Vs. Cardiff City

[Huckerbys right foot]

Saturday 1st September 2007

Norwich defender Jason Shackell is out with an ankle injury and Dion Dublin is expected to fill-in for him.

Jamie Cureton has recovered after a dead leg but David Strihavka has a throat infection and Ian Murray is suffering from an illness.

Unavailable

Joe Lewis - (On Loan To Morecambe - 31st Dec 07)
Paul Gallacher - (On Loan To Dunfermline - 2nd Jan 08)
Ryan Jarvis - (On Loan To Kilmarnock - Jan 08)
Mark Fotheringham - (Ankle Ligament Damage - Nov/Dec 07)
David Strihavka - (Throat Infection - Early Sept. 07)
Jason Shackell - (Ankle Damage - Early Sept. 07)
Ian Murray - (Illness - Unknown)

Available

Goalkeepers

David Marshall
Matthew Gilks

Defenders

Jon Otsemobor
Adam Drury
Gary Doherty
Rossi Jarvis
Matthew Halliday
Andrew Cave-Brown
Patrick Bexfield

Midfielders

Lee Croft
Darren Huckerby
Simon Lappin
Luke Chadwick
Julian Brellier
Robert Eagle
Darel Russell
Bally Smart
Michael Spillane

Strikers

Dion Dublin
Jamie Cureton
Chris Brown
Chris Martin


My Team:

GK) David Marshall

DL) Adam Drury
DC) Dion Dublin
DC) Gary Doherty
DR) Jon Otsemobor

ML) Darren Huckerby
MC) Julian Brellier
MC) Darel Russell
MR) Lee Croft

ST) Jamie Cureton
ST) Chris Brown

[Mighty T.A.L.]

Match preview from Skysports.com

Norwich skipper Jason Shackell is the latest player to join the Canaries' extensive casualty list after suffering an ankle injury in a freak clash with team-mate Julien Brellier in the Carling Cup win over Rochdale.

Brellier and Dion Dublin are still recovering from Tuesday's exertions while Darren Huckerby and Adam Drury (both groin) and Ian Murray and David Strihavka (both illness) are also major doubts.

Cardiff captain Darren Purse is facing up to four weeks on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on the knee problem he sustained in the Carling Cup victory over Leyton Orient in midweek.

Glenn Loovens is expected to partner Roger Johnson at the heart of City's defence in Purse's absence when Cardiff make the trip to Carrow Road.

[Huckerbys right foot]

we was amazing in the 1st 20 mins ...and rest of the game we was the much better side...unlucky for us to lose as i thought this was the best football we played in ages


sloppy goals (all 3 off them)

the ref was amazingly poor though he missed so much stuff for both sides ...he is probably a Prem reject us Football League teams have been palmed with ...he was probably worst than Uriah Rennie

[Mighty T.A.L.]

Norwich 1 Cardiff 2

It was the archetypal game of two halves at Carrow Road as Cardiff came from behind to claim victory.

Simon Lappin (12) put Norwich ahead early on but Cardiff came back strong in the second half and Peter Whittingham levelled just after the hour.

The winner came just six minutes from time when Roger Johnson headed home Whittingham's cross.

Skysports

[Huckerbys right foot]

that Roger Johnson is a 8ft giant ...poor little Cureton was stuck all game being marked by him

bloody robbed we was!