Originally Posted by
pielover
Notts fans seem to be confused between skill and effort. You can't fault the effort and organisation, and I certainly got carried away with it but looking back my nagging Nolan doubts resurface.
For instance was he the only person in the ground not to notice that Forte was done after 75 minutes? He finally subbed him in the 95th minute, when the bloke could hardly stand up!! If Forte wants to bring a private prosecution for assault I'll be a witness.
It's not like Nolan didn't have options but no instead on a heavy pitch he leaves a hobbling man up front. 1-0 up with 20 mins to go how about bringing on the energy of Milsom and push Allesandra up front? Nope we will stick with the player who can hardly run thanks!
Nolan built a really interesting squad, it's actually full of options, but he doesn't play to it. To be fair tonight deserved a bit of hoof ball, however when we put it on the floor we showed promise (take a look at our goal). We all know that Forte was only on the pitch tonight because Stead got injured a few weeks ago, Mr Nolan hasn't been bothered with him all season. Forte scoring the winning goal at Wembley to take us up wasn't the plan. We all know that, right?
The bottom line is I believe Nolan wants to play long ball. Often managers do it because they have to but actually we do have some talent on the ground. An attacking midfielder who made the League team of the season for instance.
Unfortunately he spends most of the game watching the ball go over his head, living on scraps.
I'm not saying Nolan ain't done a decent job, but his limitations are there for all to see and at times it's frustrating to watch.
Notts fans were amazing by the way. Bring on Friday, COYP!