Nottingham Forest lost 2-0 at home to Brighton on Sunday as a five-match unbeaten run came grinding to a halt.
The City Ground spectators were left shellshocked by the performance from the in-form Seagulls as they scored a goal in each half to leave with all three points.
Sean Dyche saw Morgan Gibbs-White miss a chance in the first half and then go off injured towards the end of the game, with his fitness now in doubt ahead of Wednesday’s game with Wolves.
It was a day when not enough Forest players produced the goods and in some cases, it would appear as though some fans are now demanding a change to the starting eleven at Molineux.
Kelvin Wilson not sure on Forest defender Morato
The former Forest defender knows what it takes to play at the top level, having played for Forest in the Championship and in the Champions League for Celtic.
It would appear that he’s not on board with Morato and has suggested that the fact he’s completely different to Murillo makes it almost impossible for him to replace him.
After the 2-0 defeat to Brighton, Wilson was slammed by Morato for his goal-leading error in the dying embers of the game and believes he’s always got an error in his locker.
He said on the Forest Focus podcast: “Morato starts really slow, and he needs like a kick up the backside, a tackle or someone to rattle him to make him angry.
“I just think he’s struggled since he’s come in. He’s very lethargic on the ball, and he’s very slow in what he does. He’s probably a little bit too confident at times as well. We talk about Murillo, he will get the ball, he will run with it, he will do crazy things for a centre-half, but sometimes he will put his foot through the ball and stick it in row Z, that’s what you get from him. He does make the right choices, and he makes mistakes at times, but that will come with his age.
“I just think with Morato, he’s not very reliable; he’s not your safety valve of the two regular centre-backs who play every week. I just feel like there is always a mistake in him, and he’s always going to give a chance away, that’s my worry with him.
“I don’t feel confident when I watch Forest, and he’s playing, he’s got a mistake in him, and unfortunately, against Brighton it showed again.”
😮 What Kelvin Wilson said about Morato
Sean Dyche has a decision to make over Morato
If Murillo isn’t fit to play at Molineux on Wednesday, Dyche has a big call to make over who partners Nikola Milenkovic in a game that Forest simply have to win.
Morato would be the experienced option to partner with the uncompromising Serbian player, but perhaps this could be one error too many.
Willy Boly is still at the club as another experienced option, with Jair Cunha and Zach Abbott both seen as squad options with one eye on the future.
Taking Morato out of the starting line-up would be a risk and the perfect scenario would be for Murillo to return and take his place in the starting line-up against Wolves.
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