Jersey Canary

And it’s a no from me.

I like Sargent, he has a place and could be a long term replacement for Pukki especially as he’ll enjoy having wingers firing in crosses and we have Tzolis and Rachica in the building.

Dowell doesn’t have the defensive work ethic from what I’ve seen of him and he’s not the most mobile.

The next stage of Norwich’s evolution is Rachica in for Sargent. We should be more potent going forwards.

Everton played Burnley with the 351 formation and Burnley looked dangerous. Second half Everton switched to a 433 and scored 3 within 10 mins and looked really dangerous. So I’d go for 433 for this game.

Had being the word.

I’d play Rachica and Tzolis over Cantwell. To be fair we haven’t seen too much of Dowell yet and I’d be more inclined to give them a go before Cantwell. We know what Cantwell can do and it’s not good enough so we need to give someone else a go until Cantwell improves or he’s sold.

Cantwell is not a threat. He slows our attacks, the odd flick and ball juggle is not good enough. Since his first 6 months in the PL last time he’s done nothing out of the ordinary. You’d expect him to rip up the Championship like Emi but he was ordinary. Nothing great from an attacking midfielder. Thus far he’s done nothing to warrant a start in the PL.

Cantwell is definitely not our best player firstly, secondly, what’s the point in having him in the team to get loads of free kicks if we’re only going to good the box into the box? Our midgets up front against their defensive giants isn’t going to work just like it didn’t against Watford?

Why would you play Cantwell against a team of bully boys? He’ll spend half the match rolling on the ground and moaning to the ref.

Or Rupp for McLean. But yes McLean has to go. He’s not good enough. Never has been and he’s now making silly mistakes.

I’ve said it before Kenny is a top half. Championship player at best. He wasn’t good enough at PL last time, too slow, too weak in the challenge, doesn’t create anything and doesn’t score. He didn’t protect the defence like he should and is prone for mistakes. Don’t get me wrong he gives 100% and has improved but still nowhere near good enough. The midfield cost us in the PL last time and it’s happening again (for Kenny anyway).

At the moment we’re losing and we’re playing badly. Let’s go back to 4231, attack attack attack and go down with a bang, goals and enjoyment (if we do go down). I’m surprised Farke has changed the formation as the last time we were in the PL the midfield was awful. Normann and PLM look quite handy. We have enough attacking players to make up 3 behind Pukki and off we go. Back to 4231 please Daniel. Let’s go for it.

Didn’t Beckford score 4 against Everton? We could do with a bit of that on Saturday!

Our club objective is to be a top 26 team and we are. We don’t have a rich owner who can buy ready made players so we have to be creative and develop to sell. The only way we’re going to go that is by playing Farkeball. That will mean losing a fair bit at this level but once the players acclimatise, we’ll start to pick up points. The big question is, will it be in time for us to survive this season? I hope so.

Sorensen hasn’t played for a while so it might take him a while to get into his stride. But what I would say is Sorensen Normann in front of the back 4 will give the team a bit more of a solid look especially as Sorensen can now appreciate the dangers for a LB when he’s covering from midfield.

Sorensen did a wonderful job filling in at LB which he never played. Against Brentford of all teams and he looked the business. Unlucky to be dropped to be honest. Now let’s see what he can do in his preferred position, he’s young, he appears to be intelligent, let’s give him a go and watch him grow over the remainder of the season. If we go down we might have one hell of a player on our hands or a player we can sell. Kenny has limited use and a declining value due to his age. Time to move over and let Sorensen have a go. It can’t go any worse surely?

This is a difficult one because on the one hand we need to give the squad players a run out but on the other hand we have to get the first 11 gel-ing. If it was me I would go for the following; Gunn Mumba, Andy, Kabak, Giananoulis Normann, Sorensen Tzolis. Dowell Rachica Sargent

What on earth has Sorensen got to do to get a game in our midfield? He’s always been tidy, he looks like he can read a game, he can pass, he can tackle. All things that Kenny can’t. I’ve said this repeatedly on this site so don’t think I’m jumping on a bandwagon after a dire Kenny performance. Kenny isn’t good enough at top end Championship level let alone PL. Kenny wasn’t good enough in the PL last time, nothing has changed. He hasn’t evolved as a player and isn’t good enough. Time to stop messing about and given Sorensen a run out along side Normann in 4231 formation. The formation that suits our players better.

Watford (h) 3 Everton (a) 0 Burnley (a) 0 Brighton (h) 1 Chelsea (a) 0 Leeds (h) 3 Brentford (a) 1 Southampton (h) 3 Wolves (h) 1 12 pts.

Is it me or are we playing the wrong formation? I think the 4231 formation suited us fine last fine we just didn’t have the players/squad to carry on the revival from just before lockdown. At that point we were creating more and we’re beginning to look like we had an outside chance of survival. The 433 formation is missing the creative person behind the striker. This is probably the place that Cantwell will feel best or Dowell. And as a result we seem a bit toothless. I appreciate we’ve had 4 tough games and we probably won’t know for sure if we’ve got it right until the end of October or we need a change. I don’t feel we’ve played our best 11 so far maybe Farke is giving everyone a chance due to lack of pre season, certain people playing international matches etc. I’m looking forward to seeing Normann replace Rupp. It’s interesting where Farke sees Gilmore fitting in because with the current formation means Kenny or PLM will get dropped (if Normann plays)? As you’ll know I’m not the biggest Kenny fan so I suppose it will be he who makes way as PLM looks like he could be quite handy once he gets fitter. As for goals, I don’t feel Pukki is getting the service so I reserve judgement on what to do up front until the service picks up. With the current formation I would go for both Rachica and Tzolis for their pace. I’m not a fan of Cantwell, Dowell seems to be a luxury player without the defensive engine but with decent ability however, he can take a mean free kick and might be worth a place and take the risk? if so the Tzolis drops to the bench. Choices choices. Maybe we’re just better off putting a full strength side out for the League Cup and go for a trip to Wembley and maybe a trophy? 😃

Gilmore hasn’t played in his best position yet. He’ll stay. As will PLM.

I don’t see where he’s going to get a decent level of time as he’s 3rd in the striking pecking order and looks nowhere near as dangerous as Sargent at this stage. I think a season long loan at Swansea/Boro or Blackburn or someone like that would do him a treat.

I see Idah is in the press wanting more game time. Is this the precursor to him getting a loan move this season? It would make sense to me.

He looks like the missing link. 🤞