Johannes Hoff Thorup's strive for perfection means he refuses to enjoy even the most convincing of Norwich City wins.

The Canaries have found form since the international break, claiming four points from games against West Brom and Plymouth Argyle while producing much-improved performances.

But Thorup remains focused on how his side can get better, no matter what the circumstance. To this day he remembers the smallest of details from City's 4-0 win over Hull eight weeks ago, when captain Kenny McLean was carded late on.


"No, never," he told the Pink Un, asked if he could ever simply soak up his team's best outings. "There are so many things, and I still hate myself for the Hull game, where we are 4-0 up, it's minute 90 or something and Kenny gets a booking for making a foul that isn't needed in that moment.

"I think, because the players are in there and their adrenaline is going, they cannot always think about those moments and situations. But as a coach you have to be hands on with every situation.

"Now, of course, he's been out for us for some games, and he's on four bookings and could be out again with another one. It's these small details in games where you just have to be on top, we cannot switch off even just for a second."

That philosophy applied again to the Pilgrims win, when Norwich dominated throughout and came out 6-1 victors. The Dane still sought to iron out the kinks in his post-match analysis. 

"I was not only positive in the meeting with the boys, even though the result was good," he continued. "The performance was not top in all areas of the game, and I think we had some sloppy moments out there.

"That also comes back to me as a coach. We need to support them, we even need to be screaming and shouting sometimes, to make sure that we have as few of those moments as possible.

"It can change anything. Just imagine that Kenny or Callum (Doyle) received a booking at the end of the game, then the Saturday game would be different for us. It's no time to enjoy unfortunately."