Micky

And that is exactly the point. Even if there was only 24 hrs between the fixtures, so what. We have just played Cardiff and both sides made 11 changes, top teams have more than enough in their squads to be able to do exactly the same, and still be competitive. Either that or bow out of the competition altogether, either way we shouldn't be pandering to the top teams, but unfortunately, money talks.

Last time we played them in this competition we beat them at their place on penalties. I think..! https://youtu.be/VL8tuAqMTuU?si=1uMd6mkiq49p5nYJ

Everton away FFS.

Draw on sky now.

Get in...

Fans trying hard to get them over the line.

Not any more!

Looking lost out there now, subs have made us weaker.

Wood is a liability.

Oh dear.

Like that.

Cardiff look up for this now, need to start playing again.

Mess.

RM been sat in the dug out for the majority of half time...!

Lots of changes, I think...!

Decent enough first half, let's not forget the standard of the opposition though, need this to end in a comfortable away win.

What a goal, beautiful

There is no meltdown going on, there is, and rightly so, concern that we already look well out of our depth in this league. Playing 10 men for an hour and losing followed up by a tepid, attack shy performance against a relegation rival, does not bode well. So no meltdown, just concern that early signs are not good.

True, but the worrying thing is when we are a 'mish mash' of players we look ten times better than when we're playing to his 'plan'.

Exactly, we wasted 80 minutes of the game playing Russ ball before even showing any intent due to being one down.

No doubt RM will love the boys for being very, very brave today.

One nil down, at home, ten minutes to go, showing very little. Does not bode well for the rest of the season.

Should be 2

Easily schooled by Forest in our own back yard. They are in the same league as us, so this is a game we really need to win, i really can't see us getting too many 'surprise' points from mid table or top sides. Need to play much better second half.

And that's against a very average forest, wait till we go against a decent side. Frightening.