Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[SaddVillan]

Forest created one real chance - the Dibu wonder save. And the pen.

Ortega made 2 decent saves in the first half and blocked Ollie's effort in the 2nd half.

Onana went off injured - should be back for the 2nd leg.

The ref/VAR were cretinous re Anderson's tackle on Watkins - a yellow at least, probably a red, but not even reviewed - how so?

Gloom and doom as ever when we lose.

Needed to be more opportunistic/aggressive when we broke forward - perhaps some shots from distance Duran style?

A rocking Villa Park next week channelling our PSG vibe - should see us through.

[curiousorange]

It does have the distinct feeling of a deflating balloon with no obvious puncture.

[Le Lapin]

It's like we can't go up that extra gear to finish off teams and we get in a rut for a few games until we discover we have an extra level and then we look world beaters again. We have it in us to put Forest away, but we seem content to play within outselves and tiptap the ball around with no end product. Need to find our Mojo fast or we are done in the second leg. They'll sit back.

[Ianu]

If somebody could explain to me how Anderton stays on the pitch I'd appreciate it.

We were all too polite

[PeterWithesShin]

We played ok. We know what we are capable of when we play well and tonight wasn't it.

[RichardBatchelor]

Too many shit performances

Digne
Tielemans
Glass legs Onana
Mcginn
Bogarde   fuck me
Buendia   abysmal

Not over but we will need an early goal

Ref atrocious

Onana played well.

[PaulWinch again]

Genuine question - can Anderson be retrospectively punished? Or is that gone? I’m outraged that he did that and waved Ollie to get up.

[Ads]

These ****** think they've won it. Fireworks the lot, the 6 fingered fucking slags.

[Clark W Griswold]

Buendia has had his moments but as the season has gone on its become more obvious that he should only really be used as a super sub, when the opposition are fucked and he can hurt them with fresh legs and clever play around the penalty area. As a starter he's mostly a liability.

[kippaxvilla2]

Next week is going to be the defining moment in Unai’s tenure.

[Nii Lamptey]

Rogers, for a bloody big fella, is getting knocked off the ball far too easily lately. A far cry from the player who had Declan Rice bouncing off him when he broke into the team.
If he’s being doubled up on, stop holding onto the ball so long and bloody release it!
Fuming! How many more times are we going to shit the bed when it matters?!
Forward play across the team was abysmal tonight. If Onana is missing next week. I think we can kiss goodbye to Istanbul.

[Ian.]

Onana was superb, the rest were shit.

Konsa and Big Emi played well

Actually, you’re quite right, Konsa did play very and after Onana went off it was really only him trying to drive us forward.

[amfy]

VAR is supposed to be there for clear and obvious errors, yet can call a ball a millimetre in play, and not call a near leg breaking challenge.

[Vegas]

Onana was really good

[ez]

It was actually the kind of performance i feared tonight. It's carried over from the Fulham game.