A VISIT FROM THE FOREST
Hello, and hope you survived the International break. Now the nationalism is swept away under the carpet for a bit, we can get back on with the PL. Saturday 13th of September sees the Mighty Cannon witness a visit from the waistelands of England to play Nottingham Forest, kick off 12.30pm local time.
OUR VISITORS.
Forest during the break have had a topsy-turvy ride, going in with Nuno and coming out with Postecoglou, which surprised everyone.
This of course will bring up lots of speculative ink on the subject of whether Ange can continue the good job Nuno did at Forest.
Last season Forest finished seventh, and qualified for the EL. Ange won the EL, but finished 17th with the Spuds (stop that laughing!). Ange says he has ‘nothing to prove at Forest’, which doesn’t make sense, aside that nothing doesn’t exist, I would have thought that every manager/ coach has to prove themselves, but you know what thought did? He’s on a two-year contract. If Kyogo falters at Birmingham I can see him potentially bringing him in next season, if the moneys there. Ange certainly got the Bhoys playing very well in his time at Celtic Park…
It must be tough for everyone at Forest to have lost Nuno at such an early stage, and have to adapt to Anges ways? So far Forest have W 1 D 1 L 1 and are in 10th place.
Our pals at Statto HQ have given the Gunners a 68.9% chance of winning and Forest a mere 12%. After the frustrating loss to Liverpool, this game will be certainly an interesting one, to see how Arsenal keep developing.
Mills.
So the International break is over, we all take down our England flags until the next break, or the next hotel opens it’s doors to a migrant. ( a bit of political satire there). We can get back to watching our beloved team, with the second worse chance created from open play and the worst big chances in the whole league. First and second eh? What other manager could do that and still have us in the top 4 ? eh? EH?
Something has to change, if we carry on creating nothing, reality will kick in and our league position will plummet, OR……. we can create more and take advantage of the best back 7 in Europe. And lets be fair, we are outstanding at defending. But that comes at a cost. It puts a heavy burden on our front 4, especially when their primary job seems to be helping to defend, rather than scoring goals.
I don’t think I can take another 35 games of paint by numbers safety first football. I don’t want to sound all negative, but perhaps it’s a byproduct of Artetaball? Surely we can’t go through the season saying “only the result matters”?
Is it just me?
Is it?
Pedantic George.