"A Really Nice Balance" ACN Pod #138
Tom & Punt look at the Stoke dismantling and build up to Blackburn, with some thoughts on the run in and which players need to play to their strengths and not beyond them.

Tom & Punt look at the Stoke dismantling and build up to Blackburn, with some thoughts on the run in and which players need to play to their strengths and not beyond them.
Nodge have wobbled however there's lots of things to be positive about for the position we find ourselves in. BUT, Tuesday against Preston was so unbearably bad, we do have to have a good moan about it before moving on.
Two gingers, one Punt. Jon, Ben & Connor drool over some last minute Carrow Road drama whilst trying to be sensible about the January transfer window that lies ahead...
We're back, sorry for the radio silence, in the meantime Hoff has been crafting somethin up Colney that just might turn out to be quite special. Hannah joins Tom & Jon to chat Hull and our revised season predictions...
Jon & Tom cover a huge week at NCFC Towers, including Jonny Rowe, Oxford (A), Idah, Stevenage (H), new signings, outgoings, guarantees for Blackburn (H) and, of course the Delia & Michael news.
Connor, Punt & Tom look back at a summer of change (albeit not as much as we thought) and preview the new season - giving guarantees for Oxford (a). "If you hurry through long days, you will hurry through short years".
Jon, Edie, Ben & Tom say farewell to personnel on and off the pitch, the playoffs, Wembley, players (most of the defence), and guarantee who the next head coach will be. It will be an interesting summer...
Edie, Jon & Tom look ahead to Leeds (h) & (a), discuss Wagner's future, and engage in some early speculation on squad refreshing as the window hurtles towards its grand opening. But for which league will we be recruiting? (We think we know).
What a week. Ffion joins Jon & Tom to chat Them, Wednesday, PNE and offer some run-in and POTS guarantees. 6 games to go for the finest football club in the world.
Connor joins Tom & Jon to preview a rather sizeable game in East Anglia and look at what we might expect to haul in points wise over the final 6 games.
Jon & Tom chat about #BooGate and look back on the fantastic results but bonkers vibes of the last 10 days of #ncfc. We chat Carlos Cuesta, guarantee the result(s) against Blackburn and preview a March full of must-wins.
Clare joins Jon & Tom to reflect on a very positive Coventry result a prideful showing against Liverpool (in some people's eyes) and work out if it's safe to feel positive yet?
Tom & Jon are joined by McG as they look back over 3 games against promotion race rivals (6 points from 9, who saw it coming), and look ahead to this weekend's FA Cup triumph over lowly struggling Liverpool.
Welcome back to City 'Til We Die! Illness has prevented us (Ben) from content recently so there's plenty to catch up on. The agenda: 14 Years, going round in circles, 2023 (sorry) and winning not being good enough (yup.)
Punt & Tom round off the year looking back on a derby of anxiousness and pride, the Wagner conundrum, the sense of drift, the inertia, the renewals, the attendances, Knapper's audit. And if the Grant Holt spares us and the broads don't rise we'll be back to do it all again after Christmas.
Tom & Jon discuss Watford (A) and a little bit of QPR (H) through the considered lens of WHY HASN'T KNAPPER MADE A MANAGERIAL CHANGE YET?
City 'Til We Die returns following a Norwich City win... Watch out for the flying pigs! Ben & George return to discuss Stuart Webber's legacy, a legacy which Ben Knapper will have his work cut out in... restoring? complimenting? ignoring? Who knows.
Ffion, McG, Jon & Tom discuss Knapper's early start, Wagner's last game(s), and the rollercoaster of NCFC experience that for many is currently set to apathy...
Ben debuts our new podcast, City 'Til We Die, alongside the Pink Un's Connor Southwell and George Wilson.
Tom & Jon reflect on a split between fans that see things to be positive about and those ready to turn the page on David Wagner. There's a new sporting director, but same old inconsistent Nodge.
Norwich are unbeaten, the boys are feeling positive, we've got guarantees for Rotherham (a), risky real time transfer deadline coverage and a few listener questions. Features the first conker chat in over 120 episodes.
Jon and ACN debutant Ben Ambrose are joined by Norwich City Women's first teamers Alice Parker and Megan Todd to discussion the season ahead, a new head coach, fresh faces and Lionesses
Praise for the new boys, the atmosphere, the hardness, the bastardness. What's this, confidence going into an away game against one of the pre-season favourites? That'll never do. Enjoy our optimism whilst it lasts, we are!
Tom, Jon & Edie are back to share their unrivalled excitement and enthusiasm for the new canaries season, and give unparalleled insights such as comparing NCFC's prospects to trapped air leaving a bloated corpse.
Jon, Tom & Paul discuss the good, the bad, the ugly of 2022/23 for Norwich City Football Club, and offer some thoughts on the way the sporting director handled his media day to round off a forgettable season.
The goals, the promotions, the titles, the memories, the man. Hannah, Tom, Edie & Jon recall some of the reasons there might be a bit of dust knocking about the old carra on Monday.
It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times. Well, for a while anyway. Connor does some proper analysis, McG offers some excellent insight. Rent a gob Tom mouths off and Punt peppers the pod with listener questions.
4 points away from the playoffs and 4 games since we won - anticlimax anyone? We cover Pukki's contract, Wagner's report card, summer kitty (or lack of), entitled norwich fans, listener questions and guarantees for Great Friday...
#ncfc are 1 positive result away from a playoff spot with only 8 games to go. Why does it feel like we're reversing towards the end of the season? The Athletic's Michael Bailey joins us to talk about inconsistency, the 3 mega games coming up, Angus, Kenny&Gabby and a quieter summer ahead than most fans will accept...
Edie, Tom & Jon talk about the great run #ncfc are on and look ahead to a couple of testing fixtures on the horizon, with Sunderland looking to regain form and Huddersfield scrapping for their lives.