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Spike

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3 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

It did but not enough of one to prevent that being saved imo.

If you've never played in goal I could understand you thinking that but that deflection changes the footing of Bentley and is easily enough to beat a keeper. His reactions have prevented us being down by 3-4 goals, you can't blame the guy for not being able to react to a change of direction that happened less than a second before the ball passed him.

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ProfitInMyPocket

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All of the saves bar the Davis free header from 6 yards out he should be saving, including the goal. 

Going to be difficult to deal with Spence even if we swap JD to the other side, they're a good side Forest. 

That Davis has Kalas pinned every single time, need someone in front of him to stop him getting the ball down and playing.

I'd bring James and Bell on for Massengo and Pring probably and see if that changes things.

 

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Just now, pl00peh91 said:

Am I going to get pelters for saying that Massengo has too many dips in form to get truly excited about? I’d drop him for James at half time unfortunately 

I've been saying it for a while now, the lad has amazing technique and ability but his consistency in his passing is awful, he can hit so many incredible passes and then play one so bad that it gives the opposition a chance, he has no middle ground.

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1 minute ago, Tafkarmlf said:

My viewing is a bit slow 

However we've been awful cant cope with Davis and Spence and Johnson and are offering nowt. 

Worst performance for a while up there with the Swansea mess tbh. 

 

Hopefully better second half 

I just think Forest are a good team, sometimes good teams stop you from doing things well. Certainly they’ve nullified Semenyo, and not giving us a huge amount of space in the middle. Spence is a handful especially as Cam has been booked (soft one though). Some room down the left for Dasilva, but would like to see him actually get to the byline and cross it, rather than diagonal balls into the box.

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1st half summary:

Bit lethargic overall.  Not moved the ball quick enough, and I'm not convinced the diamond is quite working, leaving a bit too much of a gap between midfield and attack.

Individually (players of note):

Bentley - on top of his game, thankfully

Dasilva - epitomising the lethargy, bit sloppy / casual on the ball

Pring - sticking to his task, but tough job on a yellow

Klose - covered Kalas very well - midfield / forward allowing too many chipped balls into Davis's chest / feet, but Kalas holding his own.

Their keeper looks dodgy.  An Antoine ass-shot maybe?

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2 minutes ago, Spike said:

I've been saying it for a while now, the lad has amazing technique and ability but his consistency in his passing is awful, he can hit so many incredible passes and then play one so bad that it gives the opposition a chance, he has no middle ground.

I think the one thing he can be guilty of is sometimes trying the difficult pass rather than the simple one, great when they come off, but we invariably lose possession when they go wrong.

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Numero Uno

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1 minute ago, Curr Avon said:

They're getting the ball down our flanks far too easily and Pring can't go to ground on Spence due to his booking. Need to double up there. Our midfield are struggling to impose themselves, meaning little for the strikers. Need to be robust in defence and see if we can nick one.

Agreed, unless there is a tactical master stroke that can change this game it’s about keeping this 1-0 and throw a bit of caution to the wind in the last 15.

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6 minutes ago, pl00peh91 said:

Am I going to get pelters for saying that Massengo has too many dips in form to get truly excited about? I’d drop him for James at half time unfortunately 

Might just be me, but now the transfer window has closed his form has dipped!

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Just now, Sleepy1968 said:

I'd like to think we couldn't have a second half as bad as our first ...

I find that incomprehensible negative?! 

Losing 1-0 away to Forest due to a deflection and been well in the game. What standards do you set?!!

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1 minute ago, Tafkarmlf said:

They've  Scott and Massengo got nowt to work with

DaSilva is giving hospital passes and there's nothing doing up front, it's uber rubbish we're so disjointed 

DaSilva is being played onto his weaker foot as he's on the wrong side of the pitch for his natural game, I'd say his passing is still better than Massengos despite the fact Forest know to play him onto his right foot where he's not as naturally comfortable.

On a whole Forest are pushing up and making us play in small pockets where they are more comfortable than we are. We've had some good spells of passing but they've got us with our backs to their goal and all of our attacking comes from running at the opposition. For all of the complaining about our players they've set up perfectly to take us on today. DaSilva being played onto his weak foot, Spence getting space to run at us on the right because we only have one wide player rather than a LB&LM, Davies holding the ball up well off of Kalas to give them time to make runs. We on the other hand aren't offering anything, Semenyo is being closed down, Brunt is being man marked for high balls giving him a tough job to flick the ball on.
Pearson has a very hard job here, short of switching to a 4-4-2 we're always going to struggle defending against Spence, however we have no natural RB meaning we either put DaSilva on the right and leave the left exposed or we play someone else out of position.

I'd take Pring off, bring on Bell, have Massengo and Williams switch sides so Massengo can man mark Spence when defending as he's the type of player who is quick and can battle for the ball well whilst running at speed. I think we also need to switch Semenyo to the right side to keep the ball away from Spence when we're counter attacked short of them playing a long pass across the pitch which would give us time to reposition.

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1 minute ago, mozo said:

I thought we played alright considering the form of the opposition. We've been a threat in attack as we always seem to be currently. 

They aren't in that great form.  Won two of their last 5.

Unfortunately, our form on the road has just evaporated. 

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Just now, Spike said:

Commentators saying Cundy has a half to prove himself but imagine being thrown into a game where you've changed formation and have to try and keep someone like Davies to mark. Will be a very tough ask.

I think that was probably meant in a positive manner rather than an ultimatum.

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Just now, Numero Uno said:

I think that was probably meant in a positive manner rather than an ultimatum.

Oh yeah it is, but what a big ask of a lad, I know I wouldn't like to mark Davies for 45 minutes with a goal needed to catch up meaning we'll need to push up.

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8 minutes ago, Spike said:

On a whole Forest are pushing up and making us play in small pockets where they are more comfortable than we are. We've had some good spells of passing but they've got us with our backs to their goal and all of our attacking comes from running at the opposition. For all of the complaining about our players they've set up perfectly to take us on today. DaSilva being played onto his weak foot, Spence getting space to run at us on the right because we only have one wide player rather than a LB&LM, Davies holding the ball up well off of Kalas to give them time to make runs. We on the other hand aren't offering anything, Semenyo is being closed down, Brunt is being man marked for high balls giving him a tough job to flick the ball on.
Pearson has a very hard job here, short of switching to a 4-4-2 we're always going to struggle defending against Spence, however we have no natural RB meaning we either put DaSilva on the right and leave the left exposed or we play someone else out of position.
 

No wonder we are looking so lethargic up front.

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