| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread 09:29 - Aug 24 with 7451 views | SaintNick |
Who is not at the game today and will be on here, or for that matter with the Saints super wifi will we have updates directly from the Northam Wall about how great it is |  |
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| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 18:23 - Aug 24 with 988 views | saintpaz |
| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 18:05 - Aug 24 by cocklebreath |
I fear you are right, he gave the ball away once so Russell will be furious |
but McCarthy and Co can do it as much as they want |  | | |
| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 19:11 - Aug 24 with 875 views | cocklebreath |
THB should try passing to a saints player it might help |  |
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| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 19:16 - Aug 24 with 849 views | UmPahars |
Not good enough, and that’s both manager and players.
Wrong set up, once again as a result of shoe horning Stephens in. Five at the back left the midfield weakened as it certainly wasn’t 3 at the back with the full backs pushing on.
Our only player of real quality was stifled at left back (and looked so much better when he finally switched to the right).
Two centre halves looked ok, but the other (Stephens) offered nothing apart from leading the team out.
Downes was ok but both Smallbone and Aribo looked out of their depth and it looked as they both knew it as they were too shy to show themselves when we had the ball.
Upfront we had two players hugging the respective touchlines with absolutely no threat through the middle.
Forest looked good, but much of that was how we let them look good.
Got to go 4-4-2 with KWP at right back and a left footer on the other side (if the ex Burnley player isn’t fancied to start, then why did we buy him?).
Midfield has to include the new lad from Chelsea to provide some steel and even then we need someone else in there.
We need someone upfront, either giving Armstrong or Brereton a chance (if not, we need something else up top).
We set up all wrong and were easily second best in the first half. Marginally better in the second half, but changes were left too late and by then the game was lost.
If we made Forest look good, then it’s going to be a very long season!!! |  | | |
| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 19:25 - Aug 24 with 820 views | kingslandstand1 |
| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 19:11 - Aug 24 by cocklebreath |
THB should try passing to a saints player it might help |
He did try in the first half but the keeper was nowhere to be seen and it could have been a classic og |  | | |
| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 19:30 - Aug 24 with 799 views | kingslandstand1 |
| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 17:00 - Aug 24 by Flamingbankers |
Dibbling a breathe of fresh air when he came on but still nothing up front. We need a centre forward otherwise we're going down. |
Because he came on when we were already losing. Bring him on when the game was slipping away prior to conceding | | | |
| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 19:53 - Aug 24 with 719 views | dirk_doone |
| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 17:33 - Aug 24 by GRIM |
Try playing Dibling at Ctr Forward.
He's big, he's strong, he can hold the ball up & he can score goals.
He's got everything that we lack up front. |
I agree. The nearest we have to a centre forward is Tyler Dibling. Stick him up front and feed the ball to him. He'll make and score goals.
The problem is that Russell wants all of our forwards, including Dibling, in wide positions and nobody in the centre. From what I saw today his plan is that Aribo and Smallbone will run through into that space from midfield and surprise the opposition. It didn't work. Russell is a stubborn character though so there's the danger he may continue ploughing on with his 'cunning plan'.
What happens is that the opposition's central defenders see that we have zero threat and push up to support their midfield, which, in the first half especially, meant they had us pinned back in our own half. You'd never have guessed they were the away team. [Post edited 24 Aug 2024 19:58]
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| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 20:01 - Aug 24 with 686 views | JoeEgg |
| Nottingham Forest Game Matchday Thread on 19:16 - Aug 24 by UmPahars |
Not good enough, and that’s both manager and players.
Wrong set up, once again as a result of shoe horning Stephens in. Five at the back left the midfield weakened as it certainly wasn’t 3 at the back with the full backs pushing on.
Our only player of real quality was stifled at left back (and looked so much better when he finally switched to the right).
Two centre halves looked ok, but the other (Stephens) offered nothing apart from leading the team out.
Downes was ok but both Smallbone and Aribo looked out of their depth and it looked as they both knew it as they were too shy to show themselves when we had the ball.
Upfront we had two players hugging the respective touchlines with absolutely no threat through the middle.
Forest looked good, but much of that was how we let them look good.
Got to go 4-4-2 with KWP at right back and a left footer on the other side (if the ex Burnley player isn’t fancied to start, then why did we buy him?).
Midfield has to include the new lad from Chelsea to provide some steel and even then we need someone else in there.
We need someone upfront, either giving Armstrong or Brereton a chance (if not, we need something else up top).
We set up all wrong and were easily second best in the first half. Marginally better in the second half, but changes were left too late and by then the game was lost.
If we made Forest look good, then it’s going to be a very long season!!! |
Excellent post! | | | |
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