****The Official Lapps Match Thread v Burnley (H/L) ****

[chicken 2,624]

Videos:

 

 

Articles:
The Pink'Un has it's usual presser coverage article here.
Canaries.co.uk have the clubs official build up piece here.
Burnley have their own pre match piece here.

Ins, out's, shake em all abouts:
Norwich: Hayden remains out injured having had an operation on his knee. Gunn is out injured having picked up an injury on Wednesday. Rowe is back on the grass but like Gunn, end of March return has been mooted. Byram is also out injured still and is also slated for an end of March return. Gibson is on compassionate leave following his partner giving birth to a baby boy. Meanwhile Marquinhos and Tzolis join the squad to become options. Since our last game Hugill and Cantwell have left the club permanently with Sinani leaving on loan with his contract up in the summer. Otherwise no other injuries have been reported.
Burnley: Jack Cork is suspended, this being the last of a two-game ban for accumulating ten yellow cards. Harwood-Bellis is out with an ankle injury. Fitness test on Benson will determine whether he has recovered from the injury that took him off Vs West Brom. Burnley have four new signings, Foster and Al-Dakhil made their debuts in the FA Cup Vs that lot down the road. Obafemi and Ekdal are awaiting their debuts.

A little bit of knowledge:
Those of us born after 1975 will probably have very mixed memories about the level at which Burnley FC usually play their football. Since then, they have mainly bounced around the divisions, dropping as low as the old 4th Division and usually never any better than the old Division 1, now the Championship. However, in the last 10-15 years, they have once again looked to make an impression on the top tier of English football.

Champions of the 1920-21 Season
It might come as a bit of a surprise then, that prior to 1975, they were mainly known for plying their trade in the top two divisions with a pretty even split. In fact, post WW2, the majority of their time up until 1975 was spent in the top tier of English (and Welsh) football. 1947-1971 in fact. They won the top tier title, when it was the old First Division, two times, 1920-21 and 1959-60 and won the FA Cup in 1913-14. I very much doubt any of their fans will be able to recall two of those events. 

They were founded in 1882 when the Burnley Rovers Rugby Club changed sport from rugby to football - or so my research tells me. They simply dropped the rugby reference and 'Rovers' and became the Burnley Football Club we all know.


Rays Funds for the Community Sports Foundation:

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 bit extra...
Not done this for a couple of weeks so thought I would catch up on a few things, sorry if you have already seen them, though I will start with the latest so hopefully you haven't with that at least. The first one is moving, so do have a tissue nearby.

 

 

 

Edited February 4, 2023 by chicken

[The Real Buh 3,432]

Pre match drinks on the go

Genuine anticipation for the game

what is this strange, nostalgic feeling?

[Satriales 638]

Oh crap, didn't know Gunn was out for that long.

[TheGunnShow 5,940]

That's better. Chicken starting the threads. Not a diss on anyone else at all, but he always does a belting job of them.

[shefcanary 2,403]

7 minutes ago, Satriales said:

Oh crap, didn't know Gunn was out for that long.

Yeah, yesterday Wagner expected him back in a couple of weeks. Has there been an update after his visit to a specialist?

Edited February 4, 2023 by shefcanary

[chicken 2,624]

12 minutes ago, The Real Buh said:

Pre match drinks on the go

Genuine anticipation for the game

what is this strange, nostalgic feeling?

Moistened your trousers again? 

[chicken 2,624]

6 minutes ago, shefcanary said:

Yeah, yesterday Wagner expected him back in a couple of weeks. Has there been an update after his visit to a specialist?

Sorry chaps, in my eagerness I confused him and Byram, will correct.

[shefcanary 2,403]

1 minute ago, chicken said:

Sorry chaps, in my eagerness I confused him and Byram, will correct.

Phew!

[cambridgeshire canary 6,716]

[KiwiScot 1,443]

[Satriales 638]

Thought Wagner might have started McCallum over Dimi.

Strong bench!

[The Bristol Nest 513]

The bench looks fun.

[GodlyOtsemobor 2,306]

Tzolis straight onto the bench! Quite excited to see what he does if he gets on. 

[dylanisabaddog 4,920]

Tzolis on the bench! 

[Ken Hairy 3,772]

No surprise to see an unchanged line up, but all of a sudden the bench looks very interesting 

[Ken Hairy 3,772]

Also, have I missed something about Gibbs being injured? Or is Wagner not fancying him?

[SwearyCanary 1,179]

1 minute ago, dylanisabaddog said:

Tzolis on the bench! 

Ssshhhhh not too loud, TzolMachine will be back! Tbf if he comes on and tears it up I’ll welcome it 

[TheGunnShow 5,940]

Surprised Gibbs isn't on the bench. Lungi's clearly being kept there as a back-up centre-half.

[Satriales 638]

I don't know much at all about the Burnley squad, but a quick look on their forum suggests they are happier than expected with todays team, based on the rumours during the week of illness and injuries. Will be a tough game.

[daz 70]

Zaroury and tella 😬

[chicken 2,624]

You want your bench to give you the best possible cover. McCallum and Sorensen provide back up for the back four and DM - so makes sense. Idah is the striking back up with Marquinhos and Tzolis providing the wider options. Nunez giving the more CM cover.

Gibbs would be a good CM/DM cover - I'm thinking McLean. Possible that Wagner is giving him more time to get to grips with how he wants him to play. 

[The Real Buh 3,432]

20 minutes ago, chicken said:

Moistened your trousers again? 

Not yet but the day is young 

[BroadstairsR 2,164]

Nice to see Tzolis back in contention along with a lot of attack-minded players on the bench..

Lungi also covers a lot of the defensive roles esp, centre back.

Only two outfield defenders on the bench. 4-2 when it's usually evenly split.

I should imagine Gibbs has a knock.

[Mengo 822]

53 minutes ago, chicken said:

Videos:

 

 

Articles:
The Pink'Un has it's usual presser coverage article here.
Canaries.co.uk have the clubs official build up piece here.
Burnley have their own pre match piece here.

Ins, out's, shake em all abouts:
Norwich: Hayden remains out injured having had an operation on his knee. Gunn is out injured having picked up an injury on Wednesday. Rowe is back on the grass but like Gunn, end of March return has been mooted. Byram is also out injured still and is also slated for an end of March return. Gibson is on compassionate leave following his partner giving birth to a baby boy. Meanwhile Marquinhos and Tzolis join the squad to become options. Since our last game Hugill and Cantwell have left the club permanently with Sinani leaving on loan with his contract up in the summer. Otherwise no other injuries have been reported.
Burnley: Jack Cork is suspended, this being the last of a two-game ban for accumulating ten yellow cards. Harwood-Bellis is out with an ankle injury. Fitness test on Benson will determine whether he has recovered from the injury that took him off Vs West Brom. Burnley have four new signings, Foster and Al-Dakhil made their debuts in the FA Cup Vs that lot down the road. Obafemi and Ekdal are awaiting their debuts.

A little bit of knowledge:
Those of us born after 1975 will probably have very mixed memories about the level at which Burnley FC usually play their football. Since then, they have mainly bounced around the divisions, dropping as low as the old 4th Division and usually never any better than the old Division 1, now the Championship. However, in the last 10-15 years, they have once again looked to make an impression on the top tier of English football.

Champions of the 1920-21 Season
It might come as a bit of a surprise then, that prior to 1975, they were mainly known for plying their trade in the top two divisions with a pretty even split. In fact, post WW2, the majority of their time up until 1975 was spent in the top tier of English (and Welsh) football. 1947-1971 in fact. They won the top tier title, when it was the old First Division, two times, 1920-21 and 1959-60 and won the FA Cup in 1913-14. I very much doubt any of their fans will be able to recall two of those events. 

They were founded in 1882 when the Burnley Rovers Rugby Club changed sport from rugby to football - or so my research tells me. They simply dropped the rugby reference and 'Rovers' and became the Burnley Football Club we all know.


Rays Funds for the Community Sports Foundation:

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 bit extra...
Not done this for a couple of weeks so thought I would catch up on a few things, sorry if you have already seen them, though I will start with the latest so hopefully you haven't with that at least. The first one is moving, so do have a tissue nearby.

 

 

 

Excellent  chicken . Great thread thanks.👍✅️😍

Edited February 4, 2023 by Mengo

[shefcanary 2,403]

Hugill starts for Rovrum! 🤞

[Canary Jedi 579]

McGovern as sub?

[Canary dwarf 221]

Strong team and very interesting bench , 3 _ 2 Norwich should be a goal fest , there left winger zackoury is the danger man it will be interesting to see how Aaron's does against him . Otbc 😁

[cambridgeshire canary 6,716]

5 minutes ago, Canary Jedi said:

McGovern as sub?

Gunn is injured.

[king canary 7,605]

Noticed the commentator on Sky said Leicester were interested in Omobamidele- must say that's the first I'd heard of it?

[Dean Coneys boots 1,400]

Sloppy mistakes at the back still - we will be punished if that continues.