Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[RamboandBruno]

I think recent weeks have shown, we are almost always a better team with Pau in it.

[KRS]

Tough game. I have us finishing on 63pts and qualifying for CL so a draw or a win here is a bonus.

[eye digress]

I think recent weeks have shown, we are almost always a better team with Pau in it.

But he rarely plays three games per week past the new year.

[Ads]

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.

We play totally different away in Europe, always well within ourselves and with a total utilitarian style. That second half burst was all we needed. We've yet to lift a finger, let alone clench the fist in anger.

[Brend'Watkins]

Yep. Forest fans haven’t done their homework. Conserve energy, contain the opposition and dictate the pattern of play is what we do. Yes, we rode our luck at times but I fully expect them all to be fully focused for Sunday. Watkins to get his 100th goal for Aston Villa.

[Ian.]

I’ve just seen online we haven’t won there since Big Ron, however I guess that’s because we haven’t played them an awful lot. The team Ron picked though was something else! It looked like 5,1,4

[rob_bridge]

Yep. Forest fans haven’t done their homework. Conserve energy, contain the opposition and dictate the pattern of play is what we do. Yes, we rode our luck at times but I fully expect them all to be fully focused for Sunday. Watkins to get his 100th goal for Aston Villa.

The way Forest used to under their greatest ever manager. Some of the older ones should know better.

[PeterWithesShin]

I’ve just seen online we haven’t won there since Big Ron, however I guess that’s because we haven’t played them an awful lot. The team Ron picked though was something else! It looked like 5,1,4

[Ian.]

For a minute I thought that was a clear picture for 1993. Then I saw a young McGinn!

Well, just shows kids, don’t believe everything you read on the World Wide Web.

[Mellin]

Zero recollection of that game. He loves that low driven strike from outside the box doesn't he, the little ledge.

[Somniloquism]

For a minute I thought that was a clear picture for 1993. Then I saw a young McGinn!

Well, just shows kids, don’t believe everything you read on the World Wide Web.

Your stat would be fine if you added "in the top flight".

[RamboandBruno]

Zero recollection of that game. He loves that low driven strike from outside the box doesn't he, the little ledge.

Remember it clearly. It was a few days after we beat Blues, when Grealish got thumped and scored, the Forest game was probably the 3rd or 4th game in the 10 game run and the play offs were starting to come into view.