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17 Feb 2025 09:00:29
Next two games will define our season, two defeats and we could start to slide, hopefully this won’t happen!
Just a little thought, should we swap our fullbacks over?
CARLO.
17 Feb 2025 09:35:51
Every team goes through a losing patch or loss of points. I can't see us getting anything at Newcastle, regardless of last seasons result and even if we do lose the next two, the season levels out during the run in so we'll be fine. Top 4? still anyones guess but to be fair if we finished 6th, as disappointing as that would be, at the ned of the day. that's called progress and we would have taken it last August in a heart beat.
17 Feb 2025 16:24:18
Good post Targa. I've always predicted we would finish tip half of the table with European spot a bonus. This would lay a good foundation for a real push next season ( although I think Spurs and Man Utd will strengthen massively before then). It shows how far we’ve come that we are looking upwards rather than downwards. Remember, we are competing with teams such as Arsenal and Liverpool with perhaps 4 times our budget plus Man City and Chelsea with probably 10 times our budget.
Onwards and upwards uuuuuuuu reddddddsssss!
17 Feb 2025 16:44:42
Completely agree with Targa and Stokey, Europe would be a massive bonus, would be interesting to know exactly what Nunos remit was for this season, i'm guessing avoid a relegation battle which we have already. Onwards and upwards COYR!
17 Feb 2025 17:38:14
Just to keep things in perspective comrades, this season many on here were half expecting another relegation battle. We could be down with the Foxes instead we are up with the Gunners and the Chelsea’s! Whatever happens we will never forget the win at Anfield, beating Man U at Old Trafford, the 7 nil v Brighton, the late fight back against Villa and more. So let’s just carry on enjoying the ride and appreciate what a time this is to be a Red! 👍👍👏🏻👏🏻.
17 Feb 2025 18:34:59
Great message Stokey lad.
17 Feb 2025 18:52:36
Absolutely stokey, whatever happens between now and the end of the season is irrelevant. A top ten finish would be fantastic considering the last two seasons. People tell me it's just like the Clough era all over again, a chance for European football. I don't think it's anything like then Clough and Taylor wouldn't have known too much about the European opposition back then. Today a click of a button and anyone can find out what so in so from athletico had for breakfast. Let's see what happens in the next few months.
17 Feb 2025 19:19:22
As usual I agree with you Stokey and I'm certainly appreciating it as a fan! I feel so proud at what we have achieved as a club so far this season - in a more measured, self-confident, yet less confrontational way than the last couple of seasons.
I do wonder though what Big M expects from us in terms of finishing place this season - in comparison to Nuno and the players' aspirations/ abilities.
I have a gut feeling that a gap will appear between the two
aspirations as the season comes to an end.
To use a fairground analogy though - I'm loving the fact that Forest are at last riding the roller-coaster, as opposed to the merry go round.
17 Feb 2025 19:28:34
I'm not being funny but if we don't make any sort of European football next season I will be pissed off. surely we've not got this far to finish outside a European place and I think the big man will be thinking the same. this will be our best chance of making European football for years mid table at the start of the season I would of been over the moon with. but to be 3rd in premier league with 13 games to go and end up out of any sort of European football will be gutting that's just how I would feel. i'm not speaking for anyone else.
17 Feb 2025 20:15:26
It is a real possibility Skeggs, if we can manage Wood properly until the end of the season.
17 Feb 2025 20:25:02
In financial terms European football world be beneficial, Mr M knows that and will be pushing Nuno to deliver. That's all well and good but as it was posted yesterday your looking at the thick end of 400mil for the right players. Now that's not a problem for the cheating **** in Manchester but this is forest were talking about, and the premier League would love to nail us with FFP and send us packing back to where they think we belong. Poison chalice comes to mind. it would be an adventure though.
17 Feb 2025 20:25:20
I think you’re going to be pissed off then pal.
17 Feb 2025 21:27:08
Thanks ed for the editing, I'll be more thoughtful in future and curb my enthusiasm for vulgarity.
18 Feb 2025 06:49:18
We've got 3 very difficult games coming up in the League. Newcastle, Arsenal and City which, if we lose them, we could see ourselves down in 7th. I don't think we'll get Champions League football but we might get the Conference. Which is still a massive improvement on what we would've settled for at the beginning of the season.
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16 Feb 2025 16:26:41
Big relegation fight on now, tottenham/ man utd. Or as they call it in Spain el sackico.
16 Feb 2025 16:50:25
😁 I think we can forget the title after the Liverpool result? 😄.
16 Feb 2025 14:19:11
Bring your oxygen mask next Sunday lads and lass's as we will watching the game at altitude at the top of the Leases End binoculars come I useful!
How Newcastle get away with putting 3, 500 away fans that far from the pitch amazes me
Should be a great atmosphere though and an enjoyable few beers on the Quayside.
16 Feb 2025 14:57:07
Don't you dare criticise Newcastle. The owner will have you tortured, mutilated, dismembered and disembowelled. Haven't you learnt anything from Khashoggi?
16 Feb 2025 15:19:06
Nothing good comes out of Newcastle 🤣🤣.
16 Feb 2025 15:24:30
😂😂😂 we treat away fans to the best view in the ground maybe Mr M should convert to Islam.
16 Feb 2025 16:00:38
You have something against dismemberment?
I am on the fence over disembowelled though.
16 Feb 2025 16:14:53
Enjoy the quayside and the game munmad brilliant night out. Another cheap shot from skegs I see. I understand your frustration on the away fans in the leazes. But as you said geordies can create a great atmosphere. More than likely there myself. Just waiting on my youngest with tickets.
16 Feb 2025 16:25:50
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16 Feb 2025 17:39:27
Strange that bowie. because we both use to have a good banter and take the pee but all of a sudden it's cheap shots strange that all of a sudden 🤔.
16 Feb 2025 17:57:52
What's the Eva's Grill thing. 'If you know. You know'
16 Feb 2025 18:17:00
Gonna be honest here skegs, and yes totally agree with ya. And yes you know how to get people to bite bud. But it's the tiger waller shot from you that hits a total bullseye with me jay. Actually cripples me as if you asked anyone that knows me, and I'm talking years btw. Would tell ya my life is grandkids, kids, wife, forest, and jimmy 10 bellies. So yes you win your battle. But bye it hurts.
16 Feb 2025 19:19:59
You've never said and always had banter back with me and said a lot worse than that to each other jokingly. now I know I it offends you I won't say it again you only had to say.
16 Feb 2025 19:44:33
Cheers Jay 👍👍.
17 Feb 2025 15:17:58
Im with you Bowie.
Being retired and as we get older, priorities change. My life is my wife and family first. 4 grandkids in the UK ( two in Wales, 2 in Devon ) and 3 grandkids in Australia. I watch my 9 yr old grandson play footy every Sat morning. Next my dog whom I take to the beach every weekday morning, followed by my love of Forest, playing snooker every Tuesday with friends and our boat which we spend more time on during the summer than we do at home. She's a holiday home to us.
I'm lucky enough to make 5 or 6 Forest games a season, usually away games but have only made 3 this yr ( season not over yet )
16 Feb 2025 10:41:28
Obviously disappointed to lose yesterday but there’s no need for so much negativity.
Who thought we’d be in the top 4 in February before the season started? Very very few people might have thought it. Most would have been happy with anything above 12th given our last two seasons.
We are massively overachieving this season, challenging for any sort of European football has come a season too early but I do think we let ourselves down in the January transfer window by not bringing a couple of new additions in.
If we do manage to get either europa or champions league i'd like to see our summer business look like this:
CB - Guehi (to replace Omabamidele/ Boly)
LB - Unsure here but a position that’s needed
CM/ CDM - Douglas Luiz (to replace Dominguez)
CAM - McAtee
Winger - Mbeumo/ Bowen
Striker - Delap
I think Mr M is serious about Forest pushing for regular European football so I imagine we’ll be looking at signing players of the calibre I’ve listed.
16 Feb 2025 11:16:11
S. Y, if we qualify for the Chanpions league ( I don't think we will) we will need at least 6 players.
You're spending best part of £350M
on that lot and that's not possible unless you're Shiteh.
16 Feb 2025 11:41:15
I agree it’s not possible to spend that amount but that’s the level of players we’ll need if we do get European football.
But definitely need 5/ 6 in summer regardless of where we finish.
16 Feb 2025 12:28:17
We’re not going to spend that and even if we could, players of that calibre simply won’t come to Forest. Pussyfooting around with the ground for six years, no clear plan of what we are going to do, we’re not ready yet and it’s taken far too long for stakeholders to see the value that Nottingham Forest are bringing to Nottingham.
Best to enjoy premier league football for a few seasons, hopefully by then the ground (and Nottingham ) will hold more appeal. Owner has done fantastic for us, we can’t expect him to turn around 20 yrs of mismanagement of ‘The Business’ (because that’s what it is ) in a short time frame.
16 Feb 2025 13:04:08
2gold stars, If you get into the champions league the club immediately becomes more attractive to better players,
16 Feb 2025 14:12:22
I agree Stevie, it would but we still can't spend £350M.
Plus it's a geography thing with many top players. London or North West.
I'd love to see us in Europe again and I think we will quality for one of the competitions but we will suffer in the league because it has happened before we are ready.
16 Feb 2025 16:30:35
All about player power at London clubs, poor aussie getting rood atm.
16 Feb 2025 16:39:37
I agree gazzi mate, but we have to take the opportunity while it's there
I personally believe we will just fall short mate, but I hope I'm wrong
FA cup win and a top 10 finish would be fantastic.
16 Feb 2025 17:15:58
Good to see you're back Ff.
An FA cup win and Europa league place would be fantastic.
16 Feb 2025 18:27:04
Took time out gazza for the best mate trust me
I don't do any social media other than this site and decided to take a few months off for the benefit of everyone.
16 Feb 2025 19:10:08
Good to have you back 79 👍🏻.
16 Feb 2025 20:55:38
Here! Here!
16 Feb 2025 10:32:35
It looks like Dominguez wasn't happy yesterday.
"Dominguez – an £8 million signing from Bologna in the summer of 2023 – posted on social media after the game, a picture of himself with Ramon Sosa alongside the words which translated to ‘Warming the seat’ and also tagged the Paraguayan international in.
Clearly, the 26-year-old was fuming with Espirito Santo’s decision. Dominguez is so often the fall guy and after a tiring week perhaps he knew this was disrespectful to his head coach and deleted the post shortly afterwards. "
He appears to agree with the people who posted on here that he did not deserve to be dropped. Hopefully this just shows how much he wants to play and gets sorted quickly.
I wouldn't be surprised if this means he doesn't get a start in the massive games coming up.
16 Feb 2025 11:46:41
Dominguez is a good player Cyclist, goes about his business and does the job he’s asked to do. Covers a lot of ground, breaks up play, sees the pass and has a shot on him. A lot of this goes unnoticed. For me, he should start in front of Danilo and definitely Sangare. And he brings Jota on again instead of giving Sosa a go? No wonder they are both p*ssed off.
16 Feb 2025 12:36:11
Agree perko to soon for danhilo and sangare apart from a great couple of balls he played against Exeter sangare looked knackered.
16 Feb 2025 13:27:55
Sangare has been really poor value for money for us. Two seasons and had done F all for Forest. Assuming of course the figure we paid is correct it’s a poor signing when evaluated against value for money, especially when you consider the influence league 2 Ryan has had on some games. If we don’t offload IS this summer he’s got have one hell of a season next season to return some payback on the investment. I’m sure there is a player in there but he’s 5th chicken for me at the minute. It’s surprising how many games we won with league 2 Ryan given how much he slows the game down as well.
16 Feb 2025 14:14:15
Can't blame Dominguez for being annoyed, when Danilo and Sangare where injured both Yates and Dominguez slotted in and didn't let us down. Personally I think Dominguez helps Anderson show his ability more as he more of a natural no.6 than danilo who wants to occupy similar positions to Anderson. Wether Nuno is trying to get minutes into Danilo and Sangare or rates them better than Yates and dominguez even when not fully fit I don't know.
16 Feb 2025 19:37:07
I'd wish every sub is naffed off not getting a game. A club needs hungry players, nobody wants a player just happy with his fat pay check. I don't think there's a big difference in qualities between our central midfielders, apart from Anderson who starts every game.
16 Feb 2025 20:16:55
Spot on mvred 👍👍👍.
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16 Feb 2025 00:17:25
Jesus guys, so many negative posts, 3rd in the league!, the players and manager have been unbelievable this season. What would you negative Karens rather? Battling to stay up or for Europe? I know which one i prefer.
16 Feb 2025 07:16:16
To right winter still 3rd in the premiership we will bounce back uredddddssssss 😁.
16 Feb 2025 08:24:45
Spot on Winter, we lost a game, it certainly isn't the first time that's happened. I bet some of this lot were a joy to be around last season! They must have been running around with their heads on fire.
Third in the league, we're doomed I tell ya DOOMED!
16 Feb 2025 08:45:10
Can't help feeling that we should have really went for Evan Ferguson in the Transfer Window, we can't expect to rely on Wood for the rest of the season, and even if Awonyi wasn't injured, he's not an ample replacement. however we are still in a brilliant position, and we might just take points off Newcastle and Arsenal, from next month onwards there will be the usual unbelievable results during the run in, so who knows!
Enjoy the ride!
16 Feb 2025 09:50:39
wintertree some fans seem to have got ahead of themselves and their expectations have become unrealistic, if we finish top 10 which is almost certain, we’ve had a great season, plain fact is we are going to have plenty of days like yesterday while we are in this league, especially away from home, but the fact is probably another 17 points will get us some form of European football, maybe not champions league, but look how far we’ve come since last season, any for. Of European football would be an unbelievable achievement.
16 Feb 2025 10:12:57
To many short memories, wasn't that long ago we were bottom of the championship, sitting below the likes of Peterborough and Hull. Now look at the table, 3rd in the Premier. Above sides like Man City, Chelsea, Spurs and Utd. Enjoy the ride guys!
I'll share with you lot one of my worst footballing memories. 30th August 2004.Home Park watching us struggle vs a poor Argyle team, despite how poor we were Eion Jess had given us hope, a nice double from him. 94th min. Norris (Argyle) runs into the box and goes down like there's a sniper in the stands. Needless to say the penalty was smashed home. 3-2, 10 hours travelling back to the Scottish boarders literally tearful lol.
Point is after all the years of terrible football and management have a little faith guys. Big Mr M and Nuno are amazing and Mr M is one of the most ambitious owners in Europe.
Next time your having a moment of rage at a bit of bad defending or S**te marking, stop and think about how far we have come in such a short space of time.
16 Feb 2025 10:27:17
For the record winter, i hate that saying. Karen? It’s pathetic, so if you’re going to post on here stop using stupid phrases and write something that men understand. Thanks.
16 Feb 2025 11:21:50
Perko if you hate it I'll definitely be using it more😉
Was trying to lighten the negativity here. Would you like the Crisis number because we lost a game? 🤣😜.
16 Feb 2025 11:22:58
For the record Perko, if you're going to post on here can you accept not everyone will post to your exact liking and refrain from being the blackboard monitor.
You're right about Karen though, it should have been Darrens.
:-)
16 Feb 2025 11:45:56
So let's get it right then winter?
We should only post positive posts?
We are bound to discuss incidents in matches like goals conceded ect or there is no point to this forum
I went to exeter onTuesday and got back at 5am and that wasn't a good watch just part of being a forest fan,
Think about it as constructive criticism
Fulham a good side with a good coach.
16 Feb 2025 12:21:58
Lol i think there's far to many touchy peps here.
16 Feb 2025 12:29:28
DTP yeah fair play mate, was just having a dig at someone 😉.
16 Feb 2025 12:31:46
They are DTP but we made it too easy for them yesterday, seems like a deliberate ploy to make us play on a Tuesday night, since when do FA cup games get played on a Tuesday night. Then they wonder why teams ‘disrespect’ it.
16 Feb 2025 13:08:22
Perko I agree with you mate, hate all the social media terms, “Karen’s’ “ give your head a wobble” whataboutery’ etc, they’re pathetic and have no place on a football discussion board, we’ve never had it before on here. Hope it’s not going to start now,
16 Feb 2025 14:50:01
Whataboutery we give Karen’s head a good wobble Stevie! Sorry couldn’t resist it! I agree with you BTW!
16 Feb 2025 15:41:52
Bloody Karen's 🤣🤣🤣.
16 Feb 2025 16:34:33
Never even heard the term Karen's before tbh. But was the name of my ex who took me for everything made about £160 grand and still went to CSA 🤣 all past. Life goes on.
16 Feb 2025 20:46:54
The Karens are a Burmese culture who fought on our side in WW2 against the Japanese with General Bill Slims forgotten army. We still betrayed them after the war and their magnificent service.
15 Feb 2025 21:36:40
What a surprise Danilo starts in an away game and we lose! How many chances does he get? No way should he have started ahead of Yates or Dominguez. MGW and Anderson are great players but were average to poor today. Why wasn't Hudson-Odoi brought on at half time before the game was lost? Morato is physical but not good enough on the ground? Can't fault Wood or Elanga - they had no service. Sels and Aina men of the match by far. Sels immaculate again - could have been 4 without him. Williams has to go - no end product and can't stop crosses. Massive improvement required for the Newcastle game.
15 Feb 2025 22:09:20
Hilarious post
Not sure what you was watching?
All about free headers in our box.
15 Feb 2025 22:12:25
Aina was at fault for both goals.
More so than Morato for the opener.
15 Feb 2025 22:22:42
Dominguez just doesn't bring much to the table. anyway, we'll bounce right back.
15 Feb 2025 22:50:57
So how did aina stop the cross coming in from troare then Fred when it was williams, still easy to defend don't you think?
Murillo and milenkovic jobs where to defend the central position, it was down to morata at the far post and he'd already messed it up before they scored, then a goal?
Well he carried on in that vien just no idea how to defend at all
If ever a player needed subbing it was morata, awful display and guess what? he did get subbed, but to late
Says nuno wasn't bessed pleased with him either,
Just saying.
15 Feb 2025 22:59:54
Fred hope you've watched motd and seen Fulham opening goal?
What part of that is ainas fault?
15 Feb 2025 23:03:09
Dominguez or danillo rogie?
15 Feb 2025 23:36:51
Watch it again DTP. Your saying it was Morato's fault. At least he tried to get his head on it. Watch Aina, he looks like he's daydreaming looking for his lost cat.
2nd goal he was just as bad, caught in no man's land.
What did you think of the 7-0 last week by the way or the 8 wins from the last 10? Let me guess you had no signal and couldn't post? Your signal miraculously comes back after a defeat 🤣.
15 Feb 2025 23:39:39
Rogie problem we have is that the likes of jota, morata, sosa aren't anywhere near good enough to cone into the side
We've been very lucky to only have injuries to danillo and sangare imo
Got a very good first eleven.
16 Feb 2025 07:46:45
Your dead right DTP. and yes Bowie I'm talking about Dominguez. Jota aswell, however we cannot be winning every week, let's hope we can bounce back, BTW?
What an INCREDIBLE season we are having!
15 Feb 2025 19:56:26
Your jobs to win the ball and give it someone who can play football!
Did Danilo or Sangare do this? Anderson, MGW no service what so ever.
Two games against Fulham, wrong team selection.
CARLO.
15 Feb 2025 21:22:58
Does that apply to morata winning headers against smaller players?
Warning sighs where there when ginenez gad a free header?
Then morata gets beat again by a shirt player for a goal and that theme continued till mirata was subbed 40 mins to late
Awful player.
15 Feb 2025 22:36:02
Couldn’t agree more 79! Could see that 3 centre halves wasn’t working, we were overrun in midfield and were run ragged. Cross after cross into the box from the flanks but no changes until it was too late. After the first couple of minutes you could see how the game was playing but nothing was done to stop it. This is down to Nuno.
15 Feb 2025 22:54:02
Well someone saw sane game perko
Nuno should have changed it after gimenez had a free header?
Terrible defender.
15 Feb 2025 23:04:13
Well that's 2 games this season where Nuno has got it wrong.
Wobble your head and look at the league table.
We are punching.
He is doing an unbelievable job.
Respect.
16 Feb 2025 08:07:24
Great post 67.
16 Feb 2025 10:37:39
2 games, 6 points 67, the difference between champions league and not. Yes, we are doing extremely well but that’s points lost. Surely observation would see that the back 3 wasn’t working, they were all over us in midfield and down the wings, we needed a bit of steel and play break up to stop their wave after wave attacks. The change of formation should have come a lot sooner. When they were made we started playing and giving Fulham something to think about. Mr. Magoo would have seen that!
16 Feb 2025 16:17:53
I totally agree perko, but Fred says different.
15 Feb 2025 19:04:14
Mgw and elanga never in the game. Two big players. Again you can't keep relying on our defence, posted on how this would be a hard game. But you all knew it. It's games like these that the manager really has to step up. Don't get me wrong I think the players had there heads up there arses 1st half, my posts all week have been backing yates on what he brings. Today for me personally was that without thinking, spoil there midfield and keep there heads up as a true captain. From mgw. Where the fck he went clough knows. Defending unlike forest was subject but not that bad thanks to sels. We move on reds. Heads up. Btw big mention to the amazing away fans and there encouragement. Unreal. And well deserved. FTID.
15 Feb 2025 19:22:56
Every team needs a real leader. MGW showed less than the real captain today.
15 Feb 2025 19:38:43
Good post Bowie, after the Exeter game I didn't think we would get anything from today. I'm not bothered about Europe, for one the tickets will be out of reach for ops like me, second look what it did for the bindippers. we can't afford to buy another shed load of players.
15 Feb 2025 20:05:56
We came up against a good side Traore showed up Williams lack of pace for their first goal and Elanga on how to control the ball and run at pace. To be fair, Woods scored a great goal and it was the perfect pass from MGW that made it. Sels made some excellent saves to keep the score down.
Every team goes through a tough patch as I expect we are going to have with the matches coming up. Newcastle as they are our next opponents are in a similar state. Teams like Bournemouth are flying as are Everton in the lower half. I expect we will come out of it but worryingly Nuno didn’t appear to react to what was unfolding in front of him.
15 Feb 2025 20:25:43
Give credit to the opposition. Had us sussed at every cross into our area, never won one aerial battle played on Morata.
Got an equaliser but kept Morata on. Right subs but 30 mins too late. Not sure how many mistakes a central defender has to make? Free headers for fun.
15 Feb 2025 21:30:46
Question is though, should the cross have been allowed to come in. Our weakness was defending and not believing in going forward. I personally think teams are sussing our small percentage possession and going to make us pay.
15 Feb 2025 22:19:21
Well your right in a way Bowie
If you sit back and play our system then someone will take advantage of that
Bournemouth dud exactly that
To me we got away lightly today, could easily got a hammering?
We play better As a team with a flat back four as we don't stretch the opposition with three at the back in the main
I know it worked against Brighton but it's not worked otherwise
End of the day We are in a great place as a club.
15 Feb 2025 19:01:27
Having the match inquest on the train back to Newark
Talking points are why did Nuno not make the change to go to a back 4 at half time as you could see we were being overrun in midfield for the whole of the first half
Why was Danilo given a start ahead of Dominguez
Why persist with Neco at left back when he was being roasted by Traore all game
Why leave Hudson Odoi substitution until it was too late
Marco Silva outfoxed Nuno today simple as.
15 Feb 2025 19:32:33
Morata say no more.
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