Nott'm Forest vs West Ham | PL | 31.08.25 | Prediction & Match Thread

[stubbo-admin]

Next up in the Potter disaster class ...Forest away.

Looks like we'll be bolstered by Fernandes arrival in the squad, but Magassa won't be signed in time. 

Prediction: 3-1 Forest (Wood 2, MGW 1; Bowen for us)

Lineup:

Hermansen 

Todibo Mavropanos Aguerd

Walker-Peters Fernandes Rodriguez Soucek Diouf

Bowen (c) Paqueta

Usual match day gubbins to follow.


Match Centre: 

 Odds: 
WHU: 17/4
Draw: 16/5
Forest: 7/10

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[Council Scum]

Is Paquetta a religious loony now. . All this pointing up and crossing himself

I think flying planes into buildings is more "religious loony" than making the sign of the cross. 

[Fauxstralian]

Forest had 3 shots on target
One was a poor header from Wood when Kilman ran under the ball … can’t recall the others
Sels made 3 excellent saves 2 from deflected shots that he was fortunate to have a chance at
We scored 3 times & Wilson tackled Bowen to prevent a comfortable 4th
We should have won 7-0 which also would have been a fairer score reflection when we played in their first Premier league game back which they ludicrously won 1-0
Maybe a bit of payback for their disgraceful performance at London Stadium at the end of last season … play acting, time wasting & plain cheating

[F 129 Row66]

Is Paquetta a religious loony now. . All this pointing up and crossing himself

[ragingbull]

Funny enough when we played them on their season back we lost 1-0 but  absolutely battered them,Benny was unplayable,a goal disallowed Rice missed a penalty hit the woodwork numerous times.

[Massive Attack]

Lawless still laying into Sullivan despite win.

 

[twoleftfeet]

Embarrassed myself? How exactly? By spitting FACTS.

Forest dominated for large spells. We were awful in the first half.

0-0 would have been a fair result but we won with a smash and grab in the last 6 minutes.

Take those claret and blue spectacles off.

 

A few stats for you -

Ball possession 58 - 42
Total shots 11 - 12
On target 3 - 8
Big chances 1 - 4
XG .73 - 2.42

Where was the domination?

Clearly those stats are skewed by 3 goals in the last 6 minutes. Do try to engage your brain sometimes.

You really are a fucking dumbarse.

[ragingbull]

Lawless still laying into Sullivan despite win.

[Come On You Irons]

Embarrassed myself? How exactly? By spitting FACTS.

Forest dominated for large spells. We were awful in the first half.

0-0 would have been a fair result but we won with a smash and grab in the last 6 minutes.

Take those claret and blue spectacles off.

 

A few stats for you -

Ball possession 58 - 42
Total shots 11 - 12
On target 3 - 8
Big chances 1 - 4
XG .73 - 2.42

Where was the domination?

Clearly those stats are skewed by 3 goals in the last 6 minutes. Do try to engage your brain sometimes.

[threesixty]

Embarrassed myself? How exactly? By spitting FACTS.

Forest dominated for large spells. We were awful in the first half.

0-0 would have been a fair result but we won with a smash and grab in the last 6 minutes.

Take those claret and blue spectacles off.

 

 

smash and grab? Pretty even on the ball 1st half. I dont think they had a shot on target in the 1st half but we had a few.
Bowens goal was hardly a counter attack (if that what you mean by smash and grab?), He had defenders around him and he was outside the box. Just a great shot from range done so quickly no one had time to defend it.

After that they have to chase and we exploited the gaps with the pace of Summerville and Diouf.. They also couldn't deal with Wilson, someone who was running at them, whereas Fullkrug didnt do that before, so that just created lots of problems for a defence that wasnt expecting it.

How you can say we were awful first half lol... forget claret + blue specs you must have Stevie Wonders eyes!

[Massive Attack]

We were clinical in front of goal as soon as Wilson came on for Fullkrug and Summerville causing havoc in the box. That was the only difference in the end between the 2 sides up until the last 20 minutes. Potter takes a lot of credit for those changes.

[twoleftfeet]

Embarrassed myself? How exactly? By spitting FACTS.

Forest dominated for large spells. We were awful in the first half.

0-0 would have been a fair result but we won with a smash and grab in the last 6 minutes.

Take those claret and blue spectacles off.

 

 

A few stats for you -

Ball possession 58 - 42
Total shots 11 - 12
On target 3 - 8
Big chances 1 - 4
XG .73 - 2.42

Where was the domination?

[Massive Attack]

  Roberto 2.0(am I too unkind this early in the season?) 

I think so. The one thing you could clearly notice a difference from the Chelsea game to this one was Hermansen dealt with everything that was in the air. Roberto the Clown couldn't catch Covid. 

 

He still looked a bit suspect to me. Yes he did deal with everything but he is clearly lacking confidence and doesn't seem in command during set pieces.

Struggling to recall him looking suspect, seemed to do everything that was asked of him, if not really tested with saves to make thanks to Forests shocking shooting on the day. 

[Massive Attack]

 Hopefully we can carry this momentum through the break and stuff spurs in our gaff.

 

 

I've got a very good feeling we can beat the north London slags. Kudus for starters aint going to fancy the stick he'll be getting. As Bournemouth shown, there are weaknesses to expose, so I'm hopeful we can.

[wils]

Always hard to judge when the oppo are 'terrible'.  Were they bad, and made us look good, or were we good and made them look bad?

Time will tell...

  Roberto 2.0(am I too unkind this early in the season?) 

I think so. The one thing you could clearly notice a difference from the Chelsea game to this one was Hermansen dealt with everything that was in the air. Roberto the Clown couldn't catch Covid. 

 

 

He still looked a bit suspect to me. Yes he did deal with everything but he is clearly lacking confidence and doesn't seem in command during set pieces.

[Come On You Irons]

Embarrassed myself? How exactly? By spitting FACTS.

Forest dominated for large spells. We were awful in the first half.

0-0 would have been a fair result but we won with a smash and grab in the last 6 minutes.

Take those claret and blue spectacles off.

[wils]

Always hard to judge when the oppo are 'terrible'.  Were they bad, and made us look good, or were we good and made them look bad?

Time will tell...

I was thinking about this this morning. I don't think they really tested our defence to be fair. There were a few shots on target but Roberto 2.0(am I too unkind this early in the season?) wasn't asked to do much to save them. However I do think our attack was a different proposition when Summerville came on and although it come up against a complacent and tired Forest it's going to be a threat to most teams in the league. Even that walloping against Chelsea it was managing to get forward and cause Chelsea problems until the second half. 

So in my view the clean sheet flattered us, but we have got plenty of goals in us this season.

Did they have a shot on target? 

Yes, they had a few but were all lame. All straight at the keeper.

[kylay]

After that performance, I hope we've seen the end of a back 3. We don't have the centrebacks to play it, and for the first time in a while, the opponent was not slicing through us at will despite enjoying a bit of the ball. Fernandes slotted right into the team looking as though he'd been there all preseason. Hermansen's distribution was really good. I thought Walker Peters looked a bit dicey. I certainly didn't see a 0-3 away win in the cards. Summerville was a bolt out of the blue. I didn't even know he was training again. Hopefully we can carry this momentum through the break and stuff spurs in our gaff.

[Massive Attack]

Ok to put things into perspective Forest were terrible. Yes there were some positives but we've a long way to go yet. 

Always hard to judge when the oppo are 'terrible'.  Were they bad, and made us look good, or were we good and made them look bad?

Time will tell...

  Roberto 2.0(am I too unkind this early in the season?) 

I think so. The one thing you could clearly notice a difference from the Chelsea game to this one was Hermansen dealt with everything that was in the air. Roberto the Clown couldn't catch Covid. 

[Swiss.]

Ok to put things into perspective Forest were terrible. Yes there were some positives but we've a long way to go yet. 

Always hard to judge when the oppo are 'terrible'.  Were they bad, and made us look good, or were we good and made them look bad?

Time will tell...

I was thinking about this this morning. I don't think they really tested our defence to be fair. There were a few shots on target but Roberto 2.0(am I too unkind this early in the season?) wasn't asked to do much to save them. However I do think our attack was a different proposition when Summerville came on and although it come up against a complacent and tired Forest it's going to be a threat to most teams in the league. Even that walloping against Chelsea it was managing to get forward and cause Chelsea problems until the second half. 

So in my view the clean sheet flattered us, but we have got plenty of goals in us this season.

Did they have a shot on target? 

[Massive Attack]

Was reading that was Forests biggest home Premier league defeat since they lost 8-1 to Man U when OGS came on late & scored 4 goals

They aint been around for 23 years prior to promotion, so not surprised. 

[nychammer]

Was reading that was Forests biggest home Premier league defeat since they lost 8-1 to Man U when OGS came on late & scored 4 goals

Can see Forest struggling this season with unrest at the top and the weight of Euro fixtures

[Fauxstralian]

Was reading that was Forests biggest home Premier league defeat since they lost 8-1 to Man U when OGS came on late & scored 4 goals

[Massive Attack]

Forest looked a shadow of themselves compared to last season. They don't appear to have had a good transfer window and clearly the friction between both the fat Greek and Nuno has effected them with Nuno looking to want out because of it. They really were poor and could see them struggling this season if it continues.That's not Potter's concern though and he capitalised on it, made the big calls he needed to make and got it right.

Clean sheet, 3 goals with no injuries is a very positive away performance to build on. Yes it's fair to say Forest hardly had a worthwhile shot on goal to test Hermansen but again, that's not our issue. It's taking advantage of it that does. It was a solid 8/10 from both the Team and manager.

[threesixty]

The one positive from Potters time here strangely is that if there’s one thing he has got the team practising is passing it around between the defenders and keeper. I think we are quite used to this now so there seems to be less panic when trying to hold a lead. Previously I don’t think anyone could make a pass under pressure in defence which always lead to the opposition just pressing us into errors. I didn’t see much of that yesterday. 

 

[cholo]

Just had a look at a few post match reactions on forest youtube channels. 

The barely disguised sense of entitlement from forest fans after one good season was hilarious to see. Doubt we'll play a bigger bunch of nigels this season (barring palace of course).