[Archived] Nottingham Forest Carling Cup 3rd Round Preview

[JAL]

5 live basically saying our entire team is poor. Even saying that 17 yr old Jones won't be good enough to start in the league next week, no S H * T

I think we all need to listen to these guys and admit we arent that good then we will have a chance of improving.

[rebelmswar]

How biased are they? Get the stop watches out, Blackburn are making a substitution...

Oh to still have Tugs, he would have had the guy screaming with his leaving the field tactics.

[RibbleValleyRover]

The harsh reality that no matter how biased they are we have sounded very average, it doesnt sound like we have strung 2 passes together all game.

The only reason they are commenting on this game is because 5 live smelt blood and wanted to see us lose.

True, looks like we are going through on the back of an average performance and a bit of luck. Thing is this performance tonight gives Sam the backing to bring the likes of Pedersen and Roberts back, he can just say i made changes but it didn't work so i'm going back to these players.

[Mr. E]

90 MINS: WOW, The corner comes in from the right, Adebola powers the header goalwards and Robert Earnshaw somehow manages to hook the ball over the bar. It'd be tremendous defending if Earnshaw wasn't a Forest attacker.

Sounds like Forest have taken a page from our books...

[USRoverME]

Maybe its jsut different here in the US of A, but wouldn't you expect the major media outlets, in the lesser cup competition, to simply use the local commentators instead of sending the prime announcing talent to every single league 1 and championship pitch in the country?

[Wolverine]

True, we weren't but it isn't very professional not to even mention any positive aspect of any of the players.

If we dwell on how poor we are, we will continue to be poor. The players need to realise they are good enough.

Well, some of them(!)

[trueblue]

Oh to still have Tugs, he would have had the guy screaming with his leaving the field tactics.

Benni has taken that role on .... at least tonight he did according to Radio Lancashire commentary :lol

[Tim Southampton Rover]

FT - 1-0 victory after 10 changes to the team that placed Everton.

Whether the performance was good or not. The fact is that we're through to the next round which is a good result.

[Grabbi Graeme]

Sunderland 2 Birmingham 0 FT

P'boro 2 N'castle 0 FT

Rovers 1 Forest 0 FT

[ABBEY]

Stoke score in fergie-time...

utd just made it 5-3 v city

[alexanders]

Win.

[Wolverine]

utd just made it 5-3 v city

I was toying with posting that earlier

You cheered me up when I saw it!

I can now turn of 5Live. Which cheers me up even more!

[hollowsr]

Just waiting for the T**T that is Craig Burley to say something positive about Rovers, what an absolute pillock, nothing good to say about the team who has won.

[champions1995]

Full time - get in!

[bennyboyt11]

Well thank f**k for that!

Gutted for Kalinic but doesn't sound like he had a poor game by any standard.

[mogster]

I'm listening to Five Live Extra and it's crap.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. There were probably only 25 people listening so it's not too influential.

[CrazyIvan]

I'd have taken that at the start so reasonably happy. Not the greatest game from us but we won.

The scottish guy (Craig Burley) is so obviously biased, he lives 5 miles away from the ground ffs!

[Tom]

True, looks like we are going through on the back of an average performance and a bit of luck. Thing is this performance tonight gives Sam the backing to bring the likes of Pedersen and Roberts back, he can just say i made changes but it didn't work so i'm going back to these players.

But Pedersen has been one of our best players this season, Roberts I agree is crap but Pedersen isn't the problem

[DeadlyDirk]

Well a win's a win and were in the next round, some positives from the game such as Benni getting on the scoresheet, Jones' performance, N'Zonzi sounded like he did well again, match fitness for Emerton and Reid as well as Salgado and Kalinic showing signs of improving.

Roll on the weekend.

[Grabbi Graeme]

Bolton 1 West Ham 1

[Iceman]

Maybe its jsut different here in the US of A, but wouldn't you expect the major media outlets, in the lesser cup competition, to simply use the local commentators instead of sending the prime announcing talent to every single league 1 and championship pitch in the country?

Believe me, when Semi final and final approaches the best commentators, will be around.

[herbergeehh]

Just a few quotes from RoversRadio and Rovers.co.uk to brigthen the day:

"Phil Jones has been really impressing"

"I cannot believe such an accomplished performance from a 17 year old."

"This evening just get better and better for the Rovers youngster. he's been absolutely impeccable"

90+2 MINS: Rovers make their final change, Benni McCarthy makes way for Pascal Chimbonda. McCarthy is in no rush but he finds time to applaud Phil Jones as he makes his way off the pitch, nice touch.

Benni McCarthy is the hero as the goal scorer, and goalkeeper Jason Brown after saving a penalty for Rovers. But the main man, it's got to be said, is 17 year old Phil Jones. What a performance from the young man!

[champions1995]

So the teams through to the 4th round are Rovers, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Liverpool, Peterborough, Stoke, Barnsley and Sunderland.

[RibbleValleyRover]

But Pedersen has been one of our best players this season, Roberts I agree is crap but Pedersen isn't the problem

Not hard to be our best player when most of them have been average so far this season, time to drop him and play Diouf or Hoilett on that left wing. If Sam plays him Andrews or Roberts against Villa i'll be furious.

[CrazyIvan]

We won't be getting Burnley in the next round. They've lost to Barnsley 3 - 2