'No panic stations' at Norwich

In the wake of Sunday's East Anglia derby defeat, The Scrimmage spoke to BBC football reporter Nick Mashiter about the situation at Norwich City, and the pressure on head coach Liam Manning and sporting director Ben Knapper.

"Ipswich are probably one of the best, if not the best side in the Championship and started to hit their straps a few weeks ago, so it probably wasn't a big surprise, the result on Sunday, as much as it's going to be a disappointment for all Norwich fans," Mashiter said.

"But there's no panic stations, nobody's pressing the big red button to hit the alarm bells at Colney at the minute.

"There doesn't seem to be any rush to make a change, it certainly looks like the plan is to stay the course.

"At Norwich, they believe they have enough talent to be able to make this work, Liam Manning is planning to be here for the long-term and from the noises we're hearing, that is not changing from anybody above him."

Sunday's 3-1 defeat at Portman Road was Norwich's first in the derby for 16 years and left them 19th in the Championship ahead of their 18 October meeting with Manning's former club Bristol City.

"Liam Manning, other people at the club, they're not naive, they know what industry they are in... they haven't done well enough, they are not ignorant of that fact at all.

"They came in, Liam Manning and the coaches, to a club which was definitely not a ready-made machine. This is a team that was on the slide last season. So for them not to hit the level this season is probably not a surprise.

"There's a bit of a hangover from the players that were involved last season and maybe that's affected the new guys because there isn't a lot of Championship experience (among them), so that means a player like Harry Darling has had to come in to a new club and be one of the main men straight away."