Nottingham Forest - Fenerbahce

[Stojanm]

In a strange way I enjoyed the game.

Through to the last 16 of the Europa League.

Who would have thought that possible 4 years ago.

Hi Sniffer, I'm really pleased we are through to the next round but I do worry that the longer we stay in the competition the bigger impact it will have on our Premiership survival, which for me is far more important to us as a club

The issue we have is our squad is not strong enough to rotate as much as we would like and if we want to continue in the Europa League we will need to play or best 11 - 14 players all the time, as the rest are simply not up to it, resulting in our first team being too tired to compete for the full 90 minutes in our Premier League games. I really hope I'm wrong

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

At least we are putting this second string debate to bed now. 4 managers have confirmed they're just shite. McAtee has had chance after chance, Bakwa is so bad he can't even get on the pitch. It's been a disaster.

Cunha is a young lad pleased he got some time and did ok.

There is always a drop off when you leave 5 or 6 first team regulars out of a team.

Always, at every club.

I know you have your agenda that recruitment is S**t but it is not so black and White.

McAtee is not a winger and I don't know why he was stuck out there last night.

Judge him when he gets a chance to play in MGW's position and with the same quality of players that MGW has playing around him. Don't judge him stuck out on the wing with lesser quality of players around him because of so many changes.

[DeesideRed]

At least we are putting this second string debate to bed now. 4 managers have confirmed they're just shite. McAtee has had chance after chance, Bakwa is so bad he can't even get on the pitch. It's been a disaster.

Cunha is a young lad pleased he got some time and did ok.

There is always a drop off when you leave 5 or 6 first team regulars out of a team.

Always, at every club.

I know you have your agenda that recruitment is S**t but it is not so black and White.

McAtee is not a winger and I don't know why he was stuck out there last night.

Judge him when he gets a chance to play in MGW's position and with the same quality of players that MGW has playing around him. Don't judge him stuck out on the wing with lesser quality of players around him because of so many changes.

I've said I've watched McAtee plenty of times for England U21 and mentioned early doors Elliot was the one we could have got on loan. He's not there. 

No agenda sniff, opinion matey. One that's shared with a lot of the fanbase.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

In a strange way I enjoyed the game.

Through to the last 16 of the Europa League.

Who would have thought that possible 4 years ago.

Hi Sniffer, I'm really pleased we are through to the next round but I do worry that the longer we stay in the competition the bigger impact it will have on our Premiership survival, which for me is far more important to us as a club

The issue we have is our squad is not strong enough to rotate as much as we would like and if we want to continue in the Europa League we will need to play or best 11 - 14 players all the time, as the rest are simply not up to it, resulting in our first team being too tired to compete for the full 90 minutes in our Premier League games. I really hope I'm wrong

The squad rotation has got us this far into the last 16.

I see no reason why we can't continue and go further.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

At least we are putting this second string debate to bed now. 4 managers have confirmed they're just shite. McAtee has had chance after chance, Bakwa is so bad he can't even get on the pitch. It's been a disaster.

Cunha is a young lad pleased he got some time and did ok.

There is always a drop off when you leave 5 or 6 first team regulars out of a team.

Always, at every club.

I know you have your agenda that recruitment is S**t but it is not so black and White.

McAtee is not a winger and I don't know why he was stuck out there last night.

Judge him when he gets a chance to play in MGW's position and with the same quality of players that MGW has playing around him. Don't judge him stuck out on the wing with lesser quality of players around him because of so many changes.

I've said I've watched McAtee plenty of times for England U21 and mentioned early doors Elliot was the one we could have got on loan. He's not there. 

No agenda sniff, opinion matey. One that's shared with a lot of the fanbase.

He was here mate.

We spoke to him but he declined to join us.

He had concerns that our playing style at the time didn't suit him.

[Paplane]

I predicted Lucca would be garbage before he came and here we are. I reckon I could've been more effective last night.

Looks like Taiwo's been binned off to the bomb squad and we're left with no viable option up top apart from this big lump. These are decisions that get you relegated.

[JollyLollyAussie]

Massive clear out of players and backroom staff at the end of the season, car crash of a season, EM looked worried last night I think he can see relegation is in full view. Wasted so much money on players either not to a reasonable standard or PL ready. I hope we are making plans for an instant return after relegation, but very much doubt it as this is Forest.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Christ almighty.

We have just qualified for the last 16 of the Europa League.

Can we talk about that?

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Draw at 12pm

Who do we want then, Betis or Midtjylland?

Games are on 12th and 19th March, we will be at home in the first leg.

[Forest1970]

Christ almighty.

We have just qualified for the last 16 of the Europa League.

Can we talk about that?

Some people think because we beat them 3 nil over there we should've won by at least 5 or 6 nil at home but we did the right thing and did squad rotation because of the workload we have and some are quite blinkered and don't see we're through to the last 16.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Draw at 12pm

Who do we want then, Betis or Midtjylland?

Games are on 12th and 19th March, we will be at home in the first leg.

Betis for me.

Midtylland can be physical and possibly cloggers I suspect.

Betis should hopefully be 2 good games of football.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Christ almighty.

We have just qualified for the last 16 of the Europa League.

Can we talk about that?

Some people think because we beat them 3 nil over there we should've won by at least 5 or 6 nil at home but we did the right thing and did squad rotation because of the workload we have and some are quite blinkered and don't see we're through to the last 16.

We were correct to rotate but I think Vitor got the formation wrong with too many out of their natural position, we all knew Murillo isn’t a left back, VP didn’t until last night, its the problem with having a new manager at this stage of the season he is still finding out about his squad.

The reason some people are having a go at recruitment yet again (yes it is boring now) is because a lot of money was spent with the intention to have a squad that is strong enough to compete in multiple competitions this season. Unfortunately that seems to have failed, whether some will come good eventually is a different debate.