Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[ChicagoLion]

Come and press us. Please. Relentlessly. All game and all tie. We'd absolutely haaaaate to create space in your midfield like that. Brutally efficient transitions are not something we enjoy at all.

Indeed, anything they do to open the game works in our favour. What we don’t want is them sitting back.

Which is what they will do, Masters of the low block, swamp midfield hit on the break.

So they are great at a high press and masters of the low block at the same time. Impressive.

That would be impressive.

[martin o`who??]

Cole Palmer has the unique distinction of somehow making Garnacho look handsome.

[Mister E]

I'm not one of those panicking but I hope for more intensity, purpose and pace. When we revert to the slow, slow build-up we become very predictable.

I have not seen anyone panicking or say we shouldn’t bother.

Plenty of post-Fulham doomsters...

[Des Little]

I’d gladly take us absolutely stinking the City Ground out to high heaven and coming home with a draw.

[ChicagoLion]

I'm not one of those panicking but I hope for more intensity, purpose and pace. When we revert to the slow, slow build-up we become very predictable.

I have not seen anyone panicking or say we shouldn’t bother.

Plenty of post-Fulham doomsters...

It was a horrible performance and on the back of it people are a bit pessimistic.
No big deal.

[Richard E]

I’d gladly take us absolutely stinking the City Ground out to high heaven and coming home with a draw.

You must feel a bit torn, being a former Forest player.

[brontebilly]

Torres can't be as bad again. McGinn and Tielemans won't be either. Lindelof needs to start ahead of Konsa though, he's in better form and was outstanding at Forest a couple of weeks ago. Not sure why Digne is back playing two games every week either, was abysmal yesterday and poor at Forest. Would like to see Maatsen back in there. Onana played really well at Forest but if he's out again then im sure what we go with. Bogarde definitely isn't the answer and Luiz/Tielemans rarely was in the past. I think we are going to see a response to the no show at Fulham and a hard fought 1-1 draw.

[Sexual Ealing]

I'm not one of those panicking but I hope for more intensity, purpose and pace. When we revert to the slow, slow build-up we become very predictable.

I have not seen anyone panicking or say we shouldn’t bother.

Plenty of post-Fulham doomsters...

Why wouldn't there be? This is all following a familiar pattern.

[eamonn]

I’d gladly take us absolutely stinking the City Ground out to high heaven and coming home with a draw.

You must feel a bit torn, being a former Forest player.

It's the thing we haven't ever dared to say since Des is an intelligent and funny poster but l guess it is now finally time for him to explain himself. The changing of Lyttle to Little is surely subterfuge.

[Des Little]

I’d gladly take us absolutely stinking the City Ground out to high heaven and coming home with a draw.

You must feel a bit torn, being a former Forest player.

It's the thing we haven't ever dared to say since Des is an intelligent and funny poster but l guess it is now finally time for him to explain himself. The changing of Lyttle to Little is surely subterfuge.

Ha I’ll take intelligent all day long thank you! Des is actually a hybrid of my two (printable) nicknames to form a username - and before anyone says it, the Little bit has nothing to do with my lack of prowess

[Sexual Ealing]

I’d gladly take us absolutely stinking the City Ground out to high heaven and coming home with a draw.

You must feel a bit torn, being a former Forest player.

It's the thing we haven't ever dared to say since Des is an intelligent and funny poster but l guess it is now finally time for him to explain himself. The changing of Lyttle to Little is surely subterfuge.

Ha I’ll take intelligent all day long thank you! Des is actually a hybrid of my two (printable) nicknames to form a username - and before anyone says it, the Little bit has nothing to do with my lack of prowess

Ah, Degsy or Potless Bigcock, we meet at last.

[Baldy]

Wrong thread.

[eamonn]

Wrong thread.

Impossible as the posts above prove!