McCarthy, not a hoot about Watford |
Forest were a goal behind after just ten minutes when Huddersfield visited the City Ground but by half time they'd turned that round and led 4-1 with Radoslaw Majewski getting a hat trick, his first goals of the season.
It ended in a 6-1 win for a Forest side who have now gone up to eighth in the table and that was the biggest win played in front of the biggest crowd in the midweek games.
The smallest crowd witnessed another comprehensive win and this was surely the result of the week as Peterborough, kicking off at the bottom of the league, hammered Millwall 5-1 at the Den. That's two successive wins for Posh following their win against Leicester on Saturday which has lifted them back off bottom place with Bristol City being dumped there.
Millwall were seventh when we went there in January. Our win there took us above them in the table and it has certainly had a detrimental effect on them. That was the first game in a run that has now seen them lose five successive games.
Wolves have joined Peterborough and Wolves in the bottom three. It was in the late 1980s that Wolves last played outside the top two divisions but they are being seriously threatened with a return.
They won 2-1 at Blackpool in front of the Sky cameras on the Friday night before Christmas. They have not won since and have collected just four points from ten games. The run has helped bring the departure of manager Ståle Solbakken after he admitted the club was in crisis.
They were 13th after the win at Blackpool. They were 18th by the time Solbakken was replaced by Doncaster manager Dean Saunders, but the Welshman has yet to engineer a win in seven games and they are now seriously threatened with a second successive relegation.
At the other end of the table there was a shock for leaders Cardiff who suffered their second home defeat of the season with Brighton winning the game 2-0.
It's probably just a hiccup for the club who seem to throw away promotion chances year on year. They are still five points clear of Hull who beat Blackburn, and eight points clear of third place Watford who have been somewhat upset with the criticism aimed at them for fielding so many loan players.
Manager Gianfranco Zola said: "I think it's very unfair. We're not doing anything wrong, we haven't breached any rules."
Football League rules only permit five loan players in a match day squad and clubs can take only two players on a standard loan from one club, as we did last season with Ben Mee and Kieran Trippier from Manchester City.
However, loan deals arranged with clubs from outside England are recognised as full transfers and that means there are no limits to how many can be brought in.
It appears the Holloway rant has caused some alarm bells to ring. On Tuesday Watford won at Ipswich but their boss Mick McCarthy had a different take on it.
"I don't give a hoot what they're doing personally," he said. "If it's within the rules, it's within the rules. Let them get on with it. We've have played against a better team than us who have played within the rules of the game. You won't get me moaning about it."
Time will tell how long it remains within the rules.
The midweek results and stats from the midweek games are below along with the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record, the highest and lowest attendances and the weekend fixtures.
The Results | |
Tuesday 19th February | |
Barnsley 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 | Hull City 2 Blackburn Rovers 0 |
Birmingham City 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0 | Ipswich Town 0 Watford 2 |
Burnley 0 Middlesbrough 0 | Leicester City 1 Charlton Athletic 2 |
Cardiff City 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 | Millwall 1 Peterborough United 5 |
Crystal Palace 2 Bristol City 1 | Nottingham Forest 6 Huddersfield Town 1 |
Derby County 1 Bolton Wanderers 1 | |
Wednesday 20th February | |
Leeds United 2 Blackpool 0 |
The Stats | |
Biggest Win | Nottingham Forest 6-1 v Huddersfield Town (home) |
Total Goals Scored | 32 (17 home - 15 away) |
Player Scoring Most Goals |
3 - Radoslaw Majewski (Nottingham Forest) v Huddersfield Town |
Highest Attendance | 26,938 - Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield Town |
Lowest Attendance | 8,769 - Millwall v Peterborough United |
Total Yellow Cards | 35 |
Total Red Cards | 1 |
Most Cards in a Game | Ipswich Town v Watford (6Y) Ref: Roger East |
Leading Goalscorers (League Only) | |
27 | Glenn Murray (Crystal Palace) - includes 7 penalties |
21 | Charlie Austin (Burnley) - includes 3 penalties Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers) - includes 2 penalties, 2 with Huddersfield Town |
19 | Matej Vydra (Watford) - includes 2 penalties |
17 | Tom Ince (Blackpool) - includes 3 penalties Chris Wood (Leicester City) - 11 with Millwall |
15 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds United) - includes 4 penalties |
14 | Troy Deeney (Watford) - includes 2 penalties David Nugent (Leicester City) - includes 1 penalty |
13 | Marlon King (Birmingham City) - includes 3 penalties |
11 | Craig Mackail-Smith (Brighton & Hove Albion) - includes 2 penalties |
10 | DJ Campbell (Blackburn Rovers) - 10 with Ipswich Town Craig Davies (Bolton Wanderers) - includes 2 penalties, 8 with Barnsley Steven Davies (Bristol City) - includes 2 penalties Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - includes 2 penalties Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough) Billy Sharp (Nottingham Forest) - includes 3 penalties Jamie Ward (Derby County) - includes 3 penalties |
9 | Almen Abdi (Watford) - included 2 penalties Sam Baldock (Bristol City) - includes 4 penalties |
Hat Tricks | |
Date | Player & Game |
01/09/12 | 3: Pete Whittingham - CARDIFF CITY v Wolverhampton Wanderers |
15/09/12 | 3: Charlie Austin - BURNLEY v Peterborough United |
22/09/12 | 3: Glenn Murray - CRYSTAL PALACE v Cardiff City |
22/09/12 | 4: Craig Davies - Birmingham City v BARNSLEY |
23/09/12 | 3: David Nugent - LEICESTER CITY v Hull City |
29/09/12 | 3: Emile Sinclair - Hull City v PETERBOROUGH UNITED |
02/10/12 | 3: Charlie Austin - BURNLEY v Sheffield Wednesday |
23/10/12 | 3: Marlon King - Millwall v BIRMINGHAM CITY |
06/11/12 | 3: Glenn Murray - CRYSTAL PALACE v Ipswich Town |
17/11/12 | 3: Jordan Rhodes - Peterborough United v BLACKBURN ROVERS |
12/01/13 | 3: Chris Wood - Bristol City v LEICESTER CITY |
19/02/13 | 3: Radoslaw Majewski - NOTTINGHAM FOREST v Huddersfield Town |
Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) | |||||||||
Club | Y | R | Y | R | Club | Y | R | Y | R |
League | Total | League | Total | ||||||
Barnsley | 41 | 1 | 49 | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 58 | 4 | 67 | 4 |
Birmingham City | 47 | 3 | 51 | 3 | Hull City | 39 | 1 | 42 | 2 |
Blackburn Rovers | 50 | 0 | 57 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 39 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
Blackpool | 38 | 1 | 40 | 1 | Leeds United | 48 | 2 | 58 | 2 |
Bolton Wanderers | 62 | 2 | 66 | 2 | Leicester City | 32 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 49 | 2 | 54 | 2 | Middlesbrough | 44 | 1 | 54 | 1 |
Bristol City | 43 | 0 | 46 | 0 | Millwall | 60 | 3 | 67 | 3 |
Burnley | 58 | 2 | 66 | 3 | Nottingham Forest | 49 | 4 | 49 | 5 |
Cardiff City | 55 | 2 | 58 | 2 | Peterborough United | 43 | 1 | 46 | 1 |
Charlton Athletic | 47 | 1 | 48 | 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 58 | 1 | 64 | 1 |
Crystal Palace | 43 | 2 | 54 | 2 | Watford | 60 | 4 | 63 | 4 |
Derby County | 43 | 2 | 44 | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 41 | 2 | 45 | 2 |
Highest and Lowest Attendances | |||
Highest | Lowest | ||
Att | Fixture | Att | Fixture |
33,010 | Derby County v Nottingham Forest (19/01) | 5,435 | Peterborough United v Bristol City (18/09) |
28,707 | Nottingham Forest v Derby County (30/09) | 5,633 | Peterborough United v Blackpool (01/12) |
28,595 | Wolverhampton W v Ipswich Town (29/12) | 5,997 | Peterborough Utd v Blackburn Rovers (17/11) |
28,582 | Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United (19/10) | 6,188 | Peterborough United v Millwall (21/08) |
28,229 | Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday (09/11) | 6,214 | Peterborough United v Hull City (19/01) |
27,437 | Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday (18/08) | 6,348 | Peterborough Utd v Huddersfield Town(23/10) |
26,938 | Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield Town (19/02) | 6,600 | Peterborough Utd v Bolton Wand (23/12) |
26,727 | Brighton & Hove Albion v Watford (29/12) | 6,612 | Peterborough Utd v Middlesbrough (08/12) |
26,684 | Brighton & HA v Nottingham Forest (15/12) | 6,648 | Peterborough Utd v Burnley (02/02) |
26,670 | Nottingham Forest v Leeds United (26/12) | 7,339 | Peterborough Utd v Barnsley (01/01) |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 23rd February | |
Blackburn Rovers v Leeds United | Huddersfield Town v Ipswich Town |
Blackpool v Leicester City | Middlesbrough v Millwall (17:20) |
Bolton Wanderers v Hull City | Peterborough United v Birmingham City |
Brighton & Hove Albion v Burnley | Sheffield Wednesday v Crystal Palace |
Bristol City v Barnsley | Watford v Derby County |
Charlton Athletic v Nottingham Forest | |
Sunday 24th February | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Cardiff City |