Calvin Plummer
Vital Football Legend
McGoldrick's absense today f**ked me off. On his day he's quality, but he spends more time injured and blatantly pulled a sickie today.
The first half we more than matched them and kept possession well, whether that was down to us or Forest's own lack of confidence and belief due to the occasion, who knows? Let's take nothing away from Smith's save, which was pivotal, that could've kept them up because if we had scored and with other scores going against Forest at the time who knows what might have happened - the crowd seemed to be getting edgy.
Their second and third goals were excellent, and you might argue the only Town player capable of Cohen's was Lawrence and Assobalonga's Mcgoldrick. Either way we had no response.
We looked like a non-league team in the second half against a relegation threatened team.
The 352 encouraged them to get at us down the sides and we were far too open. How many times were Berra and Chambers isolated against Assombalonga or one of their wingers?
I don't doubt some of the performance was down to having nothing to play for but MM was certainly out thought by Warburton.
I'm sort of glad we lost. With Blackburn and B'ham winning? forest would have gone down. They were the least of my favourites for the drop. B'ham first for the way they appointed zola and Blackburn next as I'm not a fan of fried chicken. I know Forest have their owner problems too, but I'm glad they stayed up.
Fair play for Forest being so up for it though.
How the fook was that a penalty.
You can't be serious surely? Took the man out. Had Kenlock been alert Bart wouldn't have had to rush out.
The two collided. Could justs as easily been a foul on the keeper.
Astonishing decision from a ref that's spent the whole game trying to avoid making any kind of decision. Purely for that I hope Blackburn score 4 more.
Bart steams into him and gets no way near the ball. He's given him a decision. I find it astonishing that you think that's astonishing.
It's no different to those 1-on-1s where the striker nicks it past the onrushing goalie, the ball goes out of play but the keepers momentum takes him down so it's a pen. Bart didn't get the ball.
The more I see it the worse the decision looks. Forest player puts in a karate kick on Bart.
Ward has momentum because he's got to the ball first and won it, Bart's? not won the ball. It's a penalty.
Ward knocked it past him and he clattered into him. How more blatant do you want it?
If you were Forest and could pick a team to play against at home today it would be Ipswich, even Rotherham would have put up more fight.
I posted last week that my Forest supporting mate was bricking it and I reassured him there was nothing for him to worry about. I said he should lump on Forest. Even I didn't think it would have been so easy for them.
Any one who has seen us play this season knows how poor we are, today was no exception and we crumbled against a team who had plenty of fight and passion. It's hardly surprising.
Forest were nervy first half, we were missing our two best outfield players of this season, but Rowe looked adventurous, Ward/Huws/Sears tidy for the first half an hour - then they sorted themselves out second half, played to the strengths of the best player on the pitch (Assomobolonga) and they stretched their lead and looked comfortable.
Forest are an awful team. How on earth can we possibly lose 3-0 to them. We dominated first half, but once again, we've got no one to put the ball away.
Fact is, Assombolonga is a class act. We don't have a striker anything like him. They played to his strengths second half (after playing long balls up to him before the break) and we couldn't cope with it.
The contrast with the excellent Assombalonga made it even more stark. He was still a threat even during the middle bit of the first half when Forest were really crap.
If Assombalonga was fully fit throughout the season, Forest wouldn't have been in the mire they were, he is such a huge threat up front.
I'd say Assombalonga is the best centre forward in the division, he's got it all.
And to come back from such a terrible injury as well, he has done really well.
Wood or Murray might have something to say about being the best CF in the league though
Neither have done it on such a consistent basis as Assombalonga. Had he not suffered his various injuries I suspect he'd have been snapped up by a team in the Premier League in a similar manner to the way Benik Afobe was from Wolves.
It's what £8m gets you, I suppose...as opposed to £10k.
Forest brought on a £3m sub in Clough.
The gulf between the clubs with money, even small amounts and us is huge.
There were two Derby/Leicester fans behind me, they left after the third goal went in. I bet there were quite a few in there who would have been very vocal had Forest been in the bottom three for longer.
But without some excellent through balls to him he would not have been a threat at all, Forest were playing some lovely balls through to him both on the ground and to his chest, Berra and Chambo did well to contain him, but his runs and the balls through to him were equally as good.
Been to forest away twice and each time the stewards have been ridiculously OTT. Worst away experience I've had as a supporter. They're to quick to jump on any kind of banter, because of their hooligan element.
There are many reports of fans being asked once to sit then are thrown out, even when home fans are standing close by.
Yeah, he was right near me. He got escorted out by plod and stewards as did some others. There was a few Leicester behind me too. Notts stewards were up to their usual tricks of lobbing out and telling fans here to stop goading their own precious fans.
An unpopular owner, a squad loaded with injury prone, expensive and incoherent players. An expensive manager, well regarded and with a point to prove. The last time I saw a team like that perform like Forest did today, all whilst facing the drop; Mick McCarthy was in the dugout. We were playing fellow relegation avoiders Birmingham that day.
The first half we more than matched them and kept possession well, whether that was down to us or Forest's own lack of confidence and belief due to the occasion, who knows? Let's take nothing away from Smith's save, which was pivotal, that could've kept them up because if we had scored and with other scores going against Forest at the time who knows what might have happened - the crowd seemed to be getting edgy.
Their second and third goals were excellent, and you might argue the only Town player capable of Cohen's was Lawrence and Assobalonga's Mcgoldrick. Either way we had no response.
We looked like a non-league team in the second half against a relegation threatened team.
The 352 encouraged them to get at us down the sides and we were far too open. How many times were Berra and Chambers isolated against Assombalonga or one of their wingers?
I don't doubt some of the performance was down to having nothing to play for but MM was certainly out thought by Warburton.
I'm sort of glad we lost. With Blackburn and B'ham winning? forest would have gone down. They were the least of my favourites for the drop. B'ham first for the way they appointed zola and Blackburn next as I'm not a fan of fried chicken. I know Forest have their owner problems too, but I'm glad they stayed up.
Fair play for Forest being so up for it though.
How the fook was that a penalty.
You can't be serious surely? Took the man out. Had Kenlock been alert Bart wouldn't have had to rush out.
The two collided. Could justs as easily been a foul on the keeper.
Astonishing decision from a ref that's spent the whole game trying to avoid making any kind of decision. Purely for that I hope Blackburn score 4 more.
Bart steams into him and gets no way near the ball. He's given him a decision. I find it astonishing that you think that's astonishing.
It's no different to those 1-on-1s where the striker nicks it past the onrushing goalie, the ball goes out of play but the keepers momentum takes him down so it's a pen. Bart didn't get the ball.
The more I see it the worse the decision looks. Forest player puts in a karate kick on Bart.
Ward has momentum because he's got to the ball first and won it, Bart's? not won the ball. It's a penalty.
Ward knocked it past him and he clattered into him. How more blatant do you want it?
If you were Forest and could pick a team to play against at home today it would be Ipswich, even Rotherham would have put up more fight.
I posted last week that my Forest supporting mate was bricking it and I reassured him there was nothing for him to worry about. I said he should lump on Forest. Even I didn't think it would have been so easy for them.
Any one who has seen us play this season knows how poor we are, today was no exception and we crumbled against a team who had plenty of fight and passion. It's hardly surprising.
Forest were nervy first half, we were missing our two best outfield players of this season, but Rowe looked adventurous, Ward/Huws/Sears tidy for the first half an hour - then they sorted themselves out second half, played to the strengths of the best player on the pitch (Assomobolonga) and they stretched their lead and looked comfortable.
Forest are an awful team. How on earth can we possibly lose 3-0 to them. We dominated first half, but once again, we've got no one to put the ball away.
Fact is, Assombolonga is a class act. We don't have a striker anything like him. They played to his strengths second half (after playing long balls up to him before the break) and we couldn't cope with it.
The contrast with the excellent Assombalonga made it even more stark. He was still a threat even during the middle bit of the first half when Forest were really crap.
If Assombalonga was fully fit throughout the season, Forest wouldn't have been in the mire they were, he is such a huge threat up front.
I'd say Assombalonga is the best centre forward in the division, he's got it all.
And to come back from such a terrible injury as well, he has done really well.
Wood or Murray might have something to say about being the best CF in the league though
Neither have done it on such a consistent basis as Assombalonga. Had he not suffered his various injuries I suspect he'd have been snapped up by a team in the Premier League in a similar manner to the way Benik Afobe was from Wolves.
It's what £8m gets you, I suppose...as opposed to £10k.
Forest brought on a £3m sub in Clough.
The gulf between the clubs with money, even small amounts and us is huge.
There were two Derby/Leicester fans behind me, they left after the third goal went in. I bet there were quite a few in there who would have been very vocal had Forest been in the bottom three for longer.
But without some excellent through balls to him he would not have been a threat at all, Forest were playing some lovely balls through to him both on the ground and to his chest, Berra and Chambo did well to contain him, but his runs and the balls through to him were equally as good.
Been to forest away twice and each time the stewards have been ridiculously OTT. Worst away experience I've had as a supporter. They're to quick to jump on any kind of banter, because of their hooligan element.
There are many reports of fans being asked once to sit then are thrown out, even when home fans are standing close by.
Yeah, he was right near me. He got escorted out by plod and stewards as did some others. There was a few Leicester behind me too. Notts stewards were up to their usual tricks of lobbing out and telling fans here to stop goading their own precious fans.
An unpopular owner, a squad loaded with injury prone, expensive and incoherent players. An expensive manager, well regarded and with a point to prove. The last time I saw a team like that perform like Forest did today, all whilst facing the drop; Mick McCarthy was in the dugout. We were playing fellow relegation avoiders Birmingham that day.
