Nottingham Forest banter 7

06 Jan 2026 22:50:41
‘Then with the losers let it sympathize,
For nothing can seem foul to those that win’

MoM ; Williams in his heart he is a true red.

07 Jan 2026 05:40:13
Williams was my MOM.

07 Jan 2026 13:35:27
I like that Nuno! ……???.

06 Jan 2026 22:42:55
We got super lucky tonight, massive win but Dyche needs to get the players on side or he’ll be gone with a few more defeats.

Nico and Neco outstanding. MGW has some serious cojones to take that penalty.

Baffled by the Jesus hate. He wins balls, holds play up but has absolutely nobody near for him to do anything with it. He’s expected to play 90 mins because Dyche doesn’t trust or like the other strikers so obviously he’s going to be tired later in the game and be less effective. I agree he’s not an out and out finisher and is definitely an area to improve on, though I do think he’d bag a few goals if we played more to his strengths and not expect him to be a target player which isn’t his style (from watching his Botafogo games, I know different leagues etc. )

Either way COYR.

06 Jan 2026 23:26:14
It's certainly not 'Jesus hate' from me. However, I've said for a long time that the guy simply doesn't fit in with the Forest-way. Maybe he'd be good in the attacking-midfielder role, or maybe as a striker playing alongside a big lad - but, I really can't see a future for him at Forest atm.

06 Jan 2026 23:56:35
Agree about Jesus, if Wood wasn't injured Jesus would have been introduced gradually, and get up to speed hopefully of the Premier, he's been asked to do a job what is different to what he's used to playing, I mean he does play for Brazil so can't be that bad!, one player I wish we had kept is Jota Silva, willing runner and competitive and scored goals, and he didn't want to leave, can't say that for some of the team at the moment.

07 Jan 2026 00:22:14
We got var decisions in our favour for once?
West ham got lucky we gave them a goal start on their own patch.

07 Jan 2026 00:35:43
Neco was superb, one of his best performances imo. ?.

06 Jan 2026 22:41:48
Look at the gap between Forest and the relegation zone now Reds. The table certainly looks a lot better than before! I suppose that the result is all that matters - but even being an optimist I have some severe doubts after watching the game.

Jesus is awful. Anderson is knackered. Our wingers seem unwilling to take on anyone on the outside. Too many sideways and backwards passes. Also, did you notice how much SD was pointing forwards toward the West Ham goal? To me, that epitomised Forest players' lack of belief in themselves in attack.

I'll take the win quite happily though!

06 Jan 2026 23:19:23
Jesus is decent. The coach is awful. A decent game plan and these players can do a job. We have the same team we had when we were second in the league, apart from Elanga.

07 Jan 2026 07:58:31
Red cyclist but importantly lost 20 goals a season from wood,

07 Jan 2026 08:47:12
Also Aina who has only played the last 2 games under Dyche and isn't match sharp yet.
Sangare also not been available for last 5 matches and Yates the last few.
Serious lack of height and physical presence throughout the side at the moment.

07 Jan 2026 09:28:59
Wood has only got 20 goals in a season once in his career. We've definitely missed his goals, but prior to that his best tally was 16 and he normally gets a lot less.

Good sides don't rely on one player for goals. Someone scoring 15 or more would be great. But our midfield is so bad at chipping in.

The way Jesus plays, you need wingers and a box crashing CM to bang them in but they can't shoot.

07 Jan 2026 11:44:22
Cyclist Yep wood has, and it was for us last season, so we are 20 goals light, and he also did it in a team with about 27% possession, I don’t get this obsession with Jesus he’s never been a goal scorer, when wood came to the club and wasn’t scoring he was getting dogs abuse ‘ all of a sudden people are talking about re jigging the team to fit around Jesus, a non scoring striker,

07 Jan 2026 13:48:35
Good post Fred! ?????????.

06 Jan 2026 22:37:44
Might as well play 3 CBs and have Anderson and Aina playing as wing backs.

Our wide men were terrible tonight.

06 Jan 2026 23:19:53
Not Anderson, Williams.

06 Jan 2026 22:26:42
We got what we deserved
Best team by miles took the game to West ham and created the best chances
Where's skeggs and balloons?

06 Jan 2026 23:23:11
I'm here dtp it was west ham pal why are you so excited about a really bad performance we won with luck. and it must of been my luck because I won my beer money for the week forest to win both teams to score half time west ham full time forest 25/ 1 that and 3 points the only thing I'm excited about tonight not the performance ?.

06 Jan 2026 23:31:11
P.s think you had your ub40 glasses on potter ??.

06 Jan 2026 23:58:08
How many pints did you have lol.

A game of fine margins went our way.

A lot to be worked on. If that millimetre offside went the other way we would now be deep in the brown smelly stuff.

Very happy however. Loved the irony of Morato coming on at the end to shore up the back.

07 Jan 2026 05:59:09
That performance just papered over the cracks dtp or should I say papered over the subsidence. It was a dire watch.

07 Jan 2026 09:35:19
Larry you never watch a game anyway, you spend the whole time messing on your phone talking your usual.

07 Jan 2026 11:41:23
DTP, do you really think we were miles better? We looked rubbish against a terrible team, the worst in the Prem at the moment. We needed a VAR penalty and a set piece which was a pretty lucky goal or we'd have lost 1-0.

07 Jan 2026 12:05:34
We controlled the game and gave them a goal start, proud of the players to fight back and get a vital 3 points
I've said before I don't believe dyche was a long term signing and won't be in charge next season anyway
As far as I'm concerned we need 15 more points for safety and that's all that matters now
Regroup in the summer.

06 Jan 2026 22:11:10
well. We ground-out that much-needed win in the end. Relief! Williams superb, Dominguez very good, Jesus awful and Anderson looks like he needs a break.

Happy Legolas.

06 Jan 2026 23:06:43
Im in the local lego looking for a friend ??.

06 Jan 2026 23:24:27
You found that friend yet I heard you get on well with the drag Queens when you go out ?.

06 Jan 2026 23:32:12
I know that we don't always see eye-to-eye DTP - but I'd buy you a pint tonight if I was up there.

06 Jan 2026 22:06:11
Stopped the rot, far from proud. Jesus for me lucky to make championship. Miss ya wood big time. And you know what. As I posted the other day. Tell me reds? How much secure did ya feel with sels in goal. Both sels and woods. Two players for me that highlight our future. Know wood still not ready but. Bye can't wait.

06 Jan 2026 22:15:52
It's 3 points we needed. I didn't mind Victor too much until his rush of blood against Villa. Soft penalty but they've been given before so it's about time we got one.

06 Jan 2026 22:20:03
Totally agree about Sels Bowie. We looked a lot more self-assured with him back. Not so sure about Wood though - I'm not convinced we'll see him play again for Forest.

06 Jan 2026 22:21:09
I don't think we will see Wood this season.

Hope I'm wrong.

We need another option in that position. I think the others are covered for now.

06 Jan 2026 22:50:27
"A winner never stops trying, all we can do.

06 Jan 2026 22:04:07
Three points but clearly two of the worst teams in the division. We need 6 more wins to stay up. Jesus offers no strike threat whatsoever and Bakwa looks poor so far. We got lucky tonight make no mistake.

06 Jan 2026 23:19:18
Are you ever happy?
3 points away from home in a game that was a six pointer.

07 Jan 2026 05:43:26
If you think that was a good performance then you’ve been watching Derby too long. We got lucky. Nothing more nothing less.

07 Jan 2026 08:57:17
Nah your just one of life's moaners even when we win, did we not hit the bar from CHO and neco unlucky the keeper fingertips it over.

06 Jan 2026 21:59:59
TIme for MArinakis to pull the plug on this coach. NOt good enough.

Absolute garbage. Glad we got the three points but boy are we lucky.

On the plus side, VAR went our way for once.

COYR!

06 Jan 2026 23:09:58
?Cyclist love the avatar???.

06 Jan 2026 23:35:07
Cyclist - I do like the expression that 'you make your own luck'.

07 Jan 2026 09:30:09
Well we didn't in that game Lego, we were absolute rubbish against a veryu poor side. If we need to be lucky to beat them we are in the ?.

06 Jan 2026 21:58:02
Some were premature on here before the final whistle.
You reds never stop believing.

06 Jan 2026 22:33:16
Nobody answering you except me dtp they've all muted you and your predictions ???.

07 Jan 2026 00:17:06
And your point is?

07 Jan 2026 00:32:39
Edu is staying and nuno. is going my little bin dipper ?.

07 Jan 2026 00:41:35
Skegs mate, we've told you numerous times about talking to yourself. ??.

07 Jan 2026 06:05:04
DTP, yes we won, that's great. However, there's no firepower upfront. Jesus, for all his running, is a Championship striker at best. Seven points ahead of the relegation pack and let's be honest, we were on the ropes. Without doubt, a real striker needs to be shipped in ASAP.

06 Jan 2026 21:53:03
I ❤️ VAR.

06 Jan 2026 22:16:58
It's the best thing that's ever happened to the game.

06 Jan 2026 21:08:04
Hi Eds, can you permit my new avatar so everyone knows where I stand when I post after the Forest game, please?

Dyche is a clown!

06 Jan 2026 22:31:51
Love it cyclist ???.

08 Jan 2026 14:37:58
Nice one Cyclist mate but Henry 8th has no connections with Forest. ????.

06 Jan 2026 21:49:05
Two assists by VAR, UREFS.

06 Jan 2026 21:58:27
Love VAR ??.

06 Jan 2026 22:02:30
I will take it mossy.

06 Jan 2026 22:09:56
Like it.

Luck was with us tonight. Take it all night. Delighted.

Massive 6 pointer. Gives us breathing space. But. There is a lot to sort out.

Thhought that was MGW at his best 2nd half. Just wish he could play like that more often.

We miss Wood, without stating the obvious. Need to sort something out by the end of the month.

U Reds.

06 Jan 2026 22:13:03
We were lucky but we’ve been unlucky all season so that’s karma. The lads never gave up glad for Dominguez and MGW to take that pen one minute before the end Cooly.