Norwich city travel to Pride Park on Tuesday night. It's a basement bash as both teams sit on 8 points with a measly goal against separating them. City's home form sees us bottom of the Championship pile (even the Owls have a point at home), but our away form is eighth overall in the league and given the circumstances looks like we may take the points back home. With the fan base rumbling, nothing else but a win will do, the ramifications of a loss may see a sheepish Knapper tell Manning to baagger off... ....coat... Come on City.
Squad update following press conference: Risks: (CM) Kenny McLean - back problems (CAM) Emi Marcondes - hip problems Out: (CB) Shane Duffy - Calf injury - Could return to the squad this Saturday (CF) Mathias Kvistgaarden - Knee injury - Could return to the squad this Saturday (LB) Ben Chrisene - Hamstring Injury - Could return next week (LB) Lucien Mahovo - Muscle injury - 2-3 weeks (CAM) Amankwah Forson - Hamstring injury - 2-3weeks (LW/CAM) Elliott Myles - 2-3 weeks from Full team training (CB) Jose Cordoba - Hamstring injury - Injured while on international duty - 6 weeks (CM) Anis Ben Slimane - Quad injury - 10 weeks (LW) Papa Amadou Diallo - Quad injury and surgery required - 10 weeks
From the Beeb: Angry Rams seek reaction against struggling Norwich Derby County manager John Eustace has demanded the Rams' channel their anger from their no-show at Oxford into their another crucial encounter against Norwich City on Tuesday evening. Both clubs are teetering on the edge of the Championship bottom three and struggling for wins with only three between them in 20 games this season. Derby, leapfrogged by Oxford after their 1-0 defeat at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday, lie 21st in the table. "We were all very angry about the performance. We let ourselves down on Saturday. We all know that," Eustace told BBC Radio Derby. More here
