Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa post-match thread

[JUAN PABLO]

The centre of defence is a shambles .
Konsa isn't a RB
Cash isn't a midfielder.

Square pegs in round holes .

It's not just about the defence though. We have the ball on the edge of their box and Watkins has a simple pass on for Barkley. He completely messed it up. That was followed by another four times when we got the ball back only to give it away every time. Cash was involved in three of them. But the clear foul on Cash was the clincher.

glad you saw it too , Edge .. 

[andyh]

It’s really really strange.
We have the ability to be patient, force errors in the opposition and then steal the ball back, either by a lose ball, a ‘nicked’ interception or a tackle.
But then invariably, after the hard work has been done in getting the ball back, we so often fuck up,the second phase and mis-control, get tackled or make a sloppy pass and give them the ball straight back.

It happens so so often,.

[SoccerHQ]

One of those how did we lose games but then on balance of play a draw at least for Forest was deserved.

Bit of an odd decision to take off Kamara in injury time as he would've tracked Elanga's run I'm sure.

Should've had a penalty first half and Wood was miles offside for the corner they scored from as Pau had to head clear from his presence, that is such a frustrating interpretation of the rule.

It's a missed opportunity. A win tonight would've put us into a very good position going into the Xmas games.

Forest are up there on merit and have similar profile to take Wolves team under Nuno.

[dorsetvillian]

I didn't think it was a foul on cash. It was definitely a penalty on Rogers though in the first half. Small margins..

[Rudy65]

We're still only 3 pts off top 4.

Could be 5 after tomorrow, but I still think we can qualify for the CL.

Badly need to sort the defence out though.

No chance. I like you optimism though.

[Small Rodent]

Only consolation is I won £90 on Duran scoring, booked, 3 shots and Cash 1 shot.

When Forest equalised I put £10 on them winning and won a further £70.

I only bet once a month on payday don’t was nice.

1-1 would have reflected the table more.

2-1 reflected our fragile defence.

[JUAN PABLO]

I have no idea why Konsa just didnt welly it up the pitch instead of putting cash under more pressure he needed .      We just love giving them the ball back in dangerous areas.

[PaulWinch again]

Thing is you would think our flimsy nature defensively is because we’re prioritising attack, but we’re pretty bloody disjointed going forward too.

[The Edge]

Yes, Cash was fouled in the build up for their winner. Yes, the ref was bad all game but this is all getting a bit repetitive and predictable now.

We spurn way too many chances and if we keep conceding 2 goals a game we’ll finish the season behind the likes of Forest who aren’t a particularly talented team - they just try harder than us and that I just can’t accept.

Never a foul in a million years

Is this sarcasm?

[pelty]

One of the worst reffed games I have ever seen. A clear pen and a foul on Cash in the buildup to their goal.

[VillaTim]

The centre of defence is a shambles .
Konsa isn't a RB
Cash isn't a midfielder.

Square pegs in round holes .

It's not just about the defence though. We have the ball on the edge of their box and Watkins has a simple pass on for Barkley. He completely messed it up. That was followed by another four times when we got the ball back only to give it away every time. Cash was involved in three of them. But the clear foul on Cash was the clincher.

Even before that I think it's Carlos launching the ball when we really should be keeping hold of it

[Rudy65]

We really need to stop dropping to the ground at every challenge and waiting for the whistle. Every single fucking game. All game today. Play to the whistle. Keep after the ball.
There were 2-3 challenges just before the one on Cash prior to their winner. Every time we just let Forest carry on hoping the ref would blow. He didn't.
Stop trying to fucking cheat and play the game.

Yes the Rogers penalty incident was arguably a foul but he could easily have kept on his feet and got a cross in. No, he falls to the ground and Forest retrieve it.

Really frustrating way to lose a game that we'd taken control in with the goal.

That's my biggest bugbear about todays game. It's one of the most annoying things we continue to do every single game too. Are other teams this bad? Because we don't tend to see the opponents doing this anywhere near as much as we do.

Rogers fell to the ground because he was pulled over. He can’t defy the laws of physics. It was outside the box initially but should have been a free kick to us. The ref let them get away with everything.

He fell over to win a pen when it was easier to continue. He should have kept going

[PhilVill]

The right side needs sorting. Until it is, we have no chance of 4th/5th this year. But, a long way to go. It's been obvious for quite some time that Cash is nowhere near good enough. However, one ot two others were pretty shite too

[taylorsworkrate]

Yes, Cash was fouled in the build up for their winner. Yes, the ref was bad all game but this is all getting a bit repetitive and predictable now.

We spurn way too many chances and if we keep conceding 2 goals a game we’ll finish the season behind the likes of Forest who aren’t a particularly talented team - they just try harder than us and that I just can’t accept.

Never a foul in a million years

Cash was pushed over. Watch it again if you can. Blatant.

Absolutely not. Cash embarrassed himself twice in the space of 30 seconds

[ozzjim]

1. It was a pen.
2. It was a clear fucking foul on Cash.

Now that's out the way ...

Carlos is the most brainless footballer I've had the misfortune to watch. Blokes a fucking useless lump and needs to go, anywhere that will have him..

Cash should have been subbed on 80, he couldn't run.

We were clueless after we scored, and got bang on what we deserved. Fine the lot and give it to the homeless for Christmas, because that bunch of bottle jobs don't deserve it.