Carabao Cup - next round, moving on - draw.

[Paul Mellelieu]

Young, and older, players go though phases of not playing so well.  Sancho and MUFC has been sent to Holland to sort himself out.

[West Yorks Rover]

Rovers   3       1       3

Forest  26     14       6

 

We are at home. SHOCKING from the manager once again.   

[duckson]

Dolan off injured.

[davulsukur]

The Rovers twitter admin took Forest's 3rd goal well.....

[The Mighty Chaffinch]

Keith Cooper MOTM 

[BankEnd Rover]

Our chances created is very worrying…not just tonight, but all season.

JDT needs to sort this out.

[ItsRoverZ]

Feel for the fans, turning up and JDT throws that team out and has no care about the cup run, potential quarter final and its thrown away without a care in the world 

[Fraserkirky]

Poor Scotty Wharton has stunk the place out tonight.

[Andy]

Wharton literally at fault for all 4 goals (and scored the other).

Edited December 21, 2022 by Andy

[47er]

4 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

The Rovers twitter admin took Forest's 3rd goal well.....

They're right though.

[neophox]

What we ve learned:

S.Wharton had a mare defending

Szmodicz doing nothing

Travis better at right back than the middle looking more like Jason Lowe

Hirst and Mola can pack their bags in january

 

Markanday should get a chance next game with Dolan out....

 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Just now, ItsRoverZ said:

Feel for the fans, turning up and JDT throws that team out and has no care about the cup run, potential quarter final and its thrown away without a care in the world 

Don't worry though. We played out from the back so despite getting a thumping, we'll have added value to our players 👍👍. 

[Bethnal]

13 minutes ago, J*B said:

Some would say there’s something going on, it’s almost like his head has fallen off since the Burnley game. 

Do we know what’s going on?

[DE.]

Stats make for horrific reading. If we're being honest Forest could have scored 6 or 7. I know we had a reserve team out, but at home this was really dire. Forest wouldn't post those kind of numbers against a League 2 team. I don't think anybody made a case to be considered for the first team. Pears had a surprisingly good game and helped keep the scoreline almost respectable. As for the rest... looking very much like reserve players without much motivation to prove they deserve a chance in the first team, which is disappointing. 

How many more abhorrent performances does Hirst have to put in before we accept he's utterly useless? If we can we need to send him back. If not then what a waste of a squad space. 

[jim mk2]

Another dispiriting defeat in front of the home fans following on from the Preston debacle

Can you blame folk for not turning up?

[neophox]

I forgot to say that I hope Ayala is back next game playing with Hyam and Pears had a really good game...

[AllRoverAsia]

11 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

I think he was dropped initially because he's made silly mistakes all season. Has gotten away with a lot of them... Over-eager tonight and totally out of his depth along with Mola in the first half.

Like a few others he's being made to try stuff he can't do. His confidence is shattered and that is down to management.

A good player being ruined.

[Torgeir]

3 minutes ago, neophox said:

What we ve learned:

S.Wharton had a mare defending

Szmodicz doing nothing

Travis better at right back than the middle looking more like Jason Lowe

Hirst and Mola can pack their bags in january

 

Markanday should get a chance next game with Dolan out....

 

Travis had a nightmare of a game.

[BigBar]

Another drubbing. Starting to make a habit of this now. How can you expect a winning mentality when you are getting beat by 3 or 4 goals so often? Oh yeah stop playing with fire by having non ball playing championship defenders passing it round the 6 yard box. 

Midfield protection non existent again. Manager is a massive worry. No answers to the blatantly obvious issues. 

Edited December 21, 2022 by BigBar

[AllRoverAsia]

5 minutes ago, ItsRoverZ said:

Feel for the fans, turning up and JDT throws that team out and has no care about the cup run, potential quarter final and its thrown away without a care in the world 

If Forest get a plum home tie Swag will not be a happy man 

Any manager who puts and leaves Szmodics and Hirst onfield needs asked .... Why?

[neophox]

I would say JP Van Hecke should be the first player signed in january.

[West Yorks Rover]

Charlton beat Brighton.

[neophox]

Just now, AllRoverAsia said:

If Forest get a plum home tie Swag will not be a happy man 

Any manager who puts and leaves Szmodics and Hirst onfield needs asked .... Why?

Because they were useless and JD has his sights on Sunderland ....

[Bethnal]

Feel dreadful for the 9k or so if ours who turned up on a Weds eve before Christmas for that.

can’t believe Trav’s trajectory from being made captain to most people thinking he’s not for the first team.

No insight into Brockhall at all, but we look an unhappy bunch. Something definitely not clicking.

[jim mk2]

17 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Not sure why people are going mad about us not playing our best players. Imagine the up roar of Diaz plays and gets injured? We need to focus on the league! No argument there really.

A cup quarter-final was at stake .... 2 games from Wembley, a day out to remember

But hey, we're "focusing on the league" for a top 6 place

Hurrah!