Brighton - Nottingham Forest

[Joe Baker Legend]

Wood Goal......

[Trailer Park Tom]

Wood Goal......

Great to see our main striker taking the pen to get confidence and goals.

I don't know what today means for Taiwo.

[wassy04]

Good result for us and referee controversy (decision correct but he made himself look incompetent in the process), however I think this is all hiding what was a disappointing performance overall. Would have been delighted last season but our standards are higher now prefer us not to look second best.

You know Salv sometimes I wonder if you're actually a forest fan. It wasn't the correct decison at all. It was a marginal call at best.

Jeez Pap.
Yes I thought DT was correct about mistakes the club made a few years ago and today I thought the decision to give MGW a yellow for a reckless lunge was correct. So clearly Im a Derby fan, you’ve outed me.

I thought it was a blatant yellow card, MGW absolutely clattered him. The thing about the ref suggesting it initially wasn't that bad was potentially questionable but was clearly a yellow. 

If that was the other way round and the guy didn't get sent off you'd all be fuming.

[stefanduma]

I think, on reflection, that the ref made the correct decision. The decision he had to make, was it a straight red or a yellow. Thankfully the decision was a yellow.

[Tricky]

SM is my least favourite poster to disagree with becuase he is like a big cuddly teddy bear.

Jeez!!! Have I come onto the Forest Pride Forum by mistake?

[Paplane]

SM is my least favourite poster to disagree with becuase he is like a big cuddly teddy bear.

Jeez!!! Have I come onto the Forest Pride Forum by mistake?  

No the sheep forum it seems....

[JWJW]

Good game but I think Sels short reach was an issue for the first goal and he was absolutely at fault for the free kick.

For me it's time to get Miguel into goal and give him a run of games.

I would put Sels as an issue for 3 goals against us now.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Sels must be at fault for the second although was a great hit, a bit harsh for the first though, think you first need to question why a 5 foot 8 midfielder was given a free header. He made a terrific save from Welbeck a few mins later.

Im not a great fan of Sels but realistically you cannot be dropping him yet simply on the basis we haven’t lost a game. Had we got beat 4-0 it might be a different argument although just because Carlos is a big lad it doesn’t mean he is better. Would Carlos have got down in time to make the Welbeck save? Only Nuno knows who is better, just need to trust his choice.

[Paplane]

Sels must be at fault for the second although was a great hit, a bit harsh for the first though, think you first need to question why a 5 foot 8 midfielder was given a free header. He made a terrific save from Welbeck a few mins later.

Im not a great fan of Sels but realistically you cannot be dropping him yet simply on the basis we haven’t lost a game. Had we got beat 4-0 it might be a different argument although just because Carlos is a big lad it doesn’t mean he is better. Would Carlos have got down in time to make the Welbeck save? Only Nuno knows who is better, just need to trust his choice.

The real error for the 1st was MGW not closing down the cross. The lad had all the time in the world to chuck it in.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Good game but I think Sels short reach was an issue for the first goal and he was absolutely at fault for the free kick.

For me it's time to get Miguel into goal and give him a run of games.

I would put Sels as an issue for 3 goals against us now.

I thought there were also times when he could have come off his line and claimed 2 or 3 crosses but he chose not too.

[Trailer Park Tom]

Good game but I think Sels short reach was an issue for the first goal and he was absolutely at fault for the free kick.

For me it's time to get Miguel into goal and give him a run of games.

I would put Sels as an issue for 3 goals against us now.

I thought there were also times when he could have come off his line and claimed 2 or 3 crosses but he chose not too.

There was one that went unchallenged across the inside of the 6 yard box from the near camera side and thankfully the next man was a forest defender.

The issue is that he didn't know the next man was a forest defender. So if it was a Brighton player it's a goal and he doesn't even know the threat is there. 

Same with the free kick. If the ball didn't go straight in the corner he still wouldn't have gotten there as he didn't see it or move.

Sels shouldn't have started this season but as we are unbeaten and defending much better it's hard to drop him.

[DR Forest]

Nuno is the manager and an ex goalie.
He will know best if Miguel is ready and a better option than Sels.
Whilst scrutiny is being brought to bear, there’s still an argument that ‘better the devil you know’.
Imagine if Miguel came in and made a mistake against Fulham and we lost our unbeaten run? Nuno would get slaughtered.

I don’t think it’s far off though; for me the main issue with sels is his lack of dominance in the area, currently papered over by Milenkovic’s form, but it is a clear deficiency.