Nottingham Forest gave their feint play-off hopes a boost on Saturday thanks to a 2-1 triumph over Brentford, with goals coming from Lewis Grabban and Molla Wague. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Nottingham Forest Costel Pantilimon – the Romanian looked at times suspect, half-spilling one cross and one shot that he might have… Read more →
A brace and man-of-the-match performance from Lewis Grabban saw Nottingham Forest boost their promotion hopes with a convincing 2-0 win over bottom side Ipswich Town. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Nottingham Forest Costel Pantilimon – the Romanian came in for some criticism for his performance against Aston Villa on Wednesday, but had… Read more →
A brace and man-of-the-match performance from Lewis Grabban saw Nottingham Forest boost their promotion hopes with a convincing 2-0 win over bottom side Ipswich Town. Here’s our Six Things from the game. Grabban the headlines Tendayi Darikwa was the main man getting Forest’s performance going early on with his driving runs. When the right-back obliged… Read more →
Nottingham Forest were cruelly denied the first win of their 2018-19 Championship campaign due to a late equalizer from Matt Phillips, in a 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Nottingham Forest Costel Pantilimon – commanded his area well from set pieces, but might have done better with… Read more →
Nottingham Forest were cruelly denied the first win of their 2018-19 Championship campaign due to a late equalizer from Matt Phillips, in a 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion. Here’s six things from the game. Forest’s first half pressure Adlene Guedioura brilliantly called the shots in midfield, bringing Tendayi Darikwa and Joe Lolley into play… Read more →
With the 2018-19 Championship season coming up, The Football Lab spoke to Nottingham Forest fan Lee Clarke (@clarkey_no1). There appears to be a lot of excitement on Trentside at present. Do you put that down to the ambitious nature of the summer recruitment? Personally, I think that is only 50% of the reason. The club… Read more →
With a two-week break from the Championship for internationals, this is a good time to review how all 24 teams have looked in their first five league games. Here’s our assessment of Wolverhampton Wanderers. What we said in pre-season “Much-needed defensive improvements have been made. Ruben Neves adds quality in midfield, even if the attack… Read more →
Newcastle secured promotion to the Premier League with a 4-1 win over Preston North End. Despite a tight first half in which Jordan Hugill cancelled out Ayoze Perez’s opener, Christian Atsu put the hosts back in front and they took control, helped by Paul Gallagher’s red card. But how did players on both teams rate?… Read more →
Newcastle’s late comeback at Brighton saw them victorious in a crucial game at the top of the Championship – but how did players on both teams rate? Brighton & Hove Albion David Stockdale – a few saves in the first half, though some were straight at him. Looked error-prone out of the break and his… Read more →
A strong second half saw Newcastle take another step to promotion with a 2-0 win over out-of-form Villa – but how did players on both teams rate? Newcastle United Karl Darlow – not constantly called upon but saved Newcastle at key moments. Stopped Kodjia’s tight-angled shot in the first half and Bjarnason’s close-range drive in… Read more →