Making a top five list of the best goals ever scored by a Norwich player is pretty straightforward - the best goal is usually Justin Fashanu's goal against Liverpool. Then there's the Jerry Goss goals at Bayern and Leeds, maybe Mark Bowen's goal against Bayern too. Then you've got to find space for perhaps Darren Huckerby's goal against Birmingham, Robert Fleck v Milwall, Robert Rosario v Southampton or the recent Andrew Crofts goal at Barnsley.
But what's the best goal ever scored against Norwich?
My weekend trip to Everton with my pal Gordon threw up talk of Louis Saha, who led the line for The Toffees on Saturday. We were talking about a game at Craven Cottage in January 2001 when Fulham, who were on their way to the Division One title, beat City 2-0.
Gordon and I went to that game and had recently been to Sheffield Wednesday twice in six weeks for an FA Cup third round game which we lost and a league game in November 2000 at which, possibly the greatest ever goal against Norwich was scored.
Maybe Gianfranco Zola's goal against City or even the recent Sergio Aguero effort are appreciated by some, but for sheer all round brilliance, how about this goal scored at Hillsborough in November 2000 for Paul Jewell's Wednesday.
OK, our defence was rubbish that day probably bogged down by the rain and those heavy old Pony shirts. And Andy Marshall made little effort to get the ball. But let's not take anything away from, in my opinion, the best ever goal scored against Norwich by none other than Michele Di Piedi:
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