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***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:15 am
by nottsblue
A must win game. And one I'm not confident of doing so. Surely KDB must start? And surely we cannot have another game with Gundogan and Silva starting together?
Forest are generally happy to give up possession and are very organised in defence so it has the makings of a tight game. Really is a match where a scruffy 1-0 will do and the result is more important than the performance
2-1 Foden Haaland but I'm not confident at all
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 7:36 am
by salford city
Missing this again as working away in London. Unless Pep changes personnel or tactics, this will be a forest smash and grab.
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 7:50 am
by sheblue
Our confidence is low, Forest surely will come and have a go. I see them scoring a goal. I am hoping for a nervy 2-1.
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 8:58 am
by zabbadabbado
Absolutely no idea what the result will be.
On paper we should win this game easily.
Bookies have Forest at 8/1.
Depends how Pep sets us up for me. If he persists with the same team and system he has for the last 7 games. Then more than likely it will be a Forest smash and grab..
Make no mistake Pep is as culpable as the Team right now with his shit system that leaves us over exposed..
We simply have to start playing to this crop of players strengths, until player recruitment can be addressed properly. Right now playing Pep game with a team full of 30+ players is killing us.
We need to shut up Shop at the back concentrate on stopping conceding and grinding out a win.
If we arrogantly go out there thinking we are peak Barcelona there will be no surprises for many of us.
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 4:59 pm
by city72
As excited about this as as much as when I had to go to the clap clinic
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:50 pm
by Harry Dowd scored
In the first instance down to Pep, team selection & set up. After that it's up to the team to get some fight back or we lose, imagine the consequences of a loss, not now anyway
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:56 pm
by Dubciteh
Im excited for it. Id argue its more exciting given our current situation versus those dull easy wins against teams with 11 in their box
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:58 pm
by blues2win
Stones definitely out with foot problems. Plantar fasciitis I think. Kevin’s recovery talked up by Pep but will he start?
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:58 pm
by Nigels Tackle
no foden according to reports
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:16 pm
by CTID Hants
XI | Ortega Moreno, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol, Gundogan, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Doku, Grealish, Haaland
SUBS | Ederson, Carson, Walker, Savinho, Nunes, Wright, O'Reilly, Lewis, McAtee
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:17 pm
by blues2win
KEVIN STARTS!!!!
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:17 pm
by PeterParker
Are we one up yet?
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:18 pm
by blues2win
Ortega in goal. Gvardiol back.
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:21 pm
by blues2win
Walker dropped. Rico doesn’t start. Akanji at right back looks like.
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:24 pm
by zuricity
city72 wrote:As excited about this as as much as when I had to go to the clap clinic
Was it a case of Fast or Slow hand ....?
I'll get my coat
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:25 pm
by Dubciteh
Happy enough with that team. All the experience back. Great to see.
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:26 pm
by nottsblue
Nigels Tackle wrote:no foden according to reports
A passenger this season. Is he the next Gashford?
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:26 pm
by nottsblue
CTID Hants wrote:XI | Ortega Moreno, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol, Gundogan, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Doku, Grealish, Haaland
SUBS | Ederson, Carson, Walker, Savinho, Nunes, Wright, O'Reilly, Lewis, McAtee
Gundog and Silva yet again
This is not gonna end well
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:32 pm
by blues2win
Foden has bronchitis it seems.
Re: ***Champions v Forest Official Match Thread***

Posted:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:34 pm
by salford city
So sticking with Gundo in the middle and the rb Akanji?stepping into the muddle. Akanji and Josko are going to get raped on the counter. We have a young kid again in the squad who plays DM, here's a thought, fucking play him. Yes, he's inexperienced, but not playing him is not goung to help that is it? We're just seen Rico play terrible in a number of games so he cannot do much worse. Maybe he will surprise us and stuck Jack there.