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[Football] ‘The Red Wall’ - Forest tactics



Zeberdi

Zeberdi

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Good article and summarises why they doing so well this season. FH calls them ‘quite’ good - but that downplays how difficult teams are finding it to score from inside the Forest box this season and of course their counterattacking is very strong too:

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The Red Wall: Why Nottingham Forest are thriving this season with clever, defensive football

Nuno Espírito Santo’s team have finished the year in the top four of the Premier League table and there's little doubt that they deserve to be there.
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pasty

pasty

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Well we couldn't get through a blue wall at home last time out, so not holding out much hope tomorrow :-(
 






Zeberdi

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Gazwag said:
They have only let 4 goals in less than us, Everton have only let in 28 goals to Forest 27
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They are only second to Arsenal cf to all other clubs in the number of goals conceded at distance - (long shots outside the box) compared to number of goals conceded from inside the box.

They are way ahead of every other club in their scoring in the first 30 minutes of the second half.

Maybe we need to keep half a dozen players behind the ball at all times and shoot from the halfway line 😉
 




Hugo Rune

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They’ve been a few key injuries away from peril all season. But have maintained almost fittest squad with their best players playing almost every game. The starting line-up normally picks itself, the consistency of selection is astonishing.

But, they’ll start looking down soon as talk of Europe warms up. If they get the injuries that other teams are getting, there could be a slide down the table.
 


Nobby Cybergoat

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Hugo Rune said:
They’ve been a few key injuries away from peril all season. But have maintained almost fittest squad with their best players playing almost every game. The starting line-up normally picks itself, the consistency of selection is astonishing.

But, they’ll start looking down soon as talk of Europe warms up. If they get the injuries that other teams are getting, there could be a slide down the table.
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I'm looking at them as catchable. It would be tough, but finishing above them would be the best revenge for that shocking result
 


Simster

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Hugo Rune said:
They’ve been a few key injuries away from peril all season. But have maintained almost fittest squad with their best players playing almost every game. The starting line-up normally picks itself, the consistency of selection is astonishing.

But, they’ll start looking down soon as talk of Europe warms up. If they get the injuries that other teams are getting, there could be a slide down the table.
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I have been thinking similar all season but equally I feel this is easily said off the back of a game they concede 4 in 23 minutes.

Like Brighton after the 0-7, let's see what happens to them in the next 2 or 3 games. They've got Arsenal, Man City and two games (one cup) against Ipswich. Would anyone be remotely surprised if they picked up, say, 6 points and won the cup game?
 








GT49er

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Nobby Cybergoat said:
I'm looking at them as catchable. It would be tough, but finishing above them would be the best revenge for that shocking result
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I don't know about revenge, but it would be nice to finish above them - and we have a precedent: we once finished above a team that thrashed us 9-0 (and put six past us in the return fixture!)
 


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