Without Baldock, we have to find pace elsewhere - we played right into their hands by playing Skalak: they could close Knockaert down and not worry about the threat on the other side. Solly or Murphy should have started, with instructions to run at them. Also, Poc for me has been playing a lot...
No matter how much money's available, it's still a bl00dy tough act turning a relegated team into championship contenders - as Norwich and Villa have found out this year (adding to a pretty big club of ex-PL Championship fixtures - Birmingham, Leeds, Fulham, Derby, Cardiff, Blackburn, etc)
I...
I wish we could delete this thread, it doesn't do us any favours at all. No matter what the rivalry (and McGleish is still a :tosser:), I've always thought they are a decent club, and enjoyed visits to Brisbane Road. They've had a rough end of the stick against local "bigger" teams - not least...
I took my 10 and 7 year olds to Battle on Saturday - started at the Abbey, then went for a walk around the battlefield (they'd both seen the Horrible Histories episode on the Battle of Hastings, so loved exploring the scene), finished off where Harold copped it, walked around the ramparts, and...
Forest might turn out to be the kick up the pants we needed (like Rotherham last year was). We were reeling from the Newcastle game - and Hughton really should have freshened the team up.
Rotherham and Derby have proved this - I can't believe any of them will be dwelling on the Forest game...
There are so many idiot owners around, we've now got a merry-go-round manager club, who don't really care where they are - as long as they can see the next termination settlement. Got to take your hat off to him really.....
Uwe's playing record last year - played 15 (between rounds 2 and 16), during which we won 8, drew 7, lost 0 and kept 5 clean sheets.
He played alongside Greer and Dunk during that time.
The pressure Newcastle put on our whole team was more than I've seen this year - right from their front players, who harried our defence, through to midfield - and their defenders gave us nothing all night (barring the penalty). Murray looked physically spent at the end of it - compare with the...