Streaming Sunday’s dramatic 3-3 draw from a hike around Loch Ness proved one of my more stressful recent Norwich City experiences.

Located some 550 miles away from Carrow Road, it felt typical that the first home game of the season I’d missed unfolded into a thriller for the ages as Borja Sainz’s latest slice of genius helped City salvage an epic point.

Sadly – from a footballing perspective – I’d been roped into a civilised long weekend north of the border with some of my girlfriend’s university pals and a game against Middlesbrough, the latest Championship fixture to be oddly rescheduled to a Sunday afternoon, seemed an acceptable match to miss.

But as I watched on as the darkness descended upon the Highlands, it was impossible not to feel a significant sense of envy towards every lucky fan who contributed to one of the most thunderous Carrow Road atmospheres in recent memory.

Calm in the chaos was Johannes Hoff Thorup, the Great Dane with an ever-increasing aura of a man who knows exactly what he’s doing and we’re all starting to adore.

As written by many of my columnist colleagues this week, the enormously impressive 35-year-old has instilled that bold, never-say-die spirit that characterised the Paul Lambert and Daniel Farke years into his young squad with remarkable rapidity, engineering consecutive comebacks from two goals behind after last Tuesday’s precious point at Preston.

Tactically, and in terms of the mentality he has visibly fostered on the pitch, Thorup is ticking all the right boxes and already capturing the hearts of City fans far and wide.

But while the fluent football we’re being treated to is understandably grabbing the headlines, it was a series of broader comments made by Thorup this week that I found even more interesting.

Yes, tactics now dominate the modern game and fans have been loving the fast-paced, free-flowing football the shrewd Scandinavian is masterminding.

And yes, Thorup’s legacy at Carrow Road will ultimately be defined by his record and whether or not he can steer City back into the Premier League.

But away from the pitch, the Canaries boss just simply seems to get it and has already grasped what makes this most fabulous of football clubs so unique and special.

Two weeks ago, I dedicated a column to assistant manager Glen Riddersholm, the star of the show in the club’s most recent episode of the ‘On The Ball’ YouTube series who has enthusiastically immersed himself in life across the region.

And while Thorup’s antics in Norfolk may have been slightly less conspicuous – unlike his number two, not using social media or revealing his love of punting in Cambridge, trips to Eaton Park and Thorns – it’s clear he has similarly bought into the yellow and green ethos.

Asked by Pink Un reporter Connor Southwell about the unity he is bidding to build, Thorup said: “Whatever we do representing Norwich City, we try to build that identity for everyone to see.

“They know what they can expect, and we try to be as open and honest as possible.

“When people feel that, people also they are closer connected.

“What a football club needs, especially in a fantastic city like this, is that we connect the club to the fans and to the people here, so everyone is together.”

It may sound obvious and like simple stuff – but how many other managers, particularly at such a young age, do you hear saying things like that?

Frankly, that ability to connect, unite and understand is ultimately something you can’t teach, an asset Thorup so obviously has in abundance and what has led to him becoming so universally well-received so early on into his Carrow Road tenure.

It’s that, and not just the football, which has lured me and probably over 1,000 other City fans into taking the long trip to Cardiff this weekend as we continue to follow this exciting young side’s joyous early journey.

And while results are obviously important, it’s that which arguably matters just as much at such a special, community-focused club like Norwich City.

There will inevitably be bumps in the road as Thorup – currently without captain Kenny McLean, Marcelino Nunez and Angus Gunn – continues to navigate the choppy Championship waters.

But whatever happens over the next few weeks, we can all take an immense source of pride that we have such a genuine, honest and hugely likeable young man at the Norwich City wheel.