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Norwich v Wolves: Inside track on The Canaries

Wolves travel to Carrow Road this weekend to face a struggling Norwich City who are without a win in their last four games.

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We spoke with Chris Reeve from Talk Norwich City to get his view on Saturday's opponents.

The season perhaps hasn't gone how Norwich would have wanted it to, but they are not cut adrift, what do you make of their time in the Premier League so far?

We've been criticised for being naive or not spending enough money. We are proud that we are trying to do it our way, the Norwich fans are all on-board behind this massive culture shift that is giving a chance to our youth players.

You see a lot of teams that go up and change their whole squad. It's a huge gamble and Norwich City aren't willing to gamble away it's football club for the sake of a couple of seasons in the Premier League.

Ultimately, yes we're playing it safe, but I think the players deserve a fair shot.

Who have been the danger men for Norwich in the Premier League?

Now that he is in the Premier League, Todd Cantwell is shining. He is linking up so well with Pukki while reliably offering both goals and assists.

We've also got a fantastic young Argentinian midfielder in Emi Buendía who is extremely highly rated. We've got a colossal centre-back with Christoph Zimmermann who is an absolute beast.

What style of play have Norwich struggled against this season?

Norwich have really struggled against teams that are prepared to try and bully them. It's happened far too many times this season.

The teams that have done well against us have hit us hard early doors and kept it simple.

However, you look at the teams that want to play ''proper football'' and Norwich have been able to get in behind them.

As a Norwich fan, I actually quite confident because Wolves are a proper footballing side.

What is your predicted line-up for the game against Wolves?

The reason why teams like Sheffield United and Aston Villa have done well against us is that they've kept that consistent formation and personnel. When we beat Manchester City, we had nine player out injured. It's only in the last three or four games that we've had a fully fit squad. Daniel Farke could set-up in a number of different ways.

(4-2-3-1) Krul - Max Aarons - Sam Byram - Ben Godfrey - Christoph Zimmermann; Alexander Tettey - Tom Trybull - Emi Buendía - Todd Cantwell - Kenny McLean; Teemu Pukki

Predication

My head says probably 2-1 to Wolves or maybe a 2-2.

My heart says a 1-0 Norwich win, a last minute winner from Teemu Pukki.