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

[Etihad]

My mobile ticket is not currently showing. Should I be concerned?

 

[ox-blue]

Surely De Bruyne Starts

 

[chickaroon]

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.

We need a 3 goal lead to introduce O' Reilly. I do agree with you.

 

[LeonardoDaVnci]

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.....

 

[chickaroon]

If fit enough for 60-70 mins:

……………………….Ederson

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

………….KDB……………….Foden
Doku…………..Haaland….…..Grealish

I love this team. I could just be that Wright is the answer to our problems until January. Who knows?

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

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.

 

[Ric]

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.

 

[chaddblue]

My mobile ticket is not currently showing. Should I be concerned?

Nothing to be concerned about at all. Start panicking when it appears ;-)

 

[chaddblue]

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.

I’d say anything but a win means we’re in deep
Shit

 

[Fordyboy46]

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.

We simply have to win it, anything else and the alarm bells will be ringing that bit more