Yorkie Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Annoying result but conversely it keeps us on our toes. Need to go into Leicester like we're facing Liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 20 minutes ago, midds said: I think I'm more concerned with staying ahead of others rather than catching teams above us. I'd snap arms off at the shoulder for 5th right now Doesn't harm the teams above us losing though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 17 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: If Villa win this and we win our games in hand we're 5 points clear of them with a hefty schedule for them coming up. If if if I want as few clubs involved as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Cracking 2nd half. Really enjoyed that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Gutsy side Forest, more impressed by them in defeat today than i've been watching them win sometimes this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I think that may be the best result for us. Forest can’t keep fluking 1-0 wins for the rest of the season. They’re going to lose at least 3 of their remaining 7. I’m sticking with my call. 66 or 67 points will do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 It's good when teams around us play each other because it seems whatever the outcome there is some positive from it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 2 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said: Gutsy side Forest, more impressed by them in defeat today than i've been watching them win sometimes this year Yeah I thought they were really good second half TBF to them. Murillo is their best player by a mile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) Good game. Always felt like Villa would win that, it's one Forest could afford to lose. As ever we need to focus on ourselves, if we win the next three we're right in contention for 3rd. Edited April 5 by The Prophet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Not all that impressed by Villa like, especially since that was their 6th win in a row. They were really good for 25 minutes, got 2 goals while Forest were all over the shop, then had to rely on luck, good keeping and the woodwork to not lose by 2 or 3. Nothing to fear when we play them away if we setup right and are on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Ronaldo said: I think that may be the best result for us. Forest can’t keep fluking 1-0 wins for the rest of the season. They’re going to lose at least 3 of their remaining 7. I’m sticking with my call. 66 or 67 points will do it. Forest will definitely finish with more than 67 points IMO. I know what you mean about riding their luck but they've done it all season - it's not going to stop now. Edited April 5 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 1 minute ago, ponsaelius said: Forest will definitely finish with more than 67 points though. I know what you mean about riding their luck but they've done it all season - it's not going to stop now. Yep, think Forest get around 70 points, 3 winnable home games and a couple of away games where there's 4-6 there for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) Looking at the last few seasons 65 points is usually enough for 5th place. If that's the case, Forest will need 8 points from these games I think it's naive at best to think that they will lose 4 of these games. Even then they'll get 66 points if they win the other 3. They are fighting for their lives, while most of these opponents are thinking about what to do in their summer holiday (an exaggeration, but you get the point). Edited April 5 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 7 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: If if if I want as few clubs involved as possible. If Villa were to finish above us it would be down to us having season ending form that wouldn’t get us fifth anyway. They’re not a concern if we take care of ourselves. Forest though are out of our hands currently but they are very much at risk of dropping out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelofTheFourth Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 3 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said: Not all that impressed by Villa like, especially since that was their 6th win in a row. They were really good for 25 minutes, got 2 goals while Forest were all over the shop, then had to rely on luck, good keeping and the woodwork to not lose by 2 or 3. Nothing to fear when we play them away if we setup right and are on it. Tbf I think they have been really good. They are in UCL QF, FA Cup final and top 6 right now. You can't expect them to play well all the time. I hope we do beat them as their own place we were rhe ones ro end the streak last season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Villa have GD which puts them a point down on everybody else basically and they've played two games more than us. I think the way of looking at it is if we finish below them we're not getting top 5 anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) 2 minutes ago, gbandit said: If Villa were to finish above us it would be down to us having season ending form that wouldn’t get us fifth anyway. They’re not a concern if we take care of ourselves. Forest though are out of our hands currently but they are very much at risk of dropping out That Villa squad are perfectly capable of beating teams like Soton, Bou, Fulham, Man Utd and Spurs. My guess would be that none of these have anything to play for when they face them (but Fulham or Bournemouth might). They won't need to win every game. Even against us or Man City they can get something. Edited April 5 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 1 minute ago, AngelofTheFourth said: Tbf I think they have been really good. They are in UCL QF, FA Cup final and top 6 right now. You can't expect them to play well all the time. I hope we do beat them as their own place we were rhe ones ro end the streak last season Speaking about today over a full game, not their season which has been good. 5 consecutive wins prior, I expected more quality and control from them, Forest dominated that for an hour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Great win for Villa who kind of got away with one. Emery clearly had half a mind on PSG and nearly got punished for it. The rotated lads he played got it over the line, but that was very squeaky bum. Forest unlucky. Created many chances in the second half. Some decent ones for Anderson, but he didn't work the keeper. Its something he needs to work on if he wants to be an elite midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 2 minutes ago, Erikse said: That Villa squad are perfectly capable of beating teams like Soton, Bou, Fulham, Man Utd and Spurs. My guess would be that none of these have anything to play for when they face them (but Fulham or Bournemouth might). They won't need to win every game. Even against us or Man City they can get something. If we hadn't spent a third of this season not even bothering to try to defend, we'd be sitting pretty now. We've got a full squad back now, and are still alive in two cups, which is great, and that's 7 wins in a row in all competitions, but I still feel we've probably left it too late in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelofTheFourth Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 1 minute ago, LionOfGosforth said: Speaking about today over a full game, not their season which has been good. 5 consecutive wins prior, I expected more quality and control from them, Forest dominated that for an hour Villas XG was higher than Forests during both halfs. Forest didn't bury the low XG chances like they usually do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 My other comment on today's games relates to Brighton giving up a second yellow when facing nine men. Like their game against Forest, they don't do bad and only seem to do atrocious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 3 minutes ago, AngelofTheFourth said: Villas XG was higher than Forests during both halfs. Forest didn't bury the low XG chances like they usually do. Can only assume that's because of Rogers' chance (the only one I really remember) which was almost gilt-edged and most of Forests whistled past the post or hit woodwork from range. One of those times XG just does not tell the same story your own eyes do imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Watching Fiorentina and every time they mention Gudmundsson I keep thinking of Bob Mortimer's cat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Moise Kean is at it again!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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