Nottingham Forest - Aston Villa

[wassy04]

Does anyone else think with 4/5 days between Burnley and Sunderland and 4/5 days between Sunderland and Villa without any international travel to contend with for the second leg that our starters should have enough in the tank to start the next 3 games?

Don't forget you have the Newcastle game after that one three days later. Plus not to mention the possibility of a Europa League final sandwiched between the final two games. So potentially still 7 left in 4 weeks and we seem to be picking up injuries. We saw two more on Friday although one was an impact shoulder injury so hopefully that is ok. 

Basically I think we'll need to use the squad for at least some of the games. Where do you feed them in? That's the million dollar question.

[RyanR]

Biggest Forest game of my lifetime possibly? (Depends if you think the Play Off final was bigger, which it could be for the consequences afterwards).

I’m strangely calm about this one. We normally match Villa pretty well and the games are usually close. I’d be sticking with both strikers again

I think with the continued stress of the seemingly never ending relegation battle, it feels like there is almost less pressure on this game, certainly from a fan perspective. I wonder if the players are feeling similarly. I think at the minimum, it doesn't feel like there would be a scenario where we'd be overcome with pressure given the constant pressure we've played under. Maybe that would be different if we reached the final though.

That’s very true, good points. It’s a very different kind of pressure from the stress we’ve felt all league season and is far more of an opportunity than a make-or-break relegation scrap. I’m sure the players will be excited to show what they can do without as much outside pressure

[Username]

Does anyone else think with 4/5 days between Burnley and Sunderland and 4/5 days between Sunderland and Villa without any international travel to contend with for the second leg that our starters should have enough in the tank to start the next 3 games?

Don't forget you have the Newcastle game after that one three days later. Plus not to mention the possibility of a Europa League final sandwiched between the final two games. So potentially still 7 left in 4 weeks and we seem to be picking up injuries. We saw two more on Friday although one was an impact shoulder injury so hopefully that is ok. 

Basically I think we'll need to use the squad for at least some of the games. Where do you feed them in? That's the million dollar question.

Looks like Spurs are having some injury challenges as well though. 

Both Solanki and Simons went off yesterday.

[BadDog]

Does anyone else think with 4/5 days between Burnley and Sunderland and 4/5 days between Sunderland and Villa without any international travel to contend with for the second leg that our starters should have enough in the tank to start the next 3 games?

Don't forget you have the Newcastle game after that one three days later. Plus not to mention the possibility of a Europa League final sandwiched between the final two games. So potentially still 7 left in 4 weeks and we seem to be picking up injuries. We saw two more on Friday although one was an impact shoulder injury so hopefully that is ok. 

Basically I think we'll need to use the squad for at least some of the games. Where do you feed them in? That's the million dollar question.

Looks like Spurs are having some injury challenges as well though. 

Both Solanki and Simons went off yesterday.

Simons looked bad too, probs miss the rest of the season.

[Shawoddyred]

I think (and hope) we go full on for the rest of the season. I they should be OK. In game rotation will be more key in my opinion but I see no reason not to put out our best 11 every game from now on. It's been a very relaxed schedule for our squad recently, they should be ready and raring!

[Fumanchew]

Does anyone else think with 4/5 days between Burnley and Sunderland and 4/5 days between Sunderland and Villa without any international travel to contend with for the second leg that our starters should have enough in the tank to start the next 3 games?

Don't forget you have the Newcastle game after that one three days later. Plus not to mention the possibility of a Europa League final sandwiched between the final two games. So potentially still 7 left in 4 weeks and we seem to be picking up injuries. We saw two more on Friday although one was an impact shoulder injury so hopefully that is ok. 

Basically I think we'll need to use the squad for at least some of the games. Where do you feed them in? That's the million dollar question.

Looks like Spurs are having some injury challenges as well though. 

Both Solanki and Simons went off yesterday.

Just to reply to this Simons out for the rest of the season and World Cup

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

I wonder where the ref is going to be from and who it is.

Don't think it's been announced yet but he won't be British.

[RyanR]

I wonder where the ref is going to be from and who it is.

Don't think it's been announced yet but he won't be British.

Hopefully he’ll be Greek!

[Jimmygordon]

Greek with a chain of bakeries lol