So our lonely eyes turn to a new man. Unknown for now, but hopefully our search for the man to fill Lambert’s shoes won’t run on as long as the interminable searches conducted by Liverpool and Villa. There are plenty of names being thrown about, some serious contenders, some jokers, some outlandish suggestions. Analysis and thoughts of all await… Malky Mackay The bookies favourite, the nominative front-runner, the former...

So this is it. This is what it feels like to be Colchester. Lambert has offered his resignation, and though it has so far been rejected, he’s as good as gone, his personal ambition outreaching what he feels can be achieved with Norwich City and moving on to revive another ‘sleeping giant’, Villa. Make no mistake, that’s what they are in comparison to us, recent results be damned. Ultimately, initial reaction has to be...

James Vaughan’s 2011/12 Season in a Graph So that’s 1 start, 4 sub appearances, 0 goals, 5 shots and 5 fouls. And a yellow card. It is not a complicated graph. James Vaughan in What He Did While on the Pitch for Norwich City in the 2011/12 Season Well, not much, obviously. He was injured when the season began, and proceeded to get injured again soon after. Then he got injured again, and then, without properly recovering from the previous...

Andrew Crofts has received many, many plaudits for his efforts this year, rightly so in my opinion. Here are just a few notable ones. “One of British literature’s best kept secrets… ” – Matt Allwright, The One Show, BBC1 “One of our currently eminent ghostwriters, Andrew Crofts …” – John Sutherland, Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at UCL, The Spectator “The jolly successful...

It’s 17 May 2012 and Zak Whitbread is released by Norwich City. My heart nearly breaks. A tear forms in my eye. A cruel twist of fate as I come close to finishing my Whitbread wordings. However, with a heavy heart, what follows is my review of the strawberry blonde defensive lynchpin’s final season at Carrow Road. Back in August with the sun shining, City started their first Premier League season since 2004/05. After a shaky...