Forest averaged 1.6 goals per game in the Championship in 21/22, a complete improvement on the 0.8 goals scored in 20/21 the year before, with the team's goalscoring leader being Welsh youngster Brennan Johnson with 15 goals, followed by veteran Grabben with 12. And this season, apart from loan players and bench veterans moving on, broadly speaking the forward line-up has stayed, and as a result there has been minimal reinforcement in the forward line, but for the
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Necessary indeed. The three teams that were promoted last season all saw a decline in goals per game before and after promotion to the Championship (Norwich 1.6/0.6; Watford 1.4/0.9; Brentford 1.7/1.3), which makes sense for adjusting to the higher levels and intensity, and it can be reasoned that Forest will be in the same situation this season, so they have taken a small but pricey step of adding two young starters to their ranks.
Awoniyi is one of Forest's most important transfer targets this season, and his 15 goals last season at Union Berlin were the most on the team, a result that could also endorse his goal-scoring ability. First of all, the ability to receive the ball, the height of less than 180 can not be considered as a tall winger, in the protection of the ball and competition for the ball has a disadvantage, so far this season only won 2 out of 7 times of competition for the ball, with the same success rate as the overall success rate of the last season, is not too good, but his very thick body and shoulder width should be able to help him to protect the ball, the lack is the sense of running and the use of the body. With a catch success rate of over 50% and a pass success rate of nearly 70%, he has the potential to develop his backside ability, but the team's tactical impracticality (too few offensive personnel) and his personal habits of being more of a face-off man do waste his size a bit.
Awoniyi's strongest point on the offensive side of the ball is his dribbling ability, and in the past few seasons he has maintained a success rate of more than 50% on crosses, but so far this season he has only attempted one and failed, which is related to the fact that he does not have many touches on the ball. The main receiver in front of the field will be a winger such as Johnson or Liangard, and Awoniyi's position is more like to tie up the opposing team's defense and pull the opponent. Awoniyi's position will be more of a holding and pulling role for the opposition defense.
He also contributes on the defensive side of the ball, with a wide range of runs and a big frame that allows him to contribute to both steals and interceptions, with two steals and one interception in the midfield in three games so far, and a 30% success rate in pressuring the ball, something that partner Johnson and backup Surridge can't even come close to contributing to.
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Forest have the money to change their formation and update their tactics after a major restructuring, and may be able to cash in on Awoniyi's 15 goals in a single season.
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Dennis was a central starter for Watford last season, scoring 10 goals and assisting a team-leading 6, and creating 3.17 shot-creating actions per 90 minutes. Dennis' style of play is typical of a winger, averaging over 2 crosses per game with a 45% success rate, 37% success rate in the scrum, and over 4 pressures per game (Mane averaged almost 4.2 last season), which is very good for the winger position. Johnson will be converted from winger to center forward. The good thing is that he has experience as a single arrow in Watford in the past, so he shouldn't have any problem in switching tasks.
The midfield is the position where Forest's reinforcement firepower is the most ferocious, buy the most players and spend the most money, in order to match Steve Cooper's 3-4-1-2 formation, the midfield position alone needs at least five players, and Forest's native lineup is very barren in the midfield area, last season is a set of the main lineup to the end of the use of the two main midfielder is the home of the youth training of the youngster Ryan Yates (before the start of the season is the injured), and from
Manchester United Football Club
loanee James Garner, with Colback, now injured, at left midfield and a transfer to
Tottenham Hotspur (city in Morocco)
With last season's starters all out of action for the new season, it's no wonder that Forest have decided to make a bold move to strengthen their midfield, including the original wing-backs, making a total of nine midfielders in the current transfer window, which is almost the same as replacing the entire midfield.
Everyone is familiar with the player Lin Huang by now, in the
Manchester United Football Club
Always depressed, the year before last he reached 9 goals and 4 assists efficiently in half a season on loan at West Ham United, and when fans thought the superstar was going to return to glory and bring his talent back to Manchester, he still had a dismal season, and after becoming a free agent this season, broke away from the
Manchester United Football Club
of the shackles, is in need of a team like Forest to use as a stage to prove themselves.
Lingard's style of play is a catalyst for offense, and his passing ability is his main threat, whether it's long passes or short passes, the success rate of his passes is always maintained at over 80%. In fact, Lingard's time and number of touches on the field are not very high, thus giving people a feeling of high efficiency, but once there is no build-up, the two sides of the same coin make people feel that he is paddling, which is in fact his style.
In the three games so far this season, Steve Cooper has used Lingard as the centerpiece of the offense, even subtracting him from the defense, and at most pressing forward (with a very low success rate, of course). But Lingard did pay off, only ranked 8th in the team in the number of touches (67), 8 made shots and 1 scoring chance, both are the highest in the team, and also successfully helped Nottingham beat West Ham United. For Nottingham, who are adopting a defensive counter-attack, Lingard's presence is absolutely necessary, even if there is no goal or assist data, but he is really a bridge between the midfield and the strikers. The bridge between the center back and the strikers.
