'Could' Klose injury work in our favour

['Could' Klose injury work in our favour]

In relation to Rays post about RM, here are the passing stats of our CBs for the Championship this season (from whoscored).

Passing accuracy (total passes):

Klose: (778) 77.6%

Bennett: (756) 75.1%

Martin: (758) 72.4%

Martin does make 1.6 more passes on average a game than Klose, which is about a 3% increase.

Then in terms of long ball passes (accurate/inaccurate):

Klose: (71/83) 46.1%

Martin: (84/106) 44.2%

Bennett: (53/97) 35.3%

[Maddison]

Don''t think Maddison returning definitely indicates that either he''s going to play much for us this season or that someone in his position is being sold.

It is, however, shrewd of Neil to take a closer look at Maddison and the progression made, considering the predicament we''re currently in. Can always loan him back out at the end of the transfer window if it''s felt to be the best course of action rather than him remaining here.

[http://neilout.com/]

What''s more bizarre is that it appears it took whoever designed the website 8 days to make it, going by when they bought the domain name.

[Why we shouldn't keep our best players]

Which players would you bring in, Parma?

[The Borussia Dortmund Model.]

I''m not sure Klopp''s particuarly ruthless, SOB. Joe Allen''s probably the only player he''s let go that could begrudge his transfer. The rest make sense.

Also helps if you''re at a club the size of Liverpool who can take a financial hit to move players out.

[A message from a Southampton fan]

Guessing they missed today''s game against Middlesbrough then. Redmond completely changed the tempo of the match in Southampton''s favour when he came on after half-time. He also set up Rodriguez with a brilliant opportunity to double the lead late on but somehow the striker hit it over from about two yards out.

[Ricardo's report AGM 2016]

Just seen your reply, Ricardo. Thank you

[Ricardo's report AGM 2016]

Cheers for those, Morty.

It seems Ricky will be bringing discipline and structure to our scouting, according to Moxley.

Ricardo or anyone else at the agm, was anything else said on Ricky and this added responsibility?

[Ricardo's report AGM 2016]

Thanks for the rundown of events, Ricardo. As a follow up to King Canary''s questions, was anything else said about Ricky Martin?

[Coaching]

Reckon there''s something in this. None of the current managerial team were defenders by trade. Surely it''d be beneficial, considering our current plight, to get someone in who''d be able to help in this area? Same could also be said for our strikers.

[Ralf Rangnick...]

Rangnick''s on the FA''s list of England manager candidates and currently has newly-promoted Leipzig second in the Bundesliga. Why would he join Norwich?

[Nothing 'bizarre' about it at all!!!!]

Maybe those "monotonous cretins" aren''t as nervous as you, HB, because they remember we got promoted two years ago with Martin and Bassong both in defence. And, while a new partner alongside Klose as well as him staying fit would be brilliant, if that''s our back-up, it really shouldn''t be a disaster in the Championship.

It''s also not as simple as just bringing in another defender. Our budget is restricted to a certain extent, with the addition of attacking players having taken priority so far, something that was achieved in the summer. I''d be highly surprised if we don''t see another defender brought in during January, although that may, of course, rely on one leaving.

[OT - Big Sam]

Yeah, the ''gutter press'' really stitched him up, hey, reporting how Allardyce, the England manager, a man under the employment of the Football Association, was willingly providing advice to outsiders as to how they can bypass its rules for financial gain. How dare they.

[OT - Big Sam]

This article has come after 10 months of investigation, it wasn''t done as an effort to disrupt the England national team.

[Angus Gunn]

The lad''s 20, has just got his first break at City, is doing well when called upon for the England youth ranks, and has the opportunity to work under Pep - why would he want to leave?

He could do a couple more seasons of that and then become Man City''s no.1 at the age of 23, for example.

[Something has got to change]

Appreciate the frustration that we haven''t signed a big-name/proven 15+ goal Champ striker but I don''t see why this window is viewed so badly. Especially considering how terrible last summer''s was.

We''ve retained: Ruddy, Klose, Olsson, Tettey, Howson, Brady, Hoolahan, Jerome. That''s a long way towards a really strong Championship side. One the envy of most other clubs. We''ve also brought in exciting new attacking youngsters in the shape of Canos and Pritchard, the latter someone who notched up more than 10 league goals last year.

[Ruddy to Sunderland]

Angus would be a very good signing, but I think it''s unlikely he''ll be going out on loan this season, never mind sold. Pep rates him highly, and he''s most probably going to get time in cup competitions this year.

Someone like Jordan Archer at Millwall would be a good replacement. Just signed a new contract, but that means little these days.

[Oliver Burke]

Leipzig are sponsored by Red Bull and have loads of money. They smashed the Bundesliga 2 transfer fee record last season when signing striker Davie Selke, as part of a massive playing staff overhaul.

[McCormack article on Pink'Un]

For those suggesting we did well to dodge McCormack because he''s just after increased wages, what do they make of Pritchard and his decision to come to Norwich instead of Brighton?

[How would you feel if.....]

An interesting question and hard to know the answer to how Carlton felt unless, suppose, we had long-term connections with the club''s academy players and had been fed information, hey, Ray?!

Maybe we''ll see what Carlton''s made of later when he can respond to not being played by putting a few past Boro.

[Assombalonga]

Reckon that''s wishful thinking, Seattle. It was the first round of the cup, everyone made changes to their teams.

Britt''s just come back from injury, Saturday saw him play his first competitive 90 minutes since Feb 2015, so they''re not going to risk him in an early round cup match.

[Prediction Line ups for Saturday]

Ruddy

Pinto Klose Bassong Olsson

Tettey

Howson

Pritchard Wes Brady

Jerome

[£12m bid accepted]

Callum Wilson wasn''t our second choice, we wanted both strikers, but Wilson asked for guaranteed first team football, which City couldn''t promise.

[£12m bid accepted]

You do realise Alex Neil isn''t the one negotiating the deal with Fulham right, Pete?

[McCormack wants to join us and fee agreed with fulham]

Benitez averaged 1.3pts per game for Newcastle in the short time he was in charge. If he''d managed them for the whole season, at that rate, they would have finished 11th, ahead of Everton and 1 point behind Chelsea. Also, if Benitez had had a summer to prepare and pick the players he wanted, it''s not far to suppose they''d have done even better.

Newcastle have loads of money to spend, a world class manager, and a decent squad; they are, understandably, rated higher than us, which also means they have more pressure on them. Let''s see how they handle it.