Eleven successful penalties in the prem is exceptional and we have to say congratulations to Jimenez for those perfect stats. Honestly though it should have been out of sight and goodnight irene if Jimenez could and should have wrapped up the game point-blank. For many weeks now i ask the question why does Marco have him out there for too long to suffer and make us watch Jimenez make a fool of himself but i am not the manager and through gritted teeth, i admit that i am wrong about Jimenez and Marco is so right to keep him on and going for all this time. There is a flicker of hope for someone else in our camp and i like the little cameo role of a measly five minutes when Jonah came on in the 85th minute or thereabouts and he looks more than okay to me. Jonah certainly knows what he is doing and he looks more than ready with his little touches and lay-offs and it will be a crying shame if our 6ft 6 German is allowed to walk back to Bayern without no more than a whimper. What are we saying, we need another striker in January? Yes' i agree that we need somebody to back up Muniz but i say give Jonah at least 45 minutes, i think he deserves that to say the least. Kevin is so frustrating and if only he could do the simple stuff like a routine lay-off to one of ours in space instead of trying to razzle-dazzle past everybody. I guess he has earned Marco's faith in him for that dubious penalty and we will take that all day long and 'er' thank you very much, referee no more said! Robbo is back now and nearly up to speed but still not quite there yet. Ihope he cuts out those loose ball mistakes that will see better opposition take full advantage. Rowe is ticking like a fine machine and i am liking it that Marco is giving him a longer run-out that will reap dividends for our team. Josh King came on and did what a good sub should be doing and it was a useful and nearly very productive impact,
no complaints from me about Marco's subs in this game.
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“Dubious penalty”?? Nailed on for me. Dramatics or not, if you get kicked in the penalty box, it’s a foul - ergo penalty.
posted by MST (Moderator) - Tuesday 23rd December 2025, 7:26 AM
When does the Afcon thing end? Because we aren’t going to do a damn thing well till Bassey, Owobi and Chuka get back.
posted by peterjeremy - Tuesday 23rd December 2025, 8:51 AM
Hand on heart, before the game, I honestly thought, that with the form that Forest were in, I thought that we would do well to get a point, and probably without that fortune, by genuine penalty, a draw was all we would have got. However when Soothsayer forecasting defeat, I was a bit more hopeful ! ! In the end it was a very welcome 3 points, and our defence was superb on the night, and Leno, although not facing many shots, looked back to his old confidence. Up front we are still lacking, and Kevin badly needs a goal or two, but in my humble opinion, I still that he will eventually do a Muniz, and go from a dunce, to a goalscorer, and we miss him badly now. West Ham on Saturday is going to be tough, but we can at least come away with a point this time.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Tuesday 23rd December 2025, 9:07 AM
Afcon final January 18th .
posted by Jim (Guest) - Tuesday 23rd December 2025, 10:04 AM
As the Forest manager said if you are touched in the area and fall down that is a penalty. Until he start scoring if Kekin keeps running and turning backwards and forwards in the penalty are we will get more goals as our striker does not miss them.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 23rd December 2025, 10:27 AM
Owen - do you really think our loaned striker is ready for the premier league?? He’s only leverage is his height. It was the first time I seen him play properly, albeit only 10-15mins. I did not see him showing any technical skills ability, pace or know how. I didn’t see any decent touch or passing. He’s far too raw and yes, he could develop one day into a Muniz but right now, he’s Lucky to even get a loan spell in the championship team. I now understand what Marco is saying when he refuses to play him. But saying all that, he did his job last night when Raul’s battery literally running flat at the end!
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Tuesday 23rd December 2025, 11:02 AM
Only the clown Jamie Carragher and obviously Dyche would question whether that was a penalty. You couldn’t really ask for a more obvious example of being kicked in the penalty area, which has but one interpretation. Kevin is a bit difficult to tackle when he’s hopping around like that, not even sure he knows where his feet are going sometimes. Whatever, keep doing it, you’d bank on Raul to convert them. Still disappointed that Kevin hasn’t shown his true potential yet. Hopefully soon he’ll start to click.Thought Cuenca met expectations and Cairney had as positive effect as I can recall. A timely and important three points. Won through application rather than beauty. Josh looked very lively.
posted by Mortlake (Guest) - Tuesday 23rd December 2025, 11:28 AM
He is a very promising young man, if we can buy him a a reasonable price do as is say a couple of years he could be banging in goals for fun. He is not the finished product like King but you wait until he is. We can only afford promising youngers or old players Marco can improve. It would be nice if we could pay £120m for a striker who does not score, but we cant so have to make the best of what we have. Our defence held out very well after we got that soft penalty and stopped Forest from creating anything. Only three team have got more point than us since the start of November, we have won 4 of our last six games and we are only a few points of fourth place. Yesterday two teams played badly but we sneaked a goal a got three points. I remember along time ago Liverpool played very ordinary the whole season but still won the league. Winning is what is important not how you play. We beat Palace and West Ham out whole season looks very different and the moaners on this site will depart.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 23rd December 2025, 11:47 AM