Football: Norwich Head for Escape from Digital Doldrums

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As the domestic season races towards a climax, let it not be said that Arsene and Alex are the only ones playing mind games. Down a country lane at Norwich City's smartly appointed training centre, the morning session begins not with a few stretches or a gentle jog, but a talk from Keith Mincher, a sports psychologist, who has already decked the walls with notices reading "you can do it".

While Mincher, a former coach at Sheffield United and Bristol City, builds the players up, Nigel Worthington, the manager who has lifted the club from 20th position in the First Division when he was put in charge 16 months ago to today's play-off semi-final first leg against Wolves, is …