Forest Home 16/08/2014 - Match Thread

[Prufrock]

Thank feck for that! Highlights make it look like it's open play. Was wondering what the feck he was doing up there!

[Andy Waller]

What was the attendance? It looks bloody empty there!

[Bruce Rioja]

Liking these longer HD highlights from offish.

Thanks for those, mate.
Reiterated a few things for me. Piss poor defending for their first (although I still can't work out whether or not their lad handballs it at the back post - looked like it yesterday). Spearing really does need to give his head a decent shake after putting in a challenge like that anyway, let alone on a player in the box that's going away from goal - no excuse for that whatsoever. Forest too should have done better defensively on both of our goals, especially Wheater's. And Davies' miss looks even worse when viewed again.

[EverSoYouri]

Davies's miss looks even worse on the highlights...as does Spearing's lunge.

[NiceHotCuppaTea]

If you freeze frame it, the Spearing challenge is outside the box...

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

The ref doesn't have freeze frame though. Jay is a silly boy as he didn't need to do it, regardless of inside/outside.

[TonyDomingos]

What was the attendance? It looks bloody empty there!

15,753. Assuming there were a couple of thousand from Forest, then it'll be one of our better gates this season.

[Bruce Rioja]

15,753.

Was it really? Blimey. It was only when I saw the highlights that I realised how empty the place looked. Forest fetched a good 2,500, I'd say. That's pretty poor from our lot then for a game we should have reasonably expected at least 17,500 on for!

[bwfcdan94]

15,753.

Was it really? Blimey. It was only when I saw the highlights that I realised how empty the place looked. Forest fetched a good 2,500, I'd say. That's pretty poor from our lot then for a game we should have reasonably expected at least 17,500 on for!

I swear are ave attendance last season was 16000ish

[Montreal Wanderer]

Longer highlight here.

[TKIZ!]

From ESL yesterday it looked suspiciously like Antonio used his arm to get the ball back down for Assombalonga. But then I would say that

[bobo the clown]

I'm away with very limited reception. So ... We played Medo as a winger and when that (amazingly) failed took him off for Trotter while leaving Feeney on the bench. Is that right ?

[Jugs]

We replaced him with Pratley. But it's essentially the same thing. Bizarre doesn't even cover it.

[TKIZ!]

I'm away with very limited reception. So ... We played Medo as a winger and when that (amazingly) failed took him off for Trotter while leaving Feeney on the bench. Is that right ?

That is correct, Sir. But even more weirder was that from where I was sat it looked like we actually played a little better once Trotter came on, albeit for 10-15 mins.

Is it possible that Dougie is trying to rest Feeney for the Boro game?

[BWFC_Insane]

I'm away with very limited reception. So ... We played Medo as a winger and when that (amazingly) failed took him off for Trotter while leaving Feeney on the bench. Is that right ?

We played the same system as we did last season when we beat Blackburn, Leeds etc.

Medo on the right of a diamond is not new and he played there in our best run last season.

[bobo the clown]

We replaced him with Pratley. But it's essentially the same thing. Bizarre doesn't even cover it.

Wow. Just wow.

[TonyDomingos]

15,753.

Was it really? Blimey. It was only when I saw the highlights that I realised how empty the place looked. Forest fetched a good 2,500, I'd say. That's pretty poor from our lot then for a game we should have reasonably expected at least 17,500 on for!

I swear are ave attendance last season was 16000ish

16,141 according to this http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance ... 13-2014/1/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If Forest had 2,500 or so, then there would have been c.13,000 home supporters. So, looks like we'll be averaging around 14,000 this season.

[Jugs]

I'm away with very limited reception. So ... We played Medo as a winger and when that (amazingly) failed took him off for Trotter while leaving Feeney on the bench. Is that right ?

That is correct, Sir. But even more weirder was that from where I was sat it looked like we actually played a little better once Trotter came on, albeit for 10-15 mins.

Is it possible that Dougie is trying to rest Feeney for the Boro game?

It's pretty scandalous and nonsensical if he is. Burnley played pretty much the same 11 throughout last season and got promoted. None of this 'resting' players lark. Dougie over complicates matters. He lets Eagles go, brings Feeney in ... but then plays defensive midfielders on the wing instead.

[LeverEnd]

He doesn't play Medo on the wing. Playing without wingers in a home game is not ideal however. Are we going to be home draw specialists again?

[boltonboris]

Chungy pissed me off for their first goal. Had a 45 second period where 3/4 times he didn't track a runner and left the appallingly bad Ream 2v1.. Then when Burke got the ball and Chungy sauntered goalside (eventually), he made absolutely no effor to press him and picked his man out at the far post. God knows where the rest of the defence were..

A really shitty goal