Current Players Thread

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Think you are being a tad unfair Wassy. You know me, definitely not shy of giving the recruitment at Forest the bashing it has so often deserved but you could see the method this time.

Pretty sure we had other forward targets toward the end of the window, guessing one didn’t come off and Origi probably was a plan B but we have made far worse panic buys down the years especially considering he is only on loan. As for wide options CHO, Elanga, MGW, Danilo and Williams can all play there.

I think it's obvious we are short of a forward option especially considering the injury record of all of our front 3. If there is anything that can be questioned its how we utilised our 2 PL loans spaces, both Tavares and Santos look to be a waste (could see the argument for Santos at the time).
Would have been far more useful to bring in a young forward on loan, not sure who but certain there must be a few around in U21 teams. Someone with a bit of raw pace to run at a defence late in the game. That it would have been a development player also gets around the ‘coming to play as 3rd choice” argument.
But hindsight is wonderful and for all we know we explored that option too.

BTW if it was up to me I would have kept Dennis.