**Official Lappinitup Match Thread - Norwich v Stoke**

[KiwiScot 1,459]

After the international break we host Stoke and former legend manager Alex Neil. He's not really done much else since we sacked him, but who can forget his time in charge. Alex, Alex gies us a wave. Stoke themselves are a good example of an established premier league side that eventually get relegated and fester. They've won when at home this season and lost while away so welcome to Carrow Road!

News - The Mayor secures another term bossing the midfield until 2026. Rowe is EFL young player of the month. Still waiting on scan results for Núñez while Sainz is back training, but will likely appear for the u21s soon.

Match Preview  - https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/norwich-city/preview/preview-norwich-vs-stoke-prediction-team-news-lineups_523946.html

Pups Thread - Hissing Sid & Jellytot are up to bat - https://forum.pinkun.com/index.php?/topic/153597-rays-funds-for-the-csf-with-the-pups-season-17-week-7/page/2/#comments

Stoke forum match thread - https://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/309789/norwich-city-stoke?page=1

Edited September 16, 2023 by KiwiScot

[KiwiScot 1,459]

Edited September 16, 2023 by KiwiScot

[cambridgeshire canary 6,769]

So desperate to make match threads you're making them at 7am?

Bring back Chicken! Least we would wait for an hour before.. 😉

[KiwiScot 1,459]

20 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

So desperate to make match threads you're making them at 7am?

Bring back Chicken! Least we would wait for an hour before.. 😉

About the same time you made your last one, so let's call us the Desperados, hombre. What say we both don't do it and see who crops up.

Edited September 16, 2023 by KiwiScot

[dj11 377]

Perhaps we could put it to a vote. 

[cambridgeshire canary 6,769]

7 minutes ago, KiwiScot said:

About the same time you made your last one, so let call us the Desperados, hombre. What say we both don't do it and see who crops up.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery so they say 😇 

1 minute ago, dj11 said:

Perhaps we could put it to a vote. 

I vote for Chicken to come back. Wheres he at? Someone wake him up

[dj11 377]

Perhaps we could restrict it to posters with a community reputation count of less than 5,400. 

[The Real Buh 3,455]

Good morning Buh’s and LadyBuh’s

[Herman 9,817]

4 minutes ago, dj11 said:

Perhaps we could restrict it to posters with a community reputation count of less than 5,400. 

Dang.....😒😉

[KiwiScot 1,459]

So reckon Norwich will win this, but won't be surprised if it's a draw. Probably should name an unchanged lineup since we've had the break as Stoke will likely be trying to include new signings.

[BroadstairsR 2,195]

Difficult to know what team turns up with the loss of Sargent. Difficult to predict just how much the loss of action man will affect the overall performance. We should win what with being at home and against a Stoke side still hoping to blend all their Summer signings into a results producing unit, but I'm less convinced than I would have been. Have to hope that Rotherham was a blip and that a now more confident Adam Idah (please section of the crowd get off his back ... it's counterproductive in the extreme for both the player and the team) makes a more telling contribution otherwise we may well see what South Korea offers earlier than expected. 

Using the percentages game first used by the Saturday football forecaster  in the Times, whose name temporarily eludes me,** I plump for the following.

Norwich win: 55%

Draw: 30%

Stoke win: 15%

** Fink tank .... Daniel Finkelstein.

Edited September 16, 2023 by BroadstairsR

[dj11 377]

8 minutes ago, Herman said:

Dang.....😒😉

Caught in the crossfire!!

[Trevor Hockey's Beard 527]

11 minutes ago, Herman said:

Dang.....😒😉

We had our bid for him rejected on Transfer Deadline day, so went for Hwang.

[cambridgeshire canary 6,769]

23 minutes ago, dj11 said:

Perhaps we could restrict it to posters with a community reputation count of less than 5,400. 

I have no idea how my reputation is that high given half the time on here I get either mocked or have the **** taken out of me😂

Edited September 16, 2023 by cambridgeshire canary

[The Real Buh 3,455]

1 minute ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

I have no idea how my reputation is that high given half the time on here I get either mocked or have the **** taken out of me😂

I got one point for every time I was right

[Petriix 2,847]

13 minutes ago, KiwiScot said:

So reckon Norwich will win this, but won't be surprised if it's a draw. Probably should name an unchanged lineup since we've had the break as Stoke will likely be trying to include new signings.

Oh, so we're merging predictions in with the premature match thread now are we? 

In that case: I've got a sneaky feeling that we'll find a way to lose this one. I think our early season form has instilled a sense of false optimism and we will return back to normality. Our failure to adequately reinforce the striking department may well come back to bite us.

The great thing about going into the game with low expectations is a win would be a pleasant surprise while a defeat would be no worse than I imagined. 

[Wings of a Sparrow 1,425]

Let's get our last away day blip out of our system and get back to winning ways.

2-1 Norwich.

[BroadstairsR 2,195]

1 hour ago, dj11 said:

Perhaps we could restrict it to posters with a community reputation count of less than 5,400. 

What's that? 

[cambridgeshire canary 6,769]

Just now, BroadstairsR said:

What's that? 

Its that little green number next to your name. But other than that, no clue either

[BroadstairsR 2,195]

9 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Its that little green number next to your name. But other than that, no clue either

Oh! Wondered what that was. Are we supposed to be concerned about this when anonymous on a forum which can often be a breeding place for fantasy, dispute and downright aggressiveness?

Other than that, it's an excellent and very informative meeting place for canary fans that I usually visit daily.

Sleepless nights ahead now, that's for sure. 'Community reputation' eh?

Edited September 16, 2023 by BroadstairsR

[Capt. Pants 4,271]

With Leicester up midweek we really need a win today to be full of confidence for that. I suspect we'll be unchanged but with tinkering of the bench to get Hwang, Forshaw and Batth involved.

Looking forward to this, interesting to see what animal we come back as, we're normally slothlike after a break.

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

2 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

So desperate to make match threads you're making them at 7am?

Bring back Chicken! Least we would wait for an hour before.. 😉

NZ is 11 hours ahead but still 25 years ahead of Redruth.

Edited September 16, 2023 by keelansgrandad

[PurpleCanary 5,578]

At least Wagner et al have had two weeks to drill the squad in how to play without Sargent, and how to combat what apparently were successful tactics Rotherham employed against us.

[Christoph Stiepermann 1,138]

Think this will be a tougher game than many are expecting but I think we'll sneak a 2-1 win with another late goal. 

[BroadstairsR 2,195]

22 minutes ago, PurpleCanary said:

At least Wagner et al have had two weeks to drill the squad in how to play without Sargent, and how to combat what apparently were successful tactics Rotherham employed against us.

Yes. There needs to be adjustments from what we have seen so far if we are to avoid starting with one up front.

Barnes always warrants starting but his strengths these days are not as a loan striker. A lot depends upon Idah demonstrating that he is a worthy replacement. Otherwise, it's Hwang or Foreshaw. The latter presuming a change of tact.

Edited September 16, 2023 by BroadstairsR

[The Raptor 1,227]

1 hour ago, Capt. Pants said:

 

Looking forward to this, interesting to see what animal we come back as, we're normally slothlike after a break.

Hope its not a wet sloth. They're terrifying!

[TheBaldOne66 697]

3 hours ago, KiwiScot said:

About the same time you made your last one, so let's call us the Desperados, hombre. What say we both don't do it and see who crops up.

He’s just jealous that he didn’t get to do it, as he likes to make posts all the time as he’s an attention seeker

[TheGunnShow 5,983]

Meh, this Cambridge bashing is tiring to see, frankly - someone's got to start the discussion and often it tends to be him. As for the result/performance, let's hope we've learned from the Rotherham match. I'd hope Wagner is more like Farke in getting his teams moving quickly after international breaks now he's had a pre-season to drill his team and get them fitter.

Idah needs some Viaggro tablets. Not Viagra, but Viaggro. You'd hope more time around Barnes and Duffy should put it in him. He can be a real problem for defenders when he just stops thinking too much and decides "right, you f*ckers, have some of this!"

Won't be easy, Stoke are a tough out at the best of times, but I don't think we'll lose. Draw or a one-goal win sounds right.

[Herman 9,817]

This is the match thread, no place for bickering and in-fighting.

[dylanisabaddog 4,965]

Who's going to listen to Amber beforehand? 

Welcome back to the crossbar challenge. Yay.