Can Norwich City sustain their current run of form?

While performances have yet to dramatically increase, results have picked up - although the bigger picture shows a run of three wins in 10 matches. 

With home matches against out-of-form Preston North End and basement boys Sheffield Wednesday to come before an East Anglian Derby against high-flying Ipswich - there is a chance to continue the optimism. 

During the most recent Pink Un Podcast, host Connor Southwell was joined by Adam Harvey, Paddy Davitt and Sam Seaman after Adam Idah's last gasp winner to discuss whether this run is sustainable. 

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AH: Fundamentally, you go to football as a fan to watch your team win. The comments during the week aren't helpful. It's made the fans feel that their voices aren't being heard by those in positions of power. For those who made the trip, that moment will live long in their memory. There are lots of big games coming up and they need to up their level of performance. It's not a pretty watch. It probably isn't what Ben Knapper wants or what the fans want to see but moving forward, that moment will hopefully breed a bit of confidence into the players who need it desperately. The fact they are getting injured players back will hopefully help David Wagner as well. We will see what we get, but if you were in the away end, then it will be a mood booster for the whole week. If you break down the whole 90 minutes, it wasn't pretty. 

CS: So often in football, it can be about moments. That feels like it could be a moment. Ultimately, we won't know until we see what happens against Preston and Sheffield Wednesday in their next two away games; there feels like an opportunity to unify a bit. Maybe that won't happen if they don't win their next three, culminating with the East Anglian Derby, but given everything that happened last week - it was a moment that will have been met with a large sigh of relief from those inside the club. Paddy, what did you make of the performance? In the last three games, their possession has been 38pc against QPR, 34pc at Watford and 40pc at Bristol City. They've not achieved an expected goals rate of one in their last three games. The debate will now be whether this is papering over the cracks or whether it can be something more sustained. 

Norwich City fans enjoyed Adam Idah's late winner at Ashton Gate. (Image: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd)

PD: What I would say, they've effectively played three teams in the bottom or the middle of the table. Until we see against Ipswich or Southampton whether this template successful, there will be a sustainable argument that you can make. Right now, the jury is still out. Norwich are not consistent enough in terms of performances or results. How they've gone about it in the last two or three games isn't a recipe for consistency over half a season or longer. What it does show is that they have a finisher in Adam Idah and there is a character, a togetherness and a willingness to fight for each other - they are all admirable qualities, but it is like you are going to the well every game to try and dredge something rather than an economical style of play and a strategy in and out of possession that is residually effective. Look at Southampton under Russell Martin, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, West Brom - they all have a clear identity and style of play with an idea of what they are trying to do. I wouldn't be overly confident that the manner they are mining results over this three or four-game run will be enough to mine results in the long term. Maybe we park this for the here and now and reflect on three wins in four. How they've done it can be debated, but they have done it. If they follow up with two home wins or four points from six, that is starting to get into the realms that this can be sustainable. What I'm clinging onto during this run, because they aren't playing well, but they are getting results. With results and better defensive performances comes confidence. With confidence, hopefully comes a bit more on the pitch. Line in the sand, better results and then hopefully we'll see more on the ball. Then it could trigger something in the second half of the season with key players like Josh Sargent coming back. Then, all the elements will be there for them to try and replicate what they did at the start of the season. 

CS: Paddy mentioned it there; they have a really good opportunity, in front of their home fans, to inject some optimism through their performances and show some control of matches. If they can wrestle some of that back with an attacking edge, it feels like they can change the narrative. 

Sunday's dramatic win at Bristol City eased the pressure on head coach David Wagner. (Image: Paul Chesteton/Focus Images Ltd)

AH: Given three of the last four games, 80pc of Norwich fans weren't there to see that Adam Idah moment or the rapid turnaround at Cardiff. They saw QPR but that was dire. This is an opportunity with four points outside the top six, it breeds confidence going into the East Anglian Derby and the festive period. Then Sargent is back and the mood and feeling is a lot different. Everyone would be back on side if they keep getting results. Whether public opinion would shift on Wagner in the long term remains to be seen, but it would at least bring optimism back around the club.