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Bukayo Saka Sends Message Ahead Of North London derby 

Bukayo Saka has taken to social media to call on his teammates to ‘lock in’ ahead of their big trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on S ...

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Arsenal Eye Premier League Duo To Bolster Forward Line

Arsenal want to sign a centre-forward and winger during the summer transfer window and have placed Newcastle’s Alexander Isak and Crystal Palac ...

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Report: Arsenal Enter The Race For Spurs Target Who Is Value

Brazilain journalist Thiago Fernandes has revealed on his ...

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Finally! EFL checks on Norfolk Group are complete and we mov

It has to have been one of the most prolonged ?takeovers? in the history of football. Except it wasn’t even a takeover. It was merely the appro ...

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Can Norwich City afford to be in the Championship next seaso

It’s a conundrum. As it stands both scenarios are eminently possible. It’s looking increasingly likely that we will be in the playof ...

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Still so many questions and what-ifs regarding Mr Wagner

The Wagner debate roars on among the City fanbase. After an appalling mid-season run, the German has seemingly turned his and his side’s fortun ...

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River End angst … Angus heroics … but City edge

It was never going to be the stroll some were expecting. Having written the match preview and, in doing so, having done some light digging into wh ...

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A day that made football fun again … thank you, David

It?s only right to start with those three little words: I was wrong. November?s abject 3-1 defeat to the ten men of Blackburn at Carrow Road was ...

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ACADEMY: Weaver departs. Chance now for a new broom and a re

It?s been tough for the academy throughout the second half of the season, with the U18s and U21s teams both experiencing difficulties. With a rebuild ...

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NORWICH CITY WOMEN: Promotion dream all but gone despite unb

Although the wheels of City’s women?s team keep churning, the title will almost certainly be heading to South London. In a pretty unique sit ...

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The Preview: Preston North End v Norwich City

Squeaky bum time. We?re down to the stage where each game changes the picture. On Tuesday, City missed a gilt-edged opportunity to put breathing ...

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Two points dropped on a ‘back down to earth’ nig

Bugger. That wasn’t supposed to happen. Especially when armed with a comfortable 2-0 lead and a level of control that should have deemed it ...

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The Preview: Norwich City v Bristol City

And then there were three. Games left that is. Unless we make it to the playoffs, and then there will be five? or even six. You know what I mean. B ...

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The Preview – Sheffield Wednesday v Norwich City

So lads, top that then! With the final whistle celebrations still booming in their ears from Saturday, the players have the unenviable task of tryi ...

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Still so many unanswered questions … we await a fascin

As I mentioned in the comments of Gary’s article on Sunday, the mind-game season is now in full swing. It would surprise no one if, between now ...

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“Scruffy” it may have been but City deliver an a

If only there were a Championship table based on a team’s ability to wind up opposition managers. If so, we wouldn’t be stressing a ...

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ACADEMY: Midfield overloads dent U21s qualification hopes

It was a bitterly disappointing defeat at home to Southampton for the U21s last Friday. It meant they have won just once since the turn of the year. T ...

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Another tale… this one of two sporting directors

As interminably annoying as international breaks are, they do at least offer the time and space to take stock of where we are, how we got there, and w ...

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For every City superstar, four or five will underwhelm. Here

Following on from yesterday’s 2013 retro column, here’s Ed’s follow-up piece in which he gave us his, let’s call it, †...

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ACADEMY: Greater consistency has equated to more points for

Since the start of the new year, the U18s have picked up seven points from seven games in the league – a vast improvement compared to the first ...

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No such thing as a bad pro … but for some it just does

It’s going to be a long fortnight. Mid-season international breaks are veritable nightmares for editors of football websites that stick to the ...

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The Final Countdown ? A Tale of Three Cities

Okay, so technically Preston, Boro, and Cardiff are still in with a shout of claiming that final promotion spot, but to have included them would have ...

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Respect to Wagner. It’s not just the turnaround…

To fully grasp the scale of this revival, it’s worth revisiting what was effectively its starting point. If you’re feeling brave, tr ...

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ACADEMY: U21s rediscovering their form at the right time

The U21s conjured up a fantastic 2-0 away win against Leeds in PL2 last Friday, rising to 14th in the table – three points clear of the last qu ...

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The Preview ? Stoke City v Norwich City

Here we go. Assuming City can maintain their performance levels at home, our end-of-season fate will come down to whether we improve them on the ro ...

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Will 15 points from 27 be enough to secure City sixth place&

The dreaded run-in. We have been here before. Many times. Promotion battles are something the Canary faithful have become accustomed to. The final thr ...

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NORWICH CITY WOMEN: Held to a frustrating draw by Worthing

A new era for the women?s team has officially begun. Fans attending The Nest on Sunday didn?t know what to expect after the club parted company wit ...

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Red cards, Rotherham domination & S Club 5 – A re

Well, those last seven days in NCFC world were eventful, to say the least? A capitulation in the North-East after one of the most ludicrous red car ...

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A Carrow Road day of gold dust … one for the ages

For City fans, those 75 minutes between 2:30 and 3:45 yesterday will take some beating. At least for a week or two. At 2:30, I joined the queue in ...

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MATCH REPORT: CITY 5, ROTHERHAM 0

An eventful week in City circles ended with the good news that the red card for Borja Sainz had rightfully been overturned and confirmed that, in the ...

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The Preview: Norwich City v Rotherham

Rotherham United. There can be no bigger ?gimme? in Championship terms than to be playing at home having won your last five home league matches on ...

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The Dark Arts – Voldemort would be proud

I have followed football on all levels for more years than I care to think about and have watched the game change as the decades have passed. I hav ...

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Another away day to forget as City self-destruct on Teesside

For 30 minutes it was all going so well. David Wagner described it afterwards as “one of our best away performances this season” and for t ...

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ACADEMY: Duffy just keeps on delivering but will he be offer

The U21s have had a successful season from an attacking perspective, scoring 36 goals in the league, which makes them the sixth-highest scorers. One p ...

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Can City win six and draw two from their next 11" And w

Rewind the clock to 4th March 2023, and City had just won 3-2 away at Millwall, sneaking into sixth spot in the Championship table for the first time ...

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The Preview – Middlesbrough v Norwich City

After beating Boro on that never-to-be-forgotten afternoon in May 2015, City went on to win their next five contests against them, including that memo ...

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Kenny bites back… a deluge of biblical proportionsR

Kenny McLean became the latest staff member to bite back ? very mildly ? against frustrated supporters as City eventually got the better of Sunderland ...

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Nothing beautiful about it, but now I’m invested!

It will be one of the eternal mysteries, not just of my life, but of existence, as to why Saturday?s awful game against Sunderland should have decided ...

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Rain, rainbows and Sarge doing Sarge things

There wasn’t anything particularly beautiful about it – that was left to the rainbows – but it wasn’t half effective. And ...

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The Preview – Norwich City v Sunderland

There have been plenty of big City/Sunderland clashes over time, and this time it allows MFW to engage with a friend of mine, Thomas Weetman, a season ...

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ACADEMY: Seven ?project players? have made the step up from

Since the turn of the calendar year, the makeup of the U21s team has changed. The group is now younger, with room being made for Under-18 players to m ...

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CITY WOMEN: Herdman departs with an ‘invincible’

In terms of managerial dismissals, this must be one of the most shocking in recent memory. Martin Herdman, the man who has overseen one of the best ...

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Still in with a playoff shout but NCFC remains a club in a s

Much will be written over the coming weeks around Wagner and his Valkeries being on rolling contracts and how much it could cost if they are removed f ...

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Bazball, killer instinct and what we should wish for

It?s humbling to be part of the new rota for Martin Penney?s Monday slot. I was going to start with a few words about him, but can?t improve on las ...

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Away form continues to be Wagner’s Achilles heel as Ci

That David Wagner has turned around City’s home form is not in doubt. Not since Bonfire Night have they lost at Carrow Road – a gear-gri ...

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MATCH REPORT: BLACKBURN 1, CITY 1

The clues were in the pre-match press conference.  David Wagner said that Blackburn presented a more physical challenge than Cardiff. I read that an ...

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Where EFL approval and brave new worlds collide

I wrote a piece earlier in the week on the difficult decisions awaiting Ben Knapper in the coming months. These are mainly two-fold: the need to reduc ...

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The Preview – Blackburn v Norwich City

City travel to John Eustace?s Blackburn Rovers in the hope of continuing their recent run of good form and further cementing themselves in the playoff ...

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ACADEMY: The maturing Scot who is shining for the U21s

In the summer of 2023, Gabriel Forysth joined City from Hamilton Academical in a deal thought to be worth around £150,000 to the Scottish League One ...

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Wagner has done well to turn the tide, but is he the club

Some big decisions await Ben Knapper. And when I say big, I mean huge. Massive. He opted to keep his powder relatively dry in January, as he explai ...

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Let’s hope Wagner’s olive branch is the start of

The last nine days have certainly been eventful for those who follow Norwich City. Attention has largely been focused on the fan base and the react ...

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NORWICH CITY WOMEN: Seventh heaven for City as they progress

We all know Norwich are good in front of goal, but I don?t think even the most die-hard fan could have predicted this. After another week-long brea ...

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Fun times in NR1 as City hit four for the second time this w

Aside from Sydney van Hooijdonk making it 5-1 with the final touch of the game, I’m not sure that could have gone much better. Dare I say i ...

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The Preview ? Norwich City v Cardiff City

I hope I haven?t lured you here under false pretences. It?s reasonable for MFW readers to look to these previews for sage words and insight into th ...

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Attanasio has been a long time coming … and still we w

While we’ve all been peeping from behind the curtains at the latest installment of the public domestic dispute between the club and fans, Iâ� ...

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ACADEMY: The ten-month rise of Charlie Wilson. 

The centre-back position is an area of strength in the academy. It’s a conveyor belt and the numbers on it grow by the month.  Currently, ...

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Two sides. No budging. Where do we go from here"

There is one thing that has been bugging me for a while now and I need to get it off my chest. So here goes. Tin hat time. The ongoing squabble ...

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There is one fairly simple route out of the current impasse&

As an organisation there is one thing more dangerous than being in the middle of a communications crisis? and that is not realising you?re in a middle ...

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A one-season experiment"

Where to begin" The season ticket renewal email dropped yesterday.  I described myself as a neutral with a season ticket at the start of this ...

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MATCH REPORT: CITY 4, WATFORD 2

As football games go, that was, as they say in these here parts, a rum?un.  It started with the team sheet. Wagner preferred Lungi Sorensen at ...

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City creep into playoff places but no one’s talking ab

Such a weird night. Six goals. Some terrible defending. Profligacy with the ball. Bizarre decision-making (on the pitch). Some flowing football. An ...

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Is it possible for Knapper’s words and Wagner’s

What a couple of weeks it’s been in Norwich City world. So much has happened yet, in my view, nothing has changed for the better. I apologis ...

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The Preview – Norwich City v Watford

And so to a Tuesday night under the lights at Carrow Road. We have at least moved past the point we were at earlier in the season where every game ...

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Should They Stay or Should They Go"

As the weeks of season 2023-24 tick by, decision day draws ever closer for a select group of first-team players whose contracts expire in the summer. ...

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Did Wagner’s caution-first approach cost City two poin

If City are to break that glass ceiling between sixth and seventh place and sneak into the playoffs, games like QPR (A) are the type they are going to ...

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I guess that’s why they call it the blues…

On Thursday/Friday – depending on your time zone – an announcement was made from the International Football Association Board (IFAB) con ...

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The Preview: QPR v Norwich City

After a challenging period where the Canaries had to play five consecutive games against opponents in the Sky Bet Championship playoff places, David W ...

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ACADEMY: Brooke and Manning moulding into a reliable double-

Adian Manning and Harry Brooke have been regulars in the U21s midfield this season and have established a good rapport across the middle of the park.� ...

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Can big bad Barnsey impact City’s push for the playoff

The part to be played by Ashley Barnes in City?s playoff push ? because with 16 games to go, it feels safe to call it that ? is as yet untold. So far, ...

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NORWICH CITY WOMEN: Unbeaten run continues as City beat Lond

Another week, another road trip for the Canaries as they looked to extend their unbeaten start to the season. The challenge in front of Martin Herd ...

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Three points against a decent Cov and the playoff charge is

I’m loathe to get too carried away. Every time I do a blip awaits. Sometimes more than a blip. It’s been that type of season. Consist ...

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MATCH REPORT: NORWICH 2, COVENTRY 1

The mood is changing in NR1.  It was evident from the moment On The Ball City was sung louder and prouder than it has been for quite some time.  A w ...

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The Preview – Norwich City v Coventry City

City will welcome Coventry to Carrow Road tomorrow in what could end up being a major fixture in the race for the play-offs.  The Canaries head in ...

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The name is van Hooijdonk ? Sydney van Hooijdonk

So, while we?re still not sure what the question is, we know the answer (or at least part of the answer) is Sydney van Hooijdonk. Although, to thos ...

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ACADEMY: U18s fire in the West Midlands, but U21s fall short

It?s been a while since the U18s and U21s played a league game on the same weekend but that was the case last Saturday, with both sides away from home ...

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In the brutal world of today’s football, standing stil

In recent weeks it has become clear that there is a dividing line between City supporters over the direction of the club. So I have looked at it fr ...

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Misery on Merseyside for a still-smiling Wagner

At least it’s over. That’s the best I can manage. Oh, and also the fact we didn’t get humped out of sight and avoided the type of ...

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NORWICH CITY WOMEN: Triumphant at The Nest again!

After another seemingly long break away from home, it was nice to be back seeing the women in action ahead of what promises to be an exciting year for ...

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The FA Cup Preview: Liverpool v Norwich

?Liverpool will play ? the winner of Bristol Rovers and Norwich City?. Eugh! Cue the Canary Nation?s biggest collective groan since Wes Burns sc ...

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An unambitious window" Or Knapper keeping his powder dr

Signing a new player has to be one of the most inexact sciences in the world. Right up there with gold digging and trying to pick the winning numbers ...

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Heads held high but a pointless trip to Elland Road for Wagn

I feel partly responsible. I write a small #NCFC piece for BBC Sport every Wednesday, and in yesterday’s I referred to City being amid a â ...

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ACADEMY: Will we ever see Ken Aboh in a City first-team shir

Throughout Kenneth Aboh?s academy years, he has scored goals in every season. This season has been no different, with him scoring 13 goals at Under-21 ...

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The Preview – Leeds United v Norwich City

No one expected City to be 23 days into 2024 and still unbeaten. Especially not when the Championship fixture list read, Southampton (h), Hull (a), an ...

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MATCH REPORT: CITY 2, WEST BROM 0

Whisper it quietly. Very quietly. Yesterday afternoon at Carrow Road, a half-decent game of football broke out! Last weekend at Hull, City pulled o ...

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A fun afternoon at the Carra as City go unbeaten in 2024

One of the big criticisms of David Wagner has been his inability to set this team up to beat, or even compete with, those above us and who are in the ...

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The Preview – Norwich City v West Brom

I?ll admit, 2024 has started better than I thought it would. Southampton, Hull City, West Brom, Leeds, Coventry. The start to the year couldn?t be ...

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Five Year Plans, Webber’s Mistakes and Looking Forward

If you mention the words ?five-year plan? to many of the faithful around Carrow Road they will either laugh at you, scoff at you, or insult you. The q ...

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Good second half in Brizzle enough for City to win the ̶

So… Liverpool (a) it is, for better or worse. To be honest, to scoff at a trip to Anfield is not a great look, as I was reminded yesterday. ...

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ACADEMY: Five starlets who have gone under the radar (so far

With the large volume of players in the Under-18s and Under-21s squads, some players will naturally go under the radar despite putting in consistent p ...

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Bristol Rovers v City – The FA Cup Preview

I?ll be honest ? this is not going to be the easiest preview to write, not least because it?s one of those very rare occasions where I?m indifferent t ...

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City fans want to be part of the journey, but they need to k

Many of you, like me, will have attended work meetings where higher-ups pontificate on the ?key work objectives?, ?performance indicators? and whateve ...

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NORWICH CITY WOMEN: First match of the year abandoned

It felt slightly bittersweet. Although it was great getting back into the women?s football coverage for 2024, it’s never nice seeing games b ...

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Halfway through the window and the movement is minimal…

We are now halfway through the January window and so far the greatest excitement for Canary fans has been a loan transfer. I refer, of course, to ...