In a feature in the Pink Un on 13th October 2021, it was reported that former Norwich City academy coach Chris Brazell was managing Icelandic second division side Grotta.

Brazell was a coach in Norwich's academy from June 2014 to May 2018, initially as a Foundation Phase Coach and then as Youth Development Phase Coach. His age group included Reuben Shakpoke and Arlo Doherty. Brazell told the Pink Un “I wasn’t ready professionally or personally for my time at Norwich. I was very lucky to have that opportunity at an early age. I got great support from staff who had coached or played for many years there. Mostly, I am incredibly grateful to have coached the group of boys I coached in those last two years. They taught me more than I taught them” 

On the establishement of a new academy set-up, Chris left City. He then travelled using the contacts he had made in football including Gregg Broughton at Bodo Glimt and Gary Gordon at Borussia Dortmund. and highly-rated Icelandic coach Bjarki Már Ólafsson, who visited Colney in 2017 to observe how City ran their academy. Through Ólafsson he had initially visited Grótta on his travels and that connection saw the club come calling a year later, offering him the opportunity to become head of youth and eventually first-team assistant to ex-Iceland international Agust Gylfason. Brazell took charge in October 2021.

Brazell believes he is at a place where he commands the respect of his players.  “Am I demanding? Yes. Am I very analytical? Yes. I have a passion for coaching and football, but this is also born out of necessity. I’m not Darren Huckerby. I can’t walk in a dressing room at Norwich and everyone thinks wow, it’s Hucks.’ I walk in and they think, ‘who the hell is this small ginger guy?’.It’s easy to say I want a team to ‘press-high’ or ‘play out from the back’. Who doesn’t want that? These are universal parts of the game, not style. As a team, you’re just trying to become good in all parts of the game, whilst hiding any weaknesses you might have.  The underlying objective in football is to compete. So my team will be competitive, that’s a good start. After that, I simply propose a way of training and playing that is grounded in a belief that players are capable of more, and that the role of the coach is to offer solutions to help them get there."