A lot was said before this clash of the Sky Bet Championship’s top two sides in the media both local and national.
The local press for each club became embroiled in some Twitter shenanigans with both the Yorkshire Evening Post’s Phil Hay and the EDP’s Michael Bailey both catching some flak from opposing fans.
We had the #WelcomeNorwich from some Leeds fans with suggestions that the Norwich team coach being bottled and attacked. It was a minority though with plenty of sensible fans opposing the idea and not wanting to give the EFL a chance to impose sanctions.
There is seemingly an underlying feeling of victimisation from the Leeds fans whereby they think that everything and everyone, including all the referees, are against them.
There are a number of tweets from their side that allude to this but the reality is of course, completely different.
I’ve compiled a few of the best tweets from both sides for you to have a look through, including the Norwich team arriving with a number of grown men waiting to shout “GRASS, GRASS, GRASS” at Daniel Farke and his team.
Dear oh dear.
#WelcomeNorwich: Club ups Leeds security https://t.co/oYIRNZj6nc
— Whitesforever (@Whitesforever) January 30, 2019
Leeds fans using #WelcomeNorwich to suggest there could be trouble for Norwich fans going to ER on Saturday & to be fair, many are against it, saying it’s a handful of supporters being idiots, don’t judge them all
Now apply that to #Millwall please. It’s a minority not all of us
— Stephen Jones (@SPJ91) January 29, 2019
Pathetic this #welcomenorwich bollocks. Any concerned Norwich fans travelling with kids welcome to park near my house and I'll walk them up to the ground and back again after.
— Jon Hunter (@LufcJon) January 25, 2019
Wow! With a #WelcomeNorwich like that our players must have been so scared no wonder they were put off their game and didn't do quite as well as we expected. Well done. #NCFC #SomeSarcasmInMyTweet https://t.co/fhlmh0GuAo
— David Maidstone (@DavidMaidstone) February 3, 2019
???? | What an atmosphere at Elland Road ahead of today’s game! #ALAW pic.twitter.com/lpoyXahttt
— Leeds United (@LUFC) February 2, 2019
Nowadays when terrorist attacks and knife crime is a real worry, you get this bellend pushing for a #WelcomeNorwich perhaps he’s too young to remember the 2 Leeds fans fatally stabbed in Turkey.All over a game of football #lufc #Ncfc pic.twitter.com/p7Yva49jB6
— Scott (@BuffScott) January 29, 2019
Not quite the Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires….as we were lead to believe #WelcomeNorwich
— Graham Leeder (@GLeeder1) February 3, 2019
it's the game that the nation wants to see, two big guns head to head #leedsnorwich @Joedesouza93
— Darren Fleming (@papafleming) September 21, 2016
Mario Vrancic: goals, grit and great form.
– Has scored more goals in his last ten games for Norwich City (5) than in his first 52 (4)
– Won seven free-kicks (previous record this season for a #ncfc player was five) and made joint most tackles in the game (5)@FocusImagesLtd pic.twitter.com/Cdmc8GzQXd
— NCFC Numbers (@ncfcnumbers) February 2, 2019
Sterling work… Dedicated and committed to EACH OTHER ???????????????? You are almost at the summit! Keep the momentum… Rev counter in the red ???????????? https://t.co/2bhDUWY9DO
— Anthony Middleton (@antmiddleton) February 3, 2019
RIP Sophie and Toby. ???????????? pic.twitter.com/iEUQKU6ZhP
— Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) February 3, 2019
Get in ???????? massive win ????#OTBC
Full focus on Sunday now another massive game in front of our fans … pic.twitter.com/AnAp15C0ga
— Tim Krul (@TimKrul) February 2, 2019
Bad for the English game though https://t.co/P6YBXZf1vW
— Talk Norwich City (@TalkNorwichCity) February 3, 2019
3 points never felt so sweeet???????? pic.twitter.com/DalPm9jAXF
— Ben Godfrey (@BenG0dfrey) February 2, 2019
Tommy making it count today ???????? pic.twitter.com/9saoEQIidK
— Talk Norwich City (@TalkNorwichCity) February 2, 2019
#Norwich away 2018-19 @SkyBetChamp form:
1️⃣3️⃣ unbeaten – new club record.
1️⃣ defeat in all 1️⃣5️⃣ games.
???? best record in division.The club record for fewest away league defeats in a season is 4️⃣ in 2010-11.#NCFC #OTBC #Canaries pic.twitter.com/lzeRvijEV7
— Goodbrand Stats (@StatsChristian) February 2, 2019
Teemu Pukki has scored 1️⃣8️⃣ lge goals for #Norwich this season.
Since the start of 94-95 season, only 1 #NCFC player has scored 20+ lge goals in a season.
Grant Holt did it twice:
2️⃣1️⃣ in 2010-11@SkyBetChamp
2️⃣4️⃣ in 2009-10 @SkyBetLeagueOne#NaturalBornFinnisher ????????#OTBC pic.twitter.com/DqRo7qY9ug— Goodbrand Stats (@StatsChristian) February 2, 2019
No dripping. No giving Radz grief or calling players out. They’ll know they fucked up. Game came down to individual errors and we made more. A lot more! Fair play #Norwich. You defended well and took your chances. That young Aaron kid you’ve got is a class act btw.
— Gibbo ???????? (@GibricMOT) February 2, 2019
To be fair, Bielsa nailed his research and analysis on the #NCFC #LUFC game.
He called it. pic.twitter.com/jnTqc77ase
— Jon Rogers (@BigGrantHolt) February 3, 2019
As a Leeds fan i can do nothing but appluad that @NorwichCityFC performance tonight. #lufc #ncfc
— Jenky ???????? (@LiamJenkins85) February 2, 2019
All joking & banter apart, Norwich were the better side today. Came with a game plan and executed it to perfection. Hopefully we will both be up there come May. All the best for the rest of the season. #lufc #ncfc
— All Leeds Aren't We (@LeedsNewsMOT) February 2, 2019
In August, the divide in quality between #lufc and #ncfc couldn’t be larger. The former looked streets apart of the latter.
However, those predications have shifted. Last night, it was only one side who looked like champions.
Read on @TalkNorwichCity: https://t.co/fCESraGi7W pic.twitter.com/WT2UnGHtqe
— Connor Southwell (@cjsouthwell1902) February 3, 2019
You just concentrate on being 6 points off top spot after tomorrow’s game cunty #lufc #ncfc https://t.co/PV7HH2qVYJ
— #LeedsCarajo ???????? (@Jonny_lufc_1989) February 1, 2019
Buendia one of the best players I’ve seen in the championship, Onel Hernandez is just ridiculously quick, Vrancic absolutely quality too. The two young fullbacks Lewis and Aarons were excellent too. #NCFC
— Matty Ingham (@matty_ingham17) February 2, 2019
Fair play to Daniel Farke, stuck at it after a tough first season and it looks to have paid off. Might be an unpopular opinion amongst my fellow Leeds fans but I really hope Norwich go up (with us obviously????), they’ll be a delight to watch in the Premier League. #LUFC #NCFC
— Matty Ingham (@matty_ingham17) February 2, 2019
Pukki’s goal from the home end #ncfc pic.twitter.com/CtXmEwQNOy
— Charlie (@ctstangroom34) February 3, 2019
Will that be in the form of a letter? https://t.co/nSMe2AmZ5Z
— Michael Bailey (@michaeljbailey) February 3, 2019
OTBC