Calvin Plummer
Vital Football Legend
29 games since we won away in the Championship, 0 away points this season.
An enjoyable half for me, this could been seen as a shyte game because there hasn't been any real chances for us but they've not had a sniff at goal.
Forest player should have walked for two yellows. 12 against 11 then. Thanks for nothing Mr ref.
We certainly deserved a point today. We made them look average all over the pitch. The referee bottled the biggest decision he had to make all game.
We deserved a point.
I agree, we deserved a point.
Definitely a penalty sadly.
Nice touch on 14mins a round of applause from both sets of supporters for the late, great Brian Clough.
That's the quietest Forest fans I've heard in 7 visits.
Our tactics were good. Forest were poor in the 1st half, but upped the tempo after the break and created more chances, including one that hit the post when it looked easier to score.
You could see the penalty coming; Williams(?) didn't anticipate the overlapping runner and it was a desperate lunge.
Always a right kick in the b@llax when you lose to a late goal , it's probably the worst way to lose a game especially away from home against a rated team.
Forest looked nothing special and their support is very quiet!
To lose like that is a real kick in the teeth. Forest had run out of ideas and it felt like if anyone was going to score it would be us, then they get a goal from a clumsy tackle. Its difficult to do anything other than applaud the players because they deserved the point.
Just back from the game so excuse the late report. In short, we were robbed. Firstly, the ref bottled a decision which should have seen their CB receive a second yellow for exactly the same tackle on Williams which brought him a yellow in the first half. If he'd gone, it would have been a different game.
Secondly, if any team was going to score in the second half, it was us. Vassell was a whisker away from putting us one up and then Towell's effort came off Pantilimon's shoulder when goal bound. I didn't get a good view of the penalty but once their player went down in the area, there was only one thing the ref was going to do.
I travelled back to Lincoln with a Forest fan who thought they were very lucky to get a point. He thought our defence had got the measure of Forest's attack and couldn't see any way that they were going to break through.
IMO, we are inches away from having a really useful Championship side. The only difference between us and Forest was the confidence that their players had on the ball. It will come for us but we need to be patient.
Their expensive team full of imports were restricted to one **** and a pen, they and the fans celebrated like they had won the European Cup again, that showed me how well we did.
A draw would have been a fair result but it could be argued that when Towell went for a shot from an acute angle instead of rolling across to Williams to tap in,then when the ref failed to give a second yellow card and then the penalty decision decided the very tight game.
I am not saying it wasnt a penalty because my view was not good. Lolley injected pace that took him into a dangerous area, he then played a quick ball to Osborn who got on the outside and Williams brought him down from behind. No idea if Williams got anything on the ball. The defence played well as did the midfield with Forest creating very little. We created a small amount but it had a look of nill nill all over it.
It looked to me like the ref was reaching for the yellow card until he realised that the defender was already on one. If anything the second foul was worse than the first. The ref bottled it.
An enjoyable half for me, this could been seen as a shyte game because there hasn't been any real chances for us but they've not had a sniff at goal.
Forest player should have walked for two yellows. 12 against 11 then. Thanks for nothing Mr ref.
We certainly deserved a point today. We made them look average all over the pitch. The referee bottled the biggest decision he had to make all game.
We deserved a point.
I agree, we deserved a point.
Definitely a penalty sadly.
Nice touch on 14mins a round of applause from both sets of supporters for the late, great Brian Clough.
That's the quietest Forest fans I've heard in 7 visits.
Our tactics were good. Forest were poor in the 1st half, but upped the tempo after the break and created more chances, including one that hit the post when it looked easier to score.
You could see the penalty coming; Williams(?) didn't anticipate the overlapping runner and it was a desperate lunge.
Always a right kick in the b@llax when you lose to a late goal , it's probably the worst way to lose a game especially away from home against a rated team.
Forest looked nothing special and their support is very quiet!
To lose like that is a real kick in the teeth. Forest had run out of ideas and it felt like if anyone was going to score it would be us, then they get a goal from a clumsy tackle. Its difficult to do anything other than applaud the players because they deserved the point.
Just back from the game so excuse the late report. In short, we were robbed. Firstly, the ref bottled a decision which should have seen their CB receive a second yellow for exactly the same tackle on Williams which brought him a yellow in the first half. If he'd gone, it would have been a different game.
Secondly, if any team was going to score in the second half, it was us. Vassell was a whisker away from putting us one up and then Towell's effort came off Pantilimon's shoulder when goal bound. I didn't get a good view of the penalty but once their player went down in the area, there was only one thing the ref was going to do.
I travelled back to Lincoln with a Forest fan who thought they were very lucky to get a point. He thought our defence had got the measure of Forest's attack and couldn't see any way that they were going to break through.
IMO, we are inches away from having a really useful Championship side. The only difference between us and Forest was the confidence that their players had on the ball. It will come for us but we need to be patient.
Their expensive team full of imports were restricted to one **** and a pen, they and the fans celebrated like they had won the European Cup again, that showed me how well we did.
A draw would have been a fair result but it could be argued that when Towell went for a shot from an acute angle instead of rolling across to Williams to tap in,then when the ref failed to give a second yellow card and then the penalty decision decided the very tight game.
I am not saying it wasnt a penalty because my view was not good. Lolley injected pace that took him into a dangerous area, he then played a quick ball to Osborn who got on the outside and Williams brought him down from behind. No idea if Williams got anything on the ball. The defence played well as did the midfield with Forest creating very little. We created a small amount but it had a look of nill nill all over it.
It looked to me like the ref was reaching for the yellow card until he realised that the defender was already on one. If anything the second foul was worse than the first. The ref bottled it.