Nottingham Forest banter 2

01 May 2024 14:07:43
No time or place for faint hearts on Saturday at Bramall Lane

Always a tough place to visit Local Derby no love lost between the fans and teams we need to pick a team for 60 minutes and use good subs for the final 30 when we've won the right to play

Sels

Obamadele
Boly
Murrilo

Aina
Yates
Danilo
Toffelo

Elanga
MGW

Wood

Subs
Turner
Dominguez
Sangare
Awoniyi
Tavares
Riberio
Origi
Niakhate.

01 May 2024 16:24:55
Obamadele and Murrilo both disappoint when they play together - we look very weak at the back when it’s those two. Probs be good players in an alternative partnership but shouldn’t both play?

01 May 2024 19:04:30
That’s the side MM unless Boly and Murillo and Williams out injured. This is one to go for the jugular immediately.

01 May 2024 10:55:35
Just listened to Howard Webb try and justify the non-penalty awards against Forest v Everton. In it he mentioned how they've upped the threshold on contact in the box. Really? What happened to the threshold when Rashford was awarded a penalty then against us for absolutely minimal contact in the area? Me thinks he was talking absolute cow droppings.

01 May 2024 10:09:15
Unfortunately Legless some are playing to their full potential, they're just not good enough for the Premier League and scouted by an incompetent bunch of amateurs.

30 Apr 2024 22:56:24
I would love it if our club stopped whingeing and our players started playing to their full potential. A pipe-dream? I hope not.

01 May 2024 06:15:00
Most of the players are playing to their full potential, Legless, as most of them are championship level.

01 May 2024 11:08:32
Rubbish most are internationals
It's more the case of the coaching staff not being able to find the right blend and forming a team.

30 Apr 2024 17:33:27
Will Anthony Taylor make any balls ups tonight?
CARLO.

30 Apr 2024 19:39:10
Well according to Howard Webb we should've had ONE pen against Everton

Listen to the VAR audio and anthony taylor his adamant NO CONTACT PLAYED THE BALL a few times the VAR guy got pressure from his boss and bottled telling him

But we all knew that anyway hence the club statement

A lot less fuss over the admitting of a mistake compared to the fuss about said statement!

And then anthony taylor does that in west ham v scouse game and its like nothings happened Where's accountability for their errors

Beggars belief.

30 Apr 2024 19:40:27
Carlo, it’s like asking is the Pope a Catholic mate! 😂😂😂😂.

30 Apr 2024 20:25:47
Seems Captain Web has accepted we should have had at least 1 penalty against Everton but blamed the referee and Var for being Human and Human s are prone to Mistakes so get rid of VAR then we will only have 1 mistake plus when Our owner went on X well he's only Human and when we failed FFP WELL THE ACCOUNTANT IS ONLY HUMAN!

30 Apr 2024 21:04:30
Had to have a wry smile at Howard Webb's comment that officials are all human beings! Well, they are all human beings in rugby league and union plus cricket but they don’t have a fraction of the errors and cock ups with technology that the football refs do!
Mind you the level of respect and dissent towards football refs is disgraceful compared with other sports.

30 Apr 2024 21:41:28
What good is all this to us now?

30 Apr 2024 21:45:46
Like that jester and very true.

30 Apr 2024 22:30:02
Totally agree with you again Stokey. You actually talk a lot of sense for a burnt-out ex Copper (! ). Keep it up mate.

01 May 2024 06:19:33
Webb said that the first 2 were subjective. So the rules are open to interpretation by the individual and bias can and sometimes will come into the decision making process. But, apparently, VAR is better for the game.

01 May 2024 09:06:10
Jester brilliant post,

01 May 2024 10:49:05
Many thanks for your words Legless, mate, which managed to be, simultaneously, kind, rude and entirely accurate! 😂😂😂
I was more than ever convinced that my decision to retire was correct after watching the footage of the tragic sword attack in London yesterday. It would have been very difficult to achieve any sort of a hit with my taser whilst having a heart attack which I probably would have.
By the way, incredible heroism and bravery on the part of the arresting Metpol officers, particularly the young slip of a Policewoman who took the maniac down with her taser. Also my best wishes for the full recovery of those Police Officers who sustained horrendous injuries and any members of the Public similarly affected. 👏🏻👏🏻🤞🤞😔😔.

01 May 2024 10:53:57
Whilst we are in Howard Webb ( and I hate to disparage a fellow ex Police Officer) perhaps he could have prevented a lot of unnecessary grief by quietly replacing Stuart Atwell on VAR when his Luton connection was revealed? It’s basic common sense really ….

01 May 2024 15:47:20
It’s in the FA guidelines Stokey
Declaring a conflict of interest.
However these don’t apply to Forest matches apparently.
I’ve also read a great article on the charges concerning Man City. The fact that the problem has been ongoing for several years and the fact they have avoided any hearing up to now is, to me, more evidence of corruption.
The irony of City fans chanting you cheating b……s on Sunday would be funny if it wasn’t serious.
It feels we’re unwanted.
They love to shoot the messenger for saying some
Inconvenient truths.
I do hope we’re still in the Prem next season
And Forza put up a massive two fingered display in the Trent End.

01 May 2024 16:32:15
Good post Carey, couldn’t agree more mate!

30 Apr 2024 13:49:22
I see there are many posts on here criticising Nuno for his perceived lack of passion, comparing him unfavourably with SC. I think this is unfair. When you think about the Master, Cloughie, it was very rare for him to jump out of the dug out. But when he did it had maximum effect. He spent most games sitting down, analysing, talking to his Assistant ( Taylor, Fenton etc). He certainly never patrolled the touchline and behaved like the drama queens of today. The greatest England manager Sir Alf hardly raised an eyebrow back in the day.
By the way, can anybody tell me what the role of the 4th official is, apart from to get earache every game from opposing coaches?

30 Apr 2024 14:33:00
4th official is now used to keep the opposing coaches apart.
Coaches being animated on the touchline doesn't necessarily mean they care. Conversely, not being animated doesn't necessarily mean they don't care. Some people, however, think that it means exactly the opposite. It doesn't matter to me if the coach is jumping up and down, sitting down or just standing in one place. It means absolutely nothing at all.

30 Apr 2024 15:08:35
Not many people in the ticket office this morning, so much for record sales.

30 Apr 2024 15:39:14
Our leading coaches think that abusing the 4 th official and intimidating him will get the ref on side, they should be red carded and fined, their behaviour is totally unacceptable but according to Arteta they will continue to do.
CARLO.

30 Apr 2024 15:44:09
Thanks Derby. Why don’t they just remove the 4th official, let the coaching teams at each other then sell tickets? 😂😂😂.

30 Apr 2024 16:39:46
Red vale think 90% of business is done online these days, only dinosaurs like me use the ticket office 😊.

30 Apr 2024 17:44:03
See Richards putting his Tuppence worth in. must need another £300 haircut you ask me.

30 Apr 2024 19:26:55
Spot on Steve all 4 who were there were OAPs. But I did see the forest ladies having a walk about. I did mention to the office lad that was half of my pension gone on my ticket, he just looked straight through me, think he's heard it all before.

01 May 2024 00:09:49
I'm a human. I see when another human cares.

30 Apr 2024 09:21:08
I've read with interest the posts on here, I thought we played really well Sunday til the 2nd goal killed us off, a reproduction of that performance at bramall lane would get 3 points, but we all know we won't get a performance like that away from the city ground, and that has been our main problem since being promoted, our away form is utterly pathetic, I think it's 3 away wins in 2seasons, , and neither manager has looked like solving that problem, it puts so much pressure on our home results, to the point where we HAVE to be getting points against the big clubs to survive, and if we manage to survive, unless this problem is solved, next season will be another struggle,

30 Apr 2024 10:29:41
Good post Stevie.

30 Apr 2024 14:34:14
Totally agree, Stevie.

30 Apr 2024 17:32:45
Totally agree Steve. I feel it’s inevitable that we will struggle against Sheffield United- it’s like it’s in the DNA of this team.
Poor coaching and lack of positive mental attitude in my opinion as we do have some good players.

30 Apr 2024 20:00:32
Very good point about our away-form Stevie Bootneck. When you look at it statistically like that it is very worrying. However, hope springs eternal again in the Legless camp here! Personally, I think we'll demolish the Blades on Saturday.

30 Apr 2024 20:09:45
Don't forget to bring the humble pie with you after the game redfrog.

30 Apr 2024 21:22:39
I hope I will Skegs - truly I do. But your messiah Nuno Dispiriting Santo is in charge and we all know what a gormless melt he is. In Nuno we rust.

30 Apr 2024 21:56:58
It's a must win and no excuse not to win, first thing is nuno got get team selection right and tactics, that's my worry.

30 Apr 2024 22:14:26
🤣🤣🤣 frog I don't have a Messiah like some of you did my Messiah his forest not a manager unlike some on here 🙄😂🤣.

30 Apr 2024 22:32:43
His 🤣🤣👏.

30 Apr 2024 23:15:42
You ok DTP or you in the middle of watching a rerun of cooper doing fist pumps from a long time ago while playing ub40 🤣😂.

01 May 2024 05:49:44
Skegs it was time for Cooper to go. But he was twice the manager that Nuno is and some more. The players were honest although the tactics weren’t the best.
Now we have players hiding, set piece problems and still a lack of identity and style.
BTW, and I haven’t looked at this, but it would be interesting to compare the premier league stats of both managers.

01 May 2024 08:57:46
Red frog don't know who you was watching at the time but only now we have a set piece problem 🤣🤣🤣.

01 May 2024 09:27:13
It’s got worse Skegs - and I’m not exaggerating.

30 Apr 2024 09:20:23
If we get relegated who would stay in your opinion to fight it out in the championship

My list is below

Yates
Obamadele
Williams
Aina
Dominguez
Aguilera
OBrien
Turner
Dale Taylor
Worrall
Panzo
Mbe Soh
Boly

Go

Awoniyi
CHO
Elanga
Wood
Sangare
Danilo
Murrilo
Gibbs White
Niakhate.

30 Apr 2024 09:24:28
Bowler?

30 Apr 2024 13:15:12
I'd like to see wood Cho and elanga stop with us. With the any spare cash I'd go for Spence, spurs want shot of him, he do a job if Williams or elanga left.

30 Apr 2024 13:31:54
I think if you’re want to do a Leicester and bounce straight back you have to keep Murillo, MGW, Elanga and CHO. But finances will dictate recruitment and retention. Anyway, I’m confident we will survive, 100% mate!

30 Apr 2024 14:24:54
Also Omar Richards to come back.

30 Apr 2024 17:14:02
Omar WHO? Stevie.

30 Apr 2024 17:38:20
More chance of "Omar" Shariff making a comeback lol!

30 Apr 2024 17:42:59
Omar who? 🤣.

01 May 2024 09:10:12
😂I get the scepticism. But a fit Omar Richards playing how he did at reading would be top notch in the championship.

30 Apr 2024 08:53:47
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, West Ham United v Liverpool - A Quick Liverpool Perspective

30 Apr 2024 10:50:16
Another interesting read Ed1 mate. As far as Anthony Taylor is concerned, absolutely ludicrous reffing. Welcome to our world…….
I once sat a Geography A level where a very clever examiner set the question ( from a quote from AA Milne of Winnie the Pooh fame) “Nobody knows, where the wind comes from, or where the wind goes”. Discuss! I worked out, correctly, that the answer was to test knowledge of world wind belts and climate.
The other day I saw a scurrilous and rather cruel quote on another site about Liverpool……
Built by Shanks
Bought by Yanks
Owned by Banks
And laughed at by Mancs
Discuss?

{Ed001's Note - Anthony Taylor has cost Liverpool many times mate, still find it difficult to understand how a Mancunian can be allowed to referee a game involving a team from Manchester or Liverpool. And we are used to ludicrous reffing - just look back at that Spurs game when the goal was disallowed even though they knew it should have stood.}

29 Apr 2024 19:51:34
If we survive can we keep Awomyi ans our main striker?
Do we need someone who can play at least 30 or more games in a season.
If we could get a reasonable fe is it time to replace him?
CARLO.

29 Apr 2024 22:41:39
Get rid for me. Shocking fitness issues.

29 Apr 2024 23:02:53
Remember Kevin Campbell 2 star?
Three seasons of being injured then was dynamite
I'd say part ways but good player when fit.

30 Apr 2024 07:05:43
Awoniyi is a great player for us when fit. Sadly he is mostly injured- a curse that has played out through the last 20 years or so at Forest.

30 Apr 2024 08:35:12
Let him go. Made of glass.

30 Apr 2024 08:47:08
We soon complain when players show no loyalty, however we would like the club to get rid of a player that gives 100% for the cause.

Let’s hope his injuries are behind him and he can become a great player for us.

I still think we rushed him back to play when a bit longer recovery would have been the better option.

30 Apr 2024 09:21:19
Pineapple mate. He gives 100% when he plays I agree mate.
Unfortunately that's only about 20% of the matches.
Appallingly bad injury record.

30 Apr 2024 18:42:09
He’s made out of biscuit can’t rely on him sell him move on!

30 Apr 2024 22:35:29
Sounds like from what your all saying balloons was right all along about him the smiling assassin 🤣.

29 Apr 2024 19:22:08
A spending cap on clubs should of been done years ago.

29 Apr 2024 20:48:54
What about on beer?
CARLO.

29 Apr 2024 22:13:55
Definitely Carlo 🤣.

29 Apr 2024 23:13:08
Skeggs don't drink beer he drinks a weak lager that isn't a real pint of anything and then braggs about it
Wouldn't last five minutes on real ale.

30 Apr 2024 07:05:17
The only drink you drink his bitter. about sums you up pal 😁👍.

30 Apr 2024 07:08:17
00 Guinness tastes like the real stuff and you can drive after, am I convincing anybody Awonyi is a sick note he, s a good striker so sell if someone wants him but we don, t have a good record with injuries he could shine at a better club.

30 Apr 2024 08:37:00
You keep your 0/ 0 Guinness mate 🤣🤣 but I understand why you drink it mate.

30 Apr 2024 08:46:54
Yes wouldn't touch it otherwise lager is a summer drink, beer is a winter drink and wine is all year round.

30 Apr 2024 09:00:17
Summer all year round for me then jester 🤣.

30 Apr 2024 10:24:34
it, s aways summer in vegas
CARLO.

30 Apr 2024 12:02:23
🤣🤣🤣🤣.

30 Apr 2024 13:24:47
Cider in Summer is ace.

30 Apr 2024 14:38:27
Completely pointless drinking beer without alcohol. It's like smoking a joint with no weed in it.

30 Apr 2024 15:03:57
Jesters been ill derby that's why he drinks 0/ 0 I imagine he's had his fare share of beer in the past am I right jester 🤣.

30 Apr 2024 15:52:01
Correct no problem drinking any of you under the table in the past and a happy drunk, now just a unhappy sober bloke full of 00 Guinness but alive and kicking 👍👍👍😋😋.

29 Apr 2024 18:19:20
I've been a bit surprised to read some of the 'cool' responses to yesterday's game. As I posted yesterday we were, after all, playing one of the best teams on this planet. None of us could have dreamt about Forest playing in such a fixture even 3 years ago - let alone performing well and looking a threat for much of the game. OK, we didn't achieve the ultimate aim of putting the ball in the back of their net. But, so what? We played with more passion, intensity and downright skill that we've ever seen before under Nuno's tenure. Personally, I'm taking this as a massive positive going forward - whether we are in Premier League or the Championship next season.

29 Apr 2024 20:32:08
Legless we lost, you get nothing for playing well in defeat
Nuno changed to three at the back for the first time, we should stick to that formation for the last three games imo, but I bet he goes back to a flat back four
End of the day We beat arsenal, Liverpool and drew with city at home last season, all have beaten us under nuno this season
The first goal, we have nico injured and hobbling off, why on earth didn't nuno have a sub ready?

We are crap at corners with eleven men never mind ten, that was the killer moment and something that should never happen
Like I've said many times the football might look better on the eye but we lise to many games because defence can't defend as a unit and nuno has to take responsibility for that.

29 Apr 2024 21:21:30
Another great post mate.

29 Apr 2024 22:11:08
🤔🤔 DTP your words yesterday Nuno has put us up to get slaughtered with that team did we get slaughtered no 🤣🤣 to forward thinking you said now you want him to play like that for the last 3 games 😂😂 make your mind up what you'd like him to do as many can see on here whatever he does hasn't going to be good enough for you without the fist pumps.

29 Apr 2024 22:34:15
My mind been made up along time on nuno
No good
So skeggs we go to Sheffield Saturday, nothing but a win will do?
We competed against city, but they picked us off with the class they have
Sheffield have no class yes?
See how nuno approaches that game I say
City you expect to get beat and we got beat end of and you get no points for that
Luton one nil up and coasting till nuno makes the subs and invites the equaliser which soon came
What do you want nuno to put out against Sheffield skeggs formation wise?
Come on little man let's hear it?
Don't need emojis
Nuno don't do fists pumps because he hardly wins agame.

29 Apr 2024 23:03:32
What happened last season is irrelevant.
You may just as well say we lost at Newcastle, at home to Man Utd and Fulham last season but won those same games this season under Nuno 🤣.

29 Apr 2024 23:11:51
Beating Luton 2-0 at home and manager makes subs and invites the first and equalising goals.
Very short and selective memories some folk have 🤔.

29 Apr 2024 23:19:43
Exactly same formation but even though I'm not a Yates fan I would swap him for Danilo bit of fight in the middle my little Derbyshire pal and for a good season and half we barely seen fist pumps from the bloke who copied it from klopp 🤣 would love to discuss this with you further but for a bloke that as to work 7 days a week cause he's done something wrong I'm off to count sheep more interesting night night my little ub40 pal 😁👍.

30 Apr 2024 07:05:07
Nuno supposed to be an upgrade Fred on Cooper, he's only on a par though.

30 Apr 2024 09:03:26
At least you admit he's on par DTP that just shows you how bad cooper was in the premier league cause nunos done rubbish so far with results in the little time he's had compared to cooper 🤣.

30 Apr 2024 11:59:52
You're splitting hairs comparing Cooper and Nuno. On the break football has no place in the Premiership. The 'mystery' of why Mourinho was so underwhelming at Utd is no mystery at all. That brand of football was passed its sell by date even then. And he had a billion quid running about.

30 Apr 2024 13:35:14
That’s a worry Who Knows mate because Nuno is Mourinhos protege and taught him all he knows 🤔.

30 Apr 2024 15:05:47
Whatever you dislike about Nuno and his bad spell here he took wolves to Europe twice so he's been there and done it. it's just not working out here.

30 Apr 2024 15:18:12
Skegs seems to forget that Cooper had 30 odd players to juggle about. A completely new squad of players to integrate must be a near impossible task. But he keep us up and the board bought in more players and we end up in a worse situation than last season. I think Cooper did an excellent job in keeping us up last season. But as there is absolutely no loyalty in football and the fact that it is results based and money orientated then he had to go. At least from the owners perspective.

30 Apr 2024 15:46:08
Yes couldn’t have put it better myself Derby mate. Good post! 👍👍.

01 May 2024 00:17:55
Cooper's results were better, this season and last. On results Derby, Nuno is toast.

29 Apr 2024 17:42:37
So, here's a question. As thus season is almost done, would you keep Nuno if we stayed up or dropped down?
Personally I would like him gone. Doesn't inspire anything in me at all I'm afraid.

Thoughts?

29 Apr 2024 20:28:21
To be honest if it had been early in the season with the results he's got he would of probably been sacked so I'm guessing either way stop up go down he will be gone.

29 Apr 2024 20:33:09
No get rid regardless if we stay up.

29 Apr 2024 21:30:32
I wouldn’t have hired Nuno in the first place. Gormless melt of a manager.
Mark Robbins deserves a chance - done brilliantly with no money at Coventry.

29 Apr 2024 21:31:23
Regardless of where we are next season Nuno should be replaced, the club and the supporters need a manager coach who can and should stand up to the owner and bring in the players he wants not what the owner wants. he has to connect with the supporters and bring back the vibrant atmosphere that's been sadly missed. We can't have a division between us and the owner it isn't any good for the club.

29 Apr 2024 22:12:13
Red vale never going to happen maranakis wouldn't allow it ed of.

29 Apr 2024 22:19:18
Mr M will never ever higher a non yes man.
It’s just not on in his makeup.
CARLO.

29 Apr 2024 22:20:01
Mark Robbins?
No mate.

29 Apr 2024 22:28:01
Well DTP has said it no to Mark Robbins so I would definitely take him after dtps predictions 😁👍.

29 Apr 2024 23:06:27
Great to see you on my case little man
What's your predictions?

29 Apr 2024 23:19:15
You got your man skeggs remember?
You loved telling us after three games and your mate balloons
Should have been on cloud nine and out of sight
Cooper?
He kept us up
Will nuno?