by vrabbit » Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:26 pm
Darlow was okish ... not really at fault for any of the goals but shaky in other occasions when he got luck Forest didn't score.
Sterry was fine, got up and down the right side and was willing to put balls into the box. Has work to do defensively although that Lolley did look a handful (he looked better than Manquillo against Cardiff's Murphy).
Schar was crap, beaten to the spot by a dude 40 years older than him just two minutes in and taken to school several times by that same player throughout the game. Then his lack of hustle in stoppage time allowed Dias to comfortably get to a long ball in the left wing and bring it all the way into the box for the hard-hit ball Darlow was able to deflect but Cash was able to score on.
Fernandez was good and I think he's solidified his place as the starter alongside Lascelles.
Clark ... I thought he had had solid performances next to Lascelles so far this season, but he was kind of done a disservice being played at left back. Besides getting up and down the line pretty well he offered very little offensively and didn't look as good defensively as he has at centre back.
Atsu has some good, some bad, nothing great, nothing awful, just simply didn't make much of an impact, especially for someone who played 90+ minutes.
Longstaff didn't start out so well but really settled as the game went on and I was pleased with his
performance. I'd like to continue to see more of him whenever it's appropriate to give him a run.
Ki was alright, better than vs Chelsea for sure. He was better in ball recovery, overall defense, and the passing game. Big difference between Chelsea and Nottingham, but at least it makes you curious about how he would perform against a mid-table team in the PL.
Kenedy ... feel free to go back in this thread and look at my posts about him. I don't want t pour it on but he was bad. Lacked confidence, constantly lost the 1v1s, doesn't seem to have his head in the game, and was mainly at fault for Dias' goal by exhibiting very poor ball control and a pass back from Ki that should had been extremely easy to deal with.
Muto I don't know what to make of. He's active, works hard, but doesn't find the ball enough and doesn't look threatening with it consistently enough for my liking. I've never thought he's a #10 and I think he's better off working alongside a striker or maybe even out on the wing. And yes he was alongside Joselu at times last night but I think he might partner up better with Rondon.
That's because Joselu fails to impress me in a target man role. He's done well so far this season in the box but outside of that his holdup play has been poor. I expected more from him against a Championship side.
As far as the subs, Murphy didn't make a significant impact in the left wing but even his performance there was better than Kenedy's (who actually looked better at LB outside of his late blunder). I thought Perez made more of an impact even prior to the awful non-call for the PK in stoppage time and he had a nice assist for Rondon's goal, and Rondon did as much as he could in the 10+ minutes he got, offering better holdup play and obviously doing well with his goal.
Darlow was okish ... not really at fault for any of the goals but shaky in other occasions when he got luck Forest didn't score.
Sterry was fine, got up and down the right side and was willing to put balls into the box. Has work to do defensively although that Lolley did look a handful (he looked better than Manquillo against Cardiff's Murphy).
Schar was crap, beaten to the spot by a dude 40 years older than him just two minutes in and taken to school several times by that same player throughout the game. Then his lack of hustle in stoppage time allowed Dias to comfortably get to a long ball in the left wing and bring it all the way into the box for the hard-hit ball Darlow was able to deflect but Cash was able to score on.
Fernandez was good and I think he's solidified his place as the starter alongside Lascelles.
Clark ... I thought he had had solid performances next to Lascelles so far this season, but he was kind of done a disservice being played at left back. Besides getting up and down the line pretty well he offered very little offensively and didn't look as good defensively as he has at centre back.
Atsu has some good, some bad, nothing great, nothing awful, just simply didn't make much of an impact, especially for someone who played 90+ minutes.
Longstaff didn't start out so well but really settled as the game went on and I was pleased with his
performance. I'd like to continue to see more of him whenever it's appropriate to give him a run.
Ki was alright, better than vs Chelsea for sure. He was better in ball recovery, overall defense, and the passing game. Big difference between Chelsea and Nottingham, but at least it makes you curious about how he would perform against a mid-table team in the PL.
Kenedy ... feel free to go back in this thread and look at my posts about him. I don't want t pour it on but he was bad. Lacked confidence, constantly lost the 1v1s, doesn't seem to have his head in the game, and was mainly at fault for Dias' goal by exhibiting very poor ball control and a pass back from Ki that should had been extremely easy to deal with.
Muto I don't know what to make of. He's active, works hard, but doesn't find the ball enough and doesn't look threatening with it consistently enough for my liking. I've never thought he's a #10 and I think he's better off working alongside a striker or maybe even out on the wing. And yes he was alongside Joselu at times last night but I think he might partner up better with Rondon.
That's because Joselu fails to impress me in a target man role. He's done well so far this season in the box but outside of that his holdup play has been poor. I expected more from him against a Championship side.
As far as the subs, Murphy didn't make a significant impact in the left wing but even his performance there was better than Kenedy's (who actually looked better at LB outside of his late blunder). I thought Perez made more of an impact even prior to the awful non-call for the PK in stoppage time and he had a nice assist for Rondon's goal, and Rondon did as much as he could in the 10+ minutes he got, offering better holdup play and obviously doing well with his goal.
