30-09-2019, 03:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 30-09-2019, 03:49 PM by Strawberry Avenger.)
(30-09-2019, 12:57 PM)Paplane Wrote: Can you remember the Villa home game last season? It was men v boys. They did a right professional job on us. Bullied us, had quality when it was needed but after getting ahead they sat on the game, and went away with a win. It was a thoroughly professional performance. I think an approach like that, which I've seen we're beginning to develop, comes across to partisan fans as being 'dirty'.
Other teams have got away with it and ended up in the Premier. See Cardiff, Villa etc.
Forest have been 'too nice' for too long and been outmuscled, bullied and out niggled and out promoted to the Premier by many 'so-so' smaller clubs with 'a plan.'
The Championship is what it is. You have to be robust, play a bit and 'play the game.'
'Being Professional.' (And all that.)
Clough sides could handle themselves. Burns. Lloyd. Gemmil. 'Just lean into him a bit...'
SA.