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[color=#FFFFFF].......................................................[/color][b][size=150]Saturday 27th October [email protected][/size][/b]
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Hi Folks
Big spending Nottingham Forest travel to West Yorkshire on Saturday for an early evening kick off at Elland Road.
Aitor Karanka has recruited the likes of Joao Carvalho from Benfica (for 13m), ex manchester united defender Janko, Lewis Grabban and giant keeper Costel Pantilimon. They have also recruited Sam Byram on loan from West Ham.
Although Forest started the season slowly, they have gradually found there feet, and are hovering just below the play off's.
Leeds will be wanting to build on their midweek win, courtesy of goals from Roofe and Cooper, and are not expected to make too many changes.
Jansson is available for selection following his one match ban.
We await news of Berardi's hamstring injury.
Alioski looks set to retain his left back role following a good performance against Ipswich, though Harrison may be dropped in favour of local lad Jack Clarke.
Ellandback1 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 3:01 pm
It will be interesting coming up against Sam Byram. Whenever he was defending for Leeds, he always looked so awkward!
One of my colleagues is a West Ham fan and goes to most of the home games.
He said the fans never took to him or considered him Premier League standard.
Plus he was plagued with injuries while he was there.
Perhaps the move to Forest will work out well for him?
Chilli
The flowers of common sense do not grow in everyone's garden
Ollie Watkins and Lewis Grabbin are brothers from different mothers when it comes to penalties. I don't believe it I hope we get a good ref that does not fall for these tricks and stunts.
gessa wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 3:18 pm
I really hope it's Clarke and Alio or Pearce and Alio on the left, Harrison as done nothing to convince me he deserves to get in ahead of either .
Agreed, a guy who would benefit with a stint on the bench,
I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat..
Cjay wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 3:34 pm
Whenever I've watched Forest they have reminded me of us, similar style, not quite as good at it.
When they are playing well they look a threat and have some decent players.
Lolley, Grabban, Carvalho, Guedioura.
Forest dont lose many, only 2 defeats like us, to many draws like us.
But there has been luck, 3 of there goals have been pens, they have been given a lot of pens, 2 in there last game alone.
A pen was needed to beat Rotherham and draw with Blackburn.
But they did beat Boro at The Riverside.
They seem very reliant on Lewis Grabban who does love to fall over in the box.
Grabban and Lolley are solely responsible for over 50% of there goals.
If they've got a striker who loves to fall over (and in last night's games he certainly looked like he did) let's hope Cooper is captain calm and considered as opposed to captain gung ho & calamity .
pembswhite wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:29 pm
If they've got a striker who loves to fall over (and in last night's games he certainly looked like he did) let's hope Cooper is captain calm and considered as opposed to captain gung ho & calamity .
Or just stop him getting the ball at all like Afobe at Stoke, Ipswich strikers yesterday, Waghorn vs Derby etc.
We have been very good at making decent strikers become passangers this season.
This is a game to set down a marker, there will be more space for Saiz if he plays, seemed a bit dejected coming off yesterday, big call for Bielsas man management, to play him or not, I think, big game versus a good side, let us see what the guy is made of, form wise he’s be on the bench to give forshaw a chance and move klich further upfield, good to have options!
I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat..
Give Samu a rest and put Klich in his place. He is a great passer of the ball and can
act as a play maker and would be a good link between defence and attack.
Young Peace did not put a foot wrong and at the end of last season he was used
continuously in the left back position so it is not as though he is being thrown in at
the deep end. Forshaw as the holding defencive midfielder, and if he does not break
up play then you have Phillips in behind who will. The midfield has to be very mobile
and either form a 6 man defence or join in a 7 man attack. Expecting a tough game
and would be happy with a draw.
