Since I am unable to watch matches live and see only the Highlights, etc., I wonder about the quality of the goaltending. It seems that in every match our goalie lets in a soft goal and that sounds like the case again today. Even the first goal Brentford scored was from a tight angle and probably should have been saved. But all season long, our defence - when they're not hurt - has had to play in front of shaky goaltending. As much as it's admirable to play the juniors, is Smith the answer to our goaltending in this crunch time?
I read somewhere that he's a bit smaller than average, but my real point is that the defence needs to have confidence in the stopper; without it, the midfield and strikers are always worried about the opposition, rather than concentrating on their own attacking abilities or being the best they can be. When putting a team together, you build from the back, starting with the best goaltender you can get and then defence, etc. Forest seems to have lost it's way. I was hoping they would have sorted this issue in the last transfer window, along with a decent midfielder.
Even Henderson didn't seem all that great, from the Highlights and Match Reports I've seen; I thought Vlad was the answer at first, after saving a couple of penalties but I don't know what has happened to him after that.
Can't we have an emergency loan from a Premier team, in the case of a goalie?
I guess I'm just sharing the disappointment of today's result and this season in general, having been a Reds supporter for over 50 years.
I read somewhere that he's a bit smaller than average, but my real point is that the defence needs to have confidence in the stopper; without it, the midfield and strikers are always worried about the opposition, rather than concentrating on their own attacking abilities or being the best they can be. When putting a team together, you build from the back, starting with the best goaltender you can get and then defence, etc. Forest seems to have lost it's way. I was hoping they would have sorted this issue in the last transfer window, along with a decent midfielder.
Even Henderson didn't seem all that great, from the Highlights and Match Reports I've seen; I thought Vlad was the answer at first, after saving a couple of penalties but I don't know what has happened to him after that.
Can't we have an emergency loan from a Premier team, in the case of a goalie?
I guess I'm just sharing the disappointment of today's result and this season in general, having been a Reds supporter for over 50 years.
