Nottingham Forest 0

Tosspots 0

BEAN TIME

Excitement index
That game was as exciting as jamming a Butterkist flake into the gum between your lower middle teeth. 2 beans.

Tactical index
The "system" has not yet convinced. It seems to involve no wingers, a flimsy midfield, and a reliance on two wingbacks who are doing everything they always did but with no wide support. 3 beans.

Sels
Didn't have much to do, as the Tosspots didn't manage one shot on target, but any clean sheet is worth 6 beans.

Aina
Almost cocked things up at the start, but recovered to give a solid performance with an occasional bit of flair. 6 beans.

Cunha
We like the cut of his gib. Or is it jib? No, it's gib. Anyway, we like the cut of it, whatever it is. He did his defensive duties okay, but it would have been nice to see his banger of a shot hit the back of the net. 6 beans.

Milenkovic
If he could stop giving away free kicks in really dangerous positions, he would be a 10 bean man. As it is, he will have to make do with 7. If you disagree, you should remember that these are only beans.

Murillo
Had one of his more loopy games, then fell to bits again. 5.5 beans.

Williams
Uncomfortable against some £85M Brazilian, but the way he scored his perfectly legitimate goal showed that he would gladly die for his club. Which is probably what he will have to do if the refs have anything to do with it. 7 beans. And in future, anybody who starts a sentence with "I like Williams, but ..." should be shot.

Schlager
There's something a bit mental about a sport in which someone who cost nothing turns out to be as good as anybody in a red shirt. Well done, Xaver. You may not be brilliant but you're as reliable a shield as any Austrian I've ever met. 7 well deserved beans

McAtee
The jury is still out on this two man midfield thing. The Tosspots were all over us in patches, and although McAtee has obviously toughened up, he came nowhere near the level he reached against the Grand Poo. He may do better in a less awful match, or when he learns to shoot. 6 beans.

Ndoye
He scores a goal against the Grand Poo, and everybody calls him "Dan" and thinks he's the bees knees. Until they realise that his name is Ndoye, that bees have no knees, and his ongoing contribution isn't worth a hill of beans. Jesus should have started. Nuff said.

Gibbs-White
MGW doesn't influence the game enough, not because he can't but because the bloody "system" won't allow him to. He should start in midfield. Missed a good chance which was probably not offside. 5.5 beans.

Delap
One clever flick to set MGW on his way (shouldn't that be the other way round?) and some direct play made Delap's home debut a reasonable one. But he didn't score. 6 beans.

Jesus
Added balance and energy to steady Forest's wavering efforts. Should have started. 6.5 beans.

Munoz
Looks exciting. 6 beans.

Wood
"I like Wood, but..." 4 beans.

Diomande
As many beans as minutes on the pitch.

Glasner
10 beans, because that's the number of PL games he has gone without a win.

Referees
The on-field referee was called Craig Pawson, which is the best thing you could say about him. The VAR was Peter "Rules Is Rules Even If They Are F***ing Stupid" Bankes. If these two were dogs, they would bark Cockney. 1 bean between them.

The Opposition
The expensively assembled Tosspots played with the manic urgency of people who suspect they've got the wrong man in charge. 2 beans.

General Impression
We are now in dangerous territory. The "Promising Signs" sandwich is beginning to curl at the edges. We need a win. 4 beans.