Back in June when the fixture list was released and I saw that the final away day of the season was at West Bromwich Albion, I was buzzing.

If I could pick a last trip of the season, West Brom would be right up there. If you take away the lack of people skills their stewards have and the stupid long walk around the ground after the game, there are so many things about a trip to The Hawthorns that make it an good away day. It’s normally an away day we sell out easily.

It’s a fairly easy ground to get to, has one of my favourite football pubs, a similar fanbase to ours and we both have a similar dislike of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

There were so many thoughts in my head on how this final away day was going to pan out - sell-out away crowd, party atmosphere with the possibility of celebrating promotion.

Little did I know how this season would end and at the time of writing this column, we are yet to sell the away end out, one of many signs of the apathy amongst the Norwich supporters at the moment.

Norwich Evening News: Watching Norwich can be tough going at timesWatching Norwich can be tough going at times (Image: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd)

Last Saturday, the toxicity as at the highest I have known it for a very long time.  

Time after time I have defended the club that I care so much about. But even last Saturday I was struggling to defend some people there.

Back in 2017, statements were made about how much money has been wasted. Well, it feels we’ve wasted far more now.

Whilst there has been some fantastic signings, there havebeen some truly shocking ones as well. Spending so much money on potential stars who have failed to live up to their expectations has been one of the most frustrating things. I can understand it with some of the academy signings, hoping we could have another James Maddison or Ben Godfrey, but is there actually anyone where you can say, 'yeah, they are going to hit the heights of some of the previous players we’ve sold on'?

There have been so many mistakes over the years and yet it seems nobody is taking responsibility for it. Nobody is fronting up. If we were actually told what our actual philosophy is or which way the club is actually heading, it might not make so many people frustrated.

Last Saturday I was told by fellow fan that my five-year-old daughter Amelia looked bored at the previous home game against Rotherham. I said she had missed only two home games since the New Year. Typically, it was the 3-1 victories over Birmingham and Hull. In those other eight home games, we failed to score in seven and in the other we scored two goals in three minutes against Cardiff. If us regular fans are bored, what chance has she got? It feels like she’s had enough of watching us.

Looking around the ground during the second half against Swansea, there were plenty of people who were feeling the same as her - they couldn’t face watching yet another uninspiring, spineless performance and lack of spirit in the club.

But the saddest thing of it all is this is all happening at the same time when a certain player should be talked about so much and be getting the chance to go out on a high. Sadly, I don’t think Teemu Pukki is going to get that chance to enjoy the fitting send-off he throughly deserves.

It’s going to be a tough summer and one that I don’t think is going to be pretty, but I really hope people can make decisions for the benefit of the club and not for themselves personally.

This is my final article of the season and I'd like to thank the Pink Un for letting me write passionately about my beloved club.

Whilst people will come and go at this club, us fans will always be here. Whilst some might not like my overly positive nature at times, the joy of watching Norwich City will return. Maybe not for a long time - but it will.

In the meantime, enjoy the summer break away from Norwich City. Because I know I will.

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