdom looked shaky at the start but improved well,  whittaker back next week though as its liverpool.    But not as shaky as the centre backs once they conceded yet another soft goal, the only blot on an otherwise stunning performance

 

[Killiecanary]

I thought Wisdom looked nervous as hell first half, positionally uncertain and struggled in possession several times.  As the game wore in he got better and in the second half looked much much more assured.  I like Whittaker and have no qualms about him coming in next week at Scamfield (I'm sure that rule must be pissing Wisdom off though as he's just fought his way into the team!!) but I think we have two very well matched right backs now.  

Otherwise , Hoolahoop was just awesome...when he was sort of through twice and didn't have the speed to go on I did think to myself, how much would have been worth if he had pace?  Jerome played exceptionally I thought, unselfish, huge appetite for hard work and never gave Bournemouth a minutes peace.  Jarvis looks like a player we will like and I thought he and Brady were surprisingly good together down that left hand side for two players who hadn't played together before.

finally, all credit to AN once again.  Game plan spot on.  It was great to see Redmond on one flank and Jarvis on the other, which have use real width ( and they stayed wide) which in turn meant that the whole Bournemouth back 4 were stretched...and Jerome and Wes just loved the amount of room they had.  Great tactics and a really entertaining performance.  

Only down side losing a daft goal (again) 

but next 4 home games are all winnable...exciting times

 

[GJP]

Howson had his best game for a while having returned centrally but was relatively uninvolved as a cm (fewest touches pm min than any cm);   he needs to impose himself more;  when he did he was effective and he has the engine and talent to become that player - learn to dominate more;  

"Relatively uninvoled" in that only 3 Norwich players played more passes than he did and he did have the highest passing accuracy of anyone in the team (apart from Mbokani),as well as setting up Jarvis for his goal.

To me it seems that Howson is still underrated. But not by the manager. Even though he was utter crap on the left wing at Southampton the manager put him back in the middle yesterday at the expense of Dorrans - when many expected Howson on the bench and Dorrans to start.