Nottingham Forest (A) - Sat 18th Feb, 15:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Legal Alien]

Rodri needs a rest before the CL, so I'd like to see Phillips start in this one. Foden needs to play too, they both need minutes.

 

[ESP Blue]

Champions League this midweek, FA Cup week after

Not forgetting Bournemouth away between them.
11 days of February to go with 4 away games, going to be rotation to a degree, but hey, lets win em all.

 

[kaz7]

Rodri needs a rest before the CL, so I'd like to see Phillips start in this one. Foden needs to play too, they both need minutes.

Phillips cant play the whole game after next to no minutes so not much point to start him , rodders will start and if we are ok give him rest if the game is won

 

[northendenton]

You've twigged. Hope they don't arbour any grudges.

Oh please god leaf it alone will you bud

 

[Zenmanc]

It won't happen but what's the harm in giving Ortega a start. He looked rusty AF last time out but I think can handle this assignment as he's a good keeper. He needs more minutes and IMO Ederson could use this time to possibly evaluate what he needs to sharpen.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Oh please god leaf it alone will you bud

By poplar demand.

 

[PaleBlue]

It won't happen but what's the harm in giving Ortega a start. He looked rusty AF last time out but I think can handle this assignment as he's a good keeper. He needs more minutes and IMO Ederson could use this time to possibly evaluate what he needs to sharpen.

I agree, we need to smash these and Ortega has show he's good enough to counter their threat. Not been impressed with Eddie as a penalty/shot stopper.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

Forest are in good form and Cooper is a decent coach so this should be tough. They made their Liverpool home match into a cup final so I’d expect the home crowd to try and make it as raucous as possible. We could do with a good start just to quieten down the ground.

Having said that we’ve just beaten Arsenal on Wednesday so we need to get the 3 points. A hard grind 1-0 would do but a few goals would be nice for the nerves.

I know a few people have talked up Villa but I’d expect Arsenal to be top by the time we kick off. Villa were pretty poor against us and I think they’ll face an Arsenal side with some points to prove.

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

Did you miss a comma?

Hahaha,,, quite right you could read that either way. The comma should have been after fuck that,

 

[Legal Alien]

Phillips cant play the whole game after next to no minutes so not much point to start him , rodders will start and if we are ok give him rest if the game is won

If we didn't have the CL in the week i'd agree Kaz.
But I'd give him and Foden 60 minutes and replace them if necessary, after that.