Talk about a kick in the teeth.
It’s not a major setback in terms of the season, it still leaves a pretty sizeable gap between us and the teams chasing 7th place in the league, but the manner in which it happened, and who our opponents were, probably makes it incredibly hard to swallow.
Forest were denied the chance to go ten points clear in the playoff picture, when a late, late goal from Chris Martin meant that we had to settle for a point at Pride Park. Joe Lolley had put the Reds 1-0 up in the first-half with a fabulous strike, but despite dominating them in terms of shots and shots on target we couldn’t quite put the game away.
Do we still have a realistic shot at the top two?
Yes
No
So when the final whistle went, there was plenty of anger amongst the supporters, with one man in particular coming in for severe criticism for his role in the late goal.
Too many times conceding in injury time. Absolutely ridiculous by Worrall, cost us the win.
— Martyn Scott 💙 (@Martyns5) July 4, 2020
What was worral thinking we were in control of the ball 🤬🤬
— David Smith (@Davenffc96) July 4, 2020
Worral needs to be dropped i’m afraid , that was just stupid
— BCP (@BcpBin) July 4, 2020
What the hell is Worrall thinking there’s no reason to do a challenge like that that’s 3 points thrown away there #NFFC
— Jake Whalin (@jakeleewhalin) July 4, 2020
Joe Worrall after conceding a free kick for an unnecessary off the ball incedent in the 96th minute! #nffc pic.twitter.com/KvQF277dc8
— DB (@domthered) July 4, 2020
What on earth Joe Worrall? Been brilliant all season and then does that. Would have been such a comfortable victory too. #NFFC
— Lee Clarke (@Clarkey_No1) July 4, 2020
What about you? What do you make of that result? Who do you think was at fault?
OK so he had a bad game, he’s had plenty of excellent games all season and was clearly man of the match against Bristol. Get off his back you morons. Onwards and upwards. Derby are shit – They can forget the playoffs unlike us COYR