Arthur Wedge
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View attachment 56636More praise for Forest:
For the last 10-15 years (at least) Football has all been about possession and patience, keeper plays it out to a defender, defenders look for a pass, full backs/wing backs probe forward, nothing on, pass it back, across the back, probe the wing, etc etc.
This has filtered down to kids football and how they are being taught to play, not saying it’s a bad thing, but you need the players with vision to break the defence down or the skill to make that run/pass.
Well imo, Nuno has took that playbook and ripped it up, he’s not got Forest playing this way by accident, he’s got the right players in the right positions, they know their responsibilities, he’s instilled a work ethic 2nd to none and got a squad willing to put in the hardwork.
As much as Murillo and Sels will rightly get a lot of credit for games like last night, all those Forest players involved on the pitch deserve credit for not only their effort when they have the ball, but their effort when they haven’t. I’d love to see Chris Wood’s stats for last night,
It may need a bit of luck at times giving opposition teams so much possession and possibly chances, but for me it’s great to see.
Possession stats are before last nights game:
There have always been teams that are less possession based and more about being solid and countering and have found varying levels of success
We can all remember the Bolton and Stokes of the past
The Burnley’s etc
They played to the strengthens of the squad and to the players that they could bring into the club
It does a job
It will get the team points
But in the long run it’s not going to give a team any sustained success
The way Forest play wasn’t too different to the Wolves side he had , and it’s the same as he tried to play at Spurs
And he will keep Forest a solid team in the same way he did with Wolves
It’s not going to win trophies though