23-11-2019, 07:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-11-2019, 07:01 PM by Joe Baker Legend.)
Continued....
That was a very frustrating game to watch today. We set out again in a shape that I don't think suits us much and played with a cautious approach. Watching two counter attacking teams play each other is either enthralling or dire and today was the latter from an entertainment point of view. On top of that the ref was extremely fussy and blew for everything.
Forest were the better side in the first half and should really have gone in front during one particular spell where we massively rode our luck. We didn't create much, we didn't win the midfield and the ball didn't stick well when we went over it.
Second half we improved even before the sending off. A note on that, I thought it was a yellow not a red - not seen a replay yet - but I really disliked the play acting and faux outrage that helped to make it a red. As soon as that card was shown Nagy made a miraculous recovery and was on his feet in a couple of seconds - I don't ever want to see that from a city player.
We finally brought on some creativity with Palmer and Eliasson, and Rodri. I think despite missing a couple Rodri looks a better option than Diedhiou and should get more opportunity, likewise Eliasson over O'Dowda who despite being good at running at defenders doesn't produce many chances.
It's been difficult with the injury list so I have some sympathy and patience with it but I sincerely hope the club have a striker ready to sign on January 1st but I expect it will be difficult, I think if Afobe were fit we'd have already have had another 6 or 8 points so where do we find the next one?
That was a very frustrating game to watch today. We set out again in a shape that I don't think suits us much and played with a cautious approach. Watching two counter attacking teams play each other is either enthralling or dire and today was the latter from an entertainment point of view. On top of that the ref was extremely fussy and blew for everything.
Forest were the better side in the first half and should really have gone in front during one particular spell where we massively rode our luck. We didn't create much, we didn't win the midfield and the ball didn't stick well when we went over it.
Second half we improved even before the sending off. A note on that, I thought it was a yellow not a red - not seen a replay yet - but I really disliked the play acting and faux outrage that helped to make it a red. As soon as that card was shown Nagy made a miraculous recovery and was on his feet in a couple of seconds - I don't ever want to see that from a city player.
We finally brought on some creativity with Palmer and Eliasson, and Rodri. I think despite missing a couple Rodri looks a better option than Diedhiou and should get more opportunity, likewise Eliasson over O'Dowda who despite being good at running at defenders doesn't produce many chances.
It's been difficult with the injury list so I have some sympathy and patience with it but I sincerely hope the club have a striker ready to sign on January 1st but I expect it will be difficult, I think if Afobe were fit we'd have already have had another 6 or 8 points so where do we find the next one?