Holmes_and_Watson

Ah Edozie. Showed far too much of that. Earlier, he went for the trained cut back, with 2 broadly better deliveries on.

Tator: FOrest will expect Saints to come on strong here. Martin: That's just what they will expect. I'll outsmart them by doing the opposite. 🙂

Knowing his injury record, that more likely to give him another wrist fracture than damage his leg. 🙂

Finally. Someone with an end product. Now we'll see some attacks!

Well, the more we set up to play cautiously, hoping for a slip to allow us loads of space to attack, the more they were just going to get on with their own, much more attacking game plan. Nothing we didn't see last season. Martin will look to the likes of Aribo not clearing when he should have, and look at those possession stats as a good foundation.

Sod. That was scruffy. I noticed ASribo fall on his butt somewhere in that.

Aribo having one of his moments way back in midfield, and deciding to go backwards when he finally gets the ball. Normally, he'll do something much more positive shortly. Hope so. We need something here.

Sugawar going for something different there. Dirct down the line. Will again bypassed in such a move.

Driving run from BBD. Bypasses Will, who simply isn;t going to get invoved in anything that direct today. 🙂

Downes caught out there. Will gets a soft free kick to get it back.

Yeah. wasted.

Better, to get a corner.

Lack of options for Downes there.

We kept a shape, kept our passing across the back to retain possession. It was at a slow pace, and rarely did we have any passing options available. Forest bossesd our midfield, alowwing them plenty of attacks. Up front we seemed slow, and expecting to win tackles based on playing lower teri opponents. KWP was easily our best player. Suga was positive at times too, but the lack of support and coordination, meant that we couidn;t do much from it. Donwes is easily our best all round midfielder. Will had a couple of moments later on in the half, linking things up. But as a midfield we're not offering enough to obstruct Forest or to generate attacks. FOrest had a chance with 3 players lining up to put it in the net. So, although Russ will get some positives about the structure, we didn;t do nearly enough in that half. The lack of passing options (KWP frustated through the half), lack of movement, incisiveness of passing and forwards able to create was very obvious. If Aribo was supposed to offer some physical hold up play, as Adams would have, then that was absent as well. We're not behind, and there's a half of better things to hopefully come.

KWP looking for the pass that should be there, only to find absiolutely nothing.

Shame Smallbone couldn;t turn and run with that one. Nice from Suga.

Shot! Forest waiting for a whistle for their not really that hurt player. Glad we kept going.

A better move there, But that's been so few and far between. Forest very much on top.

Whew!

Nice run from AA, putting pressur eon their keeper. Shame it was was from so deep.

Diaz not tracking there.

Can this not be merged into the "If only we had signed Pele" thread?

Fifteen

Injured by slamming transfer window. 🙂

Edit: Oh wait, I'd forgotten the background to that one. As you were.