Nottingham Forest Banter

10 Jan 2026 16:22:31
As I appear to be causing much irritation and offence on here I hereby apologise and promise to cease and desist. I’m confident that my predictions regarding SD will be proved right at the end of the season ( as I was right about SC). But, time will tell and I won’t confuse those whose minds are made up with any facts as to progress made.
My golden rule of banter is that if you can’t take it, you shouldn’t dish it out but so be it.

By the way, the dinosaurs were an extraordinarily successful life form, existing for around 200 million years ( in fact when you next see birds in your garden you can see their avian descendants are still around to this day). The large dinosaurs were only destroyed by the unavoidable impact of asteroid (s).
The supposedly more advanced species of Homo sapiens have been around for around 2 million years and will probably destroy themselves by either nuclear war or climate change….
Most us on here support Forest so let’s enjoy it while we can comrades.

10 Jan 2026 17:21:53
I think people forget where we were when Dyche arrived. In the relegation zone.

After the Ange disaster we needed someone to steady the ship and keep us up. If he does that. Mission acomplished. And we should applaud him.

He is what he is. Your not going to get champagne football (like Ange) but its all about results. If you look at our first or best team it is exactly the same as last year minus Elanga and Wood. So all that money spent and the only teo who have at times showed us something is Hutchinson and Luiz. You can't blame Dyche for that.

All that said whatever happens I doubt SD will see out his contract.

10 Jan 2026 17:23:08
Never apologise Stokey, for anything as you always say what is in your own mind and feel correct. I am 100% an SD supporter as I also was SC. There is no doubt we will end up mid to lower table. Our problem is the players that will then feel they have achieved all they can at the City Ground. Who would blame, Anderson, MGW and Murillo if they moved on.


Personally I believe McAtee was bought as a potential replacement for Anderson or MGW.
One aspect of Nunos time is he came in when a squad had gelled with SC. This has happened this season at Brentford. Next season there will be big changes and SD is needed to gel the squad together.

10 Jan 2026 17:40:06
Good and thoughtful posts, Nono and 67. I don’t apologise for my views only for any personal offence they may have caused.
Anyway, back to my armchair navigation with a glass of malt whiskey, woodburner on and heading for the coast of Chile and Peru on HMS Surprise in “ The 13 Gun Salute”!
I give you joy, shipmates! 🥃🥃.

10 Jan 2026 17:42:44
You obviously can't take it stokie or you would keep having a pop at individuals and their views, when they differ from yours. You say you will be proved right at the end of the season.

Well I say you won't. So let's see. Your pro SD, I'm anti SD. We don't need an History lesson to explain it just watch it unfold. One of us will be proven right.

10 Jan 2026 17:50:40
🤣🤣🤣🤣 nonodyche heard it all now.

10 Jan 2026 14:35:19
We need to make this transfer window count. Edu McAtee Zinchenko Taiwo Ndoye Morata OUT and a quality striker IN

Playing Zinchenko McAtee and Morata on the same side is like playing with 8 men. I despise Edu for what he has done, what should have been one of the best seasons in this clubs history is fast turning into a complete farce.

10 Jan 2026 15:26:43
Only 5 out Froggy? I could treble that but who wants em. Nigel and Mansfield maybe. ?

10 Jan 2026 13:48:45
Strand Larson just completed a hat trick? Only Shrewsbury but just saying…. Let’s get him and Dwight O Neil signed and rid of Zinchenko, Anoniyi, McAteer, Morato ( and Edu) ….

10 Jan 2026 14:19:24
Please note non League Macclesfield beat Crystal Palace. Oh dear! on the logic of members on this site he destined to be sacked!

10 Jan 2026 14:57:18
Please note, Glasner has credit in the bank, whereas Dyche doesn't. 🌳.

10 Jan 2026 15:06:02
Nono I don't care about palace or anyone else that gets knocked out of tge cup it doesn't disguise the fact we played shite and have been playing shite for months simples.

10 Jan 2026 15:29:36
The last thing we need is any more of your suggestions stokie. Your still drooling over the appointment if Dyche and look where that's got us.

10 Jan 2026 15:48:52
Oh dear, Red Robin, Skeggs and Larry Balloons ( by the way welcome back my dear old thing), Glasner has 2 years “credit” in the bank because that’s how long he’s had to shape the team ( or to put it another simpler way, that’s 4 transfer windows to acquire the players he wants and 2 pre seasons to coach them into his way of playing and develop them).

Dyche has been here less than 3 months and this January is his first window, obviously no pre season.
Still, let’s not let the facts get in the way of a good old whinge eh? ……. 🙄🙄.

10 Jan 2026 16:23:22
Keep banging the drum for Dyche stokie and i will keep saying we are going nowhere under him. Let's see who is proven right. Simple.

10 Jan 2026 16:31:14
Well said Stokie.

10 Jan 2026 16:35:02
Huh? So taking all the laughing emojis out of the conversation you actually agree we me? Yes success brings you credit and yes success and Dyche are two words that will never belong together. 🌳.

10 Jan 2026 16:38:34
Dyche has no day in transfers though stokey
Thought you would of realised that by now
Hes the coach nothing else.

10 Jan 2026 16:45:22
I think your forgetting one massive thing stokie dyche is a coach he will get what players edu decides to give him he won't get is own players remember that's why nuno left I have more chance of getting 6 numbers on the lottery tonight than dyche ever doing any good with us.

10 Jan 2026 17:44:57
They’re not laughing emojis Red Robin, you should go to Specsavers my friend. This is what a laughing emoji looks like 😂
As you say, we will sit down at the end of the season, talk about it, then decide I was right!

10 Jan 2026 12:26:44
Do we know if Cubbano is training with us yet if so he has got to be better than Zinchenko unfortunately he played for city and Arsenal in two very good sides that carried him.

10 Jan 2026 13:22:21
I believe that you be very disappointed if you’re. Hoping for a mid table finish mate. 7 points clear or not were very catchable. West Ham doing some transfer business Forest again delaying in moving dross on and signing players who Dyche can coach to his ways - whether we agree with those way as or not- it’s clear we have half a squad who he can’t work with.

The club need to decide on its philosophy as edu has clearly signed players for a different style of play. Did he get asked to or has he just decided to that. Either way it’s left us very vulnerable.

10 Jan 2026 13:27:23
JS I’ve been wondering about Cubiano too? I thought SD might have had a look at him last nighr if he’s available.

10 Jan 2026 16:03:32
Gold Stars surely you’d rather be 7 points clear than 4 points from safety which we were when SD arrived?

10 Jan 2026 11:58:05
As I’m losing the will to live reading some of the hysterical comments on here from last nights game, I will restrict myself to the following observations.

Firstly, if you read my pre match posts I anticipated a difficult night. Wrexham are a well run club ( unlike ours) one point of the playoffs with good investment. I see them as solid playoff contenders at the very least.

Secondly, again I ask, were you not entertained? A cracking match, end to end, with some brilliant goals and excitement.

Thirdly, we lost the first half 2 nil and won the second ( with more of our first team squad on the pitch) 3 one. We lost the penalty lottery, their goalkeeper was brilliant throughout the game, as were the Wrexham team as a whole. Good luck to them.

Fourthly, SD will have learnt a lot about his squad last night. None of those players are his choice and as for selection, following a busy Christmas schedule, this was our second game in 3 days ( with travelling time from East London to North Wales). SD has been in charge for less than 3 months. Contrary to rather tedious, repetitive and dim mantras on here of “SD out” and variations thereof, I think no manager should be dismissed without being allowed to shape his squad through at least 2 transfer windows and a pre season. Especially with his record so far in trying to steady the ship after the baleful effects of Nunos disaffection, Postacoglaus disaster, Edu’s recruitment and Marinkinakos negative interference ( though we all, of course, admire his investment and ambition).

10 Jan 2026 12:12:31
He won't be getting his own players stokey as he's toast at the end of the season, its as simple as that.

10 Jan 2026 12:20:37
A well reasoned post which I largely agree with. Those shouting "out" all the time are tedious and predictable. With Aina and possibly Yates and Sangare back we can win Five more games and pull off some draws. All reasons for optimism.


Dominguez is getting better and Jesus is working hard with little reward. Hutchinson will improve he's still young. Let's concentrate on supporting the lads however we can. Moaning about their mistakes, Edu and Dyche gets nowhere fast.

10 Jan 2026 12:29:27
You’ll restrict yourself but you’ll still have a pop at those who see something different to you. I’m sure your paragraphs contain some valid intelligent remarks but I’m too hysterical to read them and they’re written by an ostrich - so I can’t be bothered.

Dyche is the worst manager since Megson.

10 Jan 2026 12:48:14
How would we know if any of the starting 11 can play? Lump it and hope to 5 players with an average height of 5'5. Dyche is to blame for last nights result, he was only bailed out by CHO actually turning up for once.

We were poor and made to look even worse by a guy with the tactical intelligence of a brussel sprout. Noticed how well Kalimuendo did on his debut for Frankfurt. 🌳.

10 Jan 2026 13:07:43
Stokey I agree. There are some in this web site that forget last years FAcup early rounds and a penalty shoot out against Exeter! Also a Swansea defeat this season ( Nuno ).
I watched the whole match and yes was entertained. My own view is that McAtee played as well as a recent Anderson , he is only 21. He will come good in the fullness of time. Poor Morato tried to protect Cunha and slipped up in his own role.
All the goals scored were well taken for both sides. Jesus goal was a great header and OD third was a worthy goal of the season. This was always going to be a tricky away match. No way was this result SDs fault as a manager.

This was a second string expensive side which all of us if we are honest would have started with giving them a chance to shine. SD was right to criticize them. The TNT commentators said exactly the same thing at half time.
We will see similar casualties from the premiership today. As with us it allows the manager to try different players in a pressure match. To lesser teams such as Wrexham a chance to progress and they deserved to
To survive this season is our aim maybe do well in Europe for the first time in a while
We will not be relegated I am confident. SD should then be given a decent contract.

10 Jan 2026 13:13:36
Stop on stars, if you don't agree with them there's something wrong you, which in fact works both ways. We maybe hysterical but at least we are not delusional. Dyche is an outdated cretaceous cretin. 🌳.

10 Jan 2026 13:19:54
"The untun'd and jarring senses, O, when we are out of tune, we lie. " 😘🌳.

10 Jan 2026 13:25:16
I'm a bit busy at the moment, and although this delusional defending of the indefensible is barely worth a reply, I'm sick of letting this nonsense slide. I'll be replying in more detail later.

Don't be fooled fellow trickies, just because someone can spell and has the spare time to write an essay where a few words will do, it does not mean what they write is based on football nous or tactical insight. Stokey's post may be opinion, but it's a wrong one. Plain and simple.

Dych is a bottom half manager, with outdated tactics not fit for modern football. The sooner he gets the fook out of my club, the better.

Sack Gingersaurus please, Marinakis!

10 Jan 2026 13:41:18
DTP …. So you keep saying…. 💤💤💤

Gold stars I’m not having a pop at anyone. It’s just a mind numbingly dull mantra of largely unsupported statements. I can only imagine you were watching a different game to me. It was a great game with very little “lumping “ it up and lots of end to end action. As for “ Dyche is to blame” which of the players out there is he responsible for signing? Who else could he play up top who’s taller than 5’5”? Is it his fault Woody and Yates ( that would have been his kind of game) are injured and Taiwo finished?
By the way one of our midgets managed to score with a far post header……
Answers on a post card please…….

10 Jan 2026 14:06:31
Nononuno, the Swansea cup defeat was Angeball not Nuno.

10 Jan 2026 14:27:16
If over the course of 5 games you cross 500 times eventually even you Stokey would get on the end of one. Yes we don't have woody so how about actually doing his job and use a more tactically intelligent approach to the game. One dimensional lump, hoof and "have it" football belongs on a Sunday league pitch and to be fair that's insulting players at that level.
For a so called intelligent, educated and logical man you are sounding more deluded with each defence of the cretaceous crustacean.


I actually thought King Lear saying "the untun'd and jarring senses, O' th' deaf world. " suited the state of delusion coming from some here, for those who don't know King Lear lost his marbles and was self aware of his loss of those said marbles. 🌳.

10 Jan 2026 15:07:44
Redfred nononuno is another fan that wanted better manager look what they've ended up with 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

10 Jan 2026 16:49:31
Skeggs no forest fan wanted nuno to go, he wanted to go and made statements that made his position untenable, just the same as maresca and Amorin.

10 Jan 2026 16:54:36
nononononodoucheball. 🌳.

10 Jan 2026 10:04:05
Weirdly enough Kalimuendo was making his debut last night in a 3-3 draw. Got himself 2 assists and looked dangerous. We'll never know if he would have been any good for us as Dyche hardly gave him a chance. What a waste when he could have started last night for us, but i guess he doesn't suit lump it high and long outdated cretaceous ball. 🌳.

10 Jan 2026 13:30:44
One thing I did notice and was very obvious: when we played it to feet we increased our tempo and we looked decent.