Nottingham Forest banter 7

19 Mar 2026 18:12:17
A group of players who are unable to strike a football properly and put the ball in the net. I can't believe how we haven't scored yet. What is wrong with the finishing at this football club!?

19 Mar 2026 18:21:02
Should be 3 up.

19 Mar 2026 18:25:54
Tell you what!!!
They're bloody well trying!!!!

19 Mar 2026 18:32:32
We're dominating them and we've scored from a set piece, can't complain. ?

19 Mar 2026 18:33:58
What was that Cloughie saying??.
???

19 Mar 2026 18:35:02
Excellent first half performance, keep it up Reds.

19 Mar 2026 18:46:54
Remember, these players are a lot of new signings, and they are playing attacking football. Not passing sideways. Mactee, as I have said several times, was bought to replace MGW. As the commentators say, they are playing with freedom. Let's hope VP lets them carry on in this vein. Still, 45 at least to go.

19 Mar 2026 17:25:20
As predicted.

B team.

Hope they prove us all wrong.

19 Mar 2026 18:02:49
On paper it doesn't look too bad tbh, should have enough to at least get it back level. ?

19 Mar 2026 17:02:55
Whichever way it goes tonight we don't want any injuries or extra time. Coyr! ???.

19 Mar 2026 17:09:49
Unless ots Morato. ??

19 Mar 2026 17:16:36
I hope we win by some miracle. Just to shut these commentators and pundits up that are writing us off.

19 Mar 2026 17:46:24
Their keeper had an excellent game last week. He will be tough to break down, and I hope we don't concede early and we just go for it.

Come on Forest. Big chance for Yates starting tonight; he never lets us down.

Just hope I'm not watching it through me fingers.

19 Mar 2026 16:56:01
Pereira has ditched the Europa Cup. The side he's put out cannot compete and will let more goals in. Not a scenario we can come back from. He's concentrating on points in the Premiere League.

19 Mar 2026 17:20:13
This guarantees nothing for Sunday, it's abject surrender. A strong team, a good win, and a couple of goals would have been much more beneficial. We went to court for an upgrade to this competition, we are 1 down at half time, and we do this. Abysmal. Hope these shirkers finally show up.

19 Mar 2026 17:38:23
Agree, Stevie. Tonight may be very embarrassing.

19 Mar 2026 16:50:09
Well the second string start in Denmark, Cho not even in the squad tonight!
Morata starts, so we should be able to concentrate on staying in the Prem after tonight!
UEFA have said they want to discuss VAR with clubs via the general meeting that's coming up.
Good luck tonight Forest!
COYR.

19 Mar 2026 07:39:13
{Ed's Note - EHL2020 has posted a new article entitled, Why Preseason Conditioning Shapes Tactical Success

19 Mar 2026 13:37:51
This is an excellent piece which is very applicable to us at Forest with our frequent mid season changes of coach this season. Great post and well worth a read. ??????

19 Mar 2026 06:21:17
Love it Retty here’s or new song

Come on feel the noise
Forest are our boys
We just can’t score
Under Pereira it lose or draw
Come on feel the noise
6000 shots to score
But it still ends in a dull draw
With no passion we just bore,
Come on feel the noise …….

19 Mar 2026 09:34:53
Don't suppose VP will play Lucca and Jesus as twin strikers tonight, nothing to lose.

19 Mar 2026 11:49:11
Personally, as I've said in here before, I'd take the B team and leave the big guns at home. Spurs already have the advantage over us for Sunday, with an extra days recovery and no travelling to do. They rested a few last night, most noticeably Richarlison and Solanke, and still managed a win, pointless though it was.
I'd play (in a 4231) Gunn, then unfortunately I'd have to play Aina and Williams at full back (it's a pity Netz wasnt included in the Europa squad), with Morato and Abbott at centre back, Yates and Dominquez holding them, Bakwa, McAteer and Ndoye behind Lucca.
I'm sorry for those of you who have paid for tickets and transport. If it does turn ugly (as it might well do), perhaps Mr M could find a bit of loose change down the back of his settee and offer reimbursement.


I've never been to Herning where Midtjylland are based (I didn't know that until I googled it), but Copenhagen is a brilliant city to visit. Great beer, lots to see and very friendly people. I used to catch a converted WW2 landing craft to travel from my hotel in the meat packing district right into the Old Town, like catching a bus. Always regular, cheap, clean and on time!
We have to bite the bullet, I'm afraid. If our recruitment had been better, and we were comfortably ensconced in mid table, we could have had a right good go at the Europa, but, as the saying goes, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
VP is a good and experienced manager and will do what's necessary selection wise, bearing in mind the crock of ? he's inherited from our owner and his minions....

19 Mar 2026 14:04:47
Stokey, according to his record, he is not a good manager. He was sacked by Wolves and essentially led them into the hole they find themselves in today. Rob Edwards has turned the same squad around and has had a remarkable series of recent results. How VP became manager of our club only Edu/ Big M know. If the players turn up, for the fans' sake, as they ought, we will be safe. Tonight's game is an irrelevance. We essentially played our best team last week and lost.

I don't think they have lost all season at home. Anderson, MGW and Murillo should rest. Just as Tudor's first win last night, maybe we can do the same, but without any of the players who will play Sunday. This is a very big game should we lose and then drop into oblivion. Unbelievably, VP in one season will have managed 2/3 of the relegated clubs, which must be an unenviable record.

19 Mar 2026 16:25:35
Nuno, mate, I think VP's record this season has been taken out of context and skewed statistically.
He's had previous success with Porto and Olympiakos, and last season took Wolves from out of the bottom 3 and finished comfortably in the top half of the Premiership.
This season their owners, who sound about as mad as ours, sold his best players from under his feet (Cunha to Man Utd £63 million, Rayan to Man City £24 million and Fabio Silva to a German club for a similar amount) without adequate replacements.
I think their upturn in form under Rob Edwards has come about because they've got rid of disruptive players such as Strand Larson, and the pressure is off because they are building for next season in the Championship.

To put it in perspective, they have to win 4 out of their last 7 games to even have a minimum chance of staying up.
Obviously, VP doesn't have the record of a Pep or Arteta, but despite the squad disruption managerially, lack of pre season, and the general crock of ? he's inherited, he is a good manager and I believe he will keep us up.

19 Mar 2026 16:46:14
I would not say Edwards has turned around Wolves.
Agree with Stokey on this.
Despite the situation, I do believe VP has potential to become a good manager.
He's inherited a team extremely low on confidence, with a deep lack of self belief.
You can only play the hand you're dealt with.

19 Mar 2026 17:00:52
Well, it looks like I got 90 per cent of the team selection right! Hey Munmad, mate, gissa job. ???

19 Mar 2026 01:42:05
Rumour is we are putting B team out tonight.

If true. Wrong move.

Confidence. Winning mentality trumps all this resting physically and mentally lark.

If Morato starts its total disrespect to all who have spent hard earned cash to travel to Denmark.

19 Mar 2026 05:49:10
Im not sure on that 67. I don't think Mr M will let him. It could be a ploy. If they do, like u said, every fan that turns up wants a full refund. Unless, of course, the B team can do something the A team can't and win. ?

19 Mar 2026 06:14:37
No use saving our better players for Sunday - on last night's showing, Spurs will beat us anyway. They look a completely different team after their draw at Liverpool.
It's just so sad how this season is ending, sleepwalking under a clueless manager towards the Championship.
I feel really sorry for the fans who have travelled, it's a hard enough watch on TV.

19 Mar 2026 08:47:56
Hey RedFrog, why feel sorry for the fans that travel?

I would say those are real fans, and go no matter how the team is playing.

Surely, if they didn’t want to go, they wouldn’t.

Good on them for travelling and backing the boys.

19 Mar 2026 09:42:38
It doesn't make them a real fan. ?? It means they have the time, the money to enjoy what they want to do. I would love to go to the pub 2 or 3 times a week, but one, I don't have the money to do that, and two, I don't get the time.

So this "real fan" business people keep sprouting is a load of crap, and if you say they enjoy wasting their time and money on watching some of the crap that's served up, that's their problem, not mine. I don't feel sorry for them. ?

19 Mar 2026 10:24:17
Nailed it, Skegs. ? I'm sure 99% of posters here would love to attend every game, be it home or away. Unfortunately, your average fan can't afford it, spare the time, or be able to travel thousands of miles each season. ?

19 Mar 2026 11:02:59
So Skegs you are basically jealous that the real fans can attend and you can't?

19 Mar 2026 11:19:32
Where does his post indicate that he's jealous? Oh, it doesn't!!!. ?

19 Mar 2026 11:48:23
Rrh, Pineapple hasn't posted much on here since Nuno left. He was one of the fans complaining that he was not good enough, and that football wasn't exciting. So, it about says it all with his knowledge. And, to answer your question, Pineapple, no mate, I'm more excited about sitting in my recliner, paying nothing to see my team play, getting the best view in the house with a crate of beer that cost me 15 quid and a nice chicken gyros for 7.50 on order from my takeaway delivered to my door, no queuing.

Why am I jealous. ? ? ?

19 Mar 2026 11:53:29
Spot on, Skegs, makes sense to me. ?

19 Mar 2026 11:28:55
No he's indicating he'd like to be a alcoholic but hasn't the time or money to do it Facts matter ???

19 Mar 2026 12:23:13
Jester. ? ?

19 Mar 2026 13:00:19
I can't remember ever slagging Nuno off in fact the only manager I have criticised was Dyche after backing him at the beginning of his time in charge.

I guess we will never see eye to eye Skegs so let's just leave it at that we obviously have a totally different out look on life which is perfectly fine. You and the rest of the circle jerk crew can continue slapping each other back and whatever else you get up to.

19 Mar 2026 13:45:32
Now then Pineapple, my friend, you're right for once. We definitely do have a different outlook on life.

19 Mar 2026 13:34:40
Circle Jerk crew? Rich coming from someone using a racist outdated caricature as his username. ?

19 Mar 2026 14:53:28
It's what makes the world go around. Good luck to the few that can and do get to every single game, and to everyone who gets tickets when they can. We're all Forest fans, rich, poor, and indifferent. Let's not forget that.

19 Mar 2026 15:44:21
Not sure what's racist about it RRH saying someone's hair cut resembles a pineapple, please explain maybe you see something different?

Don't worry I'm sure your crew will be along soon with more fake outrage.

19 Mar 2026 16:30:44
Considering that David Baddiel publicly apologised to Jason Lee over his part in the ordeal, and all their production team had to go through diversity training. Surely you are not as simple as you are making yourself sound? I'll leave it to you to think about and decide. ?

19 Mar 2026 16:52:05
Could you clarify the meaning of "Crew"?
I understand that there is no crew in the typical sense. Rather, it seems to refer to individual perspectives or viewpoints.
Everyone has different opinions, some good, some bad and some ridiculous.
We're all here to support the club we love.
That's the one thing we have in common. ??

19 Mar 2026 16:58:13
I've thought about it and I'm not racist because of my username.

You still haven't explained to me why mocking someone's hairstyle is racist. Please can you tell me, because, like you say, I'm a bit simple to understand.

You remind me of Keir Starmer at PMQs.

19 Mar 2026 17:19:10
Hi Red in Ripley if only we were all here to support the club we love.

Crew refers to a few on here who for some reason like to gloat when the team isn't getting the results we all would like and they tend to big each other up.

Hopefully you don't need circle jerk explaining to you because I don't think it would get by the Edds.

19 Mar 2026 17:29:57
I suppose mocking dreadlocks and an actor painting himself black isn't racist at all?
Funny if I remind you of Starmer because you are making yourself sound like Jim Davidson. ?

19 Mar 2026 17:35:17
Thanks Pineapple. ?

19 Mar 2026 17:47:50
Nope, I actually don't think it's racist, tbh.

But I am thinking of changing it to Pizza Crouch. Would that be acceptable for you, RRH?

19 Mar 2026 17:55:23
Do whatever you like, i was just pointing out how the modern world looks distastefully at such things. Can't really blame you for being stuck in the 1960s. Anyways game to watch, enjoy Pineapple Davidson. ?

19 Mar 2026 18:52:41
Maybe, stuck in the 90s when life was much better and people's opinions weren't formed by 30 second memes and sound bites.

18 Mar 2026 22:12:54
Got to agree with Larry, the fan base needs to shout out for something better than the funeral march of Mull of Kintyre. its totally crap. ?. Noddy Holder "Come on feel the noise. Forest are our boys., we just can't score. any more.

18 Mar 2026 23:20:28
Retty, there is nothing wrong with Mull of Kintyre. It is a great Forest song, and just about every fan sings it.
It's what's happening on the pitch that's more akin to a funeral march.

18 Mar 2026 23:25:41
Well said Gazz. ? ?

19 Mar 2026 01:37:03
Reminds us all of 1978.

19 Mar 2026 05:28:12
Mull of Kintyre was pinched off Charlton Athletic. Mist rolling him from the Thames, etc.
Typical Forest, just like in the transfer market, picking up everyone's scraps.
Take a leaf out of the Darts scrap book. When a player walks to the oche, the crowd are fired up and bouncing with the noise.
Knowing Forest, they would probably pick "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn. ??

19 Mar 2026 05:54:04
Forget all the songs. What we need the players to do before every game now till the end of the season is the New Zealand haka. ?

19 Mar 2026 08:15:52
The haka is far too physical for em Stellaboy. They will be knocking on the owner's door, saying it's making them tired.

19 Mar 2026 08:29:38
?? Baldy true.

19 Mar 2026 08:57:09
Balloons it wasn't 'pinched ' off anyone, it developed at the same time, if you've got a club near a river doesn't take a Lennon talent to work it out, you and your mate are down on everything about this club.

19 Mar 2026 10:27:27
Discussing facts about the state our club is in doesn't mean you're down on it, Stevie. Quite the reverse, actually. We are virtually nailed on for relegation, spent half a billion pounds on players and ended up with a team that can't score a goal or buy a win. After 9 yrs the promised ground improvements consist of a few second hand shipping containers where it cost £300 for a seat & a ready meal.


A lunatic of an owner who couldn't pick his nose, never mind a manager. Everything was near perfect last year, now 11 months later it's a total car crash. Again, I ask you, which of the above facts aren't true. That's the purpose of this site. Debate & thoughts.

19 Mar 2026 11:17:01
I think most clubs have a signature tune, Everton have Z Cars and Newcastle have Local Hero to name just two, as Trigger said, the karaoke versions.

19 Mar 2026 15:23:33
Balloons you seem pretty convinced we're going down if I were you I'd fill my boots at 9/4 with the bookies,
West Ham 7/4
Spurs 2/1
Forest 9/4
So bet 365 seem to think of the 3 we are the marginally least likely to go down, get stuck in, you might be able to upgrade your recliner, by the way you and your mate don't debate, you're a background noise on here, a diatribe( look it up on Google skegs) of constant negativity, and have never been anything else,

19 Mar 2026 17:13:43
Stevie boy look for any negative comments I made last season pal.then look back how many you made last season facts mate facts.pot kettle pal and fans with short term memory loss

19 Mar 2026 18:45:30
Skegs, thought you weren't commenting on my posts? I see no point in talking about anything with you.

18 Mar 2026 18:18:40
I see Elangas having a good night the Judas.

18 Mar 2026 18:26:51
Man of the match. ?

18 Mar 2026 18:56:16
Newcastle finding the net - what an entertaining game. Nice to see two teams have a real go at each other, not playing sideways football, and having to have 105 shots on goal to finally score one.

18 Mar 2026 19:42:07
Barca gave em a hell of a beating, Norwegian style. ??

18 Mar 2026 19:57:59
Judas??

Really.

18 Mar 2026 20:22:12
On his way to Barcelona in the summer for plenty, plenty pesetas.

18 Mar 2026 22:23:00
Spurs hitting form just at the right time. ?

18 Mar 2026 22:35:37
Shut up toilet troll??, ain't you got a U-bend to unblock? ??. ?