Thread by @BigManBakar

Norwich FC - A thread

Greetings everyone. Is anyone from the Norwich squad worth considering? I share my thoughts on Norwich down below:

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Norwich come into the season having their pre-season severely affected by COVID. Most of the main members of their squad haven’t played together in pre-season so they might lack cohesion going into the season. Norwich’s manager Daniel Farke is primarily known to adopt...

... a 4-2-3-1 formation. They play a possession-based brand of football, which might be difficult to replicate in the Premier League. They averaged the highest amount of possession per game in the Championship last season. Attacking wise, no team in the Championship...

... attempted more shots than Norwich last season. 52% of their goals were scored at home and 48% away which suggests no real discrepancy in their attacking philosophy home and away. Teemu Pukki is their main goal-scorer – he accumulated an impressive xG of 24.73 in the...

... Championship last season, averaging 0.62 xG per 90. However, I believe that the loss of Emi Buendía is huge for Pukki and Norwich in general. He created 3.1 chances per game in the Championship last season, which was better than that of anyone else registering a very...

... healthy expected assists tally of 12.51. Further, he had a 43% goal involvement in Norwich’s goals last season – in fact, Norwich scored just six goals in seven games in which Buendía wasn’t involved. Norwich averaged 0.86 goals per game without him as compared to 1.77...

... with him in the side. Buendia assisted eight of Pukki’s goals last season, and that hole will be difficult for Norwich to fill. Milot Rashica, Todd Cantwell, Billy Gilmour and Pierre Lees Melou are the four midfielders worth talking about. Cantwell I don’t think will be...

... worth the £5.5m because he doesn’t possess the direct goal threat you ideally need from your outfielders. When he was £4.5m, it was a different story but he’s a non-option now with the premium attached. Lees Melou likes to shoot from outside the box but now is likely to...

... play in the #10 position so may get more high quality chances going forward. He’s one to keep an eye on. The one who excites me the most is Rashica. Rashica is likely to push forward in a 4-2-3-1 and had 37 goal involvements for Werder across last three seasons – that is...

... despite a very poor domestic campaign last season. Billy Gilmour will be playing in Skipp’s role this season and I think he’s the standout £4.5m midfielder in the game right now. He’s safe in terms of security of starts and will also be on some corners, which is all you...

... can ask for a cheap midfielder really. Norwich had an expected goals conceded of 52.5 which was the 9th worst in the Championship which makes me think they will concede quite a few goals home and away and be a fun team to captain away. This bodes well for a Salah captaincy...

... in GW1. They are likely to be a great team to captain against. The fact that Norwich conceded only 36 goals though meant that they overperformed their expected goals conceded by a massive 17 goals and is a large part of the reason why Norwich’s defensive numbers aren’t...

... actually as bad as some of their performances suggest. Norwich kept a clean sheet in 48% of their home games and a clean sheet in 30% of their away games last season. 42% of their goals were conceded at home while 58% of their goals were conceded away which suggests...

Their fixtures are poor to begin with but if they show any kind of defensive solidity at any point in the season, Max Aarons would be my pick. He created 61 chances last season, which was second only to Buendia in the Norwich squad. His actual tally of two assists compared to...

... an xA of 5.01 suggests that he should have had more returns. Andrew Omobamidele has been highly discussed in the FPL circles these days. He didnt start a single game till Ben Gibson needed ankle surgery in March. However, he has done a good job whenever he has played ever...

... since and with back three a real possibility for Norwich (according to The Athletic), he could have a big role to play. He’s played each one of Norwich’s minutes in pre season with Grant Hanley being absent which gives him a realistic chance of keeping the shirt heading...

... into the new season. For someone priced at £4m, there’s not much more you can get.

In my previous two threads, I did a similar preview for Brentford and an overview of all my pre-season work so far. You can check the two threads through the link down below:

https://twitter.com/BigManBakar/status/1425391330142867457

https://twitter.com/BigManBakar/status/1424095007804469253

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