Nottingham Forest banter 7

27 Jul 2026 09:30:13
So here we go with another fun week in the transfer market! Read could be coming in as a RB/LB, Diamond CF, Beto Striker lol no thanks to that one!

Now whichever players Forest go after, you can bet top dollar that Newcastle, Villa and Spurs will try to jump in on the deals!

Thing is, will other teams have decent squads in the Prem, after the so called big 6 have raped them???

27 Jul 2026 10:57:31
Andy Reid won't make a full back, he's too fat. ??

27 Jul 2026 11:08:46
More like 'left back' in the dressing room. ?

28 Jul 2026 13:41:54
More like a full front the last time I saw him. ?

27 Jul 2026 06:58:28
I presume VP organised this Portugal trip against teams most of us have never heard of. Meanwhile Wrexham are playing MU and Leeds and Sunderland are inna tournament with Liverpool, to name a few. Different next year I expect.

26 Jul 2026 22:00:43
Suprised we are looking at Beto from Everton.
Handful at times but misses alot of oppurtunaties.
Cheap though and could be a late developer?

27 Jul 2026 06:19:55
To be fair, DTP, Beto isn't going to get any better than he is now. Sadly, you're either born with that edge, Collymore, Kane, Lineker, Fowler, Keegan (RIP), Woody, Birthed, or you're not. Forest are better off investing elsewhere. Get a young, quality striker, not a Scouse cast-off!

27 Jul 2026 09:19:07
No thanks to Beto. Just reading, we have offered Read a 5 year contract and he is expected to sign in the next couple of days. ??

27 Jul 2026 10:08:15
Need to for Mateta. Beto could not hit a barn door from 4 yards.

27 Jul 2026 11:00:37
Typical Forest going for Betomax when everyone else is getting VHS (Very High quality Strikers). ?

27 Jul 2026 13:05:01
Beto!
Surely more lazy journalism.
We don't need crap, we need quality.

26 Jul 2026 15:30:43
For what it’s worth the Reds drew 1-1 in a behind closed down friendly against SC Vitoria. Jesus scored for us first half, then they scored through a dubious penalty second half given away by Tyler Bindon….

26 Jul 2026 16:13:41
Was Amthony Taylor the ref for the game. ? ? ?

26 Jul 2026 17:08:20
It was his farewell game, Red... It was how he'd like to be remembered. ???

26 Jul 2026 18:13:55
The pitch looked abysmal. Schlager got a run out.

26 Jul 2026 18:14:13
He is well remembered by Forest!

26 Jul 2026 13:43:30
Anyone know how to get the Vitoria friendly game on TV? The score is 0 - 0 at the moment, I believe. I can get the Ajax v Burnley game (1 - 0) but no luck on Forest TV or any other Channel at the moment. Was looking forward to it!

26 Jul 2026 17:09:53
Red, it's not available anywhere, mate. It wasn't even part of the Forest TV pre season bundle...
They might show highlights in due course...

26 Jul 2026 11:08:59
Schlagel translated into English means "mallet". Just lobbing that in there.

26 Jul 2026 20:36:03
Cheers "Timmy!"
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26 Jul 2026 01:20:16
Just a thought.

Baring in mind our need for wing backs. How high would you go to get Djed Soence back?

You know, it would make a lot of sense. As he has proven recently he can play both sides.

Plus, I like the cut of hus gib. Thomas Partey et al.

26 Jul 2026 08:18:10
Spurs aren't going to do any deals with Forest unless it's on their terms and at over inflated prices. Spence is good, but he would cost too much, and I doubt he'll move off the M25.

26 Jul 2026 09:25:55
Spence is a great player if hes in the mood to play. But he seems the sort of bloke, which hes proved in the past not so much at Forest. That, if things don't go his way, he downs tools.

I just wouldn't want a rotten egg spoiling the team. But at his best, and if you could get him playing week in week out, as hes done over last 6 months, he would be a good buy.

26 Jul 2026 10:12:58
We don't want Spence, he's injury prone & doesn't heal well. He's had a bandage on his wrist for 8 years.

26 Jul 2026 11:26:17
Surprised you haven't got a bandage on your wrist, Larry. ?? ?
Spence is a great player who's had a good World Cup, and suits OGs offensive wingback set-up, but would he be happy having to compete for a starting place against Aina and Neco?
He'd be expensive and I can't see Spurs wanting to sell him.

26 Jul 2026 12:43:28
Hey stokie you must of had a bandage wrapped around your eyes when you've supposedly seen Dyche manage a football team and then say he's a great manager. ????.

26 Jul 2026 13:22:30
Sorry Skeggs, read your last post and slipped into a coma. ???

26 Jul 2026 13:56:17
That's probably just your age, Stokie. ????

26 Jul 2026 15:33:03
Yes, but despite my age, I don't "forget" to produce a so called written statement, do I, Skeggs? ???????

26 Jul 2026 15:44:32
I hope you're OK, Stokie. It really does sound like an age thing. Have you forgotten you're retired from your job, pal. ????

26 Jul 2026 17:12:35
Skeggs, lie down on your recliner and relax. ….. Focus on a can of Stella. ….. Breathe deeply. …… You are slipping away. ….. Now, tell me, is this written statement there in the room with you? …. ??? ? ?

26 Jul 2026 18:18:18
You just talking to people makes them slip away, Stokie. You remind me of a bloke I know that used to come into my club. He was a history teacher. He would go on and on, and when people came into the club they would try their hardest to give him a wide berth, because they just didn't want to get bored to death by listening to him.

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26 Jul 2026 19:42:34
Must admit, most pubs have one, Skeggs.
Quick, lads, drink up.
Can I tell you a story?
Have you heard this joke?
No and yes.
Bye. ??

26 Jul 2026 19:31:33
I would never go into a club that would have me as a member Skeggs
Are you sure it wasn't you they were trying to avoid mate? Perhaps they hired the history teacher to keep you company?
Anyway, got to go, there's some paint drying I want to watch instead of reading your posts.??????

26 Jul 2026 20:19:22
You did say you had better things to do a few weeks back, Stokey. Didn't realise you had such a great hobby, like watching paint dry, although it doesn't surprise me, tbh. ?

26 Jul 2026 21:12:09
Night night, Stokie, don't let the bed bugs bite. ?

26 Jul 2026 21:23:02
Nice comeback, Skeggs. I'm glad to see the art of ready wit and repartee is thriving (except on the East Coast, it seems).
Night night. ??????

26 Jul 2026 21:30:13
Nite, Victor, get them pjs on and bedside light and enjoy reading.

26 Jul 2026 20:15:26
My problem was dtp it was before lockdown and he had his own stool at the bar and every dinner time he would sit there and talk and talk i had to spend half hour of my shift in the cellar pretending to do stuff just to go down there and scream and get a breather. ??

then God heard me he put us into lock down and they wasn't allowed to sit at bar and talk. when it started to open up we had an open fire, we chucked logs on.

that was my chance, his stool I saw it up into little pieces and smiled and danced as I put it into the open fire. and to top it off he had to wear a mask so you couldn't hear him talk, just a mumble. best time I ever had behind that bar. ???

26 Jul 2026 21:54:26
Brill, Skeggs. ?
I'd of done something very similar, just took one leg off it. ?

26 Jul 2026 22:08:35
Oh, I did dtp, it's my trophy. It's in the draw of my garage. ??

26 Jul 2026 22:15:03
Love it. ??

26 Jul 2026 22:17:23
I reckon stokey has a thing about librians
He's proving he can't keep quiet ?

27 Jul 2026 09:59:39
Honestly, you two clowns are comedy gold. ??First of all, DTP, "Librians". What have star signs got to do with anything? ?
Secondly, having compared me to your boring history man Skeggs, rather than likewise avoiding me, you then can't resist posting about me long after I'd retired for the night ( after watching Johnny Supreme, a good film but a bit frenetic with a few drinks with my lovely wife).
I haven't forgotten that you two used my name in vain 9 times over the the course of the France Spain game whilst I was watching it, minding my own business and oblivious to you both.


You two desperate saddos remind me of those clockwork toys that you wind up and leave to waddle around for the amusement of children. Please ignore me and get a life.
But don't make dull and dim posts and expect me not to comment on them, which I believe is what this site is about? If you don't like what I post just scroll past and save yourself the trouble. Simples ???

27 Jul 2026 18:44:29
We get your attention everytime though, Stokey.
Have you not realised. ?
Come on, is the third wife a Librian?
Or have you joined the carry on team with carry on reading. ??

27 Jul 2026 19:06:05
I honestly haven't got a clue what you're going on about, mate, but whatever floats your boat. ?

25 Jul 2026 15:14:44
My prediction how the league will finish this season

1. Man City
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4. Man Utd
5. Liverpool
6. Villa
7. Spurs
8. Forest
9. Everton
10. Newcastle
11. Brighton
12. Bournemouth
13. Leeds
14. Palace
15. Brentford
16. Coventry
17. Sunderland
18. Fulham
19. Ipswich
20. Hull
20. Hull.

25 Jul 2026 17:30:45
You're dead right about Woody Stokey.
Said he could become our Sheringham at the time. ???

25 Jul 2026 20:03:49
The one thing I know is Fulham won't go down. Munmad, Hull, bottom, Coventry next, followed by Ipswich. They simply don't have the players to compete.

25 Jul 2026 21:29:16
A little byest for me, Munmad. Lost our main player in Anderson. Our set pieces are piss poor, along with service. Not that Anderson contributed in shots on target, etc. Barn door comes to mind. Just being honest.

25 Jul 2026 21:40:36
Different style of play now though, Bowie, which should compensate for Anderson's loss?
At least 3 players coming in as well.
Personally, think we will do well.

26 Jul 2026 09:56:32
Anderson was our main player because he was the one the manager wanted everything to go through. Great player, but gone now. Be interesting to see how well he does week in, week out at Man City when everything won't go through him, and he's playing with great players and he's not the standout player of the 11.

Like dtp said, the system Glasner will bring in, he won't be missed so much.

26 Jul 2026 10:14:40
Anderson will spend more time on the bench than Yates. Money spoke & he took it over football.

26 Jul 2026 13:02:56
Yes, like we'd all turn down a promotion and bigger wages eh, Larry? ??

26 Jul 2026 14:18:51
I disagree, Larry, he never angled for a move, and I think EM thought it was time to take the big money. We will see how his value changes after he doesn't play often. Personally, I think even at Man C. he will get regular games.

25 Jul 2026 13:58:38
Just a complete opinion with all the defenders we are linked to, it may save a few bob to move Murillo into holding MF player. I think it wouldn't be hard to train him up.

25 Jul 2026 14:59:58
Cyprus, don't please lol. They will be coming for you. ??

25 Jul 2026 16:06:18
Hes not mobile & agile enough skegs, to club footed

25 Jul 2026 17:07:38
Probably the quickest player at the club ... since Elanga left anyway. He can pick a pass, tackle, good header of the ball, and reader of the game. Gets us moving and could be a box to box midfielder or holding. But in OG system he's best in a back 3 imo.

25 Jul 2026 17:23:48
With Murillo's skillset, he could probably play in any position on the pitch except goalkeeper. ?

25 Jul 2026 17:25:23
"Club footed"... Better than being knuckle headed though. ??????

25 Jul 2026 17:28:21
Yes, makes you wonder, Larry, why none of the bigger clubs have even been tempted to put a bid in for him. He's got to be worth double what we paid for him.

25 Jul 2026 17:28:46
Think what Larry really meant was "Club" committed, mate...
Anyway, I'm out in sunny and a very humid Menorrrrcaaaaa!!!!.
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25 Jul 2026 17:31:40
Omg they disagreed!!!!
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25 Jul 2026 17:57:40
Have a great time, Rogie! Watch that hot sun on pale Celt skin, mate. ??

25 Jul 2026 19:51:41
I think the main reason that no one has come in for Murillo is his injury record last season. He was rarely fit. Nobody is going to pay big for someone who is injury prone.

He needs to get back to the standards of his first two seasons.

25 Jul 2026 20:30:56
Talent is talent67.
Our gain.

25 Jul 2026 20:52:21
Don't care how injury prone he is, if he keeps playing the way he does, then that's fine by me. 100pr cent Forest.

25 Jul 2026 21:54:22
Murillo made 39 appearances last season. Hardly injury prone is he?

25 Jul 2026 21:58:14
Dyche caused his injuries due to playing him at left back.

25 Jul 2026 22:08:56
I'm actually quite tanned this time of year, Stokie!!!
It's my Italian roots, mate.
My mates call me Lorenzo Roganini!!!!. ???

25 Jul 2026 22:16:02
Is that Italian for short arse, Rogie? ?
Only kidding, mate.

25 Jul 2026 22:24:56
Murillo missed 14 Premier games last season.
Which is more than a third.

Morato usually filled in for him. Although he improved as the season went on, he is no Murillo.
I am sure this cost us points over the season.


He was one of the players who turned on Dyche due to training methods, etc.

Fingers crossed he can stay fit this year. Quality player.

25 Jul 2026 22:30:53
My point exactly, 67.
Dyche played him left back in the Europa League. He got injured and asked to come off, but Dyche ignored him.

25 Jul 2026 22:50:16
Dyche got everything wrong. No way in this world should he have been a Forest manager. Good job Maranakis came to his senses and sacked him, else we would be playing in the Championship this season.

25 Jul 2026 22:54:29
Skeggs, bang on.

25 Jul 2026 23:17:21
Murillo can:
A: Borrow my Mrs if he wants.
B: Double as a fridge.
C: Can never be beaten.
D: Walk on water.
He's a centre back, end of. ?

26 Jul 2026 08:46:54
DTP, you cannot be serious.
Skeggs, Championship? Not what the stats say. ????

26 Jul 2026 10:53:26
Stokey, wrong type of coach for the Premier. He'll never get another job in the Premier unless Hull turns in desperation.

Outdated tactics, poor man management, and poor training methods. Same squad performed under Vitor, playing the right tactics.

26 Jul 2026 10:20:07
You just need to let the Dyche thing go Stokie, you put your neck on the line praising him and it didn't work out. he's hopeless and living rent free in your head.

26 Jul 2026 11:42:13
I'll tell you what, lads, I'm going to contact the Premier League and ask that they dock the 22 points in 18 games that SD got for us and that we start next season in the Championship. Hopefully they'll do this to keep you happy.
Larry, you are confusing the term "living rent free in someone's head" with "having an opinion", mate.
DTP, do you honestly believe that a top class footballer can sustain a serious injury just by being played out of his natural position? A left-sided CB going to left-back?
Or that SD would ignore the advice of his world class medical and physio team and play an injured player?
You're living in cloud cuckoo land, mate.

Ludicrous even by your standards.

26 Jul 2026 13:34:36
Rogie, as you know I'm part Irish on my Mum's side (she's 91 now with grey hair but did have red hair, green eyes, pale skin, the full Celt, bless her). Many Irish have Spanish (rather than Italian in your case) ancestors, some say from the few survivors of the Spanish Armada (those who weren't massacred out of hand by the locals) or, more likely, fishermen up from the Bay of Biscay over the centuries.

Most famously your former President Eamon de Valera, amongst others. I have the same skin pigmentation gene but from my Dad, Grandad and (apparently) great-Grandad, so that I get tanned just by stepping outside for a minute. My Dad's side were full English back to the 1800s (miners, carters and waggoners from the West Mids). What mongrels we all are, eh?

26 Jul 2026 14:28:01
"Neck on the line", Larry. Speaking as someone who has literally put his neck on the line many times, you do make me laugh, mate. ?????

26 Jul 2026 15:53:35
There was no need to play him at all, Stokey.
Especially out of position, and then ignoring that he told the bench he was injured.
As for 22 points from 18 games?
That's a poor return and why he got the sack; a continuation of that stat would have got us relegated.
He's a dinosaur when it comes to modern day football.

26 Jul 2026 16:03:50
Dtp we all know he was no good at is job that's why he was fired. but he was stokies only chance of being right about anything. Just let him think he's right it might make him a bit happier. ?

26 Jul 2026 17:18:35
So, DTP, 22 points from 18 games gives us 44 points from 36 games. Simple maths tells you that would not have amounted to relegation. You should check out the final table before you rush into print, mate.
It's that attention to detail that lets you down, my friend.
As for you Skeggs. ??????

26 Jul 2026 17:26:08
I don't believe for a minute that Dyche kept him or anyone else on the pitch when he said he was injured.

In mitigation, those of us who have watched Murillo, week in and week out, will know that he has an odd quirk of complaining about injury, then hobbling about for a bit, then miraculously reappearing and giving a man of the match performance.


He is a physio's nightmare. Like the story of Peter and the Wolf.

But the physio takes the final decision, not Dyche or any other manager.

I'd be more concerned about VP bringing Murillo on going into injury time 4 nil down at Villa in the Europa tbh. He was clearly unable to run. Now that was a strange decision.

26 Jul 2026 17:50:05
To put it even more simply, DTP, when SD left, we were 4 points from the last relegation spot.
When the season ended, the margin was 5 points.
Hardly a massive upturn, was it?

26 Jul 2026 18:03:41
And you call that success, Stokey?
We were a sinking ship at the time of his dismissal. Couldn't score, couldn't keep a clean sheet, we were going down, and everyone knows it, barring you.
No point saying another 18 games, as he didn't have that many games to play till the season's end.

26 Jul 2026 18:11:54
Goal difference was a factor... Improved right at the end under VP, when we were scoring for fun.

26 Jul 2026 19:38:46
I would definitely call it a success after the disaster that was Big Ange, DTP. As the stats will always show, despite your desperate attempts to swerve them. I don't know who this "everyone" is that "knows" it. Whoever he is, he is not good at maths, but great on groundless speculation. ???

26 Jul 2026 20:03:15
Stokey, you are the only Nottingham Forest fan with a good word for Dyche.
So just accept he would have taken us down.
Even the players didn't like him.
You can quote what you like about him, he's gone. Good riddance.

26 Jul 2026 21:08:38
Just to further pee on your chips, DTP. Murillo's season ended at just before half time against Burnley on 19th April, the 4-1 win. That was more than 2 months after Dyche was sacked. Never played again unless you count that strange decision to bring him on against Villa in the Europa at 4 nil down going into injury time, which I've referred to already.


By the way, last post, you’re speculating again about the opinions of every Forest fan. Did you do a survey?
Guesswork rather than stats every time, eh?
Likewise, Murillo's name was never mentioned by anybody as a player complaining about SD. Nor was any other player. Guessing and speculation again?

26 Jul 2026 21:15:59
Stokey, Murillo never recovered properly from that injury.
I love how you have to Google all your facts???. ???

26 Jul 2026 21:21:33
No speculation the players hated his training or lack of it, Stokey.

27 Jul 2026 10:29:07
So, according to your theory DTP, when Clough converted Kenny Burns from striker at Brum to defender at Forest, he should have been out injured all season?
Hang on, no, no, in fact he won the Footballer of the Year award as a defender.


There are loads of examples off the top of my head. Harry Kane started as a midfielder, converted to a striker, no problems, the rest is history.
Didn't Gary Birtles play at centre back for Notts County? No problems there either.

27 Jul 2026 08:25:47
I was at the Burnley game as I am at all home games DTP so didn't heed to Google it, I saw it mate.
No complaining players name has ever been mentioned, not even by SD, and certainly not Murillos.
Murillo played at least 7 games post SD with no sign of injury until the season ended for him against Burnley. So, he'd clearly recovered fully from the Dyche era injury.
More guesswork and speculation.
It seems you know as little about it as you do about football generally.
You keep guessing and making yourself look daft on here. I'll let people make their own minds up about whether playing footballers out of position causes injuries and whether an experienced Premier League manager like SD would risk one of his best players by playing him whilst injured.


Incidentally, contrary to your imaginary survey of all Forest fans, many fans I spoke to when SD went thought that it was foolish to get rid of the survival specialist and that Mr M had blown our chances of staying up.
Luckily VP came in and did a good job. I wonder what happened to him oh yes, sacked in disgraceful circumstances by our reckless Greek .

25 Jul 2026 10:30:57
This will no doubt be controversial. Is it time to offload Woody? He's been a fantastic servant to the club, but is it time to offer him up to the newly promoted sides or the MLS? ?

25 Jul 2026 11:36:17
Yes, it is. He still has a year left on his contract, but rather than sell him, I think we owe it to him to let him move on rather than be a bit-part player this season.

Best 15m we ever spent.

25 Jul 2026 11:38:24
Yea, he's shot it, mate. Good striker, but not class.

25 Jul 2026 11:45:55
Good question, RRH. I think this will be his last season, certainly at this level. He is managing a permanent injury. Top man and top professional that he is, I don't think we will get anywhere near a full season out of him.


I'd keep him this season if only for the example he sets to the rest of the squad and as a fall back impact sub.
(Now I've said that, he'll probably score another 20 goals).

25 Jul 2026 13:03:14
Good old "Plankov".
Made a lot of so called experts on here, who know nothing about football, eat their their words. ????????

25 Jul 2026 14:03:29
This Givario Read looks a young talent. .20 million could be a bargain. Fast, knows how to put a good cross in, takes on players. Hopefully we can get it done.

25 Jul 2026 14:06:22
I think Wood is too slow now, and he's been a great signing, but it would probably be better for him to drop down a league. Maybe he could do a job back in NZ leagues, but his body isn't healing at his age.

25 Jul 2026 14:22:01
Woody has never needed to be fast.hes a goal poacher.but mid 30s isn't healing at is age god help us if a poster cuts his finger on here most of the posters are ancient ???

25 Jul 2026 17:11:27
Woody is quick enough over 10 yards to get the edge on defenders in the box. A superb football brain gets him an extra split second, too. His stats don't lie. A brilliant and prolific scorer of goals and a top pro.

25 Jul 2026 22:06:39
Be pointless selling him.
Get very little, and he can do a job either starting or off the bench.
Jesus will come of age this season, mark my words.
He had no break from football for nearly two years, due to the Brazilian league ending and signing for us.


Wood got injured, and Kaleumundo was sent out on loan and vastly overused.
We will see a different player, and he wasn't that bad last season.