Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[dorsetvillian]

Anderson and Gibbs White had very little influence on the game when compared to Rogers, who seems to be getting all sorts of stick.

[brontebilly]

Anderson and Gibbs White had very little influence on the game when compared to Rogers, who seems to be getting all sorts of stick.

Rogers seems to be getting blame for some here for their goal. He certainly was sloppy retaining possession on a couple of occasions in the lead up to their goal, didn't help but unfair to blame him for goal being conceded on other side a few plays later. If anything McGinn didn't cover himself in glory trying to block that shot. First half, Rogers delivered a lot of quality with three cracking plays. That's levels above what he has shown for weeks. Second half was poor though and that miss was incredible.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Completely forgot MGW was on the pitch.Anonymous.

[eamonn]

Onana was good but I thought McGinn was the difference. That nous and physicality, perfect against their big lads.

[Nev]

Onana wasn't great during the bad run, but since SJM returned he's played really well. Having to carry the midfield alone is too much for him but alongside SJM and the likes of Kamara, he's great.

[eye digress]

A word for Onana who I thought was excellent yesterday, won the battle vs Anderson and Sangare quite easily, his progressive passing was also good which was needed, given Youri didn't have his best game. He's a cheat code defensively - makes so many interceptions, tackles and covers ground so well.

Agreed, he was everywhere yesterday.

[Beard82]

Onana wasn't great during the bad run, but since SJM returned he's played really well. Having to carry the midfield alone is too much for him but alongside SJM and the likes of Kamara, he's great.

Agreed - I thought he went missing a bit during the Great Midfield Injury Crisis but has been much better the few game

[Brazilian Villain]

Rogers seems to be getting blame for some here for their goal. He certainly was sloppy retaining possession on a couple of occasions in the lead up to their goal, didn't help but unfair to blame him for goal being conceded on other side a few plays later. If anything McGinn didn't cover himself in glory trying to block that shot. First half, Rogers delivered a lot of quality with three cracking plays. That's levels above what he has shown for weeks. Second half was poor though and that miss was incredible.

Agree with that wrt their goal. tThere was a long gap after Rogers losing possession as it went across the pitch, and McGinn could have been much closer to him. I thought Watkins late miss was far worse than Morgan's, as the latter had a defender sliding across to try and block it as he shot, whereas Ollie was straight through on goal.

[Chris Smith]

Anderson and Gibbs White had very little influence on the game when compared to Rogers, who seems to be getting all sorts of stick.

Rogers seems to be getting blame for some here for their goal. He certainly was sloppy retaining possession on a couple of occasions in the lead up to their goal, didn't help but unfair to blame him for goal being conceded on other side a few plays later. If anything McGinn didn't cover himself in glory trying to block that shot. First half, Rogers delivered a lot of quality with three cracking plays. That's levels above what he has shown for weeks. Second half was poor though and that miss was incredible.

I don’t think it’s unfair, losing possession on the edge of the area inevitably means players are out of position as they have moved to receive the ball. Once you might get away with it but twice in quick succession is just asking for trouble. It’s why Unai seems to value ball retention above everything.

[RamboandBruno]

Somebody need to buy that lot a map. Every season they give it Yam-Yam and they're not being ironic about it wither, they're just thick.

Missed 3 sitters second half, McGinn bullied them. Perhaps a little jaded in the finer details because of Thursday, it was biblical rain again. Two domestic away days on the spin its waited to hammer it down en route.

All in all another point gained- but we dropped 2.

If we do play them.in the semi-final, then there is absolutely no excuse. They're dire.

I think it was a decent point in terms of a result, but it was a frustrating game really given the position three points would have put us in.  Rogers and Watkins missed three very good chances between them, which had one of them been taken, would have probably been.enough to get us a win.

I just find our players a strange bunch at times, particularly away from home.  Today, I just didn't see a group of players desperately fighting for a Champions League spot.  Same at Wolves last month.  Same at Old Trafford last season when there was a Champions League spot well and truly on the line.  Same at Wembley when there was a place in the FA Cup final up for grabs.  I see Unai Emery going through it on the sidelines, but just don't see it on tje pitch at times.

I'm not as confident about facing them in Europe after seeing that today.  I don't think they are a great side at all, but they cranked up the physicality in the second half and we struggled.  Could see the away leg of a potential semi-final against them being exactly the sort of game I wouldn't fancy our lot in to be honest.

I don’t think you can compare yesterday to the Wolves game or the Man U game last season. Its quite selective games when we’ve ‘failed’. You can argue we chocked against Palace in the cup and at Man U snd that would be a reasonable comment, but I really don’t see how that’s related to yesterdays match.
Also what about all the games when we’ve succeeded relatively, qualifying for the champions league two seasons ago as an example.