Pre Match Pre Match - Nottingham Forest (H) - Sat 14th Sept 15:00

[ibromurph]

Forest barely created anything up until the subs.

But when Slot made the subs and took off our controller (in Macca) and put TAA there, we became far too open.

It was like I was watching Man United today and their end to end BS basketball, which is roll-of-the-dice football. We rolled the dice too early and lost. You do that in the 90th minute if you need a win. Not the 60th.

 

[Frogfish]

Nunos first points against us.

He did win a cup game though ... and there was that Nunez 97th minuter goal too.

 

[Mojo]

Game decided by the subs of both teams.
Ours fucked our game up further and theirs won them the game.

Slot definitely should have rotated after the international break.

Forest executed a perfect away game plan for a mid table team against one of the top teams.

But yeah, shit happens.
On to the next one.

 

[Fabio]

Bradley? Mo. Fucked up practically everything he touched ... and that was a lot. Not sure if I've seen a worse performance from him.

Don't be expecting impartiality

 

[Frogfish]

Forest barely created anything up until the subs.

But when Slot made the subs and took off our controller (in Macca) and put TAA there, we became far too open.

It was like I was watching Man United today and their end to end BS, which is roll of the dice football. You do that in the 90th minute if you need a win. Not the 60th

Macca has played 2x90 internationals, got injured and flew half way around the world twice. No surprise he went off - but Endo would have been a better replacement than Jones by far.

 

[refugee]

To be fair to Dreamy, Bradley was awful.

 

[Fabio]

Game decided by the subs of both teams.
Ours fucked our game up further and theirs won them the game.

Slot definitely should have rotated after the international break.

Forest executed a perfect away game plan for a mid table team against one of the top teams.

But yeah, shit happens.
On to the next one.

Rotated who though? Every sub looked atrocious. We actively just looked worse and bereft of ideas and execution. We need a 10 who can create

 

[binomial]

With all due respect, fuck your rotations.

So you'd happily see us drop points just so you can get to see your faves start the game? They're not good enough. That first hour was shit, didn't create a fucking thing.

 

[StevieM]

Pish.

 

[Fabio]

To be fair to Dreamy, Bradley was awful.

Absolutely true, but to single out one player (a fucking kid no less) in a team filled with awful performances is shit.

 

[Tinto]

Forget about the result. The subs, tactics from 60mins onward and performance were VERY concerning.

We got worse as each sub came on and turned a very controlled performance (where we are creating chances, but not having the final balls) to a basketball game where Forest become the favourite.

This was always going to be a season in which Slot learns about the Premier League. Team will defend with an intensity and discipline that he won’t have experienced before.

 

[binomial]

Forest barely created anything up until the subs.

Neither did we.

The fact Arne had to go gung ho with the subs and surrender our midfield just to find one late goal at home to fucking Forest speaks volumes, it's embarrassing.

 

[Fabio]

Macca has played 2x90 internationals, got injured and flew half way around the world twice. No surprise he went off - but Endo would have been a better replacement than Jones by far.

Agree. I would have moved gravy forward and had endo sit.

 

[rubans]

Macca has played 2x90 internationals, got injured and flew half way around the world twice. No surprise he went off - but Endo would have been a better replacement than Jones by far.

He only played one 90 mins, he was rested for the other one.

 

[mwake]

Even when we had control of the midfield they had us at arm's length.

Couldn't regularly and effectively get any of our players past their defence either by dribbling and/or off the ball movement.

We looked lethargic; it's annoying to lose, but in the long term I feel that game performance was result of international game/travel tiredness.

 

[Hansern]

He only played one 90 mins, he was rested for the other one.

He was carrying a knock and played 120 mins in total

 

[Hansern]

We were insanely shit today. Horrendous.

That international break fucked up our rythmn

 

[ibromurph]

Neither did we.

The fact Arne had to go gung ho with the subs and surrender our midfield just to find one late goal at home to fucking Forest speaks volumes, it's embarrassing.

We got into better positions and it was a lack of quality final ball/delivery that cost us in the first 60mins.

Diaz hit the post. Jota missed a sitter from a great Macca cross.

We needed to be patient and make like for like subs.

Not change the entire formation and move TAA into midfield.

We'd also have been better off if he also took off the players having a stinker (Szobo and Salah), and not the ones who were doing OK.

 

[rubans]

Not sure it was all down to Internationals anyway. It’s going to be like this at times post Klopp possibly.

 

[refugee]

We got into better positions and it was a lack of quality final ball/delivery that cost us in the first 60mins.

Diaz hit the post. Jota missed a sitter from a great Macca cross.

We needed to be patient and make like for like subs.

Not change the entire formation and move TAA into midfield.

We'd also have been better off if he also took off the players having a stinker (Szobo and Salah), and not the ones who were doing OK.

All of this.

But also we should have made a summer signing to address the obvious weaknesses in the squad.

 

[Hansern]

Macca most likely only had a 60 mins performance in him today given the injury/knock.

Been a while since I’ve seen so many bad performances in one game. 80% of the team was shit.

 

[ibromurph]

Macca has played 2x90 internationals, got injured and flew half way around the world twice. No surprise he went off - but Endo would have been a better replacement than Jones by far.

He took Macca off for Bradley.

And moved TAA into RCM, where the game passed him by. And Gravy looked far too exposed in the CM, with no one beside him.

Perhaps if Endo was there and was subbed for Macca, then CHO doesn't cut inside like that unopposed to curl into the far post.

 

[Modo]

So you'd happily see us drop points just so you can get to see your faves start the game? They're not good enough. That first hour was shit, didn't create a fucking thing.

Their replacements didn't do shit either. We were good while they were on the pitch. We were in control. They didn't even want to come off

 

[rubans]

Not sure Diaz was doing anything of note to stay on post hitting the post. The front 3 were all pants, Mo being the worst of the lot. I wasn’t against any changes but lads who came on were worse if that was possible.

 

[refugee]

Absolutely true, but to single out one player (a fucking kid no less) in a team filled with awful performances is shit.

Yep. I know. But what he said was fact and i dont expect any better from him.

 

[MomoWASright]

It’s horrific that Mo and Soshite saw the final whistle. They were dross.

 

[binomial]

Their replacements didn't do shit either. We were good while they were on the pitch. We were in control. They didn't even want to come off

The subs are on Arne, just as much as the line up and tactics were.

We weren't good or in control unless you deem slow, boring, pointless, slow possession as being in control, it was a scrappy shit fest. If MGW wasn't so shit we'd have been 1 down at HT and we rode our luck with a few offside traps when they split us apart.

The game was petering out to a bore scoreless draw, we got desperate and Arne was clearly fed up, like myself, of the shit he was watching.

 

[Modo]

I had hoped that with a new manager, we'd finally stop giving Salah prefential treatment. Fuck me he was bad today, and he still kept him on the pitch!

 

[rubans]

It’s horrific that Mo and Soshite saw the final whistle. They were dross.

There wasn’t much option wise on the bench for the right side though.

 

[Modo]

The subs are on Arne, just as much as the line up and tactics were.

We weren't good or in control, it was a scrappy shit fest.

The game was petering out to a bore scoreless draw, we got desperate and Arne was clearly fed up, like myself, of the shit he was watching.

Full on rotation for this game was never going to happen, one or two changes? Maybe.