NOTTINGHAM FOREST MANAGER MARTIN O’NEILL BRING’S NOTTINGHAM FOREST FANS A GAME TO REMEMBER AFTER A BRILLIANT 3-0 PERFORMANCE AT HOME TO PROMOTION CONTENDERS MIDDLESBROUGH.
As Nottingham Forest went away from a brilliant win against Middlesbrough on a hot Saturday Martin O’Neill can now be seen as the man to take on ambitious Nottingham Forest.
After a win to Middlesbrough (3-0 easily), Nottingham Forest manager Martin O’Neill was praised greatly by supporters and pundits around who were there to witness the terrific display that unfolded at the City Ground.
O’Neill set the 11 up in a 3-4-2-1 formation, which subsequently proved to be the best decision O’Neill has made since joining the reds 3 months ago.
The formation consisted of three central defenders Jack Robinson, Mulla Wague, and Alex Milosevic. Ben Osborn and Matty Cash would operate down the left and right wing giving them the roll of left and right wing backs. Pele and Ryan Yates would cover the middle of the field and also acting as CDM’s operating in front of the back three if viscous counter attacks from the opposition (Middlesbrough) were to occur.
Martin O’Neill had never set his Nottingham Forest side up in this formation before but the players in red quickly got used to the formation. Where the real magic happened included in the top two attacking positions, which were played by young Portuguese talent João Carvalho and Joe Lolley. When O’Neill set the two creative minded players in the positions that lay behind the leading striker, Martin was giving them the free roam function of the team, this subsequently allowed the two to express there inner abilities which shun out throughout the game.
João Carvalho was undoubtedly the stare man. João would run at defenders challenging them and eventually getting into goal scoring opportunities where he would unselfishly lay the ball of to one of his team mates, which was what occurred in the second half and that was what got Forest the amazing lead of three nil. This occurrence being the slick motion and Skill set used by Carvalho which brought him by defender after defender ultimately giving Carvalho the pass to seal of the game at 3-0 as Joe Lolley strikes the ball and hits the back of the net for a second time of the game.
Martin O’Neill will probably continue to rotate the squad and formation as he has proven in games before. Meaning the possibility of O’Neill playing this formation and style of play before the end of the season is quite slim.
All-n-All a terrific performance from the reds and a terrific decision from Nottingham Forest ex-player, manager and legend Martin O’Neill.
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