Norwich's play off hopes hanging by a thread after 3 - 0 Swansea loss
Some fans have called for Sporting Director Stuart Webber to go
Last updated 24th Apr 2023
Norwich's faltering bid to make the Championship play-offs suffered a potentially fatal blow when they were beaten 3-0 by in-form Swansea at Carrow Road.
The Canaries were forced to play for over 50 minutes with 10 men following the dismissal of Sam McCallum for a professional foul but were already two down by then after well-taken headers from Joel Latibeaudiere and Josh Cullen.
Swansea went on to dominate the second period, adding a third goal through Oliver Ntcham, to join Norwich on 62 points, although with just two games to play their promotion hopes are, like their hosts, slim to say the least.
It was a fourth home game without scoring for Norwich and with just one win in eight they were booed off the pitch at the end, with their fans calling for the head of sporting director Stuart Webber as the match went from bad to worse for their side.
Head coach David Wagner leapt to the defence of Webber, who he also worked with at Huddersfield.
He said: "Everyone should know how much Stuart Webber cares about Norwich City Football Club.
"There is no-one who cares more about the club than he does. Obviously not all his decisions are right but show me anyone who never makes a mistake, I would knock on their door to find out the secret.
"Also for things to be successful at a football club everyone involved has to stick together, help each other.
"Only when we all stand together will there be a bright future for this club. We have a hell of a job to do here but let's stand together and do it.
"I understand the frustration of our fans but I don't think finger pointing helps."
As for the game itself, Wagner added: "I have to admit we were second best.
"This group tends to get affected by setbacks and there's no doubt we are missing a number of leaders because of injury but that's the way it is."