Nottingham Forest (H) - Wed 4th Dec, 19:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

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If fit enough for 60-70 mins:

……………………….Ederson

…………………Dias………..Ake
…….…Akanji……Wright……Gvardiol

………….KDB……………….Foden
Doku…………..Haaland….…..Grealish
 
MillsyTheMosher said:
Nonsense. It offers more than Bernardo, Rico and Gundo who Pep has persisted with for most of our defeats.
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But right now, who do you put in place of Gundo? The reason why he's being trotted out all the time is because he's the only one that can remotely fill the role. Unless you want to try O'Reilly or McAtee at the back but that wouldn't work in my opinion. Nunes has the build but he's not a CDM. Like another poster above wrote, lets try Gundo-Foden and Grealish in the middle with Doku-Savinho as wingers and Haaland up front. Let's see what happens.
 
MillsyTheMosher said:
Savinho has been dreadful for the last 2 months.
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The whole team has to be fair mate. Right now it's a case of picking who hasn't been as poor as the next player.

Normally the team picks itself. But when we are in as dire situation as we are no one has got a clue who's fully fit, or who starts.
 
Ederson/Ortega

Gvardiol
Dias
Ake
Akanji

Nunes (he's poor but can run faster than 5 mph compared to Gundo)
Grealish

Foden

Doku
Haaland
Sav

Instructions to Nunes AND Grealish. Stay 15 yards in front of the back 4. That is all. No bombing forward and leaving them exposed. Jack is very good on the ball and will buy us free kicks in these areas.

Foden in the hole creating space for Haaland as one of their CBs will have to engage him.

The full backs will be tucked in trying to nullify Haaland. Leaving acres for Doku and Sav to exploit. They have to be more productive. A lot lot more.

Seems simple but we will probably see a totally different line up with the midfield getting overrun and Doku and Sav blasting balls into the opponents ankles.
 
alexmcity said:
I'm not talking about the team, but about the best option on the right wing.
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We have no current form on the wing either I'm afraid, listening to five live on the way home they threw a few stats that had everyone in shock including myself. I can't remember the exact names but generally it was this on our recent run

Points nil worst in the league

Goals scored, with the exception of haaland in the team picked for the scousers, this season nil

Xg worst in the league

Chances given away 2nd worst in the league

On and on it went with us being tte worst or second worst of all the premier league teams. We haven't slumped we have fallen off a cliff.

We cannot really pick a team based on form because we don't have any, pretty much no.one has done well. The only thing you can say is the 2nd half looked better but how much was down to Liverpool tiring or taking it easy who knows.

The one thing we do need is energy. Like I put previously i woukd play Silva Gvardiol savio nunes grealish doku and haaland.

Not because they have had great seasons but because they can at least get round the pitch.

Peps not really gone thru this before let's see how he deals with it.
 
hilts said:
We have no current form on the wing either I'm afraid, listening to five live on the way home they threw a few stats that had everyone in shock including myself. I can't remember the exact names but generally it was this on our recent run

Points nil worst in the league

Goals scored, with the exception of haaland in the team picked for the scousers, this season nil

Xg worst in the league

Chances given away 2nd worst in the league

On and on it went with us being tte worst or second worst of all the premier league teams. We haven't slumped we have fallen off a cliff.

We cannot really pick a team based on form because we don't have any, pretty much no.one has done well. The only thing you can say is the 2nd half looked better but how much was down to Liverpool tiring or taking it easy who knows.

The one thing we do need is energy. Like I put previously i woukd play Silva Gvardiol savio nunes grealish doku and haaland.

Not because they have had great seasons but because they can at least get round the pitch.

Peps not really gone thru this before let's see how he deals with it.
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Again, someone has to start on the right wing and the simple question is, who is that player. There's no obvious answer for the reasons you mention, but it seems we both agree Savinho might be the best from all bad options, right?
 
Fred_Quimby said:
It has been a tough few weeks but we will turn this around. The players are clearly tired after a fantastic 4years with the pressure clearly on. It has to come down somewhere and the signs are there of a very tired squad, injuries mean players have to play longer without rest leading to more injuries. You see it on the pitch; giving the ball away with poor passing, players unable to track back quick enough when the play turns, hence the ‘easy’ goals we conceded. The signs are all there. Look at our back line, all been injured this season and some/all still not match fit. It will come back to us hopefully on Wednesday.

Incidentally, O’Reilly played a similar role to Rodri in the EDS, everything used to go through him; it would be interesting to see him come on at some stage to see what he could do but it is a problem, at present, finding a time to slot him in.
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We need a 3 goal lead to introduce O' Reilly. I do agree with you.
 
Watched that first dipper goal again today, talk about a sucker punch, it's as soft a goal as you will ever see in the PL. One ball over the top and Salah is in our penalty area, one on one with Akanji. Why does that hardly ever happen for Doku or Savinho, in contrast numerous times they were confronted with 3 defenders. Any breakdown in the opponents half is lethal for us, everyone we play must expect 2 or 3 chances each half. I imagine Forest will be prepping for just that tomoz. Low block and hit em on the transition, easy peasy, bish bash bosh.....
 
ChicagoBlue said:
If fit enough for 60-70 mins:

……………………….Ederson

…………………Dias………..Ake
…….…Akanji……Wright……Gvardiol

………….KDB……………….Foden
Doku…………..Haaland….…..Grealish
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I love this team. I could just be that Wright is the answer to our problems until January. Who knows?
 
Forest aren't mug's. They've beaten the dippers away and drawn with Chelsea away. A pretty solid defence and good on the counter which is our kryptonite at the moment. I'd take any win.

I don't like seeing predictions for us winning four or five nil, talk about fucking jinxing it. Show a bit of humility after recent results.
 
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Feels like a huge game this. Defeat against Liverpool was inevitable, but this will give us a much better idea of where we’re heading. A win will stop the rot and hopefully serve as a catalyst for the rest of the season. Another defeat means we’re in deep shit. A lot riding on it.
 
Ric said:
Feels like a huge game this. Defeat against Liverpool was inevitable, but this will give us a much better idea of where we’re heading. A win will stop the rot and hopefully serve as a catalyst for the rest of the season. Another defeat means we’re in deep shit. A lot riding on it.
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I’d say anything but a win means we’re in deep
Shit
 
Ric said:
Feels like a huge game this. Defeat against Liverpool was inevitable, but this will give us a much better idea of where we’re heading. A win will stop the rot and hopefully serve as a catalyst for the rest of the season. Another defeat means we’re in deep shit. A lot riding on it.
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We simply have to win it, anything else and the alarm bells will be ringing that bit more
 
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