Bradley Johnson celebrates his winning header in Saturday's 1-0 Premier League home win over Stoke. Picture by Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd

Norwich City’s character impresses Chris Hughton after Stoke Premier League win

Paddy Davitt, EDP Sports Writer Saturday, November 3, 2012
6:08 PM

Chris Hughton praised Norwich City’s character after surviving a Stoke onslaught to secure a second Premier League win of the season at Carrow Road on Saturday.

Bradley Johnson glanced home Robert Snodgrass’ free kick in the closing stages of the opening period, but Hughton’s men were tested to the limit after the break with Michael Turner and Javier Garrido both forced off through injury.

“It was a very hard-fought encounter, but I don’t think you expect anything less,” said Hughton. “Stoke do what they do very well and what they have added is more quality in doing it. You look at their bench and the players they can bring on, it really has changed the status of their club. Particularly for us having to change two defensive players as well in that second half I am really delighted with that win.

“I must admit I have just come out of the changing room and I am not too sure what the boys have done. I know they are not serious ones, but enough for them not to finish the game. We will assess them tomorrow and take it from there.”

Potters’ boss Tony Pulis was unhappy at the events leading up to Norwich’s winner, when Snodgrass went down following a challenge from Andy Wilkinson before the Scot picked out Johnson to devastating effect.

“The goal was disappointing. I have just seen it on the television and I have been in to see the referee,” he said. “I just thought it certainly wasn’t a free kick. The disappointing thing is that when the lad falls both Andre (Marriner) and the linesman are so close to it. He has booked Charlie (Adam) in the first half for diving. I have had a look at that and (Javier) Garrido pushed him, so that is a double kick in the teeth when he gets both of those decisions wrong and even worse they score from it.”

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31 comments

Stoke are a Sunday morning pub side. Would have been a beautiful twist had Wes's long ball shot gone in! And Pulis has to wear a baseball cap to keep the sun out of his eyes with all the high ball efforts put in by Stoke

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Pondlife

Monday, November 5, 2012
Adams always has been a bit of a t**t Brew, it didn't just start when he left the Seasiders.

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Johnny Gavin Lives

Sunday, November 4, 2012
Adams always has been a bit of a t**t Brew, it didn't just start when he left the Seasiders.

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Johnny Gavin Lives

Sunday, November 4, 2012
Adams has become a bit of a t**t since leaving Blackpool.

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Mad Brewer

Sunday, November 4, 2012
Just want to add my bit that on the beeb they didnt mention thats C Adams had already dived about 6 time before he was warned. Even so after they watch him go over again they didnt recognise that he was booked for handball. Why is it that even after watching it again they still get it wrong.

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sharky

Sunday, November 4, 2012
Great result for us MBA. We certainly didn`t want Reading to win, what with their game in hand still. Reading up next. Go for `em, Hoots! OTBC.

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Mad Brewer

Sunday, November 4, 2012
Spot on MBA - perfect result. Let's hope our boys ain't crocked.

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JMH

Sunday, November 4, 2012
QPR v Reading just finished 1-1 thats a perfect result, now we need our A game to get a win against Reading, Hope Garrido, Turner and R Martin are fit, defense is a bit thin if they are all out.

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MBA Marine

Sunday, November 4, 2012
Albert Bennett used to play for us, too. Seem to recall he was a pioneer of white footy boots. Think he was a Geordie, though! I wonder why it took 5 Towns to congeal into a dump like Stoke? Even 1p5wich managed it single-handedly...

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Mad Brewer

Sunday, November 4, 2012
What about "The Matador of the Five Towns", or "The Card" or "Clayhanger", Timbo? Arnold Bennett was, allegedly, an antecedent of our two Bennos. Little Benno is some sort of Midlander, isn`t he? Lessways, that`s what I thought. ;-)

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Mad Brewer

Sunday, November 4, 2012
Pullis has been watching far too many Warnock post-match interviews. He's rapidly becoming the panto-dame of the Premiership. I'm eternally indebted to my old Dad for moving from Stoke to Manchester when I was a kid. It's bad enough watching the north midlands drears on TV, without having to live amongst them. An area who's idea of the height of culinary sophistication is the oat-cake ...

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Timbo

Sunday, November 4, 2012
However hard you try to be impartial, there is no doubt that the "Stoke Model" for Association Football, if adopted universally, would bring about the Death of the "Beautiful Game". Pulis is a dissembling bully. Hughton is a role model for civilised behaviour in football. We are lucky to have him. A marriage made in Heaven. OTBC.

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Mad Brewer

Sunday, November 4, 2012
Well. It's a good job I'm not City manager! Hoolahan ran the show again. Dreadful game livened up only by terrace humour - Tony Pulis you look like a chav!, and ooooooooohhhhhh - HOOF!! Shame BBC MOTD could not show Hoolahoops effort from half way line - now that's a hoof.

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Soglio Star

Sunday, November 4, 2012
1-0 to the city - 1-0 to the city - 1-0 to the city etc etc etc...Well that was dire...Do other teams not turn up at carra rud anymore? or are we that good defensively that we stifle the oppostion? (apart from Barnett who imho looked quite flakey again). Fantastic result - 7 form 9 - unbeaten in 4 - cup run things are definitely looking up! Reading next week will as most posters have said be absolutely massive. (them drawing with QPR today would be helpful too). Shame Villa and Wigan won yesterday or we would be looking even more comfortable. If we carry on this run until xmas we should be safe! OTBC!!!

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JMH

Sunday, November 4, 2012
So Tony Pulis thinks they played like the home team? He needs to look at the statistics. He certainly wasn't watching the same match as me!

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Flying Canary

Sunday, November 4, 2012
If Pulis was a comedian he would have to be the new "Pub Landlord"because his strategy is tio turn out over sized lumpits. It reminede me of my Sunday morning reffing in London in my youth when a bunch of over weight dockers would barge, block and elbow anything that showed skill.Mariner tried (five bookings foir Stike vouch forthat) but he might have clamped down on the Stoke collective trying to influence every decision. Adams was spoken to at least twice after his booking for crude fouls. Shame City dropped to their level tactically instead of wiping the pitch with them.

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Pondlife

Sunday, November 4, 2012
Thank goodness we don't have to watch stoke every game

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leslie cater

Sunday, November 4, 2012
It is intersting to see that the nationals seem to pick up on Pulis' moaning as the theme for the match. Given that the Premier League is about entertainment, I guess that he is being groomed as the Panto villain with his team of thugs, chav outfit and constant moaning. What he conveniently forgets is that Charlie Adam had been diving right from the rugby-style kick off and had already been warned by Mariner to stop before he was booked. Result, Football 1 - Stoke 0.

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Swiss Canary

Sunday, November 4, 2012
I think Stoke have made significant contribution to the modern game, like the way they amplify their home crowd noise through speakers thereby creating a 'special' atmosphere.

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norniron canary

Sunday, November 4, 2012
I think both teams were worse than Villa last week PW, and we will play a lot better than that and lose this season. Nevertheless, given R Martin was out and we lost Turner and Garido during the game, this was a huge result that shows the strength in depth of this squad. Just the sort of result we need to grind out to stay in this league.

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canarydownunder

Sunday, November 4, 2012
Cannock, I had to laugh at your sentance with "the beautiful game" and "Stoke" in it. Never seen that before.

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bogbog

Saturday, November 3, 2012
Pullis, Tough. When your lot start to even think about playing the beautiful game, we may be interested, just maybe... oh and lose the cap you are no longer 14

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Cannock Canary

Saturday, November 3, 2012
Hughton has quietly remodelled and upgraded the team, so happy it is starting to work out and the belief is back.

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Swiss Canary

Saturday, November 3, 2012
I went to the Stoke game last season and it was awful. It was like watching a mixture of football and Rugby in that they play for territory. I can't see them getting relegated though in the near future, and to be honest, what they do works for them. I personally wouldn't pay to watch it every week, but each to their own.

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Preston Canary

Saturday, November 3, 2012
Stoke were even worse than Villa.I wonder if CH is having a word with Pulis over Cameron Jerome,out of favour at Stoke but who he had at Bham,reported in Daily Mirror to be of interest.Paper talk probably.

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Peter Watson

Saturday, November 3, 2012
cr*p game, good result. OTBC.

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tom the taxi

Saturday, November 3, 2012
One of Stoke's players was lucky to stay on the pitch after rugby-tackling Holt in front of goal Pulis' post match comments were a joke.

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bogbog

Saturday, November 3, 2012
Not nice Tony Pulis when you dont get the rub of the green ,just like ourselvesstart of this season. O.T.B.C. I.H.W.T.

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yarco

Saturday, November 3, 2012
We dug out a hard earned, well deserved win. Our wayward midfield passing does make it unnecessarily hard for us, as does the lack of a killer instinct. But overall.....well done!

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Algarve Canary

Saturday, November 3, 2012
So glad that Hughton is making all the doom mongers on here eat their words. Well done NCFC. A great result against this bunch of spoilers!

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baguio

Saturday, November 3, 2012
No sympathy for Pulis at all. His team are horrible and we deserved to win !

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Dubai Canary

Saturday, November 3, 2012