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Roche has been out since the second Saturday of the season at West Brom with a hamstring injury and has been declared fit enough to be in the squad tomorrow. And with Gareth Farrelly being passed fit after last week’s scare and Richard Chaplow able to travel after being forced out of the reserves in midweek at half time it will be a squad of seventeen that Stan can choose from.
It is difficult to see where he can make changes after last week’s performances and with Roche expected to be on the bench it would probably be safe to assume that we will have the same starting eleven as we had at Stoke.
But remember Stan brought in three new players and made three changes last week after winning the previous week at home to Crewe so perhaps it is not quite as safe to assume as we think.
If he does go with the same team though we will line up: Brian Jensen, Dean West, David May, Andy Todd, Mo Camara, Luke Chadwick, Robbie Blake, Tony Grant, Gareth Farrelly, Graham Branch, Delroy Facey.
That would leave a choice of six for the subs bench in Lee Roche, Richard Chaplow, Paul Weller, Alan Moore, Ian Moore and Matt O’Neill with O’Neill the likely one to miss out.
Trying to second guess the line up Nigel Worthington will start with is equally as difficult as it was with our team last week. Since Norwich last played Worthington has added three loan signings from Premiership clubs (does that sound familiar?).
The player who has been a Burnley target on no less than three occasions, Aston Villa’s tall striker Peter Crouch, signed well over a week ago and we always knew we would be coming up against the former QPR and Portsmouth player.
Earlier this week they added another striker when KKMC’s pacy Darren Huckerby was signed and today they completed the loan signing of Portsmouth wide man Kevin Harper who had been linked with both Watford and the Clarets earlier in the week.
Unlike the Clarets though no one has left Norwich and only Mark Rivers is ruled out with injury although it is highly unlikely that full-back Jim Brennan, a summer signing from Nottingham Forest, will be in the squad after just returning from injury.
Norwich will choose from: Robert Green, Marc Edworthy, Malky Mackay, Craig Fleming, Adam Drury, Damien Francis, Gary Holt, Phil Mulryne, Paul McVeigh, Kevin Harper, Peter Crouch, Darren Huckerby, Iwan Roberts, Elvis Hammond, Clint Easton, Ryan Jarvis, Alex Notman, Paul Crighton.