Boss Roy Keane says he is looking forward to having David Norris available again after the midfielder’s absence since August with a knee ligament injury. The Town manager says he will have to wait a bit longer for Argentinian wideman Luciano Civelli to return to action.

Keane told the club site: "David is doing very well and we are delighted with his progress. He is ahead of schedule in his recovery and we are looking at a December comeback date for him.

"He's a naturally fit lad but he will obviously need some reserve games to get up to speed and we might have to arrange some if we haven't any in the calendar.

"I only worked with him for two games last season - and he scored at Cardiff in one of them. He had a good pre-season and it was a blow for us to lose him at Coventry on the first day.

"Just as you learn about players when they are not in the first team, you learn about them when they are in the treatment room and his mentality with regards to his recovery has been outstanding.

“He has left a good impression with the medical staff and obviously when they tell me, that leaves a good impression with me. I'm looking forward to having him back and working with him again."

Keane expects Civell to return in the new year: “Luciano is slightly further behind than Norris. He’ll be another month or two yet. He saw the specialist last week and he’s been told to slow down for another week or two.”

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Bluearmy added 14:13 - Nov 26 both of these will be good additions back to the squad when fully fit again
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OnlyOneSirBobby added 14:20 - Nov 26 hurry up chuck....we need you
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cracko82 added 14:24 - Nov 26 Please be early December before Peterboro & Blackpool at home! - Needed badly Chuck. Hopefully will be the turn in our season.... COYB
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BeattiesBeerGut added 14:24 - Nov 26 Almost forgotten about Nozzer; midfield should be Civelli, Garvan, Norris and Leadbitter by end of Jan (i.e 50% better then now).
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siralfstrackie added 14:26 - Nov 26 Can't wait to see the midfield pairing of Norris and Leadbitter. Sounds like Civelli is chomping at the bit to get back, too. Only worried that Roy will have even deeper worries about his best 11 when these two are both fit again. COYB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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el_nino added 14:45 - Nov 26 You know what will happen though, they'll come back and we'll still be rubbish! Only kidding, hope they make a big difference.
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jas0999 added 14:51 - Nov 26 I hold my hands up. Although not sure he is worth £2.25M, I underestimated Norris - we are clearly missing him. Shame Jim played him out of position for so long - but his return to the centre is good news for the club.
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OnlyOneSirBobby added 14:52 - Nov 26 knowing our luck, its more likely they will both come back only for leadbitter and walters to get injured please god dont let that happen!!
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UEFA81 added 15:48 - Nov 26 Magic our Norris.
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brockleyblueboy added 15:51 - Nov 26 It will be like having 2 new signings. I just hope Roy is still there to utilise them.
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muhrensleftfoot added 15:52 - Nov 26 Yes, we've not seen the best of Norris yet. When Jim signed him he said Norris was the best central midfielder in the division, & then proceeded to play him wide nearly all the time
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ChambersM added 15:57 - Nov 26 Civelli another month or two!!! He said december like Norris! Not happy about that, im looking forward to having civelli back so he can keep martin(sh*te) out the team
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Blueknight85 added 16:27 - Nov 26 garven is on the bench for me when noriss is back, civeli-leadbitter-norris-edwards /walters norris and leadbitter could have a lampard/gerrard kind of problem though
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slippery added 17:50 - Nov 26 great cant wait for these two to be back its going to be like having two new players what a midfield we will have lets start that charge up the table. COYB!!!!!!!!!!
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Berts_chin added 17:50 - Nov 26 Amazes me that everyone seems to rate Norris a better player when he's injured than when he was fit. He's never done it for me, I'd take Garvan to partner Leadbitter any day. Civelli, however, I believe has been badly missed.
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Redmond added 20:19 - Nov 26 Norris will be a good addition to the squad and Civelli will be good to have him back :)
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TedTurnip added 20:52 - Nov 26 By then I fear that Keano will have gone. He certainly won't ever get to see Civelli play.
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campowasgod added 09:15 - Nov 27 Edwards - Leadbitter - Norris - Walters . Would be great to have a regular midfield like this .
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LeadbitterIsBeast added 10:32 - Nov 27 Wright Rosenior McAuley Delany Wright Edwards Leadbitter Norris Civelli/Martins John Stead ^ beast of a team when norris and civelli fit COYB!
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NorwichBlue138 added 12:09 - Nov 27 Just as Garvan was getting back in the team...
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campowasgod added 12:57 - Nov 27 Leadbitterisbeast , Martin for Walters ??????
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