SPURS loan-signing Troy Archibald-Henville is set to travel with the Canaries to Coventry in City's first Coca-Cola Championship game of the season.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference, City boss Glenn Roeder spoke highly of the youngster's potential and said he was looking forward to finding out more about what the 19-year-old can do.

"He will travel with us to Coventry but whether he makes the bench or not we'll have to wait and see," the Norwich manager said. "He's going to train this morning, ironically he picked up a knock this week but I'm told he's fit to train today.

"Wait and see, let us get him into the squad, let him get to know us over the next week or so and we'll see where we go from there."

On the subject of his latest signings, Roeder made it clear that he was pleased with all the new faces to join Norwich. On new boy OJ Koroma, he commented: "He's well above average for an 18-year-old, he doesn't look out of place out there. I'm sure he will play plenty of games for us - unfortunately if young boys get too hyped up, you can put too much pressure on them.

"He's 18, but full of natural talent. When you speak to him about his background, it was in Gambia in the streets. He didn't have the type of pitches we have here over there, and I think often that's why African and South American players have such a brilliant touch. OJ has a terrific first touch, he works very hard off the shoulder, and I'm looking forward to working with him. I don't want to pile any pressure him, he seems a very level headed young man. Let him get out there and play some football before we start building him up and making judgements.

City's pre-season saw debuts from Fiorentina loanee Arturo Lupoli, Celtic loanee John Kennedy and Dejan Stefanovic. Asked for his view on the City new boys, Roeder said that he was positive about what the debutants had to bring to the squad.

"Dejan is a much quieter person around the place, at times you wouldn't even know he was in the building, but I have noticed that he sits with the younger players in the dining room and he's always talking to them. As I've always said, your senior professionals are as important as your coaches, because they're actually spending more time with the young players than you are. I'm sure that he'll be saying the right things to them and he'll be a great role model.

"Lupoli just about got to half-time last week, he came to us having only done a few days training. John Kennedy is another one we need to be careful with."