Swansea vs NCFC

[AJ 1,377]

Afternoon,

Arguably the biggest six pointer of the season from our perspective today, 3 points for Swansea would see them go 9 points clear of us and given our current form I cannot see us overturning such a large margin. 3 points to us, however, and the picture can change. At the very least we must not lose, but for me it is a necessary 3 points if we want to give ourselves a chance of staying up.

So, Tettey is out, Brady has two missing teeth, and O''Neil has a massive chunk of his forehead missing. Tettey is unfortunately out for the rest of the season, but O''Neil and Brady are both in the squad. I haven''t spied Bassong though so assume he didn''t make the cut.

Norwich''s XI; Ruddy; Pinto, Martin (c), Klose, Brady; O''Neil, Howson; Redmond, Hoolahan, Naismith; Jerome

[AJ 1,377]

Looks like RDS7 was correct then.

To me it looks like;

Ruddy

Pinto Martin Klose Brady

O''Neil Howson

Redmond Naismith Hoolahan

Jerome

Subs; Rudd (GK), Mbokani, Bamford, Jarvis, Dorrans, Mulumbu, Bennett

So Bassong still injured

[Row D Seat 7 0]

Cheers. Think it''s a decent starting 11.

[AJ 1,377]

Your source is a good one mate!

[Horse Renoir 1]

Strangely confident. I think we''re getting the win today finally. We haven''t won many this season but our results come in fits and starts and I think this will be the start of a decent little run to hopefully get us to 35/36 before the last 3 games

[Row D Seat 7 0]

He is a good source, for sure. He also tells me the team spirit is fantastic which is good. Alex Neil very popular at Colney.

[Hairy Canary 773]

Plenty of attacking options in there so fancy us to score. Defence worries me with Redmond in front of pinto on one side looking a bit open.

Going to be a hold on to your hollyhocks type of game. Time we had a bit of running and came out on the right side of a result

OTBC!

[nutty nigel 7,963]

Yes Row D, that''s what I''ve been told. Colney is comparable to the best days under Lambert and Worthy. Us supporters need to keep our spirits up and be part of that. The great escape starts today in Wales. OTBC COYY!!!!

[Kanadyan Kanary 129]

Can''t help but be concerned with that defence. Martin in the middle of a back four has not worked well in the past. I would only use him at) or as sweeper in back 5. Our right side looks particularly weak, defensively and I am sure Swansea will exploit that.

[Kanadyan Kanary 129]

[quote user="Kanadyan Kanary"]Can''t help but be concerned with that defence. Martin in the middle of a back four has not worked well in the past. I would only use him at) or as sweeper in back 5. Our right side looks particularly weak, defensively and I am sure Swansea will exploit that.[/quote]

Sorry that was meant to be use Martin at Right Back or sweeper. R B turns into a bracket.... go figure

[norfolkbroadslim 225]

That defence certainly has goals in it!

[Crafty Canary 556]

Unfortunately that defence is going to be shredded by Swansea''s pace. Add to that Cameron ''barn door'' Jerome still being picked and either Bamford or Lafferty not being given a chance I am beginning to lose faith In AN''s selections.

Perhaps someone can explain to me, and probably to him, why we signed Bamford.

[Gainer the Gopher 0]

Jerome can hold up play so someone else can score if he can''t. This attacking line up looks like AN''s plan is to score early and often, to kick them, "in the balls, City".

[Branston Pickle 4,169]

I''m a bit bemused as to why we aren''t going with Bamford, he''s not getting much more game-time with us than he was at Palace. He can hopefully come on against a tiring defence later in the game.

[Barclay seats 4849 the 3rd 0]

I am completely bemused ,,, Martin instead of Bennet , and like spmeone else said "Barn door" Jerome ,, I would have given Bamford a go after the last couple of games . Hey ho ! OTBC

[damn that Ralph Coates! 74]

so it''s Routledge vs Pinto/Martin''s side...........

[AJ 1,377]

Martin to LB - oh my days our squad is beginning to feel very frail at completely the wrong time!

[Syteanric 1]

Williams booting the ball at Naismith in an attempt to get him booked.. Pr!ck!

[AJ 1,377]

Ref ignored it though.

We''ve had two shots on target, yay!

[damn that Ralph Coates! 74]

we won''t be on tv early on MOTD tonight!!

[AJ 1,377]

0-0 H/T

Gotta feel this is there for the taking. Swansea seem more blunt up top than we are!

[AmericanNorwichFan 0]

Naismith needs to help Martin. He''s been sucking into the middle way to often.

[Mr Sausage 0]

Masterful performance by our Manager we will go on and win this in the second half I am feeling very very confident

What a game Klose is having and howson is commanding

[ellis206 0]

Could have quite easily been a penalty at the end there (maybe a freekick). Good half, I''d take Naismith off as he''s been pretty useless and bring Bamford on in his place and move Wes out left.

[Syteanric 1]

Jerome has had a half chance but needs t offer so much more.AN is getting frustrated with wes.may see Naismith drop back and Mbokani on for the little chap.

[AJ 1,377]

I''d prefer to see us have Jarvis and Redmond on the flanks, take off one of Naismith of Hoolahoop and bring on Bamford or Mbokani

[damn that Ralph Coates! 74]

don''t think we''ll finish with 11 players on pitch

[Katie Borkins 1]

If Hoolahan scores today I will neck a pint of my own piss.

This usually works.

[Alex Moss 2,167]

Does Brady''s injury look like a bad one? My only fear is if we start getting lots of injuries in the last quarter of the season, now that would be annoying.

[Alex Moss 2,167]

[quote user="Jeremy Borbyn"]If Hoolahan scores today I will neck a pint of my own piss.

This usually works.

[/quote]

Yeah, I''ll join you 🍻👍