Dear John. I confess to having serious doubts about Victor starting in goal when the team news dropped an hour ahead of KO. Forest Focus has been saying the same thing all week. DODGY ‘keeper, dodgy ‘keeper, dodgy ‘keeper etc.
Fast forward to 4pm, and yep, I am a crap judge of character.
In Other Minor Team News: with Captain Yates out injured for a few weeks, it was pleasing to see Academy graduate Zach Abbott back on bench warming duties. That proud record of having a home grown player in every squad for the past eight four seasons, is something worth preserving.
And so #lolspurs rocked up at the World Famous, complete with a van load of freebie scarves, all paid for by the club as a Christmas present for every away supporter. wtf is this? I’m getting serious L******er happy clapper vibes.
KO came. Neco seems to be a human punchbag for any opposition thug these days. Hutchinson looks like a natural starter. Sangare is in the best form we’ve ever seen him at Forest. He will be seriously missed when he departs for AFCON.
The first goal showed that Sangare is the most unselfish of players. He knows his job, and he now performs it incredibly well. It would have been easy for a big fella to fluff his lines in a one-on-one situation. He showed sufficient grace to allow COH to take the honours.
“A man can have no greater love than ninety minutes and his friends”
…etc.
The second goal was a Colback doppelgänger - from the exact same side of the ground as well. But OF COURSE COH meant to shoot, right? This was the moment that I realised that little old Forest now have a team of players that can sprinkle some gold dust and piss all over the ‘stars’ of the fancy Dan Spurs.
Djed was decent, mind. It was lovely to see him receive a standing ovation from all four corners of the World Famous when he was hooked. We’ll never forget what he did for our club. I don’t think a returning Max Lowe would get the same treatment.
The second half then became something of a procession for Forest. The only sticking point was some shit refereeing. Murillo in particular had a right old ding dong all afternoon with Richarlison, a player who has a face that just invites you to have a sense of dislike.
It then all became about the clean sheet. Dear John, etc.
The third goal was a stunner - or as Brian Laws said on BBC Radio Nottingham:
“HE’S SWAZZED IT!!!!”
We’re going to miss Sangare deeply over the coming weeks. Douglas Luiz is a half decent ready made replacement.
And so farewell #lolspurs. Take your silly scarves back to North London. Thanks for coming, etc.