CITY captain Mark Fotheringham spoke to the Norwich Evening News after Saturday's 4-0 win over Barnsley.

Four goals in the second half saw the Canaries take all three points at Carrow Road, where Bryan Gunn was in control of first team activities in the wake of Glenn Roeder's departure earlier in the week.

On Gunn, Fotheringham said: "He was really relaxed. Bryan Gunn's a top man, a great human being, and he's shown a lot of humility this week. He's such a big character here in Norwich and the fans love him.

"Bryan's a very intelligent guy and he's played under one of the best managers in the world and I think he got a little bit of help from Sir Alex Ferguson with his team talk.

"He was very relaxed and composed and he just said for us all to go out and show a lot of passion because that's what the fans down here want. They want to see players who are fighting for the jersey.

"Everybody upped their game that extra per cent in their performance levels and Bryan was great. He's so relaxed on the sidelines, he just lets the lads go and play because there's a lot of experience in the team."

The Canary skipper added after a dramatic week, he hoped the victory over the Tykes would lead to a successful run in the league for the Norwich squad: "I feel happy at getting the win but it just shows you if we can perform like that we really did let the boss down.

"I don't know if there was a potential manager there looking at that, but I'm sure he's going to be happy with the performance of the players.

"I think we're the smallest squad in the league, to be honest, but the lads worked their socks off today and I was proud of every one of them.

"We just looked really solid and there were some great individual performances."

He continued: "The atmosphere at the stadium today was fantastic. It really helped the players and our performances because when it wasn't quite going for us, they were still with us and you feel when you're on the pitch, it's just a pleasure to play in front of them.

"In my opinion, when the fans are like that, there's no better place to play in the league. It's the best stadium, the best group of fans. It's just a great place to live down here in England."

Wes Hoolahan's first goal for City and Jamie Cureton's first for the club for 10 months set up a victory that was completed by Sammy Clingan's late penalty and Darel Russell's stoppage-time header.

"I'm sure the fans knew the first goal was going to come because we were on top for the majority of the game," said Fotheringham.

"Wes gets himself into so many good positions but often he tries to find a pass or walk the ball into the net. The thing is he's got a great shot and he shows it in training all the time so it was great the way he took the ball round the 'keeper. I thought he was fantastic at times.

"I'm so happy for Jamie Cureton to get the goal because no matter what anyone says about Jamie, I'll always back him. He's a great goalscorer in this division."