Middlesbrough - Nottingham Forest

[ThePromisedLand]

Omg so much negativity. Let’s try and look on the positive side .
I will start....

I got the prediction league 100% spot on today. ( so did some others)
So not all bad eh?

Exactly the reason I don’t participate  :(

[Madforit]

Nothing has changed other than the amount of dross we`ve brought in, and as far as Hughton goes, it`s hard to tell if Sabri has actually left, we really have gone totally backwards, this is some of the worst times I have seen as a Forest supporter.

[ozzyten10]

Reminds me a bit of mclaren and MacLeish. CH has undoubted ability as a championship manager. He needs some time on the training pitch

[Alf]

Not a game I'd have expected us to win under most managers, but what worries me is Hughton's overall approach. We never start on the front foot, and we aren't making use of our attacking players.

I could understand that under Sabri, because we'd 1 recognised striker, and if anything happened to him we were screwed. So making defending a priority made sense. We also had Cash & Ribero, so driving from the back made sense too.

Now however, we've 2 15+ goal strikers, another workhorse striker as backup & to compliment, and enough wingers to rotate semi-regularly too. We also don't have fullbacks the of the quality we had last year. So it seems strange to adopt a similar approach.

We really need to get at Cov & Wycombe from the off.

[Tricky]

Apparently, Ribs has been getting treated for an injury and has only just started training again.

[zicorice]

Not a game I'd have expected us to win under most managers, but what worries me is Hughton's overall approach. We never start on the front foot, and we aren't making use of our attacking players.

I could understand that under Sabri, because we'd 1 recognised striker, and if anything happened to him we were screwed. So making defending a priority made sense. We also had Cash & Ribero, so driving from the back made sense too.

Now however, we've 2 15+ goal strikers, another workhorse striker as backup & to compliment, and enough wingers to rotate semi-regularly too. We also don't have fullbacks the of the quality we had last year.

We really need to get at Cov & Wycombe from the off.

I'm going to call "understatement of the season award" right there.

[Username]

Apparently, Ribs has been getting treated for an injury and has only just started training again.

Since when Tricky?

He has been on social media previously to confirm he was fit and available to play.

[willdared]

When you see performances like that you really think what do they practice in training all week?

[Alf]

When you see performances like that you really think what do they practice in training all week?

Defending. And nothing else

[Largo Latacunga]

It's not about the result either, it's just the absolute cluelessness on the pitch, can't get basics right, can't pass the ball to each other or build an attack, game after game, that's the worry.

[stirred]

Not a game I'd have expected us to win under most managers, but what worries me is Hughton's overall approach. We never start on the front foot, and we aren't making use of our attacking players.

I could understand that under Sabri, because we'd 1 recognised striker, and if anything happened to him we were screwed. So making defending a priority made sense. We also had Cash & Ribero, so driving from the back made sense too.

Now however, we've 2 15+ goal strikers, another workhorse striker as backup & to compliment, and enough wingers to rotate semi-regularly too. We also don't have fullbacks the of the quality we had last year. So it seems strange to adopt a similar approach.

We really need to get at Cov & Wycombe from the off.

Yeah, I agree. I’ve criticised his decisions each match. We needed someone who is going to get us playing football and attacking. I’d love to see high energy and rotating wingers but the only player with pace is Mighten and he isn’t getting a sniff. 

I’d caveat that with us seemingly missing the no 8 who can link play to the attackers. We lost Silva but don’t have a better replacement. I guess Arter is the closest we have but assume he’s injured.

That said I fear Hughton is part of the problem not solving it. Unfortunately I think we’ve hired the wrong guy.

[Tricky]

Apparently, Ribs has been getting treated for an injury and has only just started training again.

Since when Tricky?

He has been on social media previously to confirm he was fit and available to play.

That's what CH said when asked by Colin Fray about his none inclusion UN