Norwich City vs Sheffield United (Away) Saturday 5th September. The official Lappinitup match thread.

[morty]

Well, what do we do here?

To be honest, unless Maghoma, Makama, or Topic are suddenly fit, my gut reaction is "Not a lot". Toure didn't get much of a look in, and a knee jerk reaction may be to give Kvistgaarden a nod, but is that really fair on Toure? The issue was the quality of ball through to him, so hardly his fault. There is a case for replacing a CM, and I genuinely think that Mattsson had a poor game, but would Phil drop him? I'm not so sure.

No actual idea how Sheff U set up, maybe rather than the low block they will come at us a bit more, but if I was their manager I'd be having a good look at how Stoke played against us the other night.

Maybe Diallo and Wright in?

 

[morty]

Maghoma available!

Makhama also training, not sure what that means regarding his matchday availability though.

 

[Fenway Frank]

We need Maghoma as he's the most creative player we have, I think Makhama is still a few weeks away

 

[morty]

We need Maghoma as he's the most creative player we have, I think Makhama is still a few weeks away

Yeah, he's a difference maker, an unpredictability. Without a player like that we can be a bit formulaic, and easy to work out.

 

[morty]

A name I heard mentioned the other day, who I had totally forgotten about was Gabe Forsyth, who is currently building up his fitness with the U21's after being out for 18months. I think I remember him being a decent prospect?

Also I would just like to reassure those looking in that Norwichtalk is firing on all cylinders and attaining full matchday speed

 

[morty]

Good to see Maghoma on the bench, looks like Schwartau has stepped aside for him.

 

[morty]

Fantastic result. 4 points off top

 

[morty]

 

[Sonyc]

Fantastic result. 4 points off top

Very satisfying game especially that second half. The break came at a good time and I wondered whether SU would come out guns blazing but actually it was us that looked up for it.
My optimism for a decent season has returned. It's a great place to go to and win. The SU commentator just got quieter and quieter as the game progressed even though he did his best to ignore the regular stats that were being displayed on screen. We had loads of touches in their box.

Onto Birmingham.

 

[morty]