Nottingham Forest v Chelsea - October 18th, 2025 - 12:30 PM London Time

[Vesper 30,389]

33 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Shit yellow, so weak

And that led to the red

[NikkiCFC 8,413]

3 minutes ago, Thor said:

Estevao has just made shit happen as soon as he stepped on the field. 

Neto and Estevao now regularly both great. But on the other side Garnacho and Gittens...

[Vesper 30,389]

Ange is going to get the sack.

[whats happening 1,634]

good one sanchez you saved up 10 seconds 3-0 up and got a yellow for that

[NikkiCFC 8,413]

Another stupid yellow 

[Vesper 30,389]

Ffs

Sanchez with another stupid yellow

[Vesper 30,389]

First time ever, in 166 seasons of football, that a Forest manager has went winless in his first 8 games.

Ginger Mou inbound.

 

[Special Juan 28,240]

Good win, marred by discipline again, and basic discipline again

Delighted with the reaction after a shit first half and kudos to Maresca for shaking it up, very proud of Josh on his first senior goal 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,832]

I was getting very concerned after the first half. Kudos to Maresca for going to plan B immediately after the break. All three goals from set pieces. Outside of individual brilliance, our offense is not firing. 

[nyikolajevics 2,724]

20 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Ffs

Sanchez with another stupid yellow

He is my GK in Fantasy PL..

[nyikolajevics 2,724]

https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2025/october/18/club-statement/

Sacked in the morning my ass!

He is sacked before 3pm games kicked off.

[dimmas 131]

Finally josh score his first goal, kudos to him

[dimmas 131]

I think from this match, we can all agree (and we’ve seen enough) that Joao Pedro shouldn’t be leading our line.

 

Based on his skillset, how he positions himself, how he drops deep, how silky he is on the ball, how he influences the game, and how he has the ability to create chances for others (just look at how all three of our first-half chances came from him), he should only be playing as our CAM or second striker.

Our team also plays much better when he’s not the No. 9, but instead operates as a supporting forward.

From the way he moves, João Pedro simply isn’t meant to be our No. 9.

 

Edited 7 hours ago by dimmas

[Stats 7,171]

WOW. Fantastic second half. Credit to Maresca for not f**king about at half time and immediately making changes. They made a huge difference. Acheampong, top class. James quality. Neto, another top performance. They gave James MOTM, but I would have prob given to Neto. He was fantastic all game. Only downsides was Garnacho was really poor and he deserved to get hook.

Gusto picked up a stupid second yellow which was really stupid to do when we already had game sealed and with injures we have, it doesn't help. I was screaming out for Maresca to take off Gusto also. When Tosin came on, why did he take of Josh? Gusto should have come and now he is suspended ffs. Really annoying.

But big, big win. When I saw lineup I was a bit worried as this is the youngest PL line up in the PL this season. The boys did well. Even we rode our luck a little first half, we reacted well second half and secured a big win. I was a bit annoyed the lack of focus the pundits on TNT Sports gave to Acheampong during the game. He was fantastic. Barely gave him a mention when he came off for Tosin when he was class. As good a performance your going to see for a CB.

[Strike 7,560]

Credit to Maresca for the changes but we had no business being so dire against this Forest side in the first half. I am not convinced we have turned a corner until we start to control games with regularity

[calculatingInfinity 1,479]

Garnacho is even worse than I thought he would be. Shitty player and dumb as a rock on top.  Speaking of having room tempt IQ, Gusto still hasnt gotten smarter. Anyone could see that coming from a mile away, with his terrible sliding  challenge a bit before that.

But overall Chelsea got a pretty good team offensively, it's the defence that looks like a disaster at times. So very happy with another good performance from Acheampong, who will hopefully keep Tosin on the bench.

Maresca yet again showing he will change the team quickly, if stuff isn't working. I like that. Although I guess you could argue it should have been better from kick off. But really with the amount of injured and unfit players, and the team having played that silly club world cup... This is a really decent start to the season.

Edited 6 hours ago by calculatingInfinity

[Vesper 30,389]

33 minutes ago, calculatingInfinity said:

Garnacho is even worse than I thought he would be. Shitty player and dumb as a rock on top.  Speaking of having room tempt IQ, Gusto still hasnt gotten smarter. Anyone could see that coming from a mile away, with his terrible sliding  challenge a bit before that.

But overall Chelsea got a pretty good team offensively, it's the defence that looks like a disaster at times. So very happy with another good performance from Acheampong, who will hopefully keep Tosin on the bench.

Maresca yet again showing he will change the team quickly, if stuff isn't working. I like that. Although I guess you could argue it should have been better from kick off. But really with the amount of injured and unfit players, and the team having played that silly club world cup... This is a really decent start to the season.

For the €106m (£92m) we dumped on Garnacho and Gittens we could have had either Sememyo or Kenan Yıldız AND also met the price easily for Maignan. And then sold either Jörgensen or Sanchez for additional funds and went after a veteran CB, especially after Colwill went down.

[Blue Armour 4,503]

Gusto has got to be the dumbest player in the squad.

Worse footballing IQ than even Sanchez IMO. 

He's capable of raising his level and doing a job for the team, but it really feels like he has rocks for brains during key moments of the game.

[TheHulk 2,524]

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

For the €106m (£92m) we dumped on Garnacho and Gittens we could have had either Sememyo or Kenan Yıldız AND also met the price easily for Maignan. And then sold either Jörgensen or Sanchez for additional funds and went after a veteran CB, especially after Colwill went down.

These fuckers haven't learnt shit from Mudryk, had to waste another 100m on those 2.

[LAM09 7,073]

The result might have been comfortable in the end, but that's largely down to MGW being unable to finish on the day. Another red card on top of it all isn't ideal.