However, even after being awarded a penalty, Forest failed to score an equalising goal in a game that saw Middlesbrough come out on top.
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Middlesbrough went into the 2015/16 Championship season as the early favourites after narrowly missing out on promotion at the tail end of last season.
Matt Mills goal from a corner was an effort that very few keepers would have saved, meaning that the Boro’ stopper deservedly won the praise of his manager and his fans. But we were strong enough to hold them out.
“We have more experience this season, we have better players and if we need something from the bench, we have that too”. We have players in the side now who have played in the Premier League and who have played for England.
“We have that now”. But now we have the new signings, the players are looking sharper. Cristhian Stuani has played in the World Cup. I can understand it at the end of the game, when you lose concentration because you are exhausted .
“Experience helps when things are not going your way”. But this was at the beginning of the game and we had discussed, an hour before the game, Forest’s movement.
“We are only going to get better as a team”, he is quoted as saying by the Nottingham Post. “There is more to come from us yet”.
“August and September are tricky months and nothing has really settled yet and all we can do is look after our results and see where it takes us”.
“Every thing is set”, he said.
Perhaps Forest have been under-estimated by most fans as they begin to show glimpses of their quality on the pitch.
“We are playing well now but we still have to improve”.
On-loan Jonny Williams could be included in the Forest squad for the first time after featuring for the Under-21 side this week while Chris O’Grady, Ryan Mendes and David Vaughan could all gets their chance as Forest prepare for a 3rd game in 8 days.
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Boro head coach Aitor Karanka will have a near-enough full complement from which to choose with central defender Ben Gibson close to a return after shaking off the hamstring problem which forced him to miss the 3-1 home win over Brentford in midweek.
