If this had been the oval ball game favoured by our tenants Sarries rather than the beautiful game, there would've been a 30 point difference between the scores. We were immense tonight and toyed with Forest for large periods, especially during the second half, getting in plenty of cheeky step overs and back passes.
Moment of the night, possibly the season was our second goal. Made by captain Lloydinho and scored by Priskin. I think MM is right to say that one on one there is nobody better in the division currently. As soon as Tamas is clear and racing towards goal you know he's gonna score. When was the last time we could count on something with such certainty? Back in the days of Rocket Ronnie possibly?
McAnuff and Cowie even managed to inject humour into the evening when they misunderstood each other over a free kick and The Don kicked it past Jobes, who wasn't paying attention, and it went straight to a Forest defender. He battled it back to win a corner and they had a good laugh whilst Jobi retrieved the ball.
The referee seemed to think it genuinely was a rugby match allowing virtually all heavy challenges by Forest to go unpunished, even the one that caused our opening goal scorer Raziak to be stretchered off. What was really infuriating was that many of these were right in front of his eyes. Where is the consistency? What was a fair challenge to Mr M Haywood would've been a sending off to Mr R Styles.
Brendan gets higher and higher in my estimation, showing ever more traits straight from the GT book of management. Taking complete blame for the Plymouth debacle last week in the programme notes is something I can never imagine his predecessor doing. Likewise his low-key gestures of appreciation to the crowd when we mention his name. I do think its a shame that our chants to him are the same as those for Aidy. It's as if we've just stuck a sticker over the name bit. Can't we come up with something new that's as good as "Hoist Up the Watford Flag"?
