Nottingham Forest (H) | Post Match Thread

We really can't catch a break this season when it comes to injuries. I thought once again Ake was stand out at the back, just so composed and strong in 1v1's. When we think about the difference in him and Gvardiol its easy to note how far Ake is ahead of him as he's so solid, but you forget how poor he was earlier at City. I remember thinking he would never be good enough for City, it just takes time i guess. Gvardiol is such a strange player, clearly an absolute athlete but uses his body poorly when in 1v1's, just not strong enough and not focussed enough to do what's needed at the right time. Generally his passing has been amazing for us, breaks the lines really well, but at the moment he's doing everything wrong - maybe just needs to take a breath and go back to the basics with simple passes for now.
I thought KDB looked completely different to what we've seen from him since the treble season, actually looked like he could move last night and some of his turns were brilliant - not seen that in a while! You can see Gundo needed that composure around him, as soon as KDB came off he went to pieces for a bit and was just turning into players.

We always give up opportunities, thats never been new for City, but we need to build on something. The biggest issue right now is when we take a step forwards we get injuries and it's hard to build from.
 
Thought we played well last night, controlled the game well bar a couple of mistakes that led to them breaking. Gutted about Ake, he is our best option in defence with Dias. Akanji looked off the pace and struggling.
 
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Gone for a Burton said:
No 10 is his natural position.

Played well last night.
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Tbh, I always thought that this is the position we bought him for, but you expect pep to know best and he did give us more control and clogged up our left for attacking teams, like Madrid. When we signed Jack, my Villa supporting nephew asked why we had bought him and I said to play in the middle. I've looked a right arse until last night!
 
stan bowles said:
They did beat Liverpool away so they're definitely a team that can cause problems to anyone.
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That maybe the case, but do you honestly think that was the performance of a team capable of putting on a long enough winning streak to overcome what was an 11-point gap? We have quite a few (24) games to go and we have a history of overcoming gaps but never 11 points even when we were much better. Injuries have wrecked what was looking like another title and to lose to what isn’t even a particularly good Liverpool team is galling.
 
Amazing how many of the slagging off the team posters are missing in action , lol

Well done boys ,i asked for more pressing and hunting in packs to get the ball back and they delivered

Kev i love you

Gundy much better , he is still in there , being with kev takes him up a level

Stefan good again , nice to see him booting the ball away rather than trying to do an eddie with his foot work

Grealish good

Nathan and manu injured is pants , why cant they catch a break

Jezzer lively

Bit concerned with thor

Someone charged bernies batteries
 
Mancity1980 said:
That maybe the case, but do you honestly think that was the performance of a team capable of putting on a long enough winning streak to overcome what was an 11-point gap? We have quite a few (24) games to go and we have a history of overcoming gaps but never 11 points even when we were much better. Injuries have wrecked what was looking like another title and to lose to what isn’t even a particularly good Liverpool team is galling.
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I actually saw signs of it throughout the game Forrest have had a pretty mean offence and Wood has been banging them in on a regular basis, of course there are a few rough edges to smooth off and few tactical tweeks here and there but we played really well against a good team
 
Ducado said:
I actually saw signs of it throughout the game Forrest have had a pretty mean offence and Wood has been banging them in on a regular basis, of course there are a few rough edges to smooth off and few tactical tweeks here and there but we played really well against a good team
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I thought our second half was better, however they had 8 chances with 2 on target in the first 45 minutes, those were the moments we have been losing games but we didn’t here, we rode our luck at times.
 
Mancity1980 said:
I thought our second half was better, however they had 8 chances with 2 on target in the first 45 minutes, those were the moments we have been losing games but we didn’t here, we rode our luck at times.
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In every game teams will get chances Forrest beat Liverpool at Anfield they are no mugs I believe Jak playing in the middle made a huge difference
 
Jazzyblue said:
Best team performance of the season, if we are nitpicking there were times we were lucky Forest lacked accuracy, but the boys played out of their skins from the whistle and our support was very good. CTID.
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Yes - they should have 2 but they were the only real chances they had. But if we’re including chances, Gvardiol should have scored 2 for us & Erl should have had one
 
A good result to brighten up a miserable evening sat in Blackpool hospital A&E with my dear old mum who is still waiting for a bed. So didn't get to see the game but nice to hear Jack played well and was trusted in the centre where I feel he should be. Hopefully City can kick on from here.
 
Much better. I boldly predicted a 3-0 win, but not sure I believed it at the time.

A few teething issues in the first half but we were so much more solid in the second. Grealish excellent in the middle of the park - the control we've been lacking. Doku giving them a torrid time and even if he doesn't make something happen everytime he gets the ball, a goal and assist is an excellent return. Haaland trying to get involved more and a general attitude change with players chasing everything and desperate to win the game. Ake and Dias were good. I thought Akanji was a bit poor and Gvardiol still looked low on confidence with a few errors.

Bernardo looked back to his best though.

Only slight issue I had, was the number of times players lost the physical battle. Didn't matter overall, but still need to up that slightly even if Forest have always tended to be one of the dirtier sides in the league.
 
Nice to win a game for everyone in the club.

The downside is because we have such a ridiculously small squad, with the injuries/age of some of them the result has been many of them having to play far more minutes than they should or be used to. Then as a result they break down injured. Id hope/pray John Stones could take one for the team and play on Saturday, and god knows when Kovacic or Foden can play

No Ake and Akanji on Saturday and maybe longer is a real problem; it will also be difficult to ask KDB at 33, and Gundo at 34, to start again 3 days after playing significant minutes last night. You could chance it but the risk is they both break down and are gone until mid-January.

Saturdays team may not be one we like and will struggle to get a result - the back 4 and midfield will be interesting, but weve dropped ourselves in this mess by not adding to a squad in the summer when it was painfully small and aged.

At a guess

Ederson

Walker
Dias
?
Gvardiol

Grealish
Bernie
Doku
Savinho
Foden or Nunes

Haaland

KDB and Gundo can do cameos when we are 2 down and chasing the game
 
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