Jack Stacey should get all the praise going not me, insists Johannes Hoff Thorup, after the Norwich City full back roared back into his starting line up.

The 28-year-old looked to have fallen behind youngster Kellen Fisher in the Dane’s pecking order, but grabbed his chance last week with four assists in three Championship games that harvested seven points from nine.

Stacey is now firmly back in the frontline, after getting on the same page as his head coach.

“It's been outstanding. Full of praise for Jack,” he said. “I think before the West Brom game, where we had some time to just analyse a little bit and see how we could be even more offensive minded, we could see that we needed some threat on the right side. It was mostly on the left side we created chances and scored goals.

“So Jack came into the picture again, and we spoke about his position and like I've said because he's so professional and he's such a great person there was no bad behaviour or anything like this.

"It was just for him to ask, ‘Okay, how can I be involved with the team, and what can I do to make that happen?’ And then we found that great position for him.

"But I think again, I can say it as a coach, ‘Okay, we’ll work on some different stuff’, but it's what he gives to the team and the personality and mentality that he brings into the performances.”

Stacey has had to adapt his all-out attacking style of full back play to force his way back into Thorup’s plans.

“First and foremost, the full backs need to be very comfortable on the ball,” he said. “Actually Jack has taken some steps in that area, especially his game reading. I think he's good now at seeing when to step in and when to stay out wide, when to join the attacking phase, and when to stay a little bit low in his positioning.

"Look at the fourth goal we scored against Plymouth, where he makes a good move from the outside, stepping into the space that becomes open, which is something we didn't see from him in the beginning of the season.

“They have to be calm on the ball. They have to be technically on a good level, because they have to be able to deal with situations where they are under pressure, and we have to find the right solution.

"Then, of course, in terms of the attacking shape for us and creating opportunities there is some differences between Jack, Ben (Chrisene) and Kellen (Fisher), but just good for the group. And I think also, as an individual player, you need competition.

"I don't think you will ever become the best player that you can be if you just expect you will play every Saturday.”