Forest v Villa - Match Thread

[myf]

Huge gaff not to bring a decent keeper in or even keep Gollini. Spend all that cash and we have an inexperienced no.1. Place is a mess

[Boz]

just eleven individuals who lack cohesion lots of talent but don't know their jobs

It's up to Bruce now, his team, his responsibility for the team selection, style of play and squad format but most of all, teach them how to keep possession and pass to each other.

[SoccerHQ]

Just a mid table scrap...will probably end as it is.

[Axl Rose]

What game you watching? They've done fuck all.

I think they just look far more comfortable in possession, they can find a man with a pass, they have shape. We are bereft of these aspects.

Let's hope we do them second half.

[Steve67]

We are simply not working hard to close down when out of possession. Surely Bruce and the players must have seen a tape of the Brentford game
and seen this was just not acceptable even when playing badly. Drives me crazy!

This. Fucking push up and take the game to Forest. The forwards are having to conjure their own chances. Close down from a higher line all over the park.

[Ads]

Their football knocking square balls 40 yards from goal. That's the adventurous, superior football?

They're shit. We need to drive at them as they're woeful at the back.

[manic-road]

What game you watching? They've done fuck all.

I think they just look far more comfortable in possession, they can find a man with a pass, they have shape. We are bereft of these aspects.

Let's hope we do them second half.

We have let them have possession and they have done f all with it, where we have created chances to be three up.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Forest have looked fucking awful.

Not a problem, though, when playing us, there's always a random gift knocking about somewhere.

Does anyone have any doubt whatsoever regarding what is going to happen in the second half?

Our players always give fans something to cheer about no matter how dire the season has been and how desperate things are. Problem is its the fans of other clubs.

[jwarry]

We are simply not working hard to close down when out of possession. Surely Bruce and the players must have seen a tape of the Brentford game
and seen this was just not acceptable even when playing badly. Drives me crazy!

Don't thinks it's not working hard enough, it looks deliberate to me. They are obviously under orders to let them have then all in their own half. I really don't understand it,  I could if we were playing a top PL side but it's Forest for God sake!

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

just eleven individuals who lack cohesion lots of talent but don't know their jobs

It's up to Bruce now, his team, his responsibility for the team selection, style of play and squad format but most of all, teach them how to keep possession and pass to each other.

Exactly. Time for some coaching over the next however many months.

[KevinGage]

Elphick dangerous in both penalty areas.  The bonus of having him up that high is he is less likely to gub it near his own box, I suppose.

Rookie keeper making a mistake?  Bet none of us could see that one coming. Three duds in a row is quite impressive. 

[Dave]

Thank goodness we're helping ManYoo road test their mediocre young goalkeepers rather than trying to develop our own.

[auntiesledd]

So, an unexpected lead eventually followed by an equaliser - after playing like a bunch of clueless knob-'eads.

Classic Villa.   

[Nelly]

Their football knocking square balls 40 yards from goal. That's the adventurous, superior football?

They're shit. We need to drive at them as they're woeful at the back.

They were able to keep possession, pass it to their own players. That's better than how we played that half. They were always looking for something down our left and we were camped in our own half towards the end of that half. If Forest were shit, what were we?! I'm hoping for better football from us eventually.

[brontebilly]

Two really poor teams. Are Forest really that threatening that we need to stand off them a mile? Piss poor to watch, keepers error was poor but we don't deserve anything playing that type of muck football.