Nottingham Forest banter 4

09 Jan 2026 20:14:40
Embarrassing. McAtee nowhere near his man for the first goal. Morata business as usual. Get some of this rubbish moved out of the football club. Anticipating a hat-trick from Jesus now to make up for it! I wish. I don't think some people appreciate how bad some of these players are. Edu can follow them.

09 Jan 2026 20:12:16
Come on Dyche lovers, defend this one?.

09 Jan 2026 20:51:56
There's nothing to defend.
Dyche is a bag of wind and is useless.

09 Jan 2026 21:34:41
That's harsh on wind??.

09 Jan 2026 22:28:24
There aren't any dyche lovers on here tbh balloons barring stokey.

09 Jan 2026 20:09:34
Please let this be the end of dyche.

09 Jan 2026 20:27:20
You say get rid of Dyche, but name anybody available who could do any better with a team that has very limited goals in them. He has had to rest players as we have some major PL games coming up, as well as needing at least 1 more win in euro competition, we all know our 2nd string is not good enough, while I not a massive fan of dyche, he has to be given a chance to try and shape the team and get rid of some deadwood, but tonight is dreadful and some of these so called PL players are letting themselves and the club down.

09 Jan 2026 21:28:47
Pepsi Guardiloa.

09 Jan 2026 22:03:21
Balloons, Skegs, Bowie, Cyclist, Keir Starmer, Donald Trump, Miley Cyrus, DTP, Elton John, Bobby Davro, Steve Davis, Hanibal Lecture and me. ?.

09 Jan 2026 22:19:21
Lol RRH but if our forwards can't even hit the score on a 1vs1 from 12 yards what hope does any manager have?

09 Jan 2026 22:41:52
I'll try growing one of those balloons
Should have a sparkling flower.

09 Jan 2026 20:06:12
100 million on Bakwa, Hutchinson and Ndoye ……. Jesus it’s criminal.

09 Jan 2026 20:03:12
Why is Morato still at this football club. Give him away to Notts County - it’s shameful how bad he is….

09 Jan 2026 19:55:26
If McAtee and Jesus can't do it tonight and take full control over this lot I would get rid tomorrow. Acid test for whether or not they're any good. COYR.

09 Jan 2026 20:15:31
Against championship opposition? Think they need to do it in the Premier league mate. ?.

09 Jan 2026 20:19:21
Well they're not.
Jesus should have buried that cross from Bakwa.

09 Jan 2026 20:19:53
Dreadful half. well played Wrexham against our "Dead Pool" of players.

09 Jan 2026 19:18:19
I've been reading all of your brilliant posts about potential cheating/ time wasting in football.

I've alluded to this recently Reds - but I think our great sport has been infected with an almost-accepted infection of cheating. This goes from the corruption of the top chiefs in football, to owners, managers, players and the leaches of support staff and agents. Unfortunately, the money-god has taken over our sport and, IMO, football itself is becoming a side-show which equates to the same principles of WWE wrestling. And those that suffer - the supporters.

I've supported Forest since attending the two legs of the cup tie between us and Bristol City as a kid all those years ago. That love of Forest will never die within me. However, I feel that all football club supporters are now totally exploited by a lot of greedy pigs with their noses in the trough.

09 Jan 2026 18:34:01
Dyche has used the squad well for tonight's game
Looking forward to watching.

09 Jan 2026 19:10:42
I wouldn't play either Sels or Jesus. Apart from that, OK.
I'm hoping for a win but not expecting one unfortunately.

09 Jan 2026 19:16:29
On paper it looks extremely attacking, be interesting playing Cretaceous ball??.

09 Jan 2026 19:20:38
Yeah but thought Gunn might get a shot though.

09 Jan 2026 19:22:01
That's what a squad of players are for ??.

09 Jan 2026 19:26:52
Indeed he has. What a poor squad it is but he’s rotated well.
Wrexham will be purring at this opportunity.

09 Jan 2026 19:30:23
At least Kiefer (i love to embarrass Forest a bit) Moore isn’t playing!

09 Jan 2026 20:19:22
Embarrassing edu signings 200 million worth of shite and a Embarrassing manager edu sacked with dyche in the morning thank god.

09 Jan 2026 20:28:28
Dyche still needs to go.

09 Jan 2026 11:53:37
I've watched football for many years now, mainly at the WFCG or away games across the country and Europe. Back in the day standing on the East Stand, because the Trent End was given to away fans. Back then, there wasn't a lot of play acting, they got stuck in good and proper. The football was a joy to watch, and the ref's got respect. These days it's totally different, lack of respect for officials. Lots of play acting and playing the rules. Watch teams like Everton, Liverpool, Spurs or Fulham - the ball gets played into the box and at least one defender will throw themselves to the ground holding their heads! Game has to be stopped! Play acting, players going down feigning injury, then you see them look up to see if they have free kick, then they jump up and play on! They should bring in Football Oscars, hand one out each month for the best play actors! I blame the introduction of foreign coaches and players, they've spoilt the game we all love.

Another thing, what is this playing out from the back? The number of times goal keepers get caught out doing it, or defenders playing a poor pass!
Rant over!

09 Jan 2026 13:41:02
Totally agree on your rant about players throwing themselves on the floor looking for a foul, then jumping up when play moves on, seeing as the linesman have very little to do, why can't they watch for this and flag the ref, so at least a booking is given!,

A coach being inventive I have no problem with, Sunderland moved there advertising hoardings closer to the pitch to counter act Arsenal's long throws into the box, ones a coach gaining an advantage within the rules, the other is cheating plain and simple.

09 Jan 2026 17:50:09
I loved what Sunderland did, no problem with that at all. I told my wife that Grealish would get sent off, after he was booked lol and he duly obliged lol.

09 Jan 2026 18:11:50
Most the blame lies with coaches teaching players how to cheat
The worst one for me is when defenders go down in the box feigning head injuries when under pressure and then the pressure is off.

09 Jan 2026 18:35:57
The have citing in rugby. If a serious offence occurs and the officials miss it during the game, you can be punished after the game. If we did that in football for serious fouls and diving, it would be a game changer.

For me, trying to con the ref is serious. It is straight up cheating. It attempts to get a penalty or a player sent off and decides matches. It is the ultimate insult to the laws of the game and anyone watching it. They should get a 5 game ban if cited for attempting to pervert the course of a game, trying to get a fellow professional sent off or any other simulation.

Why have all this tech and let players cheat. Everybody knows they are cheating. Punish them.

Rather than referees doing the citing, a panel of ex players appointed by the PFA (players Union) should be able to review any incident and retrospectively find a player guilty. It isn't difficult to organise.

09 Jan 2026 19:10:19
The worst one ever was Maradona hand of God, cheating doesn't get any worse and that was decades ago.

09 Jan 2026 19:42:07
DTP, I've always maintained on here that Shilts got off very lightly you ask me?
Brilliant for us. however.
6ft arms stretched and jumped?
And Maradona still manages to palm it in with his arm partially bent mate?

10 Jan 2026 11:14:35
Good post Cyclist I’ve been saying that for years. Firmer reffing, straight reds for diving in the penalty area, immediate yellow for dissent etc. These Premier League players and managers would soon get the message.

09 Jan 2026 08:55:59
In response to the posts below regarding time wasting and feigning injury.
It's so easy to put a stop to it. Play time out like they do in ice hockey.
30 minutes each way, clock stops when play does.
The ball is in play less than 30 minutes for the majority of matches so you'd actually get more time played.


Also introduce a ' delaying the game' yellow card. If the referee thinks it's deliberate then show the card.
Absolutely no point trying to waste time.
Worth a try? Thoughts?

09 Jan 2026 09:10:08
If referees clamped down on it and started giving them yellows which they are supposed to do for simulation it would be fine, players should be given the option to appeal their booking post match in person with the ref in case of actual injury. ?.

09 Jan 2026 10:24:32
2 Stars?
Would you have preferred it if we'd signed Bela Lugosi?
I would have, at least he would go for the "Jugular "!
???.

09 Jan 2026 14:08:21
Excellent Rogie. He might even find a rich “vein” of form mate. If he does, many “Fangs” to him from those with a “stake” in the club…. ??.

09 Jan 2026 17:28:47
Brilliant!
Ah! Ah! Ah!

09 Jan 2026 07:39:33
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Matchday 20 - Quick Round Up

09 Jan 2026 14:12:00
Good post Ed. Would you be kind enough to explain your comment “outdated tactics” in relation to Forests players? This is a genuine question by the way, meant with good intent for my edification mate. Its good to get an outside perspective on things.

{Ed001's Note - it is all just sit back and defend then, if you get the ball, then it is lumped up to Jesus like he is an old school target man, despite him being weak in the air.}

09 Jan 2026 17:38:49
At last edd someone sees it exactly the way I do edd
That's why a striker won't necessarily make a difference.

09 Jan 2026 17:48:57
It's a great tactic against Liverpool away apparently.

09 Jan 2026 18:05:44
It's a shite tactic that also makes MGW look bad as everything by passes him.

09 Jan 2026 18:16:04
Mgw makes himself look bad traitor. sooner we sell him the better join the other judas at spurs.

09 Jan 2026 18:50:17
What other judas at spurs?

09 Jan 2026 19:11:49
Oh no forgot spurs got rid of that judas. ?.

09 Jan 2026 19:19:40
DTP making out he's the only one that noticed ? me me me, talk about narcissistic??.

09 Jan 2026 19:32:09
Get back to your classroom children ???.

10 Jan 2026 11:29:27
Thank you Ed. Much appreciated. That’s a good clarification.
It’s good to know exactly what we are talking about otherwise it becomes meaningless ( like the term Dyche Ball for example).
I used to get into tremendous trouble on Police “diversity” courses when I used to ask speakers what “Institutional Rascism ‘ meant and give me examples. Everyone bandied the term about but no one could actually define it. As for examples, after hours of waffle and obfuscation the only example they could come up with was height restrictions ( so some ethnic groups are physically and genetically not as tall as other groups) which were rightly scrapped as they were left over from the Victorian era.


I abhor sloppy thinking almost as much as I abhor rascism. It’s the same with “Dyche ball” and outdated tactics so I know now what to look out for …. ???.

09 Jan 2026 00:51:07
Miss the days of the 70s, no var stupid money in the game. brian Moore presenting a game of heart and fight. Interviews with the best ever footballing personalities, be it managers, pundits, or players just simple. But soooo very true. Bless em all who came and went that era. (Along with music for me tbh)

09 Jan 2026 01:09:15
Just what I miss tbh, the honesty and strength of the game. Without the fuss. Just simple heroes. ?.

09 Jan 2026 04:33:37
It's was good times Bowie. Ya didn't need half a weeks wages for a day out at the match and everything kicked off at 3.00pm and that was that for the week league wise.

09 Jan 2026 06:40:33
The muddy pitches, the painted banners, not forgetting the Real Characters, Best, Bowles, Marsh, Worthington, Currie, no characters in the game at all today.

09 Jan 2026 11:49:23
'Beer was at home with Davenports! ' Remember the words? Was it Hugh Johns doing the match commentary; Keith Macklin for Yorkshire?

09 Jan 2026 14:12:57
Jumpers for goalposts, muddy pitches, marvellous………????.

09 Jan 2026 17:24:26
Now it's Wayne Rooney ruling the airwaves with his erudite take on the Premier events.
Talk about diversity BBC? Wayne Rooney Podcast? Are the punters queuing up? Are there other more suitable candidates?

Anyway, get over it, or don't watch Norfolk!

Might be penalties in the mud tonight.

09 Jan 2026 17:53:21
Agree with a lot of that Bowie, but jeez, the state of the pitches back then.
Feck me, cabbage patches full of sand this time of year, they were hilarious:)

09 Jan 2026 18:16:04
60s we're even better, great memories but life isn't that bad now days, I've enjoyed every decade for different reasons tbh and still do.

08 Jan 2026 21:59:32
Watched the arsenal v Liverpool game, bit of a bore tbh
Nartinelli needs to be banned for what he did near the end
Throwing the ball at Bradley when clearly injured badly and then trying to drag him off the pitch
Disgrace.

08 Jan 2026 23:17:35
To be honest i didn't think what Martinelli did was that bad, yellow at worst. Liverpool players were going down left, right and centre trying to kill the game and Arsenal after being outplayed in the 2nd half were in a hurry sort of.

Could see that Arteta was actually happy with the point against the reigning champions. But yeah dire game, two teams that clearly have played to much football over the last few weeks and needed resting. ?.

09 Jan 2026 03:00:09
Slot was more magnanimous with his assesment of the incident, pointing out players going down feigning injury, players holding there head, goalies going down holding there legs, it's definitely something more prevalent now.

09 Jan 2026 06:41:50
I actually dosed off watching it!

09 Jan 2026 08:02:28
A storm in a teacup and an overreaction. This is what happens when players cheat and feign injury to waste time.

09 Jan 2026 16:48:12
Saying that dtp, I mentioned the old days earlier. I remember the few times I did play outfield sunday football, instead of keeper, if one of our players was getting lazy, or looked pathetic in the game.

For a throw in, I'd beckon them over close and throw the ball in their face ?? one of my old mates brought it up not long ago. I hated lazy players or day dreamers.