Forest Green vs Exeter - discussion and prediction thread

[tom_ecfc]

A few #SteveFlackStatAttacks for this fixture.

- FGR have only ever beaten ecfc once (1-2 on 27th Oct 2018) in ‘league’ or cup games.

- The last 3 games have ended 0-0.

- 5 of the 7 draws ended 0-0. The other 2 games were 1-1 and 3-3.

- We have never faced FGR in L1.

- The average attendance at FGR for this fixture is just 2,158.

- The average ecfc away following is 894 (excluding the FA Cup game at the Old Lawn on 17th Nov 2002).

 

[Simba3011]

Can't see Harry Kite here

 

[Snoop Fog]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1572993823638175748

Blackman has dyed his hair green. Someone needs to have a quiet word.

 

[fred binneys head]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1572993823638175748

Blackman has dyed his hair green. Someone needs to have a quiet word.

Bloody too right, strong words needed tomorrow.

“Your hair should be red, your hair should be red, Jamal Blackman, your hair should be red”

 

[Avening Posse]

With the game being televised by Sky, does anyone know if it's still available on ifollow for those of us based abroad?

I ordered it on Ifollow yesterday

 

[Grecian in Guzz]

I ordered it on Ifollow yesterday

Sorry game moved until Sunday so big Jamal can re-dye his barnet !

 

[Memphis09]

Having watched Brown, Nombe and Stanno in the last two games, I’d suggest that dream team as a descriptor is more than a bit OTT. Suspect that Smith and a bit of good old fashioned hoof might yield a better result

That’s only because we played the wrong formation
Nombe and Stanno up front there pace will frighten defenders to death
Stanno needs a physical presence up with him
Brown behind to play those clever through balls which he can exceeding well
Smith later in the game

 

[Memphis09]

A tongue in cheek post I know but it highlights for me the unbeleivably naieve misconception that the more strikers on the pitch the more chance we have of scoring. When chasing a game we will often see MT bringing on every striker we have, a trait he seemed to learn from Tisdale, it seldom works. Fact is it's often just a change in supply into the box that is needed or just a change in formation. You've as much chance of getting a goal by changing defensive midfielders as you have of bringing on a striker for a centre half. Indeed flooding the pitch with forwards probably lost us that Shrewsbury game.

Yes but the old saying
Attack is better than defence
Think this is the only way it will on Saturday

 

[Grecian in Guzz]

Yes but the old saying
Attack is better than defence
Think this is the only way it will on Saturday

We score more than them - simples !
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[Banksy]

It’d be nice to smash this lot on tele to up our confidence , which to say the least is faltering a tad at the moment. The vagaries of football , a few weeks back we were priding ourselves on our cast iron defence and bemoaning our toothless attack , heavily reliant on Nombe.Now we’re having to shuffle the defence around according to who’s fit.
Seems like a draw but I’d settle for the odd goal win with a deflection off the corner flag from a long goal kick , anything to get us winning again.If we can’t get our defence together a long hard season scraping the lower reaches of the league will be on the cards.