Match 16 of the season sees West Bromwich take on the Canaries at the Hawthorns at 3pm. WBA: 5th Place on 25 points. NCFC:14th place with 18 points. WBA Recent EFL form: W D D D D D NCFC Recent EFL Form: L L L D D D Perhaps we have a decent opportunity to recover some of our earlier good form with players coming back from injury, however Norwich has 4 players a card away from a one match ban. McClean we know is out for this game, and Fisher, Doyle and Nunez are a yellow away from causing more selection problems for Thorup. It may be a game too soon anyway for Nunez, but how we'd love him back. We have failed to hit the net in the last 2 games and WBA has also had their own goalscoring problems. West Brom have their own injury problems- particularly in defence. Manager Corberan: “We are talking about three specific centre-backs who have had injuries at the same time, all within a week. It is what it is and it will be a challenge for us as a team and for individuals too." This might offer us some hope, and with the international break giving Thorup the chance to reset, let's hope we add a W to our recent form. OTBC
Fourth "bird team" in a row. Time the Canaries but this latest one to flight. COYY Quality thread as usual.
Squad update **UPDATE** Fassnacht - BACK - Has trained this week Slimane - BACK - Has trained this week Gunn - BACK - Has trained this week Barnes - BACK - Has trained this week Gibbs - BACK - Has trained this week Hernandez - BACK - Played and scored for Cuba over the international break McLean - OUT - 4/4 game suspension - Back v Plymouth - 26th November. 1 more yellow card and he will serve another 1 game ban Nunez - OUT - Targeting return v Luton - Saturday 30th November Forsyth – OUT - knee - 3-4 more weeks out Sargent - OUT - Had surgery – 5 more weeks out
Great thread China. Gunn back is certainly great news. Slimane started against Bristol and will probably partner Sørensen again. The others on the bench most likely though Hernandez could start.
Expecting to see Onel at some point. We're not moving Sainz around so perhaps Crnac back to the right and Onel up top?
The possibility has been mentioned. He would certainly improve our counterattacking with his pace. Crnac lacks that, though he's getting better at controlling long passes. Marcondes played up front against Bristol without success, though he did hit the post with a header.
JHT was asked this in Thursdays presser and confirmed that he sees him as a good option through the middle. Perhaps Onel and Barnes can share the role
I think Crnac has got more physical from game to game. I would expect a lineup similar to below Gunn Fisher Duffy Cordoba Doyle Sorensen Slimane Marcondes Crnac Barnes Sainz
It's match day folks! And it's 7.55 pm in my current time zone (Tasmania) so I won't be watching later but hope to wake up tomorrow to see us back in the ascendency. Happy vibes from down under and OTBC
I think that's about right, but with Slimane partnering Sørensen and Marcondes tucking in behind either Barnes or Hernandez as it's a tough away game.
This is his fourth suspension for badmouthing the ref after his red card. How we could use him today but it's not to be.
If we end up 3 or 4 points off the pace at the end of the season, I will be laying the blame at McClean’s door. His moment of madness has ended up just getting worse and worse.
