Smith keen to lift ‘doom and gloom’ mood at Norwich City – ‘there’s money at stake’

Dean Smith has challenged his Norwich City players to enjoy their last two games in the Premier League before they head back down to the Championship.

Their relegation was confirmed last month when they were beaten by Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa.

Since then, the Canaries have been convincingly beaten by West Ham and Leicester City.

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But Smith does not want the remaining two games – the first is at Wolves on Sunday before Tottenham head to Carrow Road chasing a Champions League spot – to be all “doom and gloom” as the Norfolk club look to regroup.

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“We have been relegated two games ago and I have gone through a period of mourning now. I want to come out of that and go an enjoy football games,” the Norwich boss said.

“I want them to get through the mourning period of getting relegated because we all hurt.

“Obviously we want to win football games. There is a lot of money at stake (in the final league position), but we don’t want to finish the season with doom and gloom.

“I enjoyed Leicester for 58 minutes and then we had to suffer, but I want the players to go and enjoy themselves as well and play with a little bit of freedom.

“That is what we have to do. We can be looking at next season