Nottingham Forest - v - Leeds United ***Matchday Thread***

[BelfastAndy]

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NB. 5.30pm KO.

Nottingham Forest midfielder David Vaughan has been nursing a groin injury and will be assessed ahead of the game.

Tendayi Darikwa, Matt Mills, Daryl Murphy and Barrie McKay are among those likely to be recalled after not playing against Newcastle in the EFL Cup.

Leeds United forward Kemar Roofe will hope to retain his place after scoring a hat-trick in the midweek cup win over Newport County.

New signing Jay-Roy Grot could make his debut.

SAM's prediction
Home win - 36% Draw - 28% Away win - 36%
SAM (Sports Analytics Machine) is a super-computer created by @ProfIanMcHale that is used to predict the outcome of football matches.

Match facts

Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in five home league games against Leeds, winning three.

Leeds' 2-0 win against Forest back in January ended an eight-match winless run against them.

Forest have won four of their last five league games (L1) - as many as they had won in their previous 16.

Forest have won four successive home games in the league. They have not won five in a row since March 2015.

Leeds are looking to win their opening three league away trips for the first time since 2009-10.


0 - 2 to us.

MOT.

[Rev72]

Be happy with a draw..be even happier with a win :O

[CLIVETHELEEDSFAN]

2-1 to Leeds, roofe and grot with the goals, alioski and saiz with the assists

[españablanco73]

is it a SKY game today?

[BelfastAndy]

Yes Mal

[españablanco73]

cheers Andy, might go out for a few shandies to watch it then ;D

[BelfastAndy]

Good idea. Youve talked me into it. I'll tell her were going to House of Frazer, then I'll produce the chloroform and mallet

[Rev72]

Good idea. Youve talked me into it. I'll tell her were going to House of Frazer, then I'll produce the chloroform and mallet

Harsh but fair Andy :)

[españablanco73]

lol

[jimmybn]

in the Netherlands ... anyone got any links for today's game ?

[pilgrimwhite]

http://wiz1.net/channel7

link works just before KO

[pilgrimwhite]

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[Rev72]

Come on Leeds

[ColombianWhite]

Come on Leeds
Hope Bridcutt does not come back to haunt us
MOT

[BelfastAndy]

Work mates all Forest fans. Need Saiz to bust their bubbles.

[Rev72]

Come on Leeds
Hope Bridcutt does not come back to haunt us
MOT

I would have made the deal with him not been allowed to play against us to be honest.

[CLIVETHELEEDSFAN]

Gonna be relying on you guys today, on way home from Southport and this match is on while I'm on a train with a phone which might not play the match, please keep updating the thread, cheers guys! MOT!!!

[leedsutdman]

another link here....



http://cricfree.sc/watch/live/nottingham-forest-vs-leeds-united-live-streaming

[CalverleyBoy]

Gonna be relying on you guys today, on way home from Southport and this match is on while I'm on a train with a phone which might not play the match, please keep updating the thread, cheers guys! MOT!!!

Southport? jeez were you looking for a retirement home

[CalverleyBoy]

another link here....



http://cricfree.sc/watch/live/nottingham-forest-vs-leeds-united-live-streaming


My antivirus is going crazy on this link, in fairness the games normally gets shown but not sure what else it is trying to do.

[CalverleyBoy]

Nice Tweet from Newport

Thank you to @LUFC for being such gracious and generous hosts at yesterday's #CarabaoCup match. We wish them the best of luck for the Season

[magnificowhite]

Steady start, pressing hard as usual as saiz almost puts one in top corner.

[ColombianWhite]

Saiz not far away !!
Come on Leeds!!

[CalverleyBoy]

I can't help thinking we will have a queue sniffing after Saiz if he keeps up his current form

[BelfastAndy]

Are streams working??

[BelfastAndy]

Streams doing my heed in

[ColombianWhite]

Great possession and pressure from Leeds
Need to get something from it
Come On
MOT

[CalverleyBoy]

Streams doing my heed in

The cric one is doing ok for me - thanks Pilgrim WE need a goal soon

[magnificowhite]

Get in roooooooofe

[CalverleyBoy]

Its coming

[magnificowhite]

Good stuff from cooper as he heads back in mix and roofe nods home.

[BelfastAndy]

Good man Roofe

[ColombianWhite]

Roofe
GET IN
MOT

[CalverleyBoy]

5'8 and heads home LOL

[magnificowhite]

They on top now.

[leedsutdman]

The cric one is doing ok for me - thanks Pilgrim WE need a goal soon


the cric one was mine but yer welcome anyway...:O;D

[BelfastAndy]

Saiz and Alioski are revelations

[magnificowhite]

Alioski just ripped traore a new one. I love watching him when he attacks.

[BelfastAndy]

Wiznet working. All good.

[ColombianWhite]

Good performance so far
Keep the possession going
MOT

[magnificowhite]

Will someone tell saiz not to wave imaginary card. Effing hate that.

[ColombianWhite]

I would have made the deal with him not been allowed to play against us to be honest.

Bridcutt booked , he will be off soon !!
MOT

[magnificowhite]

The changes they made really evened it up.

[ColombianWhite]

Grot for hernandez please
MOT

[magnificowhite]

Here comes the Grot

[ColombianWhite]

Grot for hernandez please
MOT

Here he come
the new Hulk !!
MOT

[ColombianWhite]

Grot knocks over Traore straight away !!

[magnificowhite]

What is cooper thinking there. Lucky ref or Lino didn't see that

[magnificowhite]

We need to put this to bed

[BelfastAndy]

Great pass

[ColombianWhite]

Dallas close !!

[magnificowhite]

Get in alioski

[ColombianWhite]

Aloski
Get In
MOT

[magnificowhite]

Totally deserved he's been brilliant. Great tackle from Philips too.

[Jezleeds]

You absolute f king beauty

[BelfastAndy]

Fab..

[Jezleeds]

i love the way we are playing out of defence with confidence and skill throughout whole games - very important part of why this is happening i think

[magnificowhite]

Fantastic. I'm going for a beer. Happy days.

[ColombianWhite]

Good display
Marching On
MOT

[BelfastAndy]

Brilliant. Alioski and Saiz defo add new dimension to game. Entire team played well.......even O'Kane!!

[BelfastAndy]

Oh, and 3 points to me too please....

[fredlufc74]

I'm drinking cheap imported foreign wine and it tastes great. 5 games unbeaten. Team plays attacking football and I'm not so nervous in the last 10 minutes of the game.

[españablanco73]

Dominated from start to finish, long time since we can say that about a Leeds side, all these dodgy foreigners will be worth millions now. wiedwald 4 games without conceeding? Rob Who?

[norfolk white]

Brilliant, this coach Christiansen is the business, and as for saiz and alioski.....skillfully and Lacey players, something we've packed for years, the whole team work for each other.

[Jezleeds]

I'm drinking cheap imported foreign wine and it tastes great. 5 games unbeaten. Team plays attacking football and I'm not so nervous in the last 10 minutes of the game.

I was still nervous lol - we're still Leeds and Weidwald still makes me worried any time the ball goes near him. Thankfully at the moment it rarely does

[fredlufc74]

but twice now we have finished games off and we don't just sit back and try and defend a 1-0

[Jezleeds]

but twice now we have finished games off and we don't just sit back and try and defend a 1-0

agreed - and the way we are defending as a team means it's not the keystone cops stuff we've had for so long where we throw it away - far more composed now

[fredlufc74]

agreed - and the way we are defending as a team means it's not the keystone cops stuff we've had for so long where we throw it away - far more composed now

+1

totally agree mate

[WTF11]

We need to put this to bed


Dominated from start to finish, long time since we can say that about a Leeds side, all these dodgy foreigners will be worth millions now. wiedwald 4 games without conceeding? Rob Who?

Elioski and Saiz - yes, Wiedwald not sure. No pressure from any opposition that will tell us how he responds.

As for the outplayers, all good (even Cooper if he doesn't keep his hand to himself!)

Cracking start and a good mix of cup, home and away performances.

[Rev72]

Beautiful :D

MOT ALAW

[CromerWhite]

Amazing display and result, Alioski is one of the most determined players i have seen in years.

Amazing display from start to end.

MOT

[BelfastAndy]

Didn't realise Habib Habibou was back. Lol

[pilgrimwhite]

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/leeds-united/11007810/christiansen-impressed-with-leeds-win

highlights + Christiansen

[pilgrimwhite]

Leeds are now the only side out of 72 EFL clubs to remain unbeaten in all their matches (across all competitions) in 2017/18 season

[pilgrimwhite]

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[Silentman]

Best football I've seen us play for many a year, looked really composed and confident and threatened from beginning to end. I maintain as I always have that we play better football without Wood, last week and this week prove that. Pressure we put on them to keep them on the back foot was tremendous. My only criticism would be that Saiz and Alioski need to recognise when to pass instead of trying to go all the way themselves, but if they keep running at defenders the way they do they are going to create so many problems and chances there will be enough to go around.
MOT

[españablanco73]

was just saying to the missus that alioski is agreedy tw@t and should pass more, just as he banged it in the back of the net!

on a serious note though, your right Silentman, they should learn when to shoot and when to pass, though ive got to say we look threatening, how many shighte games have we seen over the last few years when we dont have a single shot in the entire duration of 90 minutes.
Great to watch now!

[WTF11]

We need to put this to bed


was just saying to the missus that alioski is agreedy tw@t and should pass more, just as he banged it in the back of the net!

on a serious note though, your right Silentman, they should learn when to shoot and when to pass, though ive got to say we look threatening, how many shighte games have we seen over the last few years when we dont have a single shot in the entire duration of 90 minutes.
Great to watch now!

Agree, to a point, about the need to feed, but if they rip defences apart while taking the ball forward, goals will come (and options will develop, especially if Roofe and Dallas carry on as they have started.

[SouthgateWhite]

The fact that even Don Goodman on Sky is waxing lyrical about us must be be an indication of how good we are looking. Not one for normally being too positive about LUFC.

[Silentman]

We need to keep hold of Dallas though, bringing him on when defences are flagging and pushing forward is a real added threat we need to retain, Sacko doesn't have the same threat.

[Jezleeds]

Agree with both - i guess they will improve with good coaching and tactical education, which we now seem to have given the subtle changes that are being made before and during games!


[QUOTE=españablanco73;38635377]was just saying to the missus that alioski is agreedy tw@t and should pass more, just as he banged it in the back of the net!

on a serious note though, your right Silentman, they should learn when to shoot and when to pass, though ive got to say we look threatening, how many shighte games have we seen over the last few years when we dont have a single shot in the entire duration of 90 minutes.

[spaldy]

who had the wonderful tackle that sprung the ball to Alioski for the second goal? that was a big time open field tackle.

[ColombianWhite]

Phillips great tackle
Improving all the time !
MOT

[CLIVETHELEEDSFAN]

Redders said kalvin would be a good player for Leeds and he was right, people forget he's just 21 years old, he's learning all the time off an experienced pro in O'Kane and they're forming a good midfield partnership, long may it continue

[magnificowhite]

It's going to be good competition between Phillips and viera.