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

[M16 citeh]

I’d be amazed if they are allowed to bring another centre back into their squad. Incredible the way Pep can convert players as needed when injuries take hold but other managers are so inflexible.

Are you forgetting who they're playing against?

 

[ontheup]

Nice. To see the team showing some muscle ...getting f.in stuck in to em HARD. ..CTID

 

[chaddblue]

Well I've just read that both their centre backs- Boly and Mckenna - suffered hamstring injuries at the weekend and are both out and they're trying to get permission from the league to bring another cb back into their squad!
That's got to be a big positive for us.

Surely that only ever happens with keepers and then only in exceptional circumstances

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

I hope Pep doesn't put out a weak team because Forest has loads of injuries

 

[JRockBlues]

Well I've just read that both their centre backs- Boly and Mckenna - suffered hamstring injuries at the weekend and are both out and they're trying to get permission from the league to bring another cb back into their squad!
That's got to be a big positive for us.

MuEN report:
Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper has admitted that he has requested for centre-back Steve Cook to be re-registered to his 25-man squad ahead of the visit of Manchester City this weekend.

Forest discovered on Thursday that defenders Scott McKenna and Willy Boly will be out of action for six weeks and three months respectively. The defensive pair join left-back Omar Richards, centre-back Moussa Niakhate and right-back Giulian Biancone in the treatment room.

If the Premier League rejects the request to add Cook to their squad, Forest will have only Joe Worrall and Felipe available in the centre-back position for their next spell of matches. Confirming the request in his pre-match press conference, Cooper commented: "Scott McKenna is going to be out for six weeks. "Willy [Boly] is looking longer at about three months. That’s not the news we were hoping for but it’s something we have to get on with.

"There’s always a next man up and we have applied through Premier League rules to bring Steve back in. We are expecting that to happen and of course we hope it’s done before the weekend."

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Haaland grealish foden please with Alvarez to come on

 

[KingGeorge]

Robin Hood is going to take it on the chin on Saturday

 

[FantasyIreland]

I hope Pep doesn't put out a weak team because Forest has loads of injuries

He doesnt always see the wood for the trees.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

He doesnt always see the wood for the trees.

and that saps the team's performance.

 

[Gray]

I hope Pep doesn't put out a weak team because Forest has loads of injuries

If he pisses about because of the game against Leipzig in midweek, he could live to regret it.