The dip in form

[earthworm]

Just wondering what folk are putting it down to.

EDIT: Other suggests welcome, though I can't see an edit button to stop it saying "singings" instead of "signings".

 

[Azza]

All teams going for promotion have a dip in form at some point in the season. What decides whether they do get promoted or not depends on how long it is before they can address this and get back to winning ways.

A decent victory against Doncaster, with a couple of winnable home games coming up should see us right.

 

[Flaggers]

Speling changed.

We're bound to lose at some point, but I think we rather got used to Shorey in the team.

With the run of games we have at the moment, expect tiredness & injuries to hit too....

 

[yam]

West Brom had a little blip a few weeks ago, Newcastle might be having one now. **** happens. The important thing is to make sure its a blip and not a collapse!
We are missing Shorey though - even though the games against Birmingham (x2) and QPR might have flattered to deceive that we'd do OK-ish without him.

 

[RedMark]

I put the Derby result.

I've said before it's how you bounce back, and as yet we haven't.


There should be an option for Billy getting the Manager of the Month award . . . .

 

[adam09]

I'd go with the Derby result too. It seems we dropped to their level and have forgotten how we were playing beforehand. Even before Shorey we were playing a lot better and creating lots more chances than we have in the last few games.

 

[nffc_1865!]

Confidence. We are playing with a negative approach and Davies' recent bitching in the media can't be doing much help the morale of the players at the minute. Unsettling key men like Majewski is something we should avoid!

 

[earthworm]

I'd add Tiredness and Manager of the Month if it'd let me, good suggestions.

 

[the_guitar_man]

i personally feel that the moose has looked possibly stoned in the two most recent games he's played in...maybe he's ring rusty..but he seems to ball watch most of the time and not really get stuck in...in the modern game he's quite a big lad..he should be making more of his stature and he should be a presence on the pitch..

that and shorey going...course that would hurt...

playing players out of position is not fair..was it only 1 month ago that West Ham were reported to want Cohen for £5million...sure media talk I'm sure...but Cohen must play in his preferred role, with an attacking left back behind him...and Perchio isn't good enough to do that....Cohen is needed down the left of midfield to do what he does best.

my peneth worth

 

[winnits]

None of the above.

 

[Lee]

It was always going to happen.

The quicker we snap out of it, the better though.

 

[yam]

i personally feel that the moose has looked possibly stoned in the two most recent games he's played in...maybe he's ring rusty..but he seems to ball watch most of the time and not really get stuck in...in the modern game he's quite a big lad..he should be making more of his stature and he should be a presence on the pitch..

that any shorey going...course that would hurt...

playing players out of position is not fair..was it only 1 month ago that West Ham were reported to want Cohen for £5million...sure media talk I'm sure...but Cohen must play in his preferred role, with an attacking left back behind him...and Perchio isn't good enough to do that....Cohen is needed down the left of middle field to do what he does best.

my peneth worth

Welcome to the forum :tysonflag2:

 

[incapable hulk]

i personally feel that the moose has looked possibly stoned in the two most recent games he's played in...maybe he's ring rusty..but he seems to ball watch most of the time and not really get stuck in...in the modern game he's quite a big lad..he should be making more of his stature and he should be a presence on the pitch..

I said the same thing after the sheff weds game- he looked stoned!

Hes spending too much time dawdling with the ball and losing it. Theres no speed or urgency, and when he does try moving the ball seems to bounce off him, or hes miles out of position.
Hes like moose that we saw in 08/09 just before his long time out due to injury

For me its the lack of shorey. Just for what he brought to the team, not just in his own performances. Having such a gifted LB there allowed the other members of the back 4 to get on with thier own jobs. They knew shorey had the lb slot covered and didnt have to really keep an eye on it. It was like that for the whole team, with cohen usually on the left looking far better....as he had the confidence in someone behind him.

Losing him is a massive blow, and we look like the same team that struggled in the first 2 months of the season.
Its that round peg in a round hole that billy likes to talk about

 

[Carvel]

We just got found out.

Teams know how to play us now and respect us more.

 

[Lee]

We just got found out.

Teams know how to play us now and respect us more.

Nah, players just aren't playing aswell atm.

 

[the_guitar_man]

well that's conclusive...an amnesty on getting muntered before games...one problem sorted.

 

[fsor12]

we've lost that loving feeling"

 

[adam09]

From what I've seen, Moussi playing has had a negative effect on McKenna's game.

 

[the_guitar_man]

Welcome to the forum :tysonflag2:

many thanks...derby on tv right now...bah !

 

[Lee]

From what I've seen, Moussi playing has had a negative effect on McKenna's game.

I don't think so, McKenna was very poor against Derby, and Moussi wasn't even playing.

McKenna's bad performances have really hampered Forest of late.

I hope he regains form soon.

 

[Erik]

What do I put the dip in form down to?

Well.

S**t happens. You can't win every game.

 

[RICH1977]

lack of squad depth, which is down to not adding faces, and a lack of proper left back meaning we loose one of our best center mids into a defensive whole, he gets cuaght to far up feild at times wilson/morgan covers and leaves a nice hole in the middle. we have been here before and it was during the start of the season and guess what everyone said we needed.

one more atacking midfeild, a left back and cover for morgan wilson.

has anything changed?

 

[Gabriel]

Forest's form will dip as Davies causes more friction between himself, the board and the players. They'll claw back some of their form and get into the play-offs, but end up losing out. Billy will blame the board for not backing him whilst trying to get the fans on his side. Doughty and Davies will go head to head in a ''back me or sack me'' showdown resulting in Davies leaving by ''mutual consent'' and a nice compensation package. A few months later Davies will pop up at another club with his usuall '' i was stabbed in the back '' monologue whilst poaching Forest's 'best' players.... including Raddy (if he hasn't already been signed by Cloughie).

End of story.

 

[earthworm]

Forest's form will dip as Davies causes more friction between himself, the board and the players. They'll claw back some of their form and get into the play-offs, but end up losing out. Billy will blame the board for not backing him whilst trying to get the fans on his side. Doughty and Davies will go head to head in a ''back me or sack me'' showdown resulting in Davies leaving by ''mutual consent'' and a nice compensation package. A few months later Davies will pop up at another club with his usuall '' i was stabbed in the back '' monologue whilst poaching Forest's 'best' players.... including Raddy (if he hasn't already been signed by Cloughie).

Ta for that. Uplifting stuff, lol.

 

[Ken]

Forest's form will dip as Davies causes more friction between himself, the board and the players.
End of story.

Think you have hit the nail on the head here. We had virtually our full strength line up out last night, the same personnel that went 20 unbeaten. They were awful, dis-jointed, and could not string 2 passes together so kept playing hoof ball (for what its worth Cov were not much better). If the squad keep hearing they are sh** and not up to the job so need to be replaced....guess what they soon play like sh**.

I just wish BD would stop playing the public PR game and keep quiet. The moaning about lack of signings only de-stabilises the team, and starting to feel a bit of de-ja vu to initial rumblings when he was at Derby.