Team News | Rowe back in training

David Wagner gave an update on the players currently working through injuries and confirmed everybody from Saturday's game will remain in the matchday squad against Sheffield Wednesday.

David Wagner gave an update on the players currently working through injuries and confirmed everybody from Saturday's game will remain in the matchday squad against Sheffield Wednesday.

On the mood at the club after the weekend's East Anglian derby win, Wagner said: "It's an environment which is super enjoyable to be in at the minute but to be fair, we built this, the players have done this over the recent months.

"There were so many positives on Saturday; the performance, the result against league-leaders and to keep a clean sheet against the team that has scored the most goals."

Reflecting on injuries and the depth of the squad, Wagner said: "We have a very small squad and now we are dealing with the situation.

"How the players have dealt with it is outstanding but it makes it a little bit more difficult for the ones with the challenges and injuries we have.

"It's a long season for everyone in this league; we face matchday 42 on Tuesday, and if you hopefully have something to play for, which we do, the games start to get bigger.

"At the end of the day it's the same three points but there are not so many games left and points to collect.

"This means we have to make sure we get the balance right and recover well, prepare well and get the freshness into the legs as we are quite limited."

When asked about any new knocks or injury concerns from the weekend's game, the head coach said: "It will be the same matchday squad available for tomorrow night."

A selection of Canaries are working their way through rehab for various injuries, including Jonathan Rowe, Jacob Sørensen and Grant Hanley.

"Jonny Rowe made his first team training session today, so we will see how this week will continue. He will train with the Under-21s for the next couple of days.

"Lungi could be back middle or end of next week and Grant is not too far behind.

"Huge credit to the fitness guys; they have done a great job but we should not immediately expect \[Rowe\] back at the level he was before when he is back."

Discussing the squad's mentality, Wagner said: "Leicester was a poor performance; we didn't hit our level but five days later we have shown what we can do.

"This is a group that is super tight together, who takes challenges on board and likes to show what they are capable of."

With an attendance of 27,000 at Carrow Road for City's Sky Bet Championship match against Ipswich Town, the head coach was asked how he felt on the day.

"There were more or less the same people in the stadium as who will be there when we face Bristol City, so let's produce that again.

"You've seen what kind of strong influence it has on the team. Now we have two very important away games where we know we have to collect points and wins as well until the end of the season, if we want to reach our target."

Norwich travel to Sheffield Wednesday next in a mid-week game at Hillsborough.

"I have met Danny Röhl once before in a hotel for a coffee a few years ago; he was interested in one of my players.

"Everyone who judges them on the league table is making a major mistake; he has done a great job with them.

"They have speed, technicality, they are aggressive and play decent football.

"I hear we are close to 2,000 travelling fans, so credit it to them before the final whistle and hopefully we give them something to cheer about.

"Everyone knows about Hillsborough and the atmosphere, I actually played my first game of football against Sheffield Wednesday, so I have good memories around them."