Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Let’s be clear there’s two things here - it’s not an ideal result, but it’s far from a disaster. We wouldn’t have taken it before the game, but it’s a manageable scoreline.

However, it was a deliberate approach to focus on control - which isn’t a surprise - but in doing so that was clearly with the primary intent of not conceding. As a result we struggled to change gear when we went behind.

We have to take a different approach in the home leg - I’m not meaning complete hell for leather attack, but we have to be so much more coherent and purposeful in attack. We’re highly unlikely to go through if we only create a handful of chances.

[Rigadon]

It was important that the ref didn’t let them get away with their usual wrestling.   But he did.  They got the marginal decisions. 

They are the ugliest team, both facially and in how they play. 

[Max Villan]

Still gutted this morning. I mean just by the law of averages we should be getting through one of these semi finals, but we always manage to find a way to Villa it all up.

We've got a chance next week but I can't deal with getting my hopes up again.

[PaulWinch again]

Carrying on from before the match, I don't think I've ever seen a more biased report than Nick the prick Mashiter on the BBC. 

Yes I don’t really get his agenda.

[curiousorange]

They are the ugliest team, both facially and in how they play.

And yet these are the qualities of knockout football which seems to stop us winning competitions. No guile, no acknowledgement that marginal decisions can be unfair. And a troglodyte Forest team is in with a better chance of winning a trophy than us because they're not looking to win friends.

[RamboandBruno]

Didn’t comment last night as everyone seemed a bit fraught. I was the most nervous before a game than I can ever remember, stakes being high for all sorts of reasons and deep down I feared coming away two or three down
I dont know if its because i watched it in the Warehouse, which a rocking good atmosphere to be honest, really really loud, that I just didn’t see the turgidity that some people mentioned.
I saw a bit of a blood and thunder game, with two teams going at each other and a draw would of been a completely fair result. We make a mistake and get punished, before that they should of been down to ten men for a shocking tackle and in one way or another that changes the game.

They had the chance when Martinez makes a worldie, we had the chance when it came at Watkins quickly.

Im really not be one eyed here, but there is not a part of me that does not envisage us winning that game of football next Thursday.

[Beard82]

First time I can remember Emery being very vocal about the decision not to send off Anderson. He's not very happy at all.

Long overdue really. We might not like it and hate it when others do it but we’ve been far too passive about past poor decisions that have gone against us in the past and we’ve had to tolerate some absolute whoppers.

The standard of refs is such we have to do it as it’s the only way to get a decision

[Nunkin1965]

Didn’t comment last night as everyone seemed a bit fraught. I was the most nervous before a game than I can ever remember, stakes being high for all sorts of reasons and deep down I feared coming away two or three down
I dont know if its because i watched it in the Warehouse, which a rocking good atmosphere to be honest, really really loud, that I just didn’t see the turgidity that some people mentioned.
I saw a bit of a blood and thunder game, with two teams going at each other and a draw would of been a completely fair result. We make a mistake and get punished, before that they should of been down to ten men for a shocking tackle and in one way or another that changes the game.

They had the chance when Martinez makes a worldie, we had the chance when it came at Watkins quickly.

Im really not be one eyed here, but there is not a part of me that does not envisage us winning that game of football next Thursday.

I'm in agreement with this and yes a big shout for The Warehouse atmosphere last night.
I think we were at the wrong end of a very tight game which I think we put right next week.

[Beard82]

I do not and WILL NOT believe that Monty is ten years younger than me.

That's the most shocking thing I've read on this thread. My mental image of him is at least a decade or two older.

This has been my main take away from the night.  Villa lost, vars shit and I’m old