Posted February 21st, 2010
by Rahoul Baruah
6 points from two tricky games, and a record of nine consecutive home victories. Crisis?
The now traditional home 4-4-2 saw us line up as follows:
Campo
Gunter, Morgan, Wilson, Perchio
Cohen, McKenna, Majewski, Anderson
Blackstock, Earnshaw
Scrappy, physical, untidy. These are all just words. As are three points and clean sheet.
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Tags: chris cohen, chris gunter, dexter blackstock, james perch, kelvin wilson, Lee Camp, middlesboro, nottingham forest, Paul Anderson, paul mckenna, radoslaw majewski, rob earnshaw, wes morgan Posted in Match Reports, Podcasts
Posted February 7th, 2010
by Rahoul Baruah
After last week’s setback (and its subsequent fallout), we finally get back in action in front of nearly 4000 Wednesday fans.
A couple of changes see us line up in a 4-4-2:
Campo
Gunter, Morgan, Wilson, Perchio
Cohen, McKenna, Moooooooooose, Tyson
Blackstock, Earnshaw
This saw Tyson replace Anderson on the left (probably giving Ando a rest) and Moooooose replacing Majewski in the middle – a controversy that Billy brought to everyone’s attention in the post-match interview. As you’ll hear, we have our own feelings on this; Billy and the club are both playing a dangerous game.
As for the game itself, it was pretty poor from us, Wednesday looked well-drilled and organised, but the match really belonged to the officials who were as poor as anything I’ve seen in a long while.
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Tags: billy davies, chris cohen, chris gunter, dexter blackstock, Guy Moussi, james perch, kelvin wilson, Lee Camp, nathan tyson, nottingham forest, paul mckenna, rob earnshaw, sheffield wednesday, wes morgan Posted in Match Reports, Podcasts
Posted January 17th, 2010
by Rahoul Baruah
After our cup exploits against Birmingham, Billy reverted back to his (probably) first choice line-up, in an orthodox 4-4-2 – with a surprise return for Earnie and no place, even on the bench, for the Moooooooooooooooose.
Camp
Gunter Morgan Wilson Shorey
Cohen McKenna Majewski Anderson
Earnshaw Blackstock
The first half was as good a performance as I have ever seen; obviously brimming with confidence and ability. But the second half saw complacency sink in and if it wasn’t for Lee Camp it could well have no points, not three.
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Posted December 28th, 2009
by Rahoul Baruah
Another game undefeated for Billy’s men.
Five changes from the draw at Watford saw us line up, initially as a 4-4-2, but later as a 4-3-3 (Cohen moving to left midfield and Tyson joining Dex and Earnie up front).
Campo,
Gunter, Morgan, Wilson, Shorey,
Cohen, McKenna, Majewski, Tyson,
Earnshaw, Blackstock
Coventry set out to make life difficult for us and it worked – for most of the game, things were pretty dour. But two fantastic goals, pretty much out of nothing sealed yet another victory for us.
Points to note: both Earnie and Dexter were outstanding, Raddy got his own chant as he was substituted and McCleary, Lewis and Dele terrified the knackered Coventry players when they came on at the end. But it was the defence winning the plaudits today, with both Morgan and Wilson truly outstanding.
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Posted November 29th, 2009
by Rahoul Baruah
The biggest win of Billy Davies’ Forest career saw us line up in a 4-4-2 formation:
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Morgan |
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Shorey |
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Majewski |
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Aston Villa loanee and potential January target Nicky Shorey slotted in at left-back and an injury to the Moose saw us drop the two-defensive-midfielder-five-man-midfield formation.
But while the first half was quite subdued, Majewski, in particular, took the game by the scruff of the neck to see us batter Donny in the second half.
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Posted October 16th, 2009
by Rahoul Baruah
Ryan Taylor returns for Newcastle, with Zurab Khizanishvili leading the line for them (I love Georgian names).
Ned Kelly is still looking forward to meeting his old club, while Billy Davies is hoping for an early return for little Robbie Earnshaw. Also on his way back is James Perchio who has now returned to training following his stress fracture.
Elsewhere, Matt Thornhill returns to the Brighton side after a period out, and Joe Heath steps up for Lincoln following an injury.
Tags: billy davies, david kelly, james perchio, joe heath, matt thornhill, newcastle united, rob earnshaw, ryan taylor, zurab khizanshvili Posted in News
Posted October 14th, 2009
by Rahoul Baruah
Little Robert Earnshaw will be out for a month with a calf injury sustained on international duty. We may have six strikers but I regard Robbie as one of the best (although he needs a sustained run in the team), so this is a bit of a blow, in my opinion.
Ned Kelly reckons our experience will be vital at the weekend (don’t forget, like I did, that it’s a 5:20pm kick-off). Meanwhile, the Toon will have Jose Enrique back, but defender Fabricio Collocini is out.
Elsewhere, Peterborough have appointed Darren Ward as goalkeeping coach and across the river, Sven Goran Eriksson turns down the opportunity to become North Korea’s coach. And Carl Froch is asking for your help as he takes on Andre Dirrel on Saturday night.
Tags: carl froch, darren ward, david kelly, fabricio collocini, jose enrique, newcastle united, peterborough united, rob earnshaw, sven goran eriksson Posted in News
Posted September 30th, 2009
by Rahoul Baruah
The talk from the City Ground is all about our home form.
Lewis McGugan talks about his early return from injury – and how we now have the confidence to build an unbeaten home run, to match our away record.
Chris Gunter (who makes the Football League Team of the Week, thanks Saturday’s clean sheet and his goal) agrees and wants that run to start tonight against Scunthorpe. The Iron will be without Gary Hooper and David Mirfin and it seems likely that we will be missing little Robbie Earnshaw.
Oh, and one more thing. There was some football match in Wales last night.
Tags: Cardiff City, chris gunter, david mirfin, derby county, gary hooper, lewis mcgugan, rob earnshaw, scunthorpe united Posted in News
Posted September 19th, 2009
by Rahoul Baruah
Hard to beat. That’s us.
Apart from on today’s showing.
Earnie got his wish and made the starting line-up – with recalls for Tyson and the Moose.
So Billy selected:
Campo,
Gunter, Morgan, Chambers, Lynch,
McKenna (c), Moussi,
Cohen, McGoldrick, Tyson,
Earnshaw
To be honest, it didn’t really work. Although we did make chance after chance after chance.
And, finally, as we were leaving, one of the TVs in the Trent End was smouldering – resulting in the fire brigade being called out. Which was nice.
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Tags: blackpool, chris cohen, chris gunter, david mcgoldrick, Guy Moussi, joel lynch, Lee Camp, luke chambers, nathan tyson, nottingham forest, paul mckenna, rob earnshaw, wes morgan Posted in Match Reports, Podcasts
Posted September 16th, 2009
by Rahoul Baruah
I couldn’t face listening to the game on the (much-improved) Forest Player, so here’s a quick roundup of reaction to last night’s draw – a game played without Nathan Tyson or Radoslaw Majewski.
The best place to find out about the Ipswich match is the ever-excellent Through the Seasons Before Us – who also kept up a full Twitter commentary during the game.
The Mail singles out Rob Earnshaw for praise and concentrates on the pressure laid on the shoulders of Roy Keane, who has now matched Bobby Robson in going eight games without a win.
Earnshaw himself wants to start – and given the type of player he is, I completely agree that he could do with a decent run in the side. I’m not so sure Billy thinks the same way though.
Davies does, however, think that we are becoming hard to beat – which is the pre-requisite for playing decent football later in the season. And on this count I totally agree – stop conceding, then worry about the pretty stuff, is the way to build a side.
Tags: billy davies, bobby robson, ipswich town, nathan tyson, nffcblog, radoslaw majewski, rob earnshaw, roy keane Posted in General
