Team for Forest

Quoted from Mariner93er

Understand the need to be compact but I think starting 4 full backs is excessive. Agree with Glennon in left wing but think kiernan or Wearne on the right so we have some sort of attacking outlet.

Hursty said as much in his interview. You still have to be aggressive, show some intensity and when you get the ball try and take risks and keep it a bit, otherwise you’ll just drop so deep and get so tired you become easy pickings.

I personally think he’ll pick Harry tonight, maybe Keirnan on the other wing and leave Wearne and Amos on the bench. Almost think against a team that hasn’t played together before playing Cropper to test their potential set of new internationals out.

Quoted from ex-merseymariner

Didn't Groves play cb in that team, beharall at rb and Danny b part of the 4 man midfield? Assume u mean the anfield team...

Yes - first time I saw us play with two left backs. Can't recall whether Groves went into the back four. I just remember thinking when we lined up how on earth did that team have a hope of scoring.

Quoted from Mariner_09

Hursty said as much in his interview. You still have to be aggressive, show some intensity and when you get the ball try and take risks and keep it a bit, otherwise you’ll just drop so deep and get so tired you become easy pickings.

I personally think he’ll pick Harry tonight, maybe Keirnan on the other wing and leave Wearne and Amos on the bench. Almost think against a team that hasn’t played together before playing Cropper to test their potential set of new internationals out.

I wonder if he will go for Amos and Glennon down the left with Efete and Clifton down the right. Possibly Cropper instead of Efete but I'd expect Cropper to get some minutes tonight.

Quoted from SuperJoeyWaters

From a reliable source in the Forest camp tonights Forest team

Hennessey

Mighten
Biancone
Kouyate
Mbe Soh
Donnelly

Yates (C)
Freuler

Cafu

Surridge
Dennis

If so none of those started on Saturday and six were on the bench . Possible clearly. I would have thought they would give Gibbs White a start or run out at some stage to help him integrate.Personally I would rather play their  first eleven but just doesn’t happen any longer

Tbf they paid £20m for Dennis, not like they're (possibly) playing an 18 year old that's about to go on loan to Alfreton.

Quoted from SuperJoeyWaters

From a reliable source in the Forest camp tonights Forest team

Hennessey

Mighten
Biancone
Kouyate
Mbe Soh
Donnelly

Yates (C)
Freuler

Cafu

Surridge
Dennis

Forst U23 played Middlesborough U 23 last night and lost 4-1. Let's hope this is a good omen for us.

UTM

Theres an awful lot of money spent on that team alone, so no-one be under the illusion we are playing a bunch of 'stiffs' all of those
players will have realistic ambitions of playing PL games this season  and i remember Surridge tearing us a new one when he was on loan at Oldham a few seasons back, so we had better be on our game tonight, particularly at the back, which to be fair to them, has been the case in the games so far.

Quoted from Mariner93er

Understand the need to be compact but I think starting 4 full backs is excessive. Agree with Glennon in left wing but think kiernan or Wearne on the right so we have some sort of attacking outlet.

Agreed.  Four fullbacks in a 4-5-1 system feels a bit Jolley away at Chelsea.

By all means lets be compact and respect the opposition, within that we're probably not going to go for 2 out-and-out wingers.  But lets not stand in awe and just hope we might get a couple of touches in their half.

Let’s not forget higher league clubs very frequently get turned over in the early stages of this competition . Only eight of the twenty four championship clubs left in after round 1

JMD is starting tonight.