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We asked for your thoughts after Middlesbrough's 4-3 win over Norwich City in a seven-goal thriller on Saturday.

Here are some of your comments:

Middlesbrough fans

Noel: Winning is important - but playing for the badge and the club with heart and until the last minute is number one for Boro fans and this team under Kim Hellberg are doing it. Credit to Middlesbrough FC from the top down and back up. UTB.

Chris: Very exciting game with both sides full of talent. Cozier-Duberry fantastic. Worrisome defence for Boro at times

David: Boro are unable to defend. We are going to need to score three or four goals every match to compensate.

Neil: Massive psychological win, great determination to never give up and grab an injury time winner.

NDB Boro: That was a hard watch as a Boro fan, I thought we were in control but I have to say Norwich were excellent too going forward and looked threatening every time. Phillips did well when he came on and to score the winner put the cherry on the cake! Well done Boro and Norwich, a great watch for the neutral but not much fun at times as a Boro fan!

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Norwich fans

Big Vince: Same old Norwich. Can't defend. To score three goals away and come back home empty handed is nothing short of criminal. I thought last season Clement had a better balance between attacking and defending, but this season he has gone gung-ho which has led to 4 defeats already. Not good enough. Need to defend the box a lot better.

Duncan: Same old.

Paul: Playing out from the back has always cost Norwich along with next to no marking in the penalty area. But this particular back four just can't gel and promotion will never be possible while we play like amateurs defending.

Fred: Don't mind losing games 4-3. This is what football is all about. I'd take it over a 0-0 every time, even on the losing side.

William: Pre-season optimism of Norwich doing well is fading fast. Four defeats now in seven league matches and yet to keep a clean sheet. Hope Man City rest Haaland this coming Thursday.

Norwich City midfielder Jacob Wright says the squad will take "big learnings" from Saturday's heartbreaking 4-3 defeat at promotion rivals Middlesbrough.

Wright scored his first goal for the club as the Canaries came from 3-1 down to draw level with Boro before the home side won it 4-3 in stoppage time.

Norwich have won three and lost four of their opening seven matches, and sit 12th in the Championship on nine points.

"There are big learnings to take from it", Wright told BBC Radio Norfolk. "The way we came back in the second half is credit to the boys, the heart and personality we showed to get back in the game.

"If we can take that for the rest of the season throughout the full game not just half a game, its only going to be good for us.

"We're a young squad, but there's plenty of heart in this dressing-room, and plenty of togetherness."

Wright arrived on loan from Manchester City in February 2025, making 15 appearances, before signing a permanent deal last summer for £2.3m.

The 20-year-old been used as a substitute in the Championship this season, with his one start coming in their League Cup win at Cardiff City.

"Its part of modern football to have big squads, using plenty of rotation to keep the freshness and get the output and intensity that we want to play at," he added.

"The boys are all together and will continue to push each other every single day because we are fighting each other for places in the starting eleven and the squad."

The former England youth international will return to his former club at Etihad Stadium in Thursday's EFL Cup third round tie (19:30 BST).

"It will be good to be go back. Its where I came through, and learnt the majority of what I have today," Wright said.

"But I'm there for Norwich, to do business, and hopefully come way with a win. Its going to be a tough game, there's no denying that - but you have to work hard in every match."

Norwich City head coach Kim Hellberg spoke to BBC Radio Norfolk after the Canaries' heartbreaking 4-3 defeat at Middlesbrough in which they came from 3-1 to equalise only to lose to defender Ashley Phillips' injury-time winner.

For a written selection of his quotes, click here.

Middlesbrough are going for a third successive home win to start the Championship season when they host Norwich City on Saturday (15:00 BST).

The Canaries make the journey to Teesside on a two-game winning streak.

• Middlesbrough are unbeaten in nine league meetings with Norwich (W6 D3), after losing five in a row to the Canaries.

• Norwich have lost three of their past four Championship visits to Middlesbrough (D1), failing to score in their last two.

• Middlesbrough have won each of their past four home league games, their longest run since March 2023, when they won seven on the bounce.

• No side has won more Championship games in 2026 than Norwich City (17, level with Southampton).

• No player has scored more goals in the Championship this season than Will Lankshear (five, level with Cyle Larin).

Norwich City picked up their second home win of the Championship season by beating Birmingham City 2-1 at Carrow Road on Wednesday evening.

It stretches Blues' winless run to three games.

Here is what the supporters of both sides made of the match.

Norwich fans:

Andy: A hard-fought win, with lots of good chances created despite squad rotation ahead of the Middlesbrough and Manchester City matches.

Craig: Very scrappy performance, too many misplaced passes when not under pressure. Two good goals but not enough quality for automatic promotion. Jovon Makama had an instant impact and could lift this team into play-off contention. But to sustain a promotion push we need a midfield general who commands the ball, neither Kenny McLean or Pelle Mattson did that.

Patrick: Clement has us going in the right direction after some wasted years.

Giles: Norwich are starting to click, apparently we're 'managing minutes' with Jack Stacey coming in for Kellen Fisher. I'd always choose Fisher over Stacey but in Clement we trust.

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Birmingham fans:

Chido: No attacking midfield. Square and back from Paik Seung-Ho and Tomoki Iwata. Norwich were very poor - two shots and two goals from defensive errors. We can't continue to not take our chances.

Steve: One league win so far. Chris Davies out, Eddie Howe in.

Bob: This league is hard enough without officials making mistakes that cost teams points. There should have been a sending off plus a goal which was clearly onside.

Alan Why does Chris Davies keep playing Tomoki Iwata and Paik Seung-Ho? We have needed creative midfield players for two seasons.

John: Birmingham believing their own hype. Norwich were well below par but still more decisive than Blues.

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Norwich City moved up to ninth place in the Championship with a 2-1 win over Birmingham City on Wednesday evening.

The Canaries recorded their second home win of the season thanks to goals from Oscar Schwartau and Papa Diallo.

Norwich manager Philippe Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk:

"We wanted the roar and the crowd gave that to the team.

"It was a good interaction between all of us.

"We knew this was a tough game. Birmingham hadn't lost and had won the most head duels this season. They are very direct.

"We defended set pieces really well and had the best chances. We scored two really good goals and could have scored more.

"Their goalkeeper made really good saves in the second half. A well-deserved victory with a lot of positives."

Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds.

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Something has to give as Norwich City welcome Birmingham City to Carrow Road on Wednesday (19:45 BST).

The Canaries have won two and lost three of their opening five games to lie a point behind Blues, who are one of just two unbeaten teams in the Championship, along with leaders Swansea.

Chris Davies' men have drawn four of their five matches, though their only win came in their last away game at Wrexham.

• Norwich have lost each of their past three league games against Birmingham City, never before losing four in a row to them.

• After their 2-1 win in this exact fixture last season, Birmingham could win back-to-back league visits to Norwich for the very first time, with this their 35th trip.

• Norwich have won each of their past three home league games played in midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), last winning four in a row in December 2016.

• Birmingham have won just one of their past eight away league games (D3 L4), though it was a 2-1 victory at Wrexham in their last game on the road.

• Marvin Ducksch scored three goals in Birmingham's two Championship games against Norwich City last season, his most against any side in 2025-26.

The latest episode of BBC Radio Norfolk's The Scrimmage podcast is out now.

Phil Daley and Chris Reeve look back at the Sheffield United win and discuss Hugh Jackman interest.

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Norwich City boss Philippe Clement spoke to BBC Radio Norfolk after the win over Sheffield United.

For a written selection of his quotes, click here.

Sheffield United have yet to lose in the Championship this season and will be hoping to keep up their momentum as they welcome a faltering Norwich City on Saturday (15:00 BST).

The Blades registered the first win of their campaign after beating Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday following a trio of draws.

Norwich though lost a third league match of the season against Stoke City, with just one win to their name so far.

• Sheffield United are unbeaten in five home league games against Norwich (W3 D2) since a 0-1 defeat in September 2017.

• Norwich's 2-1 win over Sheffield United in March ended a 10-game winless run against the Blades in league competition (D4 L6).

• Sheffield United remain unbeaten across their opening four league games of a campaign (W1 D3) for the second time in three seasons. Before then, the Blades hadn't completed that feat since 2012-13 in the third tier.

• Norwich have lost as many as three of their first four games of a league season outside of the Premier League for the first time since 2000-01 in the second tier (also 3).

• Norwich's Championship games this season have produced an xG of 13.9 (7.7 for, 6.2 against), the highest of any side.

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Norwich City midfielder Amankwah Forson has joined Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva on a season-long loan deal.

The 23-year-old joined Norwich from Austrian club RB Salzburg on a four-year deal in 2024.

Forson, who has represented Ghana at international level, has made 44 appearances for the Canaries in all competitions, scoring four goals.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva - six-time Israeli champions - have reached the league phase of this season's Europa League and are set to face opponents including Juventus, AFC Bournemouth and Besiktas.

Aaron Paul and Jobi McAnuff are joined by Norwich City sporting director Ben Knapper in the latest episode of the 72+ podcast.

Knapper discusses how he spent deadline day in Stoke, juggling transfer business with a Championship matchday. He also reflects on the Canaries' start to their campaign and last season's decision to replace Liam Manning with current head coach Philippe Clement.

There's also a round up of the biggest deals from deadline day, first wins for West Ham and Leicester, and Charlton and Swansea's flying starts.

Plus, Bristol Rovers manager Steve Evans joins the panel to discuss his side's strong start to the season.

Listen to the full episode above or on BBC Sounds here - and don't forget to subscribe to get each episode into your My Sounds feed.

Norwich City head coach Philippe Clement was frustrated with the 1-0 defeat at Stoke, but said the performance promised better days ahead.

He told BBC Radio Norfolk: "It's a crazy game to lose the three points.

"My team did a lot of things really well. I don't think I can ask more [in terms of] mentality and the will to win. You saw until the last dying seconds that the team went to win this game fully.

"We had also by far the most possession, by far the most chances. But the goalkeeper had an amazing day today, and a few blocks from them also. It's about working more on the ruthlessness.

"But to play an away game so dominantly, I think it's a really good step. If my team keeps on playing like this, we will take a lot of points this season."