You may have worked out that I am not a fan of CH. Even spelling his name starts to put me to sleep.
Anyway, if your a betting man, bet against Forest. 1.87 is a healthy boost to any accumulator.
How I think we'll line up:
Samba
Back Figueiredo McKenna Bong
Colback Yates
Z.Nagel Carvalho Mighten
Grabban
To the most observant of you this is pretty much the same team as last week. I know, I know, crazy isn't it...but just something tells me that deja-vu will strike again.
I would like to see the following: (as I feel we will lose anyway)
Horvath
Back Fernandes McKenna Richardson
Cafu Fornah
Z.Nagel Johnson Mighten
Taylor
Samba, Harbottle, Donnelly, Yates, Konate, Carvalho, Grabban
My thoughts being that most of that team have come together through the academy together. They will have better cohesiveness than what we are used to and won't aimlessly give the ball away (Colback / Yates), give away goals (Bong and Figs) and will actually hold the ball up well (Taylor) and Samba needs a wakeup call.
With the state of our defence and CH going to Stoke looking for a draw, then I cannot see anything but a 3-1 defeat.
Looks like Garner is coming back, which is fantastic news.
I would love to see us win 5-1, but as much as I am an optimist, I am a realist also.
COYR!!!!!!!!!!
Stoke v Forest - Match Thread
posted on 21/8/21
comment by 🇬🇧 ThE ReVoLuTiOn Is HeRe 🇬🇧 BrExIt Is DoNe 🇬🇧 (U22182)
posted 15 minutes ago
Well win next week
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See you next week.
Will you sack your manager, or shall we ?
posted on 21/8/21
comment by 🏁 AnglianRam 🏁 (U17428)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by 🇬🇧 ThE ReVoLuTiOn Is HeRe 🇬🇧 BrExIt Is DoNe 🇬🇧 (U22182)
posted 15 minutes ago
Well win next week
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See you next week.
Will you sack your manager, or shall we ?
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Be particularly embarrassing if you can’t beat us won’t it?
posted on 21/8/21
Evening Rev
Morninchile
posted on 21/8/21
Hi Igor, I thought you’d died
How’s things your end, looking forward to next week?
posted on 21/8/21
At this rate, we’ll be wanting to sign up ‘own goals’ again on a permanent
posted on 21/8/21
You are due a win in the league, we are due a win in the EM Derby. All the ingredients for a boring draw.
posted on 21/8/21
comment by Spart-Derby really are the best says red dog. (U4603)
posted 21 minutes ago
You are due a win in the league, we are due a win in the EM Derby. All the ingredients for a boring draw.
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At this moment in time, we’ll take that
So much better than a boring defeat
posted on 21/8/21
comment by 🇬🇧 ThE ReVoLuTiOn Is HeRe 🇬🇧 BrExIt Is DoNe 🇬🇧 (U22182)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Spart-Derby really are the best says red dog. (U4603)
posted 21 minutes ago
You are due a win in the league, we are due a win in the EM Derby. All the ingredients for a boring draw.
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At this moment in time, we’ll take that
So much better than a boring defeat
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You getting beat is never boring.
posted on 21/8/21
You reds looking forward to Tuesday evening?
posted on 22/8/21
So far, despite looking quite unlike a team, the worst Forest have achieved is finding different ways to lose by the odd goal.
Given the injuries to defenders and consequent changes at the back, the set piece goals conceded are maybe understandable. Not excusable, but understandable. A couple of lame efforts by Samba haven't helped, though he's generally been pretty good.
This could go either way. Either the team lose all confidence and start losing by more, leading to horrible relegation, or we pick up a couple of wins, bring in Garner and one or two more by the end of August, and the season is transformed.
Or maybe something in between.