Good to see Bergvall back. Always lookd to go forward
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He's got bags of potential
I enjoy the way he moves on the pitch you can tell as he gets more experience he will get more refined with his decision making but he's got the brains for the job
Just needs to remain injury free
On this I think we can all agree, we have had a number of false dawns in Europe this season, with almost all of out best performances being saved for this tournament. The tempo of Champions leage games has suited us better than the more in your face backs against the wall premier league, even our best premier league games recently City and Liverpool are sides who play more like a champion league team. On Sunday we have to match Forest man for man for every ball and that is where we all too often have come up short.
Agreed.
And our ability to play under pressure is still deeply suspect. No one expected us to get anything at Anfield and tonight was more or less over before it started, so they were able to play with a freedom (and they did). Forest will be an entirely different matter but at the very least the atmosphere should be good after a bit of momentum.
The biggest improvement last night is that we looked like the home side. Play like that on Sunday and Forest won't be comfortable at all.
Just a mention of what a pleasure it was to see Griezmann and Llorente in action.
Always a joy to watch players who are so good they can play the game at their own pace and always look three steps ahead of everyone else. Didn't see either of them lose the ball or misplaced a pass once.
Always a joy to watch players who are so good they can play the game at their own pace and always look three steps ahead of everyone else. Didn't see either of them lose the ball or misplaced a pass once.
The importance of Sunday is enormous. Losing would be an unmitigated disaster, leading to a potential existential crisis for the club.
5 days ago we had all but written off our chances: no confidence, no cohesion, no real effort or commitment, no obvious plan and a squad seemingly in disarray with themselves and the fanbase.
The last two games haven't miraculously solved that, but the team have shown that both in a very tough PL fixture and a high profile CL game that they CAN possibly turn it around.
Certainly no guarantees at this stage, but getting the 'no wins this year' and '4 losses in a row' monkeys off the teams back are a good start. Yes, it may be that Atleti were not at their best, but a victory was mentally huge. Going in to Sunday with another defeat and/or another uninspired performance would have been a killer for players and fans alike.
Now, all we can do is pray for the most embarrassing of defeats for a certain East Midlands club later this evening....
5 days ago we had all but written off our chances: no confidence, no cohesion, no real effort or commitment, no obvious plan and a squad seemingly in disarray with themselves and the fanbase.
The last two games haven't miraculously solved that, but the team have shown that both in a very tough PL fixture and a high profile CL game that they CAN possibly turn it around.
Certainly no guarantees at this stage, but getting the 'no wins this year' and '4 losses in a row' monkeys off the teams back are a good start. Yes, it may be that Atleti were not at their best, but a victory was mentally huge. Going in to Sunday with another defeat and/or another uninspired performance would have been a killer for players and fans alike.
Now, all we can do is pray for the most embarrassing of defeats for a certain East Midlands club later this evening....
Anyone else think we've looked a lot fitter in the last couple of games?
I really can't recall seeing the players run for 90 minutes under Frank like they did against Liverpool or Atleti
Similarly, Xavi seems to have bulked up a bit lately
I really can't recall seeing the players run for 90 minutes under Frank like they did against Liverpool or Atleti
Similarly, Xavi seems to have bulked up a bit lately
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I saw a stat after the Liverpool game saying we ran 8 more kilometres than we did against Newcastle in Frank’s last game!
I just hope they haven’t given up on it and rest the likes of Anderson and gibbs-white!The importance of Sunday is enormous. Losing would be an unmitigated disaster, leading to a potential existential crisis for the club.
5 days ago we had all but written off our chances: no confidence, no cohesion, no real effort or commitment, no obvious plan and a squad seemingly in disarray with themselves and the fanbase.
The last two games haven't miraculously solved that, but the team have shown that both in a very tough PL fixture and a high profile CL game that they CAN possibly turn it around.
Certainly no guarantees at this stage, but getting the 'no wins this year' and '4 losses in a row' monkeys off the teams back are a good start. Yes, it may be that Atleti were not at their best, but a victory was mentally huge. Going in to Sunday with another defeat and/or another uninspired performance would have been a killer for players and fans alike.
Now, all we can do is pray for the most embarrassing of defeats for a certain East Midlands club later this evening....
The importance of Sunday is enormous. Losing would be an unmitigated disaster, leading to a potential existential crisis for the club.
5 days ago we had all but written off our chances: no confidence, no cohesion, no real effort or commitment, no obvious plan and a squad seemingly in disarray with themselves and the fanbase.
The last two games haven't miraculously solved that, but the team have shown that both in a very tough PL fixture and a high profile CL game that they CAN possibly turn it around.
Certainly no guarantees at this stage, but getting the 'no wins this year' and '4 losses in a row' monkeys off the teams back are a good start. Yes, it may be that Atleti were not at their best, but a victory was mentally huge. Going in to Sunday with another defeat and/or another uninspired performance would have been a killer for players and fans alike.
Now, all we can do is pray for the most embarrassing of defeats for a certain East Midlands club later this evening....
Surely it’s better to have Forest still in Europe for as long as possible? Causing them fixture congestion etc
Fair point, although I was thinking that they aren't exactly flying with confidence ATM and another crushing defeat might add a nail to their coffin.
Safe to say that Forest are writing this one off looking at their line up!
They aren't playing like a 'B' team! Playing some lovely stuff and incredible that they aren't ahead...by 4 or 5 goals!!
Why so ??
They could replicate what Spurs did last season.
And if they won the EL but got relegated, surely
that is better than spending ages in the PL and
winning nothing ...
Spurs prioritised the Europa whereas Forest’s lineup suggests they are prioritising the league when you look at that starting eleven. We had the luxury of being safe last season whereas Forest don’t have that.
Turns out their second eleven did alright though but now their best players are playing half an hour extra
A very good performance last night. As others have mentioned we look so much fitter and we pressed and hounded them all evening.
Tel and Xavi were very good and I thought RKM put in his most hard working shift since he arrived and scored a good header.
Vicario made a couple of great saves and Spence and Romero were decent.
Clear MOTM though was Gray , his most complete performance in a spurs shirt . Under the right coach going forward he could be a top top player.
Liking the look of Olusesi, he’s young and raw but physically he is superb and the way he receives the ball and plays it intelligently it’s pretty exciting to see.
Such a huge game on Sunday if we play like we did last night we will have too much for them. More of the same please Spurs.
Tel and Xavi were very good and I thought RKM put in his most hard working shift since he arrived and scored a good header.
Vicario made a couple of great saves and Spence and Romero were decent.
Clear MOTM though was Gray , his most complete performance in a spurs shirt . Under the right coach going forward he could be a top top player.
Liking the look of Olusesi, he’s young and raw but physically he is superb and the way he receives the ball and plays it intelligently it’s pretty exciting to see.
Such a huge game on Sunday if we play like we did last night we will have too much for them. More of the same please Spurs.
Been years since Forest have won a major trophy.
They should be winning trophies more often ...