Match Day Thread Nottingham Forest v Watford

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NOTTINGHAM FOREST v WATFORD

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VENUE: City Ground
DATE : 15th April 2015
Kick Off : 19.45 BST

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Nottingham Forest manager Dougie Freedman is ‘looking forward to the challenge’ of beating Watford tomorrow night after experiencing some frustrating recent results.
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The Hornets provide the latest high-flying opposition in a run of fixtures which has seen The Reds also face promotion-chasing Wolves and Brentford.

Forest were unfortunate to only take one point from those two matches in his view and Freedman is determined to claim victory this time around. “The players have been fantastic since I walked through the door. From the season looking promising, to looking at relegation, it’s been a very emotional season and I think you’ve seen the effects of that.”

Freedman has told a number of players that they are not in his plans for next season, and reports from fans suggest that the team has now taken an extended holiday.

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Slavisa Jokanovic is aware of Nottingham Forest's pace and power ahead of Watford's trip to the City Ground.

He said: "I have watched many of Nottingham Forest's recent games and they are very strong, fast and organised. They will not offer us a lot of space and we will have to resolve this problem.

"This is England and there are a lot of surprising results. It is true that we have a more important target than Forest for the remainder of this season but I don't expect to find a releaxed Forest team.

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Team News:​

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Nottingham Forest will welcome back midfielder Gary Gardner after he completed a two-match. suspension
Meanwhile, strikers Dexter Blackstock and Mo Barrow will be assessed after being absent from the squad in the 1-0 defeat by Huddersfield on Saturday.​

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Defender Craig Cathcart (calf) has been passed fit to play for promotion-chasing Watford but striker Fernando Foresteri (knee) misses out.

Joel Ekstrand and Sean Murray are out.​

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Facts: ​

• The earlier meeting this season ended as a 2-2 draw at Vicarage Road in October.
  
  • Nottingham Forest have lost three of their last four games, drawing the other. Their last win was 2-0 against Rotherham at home on 18 March.
  • Forest have lost their last two home games - 2-1 against Wolves on 3 April and 1-0 against Huddersfield on Saturday.

• • Watford have lost only one of their last 10 games. Their only defeat since 21 February was 1-0 against Ipswich at home on 21 March.
  • The Hornets are unbeaten in their last seven away games, winning five. Their last defeat on the road was 2-0 at Bournemouth on 30 January.

• Championship Table before the games of the 14/4/2015

• 1 Bournemouth 42 46 80
  2 Norwich 42 37 79
  3 Watford 42 36 79
  4 Middlesbrough 42 30 78
  5 Derby 42 28 72
  6 Ipswich 42 16 71
  7 Brentford 42 15 71
  8 Wolves 42 12 71
  9 Nottm Forest 42 6 58

• WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD ENJOY THE GAME IF YOU CAN​

• #fornicforpromotion ​

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Good luck to the Golden Boys!

 

This is not relevant to our match but Keith Stroud from Hampshire is referee for the Reading v Bournemouth match tonight - the 3rd time he has been in charge of them this season. I realise Hampshire is not Dorset but they are close.

1-3 to us tomorrow night! By Saturday 5pm I believe we will know our fate

 

Seems he was born in Bournemouth and his family are all big Bournemouth supporters. He now lives in Dorset.

 

Bournemouth was in Hampshire until 1974. I used to holiday regularly in Poole which was over the border in Dorset.
We can but hope that he (Stroud) over compensates for the perceived bias. It is a strange appointment, not that I believe for a nanosecond that his integrity is compromised, but I don't think it's fair on him in the slightest let alone the rest of the footballing world.

 

Interesting to see Reading have only made one change. Mind how much will their players put in?

 

Boro 2-0 up

 

Took Bournemouth just 4 mins to score

 

Bournemouth 1 up

 

Just Norwich to go ahead and our evening is complete...****e.

 

So we will have to win at Forest. Leaving goal difference aside it is still in our hands COYH

 

And Norwich now...

 

If scores stay as they are we will have to deal with the pressure.

 

As always thanks for the thread OFH!!

This game and then Saturday´s with Norwich v Boro on the Friday. Well, we will see how it goes maybe with a bit more pressure on the players depending on the other previous results.

This is the real business end of things now, no room for errors. Unreal given our managerial mayhem earlier in the season. A lot of the players will have been around this end of the table before, hopefully the experience will count that little bit extra to help us go up. I have grown my fingernails esspecially for the next few games!

COYH!!!!!!!

 

Still hoping Reading nick one!

 

Oh well, thanks for nothing Wolves, Leeds and Reading. At least we're in no doubt what we've got to do tomorrow night...

 

Not a lot of joy tonight - we will just have to do it the hard way!

 

yes ...sadly... all down to us.....

Great thread again OFH

 

Another must win game, but they all are, so not much we can do but watch and worry!

 

I was surprised and disappointed that none of the other three slipped up yesterday - puts enormous pressure on us tonight