Johannes Hoff Thorup's plan to get Norwich City firing

City have struggled to consistently convert promising spells of possession into clear-cut chances in the opening five games of the Championship season, culminating in a frustrating 1-0 defeat to Swansea last weekend. 

That has seen a renewed focus on their offensive work in training ahead of the visit of the Hornets today, and Thorup has outlined the need to improve their efficiency in the final third. 

"Based on the performance and the game [at Swansea], we always have to look at the stats. It can not only be stats, but we also have to have that feeling of what we actually saw and how the game developed.

"Based on stats, we created the highest amount of chances so far in the season, the biggest chances so far in the season and even more entries into the final third of the pitch, so based on that, it was a step in a good direction.

"But it cannot be only on stats. We have to go back and ask, 'Was the way we executed these chances good enough?' 'Was the last pass or decision good enough?'.

"We could see that it was not always good enough in that game. We've been working on that for most of this week and analysing how we can be even better in these moments of the game." 

Adding attacking productivity is always seen as something falling upon individuals rather than the collective. 

Borja Sainz squandered opportunities in Norwich City's defeat at Swansea. (Image: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd) City have relied heavily on Josh Sargent's and Borja Sainz's quality to produce goals so far, but Thorup is adamant it needs to be a joint effort to get them firing. 

"It's a collective approach, but we need individual quality in the end. That's something you can train," Thorup said. 

"I believe that if we create as many situations in training that look like the same ones that we get into in games, then there is a better chance for us to actually execute them. We try to look at our game model and the situations we get into and create drills around that.

"Hopefully, we will see tomorrow that this week has been one well spent."