The attacking players are not succeeding and however good they are as individuals they don’t click I was cross with Southgate for not realising that foden and Bellingham don’t work well together neither do MGW and Elanga having 2 non scoring attackers is not going to get us anywhere
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Pre-Season 2024/25
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Viv Anderson
Yes - I said exactly the same thing when the same 11 came out to start the 2nd half - gave them 60 mins together and then made changes
And neither is being condescending towards other people by calling them 'lad' or 'laddo' just because they have a different viewpoint to you.
Bob Fossil
Nottingham's dirty secret
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
These are friendly games (bar Millwall).
They are played at 80%.
No one wants to get injured during pre-season.
Monkman
Jack Burkitt
'I wonder how much football you lot watch' is quite a condescending way to present your opinion though, especially on a forum full of Forest nerds in a thread about a preseason game.
Only caught the first half.
For preseason I thought we looked solid enough against a good team. Attack still lacks fluidity with CHO prone to over play it and Elanga over think it, with Wood mostly just getting in the way. That first time Elanga cross to Wood's volley shows the threat that's there though.
Milenkovic looks a proper destroyer, and Sangare and Danilo both looked a yard quicker in their heads and feet.
How was the 2nd half?
For preseason I thought we looked solid enough against a good team. Attack still lacks fluidity with CHO prone to over play it and Elanga over think it, with Wood mostly just getting in the way. That first time Elanga cross to Wood's volley shows the threat that's there though.
Milenkovic looks a proper destroyer, and Sangare and Danilo both looked a yard quicker in their heads and feet.
How was the 2nd half?
adam09
Super Koopa
Was an ok game. It is a friendly but I was disappointed with quite a large number of lazy, sloppy touches and passes (mostly Murillo).
CHO needs to go left and cross every now and then.
Yates should have flicked it right to Nico at the end instead of Taiwo.
Was immediately impressed by Anderson and Milenkovic looked calm and composed.
Also, f*** rolling about holding your faces and ankles in a friendly. Pathetic.
CHO needs to go left and cross every now and then.
Yates should have flicked it right to Nico at the end instead of Taiwo.
Was immediately impressed by Anderson and Milenkovic looked calm and composed.
Also, f*** rolling about holding your faces and ankles in a friendly. Pathetic.
Monkman
Jack Burkitt
Slightly better second half if anything, I think. Anderson looked good, Yates and Dominguez sharp, and I thought MGW was better second half too. A few near chances with balls into Awoniyi who just lacked a little sharpness, unsurprisingly.
Baronvon
Jack Burkitt
I'm just glad Awoniyi at least got some minutes.
If we can keep him fit, he'll get us goals. It's just a shame that keeping him fit is the biggest "If" in the world.
If we can keep him fit, he'll get us goals. It's just a shame that keeping him fit is the biggest "If" in the world.
I don't disagree and by and large it was dealt with by posters responses.
Grenville 1898
Nicolás Domínguez - King of the Press
In terms of the improvement in squad depth, the final 0-0 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt last pre-season 05/08/23 had the following in the starting 11/substitutes:
George Shelvey
Scott McKenna
Joe Worrall
Will Brook
Aaron Bott
Josh Powell
Giulian Biancone
Lewis O'Brien
Ui-Jo Hwang
Cheikhou Kouyaté
George Shelvey
Scott McKenna
Joe Worrall
Will Brook
Aaron Bott
Josh Powell
Giulian Biancone
Lewis O'Brien
Ui-Jo Hwang
Cheikhou Kouyaté
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
Be nice to see him get another 30 minutes or so on Thursday - he's clearly behind the rest in terms of his preseason, and the false nine thing is being used to protect wood which is important.
Est.1865
Season 3 Loading
Yikes…
If you know the poster and you are friends then apologies because between friends/colleagues it's a term of endearment.
When it's someone you hardly know (and there is a presumption here that we don't all know each other that well) then it isn't so much a term of endearment but condescending.
Just my view, which I am sure many will disagree with.
And no. It's not personal. Trying to stop some of the name calling and bitchiness we see just because we disagree with each other.
If it was meant in a friend manner then fair enough, but understand it isn't the way it can be read.
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
A year or two younger Kouyate would make this squad maybe, after that?
TrentEndDr
2 Weeks Away
Clearly wiped that teamsheet from my memory
Steve B
Jack Burkitt
On a positive note on Taiwo the timing of his little runs in behind and positions he got into were excellent, it just all fell apart when the ball actually reached him. Needs to get those feet twinkling.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
I think Anderson won everybody over in about 3 touches.
By the looks of him, he has a very good first touch & that turn he did to leave the Villareal player for dead was brilliant.
By the looks of him, he has a very good first touch & that turn he did to leave the Villareal player for dead was brilliant.
Yates' energy and ball winning changed the tide as Villareal's fresh legs meant they were winning the midfield for the first time in the game. I'd still persevere with Sangare in there, but Yates' attributes to bring on in the last 20 minutes to seal/change a game are invaluable to us. He made a fantastic interception and got our attack going. I was the only one around me clapping lol most fans just can't see what he does.
I keep asking for MGW to play deeper and you're spot on. He gets on the ball more when not in the 10 and can spray some lovely passes. He doesn't have Brennan anymore which was a huge part to him being indispensable in the 10 in the 22/23 season.
I enjoyed the game last night, Anderson and Mikenkovic look supreme, however the forwards aren't clicking yet which is strange considering it's the same front 3 as last season.
Murillo has had an awful pre-season giving 2 penalties away and countless passes. Hopefully he's just trying things when it's not important. That team is probably the starting 11 which is why I'm surprised we didn't see Moreira starting RB who has looked very good. As I said some pages back, Williams is quality, but will always be beaten in behind and therefore can't be our starting RB.
Otis Redding
Try A Little Tenderness
Of course, you're the one who demanded that the club "gets rid" of MGW.
football post
I'm still here Crewton
A great example was when he was picked out brilliantly going into the box but turned into trouble. All it needed was one touch and hit it but hopefully it'll come (before he gets injured again
)
Steve B
Jack Burkitt
Dominguez was on the right but was pretty fluid popping up in lot of central positions and in the box. Anderson generally on the left but with a similar amount of fluidity. They both just seemed to cover more ground which allowed some nice neat 1-2’s with Danilo & MGW.