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Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Monday! Philippe Clement to join us in the next 10 minutes to preview the Canaries long trek to Cardiff City in the Carabao Cup.
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PC on Millwall debrief - "I think I said already a lot in the press conference afterwards. I missed our identity with the ball, so I made things clear what I want to see in the future. The team responded well."

PC on Millwall debrief - "I had a lot to say. It was a very clear meeting."

PC on match data - "The first game (against West Brom) was good. The data was top, it was one of our better games except for scoring goals. This game (against Millwall) our running stats were good. But stuff with the ball was not."

PC on change of psychology from last season - "There is nothing wrong with the mentality of the players. Maybe it was a wake up call for everybody. I remember saying to you after St Gallen, the league is going to be tougher this season. You need to dig in every time."

PC - "The on-ball parts was not good enough. Individual players as well, not everybody, but some in terms of duels was not good enough."

PC on team selection - "You make a plan for this period, but you are still in a situation where internationals are in pre-season. This is the case across the world. There are new players in the building that need minutes and experience with the others. Then you we have our injured players, who were a long time out that we need to integrate back in the squad."

*PC confirms Ante Crnac and Darlan Yongwa will take minutes in this game*

PC on Ante Crnac - "Massively (important to be back). He was really happy when I told him he would be in the selection. Do we expect him to be at his best? No. That is impossible after so long out. But we don't go to Cardiff for a friendly, we go to qualify for the next round of the cup"

*PC confirms Jose Cordoba will miss tomorrow's game due to suspension*

PC on Maghoma - "I don't want to give too much info on that. All I can say is everybody is on course with the injury timelines that we set out. Ali (Ahmed) has had his surgery. He has spoken to Ante (Crnac) and Mirko (Topic) about how he will need to work hard and the difficult moments, but he is ready for that."

PC on Cardiff City - "They have a really good squad. I like teams that are positive and want to create things, that is the case with them. I think they will have a good season in the Championship."

PC on Cardiff - "We need to be good without the ball or you can be frustrated that you don't touch the ball much. We need to do the right things with the ball as they can press and they have a compact block."

DD: "Thank you very much Wrath for the bear money, sorry I'm a pain in the arse at times, it's just the way I am. I really do appreciate all the help you give me and one day, I hope I can repay it. xx"

*PC says the team have practiced penalties.*

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That is all from Philippe Clement at Colney for today.

Posted By: DrDublin on August 24th 2026 at 14:42:58

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