Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Yep they struggle to score, but they don’t typically lose at home I don’t think.

[eamonn]

You're not tired when you win. Ollie said he could play another 90 minutes in his interview on the pitch after the game last night.

No excuses, it's time we beat them up in the Àlex Moreno/Steve Stone derby.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

No excuses, it's time we beat them up in the Àlex Moreno/Steve Stone derby.

The Steve Hodge derby anyone ?

[RamboandBruno]

Haven’t beaten them at the city ground since they came back up, time for that to change and I think it will.
I really doubt we’ll see loads of changes now, its more about the timing of the subs.

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Maatsen
Onana
Tielemans
McGinn
Watkins
Rogers
Beundia

Dougie and Barkley to replay Youri and McGinn on 60ish mins, Bailey will probably come on for Emi B.

2-1 us (Watkins 2)

[brontebilly]

Their pitch always seems to play tight, lots of physical contests all over the pitch. Might not suit the likes of Barkley and definitely not Bailey. They seemed to rotate their squad more than us last night, MGW getting hooked early, CHO not used. Forest are in a false position with their players I think v West Ham for example who have very little quality. Forest have been spectacularly mismanaged this season but have some very good players. Going to be a tough game but when it opens up we have the quality to take advantage.

[usav]

0-1, Paul McGrath header from a corner.

[Villa in Denmark]

Their pitch always seems to play tight, lots of physical contests all over the pitch. Might not suit the likes of Barkley and definitely not Bailey. They seemed to rotate their squad more than us last night, MGW getting hooked early, CHO not used. Forest are in a false position with their players I think v West Ham for example who have very little quality. Forest have been spectacularly mismanaged this season but have some very good players. Going to be a tough game but when it opens up we have the quality to take advantage.

Odd that as before standardised pitches where possible, I'm sure The City Ground was the widest pitch in England. You can still see it with the large distance between touchline and dugouts.

[LeeB]

0-1, Paul McGrath header from a corner.

What a day that was.

[cdbearsfan]

There isn't a team in the league that is more reliant on one player than Forest. So, of course he is back just on time to play us after six months out. Would start Mings against that thug.

[LeeB]

Reading some of their comments they sem to be banking on us being tired having played our 1st team last night, which is a bit of a desservice to our record after European games this season and the fact we've not played beforehand.

I honestly don't see fatigue being an issue for us at all, if anything last night was an excercise in getting back up to speed after the break.

We'll need to be at it, and it might be a game for Pau to sit out but personally in favour of Lindelof. They've got some good players but they're where they are because they're mostly shite and last season was a bit of an aberration in the grand scheme of things.

[kippaxvilla2]

2-2

[eamonn]

There isn't a team in the league that is more reliant on one player than Forest. So, of course he is back just on time to play us after six months out. Would start Mings against that thug.

Gibbs-White is their talisman, not that lanky kiwi.

[eye digress]

Expect Pau won’t play, or Onana.

Hoping for a controlled schooling of the Newcastle post-Fener ilk. Now is our time.

[N'ZMAV]

we're going to turn into mentality monsters and win this. Watkins and Tammy in a 2-0 win.

[Legion]

0-2