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Author Topic: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread  (Read 16877 times)

Offline andyh

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #60 on: September 23, 2017, 08:36:23 PM »
Did we score with our only second half shot?
I don’t recall another effort in the second 45 minutes.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #61 on: September 23, 2017, 08:46:36 PM »
Hourihane hit one with his right foot that went for a throw in

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #62 on: September 23, 2017, 08:55:50 PM »
Two wins in two, weren't the better side in either of them really, but hey technically speaking we've fucked them, so, YES.

I know Barnsley have more posession but come on they hardly had a shot last week until they were 3 down.

I'm happy enough with that. Forest are a tricky team and that is a good example of the sort of game we were incapable of winning last season.

Starting to get momentum for a top 6 challenge. We're still way off top 2 target though. Put it bluntly there are better teams at this level than us once the whistle goes so we need to improve much more.

At least there's better balance in the final third. Pace of Adomah and Snodgrass has added guile. Whisper it quietly but Hourihane is starting to become very influential like he was at his previous clubs so there are actually positives if people can divert away from the anti-Bruce agenda for five minutes.

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #63 on: September 23, 2017, 08:57:03 PM »
Three points, all that matters. Beer on train back to Cymru, off to Burton on Tuesday. Then Bolton, top six, here we go!

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #64 on: September 23, 2017, 08:58:41 PM »
Odd game. We looked good going forward now and again but mostly pretty disjointed and shite.  Forest were no better. 
Would love to know what they do all week in BMH ?   Answers on a postcard.....

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #65 on: September 23, 2017, 09:07:35 PM »
Better.

Thought we were on the front foot more than Forest in the first half - even if they did see more of the ball.

Felt like we had more intent.

A bit patchy second half, but aside from SJ's save in the last 10 minutes, I don't think Forest offered a whole lot.

We showed good game management in the four minutes + injury time. Playing most of the Football in Forest's half.

If we had turned in a few more performances like today and Barnsley over the last 12 months, the speculation about Bruce's job wouldn't be so intense. That's on him though, as he has served up rubbish, for the most part.

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #66 on: September 23, 2017, 09:08:20 PM »
Agreed.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #67 on: September 23, 2017, 09:12:37 PM »
Crazy stat on sky today: of the 2-2 game a year ago, the number of players who started both games?

1 for Villa and 1 for Forest

Edit- actually I make it two for us - Kodjia and Chester. But still

« Last Edit: September 23, 2017, 09:14:42 PM by Matt Collins »

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #68 on: September 23, 2017, 09:14:03 PM »
Better.

Thought we were on the front foot more than Forest in the first half - even if they did see more of the ball.

Felt like we had more intent.

A bit patchy second half, but aside from SJ's save in the last 10 minutes, I don't think Forest offered a whole lot.

We showed good game management in the four minutes + injury time. Playing most of the Football in Forest's half.

If we had turned in a few more performances like today and Barnsley over the last 12 months, the speculation about Bruce's job wouldn't be so intense. That's on him though, as he has served up rubbish, for the most part.

Add the one that just skipped past the post off the back of his foot as well, that one was a bit of an extra life for me.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #69 on: September 23, 2017, 09:15:58 PM »
Forest never really looked like scoring apart from a 5 minute spell where they could easily have had three: the goal, that shot Johnstone saves with his feet, and a free header

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #70 on: September 23, 2017, 09:17:51 PM »
Why are we so flat at the start of every second half?

Offline LukeJames

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #71 on: September 23, 2017, 09:22:58 PM »
Its not nice watching us at all, even when we win i'm a bit bored.

Kodjia seems to be dividing opinion on this game, I thought he looked lively and a constant menace, his ball for Adomahs goal was excellent.

My biggest issue was Elohamady, that bloke with the dreads constantly skinned him or got in behind him in the second half, his positioning was scary.

Still a wins a win and all that, should be looking at 6 from the next two and setting us up in some good form, results wise, for the Wolves game.

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #72 on: September 23, 2017, 09:25:23 PM »
A bit shambolick at times but we won so......👍😀

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #73 on: September 23, 2017, 09:26:38 PM »
I thought once we got in front we could easily have put the game to bed by half time. Forest were always bound to be not quite as poor in the second half. Even so, to the extent they had chances these largely arose from our mistakes rather than anything much they did. Over the 90 minutes we deserved to win.

I thought Matt Mills was fortunate to still be on the pitch by the end and very lucky not to get booked until the 89th minute.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Invincibles vs Forest post-match thread
« Reply #74 on: September 23, 2017, 09:27:45 PM »
Why are we so flat at the start of every second half?

That is definitely a pattern - and we concede a lot in that spell. This doesn't reflect well on Bruce and he needs to sort it

 


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