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Match Thread Home V Forest Green Sat 30 Oct @ 3.00

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Bigrod, Oct 26, 2021.

  1. Bigrod

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    The visit of Forest Green on Saturday will only be the second time they have played at Valley Parade in front of a live crowd. I remember the awful game from August 2019. I struggle to remember a more cynical performance, with so much time wasting and appalling fouls. I checked the records and there were 13……yes 13 minutes of time added on.

    Their next visit would have been a great match to have been at. So here are the highlights to refresh your memory

    I would love a similar game and of course score line on Saturday.

    This is going to be a very tough match. So far this season, they are in imperious form on their travels with 5 victories 2 draws and zero defeats.

    Quite clearly this is a very tough fixture. I would settle for a 1-0 victory now. Hopefully avoid a defeat!
     
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  2. Kevin1954

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    Same formation as v Swindon please for this game. They play high press just like Swindon.
     
  3. TallinnBantam

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    We looked good then. Urgent and pressing.

    ps what happened to our banner? :)
     
  4. bantamlad92

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    We tend to fare better against teams that try to play football and come forward so I can see us getting a result.
     
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  5. XCIV_Bantam

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    For some interesting insight on this game, @Jordan@Jordan made a good post in the points poll thread. Copied it in its entirety so its easier to read.

    If anyone wants some optimism to cling onto for Saturday, Forest Green play 3 CBs and two of them have been injured in the last week. Dan Sweeney is out for 3 weeks with a knee injury. On Saturday, their best defender of the year so far Jordan Moore-Taylor went off with a pulled quad it seemed like according to their local paper, scanning this week but highly likely he wont be fit for Saturday. Two lads who came in haven't played much this season.

    They play a 3412, with the wing backs playing more like wingers from looking at their highlights. Seems the CBs need some pace as they often get pulled out wide, with the 2 sitting mids dropping very deep. Hard to break down side, needs width to pull them out of shape. Two big lads up top too and both on form, both Matt and Stevens have 7 in 14 with Matt also adding 6 assists.


    So hopefully they wont be able to be as aggressive as they are away from home! A part of me does think they will play compact for the draw so who knows!
     
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  6. Idlebantam

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    Not last home game we didn't
     
  7. Wakefield Bantam

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    I forgot how awful football was played in empty stadiums :pensive:
     
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  8. Rcbantam

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    Hope it's not another deer in headlights performance these players on Saturday.

    Couple of us chipped in for a can of degreaser addressed to ROD.
     
  9. Tight1-0Victory

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    Pan these their style of play didn't work against us last year let's hope it's the same again
     
  10. Ulysses S Grant

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    Funny game football. They score that chance at 3.1 and we would possibly have spunked that win
     
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  11. hornseabantam

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    Works for me Kevin 1954.
     
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  12. hornseabantam

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    I was there for their first visit - jeez, cynical didn't come into it. Total anomaly - touchy feely vegan football club owned by a green energy eco-millionaire, but on the pitch their players were absolute nasty, dirty, clogging match disrupting bar stewards. Was Mark Cooper in charge then?
     
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  13. Ulysses S Grant

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    Yes. He's a tosser.
     
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    Horrible cynical manager who continually tries to piss on the idea that football is the beautiful game. Which of course it isn't - but it's not as bad as he tries to make it.
     
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    Where were you last Saturday night?
     
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    I see Forest Green have hired a former England youth coach as their new head coach.

    Interesting, progressive appointment, hopefully that means they've changed tactics since the Mark Cooper days - although that could make it more difficult for us.

    They've only conceded 1 goal in their last 5 away days, so we're going to need something special from our attackers on Saturday... I haven't seen anything to suggest that will be the case though, as we're far more miss than hit this year... o_O
     
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    Hopefully their defence will be weakened by the fact 2 of their CB's are out injured.
     
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    I can see us really giving it a go in the first 30 mins, we’ll absolutely batter them but wont score. They will have one chance and score, it will be a ROD howler.. the usual out of position and make a tame shot look world class type goal.. heads will drop and we’ll lose 5-0
     
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  19. Bigrod

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    Trying to find any independent published article to back this up. Have you a link? Looked at their fans forum, nothing I could see on there. About as active as the debate on the price of pitchforks!
     
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    do you think (assuming he's fit) that Callum Cooke will return on Saturday? I watched a bit of the match again yesterday, and the standout poor player was definitely Watt in my opinion. Midfield of Sutton and Cooke would set the right tone for an entertaining home game.
     
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