27 Feb 2024 20:59:56
Very interesting to see thd team for tomorrow night, it will be real battle at Forest we'll need all 11 players working hard.
27 Feb 2024 22:22:29
Based on tonight's news maguire is out so we might see big willy play.
27 Feb 2024 22:29:10
Working hard
That is one thing our players certainly don’t do
Entitled every single one of em.
28 Feb 2024 06:24:57
Blackpool, perhaps they just don’t want to work hard for the headmaster, not right I agree, but who bust a gut if there Boss is just not very good at his job!
28 Feb 2024 06:42:48
Agree Blackpool
I can take us being poor, that will eventually change I know it will, what I can’t tolerate is half arsed attitudes, players not seemingly caring as much as we do on here! I look at our most recent signings and I don’t think any of them come under that category, they all seem to have a certain edge about them but the ones in question are led by mr rashford!
28 Feb 2024 07:46:00
Jeez Strangebloke but you don't like ETH. You've made that plain so many times. We get it! Same old same old.
Agree Blackpool and Chris. It's unforgivable to not put a shift in. It isn't acceptable under any circumstances not to play for the manager as strangekid states but what about not playing for themselves, their personal pride, the team, the club/ shirt/ badge and the supporters? Their attitude irritates me so badly even were they paid peanuts but they aren't. They're paid more in a week what many supporters will not see in a lifetime. Stealing a living some of these guys.
28 Feb 2024 08:26:56
Odds on Elanga making tools of us tonite :D
Forest games this season are a bit of a lottery, certainly no problems scoring or conceding. Very hopeful of a win for us though.
28 Feb 2024 08:50:01
Spenno
Gibbs white is the player I am most worried about and we need to manage his influence on the game. Good player and will have a field day if we are open in midfield.
28 Feb 2024 11:21:22
Everyone loves a big willy.
28 Feb 2024 10:59:20
Agreed Ahmad, like Barkley he's one of a few English mids who look capable of a step up.
28 Feb 2024 11:33:31
Except the straight guy in cell 234.
28 Feb 2024 11:41:07
With all the speculation of big change coming at the club. New people in key positions, maybe a new manager. Rumours of the new ownership wanting a massive reset, many players being let go or sold, with replacements coming in.
Would it that surprising to learn that many of the players are feeling insecure and have no idea where their future lies. Will they be kept, or pushed out the door this summer.
If you were one of those players how would you feel? Do you genuinely believe that you'd be able to play at your best under those conditions.
If you do then you clearly believe you have a strong mentality, that's great. Do you believe that our current players have that same strong mentality? If not then doesn't that go some way to explaining their struggles to give their all and focus on their game.
28 Feb 2024 11:48:11
If players can't cope with uncertainty then they should not be here.
Its up to the manager to manage them
They have the certainty of their contract. Its more than most people get.
Stop making excuses for them. Its pathetic.
28 Feb 2024 11:52:48
Shappy any person in sales will tell you your only as good as your last month. Sure there are employee protection laws but if you are not selling and hitting your numbers you bloody well should feel insecure.
If a teachers students keep failing that teacher should feel insecure.
If you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen.
Footballers are privileged to the nth degree.
Man up deliver of get sold.
28 Feb 2024 11:58:47
Shappy
I posted something along those lines before the fulham game. the media writing about 11 players being sold, the whole environment is very toxic and demoralizing if you are in a team that is struggling and dealing with multiple set backs.
This squad is not a squad of the past where you shrug off a big player being out as we had ample replacement options. some of the player must know losing fernandes, shaw, hoiland are not things to shrug off and the replacements are bang average and impacts the teams performance.
People tend to blast them for not earning their pays after a poor performance but they are under a lot of pressure and personally don't believe its a lack of effort but lack of skill set with many of them.
28 Feb 2024 13:14:48
I mean seriously, if I'm earning £300k per week then I don't feel anxious about being sold and having to move house. Wish I had that problem!
28 Feb 2024 15:06:25
That's the problem though Ken isn't it. We know these players don't have that balls for a fight. They've shown time and time again that they fold when put under pressure.
Half a dozen of them called in sick for the last home game under Rangnick because they knew they were going to get it in the neck from the crowd.
We haven't shipped these players out over the past decade as we should have. Now we have a massive squad full of mentally weak players.
Yes they need to go, no one is debating that. The problem is they can't leave for next three months and they are expected to play and perform well in those games.
28 Feb 2024 15:32:12
They have contracts shappy look at maguire if they don't want to go they won't.
28 Feb 2024 15:41:23
Give the captaincy to Martinez next season and tell Bruno he can shut up and stay, or he can play his football in Saudi Arabia. That would be a big statement and might actually make a difference.
28 Feb 2024 19:08:16
Spenno
Why do people associate wage with a lack of effort and lack anxiousness or fear of failure. Actually most people have a lot more pressure and fear of failure the higher up the ladder they go. Human nature imo, the higher the expectations the higher the pressure you feel and it does funny things to you and you only realize it years later when you look back. Some thrive on it and some just do well with it.
Not having a dig. players are not machines and everyone is different in terms of how they deal with pressure or react to it. Reality is many don't do well and its not their fault.
28 Feb 2024 19:12:33
According to strange guy these players are decent they just don’t like the manager so watch out next season when they get a manager they like they’ll be unstoppable!
28 Feb 2024 19:23:13
It makes no difference if your on hundred quid at local supermarkets or 100 grand a week as a professional footballer, it’s still a job in there eyes the same as yours is only a job to you, remember many of these players don’t even like or enjoy football, they do it because it’s a job that they have been lucky enough to be given some talent for… in any walk of life in your not happy in your environments you won’t give 100% of course you get the odd ones, like Ronaldo, Even McGuire who have personal pride but they are the minority, plus it’s 2024 the whole world over people become woke and soft, footballers are no different.
We all would give one arm (like Antony only got one leg) to play but that’s not the reality I am afraid… times have changed people have changed.
29 Feb 2024 07:07:04
I saw fight across the board in that team last night. Some had better games than others and will take the positives. Feel lousy for criticizing Bruno during the game now knowing they patched him up with whatever injury he is carrying and sent him out there because he wanted to play. warrior and my apologies Captain Bruno.
29 Feb 2024 09:47:29
That’s where I’d disagree Ahmad, my immediate thought upon hearing about Bruno is that the manager should take him out of the team. Although I am aware that we have nobody else to play there.
29 Feb 2024 09:52:34
Amazing that you saw fit to criticise Bruno but as usual gave rashford a pass and are blind to his non effort.
29 Feb 2024 11:33:53
It’ll be the same lot that couldn’t be assed on Saturday. Guaranteed.