Great performance on Saturday v Birmingham and getting close to last seasons game v Middlesbrough. I’m not sure how much of the showing was down to Birmingham’s ineptitude or Forests brilliance. In these cases it’s usually a bit of both and I prefer to believe this is the reason this time.
There were good individual performances all over the pitch such Ameobi with some lovely runs at City’s defence which defending teams hate. Semedo is a real find who gets all over the place and possesses that little bit of aggression that unsettles opposition midfields. Watson seems to be rolling back the years now he has a midfield unit around him that provides guile, speed and technical nouse. There were more individuals worth a mention but what about the partnerships beginning to form? Worral is benefitting massively from a fully fit Dawson. Three league games in and two very tough games in West Brom and Leeds yet Muric has had little to do. A very good sign. Watson, Semedo and Sow in my opinion have clicked. Protecting the defence, some great passing combinations and looking good going forward, giving Grabban the support he needs. Cash and Lolley, Robinson and Ameobi....
To the real point of the thread, we have Samba, Bostock, Jenkinson and Cavalho in whom it would not be unreasonable to believe their inclusion might improve the team. Silva is a good shout too. It’s a good problem for Lamouchi to have. Of course we’re always one bad performance or defeat away from some factions to start groaning but for me, the first two performances though we didn’t threaten too much, showed signs of very good defensive organisation against fancied teams who had minimal changes to disrupt their team ethos whereas our guys might have been forgiven for not knowing all the names their team mates.
One swallow doesn’t make a summer but there are encouraging signs and with 4, maybe 5 players waiting in the wings that will improve the team, we should be optimistic that we can improve on the 9th position of last season and maintain the continuous improvement since the big mans takeover.
There were good individual performances all over the pitch such Ameobi with some lovely runs at City’s defence which defending teams hate. Semedo is a real find who gets all over the place and possesses that little bit of aggression that unsettles opposition midfields. Watson seems to be rolling back the years now he has a midfield unit around him that provides guile, speed and technical nouse. There were more individuals worth a mention but what about the partnerships beginning to form? Worral is benefitting massively from a fully fit Dawson. Three league games in and two very tough games in West Brom and Leeds yet Muric has had little to do. A very good sign. Watson, Semedo and Sow in my opinion have clicked. Protecting the defence, some great passing combinations and looking good going forward, giving Grabban the support he needs. Cash and Lolley, Robinson and Ameobi....
To the real point of the thread, we have Samba, Bostock, Jenkinson and Cavalho in whom it would not be unreasonable to believe their inclusion might improve the team. Silva is a good shout too. It’s a good problem for Lamouchi to have. Of course we’re always one bad performance or defeat away from some factions to start groaning but for me, the first two performances though we didn’t threaten too much, showed signs of very good defensive organisation against fancied teams who had minimal changes to disrupt their team ethos whereas our guys might have been forgiven for not knowing all the names their team mates.
One swallow doesn’t make a summer but there are encouraging signs and with 4, maybe 5 players waiting in the wings that will improve the team, we should be optimistic that we can improve on the 9th position of last season and maintain the continuous improvement since the big mans takeover.
