{"id":6783,"date":"2022-01-21T15:04:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T20:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/21\/why-ben-foster-is-absent-from-watfords-squad-to-face-norwich\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T15:04:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T20:04:35","slug":"why-ben-foster-is-absent-from-watfords-squad-to-face-norwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/21\/why-ben-foster-is-absent-from-watfords-squad-to-face-norwich\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ben Foster is absent from Watford\u2019s squad to face Norwich"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An explanation for the absence of Watford pair Ben Foster and Craig Cathcart from the club\u2019s matchday squad to face Norwich City has been provided.<\/p>\n<p>Claudio Ranieri\u2019s troops are of course set to return to action in short order.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a frankly dismal spell of recent form, the Hornets are primed to play host to fellow relegation-battlers Norwich, in a Premier League clash.<\/p>\n<p>Watford, though, will need to make do without the services of a pair of key performers on Friday, in the form of the aforementioned Ben Foster and Craig Cathcart.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with both having come down with bouts of illness, the club confirmed in a statement across social media a short time ago:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2139\ufe0f Ben Foster and Craig Cathcart miss out due to illness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatfordFC\/status\/1484602104828379146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Visitors Norwich, meanwhile, have set up as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0f Gunn replaces injured Krul<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f McGovern on the bench<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f McLean back and among subs<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCFC<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATNOR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATNOR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r7hKS5FvvT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/r7hKS5FvvT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NorwichCityFC\/status\/1484601692523880449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Crunch clash<\/h2>\n<p>To say that Ranieri\u2019s troops could do with steadying the ship courtesy of a three-point haul at Vicarage Road this evening would be putting it lightly.<\/p>\n<p>Owing to a spell of six successive league defeats, and a number of postponed fixtures, Watford have slipped to the depths of 17th in the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>Their opponents this evening, meanwhile, sit just a place and a point adrift of the Hornets, albeit whilst having played two games more.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Norwich will enter proceedings much the more confident of the two sides, on the back of just a 3rd win of the campaign last time out, in a 2-1 triumph over Everton.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is a great angle of Adam Idah\u2019s goal at the weekend. Very well taken <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z6QVBWJY1R\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Z6QVBWJY1R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Balls.ie (@ballsdotie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ballsdotie\/status\/1483076150813462534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-live-streaming\/watford-vs-norwich-city-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Watford vs Norwich City live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/antonio-conte-reveals-tottenhams-latest-injury-concern-before-chelsea\/\">Antonio Conte reveals Tottenham\u2019s latest injury concern before Chelsea<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 An explanation for the absence of Watford pair Ben Foster and Craig Cathcart from the club\u2019s matchday squad to face Norwich City has been provided. Claudio Ranieri\u2019s troops are of course set to return to action in short order. Amid a frankly dismal spell of recent form, the Hornets are primed to play host [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-6783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}