28 Oct 2025 16:45:45
Ok my opinion.
1= i'd rather have a rich owner with passion, than an owner without any. looking for dollar signs cutting corners.
2= I'd rather have a coach/ manager, whatever the trendy name is these days, putting himself out there. Listening to the fans opinions. (As the owner should) more meetings with fan club officials may help. Just get the people involved.
(For ignorance will be our downfall. We can all crack on with chefs/ tea ladies/ cleaners etc. But you need them working class hero's to look back at you nervously and think wow. What a man.
Also grow a pair and throw the odd academy laddie out.
We play enough games for taylors sake. We need to start believing in our youth. Not just panic buying. This club to me has always been my heart. Let it beat don't clog it in falsities.
3= players, for me I'd look at the simple game. Who's got the will to win, (not pansy arseholes) but strength. Wanting to work, win the ball, play an easy ball, can hit the net without panic,
4÷ a kick up the arse to our training regimes, they are either not complying to what they are asked, or not training anywhere hard enough. My opinion crack on. FTID.
28 Oct 2025 18:24:02
To back up what Bowie is saying about the owner, I'll post this again.
Comparing Marinakis with previous owners, is exactly what anyone turning on the owners should do. Don't bite the hand that feeds you. The club have been run like a s4it show for years before Marinakis came to Forest.
Marinakis and his lieutenants are not perfect, nobody is. They will make mistakes, like anyone else. But Marinakis appointed Cooper, appointed Nuno, funded our rise to Europe and the Prem. Are you seriously complaining about that? I mean really?
They have also kept together a squad (minus Elanga) that qualified for Europe and added some good young players, many of whom are paying in the toughest league in the world for the first time. If Dyche can only just keep us up then that is a failure and Marinakis will, quite rightly, agree IMO.
So are we blaming the players? The coaches? The owner? Edu? Syrianos? People working under them?
It's obviously complex, and blaming the owner is simplistic nonsense of the first degree. The owner has the club in the best place it has been for decades. THINK ABOUT IT!
In particular, those people who think Dyche being appointed is a good move, should stop saying Edu is the problem when Edu and syrianos appointed Dyche and signed you Douglas Luiz who is, I'm told, one of our saviours.
28 Oct 2025 18:37:13
Superb post Bowie. Particularly, I've been a long-believer that our Academy is an under-funded and under-valued asset of our club which has always had massive untapped potential for Forest - in terms of both emerging talent and, ultimately, money.
28 Oct 2025 18:39:07
No truer word was said Bowie, I'll stick my penny worth in for what it's worth. I can't see us getting more than 30 more points this season, so that's 35 in total. enough to keep us up? Not sure. I've followed forest since 1966, I'm not a true red as I was told you have to go to all the games home and away to be one, lucky ones who can afford it.
I don't think Mr M will walk away if we get relegated, he'd loose face if he did. but that's all perhaps and maybe, let's get behind them Now! And hope the players get their acts together.
28 Oct 2025 19:11:56
Appreciatetion to all of ya reds, going to be a lot of, who thinks right from wrong this season. And a lot of different sides of the fence. But as always. We only want the best.
28 Oct 2025 19:17:54
Vale my friend, never let anyone bully ya on here, just be yourself and belive in what you love. Family, friends, forest. Probably the 1st time I've heard the 3 x f's used that way.
AS TO ALL REDS OUT THERE. Just got to keep believing, moan our way up OR down. It's what we do. But keeps the old ticker racing (ask good old jester) x.
28 Oct 2025 19:41:06
I used to love watching ANY academy player getting a run out. Lego. Think yates is our last, probably wrong, but cannot remember. Surely as I've posted before on here to have hope you need light. If it was my boy showing signs of hope I'd be like ef that, ( to be shown the 3rd division etc) on loan at best.
The young laddies really need a way forward. In Europe, the league cup, fa cup etc etc just give them a run out. Means a lot to me. Been bleating about it for years. Kept us afloat, or has history drowned itself in forgetfulness. Just saying. All about greed now.
28 Oct 2025 19:49:40
Good post Cyclist. I really agree with you in the main.
Couple of points though - firstly Dyche's appointment was not put down as a Big M appointment for PR/ Ego reasons. I think that he realised that he'd screwed-up with Nuno and, in case Dyche's appointment doesn't work out, the guy didn't want blood on his hands for all to see yet again.
Secondly, Dyche himself. Personally, I think he is the perfect appointment. Not a step-backwards in any way IMO. A safe pair of hands when we need it most.
28 Oct 2025 20:09:55
There is no one good enough right now in the academy, it's not underfunded, it's playing catch up from years of trying to produce championship players to producing premier players
I know the under 9 coach and for last three seasons the players have been of better quality each year, bit that takes time to filter through
So much time goes into our academy as well, it will come good but not overnight.
28 Oct 2025 20:31:11
Edu will have signed a 25 million pound player luiz out of a 180 million pounds spent I'm not sure anyone else would pay 25 million fir him at tge minute but he's doing OK anyway hiws the other 155 million going he spent going ???.
28 Oct 2025 20:58:46
Ferrer is the head of recruitment skeggs
How about you give him some grief?
He identified all our signings since 24 and didn't do a bad job at benfica for 17 years doing the same.
28 Oct 2025 21:01:20
I'd love to know how you know our academy dtp been one our differences as you know.
28 Oct 2025 21:33:44
I agree with you DTP, but I'm sure if Cooper was in charge of our Academy he'd certainly accelerate things!
28 Oct 2025 22:01:07
Name a player Bowie that you could put straight into our side?
I can't, simple as that.
28 Oct 2025 22:08:14
Skeeggs and balloons wanted Cooper out lego the rest is history and they are crying because their loved one blew the champions league and then had a vendetta against the owner, but walked away with a swag ???.
28 Oct 2025 22:18:25
Ps lego he's turned brondy into champion material overnight, so doubt he'd be interested taking a step back.
28 Oct 2025 23:32:08
Here we go again DTP! All in good faith, but surely you must agree that with Cooper's proven pedigree at developing young footballing talent, combined with his proven managerial skills of turning losers into winners, he would be a perfect fit to head the Forest Academy?
Personally, I also think he'd bite Big M's hand off if offered the opportunity.
29 Oct 2025 00:25:11
But I'm not at the academy dtp?
29 Oct 2025 10:36:11
I think SC will be the only World Cup Winner who will ever manage us. Like SD and Nuno he achieved incredible things considering the obstacles our owner put in his way….
29 Oct 2025 12:29:45
Olympiacos won a European trophy last year. Greek teams aren't exactly serial winners in Europe. The Europa League 2024 is the ONLY MAJOR EUROPEAN TROPHY a Greek side has ever won. A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT.
Not sure why you try to diminish Marinakis achievements. We were also out of the Prem for over 20 years and Europe since the last century.
Get real. Sick of the total nonsense.
Bowie, is it the fans than need a red card? ?.
29 Oct 2025 16:32:22
Red from me cyclist ?.
29 Oct 2025 18:38:26
Cyclist chill. maranakis is a good owner but just listens to the wrong advice. It would be like me listening to your advice on football you should stick to what you know about 2 wheels ??.
30 Oct 2025 02:00:56
I'd have probably stuck Abbott, Hutchinson and Angus Gunn in the team last weekend, Jay. It would have either gone exactly as it did or something would finally change. It might boot some of the other players up the backside as well.