Match Thread | Nottingham Forest vs. Man City (27/04/25) FA Cup

[Blueknows]

HT. Great start but pretty insipid after the first 15 minutes. Kova driving us forward and Bernie doing well too. Not good from Marmoush out wide left and very poor from Savinho wide right. Forest have been poor and we are only a goal up, they cannot be any worse in the 2nd half unfortunately.
Good from Nico as well so far.

Put doku on for sav put him on the left and moosh on the right

 

[Gabriel]

Doku, definitely yes..... down the middle...? not so sure, he needs white on his boots

I seem to remember him coming on and playing in the middle last season, maybe against this lot or Newcastle, and he was unstoppable. They’ll tire around 70 and will leave huge gaps between defence and midfield.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Savinho just showed why he's on instead of Doku at the end there, brilliant defending.

 

[blue whippet]

Good first half City, nicely taken goal by Lewis. Need to keep our concentration and energy levels up in the second half. A second goal would be nice.

 

[WallyA]

Maybe not at half time, but Foden RW and Doku LW, get Marmoush in for Grealish or Lewis.

 

[N1985]

Great half that. More of the same please

 

[theres only one carlito]

Bernardo deffo smokes weed. His body language is so lethargic

 

[OrigamiNinja]

It was a solid half with almost complete control.

I do think we look a bit toothless. Not convinced that Marmoush is better off out wide.

Bernie and Kova have controlled the midfield. Rico with a fantastic finish.

I think we should be getting Doku on but unlikely to be at HT.

Only partial negative is Sav. His decision-making is seemingly getting worse and his finishing makes Grealish look like Haaland.

Forest have offered nothing. They look very limited in what they can do.

 

[urban genie]

half way there but nowhere near look at trains and hotels secure yet.

need to come oit and get an early second to distable any comeback

 

[roy.or.r]

Couldn’t give less of a fuck.

Weird thing to post on here…

What did he post? It’s been removed.

 

[TFC]

I know Rico scored but haven't really noticed him beyond that.

He’s not in there to be noticed, doing a lot of work in there, good half blues.

 

[OntarioBlue]

If anyone cares, Spurs are rolling over for the media darlings.

 

[mdj0520]

I know Rico scored but haven't really noticed him beyond that.

He's been far more involved than grealish but for some reason the kid gets more shit than anyone else in the squad. He's always making himself available for triangles that side of the pitch.

Poor fucker can score and we still have fans frothing at the mouth to find fault.

 

[Bluemoonie92]

Good half that, forest been poor but they will have a spell at some point need the second

 

[didsburyblu]

I just realized theres no McAtee on the bench... and obviously Bobb is injured.

Suspended

 

[malg]

Hilarious thing is they're invariably wrong. They're completely stuck in the past, their only tactic is always just saying "go more direct", "play a ball over the top". As if it was still 1996.

Burnley under Dyche were very direct, maybe look up Pep's record against them and try to understand why teams don't play like that any more.

Not wrong though against us. We've shown a vulnerability to teams playing in behind us.

 

[Dax777]

I know Rico scored but haven't really noticed him beyond that.

Pay attention to his positionung on every attack. On the ball Marmoush blasted over the bar, Rico was open for a slip pass and a 1 v 1

On one of our attacks that led to Savio blocked shot, Rico's one touch pass to Bernado released him for that run.

Sometimes others ate not doing the simple things, but if you focus on him, you'd notice he is perpetually open, and already knows what he intends to do with the ball before he gets it.

He has an unbelievable football brain.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Who's the **** posting pics of Anfield. Get to fuck.

 

[hilts]

I know Rico scored but haven't really noticed him beyond that.

Yeah I actually forgot he was playing :-)

The rest have done well, people need to realise how packed it is in the final third and stop expecting miracles. Twas a good first half. The front 3 are starved of space. Silva kova gvardiol oreilly and nunes have been excellent

 

[Gazza]

Marmoush needs to move more central.