12 Jan 2025 12:45:48
so we are back to winning ways, albeit against a league 2 side
i must say, i have to take responsibility for the first 2 games of 2025 that we did not win. why? i have a set of pajamas that i've been wearing while we were on a good run, but i thought to make a change in the new year and we got bland results. i switched back to those old pjs, and wala, we won. of course, as Slot said, its only against a League 2 side, so let's not get overly excited.
the return of Macca since Ed02 left us and given this site a new lease of life i reckon. as we have been feeding off scraps and rumors (invented at times! ) with no one to quash them immediately.
finally, next game against Forest, let's hope we get that win and not let them become Slot's bogey team.
12 Jan 2025 13:02:15
I’m optimistic about the Forest game. I think the rest will have done Salah/ Virgil/ Grav good and I think Slot is a very smart guy who will have learned from the mistakes he made in the last meeting.
12 Jan 2025 13:48:33
MKS, Slot already learned from his istakes vs Forrest in literally the next game when we went to the San Siro and smoked AC Milan which was the start of the longest unbeaten streak in all comps. in Europe till the Spurs game.
Like you, Im looking forward to this game to see how we really do vs Forrest. Let's get it.
12 Jan 2025 13:11:30
Yeah Macca's return is the best thing since sliced bread.
I think we have a point to prove against Forest this time around. I don't think it'll be an easy game and they'll certainly give us a good go but I think Slot will be well on this one making sure we get the win after the last game against them but it was at the beginning of his career with us, it happens. I think it'll be a top game, bring them on.
12 Jan 2025 13:26:17
Looking forward to the chance to finally put the Forest home game to bed with a solid win at the City Ground. It'll be a white hot atmosphere with some utterly pathetic and tone deaf songs from their crowd as usual.
We must go into battle for this one!
12 Jan 2025 13:30:01
Think game management will be important. Patience let Forest have more of the ball and hit hard on the break
Up the pool.
12 Jan 2025 13:59:33
Very hard but vital game v Forest. Basically we have our first choice 11 out plus a healthy bench so absolutely no excuses.
12 Jan 2025 14:04:27
I hope Slot and the players have learnt.
Apart from a league 2 side our last 2 games prior were a defeat to Spurs and Draw to Utd where performance in both were as worrying as the results.
A win yesterday isn’t hardly a confidence boost as I imagine it’s going to be almost a different starting 11 on Tuesday night.
Forest are certainly going to be up for this game we need to match that.
12 Jan 2025 14:25:22
I think of Forest come at us with the same aggressive approach other teams have as of late we may struggle. If we go at them and slow the game down at the relevant times I’d expect us to win. Challenging game either way.
12 Jan 2025 14:46:58
Don’t write forest off they’re playing exceptionally well and have momentum on their side. Definitely won’t be an easy game against them and if we turn up and play like we did against spurs and Man U I think they’ll beat us.
12 Jan 2025 15:37:50
Last game against them we were too tentative. They just bullied us in midfield and Mac had a mare.
It seems to have haunted Arne ? he mentions it way too much for us to not go smash them.
12 Jan 2025 15:54:47
Forest beat us quite comfortably before, they were aggressive, combative and didn’t give us time on the ball. If we play like we did against Spurs or United then we’re dropping three points again.
12 Jan 2025 16:02:50
We should beat Forest, make no mistake about it. They have Chris Wood, we have Salah, they have Selz, we have Becker, they have Melenkovic, we have Virgil. I could go on. Sure they are well prepared and their coach has the team set up well. I’m hoping Slot has our team equally well set up and if that’s the case I see no reason why we shouldn’t win. The gulf in class is there for everyone to see. No excuses.
12 Jan 2025 16:12:49
Irish I agree, it's Forest, we should be beating them without a shadow of a doubt. First time we were caught off guard, Slot was new but this time there's no excuses we should and have to be beating them.
12 Jan 2025 16:17:30
Would Forest be sat top of the Champions League? No,
If we play how we can then we should get this game done and move on, end of.
12 Jan 2025 18:21:59
For big teams, you have to think playing forest at the city ground will actually be an easier game than at home. They're a counter attacking team, but you'd think they'd naturally have to attack more at their own ground.
It'll either be cagey and we'll nick it, or we'll score early and that will play into our hands. Not an easy game, but one I'd be expecting to win.
12 Jan 2025 20:58:58
Indeed, @Rugby. Forrest when playing the big teams at home and playing away from home in general, often let the opposition have the ball for the most part. I don't expect them to come at us from the off.
At home vs Spurs, they let Spurs have the ball and the only way Spurs lost was cos they had 2/ 3 golden chances and missed them all. Then on the counter, Elanga (I think) scores and the game's done. Same thing happened away at Brentford. The two goals they scored were on the counter and they won.
I expect them to do the same vs us come Tues. night.
13 Jan 2025 14:09:14
god bless the PJ's sgynwa.