Well, another draw!!! My prediction of 2-0 was right, until everything wasn’t!
Another tough away game awaits!!
The Good: Everything...except the final 15 minutes.
The Bad: The finishing. We should’ve been out of sight.
The Ugly: A close tie, but Worrall pips Aurier.
Special Mention: Chris Wood! Keep on proving me wrong big man!
The Last Game (Liverpool Away - a 3-2 loss):
Navas
Felipe Niakhate McKenna
Williams Mangala Freuler Lodi
MGW Danilo
Awoniyi
Could Awoniyi, Danilo and Felipe be back in contention?
Team:
Turner
Aurier Niakhate Boly Murillo Aina
Sangare Mangala
MGW Dominguez
Wood
We could be back to the low block for this?!
Subs: Vlachodimos, Felipe, Toffolo, Williams, Santos, Yates, Danilo, Elanga, Awoniyi
Got a feeling we might see Cooper pulling a few surprises on the bench!!
Injuries:
CHO and Origi definitely out. Likely Montiel.
Laughing @ Derby:
Hennessy, McKenna, Omobamidele, Worrall, Tavares, Aguilera, Kouyate.
Form:
Liverpool - W4 D1 L1 GF14 GA6 - 4th
Forest - W1 D4 L41 GF5 GA6 - 15th
Liverpool (H) - W5 D1 L0 GF13 GA3
Forest (A) - W1 D2 L3 GF5 GA8
* Liverpool have only lost once (Spurs…controversial!) and drawn twice (Brighton and Chelsea).
Prediction:
A good time to play Liverpool (I hope). This is the first of four fixtures where we play teams that are all playing in Europe when we play them. They also play Bournemouth three days after this one.
After their 5-1 demolition of Toulouse I expect some of their fringe players to get a run out. They’l be fired up for staking a claim.
Keep them quiet (ish) for 60 minutes and we could have a slim chance…if we have some attacking options available on the bench. However, they’ll likely bring on their rested players and score a hatful regardless!
3-1 to Liverpool.
With key men unavailable, even a fired up Williams can’t make this a closer affair.
COYRs!!!
Pool v Forest - Match Thread
posted on 29/10/23
VAR at Anfield. Absolutely no chance that will be given.
posted on 29/10/23
Elanga hits the bar, then blasts another over the bar, shame it took being 3-0 down before we showed any urgency.
posted on 29/10/23
easy win.
and we need to win every one of these games due to the absolute massive gap in quality between the top 8 now and the rest.
if you don't win all these you end up in the europa league like last year.
posted on 29/10/23
VAR finds for us for a change
posted on 29/10/23
That’s a very good point you make, there are several divisions within the same division, as you say top 8, bottom 5 or 6 and the rest meandering around mid table, unfortunately we are caught between the bottom 5 or 6 and and trying to get into the next bracket, Liverpool have definitely moved back into the very top bracket.
posted on 29/10/23
That was like revisiting last season for us, the most inept, insipid performance we’ve seen for a long time.
No real intent, lack of organisation, comical defending/goalkeeping, basically everything we thought we’d moved away from.
Cooper needs to up his game, after last weeks tactical blunders and this weeks abject performance, even the staunch Cooper fans, of which i am one, will be getting nervous.
Villa at home followed by the Hammers away, followed by an international break, we need to improve on what what has just happened.
Hopefully we’ll get a few players back for next week and the performance will improve accordingly.
posted on 29/10/23
Just watched the highlights (I.e the goals) and I have to say I was not impressed with Sangare. Needs a bit of Ryan Yates’s work ethic.
posted on 29/10/23
Yeah so....like I said, defence is not our weakness guys...u just believe the BS🤷♂️
posted on 30/10/23
All teams have a weakness, yours is your defence. Luckily for you, our starting eleven have only scored three goals between them this season so you were never going to have to do much defending.
posted on 31/10/23
comment by Got_Better (U6241)
posted 2 days, 4 hours ago
Yeah so....like I said, defence is not our weakness guys...u just believe the BS🤷♂️
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Haha...I don't think the average Forest fan pays much attention to the perceived weakness you assume other pundits and teams are supposedly obsessed with.
We gifted you two goals and we posed no attacking intent due to injuries.