Re: Murray. He could play for Crawley (who've just lost their number 9) and train with us every now and then. Clearly his presence on the training field at least occasionally would be a good thing.
Think Covid rules would make that impossible.
If Potter can switch this mentality, we’ll be on the verge of something very special. Especially with the exciting team we’re building for next season.
I'm sure they do, but how much? Maupay should be practicing his shooting from 8a.m. to 6.30pm every day in training. Well he would be if I was manager. A bit of Brian Clough direct speaking/action really is what is needed now. Then, if he still doesn't improve, sell and replace him.
So true.
We are due to give some team an almighty walloping.
Even yesterday, as I said in the match day thread, we could have conceivably scored 5.
This is happening too often and becoming the norm psychologically. You do wonder, if we do suddenly have a couple of games where we convert and absolutely pulverise a team by 5 or 6, if may flick a switch mentally with our players. And let’s not forget, we have a very very young squad here. Aside from Dunk. even the most experienced (Welbeck, Lallana) are hardly playing.
If Potter can switch this mentality, we’ll be on the verge of something very special. Especially with the exciting team we’re building for next season.
I thought Connolly looked fantastic in the 1st half of the Wolves game. Really intelligent runs, a superb poached finish and an overhead kick that was executed to almost perfection but was just too close the keeper. If he can go on a scoring run and get some confidence, he is certainly a 15+ EPL goals per season man based on the number of chances that we could provide him. I’m hoping he is ready for Fulham.
Or not. At current rate he is going to score 13 or 14 PL goals this season, pretty good.
Be careful not to put words into people's mouths. I didn't say he was my favourite manager. I did however note that he won two Champions Leagues with a club the size of Forest and so he might be someone to learn something from. I also would agree with that sentiment. Players win matches. Clough knew that and was well ahead of his time in pass / move football. He also once told his centre forward " I dont pay you to take corners, I pay you to score goals, now get in the box". Common sense can get someone a long way, the problem is that it is not very common.
Forest was a big club in the 70s. Don’t compare them to today’s oil rich teams.
Clough was good but he was big headed & bombastic. He failed at Brighton and Leeds.
I'm sure they do, but how much? Maupay should be practicing his shooting from 8a.m. to 6.30pm every day in training. Well he would be if I was manager. A bit of Brian Clough direct speaking/action really is what is needed now. Then, if he still doesn't improve, sell and replace him.
Sorry if this opinion has been posted elsewhere.
Listening to Potter being interviewed and asked about the Biss goal, he did not seem very happy about it, he said it was a good goal but he intimated that he keeps shooting from distance but with no result but this time "you can't argue with him".
That is what I got from it anyway.
I think he would have been much happier that on getting the ball, 3 lay off passes and a tap in to an empty net and he would have been far happier.
Does this remind anyone of another manager?
The playing out from the back, multiple passing holding possesion, passing around the box and a pass into the net.
Also corners and free kicks being of treated as getting in the way of the game plan.
It reminds me so much of Arsenal under Wenger.
Trouble is, if you want to play that way you have to have the players to be able to do it otherwise PL players and managers will eat you up.
His shooting accuracy is pretty good 41% (same as Murray)
The problem I have with him is the number of times he fails to get a shot away/on target when well set.
I'm not sure shooting practice will solve this problem (or whether it gets measured in stats)
Sorry if this opinion has been posted elsewhere.
Listening to Potter being interviewed and asked about the Biss goal, he did not seem very happy about it, he said it was a good goal but he intimated that he keeps shooting from distance but with no result but this time "you can't argue with him".
That is what I got from it anyway.
I think he would have been much happier that on getting the ball, 3 lay off passes and a tap in to an empty net and he would have been far happier.
Does this remind anyone of another manager?
The playing out from the back, multiple passing holding possesion, passing around the box and a pass into the net.
Also corners and free kicks being of treated as getting in the way of the game plan.
It reminds me so much of Arsenal under Wenger.
Trouble is, if you want to play that way you have to have the players to be able to do it otherwise PL players and managers will eat you up.