Does 9th mean anything to you? Perhaps not, but it should, because 9th is the highest placed team in the division that Forest have managed to beat to date.
Those with an eye for a easy stat and a view of the table will note that Forest, Derby and Rotherham have all scored one point per game; that leaves the Wendies with 0.79 and Wycombe with 0.65 points per game.
The counter argument to this might point out that no team up to 18th place [QPR] has actually won more than 6 games and the difference lies in converting loses into draws.
Which ever argument that you pick, the statement 'there are going to be three worse teams than Forest' doesn't look like a nailed on certainty just now, certainly not to me anyway.
Barnsley famous for it's chop, are riding comfortably in 12th place, W 10, drawn 5, lost 11; perhaps more importantly they've conceded 34 goals to date, only Wycombe can beat that with 35.
We need to beat them!
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posted on 31/1/21
I think personally hughton is objectively a good manager. Pragmatic, and abit dull, but a consistently successful manager at our level and above. In Forest fashion, if Messi signed today he’d struggle to look average. There’s just something about our set up that saps the potential out of any player than didn’t come through to academy.
I don’t get why grabban is starting as captain, when he is not a captain, has something like the worst shot accuracy of any strikers in the league, and Taylor who’s on the bench had scored more than double than him with much less time. I can’t see this being a choice, but more a condition to play under?
Why do somewhere like half of our players play only one, or no games before being shipped off 6 months later?
posted on 31/1/21
Judging on our performance/results over the last eight ( or so) league games we are playing poorly (hoofing it) but picking up points.
The question is should we continue hoofing it while we are picking up points or do we switch to an expansive game and risk more pointless games.
Hoof it and stay up? Tippy-Tappy and go down?
posted on 31/1/21
My hope was the Greeks would have built an identity more than that team “trying to get back”, after two decades and three owners. But we actually have less of an identity now than when they started. They’ve not really ‘built’ anything because the Greeks vision only includes the prize and not the path to get there.
I think(hope) Chris will keep us up. Krovinovic will definitely help, and garner will hopefully help and we’ll hopefully squeak over the line. But I’m apprehensive over next season. Our best attackers are loanees and Sow, ameobi, and rebiero will be out of contract in the summer.
....I went on a bit of a tangent there. Decent point. Coventry AND Wycombe are must wins though.
posted on 31/1/21
Trouble is, there is no improvement in team performance's, although what can you expect with a squad of loanee's & journeymen?
Just beating Coventry & Wycombe may not be enough.
Plus Marinakis shows no desire to get rid of Vrentzos who is the architect of this mess.
posted on 31/1/21
Talking about team quality.
Journo’s saying sow is off and Murray is in.
While I’m not gonna jump on Glen for his age, there’s no point in bolstering up front if we have no hope in hell in winning the midfield battle.
We need that platform in the middle of the park to spring off. We lost most of it when we let Watson leave, if we lose Sow without replacing him then we’ll be all engine and little else.
posted on 31/1/21
That's speculation, why sign Garner, but not bring back Johnson from Lincoln?
posted on 31/1/21
comment by Red Forest Bear [Bear Knows] (U6288)
posted 18 minutes ago
That's speculation, why sign Garner, but not bring back Johnson from Lincoln?
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I think he is more a defensive midfielder than Johnson; also Garner has played twenty games in the Championship this season.
posted on 31/1/21
And we definitely need MORE defensive midfielders, god forbid we should get an attacking one.
posted on 31/1/21
comment by caniggiaforforest (U6917)
posted 22 hours, 56 minutes ago
comment by Morninchile (U18154)
posted about an hour ago
CH has an equivalent record to Cotteril, Karanka, Montanier and Pearce. When I say equivalent...I actually mean worse.
Poor performances, poor results and no goals.
We’re a counter attacking side being forced to play his poor brand of football.
Not a fan, I’ll be happy when he leaves.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C.
Then look at manager and search by Won %.
FYI....I'm not bothered by CH's record prior to getting here.
posted on 1/2/21
comment by Morninchile (U18154)
posted 22 hours, 8 minutes ago
comment by caniggiaforforest (U6917)
posted 22 hours, 56 minutes ago
comment by Morninchile (U18154)
posted about an hour ago
CH has an equivalent record to Cotteril, Karanka, Montanier and Pearce. When I say equivalent...I actually mean worse.
Poor performances, poor results and no goals.
We’re a counter attacking side being forced to play his poor brand of football.
Not a fan, I’ll be happy when he leaves.
----------------------------------------------------------------------Please explain how his record is similar to those.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C.
Then look at manager and search by Won %.
FYI....I'm not bothered by CH's record prior to getting here.
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Good job you weren’t on interview panel!