Official Matchday thread: 37. Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal. Saturday 20th May. Kick off 5:30pm.

[Project Zeus]

For those that watch the videos on Forest Fan TV (and for those that don't as well), here is the pre-match video ahead of the Arsenal game. There is a very interesting owd bogger interviewed around the 3 minutes 18 seconds mark

Bloody hell Captain, you're a lot more positive in real life!

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[Captain Sinister]

Bloody hell Captain, you're a lot more positive in real life!

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I'm actually a real-life happy clapper!
But don't tell anyone on here... it will break the spell

 

[Col]

You should change your name to Captain Delightful!

 

[Captain Sinister]

Oooh... I like YOU

 

[Morpeth]

For those that watch the videos on Forest Fan TV (and for those that don't as well), here is the pre-match video ahead of the Arsenal game. There is a very interesting owd bogger interviewed around the 3 minutes 18 seconds mark

You know when you get a mental image of someone? I thought you’d be wearing all black and with a three pronged pirate hat!

 

[Captain Sinister]

You know when you get a mental image of someone? I thought you’d be wearing all black and with a three pronged pirate hat!

That's only for midweek evening kick off games

 

[Morpeth]

That's only for midweek evening kick off games

Of course, makes sense really.

 

[weejockmcplop]

Nice tactics video

 

[It's Baggio]

A bit late, as I went away for a few days on Sunday. I was half-dreading the trip as I expected a nervous build up to the Palace game but after last weeks result, I've had the most blissful week.

Saturday was right up there with Wembley as one of my favourite days as a Forest fan. The atmosphere right the way through was something else & the performance matched up. We were never going to have much of the ball, especially after scoring relatively early but the way we defended was magnificent. Worrall was MOM & has quietly had a very decent first season in the PL. There was the odd dodgy moment earlier in the season but even back then I felt he'd adapted the best out of the 3 CB's we came up with. More recently though he's been consistently very good despite being in & out of the team at times. Heartening to see, alongside Yates & Johnson, our academy graduates having a big impact at this level.

It was a solid performance from front to back, the recent switch in midfield to pick the more aggressive, athletic players has had a huge impact in our recent form & has bought out the best in Mangala as the deepest man. Freuler & especially Shelvey just wouldn't be as hard to play against. Danilo was a bit sloppy on the ball & wasted a couple of decent counter opportunities but his versatility & running power give us so much.

Gibbs White for me is Player of the Season & Saturday was him at his best; full of effort, invention & drive. We'd have been down a while ago were it not for him. All of his creativity & attacking stats put him alongside some of the best in the division & to consistently do it in a team which has so little of the ball is pretty special. On top of that he seems a really good lad & is right up there with the likes of Collymore, Reid & Roy as one of the best players to watch since I started going in the 90's.

Credit too to Awoniyi, I had my doubts early on as he too often looked like someone who'd never seen a Football before but his development over the season says a lot for him & the coaching staff. He's always had a knack of getting himself in good positions but the rest of his game has come on bundles. He's possibly got the best shin in Football as well.