Team News | Plymouth Argyle v Norwich City

Norwich City head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup confirmed there are no fresh injury concerns ahead of the weekend trip to face Plymouth Argyle in the Sky Bet Championship.

Norwich City head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup confirmed there are no fresh injury concerns ahead of the weekend trip to face Plymouth Argyle in the Sky Bet Championship.

He also provided an update on some of the players who are awaiting a return to the fold.

"It's the same squad," the Dane said. "Nobody else coming back, Lucien (Mahovo) is someone we're still waiting on. It could be next week, but he needs more training to be ready. We will have to wait and see, as it's not a good week for him because of the amount of games.

"(Ante Crnac) is fine and has been in training. He took something to his knee against West Brom and we wanted to take him off as he was in pain. But he's fine and will be okay.

"It's about building fitness. We will give (Liam Gibbs) minutes in Under-21s games next week. (Amankwah) Forson played for the Under-21s too. It might be the same with Lucien as well, as we need to build up the intensity and minutes.

"We need to build (Matěj Jurásek) up too. The intensity of the league. You see that some players aren't used to the physicality and we want to build him up. He's not quite ready for 90 minutes."

The head coach also spoke about Saturday's win over West Bromwich Albion as well as casting an eye on this weekend's opponents Plymouth.

"When you try to do something different, you have to accept to be pragmatic. We knew we had to play someone at left-back who was out of position. We needed a clean sheet and not conceding too many chances.

"It was good for him (Angus Gunn) and good for the defensive line. We've been punished in previous games and we need that quality from the goalkeeper. It was good to see from Gunny in that game. There was two moments in the game where we needed him there.

"We need to break them (Plymouth) down. They're good pressers and we have to find that balance in our approach. They can be a threat on counters too. Not an easy game to play, given the context of their position in the league.

"Hopefully, we've shown we can be more solid when needed. I always appreciate when we have more of the ball than the opponents. Without giving too much away, I hope we can go back to our usual."