Nottingham Forest Banter

05 May 2026 11:28:43
Doesn’t really matter in the context of our win yesterday, but 2 of Taylor’s decisions had me scratching my head….
Yellow card rather than red for the Chelsea defender who grabbed Taiwo's shirt leading to the penalty. Last man, surely stopping a goal-scoring opportunity?
Their penalty, I thought Abbott got his head to the ball first before the two clattered into each other? By the way, no mention of Abbott going off, just the Chelsea lad on the stretcher, but that’s by the by.


I watched it on TV. I’d be interested to hear comments from anyone but especially those who were there on both incidents?

05 May 2026 07:39:14
{Ed's Note - Eddie74 has posted a new article entitled, What Liverpool Need to Restore Their Standards

04 May 2026 22:07:03
Well now the oremier is over for us. A prediction for next season.
Top 6 without a doubt.
Got the right coach.

04 May 2026 23:28:32
Not very often, I agree, but yeah, dtp, I think we've found the best manager for this club. I just hope our owner doesn't sell too many of our best players.

05 May 2026 05:08:32
Mate, if they decide they want to go, Mr M can only do so much to make them stay. Then, again, if we happen to actually win the Europa League with Champions League football at Forest, who knows?

04 May 2026 19:42:51
What can I say after that performance? I’ve run out of superlatives. VP said it best…. “this is a special squad of players. I ask a lot of them and they keep producing”. Battered, bruised, tired (by Sunday 3 games in 6 days), like Rocky they keep getting up off the canvas and beating teams which are both more expensively assembled (Chelsea, Villa, Spurs) or have had much more recovery time between matches (Sunderland for example).
I know now what VP is scribbling down in his notebook. He’s calculating the minutes each player has played, the combinations and evolving tactics, substitutions….

There’s some science involved but it’s like playing 3 dimensional chess. What a manager! Connected to the fans, great man manager, astute tactician who the players to a man want to play for. Good humoured, never moans, always maintains his dignity on camera (take note Dick Emery). Great charisma too.
He and his players are massively over achieving and winning matches against great odds. Great to be a Forest fan in recent months. Quite remarkable turn around…….

04 May 2026 20:16:34
Good post. Missed the game as was working, but what a result. I think 1 point pretty much guarantees we stay up.

I was really concerned when I saw the lineup, but they produced. Well done, Forest.

Hopefully the most negative on here can concede it looks like we are going to pull it off.

Well done, VP, great job in such a short time and has everyone playing with confidence.

Next up, only our biggest match of the season so far!

04 May 2026 20:18:40
Great post, Stokey. Myself, I'm from your part of the UK, n couldn't put it better myself. 💯

04 May 2026 20:29:54
Never doubt.
Like, I've said over the past two months, we are the form team, and that's what counts. Points in the bag and not lost in ten now.
Scoring for fun as well.
Can't wait for Thursday.

04 May 2026 20:48:46
Ginger, we were staying up when West Ham lost to Brentford.
We weren't in danger before today's game, as posted yesterday.
We don't need any points.

04 May 2026 21:31:00
Great post, Stokey. Now in St Peter's Port in Guernsey with Mrs Legolas revelling in our latest success! Forest are on a roll and that's good enough for me!

04 May 2026 22:42:43
Ain't it great. Great coach like Vitor moving us forward. And hopefully taking us to that special place, a final in the UEFA, thanks to Nuno from last season. Yes, DTP, if it wasn't for him you wouldn't be looking forward to Thursday, whatever you say. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

04 May 2026 23:05:53
Marinakis picked Cooper = Prem.

Marinakis picked Nuno = Europe.

Marinakis picked Vitor = Champions League??

Syrianos/Edu picked Dyche =. 😱🤡😱

Who picked Ange?

04 May 2026 23:30:14
You ain't got a clue skegs what disruption nuno caused after 3 games
The same players Edu signed are now performing
Nuno never tried to give it a go full stop
Why?

04 May 2026 17:29:43
Well criticism of Bakwa by me is at an end, I don't know about RHR but I'm eating humble pies.

This was a real fighting battle and we did indeed meet them eye to eye, toe to toe.

04 May 2026 19:30:01
Every poster has criticised him, mate, not just you. Question is, they were Edu's signings when they were rubbish. Whose signings are they when they're seemingly not so rubbish?

04 May 2026 20:35:27
Yes, we have 2 gold stars.
But, to be fair to him and others, they never had a chance of playing under Dyche.
It's not Edu or the players' fault, it's Nuno having a strop and turning our season into turmoil.


Hope West Ham get relegated, because he deserves it.
Had the chance to be the best since Clough, but blew it.
Now Vitor has that chance with those same players, though useless?

04 May 2026 20:53:22
Do you think we’ve all been over critical of Edu DTP? Some might argue that the guy never had a chance because the coach at the time was determined to make him look incompetent. It caused much turmoil and strife, and has taken a while to settle. It’s a view / opinion that may now be looking valid.

Players knowing that they aren’t wanted at a football club soon lose their way. Question is, did we have the right DOF but the wrong coach? What then came were two appointments who weren’t really the right ones from a perspective of bringing the club and players back together as one?

04 May 2026 21:05:18
Yes mate, all our problems stem from Nuno.
He destroyed us for the season, and Dyche should never have been near our club.

04 May 2026 21:12:18
Or AP.
We'll never know for sure, but does it look very different if VP is there working with Edu from summer 25? All the players look decent now, don't they? Every one of them.....

04 May 2026 21:27:44
All about confidence in your ability as a coach and passing that on to the players.
There's an intent to attack and close down from the first minute, no trying to hold on or worrying about the opposition, just play our game and let them worry about us.
Even threadbare on options, Vitor has found a formula to win.

04 May 2026 21:36:45
Crack on the two of ya, book a room. Nuno done more than enough for us. Simple as. As for dyche, well he's the big sam mark 2. Not brilliant football, but gets results. Actually that f kn aussie without doubt was our worst by far.

Just clueless. My opinion. Simple as. Players were as bad as coaches. Throughout season. As for coaching, set pieces, etc pathetic on and on and on. Reds enjoy the day PLEASE.

04 May 2026 22:43:34
We love Nuno going down.
If only he could have talked instead of going off on one?
Meresca, Amorin?
Both tried it on as well.
Same outcome.
Carick and Vitor have showed them up.
No sympathy for Nuno. Could have won something with us, but will end up in Championship.
That was his choice and Im loving it.

04 May 2026 22:46:33
Nuno was brilliant last season, Bowie. I have no axe to grind. I am more interested in the concept that, with the right man in charge, the players Edu brought in may be much better than they seemed. Could be interesting for us next season if we can keep the squad together, and maybe we all owe Edu an apology...

04 May 2026 22:57:35
Joking, he made more money than sense, 2star. But I do adhere to your suggestion, my friend.

04 May 2026 23:00:10
2 star never a better position to be in.
All about belief in the players.
Vitor has got them believing.

04 May 2026 23:23:53
No dtp, believe in the support, my friend. Which was shown today. Let the rest pay taxes on supercars, etc. Tell ya, without doubt the Premier for me is another sin. Gluttony does not touch the shame.

I know, I know. Gonna get it. But this site is what you believe in. And I hated so many clubs going under with COVID, etc. Reds, this is people's lives. Anyway, sorry, way I am. FTID.

05 May 2026 09:10:24
Edu a apology 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 after 1 game against a really poor chelsea that have been giving goals away for fun.now all our rubbish reserves are great 🤣🤣 typical forest fans