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We need some of this, and better shooting. Despite us playing fairly well yesterday, we had just 3 shots on target, and 12 off target. Also I''d like to see Bennett attack more. [:)]Is Vaughan quick, does anyone know? If not lets get Jackson on more.

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Vaughan used to be quick. However he''s had two major knee injuries and a really bad ankle injury so I''m guessing some of that pace may have been lost. We''ll have to wait and see what he brings to the team.

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It''s becoming worryingly obvious that the answer isn''t - G.Holt. Love him to bits as we all do I''m sure, he was a bit more than half a yard off the pace yesterday. We should have pushed the boat our for one really big signing and it should have been up front. Waiting until January is a bad move (remember the late arrival of one Dean Ashton). If we are doing OKish then the chances are nothing will happen and if we are really struggling then a top quality striker is unlikely to risk a move.

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I don''t think there''s a problem with Grant Holt. Bolton do okay with Kevin Davies and they''re similar players. He leads the line well and wins us free kicks. BUT you can''t have two players up front with little pace in this league. Hopefully Vaughan has a bit more pace than Martin and, if not, Jackson could be given a go. Or we could play Bennett and Pilkington alongside Holt. Thought we missed Pilkington yesterday - just because we only had one player with any pace in the team.

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If we are going to succeed in this league, we need to be starting with a pacy striker up front and this is obviously Vaughan when he''s fit. Jackson hasn''t been given a chance yet so would like to see how he would do aswell. The problem with Holt/Morison/Martin is that none of them are quick and, as a result, aren''t able to play off the last defenders shoulders which as Odemwingie showed yesterday causes serious problems. I think we certainly need either Holt or Morison starting to provide the muscle and the aerial threat but not with Chrissy Martin. We need Vaughan/Jackson to be feeding off of their work and doing just what Odemwingie did yesterday making teasing runs and getting between defenders.

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[quote user="Barnett is King"]We need some of this, and better shooting. Despite us playing fairly well yesterday, we had just 3 shots on target, and 12 off target. Also I''d like to see Bennett attack more. [:)]

Is Vaughan quick, does anyone know? If not lets get Jackson on more.
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This from today''s Guardian:


Norwich were unlucky to be defeated by a savvy West Bromwich Albion side that mugged them on the break within three minutes and could have had two penalties if the referee, Mark Halsey, had punished Jonas Olsson''s fondness for a penalty-box grapple with the same rigour Mark Clattenburg applied when penalising Liverpool''s Jamie Carragher. They might have had a third, too, when James Vaughan was on the receiving end of a smack in the mouth from Gabriel Tamas in the dying minutes before Albion saw out their first victory of the season.

 

City enjoyed a wealth of possession and were enterprising down the left for much of the first half, Marc Tierney linking up productively with Andrew Crofts and Andrew Surman to dash beyond Steven Reid and cross into the box. Too often, though, Grant Holt and Chris Martin, the Norwich front two, did not have the legs to run into position to get the optimum contact on the ball.

 

This was the case, too, when passes were dinked down the inside-forward channels, splitting Tamas and the right-back Reid, and Olsson and the left-back Nicky Shorey. Crofts, the substitute Wes Hoolahan and Elliott Bennett played a number of decent passes for Holt and Martin to run on to but they lacked the turn of pace to make the most of this tactic.

 

Steve Morison missed a very good chance when he was introduced as a late substitute, stooping to head a fine cross from Tierney past the post, but demonstrated, when squeezed out in a sprint with Tamas, that he does not offer any more than the front two Paul Lambert had selected to start in terms of speed to stretch defenders when passes are played on the floor through the middle.

 

Norwich''s midfield four acquitted themselves well going forward and they can be excused their high line that left the defence exposed at times, given that they were chasing an equaliser almost from the start. The live wire Simeon Jackson would offer the Canaries more variety than the industrious Morison and Martin. Banging on about pace can make you sound like vintage Andy Gray on his high horse. Nonetheless, perhaps it is time to give Jackson a run. RB

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[quote user="PurpleCanary"]

[quote user="Barnett is King"]We need some of this, and better shooting. Despite us playing fairly well yesterday, we had just 3 shots on target, and 12 off target. Also I''d like to see Bennett attack more. [:)]Is Vaughan quick, does anyone know? If not lets get Jackson on more. [/quote]

 

This from today''s Guardian:

Norwich were unlucky to be defeated by a savvy West Bromwich Albion side that mugged them on the break within three minutes and could have had two penalties if the referee, Mark Halsey, had punished Jonas Olsson''s fondness for a penalty-box grapple with the same rigour Mark Clattenburg applied when penalising Liverpool''s Jamie Carragher. They might have had a third, too, when James Vaughan was on the receiving end of a smack in the mouth from Gabriel Tamas in the dying minutes before Albion saw out their first victory of the season.

 

City enjoyed a wealth of possession and were enterprising down the left for much of the first half, Marc Tierney linking up productively with Andrew Crofts and Andrew Surman to dash beyond Steven Reid and cross into the box. Too often, though, Grant Holt and Chris Martin, the Norwich front two, did not have the legs to run into position to get the optimum contact on the ball.

 

This was the case, too, when passes were dinked down the inside-forward channels, splitting Tamas and the right-back Reid, and Olsson and the left-back Nicky Shorey. Crofts, the substitute Wes Hoolahan and Elliott Bennett played a number of decent passes for Holt and Martin to run on to but they lacked the turn of pace to make the most of this tactic.

 

Steve Morison missed a very good chance when he was introduced as a late substitute, stooping to head a fine cross from Tierney past the post, but demonstrated, when squeezed out in a sprint with Tamas, that he does not offer any more than the front two Paul Lambert had selected to start in terms of speed to stretch defenders when passes are played on the floor through the middle.

 

Norwich''s midfield four acquitted themselves well going forward and they can be excused their high line that left the defence exposed at times, given that they were chasing an equaliser almost from the start. The live wire Simeon Jackson would offer the Canaries more variety than the industrious Morison and Martin. Banging on about pace can make you sound like vintage Andy Gray on his high horse. Nonetheless, perhaps it is time to give Jackson a run. RB

[/quote]Good article, and thoroughly agree.[Y]

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The only way we can play with 2 of Holt/Morison/Martin, (possibly Vaughan although I haven''t seen him other than yesterday) is to bang longer balls quickly up to them, which is their strength. Trying to play too much arty farty stuff won''t work with them as the article highlights and it was almost painful to watch them struggle with this yesterday. If we are to play passing football at ground level then any of those three must be partnered with either Hoolahan or Jackson. Surman is good but also not the quickest so is only an option on the flanks but so far I prefer Bennett and Pilkington there. Martin is in danger of falling between two stools as he doesn''t have either the pace or creativity, so leaving him "in the hole" just wastes a spot which others are better at in that role.

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