BATTLING City midfielder Darel Russell is hoping the Canaries can put their poor showing in last Sunday's derby behind them and raise their game for the visit of high-flying West Brom.
West Brom come to Carrow Road on Saturday (3pm) as league leaders, propelled to the top of the table thanks to their 1-0 triumph over local rivals Wolves at Molineux on Tuesday.
Meanwhile City's 2-1 defeat at the hands of Suffolk rivals Ipswich leaves them with work still to do to secure their Championship status.
But with three games to go, Russell believes the visit of the Baggies provides a great chance to erase the derby day blues.
He told CanariesWorld: "It has obviously been disappointing, the boys are still disappointed about the game on Sunday . We had a long talk after the game in the changing rooms and we discussed how we thought things were going and everyone said that training had been fantastic.
"For some reason we didn't relay that in the game on Sunday, that was disappointing from that front, as in the previous weeks even when we lost a couple of the games, I think we have played well - and it has been disappointing that we didn't relay that in the biggest game of the season. The biggest obviously for the fans, for ourselves, probably for the season as well at that point in time, so hopefully we can turn it around and get back to form on Saturday.
"These are big games and there is a hell of a lot riding of it for us, we really want to put the situation to bed in terms of making ourselves completely safe and I think that can be done this weekend if we get a result. It is going to be an extremely tough game, I consider West Brom one of the best teams in the league, if not the best, in terms of football experience and having Premiership quality, so it is going to be a tough game.
"But I think that when we play at our best, we prove that we are a match for any team."
Russell was unsure what kind of game to expect with both teams committed to playing attractive football - but both desperately keen to take something from the game.
"It is either going to be a very open game or a very cagey game. We'll find that out in the first five minutes, you don't know how it is going to pan out but they like to play good football and a lot of attacking football and we enjoy attacking ourselves.
"At this point in time the situation is in our hands, so if we get the results we need to get there are no problems."
