The ref will be important in these fixtures. Their main thing is ability to mix it up with physical duels and body on the line defending. In the PL, any breaking of the lines sees their midfield hauling opposition players over, until somebody is booked (usually after about 6 goes in the PL). Given breaking the lines is one of our main things, hopefully the yellows come out sooner. We're at our best when we're aggressive in midfield in how we press and the parts of the pitch we do this in - this is why SJM is so very important to how we play because he's one of the best at it along with shielding and getting turned on the ball under pressure.
If SJM is at it and the ref doesn't allow Forest to wrestle too much, I'm pretty confident we'll have the quality to beat them tomorrow.
