Dugout Discussion
16 April 2016 1792 comments
James Barnes James Barnes
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Following months of strategising, Norwich City and Sunderland beckon in a bumper Gameweek 34 at Carrow Road. The Canaries will look to rebound from their defeat at Crystal Palace, while the Black Cats endeavour to register their first victory in seven outings.

Norwich’s attack was underwhelming across their last four starts, ranking in the bottom five for attempts (38), shots inside the box (22), big chances (three) and shots on target (11). Intriguingly, though, only five teams have fashioned more big chances (28) in home fixtures than Alex Neil’s troops, despite the fact they place joint-second-bottom for shots inside the box (100). At the defensive end, the Canaries proved hard to beat over the same period, conceding just three goals and the joint-second-fewest big chances (three).

Although Sunderland ranked fifth for attempts (62) and fourth for shots inside the box (38) over their last quartet of match-ups, they suffered from the third-worst shot-conversion rate (3.2%). That being said, only five sides boast a superior shot-conversion rate (11.6%) on the road, which paints a more positive picture of their attacking prospects in Norfolk. On the flip side, Norwich will be encouraged by the fact that Sunderland chart joint-top for goals conceded in away ties (39).

  1. Pacer.
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    10 years, 4 days ago

    T - 6 minutes until everyone decides best strategy was GW38 wildcard

  2. KOLASINA(C)
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    7 minutes to a suicide, it was a joy lads...

  3. KOLASINA(C)
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    I'm going to toilet.

    1. Les Bleus
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      You're going to suicide in the toilet?

    2. TheShinKicker
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      Getting ready to s**t a brick

  4. Bubz
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    6 minutes til we hit the bottle

    1. La Roja
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      😮

  5. La Roja
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    6 minutes to hitting a tequila bottle

    1. Kered
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      Lol /\

  6. Epic Fail
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    Opens thread. Sees lineups.

    http://i.imgur.com/qSG1h.gif

    1. Kered
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      Lol

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    Dat trollin happening...

  8. twoplustwo
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    Busdriver parked up just near cliff edge

  9. Revival
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    Sweating buckets waiting on this team news now

  10. seamus
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    gutted thought id played my bench boost but i musnt have confirmed! all that planning gone to waste!

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
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      You got lucky it seems

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    OMG defoe

  12. Bøwstring The Carp
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    DEFOEEEEEEEEEE

  13. Parm
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    Defoe goal; Borini assist.

  14. Defcons are for Kinnear
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    BREAKING: Gabriel and Sanchez not paying today! 😳

    1. VS10_
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      They owe me.

    2. Les Bleus
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      Neither are Ozil or Cech!!!

    3. HuttonDressedasLahm
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      I hope not either

    4. Clumsy Sakho
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      Good joke

  15. VS10_
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    Sunderland survival is on.

  16. KISSES
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    good finish

  17. Eden Azzzar
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    2-0 up

  18. BigManBakar
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    DEFOE

  19. Big Sum
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    Defoe, welcome to my team

    1. Epic Fail
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      He won't play Norwich away every week.

  20. Piggs Boson
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    Defoe for GW37, for sure.

  21. HuttonDressedasLahm
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    **Breathes into paper bag

  22. Golden Venture
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    DEFOEEEEEEEEEE

  23. It’s gonna Ben Mee
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    Martial(c)... Getting hard to breathe

    http://giphy.com/gifs/13YroVUrUrLCec

  24. Bøwstring The Carp
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    Borini assist

  25. The Bandit
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    Drama Queens everywhere 😛

  26. Forza
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    So close to Deeney -> Defoe. Getting shafted already!

  27. Clump
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    Here we go. Bench boost armagedon imminent as rotation sets in 🙁

  28. Syd.
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    OMG Sanchez