🎧 Norwich's play-off hopes over
"The season is fizzling out. I think the play-off dream is well and truly gone."You need 75 points to get sixth place... the most Norwich can get now is 73, so it's gone. I think it had gone before Bristol City anyway."BBC Radio Norfolk's Chris Goreham and Rob Butler look back on the Canaries' 2-1 loss at Bristol City - their second defeat in a row.You can listen to the full episode and more on The Scrimmage: A Norwich City podcast.
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