v Nottingham Forest (h) - 9/2/22

[Bethnal]

It is - as they say - the hope that kills you.

[booth]

TM back on his arse again, a reflection of last seasons death spiral. Not sure why he's sulking as this is his own making. He had a month to address any issues with the team and his answer to it was to send a striker out on loan.

[K-Hod]

Even putting the referee’s abomination to one side, we got what we deserved tonight. Absolutely woeful.

[BankEnd Rover]

Heads will drop here, honestly can’t see us getting anymore than 3 points from the next 5 games.

[jim mk2]

1 minute ago, davulsukur said:

The death spiral in full flow. 

It's a classic Tony. One of the oddest managers I've ever come across

 

[neophox]

Were not good enough. End of.

[OldEwoodBlue]

We had one chance all game.

Not good enough.

Buckley decided to pass it back instead of scoring. This is on him.

Same as the last game.

[J*B]

1 minute ago, BigBar said:

Sorry to tell you lads. All comes down to Buckley's miss. Fine margins. He scores that and it's a completely different game and we are sat in 2nd. Face it.

Absolutely agree. Although, as I keep saying and being shouted down for, 2nd always was an artificial league position. It was in Bournemouth and QPRs hands. We’re now fighting for 6, it doesn’t matter if you finish 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th. 

[booth]

Can't sign anyone decent now. Well done to all concerned for fucking that one up.

[BigBar]

Just now, neophox said:

Were not good enough. End of.

I think we are for top 6 but that's gonna be touch and go now.

[Bethnal]

2 minutes ago, BigBar said:

Sorry to tell you lads. All comes down to Buckley's miss. Fine margins. He scores that and it's a completely different game and we are sat in 2nd. Face it.

I suspect we’d have found a way to shoot ourselves in the foot, either way.

[booth]

1 minute ago, jim mk2 said:

It's a classic Tony. One of the oddest managers I've ever come across

 

He is really odd. It's like as soon as he gets a sniff of success he thinks he can get away with fielding a team without a midfield or a striker.

[neophox]

West Brom on a terrible run as us. Internering game on monday two teams off form.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, K-Hod said:

Even putting the referee’s abomination to one side, we got what we deserved tonight. Absolutely woeful.

What's the ref done wrong?

Think he's been quite lenient towards us some of the nasty pointless fouls we've done.

[Devon Rover]

Oh, I had forgotten Giles was playing. Seems like he is brilliant everywhere except here?

[booth]

1 minute ago, J*B said:

Absolutely agree. Although, as I keep saying and being shouted down for, 2nd always was an artificial league position. It was in Bournemouth and QPRs hands. We’re now fighting for 6, it doesn’t matter if you finish 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th. 

That's why recruitment was so important.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Just now, OldEwoodBlue said:

We had one chance all game.

Not good enough.

Buckley decided to pass it back instead of scoring. This is on him.

Same as the last game.

Should be creating more than one chance a game though.  

Lennihan missed a sitter last week and red card this. Just as culpable.

Our season ended in the transfer window.

Down to Mowbray/venkys.

As usual. 

[G Somerset Rover]

8 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Heads will drop here, honestly can’t see us getting anymore than 3 points from the next 5 games.

That’ll need to be 3 draws as we sure as hell ain’t scoring.

4 times sky have shown us now since the turn of the year and we’ve lost three times, scoring once.

WBA to come on sky this Monday. Fantastic.

Edited February 9, 2022 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[BigBar]

1 minute ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

We had one chance all game.

Not good enough.

Buckley decided to pass it back instead of scoring. This is on him.

Same as the last game.

That's the reality. It's been a long time since a missed chance like that has lingered with me an entire game but it was absolutely criminal. You really can say its the moment we lost the game. 

[Trinidad Rover]

The death spiral is in full flow. TM only himself to blame.

(‘Wicked Vape’ too)

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

West Brom on a terrible run as us. Internering game on monday two teams off form.

Nah West Brom nailed on to end their bad run.

[neophox]

Also congratulate Bournemouth in unsettling Rothwell. Well Done.. we have lost twice since.

[Tugay-is-God]

C'est la vie, non?

[booth]

1 minute ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Should be creating more than one chance a game though.  

Lennihan missed a sitter last week and red card this. Just as culpable.

Our season ended in the transfer window.

Down to Mowbray/venkys.

As usual. 

Down to Mowbray, he said he could have signed a forward but "we don't play that way."

[Torgeir]

We started poorly and Forest deserved to take the lead. Thought our match against Swansea was proof enough that Buckley shouldn't start upfront. 

We fought well tonight, makes it especially disappointing that our captain gets himself sent off like that. We can moan as much as we'd like about the ref, but I've seen worse.