Defence

[Stanley]

If Fleming makes the tea is it Birch's job to bring the cakes.

Yes and to cut the half-time oranges.

[1973 ranger]

Forgot the oranges Stan!

[Tarbie]

Every single member of this forum says either mid table or bottom half or relegation battle.
Every single memebr as well.
Lose a game which we have to do more often than win a game to be a mid table, bottom of the table team and everyone goes mad.
Domt get it.
Shite performance and shite result but is anyone shocked that happened to a team whom aint won away since jesus was a child and from a team whos a bottom half club come season end?
Baffles me,

Exactly my thoughts Kev. Hate losing any game 4-0 but don't get the melt down on here. Rough with the smooth. We were all buzzing after the last 2 games. Yesterday we got schooled. But as you say, never win up there and we're sh#te away from home, so what did we really expect?!!

[1cliveallen]

A lot is being made about our need for a striker and two wing backs. I can suggest a lot of strikers but I have no idea who is a wing back? Chelsea played a right winger and left back in their system, Spurs use full backs in their system and citeh use full backs in theirs. We have had no success with wingers or full backs in ours, so who stands out as realistic wing back targets?

[Abseits]

Sometimes you have to hold your hands up and admit to being outplayed and outthought by opponents...... doesn't mean our defenders are rubbish. Their no.10 had a storming game and had the ability to skin whoever he was up against at will. He frequently got round our RB which drew one of our CBs out to meet him and also pulled our LB into the middle to cover. Forest then had at least one player in space in left side of our box plus midfielders arriving. We never coped with this all day. Despite having a big lump no.9 Forest never hung up any crosses in the air and played to feet with crisp accurate passing. This all combined to make our defence look leaden footed and struggling.On the day, we lacked the personnel to counter them and needed a nippier specialist RB.... maybe thats Perch?

[Hubble]

Amazing the difference a game makes. Last week Robinson was the new Rio Ferdinand and Baptiste many people's MOTM - if not on here then certainly on LFW. I think people get a bit carried away with both good and bad results and expectations soar or plummet accordingly. The rollercoaster of emotions on here is incredible!

For what it's worth I had a feeling Forest were going to stuff us, they've been good at home recently, looked very dangerous beating Hull away last week, then got tonked at home by Reading. This is a crazy, unpredictable league for results, so I try not to get too carried away with the ups or the downs. I don't think yesterday's result makes our recently excellent defence suddenly terrible.

[West Acton]

My concern is Only bottom five have conceded more then forest so defensively there not great but we never looked like scoring

Yesterday had the look of a side which turned up totally unprepared and without a game plan. Felt like they thought the hard work was done previous two games so all we had to do was show up and ollies post match comments back that up

That’s a worry for me as we’re no way good enough to be complacent

[corbray]

Exactly my thoughts Kev. Hate losing any game 4-0 but don't get the melt down on here. Rough with the smooth. We were all buzzing after the last 2 games. Yesterday we got schooled. But as you say, never win up there and we're sh#te away from home, so what did we really expect?!!

this, hopefully we bounce back against villa

[Bluehoop]

My concern is Only bottom five have conceded more then forest so defensively there not great but we never looked like scoring

Yesterday had the look of a side which turned up totally unprepared and without a game plan. Felt like they thought the hard work was done previous two games so all we had to do was show up and ollies post match comments back that up

That’s a worry for me as we’re no way good enough to be complacent

Not heard Ollies post match but all we could say after that was how too many of ours failed to turn up on the day. Robbo and Bappers have not become poor overnight but IMO they were a bit let down by our midfield triumvirate who failed to affect the game at all. Fair enough, they have been really good this season but we cannot afford for all three of them to have a bad day at the office on the same day

In terms of scoring, Washy was unlucky with one on the first half and I still don't know how Mackie missed with that header but yeah, other than that, we could still be playing and getting nil

[Kevin Mcleod]

Doubt very much we will play as bad as that again this season.
No excuse though.

[Hitman34]

Doubt very much we will play as bad as that again this season.
No excuse though.

#4pointsoffplayoffs

[Kevin Mcleod]

#4pointsoffplayoffs

#UntilItsTwentyTheDreamIsStillOn

[davieqpr]

A lot is being made about our need for a striker and two wing backs. I can suggest a lot of strikers but I have no idea who is a wing back? Chelsea played a right winger and left back in their system, Spurs use full backs in their system and citeh use full backs in theirs. We have had no success with wingers or full backs in ours, so who stands out as realistic wing back targets?

If you haven't got the players for a system then you change the system.

[corbray]

If you haven't got the players for a system then you change the system.

annoying thing is though is no onr knows our best system! one week the wingbacks are excellent and the next week they're awful

[72bus]

Amazing the difference a game makes. Last week Robinson was the new Rio Ferdinand and Baptiste many people's MOTM - if not on here then certainly on LFW. I think people get a bit carried away with both good and bad results and expectations soar or plummet accordingly. The rollercoaster of emotions on here is incredible!

For what it's worth I had a feeling Forest were going to stuff us, they've been good at home recently, looked very dangerous beating Hull away last week, then got tonked at home by Reading. This is a crazy, unpredictable league for results, so I try not to get too carried away with the ups or the downs. I don't think yesterday's result makes our recently excellent defence suddenly terrible.

if we win 2 games in a row some on here think we are going top 6 , lose 2 and it's doom and gloom .we are as good as we are around mid table