Premier League New Season Tour - Nottingham Forest Reconstructs the offensive system and it is difficult to win in the preseason. Will the dark horse background be lost in the new season?

Review of last season

Nottingham Forest ranked seventh in the league last season, and missed the Champions League qualification by one point. Even so, the team has created the best results in many seasons, breaking multiple team history records. The team's dark horse performance is inseparable from the transformation given by head coach Nuno Santo at the tactical level. It can be said that he can bring the relegation team into the European war zone with a bad hand. Nuno is the absolute hero of the team's development. The team has excellent tough battle ability. It scored 21 points against the BIG6 team, double-winning Tottenham and Manchester United, which were sluggish last season, defeating Manchester City and Liverpool. The team's extremely high-quality intensive defense performed stably when facing strong teams. On the other hand, it was facing other mid- and lower-level teams, and the team showed a strong competitive state for most of the league. But the team entered the late stage of the league, and the weak lineup was prominent first. Forest only won two games during the last eight rounds of points-grabbing and sprinting, losing to Everton, Brentford and tied with Leicester City Crystal Palace. These points were probably avoided. However, based on the overall situation of the team, if they really get the Champions League qualification this season, their performance may plummet or even collapse at the league level, so overall, Forest was very successful last season.

Summer transfer:

As of now, Nottingham Forest has completed three more important signings.

1. 42 million signed forward Ndoye from Bologna. Last season, Ndoye contributed 9 goals and 6 assists in Serie A, and performed quite well. His arrival is a very good addition to the team's thin forward line. It can play the explosive points on both sides, perfectly replacing Ellanga who left the team.

2, 32 million signed forward Igor Jesus and defender Cunya from Brazil League Botafogo. The two have been the absolute main players of Botafogo in the past two seasons, but in terms of specific performance, Jesus has only scored 17 goals in more than 60 appearances in two seasons. The relatively loose environment in Brazil League is not impressive enough, and landing in the Premier League is a big challenge for him. Defender Cunia is only 20 years old and has a long growth period. As a central defender with a height of 1.98, she has excellent mobility without reverse foot and has excellent personal abilities. Her personal abilities are very complementary to Murillo, which is perfectly adapted to Forest's low-post defense system. This signing may help the team's higher performance in the new season.

Except for Ellanga and Danilo leaving the team in the new season, the overall framework of the team has not changed significantly. The above three strokes are targeted to make up for the position. The potential transfers still being discussed include AC Milan midfielder Mousa and Verona defender Chashua. It can also be seen from this that Forest continues to strengthen its midfield defense and combat effectiveness at the tactical level in the new season, and Avoniyi and Wood are still in the team's plan on the offensive end.

Linecraft and tactics:

Nuno's conventional tactics play 4-2-3-1 and defend against the low post, strengthening positional war penetration. Wood's center fulcrum is very important. Both the inward cuts and crosses on both wings and the full-back uploads are targeted by Wood as the passing target. Last season, Wood was able to score 20 league goals, which is inseparable from the system created by Nuno. The two wings have speed, and the success rate of steals and interceptions of the two midfielders was also very high last season. Continuing to use this tactical system in the new season, the team will not have a significant decline in performance, but it mainly depends on whether several new players can quickly adapt to Nuno's low-post defense and counter-crossing tactics.

New season goals and challenges:

With the team's lineup and signing situation, multi-line combat in the new season must first avoid being dragged down by the European war and causing the league's performance to decline rapidly. With the front-row team making great efforts to strengthen, it is quite difficult for Forest to continue to attack European war qualifications. It is more practical to stabilize the top ten in the league to attack European war qualifications as much as possible. Whether Wood can continue his extremely strong efficiency last season and whether Endoye can perfectly fill the gap in Ellanga's departure and ensure that the team continues to have excellent offensive ability are challenges facing Forest. In the competitive environment of the entire league, with Manchester United Hotspur vigorously signing and vowing to return to the top six, and the newly promoted teams have high investment to strengthen, Forest will still have a dark horse quality in the new season, which depends on the specific performance of the league. It is not won in the seven games in the preseason, and the pain of restructuring the offensive system is relatively obvious. Forest may face great difficulties in the new season.

Summary:

Forest played a highlight last season and was very dark horse-like, but the team seemed to be too confident in the existing lineup. The important addition is Thiago Jesus and Endoye, the forward player. Although the stability of the tactical framework is guaranteed, it faces multi-line combat in the new season. Referring to the continuous loss of points in the second half of last season, the team still has obvious shortcomings in the middle and backcourts. With other teams investing heavily, Forest's performance in this summer window is not enough. The new season has one week to start, and the preseason has been out of the way. Forest still has a lot of room for adjustment in the lineup. For them may face survival problems again in the new season.