Forte 'okay'

[slack_pie]

https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport...nolans-1566037

Sounds like good news on Forte.

As for the team, I'm with the posters who want to see one change. Virtue did find some good form about 6 games ago, but he didn't kick-on and we're getting some anonymous performances again. It isn't hard to imagine the same on Friday and I think we'd get more out of Allesandra. If we get through, Virtue's hard running would suit the Wembley pitch, so maybe best to rest him up for a hour + of that in the final.

I absolutely agree, but I think Nolan's game plan is to keep it tight for the first 45 mins. Virtue offers very little, but he's more of a workhorse on the right-hand side. Once the game opens up a bit, Allesandra comes on and looks way better than if he started the game.

Anyone know if Shola is fit? I would love to see him start alongside Forte on Friday.

[the_anticlough]

I absolutely agree, but I think Nolan's game plan is to keep it tight for the first 45 mins. Virtue offers very little, but he's more of a workhorse on the right-hand side. Once the game opens up a bit, Allesandra comes on and looks way better than if he started the game.

Anyone know if Shola is fit? I would love to see him start alongside Forte on Friday.

Yes, that might surprise them and give them something different to deal with.
As for the game plan, that'd be a dangerous game to play - we're not even up in the tie so we shouldn't be picking and choosing times to actually win it. That's what he might do though as you say.