Nottingham Forest banter 10

06 Jan 2026 11:11:28
I’m just wondering which Forest team will turn up tonight?
The one that played great entertaining and committed football like against Man Utd, Man City, Spurs, Leeds and Liverpool or the flaccid version like against Villa, Everton, Brighton.

I’d even take a grim grind out of a win like against Wolves to give us some breathing space, then a couple of tweaks in the transfer window, rebuild confidence, cut out the basic errors and go again.

06 Jan 2026 11:55:09
Think we'd all take a win stokey no matter the performance in this game
To me even a draw is ok, a liss would be disastrous.

06 Jan 2026 12:01:38
The team that will turn up to night is the one that picks itself every week because there no quality on the bench.
Over to you the Lump it Brothers. I've cancelled the Nytol for tonight. It's going to be Woan-derful.

06 Jan 2026 12:08:30
We can't lose to West ham that got battered by wolves last week no excuses should be a easy win I've put 20 on forest -1 goal uredddsssss.

06 Jan 2026 12:17:46
I think West Ham and Nuno are in a worst position to Forest. ATM we are the closest team to them. Goal scoring is both clubs big negative. Do it depends then whose defence is worst. Melonvich was slow to close down for the first two Villa goals, so he is the weak link in our defence.

SD for me is a more inspirational manager on and off the pitch. It would sadden me if they didn’t play until they drop tonight for SD position.

06 Jan 2026 12:17:56
It is a massive game for Nuno and Dyche what ever they say, since West Ham beat us at the City Ground there form has nosed dived, and it could be Nunos last game, defeat for us will just increase the discontent amongst the supporters for Dyche!, we should beat them and gain what would be a massive three points.

06 Jan 2026 13:15:32
Keep it tight at the back first 20, in courage Hutch to get in the box waste of time throwing in crosses hard and low it will turn their defence to jelly leaving Jesus to pick up knock ins just need to feed Hutchinson and whoever is on the other flank including the wingbacks we need Anderson and whoever partners him to step up and control the midfield COYR.

06 Jan 2026 13:55:24
We can't score goals, that's the main problem.

06 Jan 2026 15:21:42
This is a significant game, but I am unsure who will score for us. Hopefully, we will win, and again, hopefully, Edu will be released from his duties!

06 Jan 2026 16:43:58
Own goal might be our best hope, Ripley.

06 Jan 2026 16:54:12
As long as it's in Wet Sam's net I don't care 👍🏻.

06 Jan 2026 10:54:25
Do clubs really not learn their lessons? Chelsea giving Rosenior a six year contract. How much of a payout will he get when they sack him in the summer?
And Utd, cost them in the ballpark of 27 million to hire then fire Amorim. Reports of a 10 million severance package lol. 🌳.

06 Jan 2026 11:51:08
Had to laugh at the Sun’s headline ( no I’m not a reader)
“When the trophies are nil
And it’s cost 30 mill
That’s Amorim “…. 😂😂.

06 Jan 2026 11:51:13
He's come from their parents club though winter
He knows how it works within the blue co empire
Hwewon't kick up a fuss about recruitment because he knows his job is purely as a coach and to get results, it's quite clever giving him his apprenticeship and seeing how he gets on
Chelsea obviously believe he's now ready for the big job.

06 Jan 2026 16:20:46
I bet Rosenior can't believe his luck with a 6 year contract. He'll be sacked in the summer.

06 Jan 2026 17:36:05
Not luck though silkman chelsea have spent the effort of trying him out at their parent club
Refreshing to see a young coach in premier.

06 Jan 2026 17:57:18
Weird that stokey i'd have had you down as sun reader all day long 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

06 Jan 2026 09:27:32
We cannot repeat CANNOT afford to lose at West Han today

They have the worst defence in the league we can’t sit back and be passive we have to control the game and be on the front foot

Sels

Aina
Milenkovic
Murrilo
Williams

Hutchinson
Anderson
Luis
Bakwa

MGW
Jesus.

06 Jan 2026 12:09:17
MM I agree the team almost picks itself. Personally I would put our best goal scorer up front ie MGW. Then we have an extra in midfield.

06 Jan 2026 13:57:22
If CHO is fit I'd use him first half.

06 Jan 2026 09:22:26
Do a swap deal with Wolves McAtee for Strsnd Larsen and stop the LKalimuendo loan deal as we only need an injury to Jesus.

06 Jan 2026 10:55:08
Sounds good to me munmad👍🌳.

06 Jan 2026 00:34:40
Ed033, is the "Ignore" feature a real thing and being put on every teams pages, bit unusual for a Banter site, but can see the logic🤔.

{Ed033's Note - I would imagine most posters won't use the feature when it is implemented on here.

06 Jan 2026 11:34:20
Thank you for replying Ed033, would the poster know if they are being blocked?, may help to know if it's worth posting in the first place if the majority of site are blocking you🤔.

{Ed033's Note - All that happens is if you decided for example to hide DTP posts in the My Profile page, DTP's posts and replies text gets replaced with the words, DTP's text hidden when you visit the main pages on this site. DTP wouldn't notice anything different and no one else would notice anything different unless they have hidden DTP posts in the My Profile page and they are logged in.

i would imagine that most people won't use the feature. It's only if when logged in posters come onto the site, they get triggered when they see any posts from a specific poster, which can lead to one poster sending in derogatory posts about another poster.

06 Jan 2026 12:32:37
Thanks again for your reply and the site evolution, not technically minded myself, more a Steve Jobs, have a Idea then go to more technical people and say "Do this! ", but always thought in the close season have an open Forum for all the sites posters to comment on one another's teams, can you imagine a discussion between Stokey and Shappy🤦.

{Ed033's Note - It's something for me to ponder about.

06 Jan 2026 15:42:18
Ed003, it would be amusing if you could force members to ignore each other. That might stop them hurling abuse at each other every day. The only problem is I think a lot of people find that more interesting to read than posts about football.

{Ed033's Note - If i was a Jedi, i could use the Force.

06 Jan 2026 17:29:40
A lot of it could be cut and pasted from 4 years ago🤷.

06 Jan 2026 17:11:25
And a fine example edd 👍🤣.

{Ed033's Note - Right, could mean less remarks fro some about other posters

06 Jan 2026 07:39:23
{Ed's Note - Red Man has posted a new article entitled, Time to Reflect on Manchester United

06 Jan 2026 05:12:58
I wonder if it has crossed Dyche”s tiny dinosaur mind to try Taiwo and Kalimuendo as a strike partnership? You would have thought Cretaceous period football of lump it long would have demanded such a gesture. Surely it would have been worth a go under the circumstances of generally being unable to score goals?

06 Jan 2026 10:46:12
Frog, he might as well send 9 players out mate. I won’t comment on the “Crustacean” bit of your post, you will have gathered my views on SD.

06 Jan 2026 10:56:27
Yes frog, Cretaceous love it! 🌳.

06 Jan 2026 11:53:19
Bloody spell check. Although some of the so called advanced footballing sides like Man City and Arsenal do pass sideways a lot ……. 😂😂.

06 Jan 2026 12:04:08
Weirdly enough Stokey, crabs walk sideways 🤣🌳.

06 Jan 2026 13:10:46
Exactly mate……. 😂😂😂😂.

05 Jan 2026
New image uploaded to the
Nottingham Forest Player Sightings page entitled, Read and weep 79

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06 Jan 2026 00:19:21
Not skegs its not real, DTP said so😋🌳.

06 Jan 2026 05:07:49
I am not surprised Skeg. The guy has wasted tens of millions and put us back years with FFP never mind the fallout with Nuno.

06 Jan 2026 08:47:32
Skegs yes that's what I read like I said yesterday
He's coming under pressure and there might be doubts over his long term future
Doesn't say he'll be sacked in the morning does it?

05 Jan 2026 23:34:37
OK Forest fans, this is the true facts of life. When the doctor told me I had lung cancer, my wife bless her (Wolves fan) broke down in tears! I said (as a Red Dog) OK, so what do we do to sort it? Chemo and half a lung removed, I'm still a Red Dog and breathing!
West Ham have signed 2 strikers, fkin whoopee, they still have a shot defence and shot midfield!
So Forest, do what the lord BC preached, play football on the grass and shove Gary Neville into the mud! I mean beat the Hammers 😆 🤣 😂.

06 Jan 2026 00:47:22
Every Nottingham Forest supporter going to West Ham today, in conditions what would make Scott of the Antarctic shiver, really need a barn storming performance from the coach's and players to warm there hearts!. no cautious football, go for the jugular and come away with a 5/ 6 goal win🙏🤞.
Keep fighting Redtreekeff, it's all a Red Dog knows what to do👍💪.

06 Jan 2026 10:55:37
Good luck and best wishes Red Tree! I lost my sister aged 56 to breast cancer it’s a bar steward of an disease mate.

06 Jan 2026 10:58:09
With you there Red dog, just make sure the puddles deep and cold🌳.

06 Jan 2026 12:29:18
Thanks for the kind words fellow Red Dogs! I now have the all clear, to rang the bell at City Hospital - bit to hard though and broke the bell 😆 🤣 😂.

05 Jan 2026 18:58:58
Ok reds tell me the players and system you'd rather play? From the one dyche is playing.

05 Jan 2026 19:21:45
One where we press in their half instead of sitting back and asking for trouble?

05 Jan 2026 19:27:13
I'd go for the 'usual' 4 at the back and then an old-fashioned diamond shape in midfield (as Billy used) with 2 up front.

Kind of irrelevant though as I'm not sure we even have 2 fit and decent strikers available.

05 Jan 2026 19:27:46
Sels.
Aina, Serbinater, Murillo, Williams.
Anderson.
Domínguez, MGW.
Ndoye, Cho.
Jesus.

4-1-2-2-1

Not sitting back and waiting to get beaten. Press high, fast and hard, Anderson sits deeper in the hole as he does for England, Domínguez as the box to box and MGW as a creative eight, similar to the way Rogers plays for England. Picked Ndoye because his work rate is better than Hutchinsons and if CHO didn't chase back I'd swap him for Taiwo. First and foremost is effort and energy, if they don't do it for the manager they don't represent our club. Simple as that. 🌳.

05 Jan 2026 19:45:05
Plus play out from the back and keep the ball on the grass where it's meant to be played.

05 Jan 2026 19:47:18
Oh and once their all out of puff, put on every defensively minded player we have on and defend our four goal lead with some handbrake firmly pulled up as far as possible bus conductor tactics. This is only because our scatter gun approach to transfers leaves us desperately short in forward positions. 🌳.

05 Jan 2026 20:21:41
You missed out the empty stadium abd forest fans singing to nuno
Your getting sacked in the morning 😁😂😂😂.

05 Jan 2026 20:25:13
My Formation. 2-6-8-3-1.
The opposition won't know what hit them!
😏😏😏.

05 Jan 2026 20:46:17
Edus getting sacked in the morning 🤣🤣🤣 good old maranakis he must of been reading my posts 🤣🤣.

05 Jan 2026 21:11:34
Read it skeggs all it says is he's coming under pressure with doubts over his long term future after forest have list 4 on the bounce
So?

05 Jan 2026 21:15:31
What difference will that make to forests results skeggs?

05 Jan 2026 22:26:42
I actually think pressing is always part of dyches game plan dtp? Trouble is, most can't string 2 x passes. The other couldn't put a cross, or set piece if they tried. As for finishing it's a joke. you agree on players after that statement or dyche football. This again I ask of you all?

05 Jan 2026 22:37:16
🤣🤣 you keep going on about nuno getting sacked tomorrow for some reason. So you can prove a point. what point lol he's already done his job at forest got us into Europe a place where we thought or u thought I'd probably never see us again. so let me ask you what difference will it make to forest results if nuno gets sacked tmoz.

it might make you happy in your own little weird way but I want him to stay there he's doing nothing with them which is helping us or am I missing something. A new manager might give them a lift. 🤣 and I thought you was a forest fan obviously just when it suits you being right or wrong.

05 Jan 2026 22:43:52
We need to get 3 points tomorrow night. A point doesn't do much for us we need to get that gap we had back.

06 Jan 2026 00:02:09
Murillo
Murillo Murrillo Murillo Murillo
Murillo Yates Anderson Murillo
Murillo Sherringham.

06 Jan 2026 00:12:40
Yep Silk if we don't win tomorrow its sack DTP (please please Eds🤣), Edu and the Cretaceous period style Dyche insists on playing. 🌳.

06 Jan 2026 03:27:13
I'd try Barnstoneworth Utd tactics, recall Shilton, Pearcey, Bohemian, Stone, McKenzie, Collymore, Method etc all could give a lesson in winning games, even today🥺 all football artists 🎨🖌️.
Back to 🛌.

06 Jan 2026 08:44:15
Haven't you got to get the tables and chairs ready for the rest of the children on live chat redrobin now that skeggs has promoted you to head prefect? 😁😂😂😂.

06 Jan 2026 10:49:21
Ah the obsession with live chat rears it's head once again. Is it because we have a laugh? Or mainly down to you not being involved until you come on to abuse us all? And FYI i turned down the head prefect position because i'm not a grass unlike some. 😋🌳.

06 Jan 2026 11:01:37
DTP “ play out from the back”? Noooooooooo!
A disastrous plan. Have a look at the League table again. We are just keeping afloat. When SD arrived we were below the waves. But at least with your plan the deckchairs on the Titanic will look nice ………🙄🙄.

06 Jan 2026 11:09:19
There's no getting to you 😁😂😂😂.

06 Jan 2026 11:59:01
So what's your plan then stokey?
Boot it long to jesus?
That's worked really well hasn't it?
We now have our best two fullbacks playing so need to play out and use them not bypass them.

06 Jan 2026 13:24:23
I’d do what SD is doing DTP. Mix it up, pragmatic, organised, hard to beat ( that’s the plan anyway). As I’ve said before, mate, you start with a false premise because we are not a long ball team generally. Hence my question (which you side stepped superbly by the way) about how many goals we’d scored from a long lump upfield.
Just cast your mind back to Tony Pulis’s Stoke City and the Crazy Gang at Wimbledon. We are nothing like that. Perhaps our definitions of “lump it up”are different, I’m just don’t recognise your description.

Or Larry B’s either.
We can experiment with styles when we are safely mid table or in pre season, but we’ll need more skilful ( and expensive) players. Only Murillo, Luiz and Anderson have that particular skill set ( even then Anderson gave a goal away at Newcastle passing out from the back). He does it well for England because he has world class players around him who do it week in and week out like Rice at Arsenal for example.

06 Jan 2026 17:15:58
I answered your question stokey not sidestepped it
All we've done for last few games is hump the ball to jesus in the air on the halfway line, if that's not hoof ball I don't know what is
All we did by doing that was to create more pressure
Maybe you watched a different game to nearly everyone else?

05 Jan 2026 16:48:22
lets hope we put out a side that will attack from the start and not one that parks the bus and only changes when we go a goal down, forget the politics, does anyone want to watch us play a game where we end up with zero shots on target and at best 25% of the ball? if we win tomorrow it will be a great booster.

05 Jan 2026 15:45:30
At last edu for the sack about bloody time. but better late than never destroying this club. started with him getting rid of nuno and then bringing shite in. uredddsssss uredddsssss uredddsssss.

05 Jan 2026 16:48:45
Dyche to be sacked to come on xmas come again.

05 Jan 2026 16:55:15
Dyche going too just been rumoured. I knew they would get sacked when dtp said they were safe. The master of predictions. 🤣🤣
Who we getting next, Peter Reid, Steve Bruce or Alan Curbishly 🤣🤣.

05 Jan 2026 17:35:50
Strachan, Benitez, Allardyce. Holy Trinity of the Unsackable.

05 Jan 2026 17:50:58
"Waldorf and Statler" on form tonight!
🤣🤣🤣🤣.

05 Jan 2026 17:51:21
I’m glad the plight of our great club causes you such great amusement and entertainment Larry Balloons ………. 👍👍.

05 Jan 2026 18:21:05
Well according to reports nuno has to win tomorrow or he will be sacked.

05 Jan 2026 18:27:41
It's just facts Stokie why and pretend alls well when it's a shambles. You happy clap and I'll observe the facts and have a opion till it's sorted. I can see you now.
I'm sorry sarg I didn't mean to hit him.
That's fine son.
Just remember what Shakespeare said, "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. "

05 Jan 2026 18:42:26
I disagree with that assessment. Larry seems to be enjoying the fact that Edu has been revealed and is now likely to be removed from his position.
COYR!

05 Jan 2026 18:47:12
No substance to it though skeggs and balloons.

05 Jan 2026 19:30:19
Actually DTP check rumours, i broke the news earlier. Reports coming from within all of Mr Ms teams. 🌳.

05 Jan 2026 19:31:11
And all this on the day we get planning permission for the Peter taylor stand and submit plans for the 50k stadium?
😁😂
Edu thing is lazy journos putting two and two together and making six
Syrianos got promoted within the club a while back and a few on here don't like him, don't think many understand edus role tbh.

05 Jan 2026 19:37:37
We will see dtp 😁 and when edu gets the sack. that will be you disappearing again for a bit because you will be proved wrong again. bloody xmas all over again. edu out dyche out and dtp out all in a week 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

05 Jan 2026 19:49:55
Stokey dyche might get his man
Lorrenzo luccu 6foot seven inch, the Italian Peter crouch 😂😂.

05 Jan 2026 20:11:15
Winter I've read it
No substance.

05 Jan 2026 20:13:58
Edu will be relinquishing his duties very soon.

05 Jan 2026 20:29:18
It comes from the same source that tells us we after this player and that player?
Very rare they are right, percy and Romano. are the only ones I listen to as they usually get it right.

05 Jan 2026 20:40:10
Read percy just now
All he's saying is edu might be undr scrutiny
Not one of his best articles tbh.

05 Jan 2026 20:43:35
Percy put it on dtp read it and weep. so if there the only ones you listen to there's a substance 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅 you only read what you want to. edus going cause he's shite and made a massive mistake with nuno and recruitment.

05 Jan 2026 21:29:08
But remember Skegs, DTP knows better than all the journalists, all of us on here, the bookies and Mr M (at least his addled panda popped personality if he has one thinks so) 🐼🌳.

05 Jan 2026 22:16:49
Love your insults winter keep em up cus that's all you've got in your locker 😂😂😂.

06 Jan 2026 00:10:06
Actually DTP its your blame shifting and deflection tactics. Love how you put people down and dismiss others opinions and when you get called out its the same come back each and every time. Mr emoji 💤🌳.

06 Jan 2026 13:27:17
Larry B, according to Viz magazine, when you say “fact” or “end of” on social media it means you won the argument by law……😂😂😂😂😂😂.

05 Jan 2026 13:45:57
West Ham have just completed the signing of a 2nd striker in a matter of days, not looking good for us at all, we get rid of one and no sign of anyone coming in, worrying times.

05 Jan 2026 14:21:21
Yes they have 25 million for a striker who gil Vicente paid 250k for in the summer and an Argentine who's best scoring was in the MLS
Let's see how they adapt to premier league? as we've seen with Kaliamundo and bakwa doesn't always work
Just saying.

05 Jan 2026 14:44:27
Given the circumstances, it is not surprising that West Ham is seeking a solution. Additionally, it is reported that Edu is in Marinakis' sight. A plaque awaits his head, and a horse's head is being sought.

05 Jan 2026 15:43:03
If their recruitment department is anything like ours Daz, there's nothing to worry about mate.

05 Jan 2026 16:34:12
Yes I expect Nuno to sort things out for Wet Sham and move them up the table. Sadly I have t got the same confidence in Sean Dyche, let’s see how tomorrow pans out. I’m not going down there - if the players can’t put in a shift then neither can I
Hurts to say that. Perhaps Munmad will travel, I for one am not.

05 Jan 2026 18:04:08
You never have any confidence tbh red frog
Suprised lego hasn't said something🤔
Nuno hasn't took west ham anywhere and their fans hate him and his football
Just saying.

05 Jan 2026 19:45:09
I'm a natural optimist in life but I guess that I understand that there are those out there, Forest supporters or not, who prefer the 'glass half empty than half full' mentality in their lives. Fair enough to you, but it's not for me.

05 Jan 2026 20:45:47
Lego I am always optimistic
All I've said is we can't set up. like we dud against villa or it won't end well
That's not defeatist or glass half full, it's just how I see it and many others.