06-05-2021, 04:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-05-2021, 04:53 PM by Strawberry Avenger.)
(06-05-2021, 02:15 PM)Widdow Wrote: Look can be positive.
There are obviously issues going forward (which I think can be rectified this summer) buti do think it goes under the radar just how good Forest are defensively now. It isn't always backs-to-the-wall either, it's often a complete nullification of the opposition before they even get to our box. Some more positive defensive stats:
-5th best defence in the league
-Taken the lead 14 times and won 12 of those
-15 clean sheets (more than last season)
-No meaningful goals conceded in injury time (compared to 1 million last season)
-Only one team has scored 3 against us in a game
It's a rock solid foundation. Add in 2-3 good attacking recruitments, lot more pace, creative midfielders, Mighten a year further in his development, Johnson rejuvenated after his loan, a fresh start for Lolley and a full pre-season and I am confident that we can make the improvements required and like i have said at least Hughton knows whats required
Nullification of the opposition. I'd take that over the knee jerk, life and death Russian roulette of the last 20 years.
I like this post. It made good reading. :cool:
That's the take away from Hughton's 'builder' 1st season. Build a solid foundation and build from the back.
I wouldn't mind what he did at Brighton to take Forest back.
Watching Brighton from afar (a club that didn't even have their own ground a while back...) it looked very exciting what was happening to them under Hughton. Character. Goals. Consistency.
I don't know what Forest were doing at the time for me to be looking enviously at Brighton. But they were winning. And they were scoring goals. And they had a decent league position.
They even got promoted.
SA.