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Premier League Match Thread: Nottingham Forest Vs Manchester United, sponsored by Storm Gerrit

Pope John XXIII said:
Special mentions (could be the whole squad)

Ryan Yates. His name should be followed by a whistle whenever it is said, because he is sensational at winning free kicks whenever we need them. He was superb today. Did all his jobs, set up one of the goals with his run and his 83% passing accuracy belies the idea that his passing isn't good enough. Fernandes's passing was nowhere near that accurate.

Montiel- I thought was brilliant today. Looked even more assured than Lodi used to. Really, really top quality.

Aina- had a hard game because first half no one was in front of him and he had to find options out of nowhere. He did so well today and got the better of Wan-Bissaka loads of times

Dominguez- won everything everywhere. He is superb at recieving the ball, turning and moving it. That simple skill takes so much pressure off

Niakhate- so assured today. Went on some great runs with the ball and always finding a good pass.

Elanga- I'm still laughing that we got this lad for £15m and he's better than anyone Man Utd had out on the field today
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On the subject of full backs, I really hope we keep hold of Montiel. Aurier, Tavares, Aina, and one of Richards and Toffolo need to be moved out in the Summer. Getting Lodi back would be incredible for the left
 
So... we secured a historic 2-1 win, and I have the side lined up for the team photo

Sorry, VAR wants a word and we're down to 17th

Glad to see it didn't interfere
 
Pope John XXIII said:
Special mentions (could be the whole squad)

Ryan Yates. His name should be followed by a whistle whenever it is said, because he is sensational at winning free kicks whenever we need them. He was superb today. Did all his jobs, set up one of the goals with his run and his 83% passing accuracy belies the idea that his passing isn't good enough. Fernandes's passing was nowhere near that accurate.

Montiel- I thought was brilliant today. Looked even more assured than Lodi used to. Really, really top quality.

Aina- had a hard game because first half no one was in front of him and he had to find options out of nowhere. He did so well today and got the better of Wan-Bissaka loads of times

Dominguez- won everything everywhere. He is superb at recieving the ball, turning and moving it. That simple skill takes so much pressure off

Niakhate- so assured today. Went on some great runs with the ball and always finding a good pass.

Elanga- I'm still laughing that we got this lad for £15m and he's better than anyone Man Utd had out on the field today
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I agree with everything Pope has said and in particular comments on Turner. He is absolutely shit with his feet though and that’s a big problem. With regret unless this improves in the next few weeks , we will need a better keeper to progress
 
Barry Goldie said:
Aina is invaluable to a slimmed down squad. He can play across the back in all positions. I'd keep him.
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We have several on loan or on 1 year deals. Williams, Richards, and Toffolo are our only perm FB's, which is weak and needs addressing. I'd Toff and Williams as backs ups, with Montiel and a Lodi like LB for the summer
 
Pope John XXIII said:
Wow wow wow

Man Utd aren't what they once were but this one feels special.

We beat Man Utd and we thoroughly deserved to because we were the better team.

The manager has to be praised here; his game plan was brilliant. It nullified almost all of Man Utd's threat in a way we simply never managed last season. He has gotten performances out of players who were not performing.

I believed in Cooper to the end, but once you start falling out with players and freezing them out it's the beginning of the end.

Dominguez and Montiel are two players who are just too damned good to be frozen out of any side. Montiel was immense today- to the extent I was really worried when we took him off. Dominguez I thought wasn't working first half because we had a CHO shaped hole ahead of Aina with no one in the space. But he won everything and scored the goal. It was a masterstroke.

Man Utd are shit. They played very averagely but, unlike with Newcastle where I felt they had a real off day and we punished them, I thought we made a massive contribution to Man Utd being shit today.

We were disciplined while still being ambitious and positive. Man Utd took 32 minutes to have a shot on target whilst we gave them constant problems.

We managed not to capitulate at the end of the half and came out second half flying. We were by far the better team and by the time we scored, it had been coming for ages and Man Utd had been hanging on. It was a superb goal- a lovely touch to Montiel, who turned and fed Dominguez in space.

This is a tale of two managers and their subs. Ten Hag took off Mainoo, who was ok, and went conservative with McTominay who was responsible for both our goals. He leaves Dominguez and then helps Dalot instead of marking MGW. Meanwhile, our subs helped us and worked.

We can say all we want about Turner. Nuno will replace him because he wants a keeper who can play with the ball at his feet and Turner is probably the worst keeper I have ever seen at that. I give massive respect though; he cost us the goal and even from the other end of the stadium he looked devastated. To come back from that, to make those saves afterwards and keep his head in the game takes fucking guts.

As the rest of the team showed. Man Utd didn't deserve their equaliser and they were level for minutes. An amazing counterattack with the superb Elanga feeding MGW, who didn't blast it into outer space but hit it sweetly right in front of me for a goal I will never forget.

Forest were absolutely brilliant today. We were positive, we were the better team and even when defending we controlled the game well. The players played with smiles on their faces.

Man City are the only one of the big clubs we haven't beaten since promotion now. This one really feels special .
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Time to chuck your Steve Cooper duvet cover away?
 
Win was important but the style of play, shape and clear improvement in confidence things looks much better. 7 goals against a form team and two Europe qualifiers is good but the difference for me is the possession and making of chances that is so l pleasing. Nuno has rotated the squad a bit so quite a few got game time.

AFCON shouldn’t harm us as much as was feared a couple of months back. Aurier and Kayoute are not near first 11. Cover is available for Sangare and Aina. Awoniyi isn’t picked due to recovery from injury. The biggest miss will be Boly and Niakhate.

Transfer window is important but seven or eight out but a couple of quality players in please. This squad can be forged in to something special.
 
Polly 433 said:
Win was important but the style of play, shape and clear improvement in confidence things looks much better. 7 goals against a form team and two Europe qualifiers is good but the difference for me is the possession and making of chances that is so l pleasing. Nuno has rotated the squad a bit so quite a few got game time.

AFCON shouldn’t harm us as much as was feared a couple of months back. Aurier and Kayoute are not near first 11. Cover is available for Sangare and Aina. Awoniyi isn’t picked due to recovery from injury. The biggest miss will be Boly and Niakhate.

Transfer window is important but seven or eight out but a couple of quality players in please. This squad can be forged in to something special.
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Totally agree. Instead of backs to the wall rushed counter attack resulting in us losing the ball, we recycle round the back and have a midfield in touch with the forward players.

I think pope said it best when he said we are better in every single department. It hurts a bit to say that but after Newcastle nobody can say this was a fluke.

And yes we do have cover but afcon is a bit annoying when we are starting to gel and kick on. We will miss em.
 
Southern red said:
I think yates needs more respect from pundits, he’s no flash/skills player but he does the basics superbly and draws fouls brilliantly
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All while laughing at his opponents. I saw a real development in his game today

Consistently dropping into cover CB or FB if they pushed forward. He’s always trying to progress his game

Would love to have the opinions from people at the game on Dominguez today. From the TV he looked back to pre west ham levels, pressing, great energy and great composure for the goal
 
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