Nottingham Forest - Manchester City

[Spangles]

Fulham was a pathetic performance but we were still fairly unlucky to lose as they were just as bad as us in all honesty but today we played very well and to not even gain a point is proper soul destroying .
And why did we not pick up at least a point ? Because yet again the officials have failed us massively . Why can't they just do the job with some degree of parity for both sides ?
Absolutely seething at some of the decisions today that have cost us big time .
That patronising , smug twat Pep can waltz off with his 3 points thanks to Rob Jones and co the absolute KUNTZ.
Robbed Jones.

[ozzyten10]

Really upset with that. Shithoused by peps assistant. That corner and fouls (Murillo also gets grabbed) was by design. Diaz clear as day second yellow. Anderson booked for his first foul after about 20 tactical fouls from them. Flagged offside on a promising break that was clearly onside.
Great goal by us. Poor subs again - Bakwa should have been earlier and big T - really?
Pep knew after they had been lucky - their porn star tash player reviewing the goal on the bench also knew they’d got away with one too-
Liked MGW deeper. Luiz should have come on at 70 for a tiring Ando or Dominguez. Wonder what has happened to Ndoye?
We may need another striker now wood is done. Big T clearly lost any form at all for last two seasons and kali clearly not rated or trusted- shame as feel he may well be the best finisher in the club.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Dyche has good and bad points as we know.

Something in common at every club is that he makes subs very late in a game if at all. I would prefer he uses the squad more too. I guess his argument is a mass of subs often disrupts the team, I agree with that, seen it happen many times. However sometimes I wish he would change things but its not his way.

[Username]

What was going on between Pep and Milenkovic at full time?

It was very animated and not cordial.

[Red Dog]

I think you missed the obvious one.  O"reilly pushed MGW down.  That was as foul and then. not even looked at as the shot came where Morgan was down.  I think it was by design.  How that was allowed is beyond me. 

Dias should have been off.  Also at the end, Jesus was knocked down and they finished the game without looking at it.

It's a f*****g farce.  We gave them a really good game today.  I think we definitely should have deserved better.  Fulham was rubbish.  This wasn't.  Dyche is right, bad decisions all over the place.


I think we were robbed to be honest.  Dom and Jesus were great.

Everton next.  Let's hope we don't revert to type and play rubbish.

Spot on Chicago! When Rob Jones was in the Championship, he was head and shoulders above any ref in that league. He is now a clone of A Taylor and is ruining games. He cost ua today and Dyche will end up paying a fine for telling the truth! 2 shocking decisions that affected the result in my opinion.

[wassy04]

Dyche has good and bad points as we know.

Something in common at every club is that he makes subs very late in a game if at all. I would prefer he uses the squad more too. I guess his argument is a mass of subs often disrupts the team, I agree with that, seen it happen many times. However sometimes I wish he would change things but its not his way.

That would be fine if you played one game a week like in his previous roles but we don't and he needs to learn fast.

He's just got to get more from the rest of the squad. Mcatee, N'Doye, Bakwa, Luiz, Kalimuendo have got to be getting more minutes. Same with Savona when Aina takes his place.

[ozzyten10]

Still seething

[Trailer Park Tom]

Dyche has good and bad points as we know.

Something in common at every club is that he makes subs very late in a game if at all. I would prefer he uses the squad more too. I guess his argument is a mass of subs often disrupts the team, I agree with that, seen it happen many times. However sometimes I wish he would change things but its not his way.

That would be fine if you played one game a week like in his previous roles but we don't and he needs to learn fast.

He's just got to get more from the rest of the squad. Mcatee, N'Doye, Bakwa, Luiz, Kalimuendo have got to be getting more minutes. Same with Savona when Aina takes his place.

It's difficult because if it goes wrong he gets pelters but It was obvious the players on the pitch needed a bit of help today. Such a high intensity game against city and nobody was really at fault for the result individually.

[ozzyten10]

Possible foul on Gibbs-White by O’Reilly – checking for impeding the defender.” Jones replies: “I saw contact, but it looked minimal, no real intent.” After reviewing multiple angles, Salisbury concludes: “Contact is present, but it’s not sustained or forceful enough to be considered a clear and obvious error. Recommend goal stands.” Jones confirms: “Agreed, play on.”

Infuriating

[Chicago]

It was a clear shove by O"reilly., Clear Bias. I don't really understand the anger about Taiwo coming on. It was a very physical game and Big T can mix it. Sure, he has the first touch of a rapist but Kalimuendo doesn't have the best touch either and he is lightweight too. You needed some fighting and I was fine with the big boy coming on. Everton, I would expect Taiwo over Kali too. That will be a battle. Citeh weren't better than us. The Pundits have such bias it is ridiculous. Do they have a world class squad to choose from? Yes they do. So strength in depth. I was fine with Sean's choices today. The problem will be Everton on Tuesday. Dom was great today but will he have the energy. This is where the rotation is going to come into play. It's definitely a game we need something from. We cannot play as badly against them again.

I think Bakwa and Luiz will get some minutes. Possibly Taiwo too. I don't fault The Ginger Prince at all. I think the team still had maximum effort all the way to the end. Having Aina fit would have helped. But other than that...

Anyway, Pep is a bitch and so is VAR. We will be fine based on that. The Shammers will be the massive game.


Chicago: Feeling Hard done by too.

[DR Forest]

Dyche has good and bad points as we know.

Something in common at every club is that he makes subs very late in a game if at all. I would prefer he uses the squad more too. I guess his argument is a mass of subs often disrupts the team, I agree with that, seen it happen many times. However sometimes I wish he would change things but its not his way.

That would be fine if you played one game a week like in his previous roles but we don't and he needs to learn fast.

He's just got to get more from the rest of the squad. Mcatee, N'Doye, Bakwa, Luiz, Kalimuendo have got to be getting more minutes. Same with Savona when Aina takes his place.

I thought we had discussed this a couple of pages earlier, Wassy.

You can wish all you want but the bottom line is that they simply aren’t (currently) either good enough or fit enough.

[DR Forest]

Well that was better than I expected.

A few musings:

Taiwo ahead of Kalimendo again beggars belief
The midfield ran their socks off
We made lots of good blocks to stop their shots on goal
Sels is now fully fit but Sean picked John over him
Jesus bullied their defenders and looked class
We scored a great, well worked, goal
Rob Jones is a c**t
How they survived with eleven men is beyond me
Our set pieces are woeful
Murillo needs to cut down on the attempted spectacular passes
Anderson looked knackered on 55 minutes

Listened to Sean’s post match interview and suspect he’s in like for a HUGE fine

Hopefully people might understand a little more why someone like Dwight McNeill may be on the shopping list.