02-01-2021, 03:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-01-2021, 03:54 PM by Joe Baker Legend.)
PNE Pre Match Comments......
Will the pitch be playable? Must be a doubt. Our players always seem to slip in normal conditions
Forest are the only Championship club not to have scored a first half goal away from home this season. Hopefully, that will continue today.
Jinxed it now
Be a tough game this, Forest were by far the better side against Stoke last week and had enough chances 2nd half to of won by a 3 goal margin, some good goalkeeping and bad misses prevented !
I agree, it’s a tough game, and with a renewed optimism with 3 consecutive wins, it wouldn’t surprise me if Forest were to stop us in our tracks.
Any home game against today's opponents takes me back to a snowy Tuesday night in 1964 - I can still feel the flakes hitting my face - and an FA Cup 3rd Round replay. 0-0 after 90 minutes but then just a few minutes into extra time the ball runs loose on the edge of the penalty area at the Kop End and the 17-year-old Howard Kendall swoops on it and lashes a rising drive into the roof of the net past the flailing arms of their keeper - the exultation is indescribable. That was the start of an adventure that went all the way to Wembley where it ended if not in victory at least in glory.
If anyone had told me then that years later I would sit indoors 250 miles away watching the same teams playing on a computer screen - apart from the fact that I wouldn't have known then what a computer was - I would have thought it beyond comprehension. But that is what I will be doing later and though if we score I won't shout out loud as I did then I will still feel a thrill. There wouldn't be any point otherwise would there?
How have Forest got so bad from last season? Spiraled out of the play-offs and have seemed to continue that trend, they have a decent squad and really would have had them pegged for top 10 this year.
14 players signed in the summer then sacking the manager who signed them. No way can you keep a group mentality with that basket case of a situation
It's not very often that we are favourites against Notts Forest, if hardly ever. Let's all enjoy watching us slapping their arse (hopefully)
Take a draw today .......but hopefully another scruffy win, Forest always seem to concede.
There may well be some team changes with Davies left out if he is off to wherever, and what this does to team morale.
Others can also correct my memory (if its wrong) but weren't Forest the team we played on our 1st Sunday fixture, in the 3 day week coal strike days @ Deepdale......, again a game I think we won (2 -+ 0 or 3 - 1 ) ??
2~1 .Duncan McKenzie played for forest,Clough manager they were also close to the top of the league
SSN has just shown live pictures of Deepdale, with the snow really coming down.
Find it mental Forest can barely score more than one goal in a game and they had a game recently with Lyle Taylor, Knockaert and Joe Lolley all on the bench
It's usually a 0-0/1-1 type of game against these and wouldn't think it will be much different today. They got a good 1-1 at Stoke in the week.
Win would be brilliant though, would only be a few points off top 6 and would be on course to average 70 points over the season which would be more than last season.
We don't want this game postponed when Forest are in such a shite vein of form!
Can we have an orange ball please?
Forest usually bring 2-3k if it's a Saturday game don't they?
Feb 2019 game was 14k attendance.
No Earl today? Seems a baffling decision - he has played very well over the past few games...
Flat back 4 against a winger of Knockaerts quality who will be tricky and cheat. Can understand the logic
Sow and Yates are a physical midfield duo, so Ledson and Bayliss will need to get around them.
What impact can we expect from Forest dropping into the bottom three last night?
Added pressure and lower belief or a positive motivating factor?
Strange lineup. A touch of genius by Neil, or over thinking it? Let's wait and see.
I hope I’m wrong but I think we’re fecked today.
No goals in that Forest side right now, we score first, we win.
Think they were a bit unfortunate not to get 3 points at Stoke an with the players in their squad, it's very strange to see where they are. It's all been a bit unsettled behind the scenes by the sound of it.
Still a very tough game today an if it means another untidy game an a 1-0 win, I'd be more than happy
Will the pitch be playable? Must be a doubt. Our players always seem to slip in normal conditions
Forest are the only Championship club not to have scored a first half goal away from home this season. Hopefully, that will continue today.
Jinxed it now
Be a tough game this, Forest were by far the better side against Stoke last week and had enough chances 2nd half to of won by a 3 goal margin, some good goalkeeping and bad misses prevented !
I agree, it’s a tough game, and with a renewed optimism with 3 consecutive wins, it wouldn’t surprise me if Forest were to stop us in our tracks.
Any home game against today's opponents takes me back to a snowy Tuesday night in 1964 - I can still feel the flakes hitting my face - and an FA Cup 3rd Round replay. 0-0 after 90 minutes but then just a few minutes into extra time the ball runs loose on the edge of the penalty area at the Kop End and the 17-year-old Howard Kendall swoops on it and lashes a rising drive into the roof of the net past the flailing arms of their keeper - the exultation is indescribable. That was the start of an adventure that went all the way to Wembley where it ended if not in victory at least in glory.
If anyone had told me then that years later I would sit indoors 250 miles away watching the same teams playing on a computer screen - apart from the fact that I wouldn't have known then what a computer was - I would have thought it beyond comprehension. But that is what I will be doing later and though if we score I won't shout out loud as I did then I will still feel a thrill. There wouldn't be any point otherwise would there?
How have Forest got so bad from last season? Spiraled out of the play-offs and have seemed to continue that trend, they have a decent squad and really would have had them pegged for top 10 this year.
14 players signed in the summer then sacking the manager who signed them. No way can you keep a group mentality with that basket case of a situation
It's not very often that we are favourites against Notts Forest, if hardly ever. Let's all enjoy watching us slapping their arse (hopefully)
Take a draw today .......but hopefully another scruffy win, Forest always seem to concede.
There may well be some team changes with Davies left out if he is off to wherever, and what this does to team morale.
Others can also correct my memory (if its wrong) but weren't Forest the team we played on our 1st Sunday fixture, in the 3 day week coal strike days @ Deepdale......, again a game I think we won (2 -+ 0 or 3 - 1 ) ??
2~1 .Duncan McKenzie played for forest,Clough manager they were also close to the top of the league
SSN has just shown live pictures of Deepdale, with the snow really coming down.
Find it mental Forest can barely score more than one goal in a game and they had a game recently with Lyle Taylor, Knockaert and Joe Lolley all on the bench
It's usually a 0-0/1-1 type of game against these and wouldn't think it will be much different today. They got a good 1-1 at Stoke in the week.
Win would be brilliant though, would only be a few points off top 6 and would be on course to average 70 points over the season which would be more than last season.
We don't want this game postponed when Forest are in such a shite vein of form!
Can we have an orange ball please?
Forest usually bring 2-3k if it's a Saturday game don't they?
Feb 2019 game was 14k attendance.
No Earl today? Seems a baffling decision - he has played very well over the past few games...
Flat back 4 against a winger of Knockaerts quality who will be tricky and cheat. Can understand the logic
Sow and Yates are a physical midfield duo, so Ledson and Bayliss will need to get around them.
What impact can we expect from Forest dropping into the bottom three last night?
Added pressure and lower belief or a positive motivating factor?
Strange lineup. A touch of genius by Neil, or over thinking it? Let's wait and see.
I hope I’m wrong but I think we’re fecked today.
No goals in that Forest side right now, we score first, we win.
Think they were a bit unfortunate not to get 3 points at Stoke an with the players in their squad, it's very strange to see where they are. It's all been a bit unsettled behind the scenes by the sound of it.
Still a very tough game today an if it means another untidy game an a 1-0 win, I'd be more than happy