Yep, low blocks with 11 behind the ball need to become our bread and butter.

Still, I think we're improving.

So if colwills injury is bad

Gusto tosin disasi veiga

?

But result aside

I am liking what I am seeing, we seem to be more of a team

We were able to bring on subs and not look a shambles, all came on and done pretty well, and we continued to function as a team

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comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
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comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted less than a minute ago
Another awful refereeing perfomance today too
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Yep - VAR really needs to be used to stop cheating and time wasting, with points deductions after multiple charges. I have no issue with teams being difficult, what forest done was blatant cheating
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I am increasingly in favour of a stopped clock like rugby.
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100% dude
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Would kill time wasting dead. There should have been at least 20 minutes of extra time today but Forest today knew that would never be given. As we all did.

Feels like there was only about 30 minutes of actual football played in that second half. Extremely frustrating, especially for fans at the ground that pay good money to watch actual football.

Just did some quick maths. Yeah our home record since the start of the 21/22 season is horrendous

P 61 W27 D20 L14

I didn't like today. We had enough chances to win so wasn't that — it was just all the stupid errors really wound me up playing into Forest's hands.

Refs are routinely poor at clamping down on time wasting so the amount of times we gave ball away in last 15 mins or fouled them was just maddening. Caicedo and Neto in particular were culprits.

I also hope this match also shows people the difference between Madueke and Neto. Madueke is probably the most effective dribbler I've seen in a while for us - constantly beats his man, often from a stop start and minimal space. Neto is a lot untidier with the ball and is generally most effective when given more space and is able to run onto the ball.

If (big IF) Madueke sorts out his decision-making - I honestly don't see him being easily challenged for that RW spot (based on our current roster).

comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
posted 2 minutes ago
I didn't like today. We had enough chances to win so wasn't that — it was just all the stupid errors really wound me up playing into Forest's hands.

Refs are routinely poor at clamping down on time wasting so the amount of times we gave ball away in last 15 mins or fouled them was just maddening. Caicedo and Neto in particular were culprits.
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Last 20 mins were really infuriating. So many slack passes and needless fouls. In these types of situations, you absolutely cannot give away the ball like that and allow the opposition a breather (and opportunity to waste time)

Neto has a much better cross on him which is useful…when you have players that can hit the target

comment by RtM (U1097)
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Neto has a much better cross on him which is useful…when you have players that can hit the target
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We also don't really have any attackers that are good in the air - so most crosses (regardless of how good) are just wasted

Palmer was non existent aside from one move where he nearly scored

comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
posted 6 minutes ago
Palmer was non existent aside from one move where he nearly scored
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Palmer created 6 chances against Nottingham Forest, only creating more in the Premier League on one previous occasion - 8 v Manchester United in April 2024. This is the fifth time that Palmer has created 5+ chances in a Premier League match.

Not bad for someone non existent

Thing is we can't rely on him to produce the goods week in week out, others have got to step up.

Spent a lot of money on these forwards/attacking players, Nkunku and Felix in particular had to score today.

comment by T.J (U15973)
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comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
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Palmer was non existent aside from one move where he nearly scored
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Palmer created 6 chances against Nottingham Forest, only creating more in the Premier League on one previous occasion - 8 v Manchester United in April 2024. This is the fifth time that Palmer has created 5+ chances in a Premier League match.

Not bad for someone non existent
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Fair enough, I must have missed all that. I honestly can only think of one the pass through which Madueke scored and that was Madueke mostly.

I thought he found the top corner with that shot too. And that turn edge of the box unreal

We've just become overly reliant on him, if he's not scoring or assisting, doesn't seem like anyone else will do anything.

We don't score from set pieces anymore, sometimes games like this need a goal from a corner/free kick if we're struggling in open play.

Low blocks have been hard work for us since Hazard days. Just don't do very well in these type of games

Probably explains the rubbish home record of late

That Jackson sequence of play really was something.

Should have got to the long ball first.
Then done well to win it.
Then his touch shokld have been towards goal.
But done well to hold of the cb.
Then should have shot and took another poor touch.
Then done well to dummy a shot.
Then should have shot and decided to slow it down and play a poor pass.

Sums him up lol

comment by T.J (U15973)
posted 1 minute ago
We've just become overly reliant on him, if he's not scoring or assisting, doesn't seem like anyone else will do anything.

We don't score from set pieces anymore, sometimes games like this need a goal from a corner/free kick if we're struggling in open play.
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Teams full of midgets. Even the taller ones are physically limited (Jackson/Fofana/Colwill). Expect us to concede a lot of set play goals.

We had enough chances to win that. Probably score 4 or 5. Just wasn’t our day in front of goal.

Really needed to win today though once they’re down to 10 men.

We have a tough run coming up where I can see us getting 0 out of 12. We’re not the most resilient team and can see us buckling especially at anfield

comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
posted 2 minutes ago
I didn't like today. We had enough chances to win so wasn't that — it was just all the stupid errors really wound me up playing into Forest's hands.

Refs are routinely poor at clamping down on time wasting so the amount of times we gave ball away in last 15 mins or fouled them was just maddening. Caicedo and Neto in particular were culprits.
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Thing is though the time wasting is as much about stopping the rhythm of a team as the actual lost time, so it sounds liked it worked a treat for Forest

comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 7 minutes ago
Really needed to win today though once they’re down to 10 men.

We have a tough run coming up where I can see us getting 0 out of 12. We’re not the most resilient team and can see us buckling especially at anfield
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I certainly think we will lose at Anfield. A it more optimistic on the other games coming up

Could be Spurs 6th win in a row. Right behind us.