McKenna on Matusiwa, Azon and Burns Injuries
Monday, 6th Apr 2026 18:10

Town boss Kieran McKenna says midfielder Azor Matusiwa was forced off in the first half with a dead leg, while striker Ivan Azon missed out with a calf issue and Wes Burns was close to starting today’s home game against Birmingham before suffering a setback in training.

Matusiwa was substituted in the 39th minute having had his thigh taped up earlier in the match.

“Azor has a dead leg, so we’ll have to see how he recovers,” McKenna said. “He picked it up really early in the game, which I think hampered him and hampered us, so he wasn’t able to continue.”

Regarding Azon, who was absent from the 20-man squad, he added: “He had an issue over the international break, so not available. He had an issue in his calf, not a major one, but not available for today and we don’t know for the games coming up yet.”

McKenna, whose side travel to Carrow Road for the second East Anglian derby of the season next Saturday, revealed Burns was set to start this afternoon’s match having been out with a calf problem, but in the end missed out.

“Again, we have to assess,” the Blues manager continued. “He was pretty close to today but then he had a little setback yesterday, so we’ll have to assess that in the next couple of days and see where he’s at.”

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jas0999 added 18:27 - Apr 6 None of them sound serious - thankfully.
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bradforblues added 18:36 - Apr 6 Burns is so good on our right wing. We perform better with him. Need him to tear the budgies apart
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armchaircritic59 added 19:05 - Apr 6

I think what are called " Dead Legs " today must be something different to what we called them, when I tried my best to play football back in the mid to late 60's and for a few years after!

What we knew as a dead leg, was something I'd keep playing with and it would nearly always wear off. Must mean something different today. At least as a poster says above, it isn't serious, whatever it is!

slade1 added 06:35 - Apr 7 We look a far better side when Wes is playing
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Bazza8564 added 07:51 - Apr 7 Well I thought Kasey was superb and so did the POM sponsors, so as much as I love Burns, Kasey can start all day long for me at Norwich.
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Edmundo added 09:12 - Apr 7 The options for cover across the front 4 are great. Unfortunately not so in midfield: Dan Neil just isn't used to our patterns of play yet. Midfield was overrun most of the second half, and as a result we looked more dangerous if a long ball was launched over it.
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PortmanTerrorist added 11:13 - Apr 7

Bazza8564 spot on....Kasey was indeed superb and as much as I love Wes, he should start Norwich. Hirst obv loves a run-in and played like it yesterday and with a less lenient ref (1st half esp) he would have dominated their back line; he starts even if Azon recovers. And that just leaves Azor, and am afraid we saw once again what happens when he is not playing. Hopefully it is not significant and/or we have enough time this week to practise having Neil and Taylor in the middle.

BobbyBell added 11:50 - Apr 7 I think one thing is certain and that is that Azor will be desperate to play. Let's hope he's fully fit.
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ITFC_1994 added 12:24 - Apr 7 Need them all for Norwich really.... fingers crossed! Despite his performance yesterday, I'd still start Wes over Macateer. Wes would have buried all three of those chances in the first half.... Quite a few selection headaches though- which is a great problem to have! COYB
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Dissboyitfc added 13:32 - Apr 7 Apparently dead legs can in mild cases take 2 weeks and in severe cases take 8 weeks, so actually we could be missing Matisuwa for some very important games!
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Radlett_blue added 13:57 - Apr 7 With 7 important games in the next month, we need to look after our injured players rather than rushing them back for Norwich, which is no more important than any other game & less important than Boro at home.
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armchaircritic59 added 17:55 - Apr 7 Well it's great to see KM ( the player ), starting to get some appreciation in here now. It's been a hard road to travel for him, but he's getting there. Always had faith in him, unlike so many. Still got a bit of work to do ( like others ), but I think he could prove to be worth what we paid for him, given the chance.
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