Williams didn't just nullify the threat, he absolutely mugged him off a couple of times. He was brilliant.
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Matchday 25 - Nottingham Forest v West Ham United. Saturday 17th February. Kick off 3pm.
- Thread starter Alf-engelos Mindminackers
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Grenville 1898
Nicolás Domínguez - King of the Press
My cat has said that if that cat-kicker plays then he is going to send his Garibaldi supporting cousin from Transylvania on a night time revenge visit.
Master Yates
John Robertson
Don’t worry, we are impenetrable from set pieces….
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Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
Fixed your post.
Still, no worries, it's not like Wet Sham have one of the best dead-ball experts in the Prem is it?
BringBackJemo
First Team Squad
'Dr Forest' will make all those hammers fans feel better
MASE
Up-Front
Play MGW alongside Dominguez, play CHO & Elanga either side of Reyna with Taiwo up top.
Its enough defensively, the ball will always be going forward & the stupid fouls are negated.
We twat West ham with that, trust me.
Its enough defensively, the ball will always be going forward & the stupid fouls are negated.
We twat West ham with that, trust me.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
Early doors for predicting a team as we don't know injury status of returnees from Africa yet, or of any injury worries from Saturday evening. However, I do like to rise to the challenge therefore I am happy to name my team:
-----------------Sels------------------
Williams---Boly----Niakhate----Tavares
---------Yates--------Sangare-----------
Elanga--------MGW------Hudson-Odoi
--------------Awoniyi--------------------
In the Forest-Focus, Kelvin said Sels should have saved the 3rd goal, despite it being a bad decision by elanga to pass across the box like he did.
Despite that I think he remains the slight favourite of the 12 goalkeepers we have.
We need Boly to put some oooph into the heart of our back 4, and I think Niakhate rather than Murillo, as I think the youngster could benefit from a rest - he is a terrific player, but errors seem to becoming more frequent.
I don't rate Tavares, but I think NES does, so he continues to get the nod over Toffolo.
Dominguez and Yates isn't a good pairing, and I think that NES will feel obliged to play Sangare.
It could b equally likely NES drops Yates and plays Sangare alongsideDominguez, but I am guessing Yates having just been named as Club Captain following the loan-out of Joe Worrall would be hard to drop. If he is dropped it might pu a curse on the title Club Captain!
Assuming Elanga, MGW, CHO, and Taiwo are fit, I think they all get to start.
What I can't see at the moment is how Reya or Ribeiro fit into a starting line-up.
-----------------Sels------------------
Williams---Boly----Niakhate----Tavares
---------Yates--------Sangare-----------
Elanga--------MGW------Hudson-Odoi
--------------Awoniyi--------------------
In the Forest-Focus, Kelvin said Sels should have saved the 3rd goal, despite it being a bad decision by elanga to pass across the box like he did.
Despite that I think he remains the slight favourite of the 12 goalkeepers we have.
We need Boly to put some oooph into the heart of our back 4, and I think Niakhate rather than Murillo, as I think the youngster could benefit from a rest - he is a terrific player, but errors seem to becoming more frequent.
I don't rate Tavares, but I think NES does, so he continues to get the nod over Toffolo.
Dominguez and Yates isn't a good pairing, and I think that NES will feel obliged to play Sangare.
It could b equally likely NES drops Yates and plays Sangare alongsideDominguez, but I am guessing Yates having just been named as Club Captain following the loan-out of Joe Worrall would be hard to drop. If he is dropped it might pu a curse on the title Club Captain!
Assuming Elanga, MGW, CHO, and Taiwo are fit, I think they all get to start.
What I can't see at the moment is how Reya or Ribeiro fit into a starting line-up.
Wasn't a lot wrong with Saturday beyond the set piece defending so same here I'd keep it the same but stick Boly in if he's fit.
He missed the afcon final with a hamstring issue though so would be surprised if he's fit.
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Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
If Boly isn't fit, then maybe put Felipe in alongside Murillo and have Niakhate on the bench.
Murillo will learn a lot from Felipe, and Felipe is a hard bugger who might just be the man to end our weakness at defending set pieces.
It's Baggio
John Robertson
I'd be tempted to play Felipe & Boly at CB and push Murillo/Niakhate to LB. Not ideal but we have to start defending our box better, especially against a West Ham side who'll pose a threat from set pieces.
If it's good enough for City/Arsenal then it might be worth a try. We have enough quality in the front 6 to hurt teams, they just need a solid platform to play from.
If it's good enough for City/Arsenal then it might be worth a try. We have enough quality in the front 6 to hurt teams, they just need a solid platform to play from.
Wonder if Felipe is due a start anyway. If he's fully fit and back to his best then he needs to start as he was immense last season.
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MASE
Up-Front
Thought Dominguez was top drawer against Newcastle. Played that destroyer role far better than Yates or Sangarre, broke up play clean as a whistle & passed it forwards. Dropping him would be harsh in the extreme, particularly given the performance yates put in.
Genuinely think its time to put our best players on the pitch & take it from there, to that end, you have to find a spot for MGW & Reyna, the former would be more than capable at the base, the sooner he gets the ball the better in my opinion.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
Personally, I would prefer to see Yates dropped and dominguez partner Sangare: energy and guile together.
I'm not sure how to fit Reyna into the same starting team as MGW, when defensively we are weak.
RedRobbo
Grenville Morris
I’ll take
Sels
Williams Niakhate Boly Aina
Murillo MGW/Dominguez
Elanga MGW/Reyna CHO
Awoniyi
Murillo playing just in front of the back 4 would - imho - be sensational.
Give him licence to play though.
Sels
Williams Niakhate Boly Aina
Murillo MGW/Dominguez
Elanga MGW/Reyna CHO
Awoniyi
Murillo playing just in front of the back 4 would - imho - be sensational.
Give him licence to play though.
MaxiRobriguez
Bob McKinlay
Think the team will be:
Sels
Williams Niakhate Murillo Tavares
Dominguez Danilo
Elanga MGW CHO
Awoniyi
I personally think the team should be:
Idontcare
Williams Boly Murillo Niakhate
Yates Dominguez
Reyna MGW Elanga
Awoniyi
Sels
Williams Niakhate Murillo Tavares
Dominguez Danilo
Elanga MGW CHO
Awoniyi
I personally think the team should be:
Idontcare
Williams Boly Murillo Niakhate
Yates Dominguez
Reyna MGW Elanga
Awoniyi
Steve B
Jack Armstrong
Sels
Aina. . Niakhate Murillo. Tavares
Sangare. Dominguez
CHO. MGW. Elanga
Taiwo
Aina. . Niakhate Murillo. Tavares
Sangare. Dominguez
CHO. MGW. Elanga
Taiwo
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
I would go with
Sels
Neco Niakitty Murillo Aina
Sangare Dominguez
CHO MGW Elanga
Taiwo
Get Niakitty to make meowing noises near that cat kicker at set pieces...
Sels
Neco Niakitty Murillo Aina
Sangare Dominguez
CHO MGW Elanga
Taiwo
Get Niakitty to make meowing noises near that cat kicker at set pieces...
enlightened
First Team Squad
They'll have had a rocket after the Arsenal game - we lose.
Bryn Gunn
Cash is King!
These are still 8th in the league and Newcastle just above them in 7th and they only just scraped a win against us.
Is it me or is the standard of quality poor/inconsistent outside the top five?
We’ve got to start winning some of these games, I’m fed up with losing by fine margins.
Is it me or is the standard of quality poor/inconsistent outside the top five?
We’ve got to start winning some of these games, I’m fed up with losing by fine margins.
Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Yep.
I don't expect us to be winning all games like these though that's for sure, I don't even expect us to be winning or even taking points from the majority of them. But when teams are off-form and coming to our place you simply can't keep playing those off-form sides and not taking anything time & time again.
A point here wouldn't be ideal, but at least it would be something. Not getting anything from Arsenal, Newcastle & West Ham at home would simply be awful regardless of where they are in the league; you simply have to make home advantage count at some point, and last year it kept us up.
Project Zeus
Steve Chettle
I saw a table earlier that said that if we had won the games we've lost 3-2, we'd be sat I'm 6th place!
Fine margins.
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Shearstone
Misses the champ
Just checked this out and yeah it's true we've lost 3-2 6 times! so table would have looked like this if we'd won them all.
| # | TEAM | P | PTS |
1 | Liverpool | 24 | 54 |
2 | Manchester City | 23 | 52 |
3 | Arsenal | 24 | 52 |
4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 47 |
5 | Aston Villa | 24 | 46 |
6 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 39 |
7 | Manchester United | 24 | 38 |
8 | Chelsea | 24 | 34 |
9 | Newcastle United | 24 | 33 |
10 | West Ham United | 24 | 33 |
11 | Brighton | 24 | 32 |
12 | Wolves | 24 | 32 |
13 | Fulham | 24 | 29 |
14 | Bournemouth | 23 | 24 |
15 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 24 |
16 | Brentford | 23 | 22 |
17 | Luton Town | 23 | 20 |
18 | Everton | 24 | 19 |
19 | Burnley | 24 | 13 |
20 | Sheffield United | 24 | 13 |
PlayedOnGrass
First Team Squad
It certainly makes it a more difficult game.
West Ham were embarrassingly bad against Arsenal - I am sure we will see a more determined and better organised team this week.
We need the points.
I think we have enough to win this one.
Forest 3-1 West Ham (I have forgotten where the nought numeral is on the keyboard)
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
... so have Forest!