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06 Dec 2023 08:55:02
Some facts I learnt last night
1. SC does not get on with Marakanis - no surprise there. I suspect 8/ 10 players coming to the club are not his choice
2. Graham Potter will be the next Forest manager.
17 Sep 2021 09:51:08
Our new manager is Steve Cooper? How do I know? Well all I can say is that he has been seen yesterday looking at a house.
1.) 17 Sep 2021 10:18:17
I doesn't matter who our next manager is and I think it's about time people stop blaming the managers.
The club has been a shambles for a long time now and it's clear to me where the problem truly lies.
MARINAKIS OUT!
2.) 17 Sep 2021 11:06:29
Tomo, mate, sadly without Marinakos there wouldn’t be Forest to support . We’d be defunct except for some glorious pages in the history books. Sometimes you have to sup with the devil to survive. 😕.
3.) 17 Sep 2021 12:00:59
I hope he's only looking at short term rental properties Doc.
4.) 17 Sep 2021 16:34:55
Marinakis is keeping the club alive. Be careful what you wish for.
16 Sep 2021 07:19:00
Allegedly Steve Cooper and Alex Neil are in the melting pot . If it's true both will be trying to negotiate for control of player transfers . This is the problem not paying off CH . Big M is not in control, it's the myriad of people in between all wanting to have a finger in the pie . The club is undergoing a slow death due to their decision to sign player after player with 0 pedigree. We will not get either Cooper or Neil if the managers role is simply a coach . I.
1.) 16 Sep 2021 08:27:53
Don’t want any of them underperforming idiots, frying pan, fire.
2.) 16 Sep 2021 08:31:40
Alex Neil was at the game last night. Seems odd that he would come to watch dreary Wednesday game at the CG.
3.) 16 Sep 2021 09:34:47
Noooo! Please NO!
4.) 16 Sep 2021 10:35:23
With you perko, nooo nooo nooo to either. I would rather have clough and pearce. Now that would sort this lot out.
19 May 2021 15:22:08
The successful teams next session will have a nucleus of players who have played together at least one season before . So we have McKenna Worrall and maybe Lawrence Gabriel . So maybe a new left back. Midfield we have Yates and Cafu ( Cafu got a contract last season so someone thinks he is good ) . I guess Brennan Mighten to develop further. So we need a midfield dynamo plus a winger and a forward or two.
1.) 19 May 2021 20:59:54
We need a manager first I'm worried who he will bring in with his tactics.
2.) 19 May 2021 21:02:09
Cafu is a nowhere player. I simply cannot see where his strengths lie. He can't tackle can't head can't shoot, is slow, and his passing forward shocking. get rid.
3.) 19 May 2021 21:54:02
But apart from that, he’s a fantastic player 😂.
4.) 20 May 2021 06:39:18
Perko lol sometimes he did quite well just poncing around looking a little tidy. But when you wear gloves when there's a nip in the air and your meant to be gritty midfielder, you have to be special. Average with NO end product, we need much much better players.
{Ed014's Note - I thought for a minute there you were talking about Paul Pogba! 🤣
5.) 20 May 2021 11:00:14
Agreed Rutland, not good enough. Think he was given a two year contract aswell, who makes these decisions. He offers nothing.
6.) 23 May 2021 20:18:22
Apart from Garner the whole midfield are dross. Get rid of the lot and start again.
7.) 28 May 2021 22:18:41
Id still keep sammy for the bench. Don't care what you lot think. He can change a game, pass or shot. On little wages. Looks lazy and can be. But one of the only players apart from garner sadly i thought could change a game from midfield. Just saying.
8.) 29 May 2021 12:00:01
I’ve got no problem keeping ameobi Bowie, just wish he could unplat his feet and learn to cross a ball.
10 May 2021 21:58:08
Can no one in the FA see the stupidity of the current arrangements between the bottom of the premier league and the Championship. It is an utter disgrace that teams are allowed to yo yo between leagues whilst teams like Brentford have to fight in the playoffs. What's the betting that WBA and Fulham will be promoted next season!
Ed The parachute payments they got season before last surely they don't get again .
{Ed002's Note - They do indeed get them paid again and I agree the system is unfair and the money should be spread out differently but the argument is based on the disparity of income between the two divisions could adversely impact the relegated side - there have been a few examples of clubs falling away in the past.}
1.) 11 May 2021 09:51:36
I think clubs fall way because the chairman takes out after the visit to the prem.
2.) 11 May 2021 14:34:06
The parachute payments are too big and last for too long.
The way forward is to lower the size of the payouts and only one second year at a lower rate to give teams time to reduce their wage bill etc. The clubs will still have an advantage from being able to buy lotts of decent players when in the Prem but will have to release some.
Problem solved. Except it is the Prem clubs who vote on the rules, so they won't change.
3.) 11 May 2021 18:53:48
Surely relegation is there as a punishment for not being good enough, as for a club being adversely affected, clubs need to do what we the general public have to do to when we have financial difficulties, cut their cloth accordingly.
4.) 12 May 2021 11:15:40
If clubs didn't spunk tens of millions after promotion in a desperate attempt to stay in the promised land then they wouldn't need parachute payments. All parachute payments do right now is allow clubs to be more reckless when they go up. They need to be stopped or heavily reduced, especially since the introduction of FFP.
As said above, I can see WBA and Fulham being clear favourites to go straight back up.
5.) 12 May 2021 17:44:44
I think what's wrong as well is that the parachute payment doesn't count towards ffp. Basically a double bonus.
6.) 12 May 2021 18:40:38
It would be better if the parachute payments were put in a pot that was shared out between all of the Championship and the relegated Premier league clubs based on their relative league position with the clubs relegated from championship missing out.
The concentration of cash in the yo - yo clubs is getting worse and as everyone is saying the three favourite next season to go up will be WBA, Fulham and Shef United. And the rest of the clubs cannot compete financial because of FFP.
I am afraid if they don't fix this then the championship will become predictable just like the premier league.
But I don't expect this will change.
7.) 13 May 2021 06:50:53
The EPL should mandate relegation clauses in player contracts reducing/ capping salaries. Some would demand relegation release clauses but that's fair enough. Promoted teams would find it slightly harder to compete in the prem, but they could redistribute parachute payments and make the EFL more competitive.
8.) 18 May 2021 16:58:12
Good post mctavish.
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06 May 2024 21:54:28
How many times did Murillo save our bacon on Saturday. A display that maybe saved us from defeat and almost certain relegation. No way can we sell this young player who will captain his own country one day.
1.) 06 May 2024 22:15:27
He's saved our bacon more than just one game
Remember the magnificent header off the line recently?
Just class.
2.) 06 May 2024 22:20:34
Great player works a 110 percent greater things to come from the lad.
3.) 06 May 2024 22:31:00
Brilliant game, but i think sels needs a shout out on the game also.
4.) 06 May 2024 22:34:09
Well, we have signed one good player recently - probably more out of luck than judgement given our lacklustre recruitment team. Thanks for sharing Doc.
5.) 06 May 2024 22:45:07
To be fair murrillo is doing what he’s paid for, pity a few more don’t.
6.) 06 May 2024 22:46:39
Definitely my player of the season.
7.) 06 May 2024 23:19:43
He's total class gazza
But not good enough for balloons ???.
8.) 07 May 2024 05:39:08
Nothing is!
????.
9.) 07 May 2024 05:40:10
Jesus Christ let it go 79. Try coffee for a change ? ?.
05 May 2024 07:40:24
Moving on and not counting chickens. A goal scoring centre forward and a goal keeper surely specialised positions. Last season we were at undoubtedly saved from relegation by Tiawo and Navas. This is why we have struggled this season from the off. Woods has been injured but has done his best but appears past his prime and likely heading out of the club at the end of the season. Tiawo for some reason has been plagued by injuries.
Both Calvert Lewin ( Everton ) and Adebayo ( Luton ) are both key players. Take them out and the clubs struggled. If Adebayo had been fit instead of injured since February, where could Luton be now. So thinking next season we can assume we will not have Tiawo all season. This is hazard for all clubs even Man City and Harland. Sels seems to have secured the goal keepers position, so we need a Tiawo Mk 2 if we are going to be a better side next season.
1.) 05 May 2024 08:24:22
Cheers lads!
Happy Birthday Bowie. and Skeggs (I think! )
I'm nearly sure there's a third Tricky Tree too!
Enjoy your day!
2.) 05 May 2024 08:49:34
Agreed definitely need a decent I won't say replacement but a similar standard striker to awoniyi.
Think wood has another year well worth another year in my opinion his form has dipped as of late but still got the intelligence to be in the right place at the right time.
3.) 05 May 2024 08:51:08
We also need a centre back for next season, possibly 2 if Murrillo is sold.
28 Apr 2024 20:09:40
Missed the live match and listened to Radio 5 Chris Waddle etc in the car. They said how well Forest played and queried how Forest could be lying just above the relegation zone with that quality of football.
Then an unfortunate number of misses made him realise why. The Radio 5 commentators said Forest should easily beat Sheffield United, a maybe against Chelsea and Burnley so we would survive. This was reassuring but not if you have been a fan for a long long long time. Do you think Chris Woods heart is not in the right place if the Club has said he is not wanted after this season?
1.) 28 Apr 2024 21:41:19
Doc, I don't have any reservations about Chris Wood mate. He's a genuine pro who just had an off day. Unfortunately it was a bloody big off day.
2.) 28 Apr 2024 23:36:23
Ffs doc, I've heard every moan on here, but are we that sad we call out players not wanting to score young man. It's a natural habit for taylors sake. Thought you were into football years. And btw he doesn't take back handers, officials and VAR get them these days. This site just gets f kn worse at times.
3.) 29 Apr 2024 07:56:59
Not content with questioning the integrity of the officials it's the players integrity now.
28 Apr 2024 15:48:04
He has picked a side that will be overrun n midfield. Danillo is not a defensive midfielder or MGW. There is a defensive central 5 and then an attacking 5. What is with starting again two wingers and two attacking FBs. This is more attacking side than against Everton or Wolves but against Man City. I cannot see the sense in this line up. We can only hope it's time for some barrel load of good luck on VAR and a Man City sleepy Sunday side because if not we are in for a serious drubbing. As I have said before Nuno is NoNo.
1.) 28 Apr 2024 15:59:45
He might be going with a 3-4-3, doc. 6 man when defending and pour forward in attack. Usual tactics different set up. May as well go at them and see what happens. If we sit back and defend like normal then it will be a hammering. Just go for it as we're on a hiding to nothing anyway.
2.) 28 Apr 2024 16:09:10
Nuno wants us to get relegated as he will have a release clause if we do, he’s realised the job is a toxic and wants out.
27 Apr 2024 17:29:44
So today's matches went as well as we could have expected. Sheffield are relegated. Luton lost. There are two clouds on the horizon; one is Burnley who are gathering momentum, but as Newcastle had a resounding win today so we can hope they will at least hold Burnley but should beat them. The second cloud is what happens to Forests appeal re the points deduction, that alone could decide our fate.
1.) 27 Apr 2024 17:46:11
I see VAR fell over themselves in the race to award Burnley a penalty today. To be fair it most probably was a pen but wolves had one not given against Man Utd in the same fashion early in the season.
It would not surprise me to hear they have taken another point away for having the balls to appeal. It’s clear we are not wanted in the premier league. Sadly with a gormless melt of a manager who fails to create a siege mentality from his players it’s going to be a real battle to survive. Just feel sorry for the genuine players like Yates who always gives his all. We’ve been let down by the likes of Origi and Sangare, utterly woeful tripe.
2.) 27 Apr 2024 18:09:48
A penalty for the visitors at Man Utd, now that's novel.
3.) 27 Apr 2024 18:33:36
Let this sink in, Burnley are now only two points behind us! 2 points after they looked dead and buried with the Blades. It’s now not only Luton we are looking over our shoulder at! What an absolute shambles of a club we follow. Bad choices, Bad recruitment, Bad decisions and Bad luck. And if we don’t get any points back on appeal, then we are in serious trouble and the trap door to the abyss awaits. Nuno the clown is no upgrade on Cooper and we have gone backwards. Where we might have dug in and scraped a result now seems a distant memory. The club is disjointed and i fear the worse. If we have to go to Turf Moor needing a result to stay up, then I’m afraid that we are doomed.
4.) 27 Apr 2024 19:14:37
On our present form you would not back us to beat sheff utd away.
5.) 27 Apr 2024 19:17:33
We will stay up lads ureddddssss ??.
6.) 27 Apr 2024 19:23:04
Isn't it a poor state of affairs that we are relying on the likes of Luton's and Burnley's results to ensure our PL survival? However, after everything that I've survived and conquered personally over the last 3 years I have morphed into an optimist. As my old drill sergeant screamed at us in basic training - "now stand up and fg fight". No more bleating, excuses and whinging. It's time to show what we are made of on the pitch. I'm sure there must be some fighting spirit left in our players somewhere. Time to forget the injustices as I posted yesterday - it's time to fight.
7.) 27 Apr 2024 19:28:27
Right fellow reds in the cold light of Day it is what it is, and you and me can't do anything about it, so do we give in or get behind the team tomorrow? Me for one I detest the double standards of the premier League the entitlement of the pundits who are only washed up x footballers end of the day. Why would we want to go back to the championship, so let's put aside the price rise for a bit and get and I mean get behind our team tomorrow. Other matters can wait games can't do come on you reds. It's now or never.
8.) 27 Apr 2024 19:46:40
Say what you like about Dyche, he's done a great job these last few games to keep Everton up, and I've read that if they didn't have a points reduction, they would be level with Brighton, who's manager is being linked with a "Bigger team".
9.) 27 Apr 2024 19:50:33
Thank gid Stella the gloom and doom merchants are out in force this evening??.
10.) 27 Apr 2024 19:56:23
Shocking negativity on here, listen to yourselves!
Give yourselves a day off, and SUPPORT FOREST!
11.) 27 Apr 2024 19:57:36
Dtp, have you still got your banner? This chap is surely as bad as Hughton?
Remember last year when Marinakis took the plaudits for us staying up and sticking by cooper. He said, and I paraphrase, ‘it’s pointless sacking the coach if there isn’t a better man out there to replace the one you’ve sacked ‘ obviously just a one season theory then was it?
12.) 27 Apr 2024 21:32:41
Doom and gloom I say doom and gloom it's like everyone on here wants us to go down ?? are we in bottom 3 no are we expected to win our game in hand against man city no but guess what you never know have we got the best run in of last 3 games yes Nuno will be gone either way after them 3 games were staying up ureds.
13.) 27 Apr 2024 22:09:26
Said with ten games to go we should of sacked nuno and I've been proved right, never known a coach so unpopular with the fans, never heard his name sang by the fans except Tottenham away at half time behind the stands.
14.) 27 Apr 2024 22:43:25
DTP any coach would of been unpopular after the fist pumper that already got us in this position this season and also you was proved wrong with cooper hence sacked let's move on and start a new season in the premier League ?.
15.) 27 Apr 2024 22:48:12
OK I've been glue-sniffing mixed with too many anti-depressants tonight - but I'm now convinced we'll thrash City tomorrow.
20 Dec 2023 10:23:46
I agree completely, we will be in free fall - championship - League 1.
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.
21 Jan 2023 17:23:41
Chris wood played like Glen Murray today - enough said.
16 Sep 2021 20:28:34
No it’s 1 m and he will save us from relegation.
26 Sep 2020 13:36:24
You can only hope SL wins his next match otherwise this club will loose a lot of its supporters.
07 May 2024 15:02:11
Hamer and Adebayo are good shouts I think Bereton Diaz has had his chance. The problem getting a striker who will knock in 10-15 a season but also be aware be iinjury free ie give us a complete season. I guess that’s asking the impossible.
03 May 2024 17:37:43
Very good.
01 May 2024 19:04:30
That’s the side MM unless Boly and Murillo and Williams out injured. This is one to go for the jugular immediately.
27 Apr 2024 17:36:47
RA, if Alfie is playing we need 3 at the back. A midfield 5 of Reyna, Yates, Domingues, Danillo Elanga and Woods up front. Definitely not Sangare as he has never upto now taken up the opportunities given to him, so why think he can play in an important match such as this? The main aim being to keep the score down, using Elanga’s supposed speed on the wing. You want the players to be galvanised for this one. Resting MGW is a good plan. I am afraid HO needs a permanent rest.
26 Apr 2024 13:16:09
MM I agree 3 at the back and Elanga rather than HO. Personally I would rest MGW and and play Reyna in that role. Sean Dyche did with Calvin- Lewin knowing they would inevitably loose to Chelsea. All we have to do is park the bus for 90 mins. I would probably if there is a back 3, two wing backs, pack the midfield with Dominguez, Yates, Danillo, Reyna and leave Origa up top.