Whilst I'm not saying that the injuries didn't cause a wobble, they certainly shouldn't have de-railed our game plan to a huge extent, Adomah had been gash and nearly all the attacks where he was on the ball broke down and Tammy was largely chasing shadows (not his fault). Bringing Kodjia on for Tammy and El Khazi (or just playing 10 men) for Adomah shouldn't have changed things too dramatically.
The other point that sprung out to me was the fact that 5 of those players that started will not be good enough to play his system effectively so that we get the best out of it. Hutton, Taylor, Hourahane, Whelan and Adomah are either not quick enough, don't have the speed of thought or just don't have the technique to play it. The jury is out for me on Nyland and Tuenzebe. The others were ok that started.
In terms of the subs, yes they turned the game but I can see what Smith was trying to do.I can understand why he went for Hogan when Tammy went off. Our press was working quite well and he probably thought Hogan would be better suited for that and with potential to nick one. Obviously they scored with the next kick, Hogan was anonymous so it turned out to be a mistake.Given our bench, El Ghazi seemed an obvious choice to replace Albert. Again he was awful and in hindsight Kodjia would probably have been a better option. Overall I thought Norwich were pretty neat and tidy, pressed well and moved the ball much better than us. They didn't have many chances but were the better team.When we had the ball we always looked under pressure and were never really comfortable in possession. Taylor looked lost. Hutton at least overlapped well and got in a few decent crosses one of which led to Tammy hitting the post. His positioning on the first goal was awful and it wasn't the only time Rhodes was left unmarked from corners.In the final analysis whilst Norwich were tidier there wasn't a great deal of difference in chances created. We both scored from a corner. Rhodes finished his chance and Tammy hit the post from his. But we look miles from a promotion team and I only hope Smith can work his magic quickly.