Birmingham (H)
Samba was super-chilled against Coventry. Figs had a great game. Davis easily MotM. Not a bad performance from anyone. My girlfriend has never seen me so happy.
Onto Birmingham then and a chance to move up the table.
Win our game and we’re guaranteed 4th, as Huddersfield and Luton play each other. If they draw we move up to 3rd.
If Bournemouth lose to S.Utd the gap to autos could be just five points. A five point gap and a game against them would mean Auto’s are a serious possibility.
Just the 3 IF’s this week then!
League Form (last 10):
*Form Table: 2nd v 17th
*GF 21 GA 7 v GF 10 GA 12
*2.1 PPG v 1.2 PPG
Over the last six:
*Forest: W5 D1 L0 @ Home - GF 16 GA 3
*Birmingham: W1 D3 L2 Away - GF 8 GA 10
Birmingham have only won once since the start of November. A 2-1 win v Bristol City. We also beat them 3-0 at St. Andrew’s.
Team News:
They will be without Taylor, so that takes them down to GF 6 and a 0.8 PPG average, as he scored 3 and assisted one in their last ten games. He’s not played three times, with Birmingham drawing one and losing two of those.
No new injuries or returns mentioned, so i’d suspect the same side with possibly Lolley and Surridge starting.
Laryea patiently waiting on the bench.
Our U18s triumphed 3-1, for those who haven’t had the internet in a while. Will the match against Man U have decent coverage I wonder? Surely it deserves more than a Youtube stream.
Our U23s won 2-0 after Konate scored a brace (before Donnelly being sent off). Stoke our recent victims, as we moved up to 3rd in the table.
Prediction:
3-1 to Forest.
Coventry were decent enough, but we prevailed against the 12-men. Odds are we won’t get a ref that shocking again.
Keep on going Forest. Keep on going.
COYR!!!
Forest v Brum - Match Thread
posted on 9/4/22
4pts over Easter would be great
We would then be on 71pts with 5 to play, incredible position to be in all things considered.
posted on 9/4/22
Just looking at Easter fixtures in isolation
Forest
Luton A
West Brom H
Blackburn
Peterborough A
Stoke H
Middlesbrough
Bournemouth A
Huddersfield H
Millwall
Preston A
Hull H
Bournemouth ( couldn’t help myself)
Middlesbrough H
Coventry A
posted on 9/4/22
Hard to believe we're third after our start to the season.
Automatic promotion is quite possible now.
posted on 9/4/22
I have just run my spreadsheet again, which removes all points gained by teams in the first seven games, and we would still be in second place, but just ONE point behind Fulham and EIGHT points ahead of Bournemouth in third.
Absolutely staggering form.
posted on 9/4/22
comment by El Bosque [Basoa in Euskara] (U1617)
posted 3 hours, 49 minutes ago
I have just run my spreadsheet again, which removes all points gained by teams in the first seven games, and we would still be in second place, but just ONE point behind Fulham and EIGHT points ahead of Bournemouth in third.
Absolutely staggering form.
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Top of the form table Bosque. Huge game next Friday!
posted on 10/4/22
Game 39 April 9th 2022
Nottm Forest 2 - 0 Boremingham
Davis (5), McKenna (79)
FT
"It's quite surreal at the moment at Forest. It's like everything is perfect. Even the music before and after the game. And the Forza Garibaldi displays are great." (Stress)
Somebody once said that Shakespeare plays are full of quotes. So are Forest match days. Here is a selection of things what people said on Saturday April 9th 2022.
"I can't see anything." (kid in BC stand)
"Cut it back, Keinan! Cut it back! Oh for ... okay then, score." (loud bloke in Trent End)
"We've scored too early. You mark my words. We've scored too early." (old chap whose opinions are always accompanied by 'you mark my words' and who always leaves early to catch the last bus. The same bloke who used to rate Dexter Blackstock as 'rubbish' )
"Has anybody got any audio on Forest Player?" (people trying to get audio on Forest Player)
"Yesss!!!!" (somebody watching a dodgy feed with a three minute delay)
"Derby losing, Reading winning - c'mon, it's gonna be a nice day."
(somebody who remembers the unremarkable last line of 'The Tall T' starring Randolph Scott and Maureen O'Sullivan)
"Up to third as it stands, six behind the Muffs. Oh my giddy aunt." (some bloke who, having contracted a nervous bladder when Forest were crap, shouldn't really be attending football matches, or indeed saying things like 'Oh my giddy aunt' )
"We really need a second here." (same guy, same bladder)
"Rishi Sunak is a tiny, tiny man. I mean, genuinely tiny. Like a little clockwork toy. He really is." (woman behind discussing politics during half time)
"Bournemouth can't fail to have noticed that Forest are coming at them like a train." (BBC commentator who obviously reads our site)
"Davis is just a quality version of Antonio, isn't he?" (cheeky young bu. gger from Trent End lower)
"We'll blow this, you mark my words. Anyway, time to catch that last bus." (same old bloke, same bus)
"Boom!! Back of the head!!!" (universal acclamation of Scott McKenna's remarkable inverted header)
"Why aren't the other team any good?" (kid in BC stand)
"Slight issue - 2 home games but 5 away. Zincs sooo frustrating. Lolley looked good." (text from Stress)
"Everything okay h u.n?" (text from Stress to wrong woman)
"A third goal would settle the nerves." (bladder man)
"Over the circumstances this week my team were proper today." (Scott "Jawbone" Parker after the Sheff Undead draw displaying the loss of linguistic integrity typical of emotionally unstable Cockneys)
"I hope the referee gets banned and fined but that's not good enough." (Wayne Rooney, deploring the referee's decision not to dismiss his goalkeeper for reckless endangerment. Or something)
"Go Rams!" (guess who, Twatter)
posted on 10/4/22
Stress & Pie 2022
www.stressandpie.co.uk
posted on 10/4/22
Fulham lose at home to Coventry
Surely they’re not gonna bottle not too
posted on 11/4/22
Hopefully Fulham will want a response in their next game and go all out to ensure Automatic Promotion
posted on 13/4/22
We're going to have a party when Birmingham City dies.