Rotherham United - Nottingham Forest
#13
Forgive me for mentioning this but - unless I’m mistaken - we haven’t won an away game when not wearing the Garibaldi Red since the win at Brentford in January 2020 ( over 12 months ago ).

About time methinks...
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#14
Got to put these to the sword.

Crookes who is their big threat from midfield went off with an ankle injury on Saturday, so he will be doubtful.

Need to push for 3 points here.

10 points would be difficult to overturn
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#15
(22-02-2021, 10:59 AM)Reds73 Wrote: Got to put these to the sword.

Crookes who is their big threat from midfield went off with an ankle injury on Saturday, so he will be doubtful.

Need to push for 3 points here.

10 points would be difficult to overturn

I see that he’s been playing up front - assume they’ve had striker problems?
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#16
We could do with a win on Tuesday night to take some of the pressure off for the Derby game on Friday.

4 points would be a good return from the next two games, 6 points would be brilliant, much less than 4 would be a little disappointing....
First the points and then the pints….
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#17
Rotherham have lost their last 3 but against good sides like Norwich and Bournemouth and only by the odd goal. They are no mugs.
Panic on the streets of London
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#18
Just read that we haven’t won away at Rotherham in last 10 attempts. Time to change that.
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#19
(22-02-2021, 10:59 AM)Reds73 Wrote: Got to put these to the sword.

Crookes who is their big threat from midfield went off with an ankle injury on Saturday, so he will be doubtful.

Need to push for 3 points here.

10 points would be difficult to overturn

It would take Forest to 39 points and mid-table.  A potential turning point for the season.

SA.
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#20
(22-02-2021, 02:22 PM)Strawberry Avenger Wrote:
(22-02-2021, 10:59 AM)Reds73 Wrote: Got to put these to the sword.

Crookes who is their big threat from midfield went off with an ankle injury on Saturday, so he will be doubtful.

Need to push for 3 points here.

10 points would be difficult to overturn

It would take Forest to 39 points and mid-table.  A potential turning point for the season.

SA.

It would also mean that potentially, we would only need another 3 wins throughout the season to guarantee 50+ points and safety, although the way this season is going, will 50 be enough?
"It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time, it's Trickay, It's Tricky, Tricky, Tricky Tricky" - Run DMC
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#21
(22-02-2021, 05:46 PM)Tricky Wrote:
(22-02-2021, 02:22 PM)Strawberry Avenger Wrote:
(22-02-2021, 10:59 AM)Reds73 Wrote: Got to put these to the sword.

Crookes who is their big threat from midfield went off with an ankle injury on Saturday, so he will be doubtful.

Need to push for 3 points here.

10 points would be difficult to overturn

It would take Forest to 39 points and mid-table.  A potential turning point for the season.

SA.

It would also mean that potentially, we would only need another 3 wins throughout the season to guarantee 50+ points and safety, although the way this season is going, will 50 be enough?

Aye.  If we beat Rotherham.  (Let's hope the Hughton Forest side that now, under Chris, respects lower table opposition, will turn up and grind out the result they need.)

I'd like to think another 3 wins would do it.  But I'm not so sure it will be this time around.  The league has never been this close.

Problem is?  Rotherham.  Coventry (duffing up Brentford...).  Derby.  Huddersfield.  (Duffing up Swansea after we duffed them up...). They can all score.  They can all win.  I don't think it's been this much of a fight in years at the bottom.  By now, usually a couple of teams are cut adrift and beginning to lose it.  Wycome haven't got the points.  But they're fighting tooth and nail.

What I would say.  If we beat Rotherham.  Psychologically, Forest on 39 points puts us bang smack mid-table with Preston (we'd take their place) and be level on points with Blackburn. Think of the moral boost this would give the lads. Makes this the biggest game so far!

Pivotal to creating the platform to get those other 3 wins.  (Forest now have the squad balance to get those wins if they keep competing with the honest endeavour they have shown under Hughton in the last 13 games.)

SA.
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#22
The short is no. I don't think 50 will be enough. ;)

SA.
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#23
Important not to lose any of these games. Two draws would not be the end of the world.
I know that it might hurt, but if I have to win one and lose the other, I chose Rotherham...
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#24
i think we beat Rotherham, Derby and Luton .. ideally 4 nil
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