We live in an era when every game is a 'big' game. And when a crisis awaits around every corner.

Only this time I think there is one lurking just over the horizon; particularly if Norwich's first night out in front of the TV cameras fails to yield much fruit.

For veteran Canary watchers, Nottingham Forest, away, with the Sky TV people in tow reeks of disappointment and danger.

For whatever reason, Norwich never seem to put their best foot forward once the director shouts 'Action!'. Nine times out of ten, they stumble over their lines and invariably fall flat on their face.

Given that City head to the East Midlands this weekend with one point from their last two home games – and all in the knowledge that four of the next five games are away from home – the next few weeks have all the makings of a full-blown crisis.

Glenn Roeder's tetchy efforts at the club's annual general meeting will not have raised his stock with the faithful – quite the reverse.

And while another loan signing might perk up both performances and interest, whoever the next one through the door is they have to work – bring more to the party than, thus far, Antoine Sibierski has offered.

Norwich need a quick-fix solution to their many troubles; some large straw to cling to before Messrs Lita and Kennedy are returned
to sender.

In short, they need the kind of pep-me-up that Chris Martin offered in the wake of Robert Earnshaw's injury the spring before last.

Punters believe that there is something decent going on at Colney and, of course, they can also see the pound signs –that if the kid really is that good, he'll be snapped up by one of the big boys in an instant.

Which is why Tuesday night's unexpected heroics by Paul Stephenson's teenagers might ride to Roeder's rescue.

Because provided the embattled Canary chief is prepared to get a bit political in his thinking and realise the PR value to be had in
slamming a Luke Daley into his first team thinking ahead of another Kieron Gibbs-type figure, then he could ease the pressure on his own job and popularity.

Of course, you never win anything with kids. Fine. But what you can do with kids is buy yourself time. And that's a start.

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