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02 Jan 2024 20:11:37
Worrying reports tonight that the Premier League are looking at us over financial fair play. Shame given some of the dross we have paid out for -I know we sold Johnson but it could be a serious matter for us.
1.) 03 Jan 2024 06:51:49
They may stop us getting anymore players, which is not such a bad thing?.
2.) 03 Jan 2024 07:54:37
The Premier League will take Chelsea's and City's points deduction and give it to us and the Toffee's.
3.) 03 Jan 2024 09:29:07
Could effect a potential Navas loan?
4.) 03 Jan 2024 11:54:34
The PL is looking at everyone, it's the annual check of club accounts and we (and every other club) will find out if we've been good boys or not on 14th January. It's only the press that are targetting Forest as 'most likely', no the PL.
5.) 03 Jan 2024 14:08:01
I think we'll probably be OK:-
A few points.
We spent around 85m on wages last season; this excludes any income we received from players going out on loan.
Our liability on amortised transfer fees for last season was around 50m, you can add another 5m on top of that for loan fees.
That comes to around 140m
Our earnings from the PL will be a minimum of 114m
Our earnings from gate receipts will be around 30m, with another couple of million for the cup run.
We should have cleared another 5m from commercial rights and another 2m for additional corporate earnings.
I would guess that our earnings will be at least 150m - that would give a 30m margin of error - 10m plus the 20m we are allowed to lose
The Premier League allows any losses directly caused by the c.v. to be discounted from FFP calculations. Forest have previously said that the adverse impact of c.v. was £16.7million across 2019-20 and 2020-21.
Where we do have a problem is promotion bonuses for the year we went up. We didn't budget for these, so probably went outside the limit that season. Will we be sanctioned for that? If so, I'd say it is unlikely to be a 10 point deduction effectively for getting promoted unexpectedly.
6.) 03 Jan 2024 15:10:47
Interesting analysis RC. I've read that our championship losses used up our 'allowance'. £13 million per season and £35 million for first PL season, we overspent by £61 million before promotion.
Crux will be, what have we spent and generated in our first season back?
It would appear we're not allowed any losses, so BJ sale could be crucial. I like Forest in the news but prefer if it was footballing issues.
7.) 03 Jan 2024 22:31:21
Brennan Johnson transfer fee was 'pure profit'. Which apparently is quite important when factored into FFP. Not totally sure, though, as I've not really looked into that side of it all.
8.) 04 Jan 2024 08:44:55
Accounts for 2022/ 23 ended June, Johnson was sold in September so won't be included in the accounts.
Forest will argue they kept him beyond June to claim an extra £10m+ on his transfer fee.
Think it's going to be tight. Hopefully Big M has a few contacts.
9.) 04 Jan 2024 16:48:39
Steve, the big man does have contacts but unfortunately they’re all in Greece mate! ??.
10.) 08 Jan 2024 17:07:18
Eric Dier offered to Forest on loan apparently. sounds like rubbish to me!
14 Jun 2023 17:42:55
Brentford bid 30 million for Johnson.
Dream on.
Who’s been smoking the crack pipe down in London? Obviously we rejected out of hand.
1.) 14 Jun 2023 19:19:09
Has to be untouchable this window.
2.) 14 Jun 2023 22:11:23
Ivan Toney bet on us keeping him so must be good.
3.) 17 Jun 2023 10:25:44
He will want another year with us at least to establish himself as a top striker.
16 Apr 2023 13:31:07
Well I’m in the boozer before kick off. Big rumours that Steven Gerard will be at the City Ground today. So keep your eyes out folks ?.
1.) 16 Apr 2023 14:03:55
More likely to be keeping an eye on parked cars for a few quid than anything else.
2.) 16 Apr 2023 14:14:02
I don’t think a young inexperienced manager such as Gerrard or Viera have any chance of saving Forest, infact it’s frying pan into the fire. Who did Crystal Palace replace Viera with a 70 yr old. We would be better with a Sam A, Harry, or Benitez.
3.) 16 Apr 2023 14:29:11
Sacking Vieira worked for palace as they brought in a manger who knows the club and players. Sacking the manager hasn't helped southampton or Leicester.
4.) 16 Apr 2023 16:30:00
'arry has sunk every club he's been to!
12 Apr 2023 06:09:41
Forest in talks with Rangers Sporting Director Ross Wilson. Let’s hope if he does come he doesn’t sign the likes of Wood, Shelvey etc.
1.) 12 Apr 2023 20:49:19
Did a great job at Southampton by all accounts.
2.) 13 Apr 2023 06:44:06
Let's give it a go and see what happens. Januaya complete disaster in the transfer market ?.
11 Apr 2023 18:39:09
sporting director, Filippo Giraldi, has been relieved of duties
Only been here 6 months.
Big M sharpening his ace as we speak.
1.) 12 Apr 2023 12:02:35
To me that indicates once again he's not happy with the transfers we've brought in.
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31 Dec 2025 08:40:34
Dyche going on about boos. What does he expect? 52 YES FIFTY TWO crosses into the Everton box for a barely 5’11 striker against two man mountains. Hardly a plan A never mind plan B. The bloke is clueless.
Forest 0-2 Everton Reserves.
1.) 31 Dec 2025 09:04:21
You could see after the first 15 minutes we were never going to score from crosses into the box. Their defenders loved that. Bread and butter for two 6 foot+ centre halves. Poor crosses into the same part of the penalty box. Dyche is wholly responsible for that.
2.) 31 Dec 2025 10:44:07
Dyche, Edu and Marinakis need to sit down and look at the past few game's and reflect what and if is needed to start getting results!
Dyche proved how inept and clueless he is.
Why bring on Awonyi when he's just as useless as Dyche?
Kali should of been given a run out but because Dyche does not think he does well in training he doesn't get a shout.
Well Dyche you are the coach allegedly so it's down to you and your Goon's to sort it!
My opinion be it right or wrong is that Marinakis has put too much Faith and Power into Edu that he's ruffled feather's and rocked a once cohesive team into one that's become disjointed and lacking direction.
The Championship looks like a reality as each game passes and the team's below start to show belief and guts.
Forest at the Moment are like a Castle made of sand that's crumbling.
3.) 31 Dec 2025 10:56:33
Should have put Morato on after 60 minutes at CF best CF at the club at least he would have won a few headers ???.
30 Dec 2025 21:37:57
If any of this Forest team had tried to shoot John Lennon he would still be alive. Utter rubbish. Next two games are Villa and West Ham away, you just so know we will lose both.
Leeds have a right go, we just lump it into the box and hope for the best. No quality whatsoever, fans leaving in their droves before the end. Never heard the ground so quiet. We all know why.
30 Dec 2025 05:17:00
Morning lads and lasses bit nervous about Everton they always seem to find a way of doing us- a bit of a bogey team.
Regards Jesus - some good comments both sides down the thread. I don’t think at present he’s premier league class but boy does he put a shift in.
He has been unlucky with goals disallowed and let’s be honest he’s hardly been presented with chance after chance. Given the correct service he may turn the corner but for me he is no 20 goal a season man that we do desperately need COYR.
29 Dec 2025 05:01:54
Morning everyone with the transfer window open soon I would hope that we will be looking at selling the likes of McAtee and Kalimuendo. Neither in my opinion premier league quality and both having cost huge amounts of money. Did Nuno buy these two or was it Edu or even Big M? I suggest whoever did needs a visit to Specsavers - urgently!
1.) 29 Dec 2025 08:40:35
Yes there's a few edu signings that need off loading. wonder how the tigers doing this morning after a night on the voddies hope you have plenty of paracetamol my little geordie friend ?.
2.) 29 Dec 2025 23:32:20
Little ?? your four foot rubbish skegs. Never painkillers you bingo caller.
27 Dec 2025 18:39:09
Well done lads. Nottingham Forest 1-2 VAR
Utter joke- how VAR can ignore TWO fouls is totally beyond me. And yes THEY WERE FOULS.
1.) 27 Dec 2025 20:22:14
Can't ask for more than a good performance. which they did but they need to do it every game. so let's Hope this team show up against Everton.
2.) 27 Dec 2025 20:36:50
Totally agree Skegs mate. Jekyll and Hyde comes to mind. Abysmal VAR though we were robbed.
3.) 27 Dec 2025 21:09:25
Yes but var is always going to be for the big clubs everyone knows that by now that's why they bought it in to help them make money. we just need to move on and be consistent in the way we are playing.
4.) 27 Dec 2025 21:31:29
Skeg, you’ve hit the nail on the head, Dyche has been a great disappointment to me, we turn up in games we’re probably not destined to win, we get our hopes up and expect to win the next game where the opposition look favourable and we don’t turn up.
Unless he sorts this inability to gather any performance momentum we’re going struggle to pick up the required points. This team isn’t great but it’s not as bad as dyche is making it look. This chap is I’m afraid a perennial struggler and we’re struggling.
5.) 28 Dec 2025 01:18:21
They only show up against the big teams.
6.) 28 Dec 2025 03:07:53
Couldn't agree more 2 golds. It's one step forward then two back with Dyche. Good effort yesterday but we are one place above the relegation spots still having spent 200 million on top of the millions already spent. It's Dyche territory. The man is capable on no more and never has been. Mark my words we will achieve nothing under him.
7.) 28 Dec 2025 07:31:32
I still don't know where the fouls are.
8.) 28 Dec 2025 09:33:15
Nothing to do with VAR. We got done. We deserved at the very least a point
We were decent.
9.) 28 Dec 2025 11:25:36
I posted after the Spurs match about raising out game for the 'top six'. and Lo! We go and do it again! This time we lost and are praising the team/ Sean. Is it our 'top players'who just can't motivate themselves against the lesser teams? Trying to catch the eye of an opposing manager for a move? The crowd not so loud? Praise from W.
Rooney? (Come on! ). Is it not counter intuitive to have less motivation against weaker opposition?. Or is it just natural to go for it like people do in their professional lives, Inspections, etc!
Tuesday comes quickly, so I hope Sean has a something up his sleeve, apart from his arm obviously!
24 Dec 2024 20:15:34
Err no thanks. He turned us down before. Why bother calling z he’s just not worth it.
22 May 2024 20:47:46
Well if he does go we will get some compensation. Skegs can be our next manager from the luxury of his seaside recliner. How ya fixed Skegs? ?.
21 May 2024 05:35:02
Perhaps he needs a bit of time Stokey but I have a feeling he’s just not quite the man we need at present. However he has kept us up under difficult circumstances but how much of that was more luck than judgement is anyone’s guess.
It would perhaps be a tough call to sack him.
20 May 2024 12:47:31
If he leaves I hope we aren’t paying him off. I’m no fan of Nuno but perhaps, just for once, we give a coach a chance with the transfer policy he actually wants? We certainly look more capable of scoring goals under him but the defensive side of things has been atrocious. Stability is needed all round.
12 Feb 2024 20:09:09
Well having seen Sels live he looks crap but his kicking is better than the others. We seem to have a group of goalkeepers who are unable to make saves when it matters.
28 Dec 2025 10:10:15
Agree Pineapple but that’s the conundrum- turn up against City and put a shift in, lose with a whimper to Fulham. We really need three points against Everton now, it’s a must win game.
27 Dec 2025 20:36:50
Totally agree Skegs mate. Jekyll and Hyde comes to mind. Abysmal VAR though we were robbed.
27 Dec 2025 18:42:27
Two fouls just before their second goal.
Doesn’t matter to VAR - after all it’s only Forest.
21 Dec 2025 19:53:05
Cheers lads let’s hope for a good win though Fulham do know how to score goals and Harry Wilson is having a good season.
14 Dec 2025 13:06:43
Cheers lads can’t wait for kick off. COYR.