Match Day Thread Norwich City v Stoke City, Sat 16th Sept, ko 1500 hrs

Sorry about the delay and zero content

 

Don't worry Bure, thanks for setting it up and we can find some content. You get your family issues sorted.

Team news:

Onel Hernandez is fit and available.

Adam Forshaw is fit and available. Wagner impressed with the manner of his training over the international break.

Ui-Jo Hwang trained with new team mates for first time on Thursday but is 'super fit'.

Borja Sainz (ankle) trained with 21s last week. Seniors this week. Won’t be involved this weekend.

Jacob Sorensen (pelvis) set to return to training in ‘one or two weeks’

 

Stoke have made something like 18 signings this summer, transforming their squad into what DW now thinks is one of the strongest in the division. The question is whether AN has yet got them playing as he wants and as a team. If he has, tomorrow will be a good test for us, as will Leicester on Wednesday.

Ben Lee pointed out in his latest analysis that Leicester would be a real test of whether we had found a solution to escaping the sort of well-organised press that Rotherham used to such good effect against us in the first half of the last match. But we can expect much the same approach from Stoke, so I'd expect "a real test" of that tomorrow too. The biggest question in my mind is whether Idah can do what's needed in the way of runs behind the Stoke defence, and whether we have the accuracy of pass to feed him when he does.

 

We signed 17 players, but got the most important ones in early and used the whole of the pre-season to good effect. Currently 16th, Stoke have lost both away games so far without scoring and conceding 3 goals. They lost 2-0 last time out at home to Neil's old club Preston. Leicester will be a bigger test, IMO.

WhoScored's 'probable lineups' (though Idah is more likely to start):

Neil's view:

"I think what the Championship does show you is that there are no givens, no guarantees in terms of form. Their last game was Rotherham, which they lost. At home they've been particularly strong. I've watched both matches, so we know they're a good side – but I think everybody in the Championship on the day is going to show up well at some point. We just need to go there and try to play as well as we can."

 

http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/clubs/stoke.htm

 

Shows players and staff who have been at both clubs, some names I had forgotten about

 

In his time at Norwich, Ricky Martin, Stoke's current Technical Director, was the driving force behind the recruitment and development of the crop of youngsters who played such a critical role for us under Daniel Farke (including Lewis, Aarons, Godfrey and Maddison). He was the first casualty of the shift to the Sporting Director model, departing the club a week after Stuart Webber's appointment in April 2017.

 

Thanks for doing the MDT & hopefully your health & personal life improves.

Keep the winning run going

 

Content

 

Gunn
Stacey Duffy Gibson Giannoulis
Sara McLean
Fassnacht Barnes Rowe
Idah

Forshaw, Batth and Hwang all on the bench

 

First home game for me this season. Great atmosphere in the ground. Looking forward to it!! COYY

 

Any streams?

 

I can't find any, but I am not very good at finding them

 

iFollow | FSL (freestreams-live1.top)

 

Thank you!

 

Thanks from me as well Dunc!

 

Stoke should have a penalty, that looked incredibly silly from Gibson to have a hold of the players shirt, even if his own was being held

 

Norwich were certainly on top first 15-20 mins, but Stoke have had a couple of good attacks recently