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Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:25 pm
by 1964white
A really tough game on the horizon for us Leeds fans, could be a long night. Hopefully be back home by 10pm feeling in a happy mood :-D Redfern in his interviews said he is intending to make changes so we'll see what his intentions are come Saturday evening
Hopefully Bellusci & Warnock are fit & Redders floods the midfield playing Antenucci upfront on his own as The Ant did v Fulham :wink: :lol:

Silvestri

Byram Bellusci Cooper Warnock

Sloth Tonge Bianchi Mowatt Adryan OR Montenegro

Antenucci

Subs : Taylor Berardi Pearce Austin Cook Sharp Montenegro OR Adryan

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:57 pm
by Crude
Leon, Tonge to start? No thanks.

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:13 pm
by 1964white
Crude wrote:Leon, Tonge to start? No thanks.
We need an old head in the midfield Dan

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:14 pm
by ldsutd
I would take a draw from this but I fear for our away form and the fact it's on tv doesn't bode well for us.

Silvestri
Berardi bellusci cooper Warnock
Byram mowatt Adryan Austin
Antenucci Montenegro

This gives us some strength and flair in midfield and because Byram likes to push forward I have pushed him further up field. I also like the look of Montenegro in the reserves/ under 21's .

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:18 pm
by weasel
Old doesn't simply equal good. I liked Tonge 2 seasons ago. Under Warnock he looked to have a bit more composure than the players around him and a bit of bite, that though was a Warnock side. We don't have that now. What we have now is a younger team, a more cohesive team that needs to play at tempo. To throw Tonge in simply slows things down meaning we will be much worse in possession as people will get out of position easily as they move into position to receive a pass that doesn't come. That is a huge sacrifice to perhaps gain a slight improvement defensively.

This team needs an older/wiser head but that still has the legs/brain to move into positions and link with the younger players. Players such as Paul Scholes did it seamlessly despite a lack of pace. Sadly we don't have anyone of that ilk at the club and Tonge etc are simply poor players who even at their best wouldn't really be what we need.

As such I would rather see the younger & better players learning every week and improving. These kids will get it right, they'll just be ups and downs along the road.

Sticking a Tonge in is never the answer (footballing wise) :wink:

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:24 pm
by Norm
weasel wrote:

Sticking a Tonge in is never the answer (footballing wise) :wink:
:lol:

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:39 pm
by 1964white
weasel wrote:Old doesn't simply equal good. I liked Tonge 2 seasons ago. Under Warnock he looked to have a bit more composure than the players around him and a bit of bite, that though was a Warnock side. We don't have that now. What we have now is a younger team, a more cohesive team that needs to play at tempo. To throw Tonge in simply slows things down meaning we will be much worse in possession as people will get out of position easily as they move into position to receive a pass that doesn't come. That is a huge sacrifice to perhaps gain a slight improvement defensively.

This team needs an older/wiser head but that still has the legs/brain to move into positions and link with the younger players. Players such as Paul Scholes did it seamlessly despite a lack of pace. Sadly we don't have anyone of that ilk at the club and Tonge etc are simply poor players who even at their best wouldn't really be what we need.

As such I would rather see the younger & better players learning every week and improving. These kids will get it right, they'll just be ups and downs along the road.

Sticking a Tonge in is never the answer (footballing wise) :wink:
Sadly we haven't got anyone to give us a bit of experience

Norris has played once in the last two years

Austin is a headless chicken

Tonge is the best of a bad bunch

Cook & Doukara are far less effective away from ER so we have to try something different, playing Sloth with Bianchi in a more central role & the experience of Tonge gives us something different.

Changes are required !

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:00 pm
by weasel
I don't think it is just a case of us not being able to play away. I think the results have led to people concluding that but I don't think it is that black and white. If you take the last 6 matches since our last away win then yes Ipswich thrashed us, but they are on a good run, same story with Brentford and in all honesty that could have happened with both those teams even if we'd played them at ER. Rotherham and Blackburn we should have won. Blackburn wasn't anything to do with the performance just a couple of mistakes. Rotherham we had the game under control but then stopped passing - putting Tonge in (a player who's passing is average) wouldn't have helped - despite that we had the chances to win. Against Norwich we fought back well to get a draw and against Cardiff it was fairly even but they took their chances, aided by a huge deflection for 1 goal and a calamity for another.

Another factor to consider is that only 3 of the away games in that period were under Redfearn and those were Cardiff, Blackburn and Ipswich. We could easily have had 4 points from the 3 matches. Do I think we'd have done any better in those matches with 1 of Austin/Tonge/Norris in the line up and I would answer no. In hindsight the only change for me would be Doukara but I feel he has been hot and cold all season but he is the pace outlet that you want when you are under the cosh, the fact he has done feck all when he has got the ball is the big concern.

For me the temptation in away matches would be to drop Doukara and bring in Austin who, for all his faults, is the best at the club at running with the ball at pace so gives us the option to break quickly, with him also able to get forward quickly to support a lone striker, and an extra body in midfield to make us harder to break down.

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:32 am
by Brader
Interesting that people are choosing Montenegro in their teams, have you seen him play alot? i have next to zero to go on him so its a geniune question.

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:17 am
by Dons Legends
I don't think we will get anything from this game, but two games later, we play about 7, or 8 teams that we can either win against, or get at least a draw. None of them are that good, neither are we, but we have to pick up points against teams that aren't that good.

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:10 am
by 1964white
Brader wrote:Interesting that people are choosing Montenegro in their teams, have you seen him play alot? i have next to zero to go on him so its a geniune question.
Monte was very impressive in last week's U21 cup game at Leicester where we won 2-1. The lad seems to have a lot of pace & quality on the ball

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:02 pm
by gessa
It won't happen but I'd put Ashdown in goals.

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:44 pm
by Genghers
gessa wrote:It won't happen but I'd put Ashdown in goals.
You mean Taylor, right?

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:17 pm
by gessa
Genghers wrote: You mean Taylor, right?
Well done Genghers , you spotted the deliberate mistake :wink:

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:38 pm
by Martyn
gessa wrote:
Well done Genghers , you spotted the deliberate mistake :wink:
To be fair, you were correct. It won't happen.

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:53 am
by rab_rant
I think that we have good players, but I believe that all the antics in the boardroom
and with the football league have taken a toll, and the real problem is one of motivation.

If you were working for a company that was about to go tits up I expect that it would
effect your work ethic. I think that is partly the reason that Ross left, cos he did not like
the volatility and uncertainty that Cellino brought to the club.

I get this image in my mind of a old sailing ship, rudderless and in a raging hurricane
with the crew wild eyed and crazy, clinging on for dear life. The uppermost thought
in their minds is how am I going to survive this, and not how can we save the ship...
and the captain instead of taking command is chained in some dungeon below deck.

We are heading for a shipwreck.

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:37 am
by Brader
I think the lack of genuine width is my main concern to be honest. 2015 could be a very interesting year

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:12 pm
by Martyn
Brader wrote:I think the lack of genuine width is my main concern to be honest. 2015 could be a very interesting year
Not much point in having wide players if we are resigned to playing a narrow diamond.

It's a formation I don't like at all, but Cellino does so we are stuck with it.

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:12 pm
by 1964white
So who's on the commentary team tomorrow ?

I can stand in as reporter from the ground :-D

Re: Forest v Leeds - Team/Reports/Ratings

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:54 pm
by Genghers
I should be. Game is on telly too, so I think you'll have a good uptake for the MOTM poll!