...........keeping a beady eye on ex Canaries and those out on loan
yesterday........Cody McDonald scored the first brace of his Football League career in Gillingham's 3-0 win over high flyers Port Vale. It brought his tally to four in four games and means he has now scored twice as many league goals for the Gills as he has the Canaries (eight to four). Ex loanee Leroy Lita also nabbed a brace for Middlesbrough in their relegation battle with Preston North End, where Darel Russell finished on the wrong end of a 3-1 defeat. Lita has now scored twelve goals in 60 games for Boro, although 25 of those appearances have been from the bench.
A few fans were disappointed by the departure of young defender Michael Spillane from Carrow Road last summer when he made the switch to League One Brentford. The St Helier, Jersey born player had made 34 appearances in all competitions for City since 2006. His new career with the Bees has seen him spend much more time on the field of play - since the start of the season he has already chalked up twenty games. He awaits his first goal (to add to his solitary strike for the Canaries in the 4-0 beating of Leyton Orient in September 2009), though he did convert from the spot in Brentford's League Cup penalty shoot out win over Everton.
Central defender Zesh Rehman played five games for the Canaries back in 2006 during a loan spell from Fulham. The Pakistani international, who was the first British Asian to start a match in the Premier League, has recently been playing for League Two Bradford City, in the same team as another Canary, Tom Adeyemi who is on loan to the Bantams. However, captain Rehman found himself out in the cold with manager Peter Taylor following comments made on a radio programme criticising team selection. Which has led to him moving on, to the other side of the world. Rehman has joined Muangthong United FC who are one of the richest clubs in Thailand, and won the Thai Premier League in 2009 and 2010.
Former Norwich City manager Peter Grant has been first team coach at Birmingham City since July and is said to be happy with life at St Andrews under Jim McLeish. The appointment of Alan Pardew at Newcastle United put the Scot back in the limelight with many believing he might well link up once more with his former boss from West Ham United. Grant also played under Pardew for Reading. However, It now looks as if he will stay put in the West Midlands. Reports on the BBC on Boxing Day suggested that another former Canary, Malky Mackay, could be a surprise appointment to the assistant manager position at Newcastle. His stock is currently high, with his Watford team over performing in the Championship, and Mackay has not, initially at least, ruled out a move to the North East.
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