There's no such thing; as I tried to argue in a column on MyFootballWriter/NorwichCity this week, it is the very nature of the Championship beast not to know what to expect.

Norwich could still lose at home to Coventry this weekend and then win at Queen's Park Rangers on Tuesday and hope would continue to spring eternal.

It would be a very glass half full Ipswich fan who would have seen last Saturday's 3-1 win at Rangers coming – not just in terms of the result, but also in the accompanying level of performance. And perhaps that's what Norwich now need.

Both city papers demanding that Bryan Gunn's head should roll – and seeing both management and players alike pick up said gauntlet and throw it back in their (red) faces with such aplomb.

The other point is the fact that somewhere in that Colney mix there is likely to be at least one, last hero getting ready to emerge.

He might not save the day entirely; he might do little more than offer one, final flicker of hope.

But given we're all now in straws-to-cling-to territory, I wonder whether or not the names of

Korey Smith and Cody McDonald aren't crossing the Gunner's mind.

Because as the crunch time nears, perhaps that's where City need to turn – towards players who know no fear because they've not known failure in their desperately short footballing careers.

That maybe their chronic lack of experience can be a good thing; a positive.

That having never experienced disappointment to any great degree on a football field, that 'I'm flying!' feeling of a career curve on the up can prove infectious with a City dressing room set-up still – on occasion – beset by doubt and indecision.

Smith is leading City's FA Youth Cup youngsters towards the game of their lives next Saturday week with that quarter-final clash with holders Manchester City; the kid is on a roll; he believes he's unbeatable – just as Declan Rudd does when it comes to penalties.

As for McDonald, the lad must be pinching himself after his first competitive 45 minutes in professional football – albeit a reserve team clash against Great Yarmouth – yielded another goal to add to his collection this season.

He has yet to learn the art of missing, if that makes sense.
Two to ponder, if nothing else.

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