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VillaChris

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  1. West Ham did a nice job on them before xmas. Were a goal down and still won and think they scored off a set piece so they will bombard Vicario with endless corners right under the crossbar and he's been vulnerable all season dealing with them. I think they'll score at least twice again so just depends on how they do against Spurs defending but it's a Moyes team so they'll just sit in. Hopefully them and Chelsea don't lose as have a feeling Spurs will win at Newcastle this year so the fewer away wins they get in the run in the better as that will pile on the pressure for their home games.
  2. I think he might stay one more year. Or at least up to January. Endless European experience with Sevilla so I'd keep him around for the first half of the season and put him in for some of the prem games we have immediately after the European games. He'd be more likely to go if we have a young CB waiting in the wings but we don't really. Josh Feeney is still only 18 and playing pretty low down in Spain so he's probably another 18 months off serious contention for the first team squad. Bogarde older but again only playing mid table league 1.
  3. Did o.k at Bournemouth for a few years in the prem. Disaster of a move to Forest though. Moved to Forest in 2020 and four year deal and played 13 times. They actually loaned him to Notts County in 2022 when they were still non league! Sure he'll be telling all on the Under the Cosh Podcast in 12 months. They should've got a FFP deduction just for that move.
  4. I was surprised Lenglet is only listed as 6ft 1 in on Wiki, would've had him taller. Pau is 6ft 3. Think Fulham have one of the best set piece defending records in the whole league so Tosin might not be a bad option to get in if he's on a free this summer. As said though it's good to have one stopper at the back who's strong in the air but then you're vulnerable against counter attacks and other situations which is where likes of Everton get exposed regularly and why Tarkowski isn't in the England reckoning anymore. I don't actually mind him as a defender but you'd think he's McGrath standard the way TRO goes on about him. Everton have conceded plenty from corner kicks this season btw.
  5. What's worse is Everton did comply and sold Richarlison before 1st July 2022 when they could've done a Forest and held onto him into the August to win a few more points at start of that season and then sell him to Spurs on 31st August. I'm sure that mitigation was casually dismissed by the panel who heard that case in November so just like VAR and everything else in Football there's little consistency applied. Nothing to fear for Chelsea if they're charged anytime soon for FFP breaches anyway.
  6. Can't believe how lightly they've got off. Everton getting -10 straight away was incredibly draconian and even going down to -6 is very harsh still I think when you see Forest's punishment. Ultimately FFP still mostly comes down to player trading. Not sure if this was considered but Brennan Johnson played in their 2-1 win over Sheffield United right at the start of the season when he should've been sold much earlier. The rules on this are way too vague and certainly need a re-write. Forest overall strategy is bizarre as what would've happened if Johnson had done his ACL in that game? Suddenly put Gibbs White on the market for 60m at the last minute?
  7. TRO does have his convictions bless him. Lenglet is like a beanpole but height is no help if he can't pass water like in the first half yesterday.
  8. I remember seeing that model in the Trinity reception in the mid 2000s on a ground tour! Basically a replica of what they were doing at Newcastle at the time.
  9. We have that aswell hence we consistently bounce back from disappointing defeats this season. Don't think we've lost back to back league games all season. Beating Fulham away after the disappointment of the Man. United match is genuinely looking like one of our best results of the season now given how they walked all over Spurs.
  10. Imagine if we'd just lost at home to Coventry in that manner. They'd be some on this forum predicting we'd lose every single game left and working out if we could still be relegated! They have injuries to key players which makes a push for europe a bit of a stretch so basically to me their season is dead now they've got 40 points. Of course they'd love to scupper us but I actually think Brentford will be the harder of the two home games to win despite their present struggles. Early goal v Wolves and we'll be fine.
  11. The problem last year was Unai overthinking massively because of who was in the opposition dugout. Oh and conceding in the first 10 minutes of both games which isn't ideal. I thought the 1-1 at Molineux was a pretty good point and not much dissimilar to yesterday. Wolves had beaten Man. City the previous week at home. I think with their harrowing cup exit, injuries and being safe in mid table we'll beat them reasonably comfortably for once so actually not too worried about that one.
  12. Who out of Liverpool and Arsenal have you got Man. United beating? I think they'll get 1 point out of that and lose at Brighton on the final day. Can they even reach 67 points if those results occur?
  13. Yeah Tielemans is probably the best example of that. First half he was as bad as the others just getting crowded around and losing the ball. Second half I think West Ham were just happy to take the 1-0 as we weren't creating that much so they sat back and that at least gave him an opportunity and eventually he hit a very nice defence splitting pass that lead to the goal. Wolves will put plenty behind the ball at VP so at least he'll get on the ball much more in the final third in that game, will be a good battle between him and Lemina who's had an excellent season for them.
  14. Overall West Ham is just an awkward match up for us. That late goal if it had stood would've been typical of us as would've been a similar game to losing 2-1 to them in 2020 when we completely dominated the 90 minutes and lost to two set pieces. It's not that much different to us always getting a result v Brighton even if they're in better form than us whenever we meet, some teams in the league just match up well against another regardless of league position.
  15. Did I really start this thread nearly a decade ago?! Like so many I was clearly seduced by Xia's grand vision of rollercoasters and fairies floating around the North stand. Ah well.
  16. He was quality at Stoke for six months. Remember them having a front 3 of him, Aranutovic and Shaqiri and they played very good football (by Stoke standards) for a spell. Did his ACL and was never the same again. Think they slapped us 4-1 at VP that season.
  17. We certainly need to be getting 10 points at home in the games left so winning three of them is a must. Chelsea is complicated a bit by playing them three days after the Lille second leg. Ultimately we dug out a very good point yesterday so think we can get something similar as usual at Brighton and then on the final day get what we need at Palace. Would help if Palace are already safe by then, think Forest are getting a big points deduction announced today so that will help. 70 points is realistic still and that would all but rule Man. United out of the running and ask plenty of Spurs as given what they produced on Saturday they will lose more games in the run in.
  18. Ah that's interesting. Guess he might've asked to stay out of it to concentrate on our run in and then he'll resume playing for them in the summer.
  19. He wasn't really ready to start prem matches when Gerrard was here. I remember him playing v Burnley at home and he did little against a team who went down three days later. He was as ready for premier league then as Rogers is now. Think it was more our contract offer wasn't anywhere near as generous as what Chelsea gave him which is why he went regardless of manager.
  20. He's morphed into what Wenger became after losing big matches. That would certainly sting the way they threw the lead twice to an average Man. United so they'll be a big response from them in the run in.
  21. He's in the Poland squad. They could well be playing Wales so won't be too much travelling compared to Bailey and others (Italy are playing in US and Zaniolo remains in their squad).
  22. Hermoso is a realistic signing I think. Was going to watch him tonight but he's not involved. Played for them in the CL match v Inter as LCB in a back 3 so that signing feels right up our street as he can cover a few positions in the backline.
  23. I'm not sure how Arsenal and Liverpool still to play at home is a ridiculously easy run in for Man. United. They also have terrible away records at Chelsea and Brighton if you look at their results away to them in last 5-6 years. I would say it's pessimistic to think they'll just beat those two comfortably while we'll lose to them both. I think at max Man. United will get about 64-65 points with what they have left so would mean we just need a point a game to finish above them so it's well within our capabilities.
  24. Is he back in training? Didn't feature yesterday so guess he might last an hour. Hwang and Neto will be out which is important given how we conceded at Molineux.
  25. That's going into the final midweek isn't it so pretty certain Man. City will need to win that to win the league or stay in contention.
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