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Todd Cantwell is firmly in Daniel Farke's thoughts for the Championship games ahead but missed out at Rotherham with a training ground knock Picture: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images - Credit: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd
Daniel Farke previewed Norwich City’s Championship home game against Birmingham City - and we had all the key lines first from a video chat with the boss at Colney.
The Canaries dug deep to get a win against Rotherham but that will look an even better result if they can follow up against Birmingham and then newly promoted Wycombe this weekend at Carrow Road.
Farke provided a fitness update on those who featured against the Millers. Olly Skipp was able to continue after he was involved in the ugly challenge that saw Angus MacDonald sent off. His head coach confirmed Skipp is fit for duty against the Blues.
Christoph Zimmermann (calf) and Todd Cantwell (bruising) missed out at the weekend but stayed behind in Norfolk to train at Colney. Cantwell is back in the mix but Zimmermann will not return to full training until later in the week.
“Bad news with Christoph. He is not available,” confirmed Farke. “The plan was to bring him back into team training on Sunday. But that won’t be until Wednesday at the earliest. Then he can be available for the following home game.
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“Todd had this knock against his knee on Thursday. He was on the pitch Friday but he wasn’t right. He did a light individual session on Saturday and back with the team on Sunday. If there is no reaction from here he will be available. With a bruise or a dead leg it can be a question of hours.”
Onel Hernandez (adductor), Kieran Dowell (ankle) and Sam Byram (hamstring) are not expected to be in contention until early in the new year.
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Farke spoke to the media remotely from Colney.
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