Nottingham Forest - Cardiff City

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

A break in the league action this weekend with Cardiff visting the City Ground in the FA Cup Third Round.

Kick off is at 12 midday.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

I would go with:

Smith
jenkinson
Soh
McKenna
Bong
Bachirou
Yates
Cafu
Mighten
Taylor
Lolley

[Paplane]

I would go with:

Smith
jenkinson
Soh
McKenna
Bong
Bachirou
Yates
Cafu
Mighten
Taylor
Lolley

Good shout but id put Arter in for Cafu. Blackett and Ioannou could also play.

[ThePromisedLand]

For me:

Smith

Jenkinson
Dawson or Soh
McKenna
Ioannou

Bachirou

Mighten
Arter
Kounate

Guerrero
Swan

[Paplane]

Really looking forward to seeing Bachirou play. I have nothing to base it on but my hunch is that he might turn out to be a half decent player.

[PsychoStanleyStone]

thinking about it i'd go with a strong squad, yes try differant things and try a few differant players and yes maybe rap 1 or 2 up in cotton wool but overall there is plenty of time to rest prior and after the game, it's a 12 noon which i think really favours the home side as well and gives even more recuperation time for the next home league game and another home league game after that

let's go for 100% winning for as long as possible this year

That Man City win is an awesome memory and a huge shock at the time and more recently the win here over Arsenal was absolutely terrific, a few more of these please

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Really looking forward to seeing Bachirou play. I have nothing to base it on but my hunch is that he might turn out to be a half decent player.

Me too Pap. I remember Sabri saying that Bachirou was the direct replacement for Watson and he was very excited about his signing. Unfortunate that he picked up what proved to be a nasty injury in his first game.

[Paplane]

Really looking forward to seeing Bachirou play. I have nothing to base it on but my hunch is that he might turn out to be a half decent player.

Me too Pap. I remember Sabri saying that Bachirou was the direct replacement for Watson and he was very excited about his signing. Unfortunate that he picked up what proved to be a nasty injury in his first game.

It's a bit of a cliche but this game is really a game where players can come in and show what they can do. Cafu was not in CH's mind at first but he got a chance and took it with both hands.

I'm not sure if Cardiff will want to win the game. With no gate receipts at stake, is there any advantage in actually going on an FA cup run? The only advantge for us, is it gives our large squad some playing time. Cardiff may want out straight away and we may be a side who they wont be ashamed to go out to.

[Reds73]

Samba

Christie
Worrall
McKenna
Ribeiro

Yates
Sow
Cafu

Mighten
Lolley
Taylor

[Username]

I would go with:

Smith
jenkinson
Soh
McKenna
Bong
Bachirou
Yates
Cafu
Mighten
Taylor
Lolley

Good shout but id put Arter in for Cafu. Blackett and Ioannou could also play.

I agree, Arter and Ioannou in as well and that works for me.

I've no issues us losing this game.

There's a possibility that relegation may come down to PPG so league games are the priority.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Don't think Ioannou will play, he wants out.

[Username]

Don't think Ioannou will play, he wants out.

Yeah there seems to be a fair bit of rumour surrounding his future.

I think there was a German club competing for his signature when we signed him in the Summer...

To be honest having Ribeiro, Ioannou, Bong as well as Blackett is overkill so we need to offload at least one of them.