Best 45 minutes interplay I have seen from a Charlton team since ? Ever !
Despite not giving Forest a kick for 43 minutes only Lockyer tackle saved it being 1-1 at HT.
I tipped 1-1 but didn't expect that performance 1st half. if you didn't see a response coming from Forest and a decrease in Charlton's play you must still believe in Santa Claus.
Don't blame Bowyer for the subs at corner. Looks bad but putting on two six footers shouldn't lead to a goal.
Just like Stoke and their 3 chances, It going to be near impossible to keep a clean sheet in this division. Had to go 2-0 up but I have my doubts if you can teach players to be goal scorers. Leko is a great young talent but that golden chance from Lyle fell to the wrong player.
Very encouraging but being around the top feels strange knowing that 6 loanee's will be lost at the end of the season or before in Cullen's case. Sarr and Lockyer were excellent tonight on the ball and both saved certain goals. The passing was brilliant for 95% of the time in the first half before Forest woke up and showed some quality 2nd half.
The team did us proud and we still have the two Israeli Lads to bring their experience to the team.
Proud fan but realistic to know that loans have to go back to where they came from.
Just had a look on the Forest Fans Forum. Not a happy bunch in general, but at least some begrudging comments that we were worth the point.
Best first half I can remember since the Premiership days. In fact better - at least then they made a game of it! Stats first half- Nottingham no shots on target, no shots off targets, no corners, no.... oh you get the picture.
Thought we deserved the 3 points. Thought they were the quietest fans in years.
I thought the draw was overall probably a fair result, and impressive that we could give Forest such a good game while resting 3 of our best players this season.
I think we massively dominated the first half, whereas they possibly shaded the second (although we had the best chance when Leko fired over from 8 yards). So I'd say we deserved the three points. Good to see that Sarr can still shine in a back four. Otzumer was buzzing around and looked dangerous. Overall, I'm beginning to think we could possibly make the playoff, whereas three weeks ago we were massive favourites for relegation.
BBC:
Nottingham Forest boss Lamouchi told BBC Radio Nottingham:
"We are lucky to get one point because they played much better than us, especially in the first half - more quickly, more aggressive, more compact.
"We were lucky to be just one goal down. The performance was not like four days ago.
"It was not before 40 minutes that we made more than three passes, so we played very badly."
Young pacy team, have to admit possibly the paciest Addicks team I have seen in movement and ball moving for a very long time, will evolve and only get better, shame about equaliser but this is going to be an entertaining season, also crowd was very good as was the ref. Bowyer and JJ what a team they are.
1-1 was a disappointing result to say the least. But there were a lot of positives to take from the performance. However, what really infuriated me was Aneke's work ethic when he came on. Didn't live anywhere near up to Bowyer's standards in terms of effort.
Glad it wasn't just me who thought that. Needed to do more considering he had fresh legs.
Cullen and the midfield in the first half were just mesmerising.
Forest always felt a threat though, so a draw was in the end not a surprise. Expect them to be up there at the end of the season. The subs they brought on were particularly strong and had an impact.
Great game and atmosphere.
Be interesting to see who he starts on Saturday.
Disagree with that, I genuinely didn't feel threatened all game (maybe only Adomah who showed flashes but still did little other than score!). The only time they had a chance was lucky or we played ourself into trouble. Thought Lockyer was great but should have done much better with the goal.
Maybe not in terms of clear cut chances, but they worried me even in the first half, eg that instance when they broke from their half at lightening speed to the edge of our box. And their manager looked like he tried a number of tactical things that were effective in unsettling things. Eg Ameobi going central towards the end of the first half caused confusion. And Bostock coming on in the second to start winning lots of balls in deeper positions to set up attacks when our lads were tiring. Fortunately, their strikers seemed poor, including Grabban.
I thought the draw was overall probably a fair result, and impressive that we could give Forest such a good game while resting 3 of our best players this season.
I think we massively dominated the first half, whereas they possibly shaded the second (although we had the best chance when Leko fired over from 8 yards). So I'd say we deserved the three points. Good to see that Sarr can still shine in a back four. Otzumer was buzzing around and looked dangerous. Overall, I'm beginning to think we could possibly make the playoff, whereas three weeks ago we were massive favourites for relegation.
BBC:
Nottingham Forest boss Lamouchi told BBC Radio Nottingham:
"We are lucky to get one point because they played much better than us, especially in the first half - more quickly, more aggressive, more compact.
"We were lucky to be just one goal down. The performance was not like four days ago.
"It was not before 40 minutes that we made more than three passes, so we played very badly."
We dominated the 1st half, but it's not as if we had loads of clear chances, and Forest made some great blocks. If Pearce or Pratley had made those blocks in an away game, we'd be saying it was great defending and we deserved not to concede.
I don't understand it...'don't make a sub at a corner.'
Everybody kept concentration apart from an unfortunate mistake by Lockyer. So stop trying to be Gary Neville in his inaccurate analytical truck and maybe read the ACTUAL passage of play that occured.
I thought Lockyer was brilliant tonight. Haven't seen their goal on TV so not sure how the scrambled goal went in. Superb last ditch tackle to deny a certain goal in first half by Lockyer and he is so good on the ball.
Ps. How did some people give Field a 5 ? You must've been watching on TV and kept going for a drink or a piss. He did so much good work even if he was a lucky boy with the tackle.
I don't understand it...'don't make a sub at a corner.'
Everybody kept concentration apart from an unfortunate mistake by Lockyer. So stop trying to be Gary Neville in his inaccurate analytical truck and maybe read the ACTUAL passage of play that occured.
I thought Lockyer was brilliant tonight. Haven't seen their goal on TV so not sure how the scrambled goal went in. Superb last ditch tackle to deny a certain goal in first half by Lockyer and he is so good on the ball.
Ps. How did some people give Field a 5 ? You must've been watching on TV and kept going for a drink or a piss. He did so much good work even if he was a lucky boy with the tackle.
Sarr made one pass out for a throw. That apart, despite no crossfield gems, he was passing forward. Not just ten yards to avoid interceptions but 20 or 30 to get us attacking. Enjoy the splinters JP.
A disappointing result in the end after a sublime first half in which we moved the ball swiftly and with real intent, won it back quickly and totally dominated Forest, who barely got a kick. They nearly got back on terms, however, just before half time when the ball broke fortunately for Grabban in the box and it took a superb tackle from Lockyer to deny him. That was literally their only sniff in the first half.
Forest picked their game up in the second period but Leko had a chance to put the match to bed early on following a great pull back from Lyle Taylor but scooped it over the bar. In fairness, the ball did stand up a bit as it came back to him but that is the sort of chance that has to be put away at this level.
Forest had lot of possession in the second half but failed to open us up, save for the corner towards the end, which we allowed to bounce in or around our six yard box before Adomah lashed it in. That was really their only clear chance that I can recall and Dillon hardly had a save to make.
We ran out of steam towards the end and were probably the team more glad to hear the final whistle, although this is a game we could, and should, have won.
The team as a whole did very well, with a particular shout out to the lads who came in for their first starts of the season, especially Ozthumer.
Overall, though, a very good game of football and a decent atmosphere, both of which compare favourably with the fare served up in League 1.
Despite Aneke struggling to get into the pace of the game. My opinion is both him and Bonne would've taken that chance. We knew that Leko wasn't a goal scorer but maybe if he gets his first goal since his academy days then we have a special player. We only got Leko and Field because they are raw. Both had good games despite Leko's miss and Field's rash tackle that we some how got away with !
First half was mesmerising, I must have been winding up the Forest fans in the pub cause I just kept on saying 'blimey we look good, carry on like this and it will be over by half time' of course I jinxed it and Forest grew back into the game second half, largely fatigue from us and poor subs rather than them being any good imo.
So many positive and so few negatives.
Positives:-
Oztumer! What a debut, he was everywhere and looked the best player on the pitch, first name on the sheet imo if he performs like that every game.
Naby and Lockyer, as I suspected if it could click it would work and it really did imo. I don't know if it's cause I'm not used to seeing Naby on TV but he looked very fit and quick to me, made a few good runs and looked far less clumsy, only one poor pass from him as well, great game Nabs, Lockyer has put the doubts away I would say, solid game, great pushes up the pitch and one world class tackle from an almost guaranteed goal.
Oshilaja, what a player he is looking to be, early doors but it looks like we won't miss Anfernee too much, Deji looks strong, quick, capable of defending and most importantly for our fluid system looks much better going forward than any of our other right backs. Great signing.
Field looks like an upgraded Pratley, should be top when he's fit.
Overall solid game and to think we still have Hemed and Kayal to come in, bonkers.
1-1 probably fair I would say, both of us made a horror tackle and should have seen red, we may have dominated first half but we let them back in and we faded for the last 15 or so, so on reflection can't argue too much with a draw, I would have us edging the game 60/40 if that makes sense.
Great noise Charlton, loud and proud on the TV, barely heard a peep from Forest other than when they scored
Was hoping to comment but unfortunately for some reason the game didn’t record. Pretty pissed off because it sounds like a great performance. From seeing the highlights on Quest though I can say both sides should have been down to ten men and Lockyer’s tackle in the first half was on par with the Rufus one at WHL.
Must stress at this point as well that the subs had absolutely nothing to do with their goal. Nothing at all. The goal was caused by Lockyer making a mistake in dealing with the ball in and it dropping incredibly favourably for Adomah. It's not like a spare man popped up while Pratley was ambling onto the field. Blaming the sub for the goal is a total red herring
Thank you. Someone prepared to use their own eyes instead of meekly parroting cliches from the TV commentary clowns.
Only managed to see the first half from afar but what a half of football. Just goes to show how important it is to take your chances at this level otherwise you get punished. A lesson learnt, I think. Good to see that rotating the squad didn’t have an adverse effect on the performance and I can’t wait to see us when these Brighton boys get slotted in. Whoever loses their place will be very unlucky. Well played lads. Keep up the good work.
I think we got tired. Given our pre-season and the fact August is still a getting up to speed - fitness wise month - i think it is a positive. Maybe, we got a sense of what is to come. Quite exciting if true.
I think if we are up there around October/November, we will see efforts to keep Taylor. Also to improve Bowyer's contract. Not saying they will succeed, but they will happen.
I think if we are up there around October/November, we will see efforts to keep Taylor. Also to improve Bowyer's contract. Not saying they will succeed, but they will happen.
We are witnessing something special happening on the pitch, something most players don’t get to experience in their careers. If we are still up there in January only a fool would walk away from this squad before the end of the season they’ll carry the regret for the rest of their lives because the team will carry on but they won’t be part of it
I can understand caution, but we should stop talking about staying up. That is a given now with the squad we have. We have a special manager and if we are not in the top three at Christmas, I will be surprised. The January window is the challenge ahead for us as I see it.
What I loved was the courage on the ball we displayed yesterday. That is trying to play and not being afraid if it doesn't come off. It is logical that we are going to improve a lot and I am quite excited to where we will be as a team in 5 to 6 games.
With a poor budget, it is beyond amazing the success rate of players bought in,
Masicat, unless you have a different match in mind, we dominated Spurs in cup at WHL bit were undone in replay at Valley. Dave Madden superb.
Nope. Game I’m thinking of was a league match, Tuesday night. Claus Jensen run them ragged for about 30 minutes, they didn’t get a kick. We quickly went 2-0 up but I think it ended 2-2. Can’t remember it clearly.
A very enjoyable evening at The Valley. We probably showed over 90 mins why we won’t be challenging for top 2 and why we won’t be anywhere near the relegation zone.
First half was the most one sided matches of football you will ever see. The only mistake was not being ruthless and getting a 2nd or 3rd. Our inexperienced showed towards the end with Forest having a counter attack in the 90+ mins which would have been a proper sucker punch.
All three changes fitted in straight away and make strong addition to our starting eleven. Long season ahead of us but more performances like that and we will start to get the respect we deserve.
I still cant work out how Cullen is on our pitch and West Ham are still playing that old cart horse Mark Noble. Cullen would blossom around better players.
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Best first half I can remember since the Premiership days. In fact better - at least then they made a game of it! Stats first half- Nottingham no shots on target, no shots off targets, no corners, no.... oh you get the picture.
Thought we deserved the 3 points. Thought they were the quietest fans in years.
Good to see that Sarr can still shine in a back four. Otzumer was buzzing around and looked dangerous. Overall, I'm beginning to think we could possibly make the playoff, whereas three weeks ago we were massive favourites for relegation.
BBC:
Nottingham Forest boss Lamouchi told BBC Radio Nottingham:
"We are lucky to get one point because they played much better than us, especially in the first half - more quickly, more aggressive, more compact.
"We were lucky to be just one goal down. The performance was not like four days ago.
"It was not before 40 minutes that we made more than three passes, so we played very badly."
Haven't seen their goal on TV so not sure how the scrambled goal went in.
Superb last ditch tackle to deny a certain goal in first half by Lockyer and he is so good on the ball.
Ps. How did some people give Field a 5 ?
You must've been watching on TV and kept going for a drink or a piss. He did so much good work even if he was a lucky boy with the tackle.
A disappointing result in the end after a sublime first half in which we moved the ball swiftly and with real intent, won it back quickly and totally dominated Forest, who barely got a kick. They nearly got back on terms, however, just before half time when the ball broke fortunately for Grabban in the box and it took a superb tackle from Lockyer to deny him. That was literally their only sniff in the first half.
Forest picked their game up in the second period but Leko had a chance to put the match to bed early on following a great pull back from Lyle Taylor but scooped it over the bar. In fairness, the ball did stand up a bit as it came back to him but that is the sort of chance that has to be put away at this level.
Forest had lot of possession in the second half but failed to open us up, save for the corner towards the end, which we allowed to bounce in or around our six yard box before Adomah lashed it in. That was really their only clear chance that I can recall and Dillon hardly had a save to make.
We ran out of steam towards the end and were probably the team more glad to hear the final whistle, although this is a game we could, and should, have won.
The team as a whole did very well, with a particular shout out to the lads who came in for their first starts of the season, especially Ozthumer.
Overall, though, a very good game of football and a decent atmosphere, both of which compare favourably with the fare served up in League 1.
We knew that Leko wasn't a goal scorer but maybe if he gets his first goal since his academy days then we have a special player.
We only got Leko and Field because they are raw. Both had good games despite Leko's miss and Field's rash tackle that we some how got away with !
So many positive and so few negatives.
Positives:-
Oztumer! What a debut, he was everywhere and looked the best player on the pitch, first name on the sheet imo if he performs like that every game.
Naby and Lockyer, as I suspected if it could click it would work and it really did imo. I don't know if it's cause I'm not used to seeing Naby on TV but he looked very fit and quick to me, made a few good runs and looked far less clumsy, only one poor pass from him as well, great game Nabs, Lockyer has put the doubts away I would say, solid game, great pushes up the pitch and one world class tackle from an almost guaranteed goal.
Oshilaja, what a player he is looking to be, early doors but it looks like we won't miss Anfernee too much, Deji looks strong, quick, capable of defending and most importantly for our fluid system looks much better going forward than any of our other right backs. Great signing.
Field looks like an upgraded Pratley, should be top when he's fit.
Overall solid game and to think we still have Hemed and Kayal to come in, bonkers.
1-1 probably fair I would say, both of us made a horror tackle and should have seen red, we may have dominated first half but we let them back in and we faded for the last 15 or so, so on reflection can't argue too much with a draw, I would have us edging the game 60/40 if that makes sense.
Great noise Charlton, loud and proud on the TV, barely heard a peep from Forest other than when they scored
personally think it’s too much as with a lot of these popular player songs
What I loved was the courage on the ball we displayed yesterday. That is trying to play and not being afraid if it doesn't come off. It is logical that we are going to improve a lot and I am quite excited to where we will be as a team in 5 to 6 games.
With a poor budget, it is beyond amazing the success rate of players bought in,
First half was the most one sided matches of football you will ever see. The only mistake was not being ruthless and getting a 2nd or 3rd. Our inexperienced showed towards the end with Forest having a counter attack in the 90+ mins which would have been a proper sucker punch.
All three changes fitted in straight away and make strong addition to our starting eleven. Long season ahead of us but more performances like that and we will start to get the respect we deserve.