It’s not often that I would find it necessary to quote Steve Bruce, but given his achievement in guiding Hull City to the Premier League, he perhaps deserves credit for his stark analysis of what clubs need to do to survive in the top flight.
So where did that result and performance come from? You would have to say probably around the start of December.
So let me get this straight. Norwich City will be in the Premier League next season but Sir Alex Ferguson won’t?
Youth is the dominant theme which has injected a stirring uplift to a stressful season for Norwich City.
Fernando Alonso will never be everyone’s favourite – but he keeps winning people over; on top of that, he keeps winning races. Indeed, it may well prove that the Spaniard’s victory on home soil at the weekend is the one to get his title challenge in full swing.
What a fantastic week to be a City fan. Premier League survival, aided by comedy goalkeeping at its finest and another strike from the most prolific City goalscorer never to actually play for the club (Gareth McAuley), followed by the superb victory by the Under 18s in the FA Youth Cup final which completely derailed ITV4’s Chelsea love-in.
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