True. But he's not really improved anything since. This style of play has not worked with this formation at any point in the season (First half vs QPR, we actually pressed properly), yet he persists with both. He has to change one or the other.
0-2. I reckon with petrol stations running dry that the crowd will be a fair bit lower than the one announced on the night because people will want to save what petrol they have when they can watch it on the television.
Not really I think after the Swansea game and Ismaels interview we all knew he would leave. Whoever took over had big shoes to fill our best season for 20 years. Most just wanted us to keep the key players Collins,helik,Anderson,Britain,styles,woodrow and Morris add a few additions and be competitive. So far we haven't been competitive schopp has no connection to the fans, by the look of some of the players I question his connection with them, his tactics and team selection are poor the press has gone.
I do think the style of play needs tweaking, and we're still a couple of players missing. We're yet to see 2 of them, and Anderson comes into the side when fit. Admittedly, players out of position is never a good sign. I think he's still trying to find the best system, and his preferred starting line up. The issue is, Ismael set the bar so high that Schopp was always going to be on a hiding to nothing. He's been afforded no time whatsoever, despite having a better start to the season than Struber/Murray did last year. Will it all come into place, and send us on a run similar to last season? I doubt it. I do think we're a few small tweaks away from getting back to being a mid-table side. If we go a little more direct, and only be patient in the build up when we're defending a lead, I think we'll start racking up wins.
I don't disagree, and generally, up until Saturday I can appreciate that team selections have been about picking the least bad option, rather than his favourite. But we're 9 games in now, and the style has largely remained the same with the exception of one game where we played the best football that I've seen us play in a long time, only to run out of steam. We now have options in the squad that would allow us to keep that intensity up for longer with the signing of Gomes, J Williams availability (could come off the bench and move Brittain inside), and surprise emergance of Hondermarck. Saturday, he had no excuses, given the options available to him, yet we saw a team selection that pretty was pretty much met with unaminous disagreement, and the same style that has led to us scoring very few goals and only winning one game. He's been dealt a rough hand, and I had no expectations of us being anywhere near last season's levels, I was hoping for reaching 50 points with games to spare, and keeping a decent gap between us and the bottom 3. That's not happening currently, and I'm not seeing him do much about it, hopefully that will change on Wednesday.
Barnsley 67 all out Forest 522-3 declared. Barnsley 119 all out Forest win by an innings and 336 runs Barnsley react by attempting a short term loan deal for 56 year old Kent all rounder Darren Stevens.
If Callum Brittain scores even one goal the very fabric of space-time will begin to unravel, the world would collapse into itself and the only thing that would remain would be Joey Barton, floating aimlessly through a never ending void.