23 Feb 2026 08:01:20
Fuming with Mo and Gapco yesterday. After they came off the pitch in the Slots attempt to make something happen. ( who the flip does that) they were openly taking the pee out off slot Imo behind his back like school boys. Mo should be forced to watch his clips over. Then justify his childish behaviour he's a disgrace.
We were absolutely dog poo yesterday, without Wirtz. I watched a kids game yesterday which was awful, then sat thru that rubbish.
Shout out for Konate our best player, and Rio when he finally got on.
To be 100% clear, this was the players fault! Not the Coach. Can't wait for this season to end.
YNWA.
23 Feb 2026 08:22:40
Whoa, slow down. We're on an unbeaten run again. I doubt Slot cares what the boys were up to behind him (no matter how silly and childish). The manager clearly checked out of this season a while ago, so try not to let it get to you. Just endure and blow off steam when needed.
23 Feb 2026 08:22:45
Salah, Gakpo, Jones and Gravenberch all completely bottled the battle. That was embarrassing from them, to be honest. It was like playing with 7 men when Forest had the ball. Mac Allister, Ekitike and Van Dijk were just terrible, even though they were standing up to the fight and trying. They did well off the ball, but every time we had it, they seemed to be giving it away or playing people into trouble. Konate, Kerkez and Szoboszlai are the only 3 starting outfield players who can walk away and say they all tried hard without the ball and played well with it.
A pretty damning assessment. I don't think Slot's tactics are conducive to good performances in general, but I must say that whatever tactics you deploy will look bad if 4 of your starting 11 don't even bother to try. Never mind if 3 of the others then drop howlers with the ball. I hope I never have to watch us play like that ever again.
23 Feb 2026 08:36:44
Ekitike infuriates me sometimes. We all know what he can do with the ball on occasion, as he did against Newcastle, but off the ball he is absolutely useless. He does like a semi-press. He'll meander over to the opposition player to press him, but when he gets 5 yards away he stops and allows him to make whatever pass he wants, or he'll just allow him to bring the ball out under no challenge.
The kid needs to understand it's not just about scoring goals, and actually put in a shift for the team.
23 Feb 2026 08:47:24
Varry, I think he's just bad at pressing. I don't think it's a lack of effort. We were just spoiled for years with Firmino/Mane and then Nunez/Diaz who were all exceptional at pressing the opposition. What you get from Ekitike in terms of pressing is actually what you get from most top forwards. Salah, Haaland, Torres, Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy, Kane, Hazard, Isak, Henry, Aguero etc. Defending from the front is an underappreciated art form, and when you find a forward who will press and score loads of goals too (Wayne Rooney or Luis Suarez, for example), you have to rub your eyes to check you're not going mad.
My Dad often tells me that Ian Rush was the greatest forward he's ever seen because he not only scored goals in spades, but also defended like it was his primary role in the team.
23 Feb 2026 08:56:33
MKS, so essentially, everyone was terrible, including the manager, correct? Sound. I agree.
23 Feb 2026 09:13:41
Pretty much, Oli haha! Kerkez, Dom and Ibou played well. Rio, when he came on, was good too. Everyone else? Pretty bloody poor.
23 Feb 2026 09:21:04
The big concern is that when you have players playing so badly and clearly having a negative impact on the team, Slot still waits until 75 minutes to make a substitution.
23 Feb 2026 09:34:45
Agree with how bad certain players were, and we just didn't want to battle for it. Thought Mac Allister was awful; he got caught numerous times, was too far forward in the first half, and Aina went past him like he wasn't there. I will say it's not his position; he looked so much better when pushed forward and didn't have to do the chasing back.
And, for me, that is on Slot, the same with Dom at right back. Both are stupid decisions, and clear to many that it's not working. And if Slot didn't send the players out to play how they did in the first half, then he should have been shouting at them, as that first half was terrible.
23 Feb 2026 09:58:02
The big shout out should be for Ali; that save in the first half kept us in the game. If they had scored, then they may have gone on to score more. YNWA.
23 Feb 2026 10:44:51
Mks, I'm only saying what you're saying, lol. I agree, Ibou and Dom and esp. Rio were good but you can't rely on that few decent to good perfs, when you have that many stinkers on the back end. As for the manager, I'm just counting the days till he is gone.
23 Feb 2026 12:02:01
If 9 players are playing badly, it is the coach's fault.
23 Feb 2026 13:06:27
Can't say that here, Pelican. The "It's the players fault" brigade will come for you.
23 Feb 2026 13:33:17
All eleven players who took to the field were superb yesterday. They were totally let down by their hopeless fraud of a coach. That better, lads? Get a grip. Your hate for Slot blinds yis to give a half a team of blaggers yesterday a free pass. Just try to have some balance to your arguments instead of acting like children.
23 Feb 2026 17:19:25
I think it's balanced to say they were all terrible, including Slot. That is a valid shout, but I think Slot consistently plays ineffective football; this does not bode well for the future. If you do, you're an eternal optimist, and I salute you, sir. Do you honestly think it's going to get better soon, and we are going to make a push for the title? For me, that should be the standard we should be setting as reigning champions, and absolutely everybody, at this moment in time, is failing at that, top down.
It's not the lack of being on top; it's the lack of effort to try to be on top. Making an excuse for Slot is ridiculous. Making an excuse for the players at this point is equally silly. All I can hope at this point is that this is being addressed, and I think people are starting to get frustrated at the seeming lack of urgency from anyone to turn this around.
23 Feb 2026 17:56:12
Anyone tell me what the score was at the end of the match? How many points did we get and how many points did Forest get? The over 'thinking', for want of a better word, and the competition to be the 'most angered' by the performance are, in my opinion, bordering on the pathetic.
23 Feb 2026 20:20:57
Slot doesn't need excuses made for him at the moment. The time for that was during the 9 losses in 12 run when I've said many times on here he could have lost his job. Since then it's two defeats in 20. One of those was against the probable eventual champions.
There is nothing at all wrong with that form. The problem is, on here, that the minds are already made up to the point you can just tell it's half killing some of yis when we win a game. ?
24 Feb 2026 07:28:04
And your love for Slot blinds you, Florian. Take your own advice and add some balance to your arguments.
24 Feb 2026 08:14:21
Everything I stated is factual, DirtyMic. If you think 2 losses in 20 is sackable form, that's your prerogative. High standards you're setting there, though.