Next up after our annual 1-0 win at ' Pride ' Park ( av it big spending arrogant Rams - baa ram you... ) we 'entertain' Florist. Similar size club, one position down in the table however attract 24,500 + every week whereas we struggle to get 16,000 through the turnstyles these days. A quick look at the online seat map (even though it's £10 a ticket x 4 for season ticket holders to get the casual fan back through the gate) would indicate we'll do well to break the 17.500 mark for this game unless Forest help us with 2000 to add on! As for the game, you'd think this is the type both sets of fans will target as a 'must win' to stay within a heartbeat of top 6. Have a feeling we can perhaps nick this by the odd goal, 2-1 maybe. 6/6 in a week. why not.... Update from Korea - so I made the perhaps naive decision of telling the school I was leaving after they lied about the age group I'd be teaching. Lets say smiles and happiness turned to them threatening to physically kill me with five of us in a room and it wasn't a very pleasant situation however I pulled through / have left and it's hotel time to unwind and get my head together. Very confused by what's next to be honest....
Always a tough game against Forest but after the heroics against Derby I hope that the team will have the confidence to push on! Town 2 Forest 1
Forest have been a pretty boring up and down side for most of the season.. They'll pass it backwards and sideways for 80 minutes (much like Wednesday did against us) but Murphy is guaranteed to score against us (again) I'll plump for an entertaining 3-2 win to the Blues, with some shoddy defending from both sides. Goals from Waghorn, Ward and Webster
We have to get Sears involved in the game, he has a bit of pace and awareness about him and with McG missing he could link in well with Waggy and Garner if fit. We also have to keep Murphy quiet and Chambers was the man to do it so whoever's taking his place will need to be switched on or Murphy will punish us.
Agreed that Murphy will score against us, he did at Portman Road last season in our win against Newcastle, and he's scored several goals this season. As for the match, I'm cautiously optimistic, mostly because we are two inconsistent sides but we are coming away from a mid-week victory over Derby and now have a morale-boosting win against a pre-match favourite. Personally, I hope Sears is not involved. His scoring record has been poor lately and he has no confidence (hope to be proved wrong, if he plays). I'd like to see a front four of Ward and Celina on wings, Huws attacking midfield, and Waghorn up front. I'll also predict a 2-1 win, Waghorn twice.
Interesting to see Sears name being mentioned as when I've seen him this season he looks like someone who has the physical attributes of a footballer but absolutely nothing between his ears. I desperately want him to do well, but he seems to have completely lost the plot when he gets the ball, as if he has completely forgotten what to do. I could go out there and run around like a blue arsed fly for 90 minutes and come as close to scoring as he will.
I understand the anti Sears feeling but I think with some confidence he could give us some pace up front, Garner is a one man civil disturbance and Waggy is a powerful presence I the the box, who else has speed over the first 20 yards?
Tuesday's result shows how crazy it is trying to make a prediction.Regardless,I'll go for an "entertaining" 3-2 to Town(probably be 0-0 now)
I was convinced the same would happen with Rhodes,then they took him off and put on that lanky freak!
Sears needs to be given a run of games up top with another striker. He looks short of confidence and to be fair he's not the first player managed by Mick to be put out of position and look terrible. He still has good movement however which often goes unnoticed, he stretches defences and moves defenders around which creates space for others and creates openings. McGoldrick doesn't do this. 1-1
2-1 more energised and fluent and renewed confidence. No Garner, but Waggy should be a handful. Lets uproot those forests!
Quick, alert and yards ahead...not a striker is he? Well, how nice to see our midfield firing them in.
Like I said...Iorfa runs forward and scores!! 2-1. Good match! Sounds like I am chatting to myself again...anyone out there?
