Norwich City v Argyle - the build up

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Norwich City
Official website
Carrow Road ground guide
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Find car parking around the stadium with our partner ... Just Park.

Bali Mumba will miss the game due to suspension.

The match will be broadcast live in the UK on Argyle TV ... full details.



Thursday

Away Fans Guide ... club website.

Canaries manager David Wagner previews the game ... The Pink Un.

Match preview ... club website.

Pre-match training photo gallery ... club website.

Match preview ... NC club website.

Highlights of the game at Home Park earlier this season ... You Tube.

Match preview ... My Football Writer.

Pre-match press conference ... Argyle TV. (free video)

Match preview ... Sports Mole.

Norwich injury news ... The Pink Un.

According to Sky Bet Norwich are clear favourites to win at 4/9, an Argyle win has odds of 11/2 and the draw is ranked at 18/5.

Wednesday

Joe Edwards previews the game ... Argyle TV.

Ticket update ...club website.

Referee
James Linington is the man in the middle in what will be his third Argyle games of the season after officiating in the home win against Sheffield Wednesday and the 2-1 loss away to Southampton. So far this season he has issued 81 yellow cards and one red in 19 games.
He will be assisted at Carrow Road by Craig Taylor and Andrew Dallison while Dean Whitestone is the fourth official.

They Played For Both
Ashley Barnes, Kenny Brown, Luke Daley, Marc Edworthy, Adam Forshaw, David Fox, Ben Gibson, Alan Gow, Paul Hayes, Jason Jarrett, Remi Matthews, Gary Megson, Bali Mumba, David Phillips, Lee Power, Jon Sheffield, Colin Sullivan, Elliott Ward. Any more?

Norwich tactical analysis Whoscored.com
Strengths
Shooting from direct free kicks.
Creating chances through individual skill.
Attacking down the wings.
Coming back from losing positions.
Creating scoring chances.
Finishing scoring chances.
Attacking set pieces.
Weaknesses
Defending set pieces.
Aerial duels.
Avoiding individual errors.
Stopping opponents from creating chances.
Defending counter attacks.
Defending against long shots.
Avoiding offside.
Protecting the lead.
Style of play
Attack through the middle.
Attacking down the left.
Take a lot of shots.
Playing in their own half.

Norwich recent results

 

[oldage]

And what tactics should we employ against Norwich ? Go for it and likely get a hammering or play not to lose.

 

[Raes Lad]

Paul Wilkinson- had him on loan around 1970 but not sure if he played for first team at Norwich.

Barrington Belgrave from Hodgies period in charge - again not sure if he featured for their first team.

 

[warney]

And what tactics should we employ against Norwich ? Go for it and likely get a hammering or play not to lose.

I'd say play not to lose but recent form suggests if we do that we'll lose anyway!
But best to avoid getting hammered by being too open to protect our goal difference.

 

[JadePilgrim]

Surprised they didn't beat Boro or Blackburn. Just goes to show all the various clichés about this league are true.
Maybe we'll also be an anomaly and beat them tomorrow. Looking forward to visiting Carrow Road.

 

[Lyndhurst Road End]

Surprised they didn't beat Boro or Blackburn. Just goes to show all the various clichés about this league are true.
Maybe we'll also be an anomaly and beat them tomorrow. Looking forward to visiting Carrow Road.

Norwich were down to 10 men very early on against Boro

 

[RKB]

If we sit back in this one we will get torn apart- they are too good in forward areas and in Gabriel Sara, they probably have the best player in the division- the first to achieve the double this season (10 goals, 10 assists). As we saw in the reverse fixture, the likes of Ben Gibson and Shane Duffy are not the quickest and a high press, much like we saw at Middlesbrough, has to be the right tactic if we are to get anything from this one.
On current form, we could be in for a real pasting, but this is Argyle, and anything from a 6-0 defeat to a 2-0 victory is entirely possible.

 

[Paul green14]

If we sit back in this one we will get torn apart- they are too good in forward areas and in Gabriel Sara, they probably have the best player in the division- the first to achieve the double this season (10 goals, 10 assists). As we saw in the reverse fixture, the likes of Ben Gibson and Shane Duffy are not the quickest and a high press, much like we saw at Middlesbrough, has to be the right tactic if we are to get anything from this one.
On current form, we could be in for a real pasting, but this is Argyle, and anything from a 6-0 defeat to a 2-0 victory is entirely possible.

In the home game against Norwich,
fortunately their main strikers
Sargent and ex-green Barnes didn't play because of injury and neither did
dangerman Sainz
We had Azaz (1 goal and 1 assist) and Cundle (1 goal) that day plus Mumba none of whom sadly will be playing for us on Friday.
However, on Friday they won't have striker Idah (on loan at Celtic) and
we will have the return of Cooper plus the new additions of Forshaw, Devine, Sorinola, Phillips and hopefully Gyabi.
Play a solid, counter-attacking game , we could get at least a 1-1 or 2-2 draw but we need the energy of Gyabi to move us up the pitch (like at Middlesbrough)
and hopefully our strikers receive better assists and find their old shooting
boots ! Frankly, all of our out field players should chip in with more goals
particularly headers !

I hope the ref gives us the benefit of the doubt in some 50 : 50 decisions to make up for his unfair disallowal of Mumba's perfectly legal headed goal at Southampton !
(Written before hearing the bad news of Gyabi returning to Leeds).

 

[memory man]

Goalkeeper Geoff Barnsley played for both, with 2 of his 6 games for Norwich being against Argyle.

 

[Mr Gillingham]

And what tactics should we employ against Norwich ? Go for it and likely get a hammering or play not to lose.

And get a hammering

 

[999mattyg]

In the home game against Norwich,
fortunately their main strikers
Sargent and ex-green Barnes didn't play because of injury and neither did
dangerman Sainz
We had Azaz (1 goal and 1 assist) and Cundle (1 goal) that day plus Mumba none of whom sadly will be playing for us on Friday.
However, on Friday they won't have striker Idah (on loan at Celtic) and
we will have the return of Cooper plus the new additions of Forshaw, Devine, Sorinola, Phillips and hopefully Gyabi.
Play a solid, counter-attacking game , we could get at least a 1-1 or 2-2 draw but we need the energy of Gyabi to move us up the pitch (like at Middlesbrough)
and hopefully our strikers receive better assists and find their old shooting
boots ! Frankly, all of our out field players should chip in with more goals
particularly headers !

I hope the ref gives us the benefit of the doubt in some 50 : 50 decisions to make up for his unfair disallowal of Mumba's perfectly legal headed goal at Southampton !
(Written before hearing the bad news of Gyabi returning to Leeds).

Gyabi out for the season!
We’ll need to play like we did at Boro, and, be more accurate to get anything from this. Going on recent performances, we’re in for a hammering!
God’s speed to all those travelling to Norfolk! 🤞💚

 

[mutley marvel]

Brought a match day pass for this one
Hoping to not feel as sick as a parrot/canary come full time
Argyle will probably do an Argyle & surprise everyone with the result
For us to be able to score a goal or 2 would make it a very Good Friday
Players will be fired up- hope the Head Coach takes the handbrake off & lets the boys express themselves & play to their strengths

 

[Steve Evans]

anybody know if argyle are flying to norwich please?

 

[Jon with no H]

anybody know if argyle are flying to norwich please?

Yes, funded by Evergreen.

 

[up the line]

This should be a walk in the park for Argyle.
I mean Foster says we only beat poo teams before he arrived and we beat Norwich 6-2 earlier this season, so presumably he's very confident of a 4-0 win, especially since we are now apparently the away day specialists and apparently also much tighter at the back.