Turning The Corner?

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I wonder if the Colback performance is knowing that 2 more DCM's have signed and now everyone has to up their game.  I think Watson will eventually get pushed down the order, he seems the weakest link at the moment prior to bringing in the 2 new DCM's.

Carvalho played well, as did Osborn.  The weakest link there was probably Cash, he needs to improve his play now.  Kind of like reverse now......Cash needs to improve his general play while Osborn needs to improve his finishing (Cash can finish and Osborn has good general play)  If only we could merge the 2 into 1, that 1 would be an outstanding player.

I think we have turned the corner now - Karanka has a squad that he wants - he has had time to get them playing the way he wants - and now we should start to see the wins more often than draws.

I believe Sheffield Wednesday really had done their homework on Forest. They were marking Cashy very tightly and giving him next to nothing time on the ball. They also man marked Fox to hinder him from sending his excellent long passes, often to Cashy. 

So I don't agree that Cash was the weak link as I believe it was part of Sheffield Wednesday's game plan to keep him out of the game by marking him closely. Really a great acknowledgement of how far he has come this season.

I broadly agree with that. That diagonal to our right side, along with the fullbacks carrying the ball out, had been a major part of our game plan this season. I'd actually argued it was to much of our game plan & Sheff Wed clearly agreed & thought closing it down would close us down, & in fairness to them, before last night it probably would have worked, but now the center of the fields working better then Cash can just take one for the night & the rest of the team can use the space he's drawn.

That's the thing about getting the basics right, if they block one path to goal it means you can always use another.

That's why I liked last night. We didn't play at our best, we can play much better than that, but we got the basics right, which is the foundation for everything else.

A good bunch of players & a bit of luck & anyone can get a game like last seasons QPR one, but when you've got the basics right you can start producing performances consistently.

A week ago Rotherham was potentially a big game, that might answer a few questions, Sheff Wed answered a lot of them, but Rotherham is a chance to add the exclamation mark.

I agree to that. We definitely got the basic right  :cool: