Norwich City (4-4-2): Marshall; Otsemobor, Doherty, Shackell, Camara; Croft, Fotheringham, Russell, Henry; Dublin, Evans. Subs: Gilks, Pattison, Pearce, Cureton, Gibbs.
The official answer, in every likelihood, would not come until five o'clock this afternoon as City boss Glenn Roeder fielded the post-match questions from the Press.
In the meantime, however, it was something of a guessing game as to why neither Darren Huckerby nor Ryan Bertrand were among the 16 on duty at the Walkers Stadium this afternoon in front of that sell-out, 3,000-strong Canary away following.
Roeder had already hinted that he and Huckerby might be parting come the summer – if only, said Roeder in the week, on the basis of the comments he had already read. As opposed, that is, from having spoken to the player and before he had made his mind up himself whether or not to offer the 32-year-old another Carrow Road deal.
That said, the fact that the Foxes' pitch was “a cabbage patch” hardly played to the City winger's strengths; perhaps that hip was still niggling. He hadn't, apparently, even travelled this weekend.
As for Bertrand's absence, that was far more of a surprise given the big build-up the on-loan Chelsea youngster had received after his best game yet in a Canary shirt in the 1-1 draw with Hull City in mid-week.
In theory that must be injury-related; in practice, it could yet be another sign of the enforced rotation process Roeder has had to adpot since his loan-signing swoops in the January transfer window left him first with seven players to fit into the five allowed slots only to discover that, following Matthew Bates' heart-breaking injury, six into five still won't go.
Someone, somewhere, is always going to have to miss out.
All of which found 18-year-old Reading winger James Henry being handed his first start in a City shirt. With Lee Croft penned in on the right, the thought was that Henry would find himself away on the left in front of the returning Mo Camara.
On the bench and Jamie Cureton – 12 days after his appendix operation – got his dearest wish and a reunion with his long-time mentor Ian Holloway, while Alex Pearce – in some quarters rated the pick of the recent loan bunch – still had to wait for his first chance to make an impression in a competitive environment.
As for the Foxes, two points above the relegatkion zone, on the back of three straight defeats and having spent over ?1 million in agents fees alone in the six months to December, 2007, word was that the mood in the Walkers Stadium could turn very ugly if Leicester failed to halt their sorry slide this afternoon.
Given the way that owner Milan Mandaric gets through managers, it was probably one of those games that Ian Holloway could ill-afford to lose. Particularly, so the East Midlands gossips would point out, now that Iain Dowie was without a job.
Norwich City (4-4-2): Marshall; Otsemobor, Doherty, Shackell, Camara; Croft, Fotheringham, Russell, Henry; Dublin, Evans. Subs: Gilks, Pattison, Pearce, Cureton, Gibbs.
The official answer, in every likelihood, would not come until five o'clock this afternoon as City boss Glenn Roeder fielded the post-match questions from the Press.
In the meantime, however, it was something of a guessing game as to why neither Darren Huckerby nor Ryan Bertrand were among the 16 on duty at the Walkers Stadium this afternoon in front of that sell-out, 3,000-strong Canary away following.
Roeder had already hinted that he and Huckerby might be parting come the summer – if only, said Roeder in the week, on the basis of the comments he had already read. As opposed, that is, from having spoken to the player and before he had made his mind up himself whether or not to offer the 32-year-old another Carrow Road deal.
That said, the fact that the Foxes' pitch was “a cabbage patch” hardly played to the City winger's strengths; perhaps that hip was still niggling. He hadn't, apparently, even travelled this weekend.
As for Bertrand's absence, that was far more of a surprise given the big build-up the on-loan Chelsea youngster had received after his best game yet in a Canary shirt in the 1-1 draw with Hull City in mid-week.
In theory that must be injury-related; in practice, it could yet be another sign of the enforced rotation process Roeder has had to adpot since his loan-signing swoops in the January transfer window left him first with seven players to fit into the five allowed slots only to discover that, following Matthew Bates' heart-breaking injury, six into five still won't go.
Someone, somewhere, is always going to have to miss out.
All of which found 18-year-old Reading winger James Henry being handed his first start in a City shirt. With Lee Croft penned in on the right, the thought was that Henry would find himself away on the left in front of the returning Mo Camara.
On the bench and Jamie Cureton – 12 days after his appendix operation – got his dearest wish and a reunion with his long-time mentor Ian Holloway, while Alex Pearce – in some quarters rated the pick of the recent loan bunch – still had to wait for his first chance to make an impression in a competitive environment.
As for the Foxes, two points above the relegatkion zone, on the back of three straight defeats and having spent over ?1 million in agents fees alone in the six months to December, 2007, word was that the mood in the Walkers Stadium could turn very ugly if Leicester failed to halt their sorry slide this afternoon.
Given the way that owner Milan Mandaric gets through managers, it was probably one of those games that Ian Holloway could ill-afford to lose. Particularly, so the East Midlands gossips would point out, now that Iain Dowie was without a job.
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