Nottingham Forest banter 7

07 Jan 2026 14:29:36
A game of fine margins but both the VAR interventions were correct ( despite what Mr Soucek thinks you can’t, as a goalkeeper, come out for the bal, miss it and punch the opposition player in the head). Also, their lad had played a part in the build up to their disallowed goal whilst offside, albeit by about a foot at best. It’s about time we had a bit of luck with the officials.
All in all, not a classic, too many nerves and too much tension for that. But full blooded and competitive, a proper arm wrestle But SD, for all his detractors, has raised us from 4 points below the drop to 7 points above. Not pretty last night but effective. I will re watch and do a “lump it survey”. The only one I can remember is when Jesus was frantically being told to take it to the corner at the end.
It’s certainly not a case of Special Agent Dick Barton’s “ with one bound he was free” but 7 points gives us a bit of breathing space.

A long way to go but I’d rather be us than West Ham, Burnley and Wolves.
Special mention to Sels, solid game so hopefully the break has done him good. We look much better with him. Williams superb and Aina got a full game. Dominquez did well overall and had a bit of luck ( or great skill) with the header. He did a similar one couple of seasons ago whilst we were down to ten men against Brentford I think and got us a draw).
On the downside MGW was largely ineffective and Anderson knackered.
Next game will be our second string. Poor scheduling ( TV expecting Wrexham to provide a “shock” result early early doors for FA Cup coverage when it will be not of the sort). 2 games in 4 days with long trips from East London to North Wales and little, if any, recovery time…….

07 Jan 2026 15:58:25
Edu out dinosaur dyche out.

07 Jan 2026 16:36:02
Agree about the scheduling, maybe Storm Goretti will come to our aid and give North Wales a serious dose of snow but when would it be played- before Arsenal?

07 Jan 2026 19:05:56
Probably before Arsenal Norfolk but who knows with the vagaries of our weather mate. Sadly the FA Cup is our third priority i'd argue this season.
Skegs, thank you for your typically erudite and thought provoking contribution mate! ????.

07 Jan 2026 22:16:09
No problem stokey I don't need to write a book to see what's wrong with the club pal ??.

08 Jan 2026 01:44:06
A sad reflection on our game that the FA Cup is know more of an annoyance fixture, than a big chance at what was once a major trophy, unfortunately staying in the Premier is now Paramount, and a Europa cup can move you on to the next stage so priorities change!.


The goal by Dominquezs just look at his eyes following the ball into the corner of the goal, he ment it for sure.

08 Jan 2026 14:34:58
Agreed Skegs that we don’t need to trouble the printers at this stage.
I can review your work in one word…. ”pithy”…
What do you think mate? ?????.

07 Jan 2026 11:28:16
Last nights win. Is the first time since we have been back in the premier, that we have been losing at half time and gone on to win.

Hopefully it gives them some belief.

07 Jan 2026 09:35:01
What a nerve wracking watch but at long last some calls go our way. A second string side in the FA cup to give Anderson et al a break. We cannot risk any of our main players.

One simple tactic to give us more cutting edge would be to play a proper no 10 alongside Jesus, whether that’s MGW or whoever but nobody can play in isolation as this poor lad is having to do.

07 Jan 2026 08:49:12
3 vital points on the table!
A must win was won!
Which team turned up last night?
West Ham didn't!
We have had some crappy VAR calls against us this season, so we were due some good calls.

We don't make the rules, so we are told, so VAR can take the blame again.
We won, let's move on and say we'll done lads for not getting beat!
Amen!

07 Jan 2026 07:39:22
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07 Jan 2026 02:04:50
Got to say, i'm actually really happy for Dyche, i know i and many others knock him but his hearts in the right place and he wants the best for us.
Also i feel bad for Nuno, love his personality and demeanor but he's on a hiding to nothing with the hammers.

Mr M needs to get in touch and make sure Bowen comes our way when they go down. ?.

07 Jan 2026 06:15:35
No one's mentioned their keepers save from Nico?
Also CHO hitting the bar.
However I'm a little more calm, now we have that cushion.
Still a hard road ahead.

07 Jan 2026 09:20:53
Maybe if we bring in larson it will help Jesus to shine in a different position winger maybe or along side him at some point in a match, he's a strong lad remind me of Adama a little he has a role to play in our Squad has have others.

07 Jan 2026 09:32:33
I'm happy for the poor fans who made the trip down to watch that display. At least we fluked a win. My son's Grandad is a Hammers fan, but I'm not feeling sorry for Nuno. He made his bed.

07 Jan 2026 16:10:44
Great post Red Robin.
Bowen is a superb player. I remember him ripping us to bits in his Hull City Days in the Championship mate. Fast, hardworking, good finisher, I’d have him at Forest in a flash.
However, I wonder if he would jump from the frying pan into the fire…. from one badly run basket case of a club to another? ….

06 Jan 2026 23:15:23
And so ta bed,
Lucky goal from dominguez and mgw. the gods, Clough/ taylor looking down on us.
Said on live chat, never have we had an owner so passionate. And inject the money with it. Yes he efs up. But bye don't take his spirit away. COYR.

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.