Pretty much agree with the above but Brady needs to learn not to try and beat a man every time and sometimes he needs to just calm it down a bit. He's still very young and has heaps of talent and hopefully will only get better. We didn't play badly and probably didn't deserve to lose but there have been games this season that we've won when we haven't deserved to, so these things happen. At least we've got two weeks to get it out of our system before the Huddersfield game. Also agree with most of the Koren comments, maybe we can't afford to play him and Boyd in the same side from the start? I think whilst Meyler does ok as the defensive midfielder he has much more influence without the shackles that position brings.
Brady Chester Boyd We just did not get the luck today. Thought the Forest fans added to the day, loved Boyd's reaction on scoring.
Koren was frustrating, you know he can do good stuff, but we have other players who can do that more consistently and work harder off the ball too. Against Hudders, you are going to have to play Evans/Bruce/Fathi in the defensive mid role, with Quinn and Meyler/Koren (Meyler for me). Though, it was only frustrating because we lost, and the game could have gone either way. It was far from scandalous that Forest won, but we could also easily have took the 3pts, they just had the form and a bit of luck at times. Play like that against Huddersfield, and we will win - so I don't think we need to hit the panic button.
Don't think anyone could to take pride over their performance today against a side that was inferior to ours. 1. Boyd 2. McShane 3. Quinn
Ive seen Hudds several times this season, theyre big and physical, but have no threat out wide at all, they plan 4 centre mids and no wingers. Elmo and Brady will be the difference between the teams.
As 1904 says, I was there tonight and it doesnt look as bad as it did a fortnight ago. It looks bare but nowhere near as bobly as it was
Brady Chester Boyd Good to see most of us agree this week. Thought Brady was quality all game, he's probably been our best player over the last month or two. He's at the heart of all our best attacks. I think Elmo's been carrying a knock lately because he doesn't seem to be running at his man as much any more but he's still pretty useful. Chester made some great tackles but I'm still not sure who to blame for the goals, the 2nd one just came out of nowhere. We played well overall but I was disappointed with Koren yet again. Gedo did well alright but his finishing deserted him today. Still nowhere near as bad as the strikers we had to put up with earlier in the season though. Nothing to worry about too much today.
I know the first one was Elmo, he didn't track Reid, which pulled Chester out and led to our defence becoming jelly.
Boyd Brady Chester Boyd suffered from our weak midfield, but still scored, as is his job, so he snuck it for me. Koren was poor, he did a better job of breaking up our play than they did. I've said it before and I'll say it again, AB is not a DM and playing him in that role gives the opposition an immediate advantage. What is wrong with Fathi, is he injured?
