Nottingham Forest - Stoke City

[Strawberry Avenger]

I would like to see colback in at left back

Not going to happen.  Didn't have the greatest game the last time he was put there.

He's all on getting his place at DCM.

SA.

[TheGreenMan]

Five central midfielders...This manager gets weirder  :s :s :s

[Strawberry Avenger]

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Cheers, Joe.

If you don't play well, you're out.

SA.

[Strawberry Avenger]

Five central midfielders...This manager gets weirder  :s :s :s

It's not weird.  It's circumstances.  What team he's playing and what's available to him.

He's merely deployed Cafu in the attacking three to add some steel there plus he can 'play a bit.'  Cafu played there for a good dollop of the season. Nothing new there.  Freeman and Krov' probably deployed as wingers (before the season started, two quality players that I'd have taken in the Forest attacking third.)

Mighten and Knocker have struggled so they're out and on the bench.  They're lightweight.  Ergo?  Stoke, another heavy weight team like Birmingham.  Like Huddersfield. Maybe not the game for them.  Forest have been steam rollered in the last two games after a decent 1st 20 minutes.

The points are important.  This is about getting higher in the league, to mid-table.  Salvaging something.

SA.

[Madforit]

Would like to have seen Colback in rather than Yates, for me he's not good enough and neither is he good enough for the bench.

[Strawberry Avenger]

Would like to have seen Colback in rather than Yates, for me he's not good enough and neither is he good enough for the bench.

He was good enough to get the header to McKenna which led to the penalty vs Birmingham.  Yates also hit the cross bar earlier in the game.  In a properly recruited Summer, Yates would have continued his development from the bench.  (And yes, more than good enough for the bench.  Good enough to play.  Hughton keeps picking him.)

I like Colback.  But he's prone to giving away free kicks in dangerous positions.  Yates has more energy and more attacking threat.  And for 'some reason', Hughton prefers him to Colback.

The only other better CM we have?  Is the powerful talisman, Sow.  Who's out with a groin injury according to Hughton.

SA.

[Strawberry Avenger]

Rib' beaten at LB. 'Fizzed' past Rib'. 'Player went past him like he wasn't there.'

Looks like Krov' is out wide left? Not sure about that. Krov' ahead of Rib'.

Rotherham already behind vs Barnie.

SA.

[Strawberry Avenger]

Yates breaks things up.

Krov' to Cafu.

Forest corner.

SA.

[Uwantlee]

Another exhilarating performance from the boys in red...

[Joe Baker Legend]

Stoke take the lead 0 -1

[Uwantlee]

Grabban again missing a sitter and proving his worth

[Madforit]

Half way the first half and we're now chasing the game, we are beyond shit