League One - Norwich to monitor Alnwick

Eurosport - Tue, 25 Aug 14:33:00 2009

Norwich manager Paul Lambert will monitor goalkeeper Ben Alnwick after he suffered a cut face during the Carling Cup defeat to Sunderland.

FOOTBALL Norwich goalkeeper Ben Alnwick, seen here suffering a facial injury during the 4-1 Carling Cup defeat to Sunderland - 0

The Canaries boss said: "Ben's face is a bit of a mess at the minute, so we just need to see how it settles down. He has got quite a bad gash under his eye. We will have to monitor him."

Lambert felt there were some positives to take from his side's 4-1 defeat to the Black Cats.

Teemu Tainio set the ball rolling for the Premier League club after 26 minutes, with Andy Reid chipping in a superb second and making it 3-0 before half-time.

Wes Hoolahan reduced the deficit just after the hour, only for Owain Tudur Jones to deflect a corner into his own net as City finished the match with only nine men after defender Michael Spillane was sent off for a professional foul on Frazier Campbell and Alnwick suffered his face injury.

Lambert said: "We started really well, and had some good chances, but when you make individual errors, especially against calibre like that, you will get punished.

"There were some positives to come out of it, and the negatives, well I have already seen them. It is not about a magic wand, it is to try to get the club up the league."

PA Sport

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  1. I have lived in Norwich, ever since the time my mother.­ spewed me out of her sewer into a grey February­ morning.
    It was a cold dark night. the mist was­ swirling around the Norfolk and Norwich hospital.
    the­ moon shone through for a brief second, before being­ swollowed again in a devouring devilish dirty fog.
    The­ poor old midwife screamed and ran down the ward­ slapping herself as she went..
    My good old­ mother,looked in horror at my father.Who as it happens­ turns out to be my uncle as well.
    But i digress, the­ midwife was still screaming, slapping her self and the­ nurse who asked her what the matter was.
    And she told­ the nurse that the baby she had just delivered, had­ webbed feet...
    The nurse laughed a hearty laugh and­ thought she must be from outside of Norfolk!
    and told­ her to look at all the other children's feet in the­ ward....Look she said its normal for Norfolk.
    some have­ webbed feet, some have webbed hands.. but that the­ hands was a rare one, as that is passed from father to­ daughter, and only happens about one in every ten­ kids.
    Most of our inflictions here are deafness­ dumbness and blindness
    So dont worry your pretty­ foriegn head about it. they will all grow up to be­ Norwich city supporters anyway!
    And so it has come to­ pass that the good inbred people of Norwich city are­ DEAF DUMB AND BLIND.
    For they continue to follow­ blindly and mutely as there team is run into the ground­ by Delia smith....the self confessed Ipswich­ supporter.
    So as Delia grows rich off the backs of the­ Norwich city faithful....they all follow follow..the­ Ignorance of the inbred supporters is quite­ astounding.
    for they surely must be 1st class­ simpletons of the highest degree, to put up with the­ club. they say they love.
    And stand by and watch it run­ into the laughing stock of British football.
    The­ foreign nurse went back home to London bye the­ way..Just in case you were wondering like! these­ cockney's never stay the course.
    un like the­ Norwich city fans who are ha

    From Steve, on Thu 27 Aug 6:19PM
  2. who are having a whale of a time in thinking that they­ are a forward thinking club
    Reborn in an afternoon,­ with paul lambo at the helm. and beating W W five two.­ Oh yes W W a former non league club.
    So the sister­ sleeping supporters hale the new coming! the board rest­ safe in the knowledge that the fans are as thick as a­ ...Well an inbred of course they no the score... they­ no they are safe. so they will continue too miss manage­ a once great club...they were handed the mandate from­ Robert chase..
    and told to run with it. and so they­ have...and so the ambitions of the board will be­ realised and Norwich will undoubtedly become a non­ league club.
    That is unless the blood of Norfolk is­ diluted by some outsiders from say London or god bless­ from Suffolk..they no what true ambition is they have­ the manager and the board in place.
    WAKE up people too­ how your club is being run.....

    From Steve, on Thu 27 Aug 6:18PM
  3. At least the new manager has shown more sense than the­ previous 6 and actually dropped the prat.

    From big_davey_b, on Thu 27 Aug 3:35PM
  4. Get rid of Donkerty

    From Paul, on Wed 26 Aug 12:37PM
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