Nottingham Forest 2 Chelsea 3

[JaneB]

Please use this thread for all posts relating to our Premier League match against Nottingham Forest at The City Ground before, during and after the game.

The match is scheduled to kick off at 17:30 hours on Saturday, 11th May 2024 (Local UK time/date) (Live on Sky Sports)

 

[asvaberg]

Another crucial game if we are to have any hope of European tournament next season. Come on, win this please 👍👍👍

[blueboy1905]

Hopefully the 3pm results equal safety for Notts Forest and they will come on thr pitch wearing flip flops and Hawaiinan shirts.

[Sciatika]

That's a helluva third kit.

[Bones]

2 hours ago, blueboy1905 said:

Hopefully the 3pm results equal safety for Notts Forest and they will come on thr pitch wearing flip flops and Hawaiinan shirts.

 I hope Burney beat Spurs so we are still in for a chance for 5th 😂

[Ham]

2 hours ago, Bones said:

 I hope Burney beat Spurs so we are still in for a chance for 5th 😂

Wouldn't surprise me at all but Newcastle are likely to benefit before us. 

[CarefreeMuratcan]

8 hours ago, Ham said:

Wouldn't surprise me at all but Newcastle are likely to benefit before us. 

Maybe, Newcastle seemed to have peaked late similar to us. But they play United so we need United to beat them and United to lose to Arsenal. If we win our remaining games and assuming City win the FA Cup, that guarantees us Europa League football via 6th. If the above PL results happen and also Spurs lose to City and lose to Burnley, we will finish 5th and then we don't even need City to win the FA Cup in this scenario. 

Just to summarise the European positions again:

5th: Europa League guaranteed regardless of FA Cup

6th: Europa League if City win the FA Cup or if United win the FA Cup and finish 5th. Conference League if United win the FA Cup and finish below this place. 

7th: Conference League if City win the FA Cup or if United win the FA Cup and finish 6th or above. Nothing if United win the FA Cup and finish here or below. 

 

Edited May 6 by CarefreeMuratcan

[My Blood Is Blue]

55 minutes ago, CarefreeMuratcan said:

Maybe, Newcastle seemed to have peaked late similar to us. But they play United so we need United to beat them and United to lose to Arsenal. If we win our remaining games and assuming City win the FA Cup, that guarantees us Europa League football via 6th. If the above PL results happen and also Spurs lose to City and lose to Burnley, we will finish 5th and then we don't even need City to win the FA Cup in this scenario. 

Just to summarise the European positions again:

5th: Europa League guaranteed regardless of FA Cup

6th: Europa League if City win the FA Cup or if United win the FA Cup and finish 5th. Conference League if United win the FA Cup and finish below this place. 

7th: Conference League if City win the FA Cup or if United win the FA Cup and finish 6th or above. Nothing if United win the FA Cup and finish here or below. 

 

It's a lot of 'ifs'! I think 6 is the highest we can get at this point and I think realistically, it will end up being 7th and that puts us in the Conference League...

[Bones]

We just need to win all of our remaining games and that's it really. How hard can that be? 😅

[asvaberg]

11 minutes ago, Bones said:

We just need to win all of our remaining games and that's it really. How hard can that be? 😅

With many key players back from injury AND without having to use a Enzo with his "hidden" injury, it should be possible to get 9 points 🙂 🙂 

Robin Hood away - City Ground, by the River Trent:

As they went down to the river to play,
studying about a good old day,
When you shall wear the jersey blue,
Good Poch, show them the way.

Brighton Rock - We will, We will, Rock it!

Bournemouth at home - a Grand Finale for Silva, cherry-picking 🙂

[My Blood Is Blue]

I hope Poch sticks with the same team for this, I see no need to shuffle the pack (unless someone picks up an injury during the week, which isn't exactly impossible) as I think these players deserve to keep playing and seeing out the season. Cameos from those returning from injury are perfect as it allows us to gradually bring them back in with minimal (for us) risk of injuries.

[CarefreeMuratcan]

1 hour ago, Bones said:

We just need to win all of our remaining games and that's it really. How hard can that be? 😅

I think we can do it. The rest of the teams we play for are going to be on the beach except Forest, and Forest look awful just as we are reaching our season peak.

[thevelourfog]

An intriguing fixture for testing out the recent good results given Forest have everything to play for, and could potentially assure survival with a win. I think we'll have a much, much harder ride here.

[Ham]

45 minutes ago, thevelourfog said:

An intriguing fixture for testing out the recent good results given Forest have everything to play for, and could potentially assure survival with a win. I think we'll have a much, much harder ride here.

Doesn't a fellow relegation threatened team play before Forest?  If so, they could be playing for nothing. 

[CarefreeMuratcan]

United game is going swimmingly for us. All the pieces are falling into place for a European Tour next season. 

[My Blood Is Blue]

16 minutes ago, CarefreeMuratcan said:

United game is going swimmingly for us. All the pieces are falling into place for a European Tour next season. 

Careful, it’s the hope that kills you!

[chiswickblue]

43 minutes ago, CarefreeMuratcan said:

United game is going swimmingly for us. All the pieces are falling into place for a European Tour next season. 

It would be very like them to fall away and allow us into the European places, then manage to win the Cup and kick us out of Europe again.

One of the other bad points about the Conference League is you have to play a qualifying round in August. If we make the Europa League we go straight into the group stage draw (although the EL group stage is now 8 matches per team whilst the Conference League is only 6 matches per team).

[Chelsea_Matt]

30 minutes ago, My Blood Is Blue said:

Careful, it’s the hope that kills you!

I’ll say one thing - Sanchez imo isn’t up to it but still, we dodged a bullet by not buying Onana. 

[Holymoly]

We've moved into 7th thanks to a nine goal swing between ourselves and Manure. It's now in our hands to stay ahead of them with them playing Arsenal next.

[Bones]

Now that MU are out of the way… Newcastle, Spurs, here we come!!!!

[Proud-Blue]

United are statistically one of the most fortunate teams in the league. They have no business being where they are and should probably be 6/7 places lower.

They're showing their actual level now, not bad form.

More importantly for us, this should be all the motivation we need. Three wins and we can get Europa league football.

[Floyd25]

Europa league would be a good experience for the young players, conference league not so much and Newcastle don’t look like slipping up, but you never know, just need to do our job though first and foremost. 

[NoblyBobly]

As fans it always a nicer end to the season  with a good run than finish a bit higher but end on a bad run. Psychology it gives more hope. Our last few seasons  have ended in poor league form and it kind of taints the season and it’s good bits. United might finish in a similar league position to us but it will feel disastrous. 
As a team, I’m clueless where we are. It seems like things are starting to click and important players are coming back ( but probably just to get injured in the Euros). 
We have had some good bits and some bloody awful bits. That Arsenal game is not out of my system. A club like ours , with the investments made, should not be struggling to get in the Europa League. Poch is a mystery wrapped up in an enigma. Before we get too excited about stuffing West Ham , this is a coach that decided to play for pens in a cup final and it cost us dearly. He’s got faults and weaknesses but if we finish on a high and get European football then I think he definitely deserves another season. 
If we sell Conner ( or even Chalobah) we will only have ourselves to blame. 

[Thiago97]

4 hours ago, NoblyBobly said:

As fans it always a nicer end to the season  with a good run than finish a bit higher but end on a bad run. Psychology it gives more hope. Our last few seasons  have ended in poor league form and it kind of taints the season and it’s good bits. United might finish in a similar league position to us but it will feel disastrous. 
As a team, I’m clueless where we are. It seems like things are starting to click and important players are coming back ( but probably just to get injured in the Euros). 
We have had some good bits and some bloody awful bits. That Arsenal game is not out of my system. A club like ours , with the investments made, should not be struggling to get in the Europa League. Poch is a mystery wrapped up in an enigma. Before we get too excited about stuffing West Ham , this is a coach that decided to play for pens in a cup final and it cost us dearly. He’s got faults and weaknesses but if we finish on a high and get European football then I think he definitely deserves another season. 
If we sell Conner ( or even Chalobah) we will only have ourselves to blame. 

This is so misleading. He didn’t play for pens in a cup final. It was obvious what he tried to do once extra time came. He tried playing counter attack against what was a very young and experienced Liverpool team. He banked on them making a mistake. It didn’t happen and was the wrong call. 
Agree with the comments about ending the season well though. I do think these things can have an influence going into a new season, albeit relatively minor. 

Edited May 7 by Thiago97

[CarefreeMuratcan]

8 hours ago, Proud-Blue said:

United are statistically one of the most fortunate teams in the league. They have no business being where they are and should probably be 6/7 places lower.

They're showing their actual level now, not bad form.

More importantly for us, this should be all the motivation we need. Three wins and we can get Europa league football.

Yep. I remember the very first game of the season when Wolves battered them at Old Trafford and they got away with a 0-0. It's happened all season. If we had the rub of the green they have had we would probably be in a CL place.