The Canaries play-off bid stalled before the international period, with City resuming their Championship season against West Brom this weekend eight points and eight places outside the top six.
Thorup’s debut season has proved a challenging one with transfer sagas, debilitating injuries and suspensions checking any sustained progress on the park.
“I’m not the one who would say that adversity will kill you as a team. I think it will be the complete opposite,” said the City head coach. “I think when we find ourselves in the decisive moments, hopefully at the end of this season, and then definitely next season, we will have learned from it, and we will be better.
“I hope also people watching share the ambitions that I have, and they share the ambitions on behalf of the team what they can expect to see when we play. They can expect a certain way of playing. They can expect a Norwich team that will go out and see if we can dominate, no matter where we are.
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“They should never go out and see us being too passive or too defensive in our mindset. Do you know what the average age was when played Oxford recently? 23. Where I came from before that was older.
“I’ll be the first to raise the hand and say that I would like us to be much more consistent. But I also just have to look at the group and say there’s so many young players.”
