[Archived] Forest At Home 18.10.16

[chor808]

No match thread so far, not sure one is needed really, anyway.

Cannot see anything other than a defeat tomorrow, they will not finish anywhere near as bad as Ipswich.

Not a chance I'm wasting petrol, time and money on this.

[davulsukur]

An absolute must win but we'll be lucky to get a draw.

And i don't even think Forest are that great.

[onlyonejackwalker]

I am predicting another draw. It is never easy winning away and we seem to have settled a tad at the back. Albeit at the expense of our attacking play, but that was to be expected in the short term.

Looks a very big game already in the context of our season.

Played 12 - Won 2 - Drawn 3 - Lost 7 - For 12 - Against 20 - Minus 8 - Points 9 )))))

Bristol, Wolves and the Villa to come.

Only Derby and Rotherham, have succumbed so far to the genius that is Owen Coyle. Three goals in four minutes in that Derby match, funny old game indeed.

18 - Preston

19 - Derby

20 - Villa

21 - Cardiff

22 - Wigan

23 - Rovers

24 - Rotherham

5 out of those 7 have been in the PL relatively recently.

If the Rovers were my club, then Coyle wouldn't be here, as irrespective of anything else there is simply no need. If here however, I would have serious doubts about his ability to keep us up based on results to date and would be looking to instigate a change. Meanwhile should we lose tomorrow and have 9 for 39 available at 0.69 point per game then surely????????????????

Venkys Out. Coyle Out. Cheston Out. New broom required. Still.

[Tom]

Not sure I can be bothered going to this one

0-2

[dallydally]

Coyle is out of his depth but I don't expect the Venkys to get rid. We are stuck with him and whatever the consequences of that are (in my view relegation).

[DE.]

1-3, Coyle does his best Steve Kean impression and waxes lyrical on the positives. Sub 10k turnout. Miserable.

[tomphil]

I see a two one away win in another grind of a game. Read somewhere that Forest are laying on cheap transport or something so they'll boost the crowd.

Rovers 1 Forest 2

10,436 (800 Forest)

[JHRover]

I see a two one away win in another grind of a game. Read somewhere that Forest are laying on cheap transport or something so they'll boost the crowd.

Rovers 1 Forest 2

11,436 (2k Forest)

As of this morning Forest had only sold 600 tickets, so doubt they'll get past 1,000 even with a decent walk on crowd. Should ensure that the official gate is still less than 11,000 whilst in reality less than 8,500 walk through the turnstiles.

I think Forest fans themselves are far from happy with things, particularly their owner, and their gates are dropping also.

[J*B]

Live view of everybody that cares.

[Parsonblue]

Another difficult game to predict. Forest are poor away from home and we are poor at home. Everything suggests another draw but, in reality, it really is a must win game. A similar crowd to Saturday one would have thought. Forest might bring a few more than expected with the speculation surrounding the American takeover.

[Mercer]

This has to be a home win for long suffering Rovers' fans.

Forest's away record is pitiful: P6 W0 D2 L4 F6 A12

Forest have failed to keep a clean sheet away in the league all season, conceding 2 or more goals on all but one occasion.

Keep Lowe out of the team and Marshall at right back.

I am going for a 3-1 home win.

[tomphil]

As of this morning Forest had only sold 600 tickets, so doubt they'll get past 1,000 even with a decent walk on crowd. Should ensure that the official gate is still less than 11,000 whilst in reality less than 8,500 walk through the turnstiles.

I think Forest fans themselves are far from happy with things, particularly their owner, and their gates are dropping also.

Surprised at that although maybe i was a bit optimistic saying 2k

Shows how brassed off they are as well then, another club run by a crackpot with suspicious intentions. He does seem to communicate though and try things instead of hiding in the shadows like our lot. Wouldn't be at all shocked if this is another club that has hidden partners somewhere pushing some buttons seeing as they like moving players in and out a bit as well.

Back on the crowd thing it seems the new phantom figure at Ewood is 10k stated plus whatever traps up from the visiting club.

[JHRover]

Surprised at that although maybe i was a bit optimistic saying 2k

Shows how brassed off they are as well then, another club run by a crackpot with suspicious intentions. He does seem to communicate though and try things instead of hiding in the shadows like our lot. Wouldn't be at all shocked if this is another club that has hidden partners somewhere pushing some buttons seeing as they like moving players in and out a bit as well.

Back on the crowd thing it seems the new phantom figure at Ewood is 10k stated plus whatever traps up from the visiting club.

One other benefit Forest have is that their owner is attempting to sell the club. They came close to being taken over by Greeks in the summer, now they are rumoured to be getting an American takeover. Suffice to say whatever damage their crackpot owner has done in the last 4 years or so can quickly be rectified by him selling up and clearing off.

[1864roverite]

1-0 forest

#coyle out

[Bucksrover]

Remember some enjoyable Tuesday night games not so long ago - a hard-fought victory over Watford springs to mind!

Half-day at work on the Tuesday, back at 2am in the morning on the Wednesday.

Will happily do it all again when the club is not being bled dry.

[1arC]

One other benefit Forest have is that their owner is attempting to sell the club. They came close to being taken over by Greeks in the summer, now they are rumoured to be getting an American takeover. Suffice to say whatever damage their crackpot owner has done in the last 4 years or so can quickly be rectified by him selling up and clearing off.

There is no guarantee that any new owner they get will be any better. Just look at Pompey as an example, how many times were they bought and sold in a very short period of time?

[roversfan99]

With Evans out:

Steele

Marshall Hoban Mulgrew Williams

Bennett Byrne Guthrie Conway

Stokes Emnes

Subs: Raya, Gallagher, Mahoney, Lenihan, Samuelsen, Wharton, Doyle?

Sure it wont be anything like that mind you.

[G Somerset Rover]

This has to be a home win for long suffering Rovers' fans.

Forest's away record is pitiful: P6 W0 D2 L4 F6 A12

Forest have failed to keep a clean sheet away in the league all season, conceding 2 or more goals on all but one occasion.

Keep Lowe out of the team and Marshall at right back.

I am going for a 3-1 home win.

For the love of God Mercer, just stop.

Back on planet earth:

Rovers 0 Forest 1

[Mercer]

For the love of God Mercer, just stop.

Back on planet earth:

Rovers 0 Forest 1

Look, if we were playing a well oiled efficient unit with a good track record away from home then I agree, we would be staring down the barrel.

However, we are playing an inconsistent outfit whose only consistency is their pitiful away form.

There may only be one worse team/manager than Rovers (Rotherham) who I think will occupy bottom spot but historically the teams relegated in 22nd and 23rd spots usually muster about 10 wins in a season. We will win games, maybe not a lot, and Forest is a distinctly winnable game given their pitiful away form.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

How can any Rovers fan get themselves up for this?.I'm praying we are good enough (sarc) to scrape a draw on the night.

As for the crowd? Sub 10k in reality but spun as 10,???.

What a ruddy mess.

[1arC]

Look, if we were playing a well oiled efficient unit with a good track record away from home then I agree, we would be staring down the barrel.

However, we are playing an inconsistent outfit whose only consistency is their pitiful away form.

There may only be one worse team/manager than Rovers (Rotherham) who I think will occupy bottom spot but historically the teams relegated in 22nd and 23rd spots usually muster about 10 wins in a season. We will win games, maybe not a lot, and Forest is a distinctly winnable game given their pitiful away form.

Forrest haven't kept a clean sheet all season and I can see them getting their first one tomorrow night. Rovers would then have gone 4 games without a goal, which will honestly not surprise me one bit.

[JHRover]

The stats are there for all to see and as usual I expect we will be the team to buck the trend. Forest haven't kept a clean sheet away all season, Forest haven't won away all season, no prizes for guessing what is likely to come next.

Its clear that in a desperate attempt to try and rectify our defensive woes that our attack is now suffering as a result. Frankly abject performances against Wednesday, Birmingham and Ipswich in which we appeared quite content to go out and play for a draw and had no plan B once going behind in the games. Had Ipswich had better quality than Leon Best in their ranks then it would have been three 1-0 defeats in succession.

Whatever the reasons for it all one thing it certainly isn't is exciting to watch and flies completely in the face of Coyle's propaganda over the summer about sending a team out to excite supporters and his so-called reputation for entertaining football.

[USABlue]

Not sure I can be bothered going to this one

0-2

Score's about right in my mind.

[G Somerset Rover]

Look, if we were playing a well oiled efficient unit with a good track record away from home then I agree, we would be staring down the barrel.

However, we are playing an inconsistent outfit whose only consistency is their pitiful away form.

There may only be one worse team/manager than Rovers (Rotherham) who I think will occupy bottom spot but historically the teams relegated in 22nd and 23rd spots usually muster about 10 wins in a season. We will win games, maybe not a lot, and Forest is a distinctly winnable game given their pitiful away form.

Genuine question, where on earth will these 3 goals come from?

[Neal]

Zero @#/? given.