Norwich’s current Championship form, with seven defeats in the last ten games, mean that the team is once again heading to a crisis point.

All the goodwill that David Wagner had managed to generate with the supporters has melted away, as the club slump down to 17th in the table, with a points tally closer to the relegation zone than the play-offs.

The last week has brought disappointing results for the Canaries, following on from Daniel Farke’s triumphant return to Carrow Road as the comeback king. Defeat to Middlesbrough was a mediocre affair, and another lacklustre performance on the road at the Stadium of Light have left even the happiest of clappers despairing.

The game against our old rival Leeds started well, with some nice one-touch football seeing the ball ping about the park and take us into a two-goal lead. However, in a seemingly self-destructive move, the head coach proceeded to replace half of the lineup as the opposition got back into the match. When the inevitable third for the Yorkshire team hit the back of the net, the Canaries had little attacking options left on the pitch for a late surge and chance of a point.

What followed on Tuesday was the display of a team whose confidence had been badly knocked and hadn’t recovered. Anxious in possession and no real threat up top, the late consolation only arrived because this time we had a proven striker remaining on the field of play. The fans who travelled to Sunderland did so more in hope than belief, and there were early signs they might be rewarded - until it all fell apart once more.

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There are now many calling for Wagner to be sacked, less than a year after he replaced the previous unsuccessful and unpopular head coach; hoping that another roll of the dice will produce different results this time. However, there are also many who are looking a little higher in the club hierarchy to the man who is ultimately responsible for the football philosophy at Carrow Road and Colney - Stuart Webber.

The sporting director announced in June that he would be leaving the club, but he has remained in place at the time of writing, though his replacement has been named. The mounting pressure for a shake up, created by Saturday’s loss, has brought about rumours that the changing of the guard may be about to happen at last. Norwich City certainly feels like a club that desperately needs a new broom to come and sweep clean through the training ground and tactics room.

Ben Knapper will no doubt already have an opinion about the future of our head coach, as well as the squad he will inherit. But he will also have to work to the same financial restrictions as his predecessor, so his focus will be on how to get the most out of the resources he has available. He will unlikely be able to make radical changes to anything but attitude and outlook as we enter the middle third of a hectic Championship season.

Whether a new perspective will be enough to turn this squad of players and current form around, and get the Canaries chasing their opponents back up the table and into the play-offs, is difficult to say. There have been flashes of potential in games this season, and the promised return of established teammates from injury may also provide a much needed boost to morale. And with so many games left to play, the outcome of this season has yet to be determined.

Yet there feels as if there is still a missing piece to the puzzle of Norwich City Football Club; changes to the head coach, playing staff and even shifts in the ownership have yet to return the feeling of unity we all had three seasons ago. Our hope now rests with Kapper to lead us away from crisis and into a new era.