Vs. Hull City

[Mighty T.A.L.]

The Canaries will be keen to bounce back from their defeat to local rivals Ipswich and reignite their play-off challenge, but boss Peter Grant has injury problems with Ian Henderson suffering a setback in his comeback from a knee injury.

Andrew Cave-Brown (ankle), Craig Fleming (hamstring) and Lee Croft (ankle) miss out, whilst Luke Chadwick is expected to be out for a month after picking up a serious gash on his debut against Ipswich.

Tigers boss Phil Parkinson was unable to snare a new striker on Thursday with Jon Parkin (ankle) out for six weeks, but Steve McPhee could make a return to the squad after 14 months out with a knee injury after scoring twice for the reserves.

With captain Ian Ashbee back from suspension and David Livermore recovering from a calf problem, Hull's only other injury concern is long-term victim Sam Collins.

Source: http://home.skysports.com

[Huckerbys right foot]

My Team:

GK) Paul Gallacher

DL) Adam Drury
DC) Jason Shackell
DC) Dion Dublin - NOT DOHERTY!!!
DR) Jurgen Colin

MC) Carl Robinson
MC) Dickson Etuhu
MC) Youssef Safri - NOT ANDY HUGHES!!

AML) Paul McVeigh
AMR) Darren Huckerby

ST) Robert Earnshaw

[kennethlindheim]

Norwich:

21 Paul Gallacher
3 Adam Drury
4 Jason Shackell
9 Dion Dublin
24 Jurgen Colin
20 Dickson Etuhu
33 Carl Robinson
26 Robert Eagle
18 Paul McVeigh
6 Darren Huckerby
10 Robert Earnshaw

Subs
12 Lee Camp
15 Youssef Safri
17 Andy Hughes
8 Peter Thorne
23 Ryan Jarvis

Hull:

1 Boaz Myhill
5 Daniel Coles
6 Michael Turner
16 Damien Delaney
21 Samuel Ricketts
7 Stuart Elliott
4 Ian Ashbee
22 Dean Marney
24 David Livermore
27 Craig Fagan
9 Nicky Forster

Subs
12 Matt Duke
8 Nick Barmby
19 John Welsh
29 Ryan France
10 Stephen McPhee

[kennethlindheim]

0-0 Half-time!

[kennethlindheim]

1:0 Robert Earnshaw (72)

[kennethlindheim]

1:1 Michael Turner (93)

Full-time!

[Huckerbys right foot]

good to see Robert Eagle get his 1st league start!

this guy is going places

[wwfc4me]

Former Ipswich I hear :O

[Huckerbys right foot]

who is?

[Budgiebasher]

Eagle, but then we realised he is in fact a she

[Huckerbys right foot]

but the same can be said about Alan Lee.....

[Mighty T.A.L.]

Grant fumes at fans

Peter Grant has hit out at Norwich's fans after his side were pegged back late on by Hull.

The Canaries seemed on course for victory thanks to Robert Earnshaw's goal, but Michael Turner popped up with an injury time leveller.

Grant feels his side played with fear late in the day, worried they would be criticised for protecting their lead.

"It's just a shame that the fans weren't with us for the whole game," said Grant.

"We needed them for the full 90 minutes today and we didn't get that. For me, that's a disgrace.

"I've got to choose my words carefully here but I thought the supporters let us down badly today.

"The players were scared to put the ball in the corner because they feared they would be criticised for it.

"What we saw was typical Norwich. They don't like to see the players hitting the ball behind the full back with a minute to go because that is not the Norwich way.

"Then, with a couple of minutes to go, we tried a stupid pass inside that cost us dearly. If we'd played the ball behind the full back the game would have been over.

"There's no way I want to see anyone playing with fear here, that won't happen while I'm in charge."

Hull chief Phil Parkinson felt his side got the reward their play deserved on their trip to East Anglia.


"For me a point was the very least we deserved from the game," he said. "We switched off and conceded a very soft goal but I thought we responded to that in terrific fashion and we got our reward in the end.

"There is an honesty running through this group of players that I see on the training ground every day, and you saw that out on the pitch today.

"They never stopped battling and I couldn't be more pleased for them."

Parkinson was sent to the stands soon after the Hull goal for failing to give the ball back to Norwich after catching it on the touchline.

He said that he had been making a protest over the way the club's multi-ball system was working.

"I just thought the ball was coming back a little slower once Norwich had gone in front," he claimed.

"To be fair to the referee he told me he had added on some time for that, which is why we had four extra minutes, but he didn't like the way I held onto the ball at the end.

"I had to watch the last few minutes from the stand but it was no big deal and I don't want to make a big issue of it."

Source: http://home.skysports.com

[Budgiebasher]

Originally Posted by Huckerbys right foot

but the same can be said about Alan Lee.....

Alan Lee's a gypsy, not a girl unlike Eagle