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****The Official Lapps Match Thread v Sunderland (L/A) *****

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Articles:
The Pink'Un has it's usual presser coverage article here.
Canaries.co.uk have the clubs official build up piece here.
Sunderland don't appear to have a pre match piece, one assumes it could be due to the news about their manager.

Ins, out's, shake em all abouts:
Norwich: No new injury concerns. And arguably, probably the first time in a number of weeks that it's looking on the up. Idah and Byram both took part in the league cup defeat, with the former coming off the bench to score a goal. Byram completed the first 45mins. It's unlikely either will be part of the starting line up but could possibly push for a place on the bench. Rowe has a 'stress related injury' with his shin and Smith refuses to be drawn on how long that could take for him to recover from. Hayden is making good progress and going on previous statements will be training etc in around a week. Sara got his first(I think) 90mins under his belt in the cup match so is also now getting to that point of starting to be a genuine starting line up contender. Omobamidele has recovered from an ankle injury and has trained this week. Sorenson (foot) stress fracture keeps him out for "weeks". McCallum has had an operation on a metatarsal injury and is slated to return in December after the world cup. Giannoulis hasn't needed an operation on ankle ligament damage and is said to be around 5 weeks away from a return to training.
Sunderland: First bit of news about Sunderland may not be new to you but Alex Neil is set to move to be manager of Stoke. Martin Canning will be taking charge of todays game - he took over at Hamilton when Alex Neil was appointed as Norwich manager. 

A little bit of knowledge:
Sunderland AFC were founded in 1879, in their 143 year history they have been able to call no less than 6 grounds "home". In fairness, 4 of those were before 1900. Groves Field was their home from 1882-83, then Horatio Street from 1883-84, followed by Abbs Field 1884-86. Newcastle Road was the next from 1886-1898. Roker Park became their home in 1898 and saw out almost 100 years, seeing the red and white clad players grace it's grass all of the way through until 1997 when Sunderland moved to the Stadium of Light. 

It's fair to say that Sunderland's usual place in the English footballing tiers is found to be somewhere between the first tier and second tier. They were incredibly successful in their earlier years and over the course of the club's history have one the top tier title 6 times and the FA cup twice. 

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Nutty has his PUPs thread up and running as usual. Please do go and take a look and take part in all of the fun.

Something a little extra:
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What on earth is Alex Neil thinking of leaving this team, they are 3rd and he's potentially walking away from a Lambert style double promotion. All to join Stoke.

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Long high ball to 5ft 8 inch Onel Hernandez, running out of ideas already.

EDIT: immediately as I typed we tried another identical ball and almost scored, shows what I know.

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2 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

Long high ball to 5ft 8 inch Onel Hernandez, running out of ideas already.

EDIT: immediately as I typed we tried another identical ball and almost scored, shows what I know.

Normally me

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