Nottingham Forest v Leeds Utd Match Thread - Big Kev on the bench!

[dezzy]

I honestly think that forest will do a job on us. like 3-1 or something. Might start betting on teams to beat leeds then at least it will soften the blow if we lose.

Might lay a bet on us not going up too.

Pessimistic i know!

Wow

[dezzy]

We’ll dominate possession, we will have plenty of chances the question is will anyone put the ball in the net? Can kiko make some saves? We’re so close to being unstoppable

[R0lferoo]

Can't see anything than a heavy defeat,I'm afraid...

[The Subhuman]

If I were a forest fan I'd know we're in for a battering but the hope lies in a break away goal or two. Again we NEED the win

[mothbanquet]

You know, for all that I will defend Bielsa's methods until the very moment they become indefensible, I don't always agree with him either.

My personal hope but would be to see Roberts or Shack start while Dallas replaces Alioski at LB. He's much better defensively, Ali is a fantastic impact sub, the attacking midfield would get it's creativity back and having, when the time comes, any combo of Pablo, Roberts, Poveda, Shack, Alioski, Harrison, Kev or Bamford at any given time on the bench will be fantastic to have in any given situation.

But I am completely used by now to Bielsa doing exactly the opposite of what I think is right. And to be honest, if I was always right I'd be the best manager in the world.

[rab_rant]

JOE ON BIELSA AND JKA

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[Scott marshall]

Where will I find fellow Leeds fans for a pre-match drink in Notts?

[1964white]

Where will I find fellow Leeds fans for a pre-match drink in Notts?

Don't know Scott

Our coach is not stopping off anywhere today, we generally have a pub-stop about 30 to 45 minutes away from the grounds.

[Irish Ian]

Forest will surrender possession and try and hit us on the break.

For me this was the game that started the slide last season. KP getting red carded, Spygate came on its heels, the James fiasco.

So it would be nice if this was the game where it all started to come together again. The new signings are in, KP will be back soon, Bielsa is rallying the troops. A few are back from injury.

Time for a good away day.

[Sara]

Hope you're right, Ian.

The Canal House, near the railway station, is away fan friendly. Good beers, and 15 minute walk to the ground from there.

[Doire_Boi]

We all know Bamford will get chances. It really just boils down to whether or not he will finish them.

[mothbanquet]

We all know Bamford will get chances. It really just boils down to whether or not he will finish them.

Millwall he did, Wigan he didn't but I'm more concerned with not conceding. The longer we go without conceding, the more the other team come out to nab one and that plays into our hands. A clean sheet, any clean sheet, will give us some of our swagger back I'm sure of it.

[Irish Ian]

Millwall he did, Wigan he didn't but I'm more concerned with not conceding. The longer we go without conceding, the more the other team come out to nab one and that plays into our hands. A clean sheet, any clean sheet, will give us some of our swagger back I'm sure of it.

Agreed.

[The Subhuman]

I'm actually less concerned with the defence...Wigan scored, so what. Any team can score against any other team at any time. They could be 12 divisions apart. The defence didn't fail against Wigan.

I'm happy for the most part with the defence.

[mothbanquet]

I'm actually less concerned with the defence...Wigan scored, so what. Any team can score against any other team at any time. They could be 12 divisions apart. The defence didn't fail against Wigan.

I'm happy for the most part with the defence.

It wasn't so much the goal itself but the initiative it handed Wigan. They were likely to park the bus if the goal hadn't come but as the end neared they could've fancied a pop at us and left themselves exposed. There's also the fact that if we hadn't conceded but still hadn't scored, we'd have gotten a point from the game at least. Wigan played with more confidence because they knew that they at least had the one goal buffer to come away with a point even if we scored, they didn't need to win as badly as we did and a draw would've been a much more favourable result for them than for us.

When I say we need to stop conceding I'm not calling the defence bad. Most of the goals we ship are scrappy, flukey, goals that should have been disallowed or from penalties that shouldn't have been. I'm as much appealing to the gods of chance in that respect more than our defenders. A clean sheet at this stage would do wonders for everyone's confidence.

Kiko is another matter and I've made my misgivings over him clear, but I'm always happy to be proven wrong so let's hope he has a good game.

[paddy parrott]

Team news shortly.. JKA is in the squad.

[paddy parrott]

No changes to team, bench has JKA, and Roberts as clear options say..MOT.

[Cjay]

YAAAAAY MB

Shame Ian wont be unleashed but really pleased Kev is on the bench.

Maybe Kev really impressed MB with murderball on Thursday?

[mothbanquet]

YAAAAAY MB

Shame Ian wont be unleashed but really pleased Kev is on the bench.

Maybe Kev really impressed MB with murderball on Thursday?

Always a possibility. We all know Bielsa's the last sort to bow to outside pressure so we can only assume JKA is fit and ready to do some damage, or at least enough to push him further towards a start.

[BGwhite]

So where is IP ?

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