Brice Lauriche Samba - „Magic Hands“

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Beasty

Rice 34
That moment against Stoke had been coming, arguably could have been sent off against Derby before that. Superb keeper though and unbelievable how much we have spent trying to replace him.
 
Baronvon

Baronvon

Jack Burkitt
He was largely great for us and his performance in the 2nd leg against Sheff Utd will forever be legendary - but he did seem to fall victim to complacency at times and lose focus at critical moments. His form prior to his sending off against Stoke was a bit patchy - I suspect Horvath coming in and doing well (so much so that Samba didn't immediately get his place back) gave him a much needed kick up the arse as he was imperious from that point onwards.

Admittedly I've not seen much of him since he left but he's played Champions League football and has a shot at being France's starting goalkeeper this summer, so he's clearly kicked on and become even better than he was with us.

I definitely miss him being in goal for us though. Very much a case that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.
 
MaxiRobriguez

MaxiRobriguez

Bob McKinlay
He was indeed sat in the Main stand.
 
Chappers85

Chappers85

Can't Play Left-Back
garibaldi said:
Yep, still my favourite ever Forest keeper, but when you have the 2nd best defence in the league, you don't rock the keeper boat.

The king was 6 months too late on his return.
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Gaz1980

First Team Squad
I watched the play off semi final highlights with my son the other day, and i still can't believe he saved that shot near the end of extra time. Add on the 3 penalty saves and this guy literally got us to Wembley that night and it was the best night i've ever had at The City Ground. Forest legend no doubt!
 
Trents

Trents

Stuart Pearce
Gaz1980 said:
I watched the play off semi final highlights with my son the other day, and i still can't believe he saved that shot near the end of extra time. Add on the 3 penalty saves and this guy literally got us to Wembley that night and it was the best night i've ever had at The City Ground. Forest legend no doubt!
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Yep single handedly dragged us through the last moments of that match and into the playoff final.

Was he just visiting last night? Didn't see any sort of official acknowledgment.
 
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hannahd

Viv Anderson
Apparently according to an unreliable Twitter account we are in negotiations for him in January.
Sels must wonder what he's got to do to convince.
 
Chappers85

Chappers85

Can't Play Left-Back
hannahd said:
Apparently according to an unreliable Twitter account we are in negotiations for him in January.
Sels must wonder what he's got to do to convince.
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If he knows we're sniffing around Samba or others, this might explain his upturn in form. If Sels keeps performing the way he has been, then there's no need for Samba or anyone else. I suppose time will tell whether it's just taken him a bit of time and a settled defence to bring the best out of him, or whether he's just hit a purple patch.
 
Mogwai

Mogwai

First Team Squad
Chappers85 said:
If he knows we're sniffing around Samba or others, this might explain his upturn in form. If Sels keeps performing the way he has been, then there's no need for Samba or anyone else. I suppose time will tell whether it's just taken him a bit of time and a settled defence to bring the best out of him, or whether he's just hit a purple patch.
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I can't really remember Sels having a shaky period for us since he joined. Or is that just because I was comparing him to Turner?
 
Chappers85

Chappers85

Can't Play Left-Back
Mogwai said:
I can't really remember Sels having a shaky period for us since he joined. Or is that just because I was comparing him to Turner?
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True, he's not been shaky. He's been decent but unspectacular (until the last few games). Much better than Turner, infinitely better than Vlach the Imposter, but I think a lot of us wondered whether we could do better. He made the odd great save, not dropped many rickets but seemed to concede a lot of goals. Maybe upturn in form has harsh connotations. Progressed to another level is probably more accurate. I was never desperate to get him out of the team (still think we need another striker as priority rather dicking about the keepers again), but he also didn't seem like the long-term option, just a competent stopgap. He's proving me and a lot of others wrong at the minute. Delighted for the bloke.
 
Mogwai

Mogwai

First Team Squad
Chappers85 said:
True, he's not been shaky. He's been decent but unspectacular (until the last few games). Much better than Turner, infinitely better than Vlach the Imposter, but I think a lot of us wondered whether we could do better. He made the odd great save, not dropped many rickets but seemed to concede a lot of goals. Maybe upturn in form has harsh connotations. Progressed to another level is probably more accurate. I was never desperate to get him out of the team (still think we need another striker as priority rather dicking about the keepers again), but he also didn't seem like the long-term option, just a competent stopgap. He's proving me and a lot of others wrong at the minute. Delighted for the bloke.
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Yeah, I totally agree. I think we brought him in to steady the ship. Just someone that's not going to lose us games. But this season he's won us so many points with his keeping.

He seems to be really enjoying being here too. Which appears to be a theme mirrored throughout the squad. The backroom staff must be doing a superb job to facilitate the progress we are making. That and the fact our owner is happy to tell Real Madrid and Chelsea to sod off when they come sniffing at our gems.

What a time to be a Forest fan. We've waited long enough.
 
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