There have been more thrilling wins, but from minute 1 to minute 90, we were the better team with very few real opportunities for Forest. One bad moment from Bassey aside, we dominated possession, chances, shots. This could have been 4-1 or 5-1 with better finishes. Great win for us. Smith Rowe looks in good shape finally. Team was very fluid in possession today.
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Completely agree, we really didn’t look like losing today, one mystifying moment for me was when Willian instead of passing the ball into the Forest net chose to back heel the ball, strange.
posted by JRD (Guest) - Saturday 15th February 2025, 5:20 PM
Not strange from Willian, we should be more switched on to those kind of passes, the mans a genius and he needs more than a few minutes pitch-wise...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 15th February 2025, 5:25 PM
Agree Owen. Will looked class yet again for his cameo. Great to see him back. Sees also looked good by the way.
posted by Dellers (Guest) - Saturday 15th February 2025, 6:24 PM
Agree Owen. Will looked class yet again for his cameo. Great to see him back. Sees also looked good by the way.
posted by Dellers (Guest) - Saturday 15th February 2025, 6:24 PM
Owen, I don’t often disagree with you, until now, Willian was 6 yds out from goal wth the ball at his feet, he could have passed the ball into the net, instead decided to back heel the ball instead, it seemed a very strange thing to do especially with the goal gaping, I’ll have another look later on MOTD
posted by JRD (Guest) - Saturday 15th February 2025, 6:55 PM
I cannot think of any player including the used subs who did not give of their best. It was a terrific performance, shame we did not destroy them in the first 30 minutes of the match, when they were swamped by our superiority.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 15th February 2025, 8:47 PM
JRD' trust me' that back-pass from Willian is in every Brazilian footballers dna, let's just say that Muniz needed a reminder and a catch up...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 15th February 2025, 11:28 PM
Yes' our best and most complete game, show and win of the season for me and the best from Traore. I know he didn't score but his game was complete and satisfactory for me. Traore was on target for everything and i would be very surprised if he wasn't motm. I would have kept him on personally but i am not the manager and Marco Silva is never wrong, well, not in this game lol...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 15th February 2025, 11:34 PM
We have thrown so many points away this season, the impressive way we held onto the 2 1 score changes everything and I expect us to finish the season in the top four. Incidentally two of the lads who were yesterdays mascots were brilliant result forecasters.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 16th February 2025, 7:44 AM
Agree with you, Owen. Adama Traore was my man of the match too. It’s not just his blistering speed, but at last we have someone who can put in good crosses (it has been missing from our game).
The top PL places look filled, except I think 6th place is very much up for grabs. Anything could happen amongst some teams there where form varies a lot. For example, how can Chelsea, who fail to get even a shot on target recently, expect to get into Europe?
posted by peterjeremy - Sunday 16th February 2025, 9:51 AM
Traore also provided one of the best enjoyable moments you could have in football when he showed his explosive and raw pace to beat Nico Williams who had a start out of the blocks on him. Just think what they could do with him in American football? Khan missed a trick there. Marco Silva has gotten a reputation for making good of Traore and lots of players that don't quite cut the mustard for other teams and i think that Fulham provides a decent place and refuge and improvement for those that haven't reached top grade...
posted by OWEN - Sunday 16th February 2025, 10:29 AM
I'm regularly getting astounded, as to how Marco has the magic touch of turning also ran players from other clubs, into top class, and team players at Fulham. Players that a lot of us have criticized, like Muniz, Jimenez, Iwobi Lukic, Willian, and the much maligned waste of money Emile Smith Rowe, who under Marco's tender care will be worth every penny. Thank goodness our genius of a coach could see beyond our supporters wishes, and set about, in his own good time, turning those players and our team into a really good Premier League side, with still an outside chance of a European spot next season, and if we can overcome the hurdle of Manure United in the FA Cup, maybe even a glimpse of Wembley. Yesterday I must admit I was a bit nervous when playing Forest, but we outclassed them for the majority of the game, and this is a team with a tremendous away record. I was so happy on the way home, in fact I was buzzing. COYW
posted by Brian from West Sussex (Guest) - Sunday 16th February 2025, 11:25 AM
Of course I should have mentioned Troare, who Marco has cajoled into finding his old Wolves form back. A master stroke from MS.
posted by Brian from West Sussex (Guest) - Sunday 16th February 2025, 11:27 AM