What a difference a week makes!

Following my visit to the City ground last week (to enjoy watching Forest humiliate Charlton :D) I managed to scrounge a ticket for this weekends game against Yeovil – courtesy of my dad and brother both winning a pair of tickets each.

Well, it was the kind of game you came away from simply grateful that you drew – let alone won! Yes, we won 1-0 and, thanks to the right results elsewhere, returned to the top of the table… but the way we played was disappointing.

Gotta single out Thompson (no. 18) as the player who disappointed most. He was fine in defence but the minute he crossed the centre line he seemed to lose any idea of what to do or where to go. Shame it took until the second half to substitute him really.

The goal was one of those fluky circumstances – thanks to the Yeovil goalie for dropping the ball for a second time… but the game was always going to be about that I think – luck played more of a part than skill.

Just gotta hope that Forest pull themselves together before we meet Chelsea.

(And huge thanks to my Dad and Bro for letting me have one of the tickets !!!!)

2 Leagues apart – but who was really the Premier side?

Forest second goalscorer - Grant HoltWhat a brilliant day yesterday was. I met up with a couple of mates from PlusNet and we went to the City ground to watch the FA Cup Third Round tie between Nottingham Forest and Charlton Athletic.

Was a strange occasion for me as I have always attended Forest games and been in the Trent End… but this time I was sat with the away fans (trying desperately to bite my tongue every time forest touched the ball!)

The first 20 minutes of the match were not too hot, to put it politely, although Forest did seem to already have control of the match but you still couldn’t have guessed who would score first – simply because you felt the first goal would be more down to who got the luck.

Not the case though as Charlton just never picked up their game, and in fact went downhill as the 90+ minutes progressed, whilst Forest seemed to pick up and keep the pace and pressure on at all times. Continue reading “2 Leagues apart – but who was really the Premier side?”