06 Oct 2024 17:55:46
Just home from the match and just few quick observations.

I praised Enzo last week for this season's improved performances but today in the first half he was just about ok but in the second half he had a shocker.

Palmer in the first half was average his standards but he improved enormously in the second half.

Fofana and Colwill both had excellent games and I think in LC we have found a real superstar.

Let's also give credit to Sanchez who was rightly criticised last week but was outstanding today and one of his saves in injury time wa some of the best I've seen in many a long year at the bridge.!

I didn't understand how we allowed both full backs to mark Woods at set pieces.

I think we now miss Cucarella and Fofana for the Liverpool game and possibly Jackson as I've now been reading he may well get a retrospective red cad. Let's hope Colwill and Noni get over there injuries before the game against the scousers.

I've said before that I think the Forest fans are the best in the premiership. They were reasonably quiet today.

14pts from 7 games. Just another 93 to go!

1.) 07 Oct 2024
07 Oct 2024 00:34:52
Tom, I only got to see parts of the game due to a dodgy stream but we looked well off the pace first half, unable to fashion many chances and the few we did; players were far too selfish taking 1% shots rather than trying to assist imo.

Second half I felt Maresca was too slow to make changes with the first sub only in the 80th? Minute or so. Felt Sancho, Jackson and Enzo should have been subbed far earlier and was very disappointing we didn’t capitalise on them going down to 10 men.

Feel that at home when opposition are more likely to play a low block we need to start Nkunku instead of a Jackson as it doesn’t play to his strengths although both Nkunku and Felix missed great headers.

Think Sanchez made 2 crucial saves in extra time to save us a point which is great after his nightmare last week but defensively we looked so poor after Forest went down to 10 men.

Finally I’ll just say that set piece wise we are so incredibly poor today. I know we’re not the biggest side so we perhaps need to be more creative offensively but the constant short corners were awful and defensively for their goal and even some of their corners we constantly had our WB’s marking their tallest players which was wild.

2.) 07 Oct 2024
07 Oct 2024 06:06:32
Good points fuser and agree with most of them. I think Jackson and could have been substituted earlier but do think that if Nkunku and Sancho had been on field at same time they might have produced a goal via quick footwork in and around box as at Bournemouth

Gusto also had a v poor game on whole and not back up to form. of last season yet at least. So many overhit crosses into the box from far out on right and few [ were there any? ) From byline.

Point is we also lack a forward/ striker who is very good in the air like a DD or even a defender as good in air from set pieces as a Terry or Silva. So that route to beating a low block not a likely v fruitful one as our two dreadful misses demonstrated. And Enzo corners awful and set pieces yes generally poor yesterday.

As said in my quick post match review Sanchez my MoM for saving us one point at least though he remains dodgy with ball at feet passing out and one time almost led to a Forest goal. But his shot stopping looks confident and agile at the moment and long may that last.

3.) 07 Oct 2024
07 Oct 2024 18:07:32
I was at the Bridge yesterday and agree with the above posts. We do lack an aerial threat up front. I enjoyed the punch-up and Palmer doing some exercises while it was kicking off, it reminds me of myself when I was younger on the rare occasions my mates got into a brawl; I would coach from the sidelines as I told them, I’m a lover not a fighter.