Nottingham Forest banter 5

19 Feb 2026 22:35:57
Well done to the lads brilliant performance. Only hope they can keep it up against Liverpool. And of course MGW has been crap all season and Jesus is not a proper striker.

20 Feb 2026 08:19:37
Need to better or shadow West Ham results, simples. How well we play is down to VP now, it's his team now. Enjoyed the show last night and it will be great if the same attitude materialised on Sunday, fingers crossed. If it's true Murillo didn't play because he doesn't want to play LB, wait till he's told to play that position for Brazil.

19 Feb 2026 21:25:01
Great performance just hope we can get men closer to igor like that in the league, and he can start scoring in the prem, and prove me wrong,

19 Feb 2026 20:41:20
That was perhaps the most complete performance I've seen from us in ages.
Special mention for Sangaré, who was my MOM.
Murillo's goal was a peach, and about time he got one of those efforts lol.
Hutchinson was a menace, and I for one am glad he's on this Euro team now. And Jesus, he's on fire in Europe and I wish it would start translating into his Premier League performances.

Thought MGW was OK, nothing special tonight. Missed a goal that looked easier to score and was a tad lucky with his slipped-shot effort for the one he did score but thems the breaks as they say.

Anderson needs a rest as he looks knackered.

Is it just me who thinks Aina seems to have lost either confidence or ability or both since he came back from injury; to me there just seems to be something missing in him.

Still unsure of Lucca, but I guess it's early doors, so will reserve proper judgement when he's got some prem experience.

Onto the scousers.

19 Feb 2026 23:05:58
Complete performance apart from four players, according to you, so incomplete then. ??

20 Feb 2026 02:45:48
Aina is magnificent, a Rolls-Royce of a player. Forest's best performance since the Collymore days. Hope this is the end of 20yrs of parking the bus. It was pure entertainment. Anderson was back to his usual niggling self, breaking up play. You're not knackered at 23. You can run all day everyday at that age. ?

20 Feb 2026 14:47:36
Lucca looks like a player who hasn't settled in a new country and set up. Hopefully, the new boss and people like Yatesy can make him feel at home. He isn't as bad as he looks so far, even if he doesn't set the world on fire.

20 Feb 2026 19:12:28
Lucca has got Italian written all over him, Cyclist. (Still hate ya on the road.) But I will look out for your youngun. Silenzi. Oi, you lot are not here to bring the fun down. I think I posted on here yrs ago.

Malcolm McDonald talked Frank Clark into that signing. He only lives about 2 miles from me. But Frank getting Roy was unbelievable business. We live Reds, we laugh, we cry. The rollercoaster game. FTID.

19 Feb 2026 20:10:52
Loved watching that tonight great performances to a man. Sangare was superb, a majestic performance from him. Fingers crossed for Sunday, at least pereira is experienced enough to know to give the lads a rest. The dead ball stuff needs work but looked much better tonight.

19 Feb 2026 20:06:51
Well done Forest. A much needed tonic for the fans.
Let's hope there is still enough winnable games n the PL for us.

19 Feb 2026 23:01:49
Gold Stars, 4 wins would probably do us.

20 Feb 2026 14:59:15
4 wins and maybe a draw or two. We can still be a Champions League club. We should try to be optimistic, and magical things can still happen.

19 Feb 2026 20:00:00
Very well done VP in trusting our talented squad, 3-0 in Istanbul is just amazing! The second leg will now be a sell out, as will the Liverpool game!
Well done Mr M for biting the bullet, this is football that we love as loyal supporters! Thank you
COYR.

19 Feb 2026 19:49:58
Brilliant performance tonight, opinions though on CHO, for me he needs to mix it up a bit. the cut inside has been sussed in Premier League, fgs go down the line more!

19 Feb 2026 19:46:34
That was superb lads Sangare different class

Proud of all of you COYR.

19 Feb 2026 20:30:57
You picked a great starting eleven Munmad? Only kidding, pal. He'll rest em now with a smile on their faces, pal. Just the opposite of what Dyche would do.

19 Feb 2026 19:41:44
That's what this team and squad is capable of stokey, if the coach wants to play football in a hot bed of hostility that's Istanbul
Dominant performance could of been six
Right decision from marinakis.

19 Feb 2026 19:56:28
Well done, MGW! Thanking our amazing followers!!!

19 Feb 2026 20:45:44
Great performance (though I see you are still obsessed with me, Dreyfus)! Long may it continue. As you keep on with the Dyche stuff, I'll just remind everyone that he started with a good win against Porto. How long will it be before you want manager number 5?Keep the faith and Coyr.

19 Feb 2026 20:58:44
Stokey, this was away to a side second in their division. You saw the passing, the smiles and the goals. We'd have thrown the towel in under Dyche's starting line-up, just like the Leeds game.

19 Feb 2026 21:31:11
Mate, Dyche has gone, rightly or wrongly. We will just have to agree to disagree. I was very impressed with the performance and confidence shown. We had key players like Murillo back (him and Malenkovic were superb, by the way). Anderson and Sanghere ran the midfield, and MGW kept popping up like a ghost from deep.

Couldn't fault any of the starting 11, and the subs got a good run out and did well. I'm not sure how good Fenerbache are. They were hopeless tonight. I did recognise 3 or 4 players from the Prem, but all past their best, most notably Kante, Ederson and the ex Leicester lad whose name escapes me.

I'm guessing mid Championship at best? A great start, now time to build on that. Dyche followed up on his Porto win with an excellent draw at home to Man Utd, then won superbly against Leeds and Liverpool. Let's hope Vitor can do the same. A glittering performance tonight, but how relevant it is depends on the next few Prem matches. Consistency is what's needed. ???

19 Feb 2026 21:40:44
Fenerbahce are better than Braga and Sturm. Grats is all I'll say, Stokey.

19 Feb 2026 21:50:34
Not enough swallows have flown in to make a summer yet. Hopefully that will be the norm. Back to reality on Sunday and the double over Liverpool. Dyche delivered his part of it. ? ?

19 Feb 2026 21:51:32
Murillo wasn't playing before cos of issues between him and Dyche, apparently.

19 Feb 2026 22:06:12
He wanted Murillo to play left back against Leeds, and Murillo didn't want that. The Brazilian lads didn't get, or like, Dyche's lack of tactics and his preference of fitness over talent, and doing the thing they like and get paid for, playing football.

19 Feb 2026 20:06:50
DTP, let's see if your still crowing after Sunday. Strange how the gang of five can turn it on when it suits.

20 Feb 2026 08:12:51
Forever the optimist, hey Redvale? Did you not enjoy watching that performance? I'm confident we'll give Liverpool a good game Sunday, Redvale, and that's all you can ask.

20 Feb 2026 08:53:11
DTP, I agree. Better than Sturm or Braga, perhaps nowhere near as good as Porto? But you can only beat what's put in front of you, and we did that.

21 Feb 2026 11:32:33
By the way, if you go to Port Vale it's a "hot bed of hostility", but it doesn't mean they are a decent team. ??

19 Feb 2026 19:41:29
Wow, that was a shock, played with confidence and could have been 4 or 5-0. Take that into the Premier League! Well done everyone.

19 Feb 2026 20:03:00
Only a shock because of what's been put before us under Dyche? Same players, different scenario. Like I've said, Dyche can't communicate with international players, with outdated training methods.

19 Feb 2026 20:46:34
Still obsessed, eh, DTP. ???????

19 Feb 2026 21:03:01
You could not catch anything as you never laid the bait in the first place.

19 Feb 2026 21:31:23
Give each other a love, guys!!!

20 Feb 2026 08:55:51
I don't have to put bait out, mate. You just threw yourself on the hook. "Gone fishing" would be really boring if you were the catch. ???????

20 Feb 2026 12:46:58
McGovern, wise words, my friend! I'm not giving anyone a love because I don't know where they've been, mate. However, I hereby undertake to refrain and desist, mainly because shooting fish in a barrel must become boring after a while. However, I do reserve the right to take the occasional snipe from behind the grassy knoll.... ????

19 Feb 2026 19:33:56
New manager, new dawn, what a performance from the side. How many of you now feel optimistic about the rest of the season? I know i do. ?.

19 Feb 2026 19:51:11
So do I!!! We've got to be!

19 Feb 2026 19:57:01
Tough game next. Liverpool. When did they last beat us? But seriously, free hit.

19 Feb 2026 19:23:33
Finally, a coach with the balls to let our talented squad play. Thank Clough!

COYR!

19 Feb 2026 19:33:06
Playing with a swagger!

19 Feb 2026 19:36:30
"Waldorf and Statler" have left their balcony!!!. ???

19 Feb 2026 19:37:44
Oi, cyclist, thank Clough was patented by me years ago. See ya in court with Ernie. ??

19 Feb 2026 19:38:35
You can see the relief. The tactics were oppressive and stifled the players.

19 Feb 2026 19:55:23
I've been substituting Cough and/or Psycho for God years... I'm challenging that patent in court!

19 Feb 2026 20:02:54
I'm here, Rogie, as I said earlier on site. Best 11 is not rocket science for some. Well, maybe for some, he's a big fan of Nuno, loves how Nuno plays and played how Nuno would. Some fans are honestly getting excited about what they wanted to get rid of. ???

19 Feb 2026 20:08:21
More of the same would be great!

19 Feb 2026 20:35:23
That's because he taught Nuno Skeggs and is far more successful.

19 Feb 2026 20:39:02
We played a pressing game. Nuno used a low block. Not the same tactics at all.

19 Feb 2026 18:37:52
The shackles are off! How good is this!

19 Feb 2026 19:06:48
Perko, I'm on your page.

19 Feb 2026 19:16:43
This has been one of the performances I've seen in years. Absolute dominance, superb defence, kept possession and attacked with intent. We've made them look like us under Dyche. ?

19 Feb 2026 19:17:24
Not everyone goes 3 nil up in Istanbul! (Sorry Ed, couldn't resist!). ???

{Ed001's Note - just don't do a Milan!}