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RE: Europa League 25/26 - Trailer Park Tom - 30-01-2026
(29-01-2026, 11:58 PM)wassy04 Wrote:(29-01-2026, 11:31 PM)DeesideRed Wrote: Looking at results we really want Panathinaikos over Fenerbahce
Yeah agreed, they seem clearly the weaker team. Fenerbahce feels like a tough draw.
Not a fun away day either. No freedom.
RE: Europa League 25/26 - Fumanchew - 30-01-2026
Saw this for Lyon on Twitter and thought I’d extrapolate for the whole top 8
So where the teams finished and where their opponents finished:
Lyon:- 1st Opp:- 34th 31st 30th 4th 36th 28th 25th 17th
Villa:- 2nd Opp:- 10th 29th 28th 36th 25th 30th 19th 31st
Midtjylland:- 3rd Opp:- 26th 13th 36th 21st 8th 9th 24th 23rd
Betis:- 4th Opp:- 13th 22nd 9th 1st 34th 23rd 17th 29th
Porto:- 5th Opp:- 31st 15th 13th 34th 33th 35th 14th 32nd
Braga:- 6th Opp:- 29th 21st 15th 9th 32nd 33rd 13th 28th
Freiburg:- 7th Opp:- 30th 10th 34th 33rd 14th 31st 36th 18th
Roma:- 8th Opp:- 33rd 18th 14th 32nd 3rd 21st 11th 20th
Forest:- 13th Opp:- 4th 3rd 5th 26th 35th 34th 6th 12th
RE: Europa League 25/26 - Sniffer Dog (Admin) - 30-01-2026
Thought both McAtee and Jesus were both superb last night.
That is 11 goals now for Jesus this season and he is on course for 20 which for his first season in the UK would be superb.
Can we get behind Edu a bit please and stop writing off players so early and so quickly?
Just give them a fair chance that is all I am asking.
RE: Europa League 25/26 - Trailer Park Tom - 30-01-2026
(30-01-2026, 08:01 AM)Sniffer Dog (Admin) Wrote: Thought both McAtee and Jesus were both superb last night.
That is 11 goals now for Jesus this season and he is on course for 20 which for his first season in the UK would be superb.
Can we get behind Edu a bit please and stop writing off players so early and so quickly?
Just give them a fair chance that is all I am asking.
This is an opportunity for Jesus to make his mark in the league which we badly need. He should be confident and going up against Palace who are struggling and Leeds who will allow opportunities. I really want to see him get into those spaces like he did last night which he hasn't really done in the premier league yet.
This isn't really about the quality or potential we are bringing in for me. It's about volume which makes it impossible to bed people in. So when you say give them a fair chance, the reason I'm annoyed is because signing so many players means the club aren't giving them a fair chance. Which we have seen. If forest sign another forward in this window. We will see the same again. One of them won't play and will be out of form and confidence when they get 6 minutes chasing a point. Then they will want to leave at the end of the season.
That's a bad recruitment model. If you sign 13/14 players some of them will obviously be good at some point. But it's too many and it comes at a cost.
If Macca could have a run of 5/6 consecutive starts in a team getting results he would flourish. But so far it's only really Jesus and Savona who have had any starts in the league. So I won't give the club a break because the recruitment is ridiculous.
RE: Europa League 25/26 - wassy04 - 30-01-2026
(30-01-2026, 08:39 AM)Trailer Park Tom Wrote:(30-01-2026, 08:01 AM)Sniffer Dog (Admin) Wrote: Thought both McAtee and Jesus were both superb last night.
That is 11 goals now for Jesus this season and he is on course for 20 which for his first season in the UK would be superb.
Can we get behind Edu a bit please and stop writing off players so early and so quickly?
Just give them a fair chance that is all I am asking.
This is an opportunity for Jesus to make his mark in the league which we badly need. He should be confident and going up against Palace who are struggling and Leeds who will allow opportunities. I really want to see him get into those spaces like he did last night which he hasn't really done in the premier league yet.
This isn't really about the quality or potential we are bringing in for me. It's about volume which makes it impossible to bed people in. So when you say give them a fair chance, the reason I'm annoyed is because signing so many players means the club aren't giving them a fair chance. Which we have seen. If forest sign another forward in this window. We will see the same again. One of them won't play and will be out of form and confidence when they get 6 minutes chasing a point. Then they will want to leave at the end of the season.
That's a bad recruitment model. If you sign 13/14 players some of them will obviously be good at some point. But it's too many and it comes at a cost.
If Macca could have a run of 5/6 consecutive starts in a team getting results he would flourish. But so far it's only really Jesus and Savona who have had any starts in the league. So I won't give the club a break because the recruitment is ridiculous.
For me, it sounds like you're suggesting we should only have a first 11 and don't bother with the rest of the squad. We ran of players last year and we had way less matches. This year imagine if we had just signed Kali amd not Jesus, we'd have mo striker. If we were to win the Europa League, we'd be playing an extra 16/18 games which is crazy.
The other thing is we had an opportunity to strengthen the squad due to the surprise success meaning more players were willing to sign for us. If anything we were still short a left back so I don't think we signed too many. We just had a lot of holes to fill.
Which signings do you think we signed that we didn't need?
RE: Europa League 25/26 - tugger2018 - 30-01-2026
Yes agree either way it’s 50000 away fans at panothanikas or 75000 at fenerbache
RE: Europa League 25/26 - Sniffer Dog (Admin) - 30-01-2026
(30-01-2026, 09:57 AM)tugger2018 Wrote: Yes agree either way it’s 50000 away fans at panothanikas or 75000 at fenerbache
The Olympic Stadium in Athens is not intimidating at all though even with a 100,000. Fans are miles away from the pitch and it won't be full.
RE: Europa League 25/26 - Marinakis Red - 30-01-2026
Id much prefer panithanikos to fenerbache.
RE: Europa League 25/26 - Trailer Park Tom - 30-01-2026
(30-01-2026, 10:46 AM)Marinakis Red Wrote: Id much prefer panithanikos to fenerbache.
Absolutely 100%
Not only because I think the game is more winnable plus the Greek connection, but I want our fans to be safe and actually have freedom to enjoy the city.
Wassy - I don't want to get this going again, especially in the wrong thread. I'm not going to say we shouldn't have signed any of them individually, I just think we signed too many. It makes it very hard to stabilise the squad. And I'm not saying we should only have a first 11, but despite all the signings we do only have a first 11 currently. Maybe that would be different if we had less players to bed in.
Available to keep this going in the recruitment thread but I think we all have our opinions and won't change our minds.
RE: Europa League 25/26 - Marinakis Red - 30-01-2026
(30-01-2026, 11:10 AM)Trailer Park Tom Wrote:(30-01-2026, 10:46 AM)Marinakis Red Wrote: Id much prefer panithanikos to fenerbache.
Absolutely 100%
Not only because I think the game is more winnable plus the Greek connection, but I want our fans to be safe and actually have freedom to enjoy the city.
Absolutely, my thoughts entirely. I wouldn't go to Turkey to watch forest away but id certainly head to Athens.
RE: Europa League 25/26 - Sniffer Dog (Admin) - 30-01-2026
(30-01-2026, 11:15 AM)Marinakis Red Wrote:(30-01-2026, 11:10 AM)Trailer Park Tom Wrote:(30-01-2026, 10:46 AM)Marinakis Red Wrote: Id much prefer panithanikos to fenerbache.
Absolutely 100%
Not only because I think the game is more winnable plus the Greek connection, but I want our fans to be safe and actually have freedom to enjoy the city.
Absolutely, my thoughts entirely. I wouldn't go to Turkey to watch forest away but id certainly head to Athens.
It can be dodgy too.
It's like the UK was in the 80's.
RE: Europa League 25/26 - jurgen rober - 30-01-2026
Interesting that 4 of the teams we played finished in the top 8.