Norwich City
The international break may prove a timely breather for Norwich City - despite their promising start to the Championship season. The Canaries face a blank weekend when they might have been in the perfect frame of mind to build on the three excellent results they have strung together since the opening day home defeat by Watford.
Andrew Crofts has taken Norwich City by storm since his summer move to Carrow Road - but Canaries legend Iwan Roberts says he's not surprised at the midfielder's impact.
A former Canaries player has spoken of the anguish of fighting for a living on football's scrap-heap. Simon Whaley joined City for £250,000 a little over a year ago, but after falling out of favour when manager Paul Lambert arrived his career has gone rapidly downhill.
Norwich City's Academy squad is reeling from its second major injury shock of the new season after midfielder Michael Clunan underwent surgery on a severely gashed thigh.
Norwich City boss Paul Lambert settled for a watching brief in a quiet final day to the summer transfer window. Lambert was happy to go into the international break with no fresh additions to his squad following last week's loan signing of West Brom defender Leon Barnett until January.
Ex-Norwich City back-up keeper Matt Gilks is ready to answer Scotland's call after revealing he once considered quitting the game altogether. Blackpool stopper Gilks has been drafted into Craig Levein's international squad for the first time ahead of a European Championship qualifying double header against Lithuania and Liechtenstein.
It took just 90 minutes of football against Paul Lambert's Norwich City for Robert Earnshaw to change his mind - and back them as genuine promotion contenders.
Norwich City boss Paul Lambert has been linked with a late transfer window loan raid for Manchester City's exciting teenage defender Dedryck Boyata. City's Championship rivals Leeds and newly promoted Newcastle are reportedly tracking the Belgian teenager ahead of today's deadline - although the loan window re-opens again early next month for prospective suitors.
Norwich City loan prospect Tom Adeyemi admitted he is on a steep learning curve at League Two Bradford City. Adeyemi was an unused substitute in Friday's latest 2-0 home league defeat to Southend, which continued the Bantams' difficult start to the new campaign under Peter Taylor.
Russell Martin believes a 1-1 draw was the least Norwich City deserved on Saturday - especially considering Paul Anderson's stumble that earned Nottingham Forest their opening goal from the penalty spot.
Chris Martin believes City produced 'one of the best performances' he's played in for a long time, but was still a disappointed man as he left the City Ground on Saturday.
Paul Lambert hailed his team's performance as the best since he arrived at Carrow Road a little over a year ago - and dropped a tantalising hint as to just how far the Canaries can go this season.
Billy Davies admitted his side were fortunate to claim a point on Saturday. 'I thought Norwich deserved to win, to be honest,' said the Forest boss. 'This was probably the poorest we have played in a long time.'
Nottingham Forest 1, Norwich City 1: It always feels a little special when you travel to the City Ground. Nottingham Forest is a club not too dissimilar in size to the Canaries.
Nottingham Forest 1, Norwich City 1: John McGovern is a fair judge of a player and a team - as you'd expect of a player who twice lifted the European Cup and became one of the legendary Brian Clough's closest playing allies.
SLIDESHOW: Norwich City continued their fine start to the new Championship season with a draw at Nottingham Forest - but will be disappointed not to have left the City Ground with all three points.
Sports writers Chris Lakey and Michael Bailey are joined by Sports Desk Pete to review Norwich City's 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest in the Championship.
Ricky Martin saw his side take all three points from their opening home game of the season with three of the goals from the Canaries' Turkish contingent.
Andrew Crofts and Adam Drury should return to Paul Lambert's starting line-up for Norwich City's Championship trip to Nottingham Forest tomorrow (3pm). The pair have recovered from ankle and hamstring knocks respectively, which kept them out of the midweek Carling Cup exit at Blackburn Rovers.
Striker Robert Earnshaw has warned his former club not to be fooled by Nottingham Forest's winless start to the season. The 29-year-old, who spent 18 free scoring months at Carrow Road in from 2006 to 2007, is expected to line up against the Canaries for their visit to the City Ground tomorrow afternoon (3pm) in a Championship clash that promises to be a cracker.
Ryan Bertrand comes face to face with a player he regards as instrumental in his ambitions to play Premier League football when his new club, Nottingham Forest, face the Canaries tomorrow. The Chelsea left-back spent a season and a half learning his trade on loan at Norwich and is doing the same at Forest, where he has a six-month deal.
Norwich City midfielder Owain Tudur Jones has today joined League One side Yeovil Town on a one-month loan deal until September 25. Jones, 25, will rejoin the Glovers for his second loan spell having spent two months at Huish Park from January to March last season.
Leon Barnett has become the eighth player to book into a Norfolk hotel room this summer - but the first to arrive here on loan. The loan market is an area Lambert tries to avoid.
Elliott Ward could be reunited with Leon Barnett this weekend after the West Brom defender completed a loan deal at Carrow Road. Barnett has been drafted in by Canaries boss Paul Lambert, who was forced into the transfer market because of injuries to two central defenders, Michael Nelson and Zak Whitbread.
Paul Lambert believes Craig Bellamy could become a marked man after his move to the Championship. The former Canaries star has attracted huge publicity since his loan move from Premier League rich kids Manchester City to his hometown club Cardiff.
Norwich City midfielder Andrew Crofts believes his current manager Paul Lambert is destined to make it to the very top of the game - like he did as a player.
Former Norwich City stalwart Simon Charlton has warned the Canaries they stand in the way of old boss Sam Allardyce's Wembley dream ahead of next week's Carling Cup tie at Ewood Park.
Canaries' academy chief Ricky Martin praised his senior men after last night's comprehensive pre-season friendly win at their Ridgeons League neighbours.
King's Lynn Town's management are confident their new look squad will rise to the challenge of facing Championship neighbours Norwich City in tonight's homecoming friendly at The Walks.