Obviously the big game of the weekend was at the Emirates on Sunday, but I’ll get to that in a bit. I’ll start with the Saturday games and I may as well begin with the 12.30 kick off because that was the story of the day.
Last week Forest lost 5-0 at Bournemouth, and while they will still have been slight favourites to bounce back with a win at home against Brighton, nobody could have envisaged them hitting seven. Forest just aren’t that kind of team, they keep it tight and they counter attack. How the fuck are they scoring seven??
The first was an own goal by Dunk who was trying to cut out a cross from Gibbs-White. One of those things really, if he didn’t try to cut it out Wood had a tap in at the back post. That’s seven own goals for Dunk now though, putting him ahead of Carra and closing in on Richard Dunne.
Gibbs-White headed in from a corner to make it 2-0, Wood banged in a couple and then Forest were awarded a penalty to give Wood the chance for his hat-trick. The penalty decision was interesting, because we see those every week and they aren’t given. I’m not saying it shouldn’t be, far from it, I’d just like to see this enforced more stringently as I’m sick of seeing defenders with both arms around their man on corners, not even looking at the ball and just solely trying to stop them attacking it.
Lamptey isn’t facing the play, he’s got Gibbs-White in a bear hug and eventually the Forest man goes down. It’s a clear foul and deserved to be punished. I’d just like to see refs give these more often instead of just letting it go.
Anyway, Wood buried the pen to make it 5-0 and take his tally to 17 for the season. Can't believe he still hasn't had an England call up. Neco made it six although there was some debate about that one as the ball clearly hit the hand of a Forest player before Williams smashed it in. Last season (or maybe the year before, I can’t remember when they changed that rule) that wouldn’t have stood but now there’s a bit more discretion on those as long as its not the goalscorer himself who handles. The Forest lad is on the floor and doesn’t deliberately handle it, so I liked the decision.
Brighton’s players didn’t, they were furious. Maybe actually do some defending then, you fucking dickheads. The keeper then passed one straight to Jota-Silva who made it 7-0. Jota-Silva looks like a heavily pixelated Grealish, like he’s from FIFA 2012 or something.
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