Ryan James Yates (sponsored by TBT)

[Notcher]

Disagree.

Yates more effective than all three imo.

Yates more effective than Anderson? Hmmmm, I think I'll remain in disagreement.

 

[Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.]

Drink 10 pints of Ruddles and you'll probably come round to Raymondo's way of thinking.

 

[weejockmcplop]

Yates can be as effective in changing a match as any player we have imho.

Bring him on and the chaotic energy can undo a team that's been defending solidly.

Bring him on and suddenly the opponent attacks come once every 3-4 minutes instead of once every 1-2 minutes because he always wins a free kick when we're under pressure.

The circumstances that he can be fully effective are quite limited but in those circumstances there's no-one else you would want.

 

[ubik]

Yates can be as effective in changing a match as any player we have imho.

Bring him on and the chaotic energy can undo a team that's been defending solidly.

Bring him on and suddenly the opponent attacks come once every 3-4 minutes instead of once every 1-2 minutes because he always wins a free kick when we're under pressure.

The circumstances that he can be fully effective are quite limited but in those circumstances there's no-one else you would want.

He's also quite capable of scoring good goals.

 

[Flaggers]

Don't suppose there's any update on him, is there?

 

[weejockmcplop]

Don't suppose there's any update on him, is there?

Yes he's still an absolute legend.

 

[Raymondo Ponte']

Even as a sub (which is ridiculous) the impact will be enormous.

Watch as we go downhill.

The ONE lad who can keep us in the league, and owd Shamus Dyke is acutely aware of it, that's why he's absolutely gutted.

 

[Statto]

Don't suppose there's any update on him, is there?

Back in 14 days apparently

 

[YellowBelly Red]

Back in 14 days apparently

Is that an Andy Reid 14 days?

 

[Dirk Furtull]

Is that an Andy Reid 14 days?

No Reidy was 2 weeks away.

 

[Raymondo Ponte']

Yow lot may make fun of it but if he's out for quite a time we're fukt.

Yul get the drift soon enuf mi duks.

 

[McKenzie]

Its a massive shame for him as he would likely have been first choice at least whilst AFCON was on.

 

[Monkman]

Do we know for sure it's a hamstring? They said dead leg at the time on the BBC.

 

[Des's dirty Y-fronts]

I think Dyche said hamstring in his post match interview. Certainly looked like his hamstring (he was holding it). And judging by his reaction, lip-reading footballers isn't difficult - "f***" - he's going to be out for a lengthy spell.

 

[Des's dirty Y-fronts]

He looked gutted, I'm gutted. He's the impetus we need at times. Wish him a speedy return

 

[Strummer]

Ryan Yates is absolutely the kind of no-nonsense balls-the-size-of-melons player you want, when you're in the shit.

If he's out for any length of time, it's not good.

 

[TrickyTree101]

Yep this is another kick in the balls we did not need. Need to give a slap to whoever kicked a black cat when walking under a ladder - our luck this season has been awful

 

[ED1986]

Damn. Was reading the Utrecht match day thread and wondering why no-one was picking Yates (never mind 11 Ryan Yates). We're going to miss him.

 

[Raymondo Ponte']

As Nanna Norma ud say in the Royle Family..

"It's like losing a limb".

 

[Timothy Pope]

I think Dyche said hamstring in his post match interview. Certainly looked like his hamstring (he was holding it). And judging by his reaction, lip-reading footballers isn't difficult - "f***" - he's going to be out for a lengthy spell.

Ryan Yates doesn’t have hamstring injuries. Hamstring injuries have Ryan Yates

 

[Strummer]

Ryan Yates doesn’t have hamstring injuries. Hamstring injuries have Ryan Yates

Nah.

Nobody could have Ryan Yates, he’s absolute nails, hard as f***.

He will probably just rip someone else’s hamstring out and stuff it in his own leg and get back on the pitch.

 

[uptight9]

Yep this is another kick in the balls we did not need. Need to give a slap to whoever kicked a black cat when walking under a ladder - our luck this season has been awful

In Greece, when things get really bad, teams call in a priest to do what is apparently called a Holy Unction (yes I googled it) to improve luck with injuries. At least up until 10-15 years ago they did, and I'm not even kidding you. Since our owner is such a devout Orthodox, maybe he could try it at Forest - pretty sure he's thought about it. It's been pretty shit for 3 months now.

 

[Notcher]

Yatesy back in full training.

 

[Alf-engelos Mindminackers]

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[Haych]

Coming back for his yearly reminder of how important he is to people who still don’t think he’s good enough.

Perhaps one day we will stumble across someone who will replace him, can’t imagine it’ll be anytime soon though.