19 Sep 2025 12:35:17
Last week you lot were all saying Jesus looked like he'd be no good. I wish people would stop writing off players based a the odd game or two.
Players have times off form. Some players take longer to settle than others.
Good signings according to people not so long ago:
Callum Huddson-Odoi: Off form now.
Morgan Gibbs-White: Mrs had a tough pregnancy with health issues. Has a new-born at home who mauy have health issues for all we know or his Mrs might not be recovered. Probably not able to sleep much. Off form. IS IT SURPRISING?
Aina: Looks like he over-trained to get back to fitness this summer and looked leggy. Now he's injured.
New players:
Igor Jesus: Loads of you were writing him off. He's OBVIOUSLY A GOOD PLAYER based on what he has done previously. Learning English as we speak. Now you've all seen what he can do he's flavour of the month again.
Written off by some on here previously:
Wood: People thought he was a waste of money and too old. Nearly won the Golden Boot!
Dominguez: People were saying he was a headless chicken with no end product. In fact he had by far the best stats for a number of key metrics of a midfield player IF PEOPLE BOTHERED TO LOOK.
Now Bowie and others are saying a lot of our new signings were panic buys or waste of money or whatever. Well how can you know at this stage? Wood had a couple of poor games and everyone wrote him off. Jesus was written off before he even started a game.
Next people are blaming Ange for results. He hasn't even picked his own first 11 yet and has only had 3 full days with the whole squad before Swansea.
Ange started against Swansea the players who needed minutes or to look at them (like most Prem bosses do in the cup) and we were 2-0 up with them so obviously wasn't an issue.
Was it Ange's substitutions that made us lose? Well he did actually bring on TWO FULL ENGLAND INTERNATIONALS and then we conceded 3 goals. AND ZINCHENKO who was player of the year at Man City and has 40 Champions League appearances and about 4 League titles to his name.
CHO and MGW are full internationals. Is anyone really criticising the boss for bringing of England internationals to see out a game against Championship opposition? Or for bringing on a title winning international with 40 champions league appearances?
REALLY?
And if the signings are so bad, then why were we winning with mostly new players, then went down when we brought in Nuno regulars?
GET REAL PEOPLE!
19 Sep 2025 13:50:43
Great post Cyclist as Stevies above??.
19 Sep 2025 14:36:55
Cyclist I admit I am of that opinion about Jesus, BUT he took his goals well the other night, and he was in the right place at the right time, I don’t think him and woody can play together though. But I watch with interest to see how the team progresses, it’s going to be a period of transition of styles,
19 Sep 2025 16:31:43
Mgw full international, with lego?
19 Sep 2025 16:59:40
Cracking post Cyclist.
I'm of the " Nuno wanted out " opinion and prepared to Ange time to first, stabilise and then build on what we have.
Good luck to him.
19 Sep 2025 18:51:20
Mgw should be given some time off to sort his home life out, if the rumours are true, and I sincerely hope they're not, a new born child is quite enough to get your head around let alone a sick wife as well. As things are he's not helping his self nor Nottingham forest, we need 11 focused players on the pitch tomorrow not 10.
19 Sep 2025 18:57:07
Ange has more chance of winning the lottery than being in tge job by xmas. has for nuno wanting the sack he wanted what was best to build a team for Europe and do well in the league. Good on him for having his say and earning a decent pay off all the forest fans should be singing his name next week when they play I'm Europe his doing ?.
19 Sep 2025 19:17:20
I still think sangare is the real problem, he sits to deep is totally mobile and doesn't criss the halfway line, sliws the whole team down and I believe that to be also a factor in MGW having to play deeper to get on the ball where he's less effective
Anderson and luiz will create more freedom for MGW or anyone else playing 10 role, if we persist with sangare then results won't improve.
19 Sep 2025 19:45:13
Hooydonk that’s exactly the opposite to want nuno wanted, he said he wanted a small squad, well you can’t compete in Europe with a small squad,
19 Sep 2025 19:47:29
I love these predictions, Jay. Ange is bound to be here after Xmas after that one.
I remember you lot clamouring for Wilder when I suggested we should go for Cooper. The rest is history.
NOTE; Yes, that was a smug post. I meant that one. ?.
19 Sep 2025 19:51:32
And why do you only seem to pop up when I'm right? Bit weird! ?.