Fenerbahçe SK v Nottingham Forest Match Thread Sponsored by ASSA ABLOY: The revolving door specialists

the jock said:
for what its worth - post ratings

Stefan Ortega: Won’t be happy with the way Forest conceded the opening goal, and then there wasn’t a great deal he could do about the penalty. Generally good with his distribution, though. Rating: 6.5/10



Neco Williams: Slipped when he tried to intervene for Fenerbahce’s first goal. The Reds did have a few shaky moments at the back in the first half, especially. Wasn’t too far away with an effort at the other end after the break, though. Rating: 6.5/10

Jair Cunha: Not how he would have wanted his European bow for Forest to go. Unfortunate with the penalty incident as it looked harsh on first viewing. Had some decent moments, though - enough to suggest he should get an opportunity to add to his tally of four appearances for the season. Rating: 6.5/10


Morato: Didn’t exactly cover himself in glory for the opening goal, and that set nerves jangling among the home crowd. Shows how the Reds struggle when they turn to their second string, even if he did settle down a bit. Rating: 5/10


Murillo: Is normally so good with the ball he gives the impression he could play anywhere. A left-back the Brazilian is not, however, at least not on this occasion. Wasn’t at his best there. Rating: 6/10

Omari Hutchinson: Missed a great opportunity to equalise on the night when he was put clean through late on. Didn’t matter in the end, but those are the type of chances he (and his teammates) should be putting away. Rating: 7/10

Ryan Yates: Hard as nails. Bent one of his fingers out of shape when he landed on it in the opening few minutes, but simply got it strapped up and carried on as if nothing had happened. Couldn’t quite make the impact he would have liked, though. Rating: 6/10



Elliot Anderson: Even when Forest are not at their best, the midfielder is still capable of showing his class. Caused Fenerbahce problems when he got forward in the first half - it was just the Reds couldn’t make the most of those openings. Rating: 8/10

James McAtee: Had been so good in his previous European start, against Ferencvaros; this was a big opportunity to show the new manager what he is capable of. Instead, the summer signing fell completely flat and was hooked at the break. Rating: 5/10

Nicolas Dominguez: Busy enough without necessarily stamping his authority on proceedings. It became a tricky evening for the hosts to navigate once Fenerbahce had given them a scare. Rating: 6.5/10



Lorenzo Lucca: If the Napoli loanee was hoping to force his way into Pereira’s thinking for a start in the Premier League, he didn’t exactly help his cause. His teammates put some inviting balls in the box early on but he was too cumbersome to get on the end of any of them. Rating: 5/10

Subs

Ola Aina (for Murillo, 46mins): A terrific ball from the right to set up Hudson-Odoi. Forest needed that. Exactly the impact required from the substitutes. Rating: 7.5/10

Callum Hudson-Odoi (for McAtee, 46mins): Stepped up when the Reds needed him to. A delightful first touch and finish for his sixth goal of the season - and you could feel the relief around the City Ground. Rating: 7.5/10

Igor Jesus (for Lucca, 46mins): In an ideal world, the front man would have had a bit longer on the bench, to give him more of a breather. Given how well he has done in Europe, though, his services were required for the entire second half. Rating: 6/10



Ibrahim Sangare (Yates, 46mins): Said much about how the first half had panned out that Pereira felt it necessary to turn to his heavyweights. Impossible to overstate the importance of the Ivory Coast international to Forest. Rating: 7.5/10

Morgan Gibbs-White (for Dominguez, 84mins): A bit of a surprise Pereira decided to risk his talisman as Forest were near enough in the last 16 by the time he came on. Helped his team get the job done. Rating: 6/10
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One point on Ortega- he was pissing about with the ball at his feet so much, he is going to cost us a goal in the PL doing that
 
the jock said:
over the last 5 years the below is our net spend yet somehow end up with players like Lucca and Bakwa

: £-328.86m​

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I can see your point, but in a world where even Morato is supposedly worth £17.5m, the value of the playing squad far exceeds that at the moment. Even Bakwa and McAtee, who have been disastrous so far, could probably be sold on at break even fees.

The question has to be on Marinakis - the people that he has given responsibility for signing players are not good enough to do it. Not just in terms of the quality of player, but in the type. We’ve been desperate for another full-back and an athletic centre mid for over a year and we’re no closer to either.

If Sangare hadn’t come good, we’d be second bottom in the league.
 
mao tse tung said:
I thought Cunha played particularly well, and was very unlucky with the penalty, but are you saying he is better than our established starting players in central defence?
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I am saying Cunha was MOM and McAtee was better than all our midfielders in the fist half
 
Pope John XXIII said:
Fuck sake

Why are we always getting the much tougher, shitter draws?

Betis would be like a PL game (not that we are any good at those)

This bunch will just physically assault us for 200 minutes

https://twitter.com/x/status/2027357354296013151
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I would take these over Betis every day of the week.

If we cannot beat these we do not deserve to progress, although it gets significantly harder after this one
 
mao tse tung said:
I thought McAtee was shocking from the the start to when he was substituted; he can count himself fortunate he didnt get subbed before he did.

Cunha was very good and looks like e ready made replacement for Murillo
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Agree re Macatee, that's 4 managers now gave him a shot.

Cunha was ok, think people getting carried away with him. He's played what, twice?

Ready made replacement for Murillo??

Come on chap, you been lodging in Finbarrs fantasy land hotel?
 
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