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Title: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: Chris Black come back on November 28, 2012, 01:11:39 am
Copps got the entire second half this evening but could do nothing to stop Forest going down 3-1 to tractor-borne shitsuckers Ipswich Town. Thankfully he still appears to be injury free.
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: RobTheRover on November 28, 2012, 01:38:38 am
I've just seen the goals on SSN.  Forest's defending is truly awful.  All three goals handed to Ipswich on a plate.
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: andyst79 on November 28, 2012, 08:09:03 am
Sounds familiar
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: dickos1 on November 28, 2012, 09:27:04 am
When sod looks to buy defenders his first requirement is can they play, are they good on the ball, whereas in my opinion the first requirement should be can they defend can they head everything away.
The defenders he's signed for forest are terrible signings with the money he has available, they were discussing it the other day on five live about the money wasted on poor defenders, and it showed again last night,
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: hoolahoop on November 28, 2012, 10:43:00 am
When sod looks to buy defenders his first requirement is can they play, are they good on the ball, whereas in my opinion the first requirement should be can they defend can they head everything away.
The defenders he's signed for forest are terrible signings with the money he has available, they were discussing it the other day on five live about the money wasted on poor defenders, and it showed again last night,

Of course you're absolutely correct and I can't quite understand why SO'D looks at it that way  :silly:
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: Chris Black come back on November 28, 2012, 12:46:44 pm
Not sure how true that is to be honest. Look at his time with us - Matt Mills yes, but Dennis Souza and Wayne Thomas??!?
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: The L J Monk on November 28, 2012, 12:57:26 pm
Forest have the (joint) fourth best defence in the Championship, and the (joint) third highest number of clean sheets in the Championship.

Not that terrible.
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: RedJ on November 28, 2012, 05:32:59 pm
Not sure how true that is to be honest. Look at his time with us - Matt Mills yes, but Dennis Souza and Wayne Thomas??!?

Both were panic buys really though, and Souza's f**king scarred me for life.
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: The L J Monk on November 28, 2012, 05:36:44 pm
Shackell was a formidable defender.
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: RedJ on November 28, 2012, 05:37:45 pm
Shackell was a formidable defender.

Who's saying otherwise?  :s
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: The L J Monk on November 28, 2012, 05:55:23 pm
When sod looks to buy defenders his first requirement is can they play, are they good on the ball, whereas in my opinion the first requirement should be can they defend can they head everything away.
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: Drover on November 28, 2012, 07:42:58 pm
Forest have the (joint) fourth best defence in the Championship, and the (joint) third highest number of clean sheets in the Championship.

Not that terrible.

Give him time,they will be eventually.Conceding from set pieces will be their worse weekness too. ;)
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: dickos1 on November 28, 2012, 09:21:55 pm
When sod looks to buy defenders his first requirement is can they play, are they good on the ball, whereas in my opinion the first requirement should be can they defend can they head everything away.


Monk, I agree shackell was a great defender. But my point was sods first requirement is can the boy play football first.
Your point about shackell doesn't oppose that opinion it just means he found someone who could play and also defend,
Put it this way he wouldn't have ever signed jones or Mccombe
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: Donnybax on November 28, 2012, 09:52:13 pm
Actually didn't sod once try and get mccombe?
Title: Re: Swings and Roundabouts
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on November 28, 2012, 10:42:34 pm
Yes, when he was at Lincoln I believe.

You look back at Shackellgate and you wonder in the longer term how much that actually cost us. Now don't get me wrong, had we have signed Shackell he may have still gone to other clubs for more money but we may not have had to throw good money after bad trying to find replacements.