Great preview Sage , with Forest beating Leeds on Saturday and us losing to Stoke , there's only one result gonna happen here .......... 1 - 0 Charlton , Sarr with a later winner !
Cant see anything but a loss Im afraid. We are conceding at least 2 goals every game, and that includes against teams at the bottom that weve played recently. Im not confident we could score 3 or 4 goals at Forest to gurantee a win given our defensive form.
We’re so leaky and lack goals only thing that will get us anything out the game will be some McGeady magic . 3-1 loss again as the trapdoor is waiting to gobble us up
McGeady must come in a s a p .. let's pray that it doesn't take him until Leeds away to get 'match fit'
Can't say I'm desperately looking forward to tomorrow BUT we generally play better against the better teams
9 away games for me this season with no win. After 8 consecutive away games where I've seen us let in exactly 2 goals in every game, we broke the cycle at Stoke by conceding 3...
With Macaulay Bonne and Taylor as the two strikers we should have more goal threat against Blackburn and Luton. This game looks a home banker because we have lost confidence away from home and have adopted a negative mindset.
Having the best goal difference out of the bottom 5 (Stoke will go clear) is so important.
Lee Bowyer will sort this out, but i believe the 4 months of Injuries and the Roland leaving saga and the delay with his own contract has affected him.
Shit time to be playing them. I think Bowyer has been very mindful all season of setting us up in a way (particularly away from home) that means we don't get beat too heavily, hence our respectable goal difference, but was that the undoing of us on Saturday because we were too cautious? I can't see past anything other than a defeat after the wind was taken out my sails because of Saturday's result, and Forest are a better team than Stoke. Do we play with a bit more of attacking intent or do we go ultra defensive and try and frustrate a result out of them.
He may revert back to 5-3-2, but if he plays a diamond I would imagine Pearce gets dropped for Sarr.
Not a game we are expected to win, so not the end of the world if we don't.
Firstly, we've got to stop digging a trench on our 18 yard line. To me, that means resting Pearce ... he makes us defend too deep and invites pressure, leaving our forward players isolated and impotent.
If only we had a player that combined his attitude and warrior like qualities, with the mobility and ability of Naby Sarr.
Secondly, we saw in the home game against Forest, they need pressing from the front - it stifles them, denying them space and time on the ball. We need to set up to do that and with subs who can continue that. We have players who can be quick on the counter and can nick a goal out of nothing.
The midfield needs to be compact ...... a couple of times recently, we've seen our counter attack breakdown - and we've been caught on the turnover ourselves.
I'm hoping that Bows will match up to Forest (now that we have players to do so) ...... and they may underestimate us at first. Their manager is quite tactically astute and if they get frustrated, he may change things mid-game. Let's trust Bows is quickly alert to that.
After Saturday, nobody is expecting us to get anything ..... but football is a funny old game.
After so many games recently and Saturday's inept display, Matthews has to be replaced by Solly. Sarr is the only option for Pearce but JP is so far short of what's required that NS is the least worse option. Anything at all from this game is going to count as a massive bonus. Let's hope forest are taking this one lightly and grabban's finishing is up to the standard he showed on Saturday, snigger. Provided it didn't wipe out our GD, I'd be happy enough to rest everyone who might benefit, in favour of Saturday's much more winnable fixture.
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Or we might not... We‘ll find out later today.
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9 away games for me this season with no win. After 8 consecutive away games where I've seen us let in exactly 2 goals in every game, we broke the cycle at Stoke by conceding 3...
In my head I've already written this one off and hoping for something on Saturday.
I'd be shocked if we got anything out of this based on the Stoke game, even a goal.
I think they'll be too strong, but they may have one eye on WBA on Saturday and we need a massive reaction to the Stoke performance.
Head says 2-0 Forest, heart says 2-1 Charlton.
Two wins there since 1975, both of which have been 1-0 wins (Cousins in 2014; Youds in 1998)
looks a home banker because we have lost confidence away from home and have adopted a negative mindset.
Having the best goal difference out of the bottom 5 (Stoke will go clear) is so important.
Lee Bowyer will sort this out, but i believe the 4 months of Injuries and the Roland leaving saga and the delay with his own contract has affected him.
He may revert back to 5-3-2, but if he plays a diamond I would imagine Pearce gets dropped for Sarr.
Philips
Matthews Lockyer Sarr Purrington
Davis
Cullen Field Oztumer Green
Taylor
Subs Amos, Pearce, Pratley, JFC, McGeady, Doughty, Hemed
Salmon
Danny Butterfield | Rufus | Les Berry | Sturgess
Peake
Tom Soares | Pratley | Colin Powell
Oztumer
Gorman
Subs; Amos, Pearce, Cullen, Davis, Williams, McGeady, Bonne
Firstly, we've got to stop digging a trench on our 18 yard line.
To me, that means resting Pearce ... he makes us defend too deep and invites pressure, leaving our forward players isolated and impotent.
If only we had a player that combined his attitude and warrior like qualities, with the mobility and ability of Naby Sarr.
Secondly, we saw in the home game against Forest, they need pressing from the front - it stifles them, denying them space and time on the ball. We need to set up to do that and with subs who can continue that. We have players who can be quick on the counter and can nick a goal out of nothing.
The midfield needs to be compact ...... a couple of times recently, we've seen our counter attack breakdown - and we've been caught on the turnover ourselves.
I'm hoping that Bows will match up to Forest (now that we have players to do so) ...... and they may underestimate us at first.
Their manager is quite tactically astute and if they get frustrated, he may change things mid-game. Let's trust Bows is quickly alert to that.
After Saturday, nobody is expecting us to get anything ..... but football is a funny old game.
Anything at all from this game is going to count as a massive bonus. Let's hope forest are taking this one lightly and grabban's finishing is up to the standard he showed on Saturday, snigger.
Provided it didn't wipe out our GD, I'd be happy enough to rest everyone who might benefit, in favour of Saturday's much more winnable fixture.
Why do you think that?