Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United

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Premier League Matchweek 2 - Friday 18th August 2023 - 19:45 - City Ground
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Referee: Peter Bankes
Assistants: Harry Lennard, Nick Greenhalgh
Fourth Official: Andy Madley
VAR: Michael Oliver
Assistant VAR: Eddie Smart

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[Bob Socks]

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[HeySethUTB]

Honestly add a few more and there’s so much potential in that 11 to stay up.

Souza quality wins the ball plays it simple can strike it from distance.

Hamer lethal set piece delivery, tenacious in midfield and can strike a a ball from distance.

Anel more than competent at this level, tireless and not afraid.

Benie little whippet, gets stuck in and is tirelessly chasing and pressing.

The new additions to the spin of the team that includes Egan, Baldock, Mcburnie and Norwood as a team is good enough to survive

 

[PokerBlade]

The problem with bringing McBurnie back in is that all we'll do is hoof it up to him where he flicks it on to no one. We played better despite him. The service to Osula and Traore may have been limited, but it was to their feet.

Even granting that, we wouldn't have played the latter part of the game without an out ball because we could've brought someone on. As it was we went from a decent chance in that game to playing the last twenty with a very poor team.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

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Had your first beer tonight I see? Lots of water in the morning and you'll be good by lunchtime.

 

[SB_90]

you cant help but think if this is what he is saying in public, then what is he saying in private

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Just got back in. Cracking game of football that. We look much stronger in midfield. Shame we couldn't bring back a point but once we get some games under our belt the points will come.

 

[Sean Thornton]

you cant help but think if this is what he is saying in public, then what is he saying in private

ls It “if Wilder hadn’t spunked money and bought better strikers we’d have won?”

 

[Bl4desutd]

Game changer Hecky growing some balls and taking Lowe off at half time. Also, like the thought of him putting Hackford on!! Was hoping Marsh tho

Lowe was limping off at half time! I think it was an injury rather than being substituted for his awful performance

 

[Toronto Blade]

It’s not just that. What about yellow cards for chinning at ref. Norwood got carded first time he questioned ref but MGW chelped at ref numerous times & at one point pointed at ref & looked like he called him a wanker but no card.

The only one that should be able to question the ref should be the captain not those who think that they are one.

 

[Bl4desutd]

Pathetic, no application, no heart, no balls, no instinct just pathetic a draw would have been a great result but these losers eh. You can say what you like about Warnock but he would not put up with that....................how many minutes on the clock?

KNOB

 

[Toronto Blade]

As Warnock used to say you can never have enough strikers!

 

[Bl4desutd]

That's three crap goals conceded through amateur defending. Does Egan know he wears the Captain's armband, because he needs to start leading by example.

We looked much stronger at the back when Anel played in the middle of a back 3

 

[RossingtonBlade]

Foderingham - love him but not the level required

Osborn - not his biggest fan but Duracell bunny put a shift in tonight. Great effort as always but talent less said the better.

Ahmedhodzic - better than last Satdi but still a bit questionable

Egan - wank again, same as past 18 months. Giving him captaincy is daft imo. Need a replacement. He would tackle himself.

Robbo - Trusty must be wank if he can’t get a game.

Lowe / Larouci - not good enough.

Souza - puts himself about a bit but fitness an issue

Norwood - pains me to say it but he’s not up to the standard

Hamer - very good tbf, only negative is I was still having a beer in concourse when he scored.

Osula & Traore. Not good enough for were we need to be aiming for. Which is the hard honest truth. We need reinforcements, and sharpish. Simple as that. Need 8/9 additions to replace what we already have at our disposal.

 

[Rocket Man]

LOL

 

[Sheffsteel]

Long hard season ahead you just can’t compete with class it will win out more often than it loses and unfortunately we have chucked the towel in on the first few games of the season at the very least.

Our aim this season is to beat Derbys 11 points and it will have been a good season.

If anyone thinks anything other than that you are delusional

Not sure of you know this but the transfer window hasn't ended yet.
We're lining up 2 loans + at least 2 more signinings.

The plan is that by the end of the month we'll be far better than last season with a decent chance of staying up.

Put it this was Jan I'll bet £100 against your £20 that we finish with more points than Derbys low points record.
Currently think the current team will be relegated but should beat Derbys record however by the end of the window
we'll be far stronger than today and will comfortably better Derbys record....and if we get decent improvement think we have a realistic chance of staying up.

Are you up for the bet to prove you convictions?
I'll bring this thread up again and we'll check with the web site organisers who will prove that either one of us is true to their word.

 

[ReeceofBDTBL]

As poor as Egan was tonight, to drop the kingpin of our defence from two promotions is way too hasty.

He’s more than enough credit in the bank to deserve the game time to move on from this as a bump in the road.

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

Typical Blades give you hope that kick you straight in the balls!

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[Stegosaurus]

Robbo - Trusty must be wank if he can’t get a game.

Hi Stegosauerus here,

Said it all along, yet for some reason people like him because he can throw a ball a long and sometimes kicks someone.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Did hecky say owt about the few players that went off with niggles?

 

[Jan Age]

Mate … I didn’t say we would beat their record I said the aim this season is to beat it.

All you’ve done is say the same as me but made it sound more positive.

We’ve basically given up on the first 3 games probably 4 (due to the inability to possibly play any new signings for weeks for some reason)

It’s not the players and it’s not the mangers it’s the owners.

Even with 4 new signings it will be a massive struggle and obviously we will be better with 4 more players even just from a bodies point of view so that’s no great claim.

We started yesterday with Max Lowe - a make weight in the Bogle signing and Will Osula who couldn’t start regularly for League 1 Derby.

If we were talking about signing Hamer Souza Archer (or whoever) to play alongside Berge/Illy then I would be agreeing with you that we would have a chance of stopping up.

All we are doing now is filing gaps and playing catch up.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Hi Stegosauerus here,

Said it all along, yet for some reason people like him because he can throw a ball a long and sometimes kicks someone.

You must be too far away or watching a different game to see the goals he has scored for us and the meaty but fair tackles he has put in to clear our lines.

 

[Stegosaurus]

You must be too far away or watching a different game to see the goals he has scored for us and the meaty but fair tackles he has put in to clear our lines.

Hi Stegosaurus here,

How many goals has he scored in the PL?

He's a mid-level Championship player. We're not in the Championship now. At this level, he's a liability.

 

[CoatesyBlade]

It’s a bit gutting to lose in the 89th minute but I took loads of positives from that game.
Souza looked immense! He won everything in midfield!
Hamer showed that he has true quality, his delivery is first class and what a goal that was!
The only concern for me was the manner in which we conceded both goals, hopefully Trusty can help to rectify that issue in the future.
A couple more additions to the team and I honestly believe we’ve got a good chance of doing well this season

 

[Foxy]

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[Gin&Juice]

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[Railway Blade]

Robbo - Trusty must be wank if he can’t get a game.

As much as I would prefer Trusty over Robbo too I actually think he has been the most solid of the 3 central defenders in the two games so far.

The goal at Palace went between Egan and Anel as did the first goal at Forest. The second goal to me looked like Egan again as he misjudged the flight of the ball.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Hi Stegosaurus here,

How many goals has he scored in the PL?

He's a mid-level Championship player. We're not in the Championship now. At this level, he's a liability.

What’s this we/we’re shit?

 

[Cappy]

Did hecky say owt about the few players that went off with niggles?

 

[Belvedere Blade]

 

[Keen Blade]

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Can we finish the season now Dad ?