[Archived] Nottingham Forest vs. Rovers - Saturday 18th January 2014

[West Yorks Rover]

Dingles 1-0 up

Weds equalised 1-1

[Stuart]

Would Rhodes have stopped 2 defenders being foolish?

I bet the Forest defenders are gutted that Rhodes is on the bench. They would have had an easy game with him on.

Gordon said so.

[RevidgeBlue]

At the risk of sounding even more childish it doesn't alter the fact they're completely wrong about Rhodes though Tom.

[Stuart]

Exactly, some comical over reaction posts on here. You'd think we were playing red lion reserves and should be 6 up by now.

So we should just expect to lose?

EDIT: 1-1 now, WYR

[oldjamfan]

Dingles 1-1

[FGS5635]

So we should just expect to lose?

Just expect some common sense instead of the sky is falling

[Mike Graham]

Shef Weds equalised at Turd Moor :-))

Bolton 4 down at Reading :-))

[Stuart]

Just expect some common sense instead of the sky is falling

Who's said that?

[Shabani]

Taylor Lowe and Williamson are offering us absolutely nothing in midfield

Has to change at HT

[G Somerset Rover]

What the hell is wrong with henley nowadays

He's been very poor IMO since getting back into the team. Suspect defensively and every time he gets forward and into a good position he passes it either backwards or sideways. Never overlaps either.

[Hasta]

Forest are a decent side but half the sides to play them at the City Ground this year have left with something. If we have any hope of top 6 we can't treat games like this as a free hit. Bowyers love in with Lowe/Williamson seems to indicate he wants to grind his way up the table.

[Tom]

Footballs all about opinions, I agree that today we were wise to start with a big man up top, doesn't help that we employ two defensive midfielders who are nothing but passengers most of the time

Henley having a nightmare today it seems.

[Heinz]

The whole Gestede up front alone isnt working GB.

[Dunnfc]

Rovers 14/1 at half time to win...

[Tom]

When he's fit I simply can't see how we can justify not playing a central pairing of Evans and Cairney

Try and shift a bit more dross and bring in the lad from Liverpool as a right wing option and play Gestede and Rhodes up top in most games

[Mike Graham]

Blackpool losing :-))

[RevidgeBlue]

1-2 down at HT is just about respectable FGS but 2 down after 20 minutes isn't.

We've probably given ourselves too much to do again today as often seems to be case. Far from shutting up shop we seem to ship goals for fun most of the time playing with the two defensive midfielders. No pressure on the opposition.

[Husky]

Well it goes without saying that, Marshall's shot aside, that was a load of @#/?!!!!

First penalty was a soft one, there would be 4-5 penalties a game if refs kept giving those. Though Forest certainly deserve their lead.

In the games I've seen this season we've been good for one half and compete @#/? for the other. Hopefully this can be a reverse of that.

Think we need to freshen up - Taylor off for me (not least as he's on a yellow and I don't fancy he'll last the 90 mins)............

[AdamRochina]

I don't think its over reacting when we play this poor, we expect better from these players, to set up so negatively is baffling.. we cannot offer any service to gestede and tbh he has been poor not being able to win enough in the centre

bowyer lets himself down time and time again as we all see lowe and Williamson are no good in the centre, good teams like forest over run us for fun

[rovers11]

Forest by far the better team. Carving us open quite easily and should have scored more. Lucky to still be in this. If we can sneak a draw then we'll have done very well. Can see more goals in this.

What the hell was the ref playing at for the first pen?! Never a pen.

[Husky]

The whole Gestede up front alone isnt working GB.

I don't think it ever seems to work when we play one up front.

[Derbyshire Blue]

1st goal Probably one of the weakest penalties I've ever seen... Changes the complete completion of the game ..definitely a penalty for there 2nd.. Nothing to fear here if we can keep our shape.. Cairney can win this for us if he's more involved COYB!!!

[barry_]

The def midfielders are really not doing their bloody job

when have they done anything??

Lowe.Williamson and Henley are poor, poor players.

Bowyer insists on playing all 3 when fit so what does that say about him?

Forest are atacking us at will and we have no one who is willing to stop them.

Sick of football ruining my day

[mattjansen]

Can see the point in having two defending midfielders away from home, break up play and quickly shift to counter with two quick wingers. A few problems today tough, the two def mid cant play a forward pass fast enough to save their lifes. The one that can is stuck as right wing. Shift Lee for Cairney and drop Lee for King.

[Tom]

I don't think it ever seems to work when we play one up front.

It did at home against city and does when we want a point

Problem is we have some brainless players at the back who just let them have a couple of goals and that plan goes out of the window

With that being said its time to throw caution to the wind and chuck Rhodes on and maybe Dunn for Williamson and Taylor