Elma

Lovely to be able to rightly call the ref a knob from a position where fans of other sides can't say it's sour grapes. ‎

Hall and Willock been the pick of that first half for me. Annoying that they've been handed the goal and the perfect position to counter attack from by a combination of an incorrect ref call and poor defending.

That interview has been on at least three times across the weekend now too.

Any issue with Krafth? Seems strange having both Targett and Kelly on the bench if Krafth were fit?

I don't think they've played well for most games this season (like us) and results have started to catch up with them. They were lucky to beat both Everton and Wolves at home and Ipswich could have done them at Portman Road. To be honest, tonight was one of their better performances I thought. They could easily have taken something.

It won't be an easy game and our away form doesn't help. However, the game against Arsenal was the first time I've felt we were close to our 22-23 levels, and also the first game this season that Isak really clicked (and I'm not just talking about his goal). Forest actually have a fairly average home record despite their lofty position. Anything can happen of course, but I'm more confident ahead of tomorrow than I've been for some weeks.

Yep - just seen that and edited. Think VAR would have overturned that mind.

Yeah, good advantage but if I were a Liverpool fan I think I'd rather have the red card than the goal this early in the game. Edit: Just seen that Coote didn't even think it was a foul so no advantage was actually played (although I think VAR would have intervened had Nunez not scored).

Thought they'd made some decent signings and would be troubling the top eight this season. Then heard Lopetegui speak before the game today, and he made Moyes sound inspiring.

Surely that kind of midfield versatility just makes him ideal as Schär's replacement?

Considering how he seemed to damage it, came back early, and then admitted defeat in March, and that Lascelles did his just two weeks later but isn't anywhere near coming back, would it be possible it wasn't a normal ACL 'complete tear' for Botman and just some sort of damage? I'm just a layman but both Tino and Krafth were out for circa 350 days with theirs, so this 9-10 month return seems strange?

That's kind of my point. We may have been better against Sunderland and Norwich (the early big, six-pointers) had we had more games and time on the training pitch under Rafa prior to those fixtures. I mean we still got those points against Liverpool and Spurs, and should have had two more against Man City, were it not for an horrendous offside call. We were getting better as the season went on. I know Rafa thought two more games would have done it.

I'd have to disagree. The way we played under Rafa he needed a few weeks to really drill it into the players. You can see from the fifth game from where we went 3-3-0 including points against Man City and Liverpool, and that win against Spurs. We were flying. Imagine having 18 uninterrupted days on the training pitch and your first two games being Stoke and Bournemouth after that. Hard not to imagine we wouldn't have picked up three more points.

My guess would be until first sub i.e. starting eleven. Their first sub was on 61 according to BBC and ours 65, so there is a four minute offset there albeit not matching up with the 64/68 in the graphic.

I said this at the time too - couldn't believe they didn't pull the trigger after Chelsea. I know someone who's worked with Rafa and apparently he (Rafa) was adamant that had he had those extra two games and the time before them to work with the players (rather than starting with Champions-elect Leicester with little prep time, and three away games from the first four) he'd have kept us up.

That was hilarious

Not read all the previous posts but anyone else think Bruno isn't moving so well after kicking Merino's studs?

Isak not squaring it to Big Joe was poor, but the loss of possession on their winner was just as bad. He's been really poor (not the only one) this season. He's arguably cost us four points in the last two games

Maybe I've got this wrong, but if Tony Bloom 'wrote off' his investment to mitigate the interest payments and fall into line, what's to stop the PIF giving us a 'loan' and then writing it off? Would this not equate to just ploughing cash into the club?

Don't think so, but I'm assuming it was when he got his foot stood on in the first half v Wolves.

Haven't we beaten them the last six times out, four of which were away? In fact we've won our last five at their place, including the cup.

Probably just a coincidence at this stage but all four of our second half goals this season have come between the 75th and 80th minutes. Barnes should really have put his last minute chance away though and I suspect we might have had another chance or two on the break had we had a sub left to throw Osula on for Hall when they were committing men forward in stoppage time.

Tony was the guy on the left greeting them - he's usually there on the tunnel/dressing room videos.

Nah, it's Tony Toward. 😉

I always class that period as the Keegan/Waddle/Beardsley era. Now I've nowt against Peter Haddock, but that was a bit of a random one to throw in. 😂