With Onel out for the rest of the season..

[cambridgeshire canary 6,736]

Whos replacing him? Rowe is still out for another month most likely, Plachetas been sold, Fash is rather hot and cold..

Time for Aboh to be in the team?

EDIT: Nevermind Gibbs on the wing it is

 

 

Edited February 29 by cambridgeshire canary

[Capt. Pants 4,247]

Sarge can play there 😉

[Pyro Pete 1,897]

McLean has yet to play on the wing this season.

[Gordon Bennett 786]

Fassnacht and Sainz I suspect. Losing Rowe and Onel long term is a big, big blow. But that's football unfortunately. 

[Samwam27 527]

One hopes it promotes Aboh up the pecking order

[repman 635]

It should open up a spot on the bench for one of the academy lads at least, whether they'll get on is another question of course. If you're looking for a wide option I think I'd prefer them to choose Welch over Aboh as he is a better fit in that position. Obviously if we're still making a push to convince Aboh to stay then he might get priority.

[horsefly 4,301]

Maybe time to consider whether Fisher could play that role. He's actually looked better going forward than in defence.

[TheBaldOne66 690]

10 minutes ago, repman said:

It should open up a spot on the bench for one of the academy lads at least, whether they'll get on is another question of course. If you're looking for a wide option I think I'd prefer them to choose Welch over Aboh as he is a better fit in that position. Obviously if we're still making a push to convince Aboh to stay then he might get priority.

Probably a 2nd goalkeeper knowing Wagner 🤣🤣

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,821]

With Rowe and Hernandez out, this basically leaves us with just Sainz and Fassnacht. 

We're down to the bare bones out wide. We have to keep Sainz and Fassnacht fit and in form to maintain any type of playoff challenge, I fear.

[Google Bot 3,278]

Stacey should cover that position, as he's got the drive, eager to track back and defend and capable of great delivery.  Plus played there for Bournemouth.

Edited February 29 by Google Bot

[Old Shuck 183]

Always a worry when a coach talks about a player fitting into a position "...if need be".

It's like having a leak your ceiling but, if need be, you can put a bucket under it.

Does a job but you'd rather not have the problem in the first place.

Edited February 29 by Old Shuck

[Bobzilla 145]

45 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Fassnacht and Sainz I suspect. Losing Rowe and Onel long term is a big, big blow. But that's football unfortunately. 

6 months ago I would have agreed with you, but Onel looked REALLY out of sorts on Saturday, like he hated the rest of the team and the feeling was entirely mutual. If that is the case and he's unsettled/unhappy, a break might not be the worst thing to happen now for the longer term benefit.

[yellowrider120 764]

29 minutes ago, Old Shuck said:

Always a worry when a coach talks about a player fitting into a position "...if need be".

It's like having a leak your ceiling but, if need be, you can put a bucket under it.

Does a job but you'd rather not have the problem in the first place.

Yes - agreed. Gibbs played some cameos upfront even when Fassnacht and Argos were available so it's perfectly conceivable that Wagner would play him out wide!! 

[cambridgeshire canary 6,736]

25 minutes ago, Bobzilla said:

6 months ago I would have agreed with you, but Onel looked REALLY out of sorts on Saturday, like he hated the rest of the team and the feeling was entirely mutual. If that is the case and he's unsettled/unhappy, a break might not be the worst thing to happen now for the longer term benefit.

You've clearly not watched any of his Youtube videos. He's always laughing and joking around with the team and he spends most of the time outside of matches hanging around with Nunez who's clearly become his best friend

Edited February 29 by cambridgeshire canary

[TIL 1010 4,750]

3 minutes ago, yellowrider120 said:

Yes - agreed. Gibbs played some cameos upfront even when Fassnacht and Argos were available so it's perfectly conceivable that Wagner would play him out wide!! 

Gibbs in for Onel would free up his regular spot on the bench for a second keeper.

[GRB2 34]

Hanley, Kenny & Gibbo at the back, stacey and mccallum wide, gibbs & sara in the midfield with Barnes and Sainz just behind Sarge. Job done. 🤣

[ron obvious 1,507]

 

[Mason 47 1,383]

Welch & Myles probably the most likely to step onto the bench. Aboh you would hope is making progress towards staying also.

As an aside, a rare direct criticism from me-I feel that the management of Gibbs has been extremely poor over the past 18 months.

[Nuff Said 5,145]

1 hour ago, Pyro Pete said:

McLean has yet to play on the wing this season.

Sorensen: “hold my beer”.

[dylanisabaddog 4,931]

Having just read this thread I'd like to say how wonderful it still is to support Norwich City 😂

[dylanisabaddog 4,931]

@ricardo

You're in. Get outside, oil your chain and do some stretches. Don't worry about the match report, the rest of us will cobble something together. 

[GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 1,769]

Wing backs are an option with 3 at the back. If anything our full backs are more suited to that role

                    Gunn

           Hanley  Gibson McLean

Stacey          Nunez         Giannoulis

               Sainz          Sara

               Sargent      Barnes

Edited February 29 by GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary

[daly 504]

1 hour ago, horsefly said:

Maybe time to consider whether Fisher could play that role. He's actually looked better going forward than in defence.

Wroxham

[Haus 259]

Pity we didn't recall tzolis in January 

[shefcanary 2,410]

Sorry for Onel, but more importantly no Nacho for Sunderland! Surely that's the bigger news today? 

[TIL 1010 4,750]

1 hour ago, GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary said:

Wing backs are an option with 3 at the back. If anything our full backs are more suited to that role

                    Gunn

           Hanley  Gibson McLean

Stacey          Nunez         Giannoulis

               Sainz          Sara

               Sargent      Barnes

Nunez is out v Sunderland.

[DraytonBoy 152]

The bench looks so weak with just SVB as the only possible attacking change. 

[Ulfotto 635]

I’d shift Nunez to the right wing.

But again we clearly needed more numbers in January and we sat on our hands. 
 

I feel sorry for Wagner the guy has setup to fail.

[Bobzilla 145]

2 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

You've clearly not watched any of his Youtube videos. He's always laughing and joking around with the team and he spends most of the time outside of matches hanging around with Nunez who's clearly become his best friend

None of that was at all evident on Saturday. Quite the opposite, even to the point of ignoring the Nunez overlap on the right several times.  

[Capt. Pants 4,247]

Our U21s play on Friday so we'll get a good idea if any of them are likely to make the bench on Saturday.

The loss of Nunez is a huge blow and likely to mean it will be Hanley and Gibson at CB with McLean and Sara in midfield. I can't see Wagner radically changing the system at this stage of the season whilst we are still in with a shout of the play-offs.

Sunderland have lost 3 in a row, will be without their best player and really need to come out for the win, which might leave them open to the counter attack.