Every trick in the book!
DAVID WAGNER says he is using all the recovery strategies at his disposal to make sure his Huddersfield Town players are fit to tackle Norwich City.
Town go to Carrow Road for their Sky-televised Championship fixture tonight chasing three straight wins for only he second time under his management (Barnsley, Wolves and Leeds United were beaten earlier this season).
Fourth-placed Town are playing a third match in seven days after beating Bristol City 2-1 at the John Smith’s Stadium last Saturday and winning 1-0 at Burton Albion on Tuesday.
It’s a 400-mile round trip to Norwich after Town covered around 160 miles to Burton and back.
Players ended up returning to Huddersfield in taxis because the team bus had a burst tyre.
Wagner explained: “We’re a long time travelling this week as well as playing the three games.
“We have a good medical department and we have worked hard to get the recovery and preparation right, using all the strategies we can.” Town striker Nahki Wells is looking to score in a third successive game tonight when the Sky TV cameras (inset) will broadcast live
Town are targeting a 12th win of the season and fifth away from home, and their first at Carrow Road since November 1969.
Norwich, in ninth, have seven wins and one draw in 10 home matches.
Nahki Wells heads to Norfolk aiming to set a new personal best as a Town player.
Since signing in a £1.3m then club record deal from Bradford City in January 2014, the Bermuda international has never scored in three successive appearances.
The 26-year-old claimed winners against both Bristol City and Burton to take his season’s tally to five and Wagner said: “Nahki has also been working unbelievably in defence, especially against Burton, and has the right working attitude and fighting attitude we need.
“And, of course, he has been in the right position at the right moment to score and that is ultimately what strikers are judged on.”
Despite turning down a new contract last summer – his current deal runs out at the end of next season – Wells has said he is focused solely on playing for Town.