Nottingham Forest banter 9

06 Jan 2026 15:42:15
One of the Sunderland players said that they started putting more effort in when they saw Granit Xhaka in training. He trained so hard that the others wondered why they weren't putting in the same level of effort and it was humbling. I think maybe we feel over privileged and like we belong in this league. The table will tell us otherwise. I agree tactics have been poor and we are on our 3rd manager in a short space of time.

The truth us though its time for the players to step up. Tonight more than ever. Fight for every inch. If you lose after putting it all on the line then fine, I can accept that. But if you are able to jog off that pitch after a defeat, then your hearts not in it and I feel like we're not a good match.

06 Jan 2026 13:57:50
Callum Wilson anyone?

06 Jan 2026 14:38:41
I’d take Richard Wilson at the minute, he’d probably fit in better on here as a poster though.

06 Jan 2026 15:17:08
I'd take Wilson from Castaway if it got goals!

06 Jan 2026 16:59:13
I'd take Howard Wilson. Pipe not allowed in changing room though. got to keep strict.

06 Jan 2026 17:26:41
We'll need Sgt Wilson!
COYRS!

06 Jan 2026 18:27:53
On a serious note I'm glad he's not playing against us he always causes us trouble
I'd take him till end of the season be a good impact sub imo.

06 Jan 2026 18:29:57
Woodrow?

06 Jan 2026 18:45:18
He's lost some weight, Robin.

06 Jan 2026 19:04:35
Whimpey?

06 Jan 2026 12:52:50
Oh no way not that bloody Harrington ref tonight. Remember that foul on Dominguez that he called so wrong which led to the Sunderland goal? Yes it’s him. Jeez you can’t make this crap up- he was abysmal that day. Looks like we are playing 12 again.

06 Jan 2026 16:43:17
We'll struggle against 9 men. We have been abysmal for the last few games, bar the city match.

06 Jan 2026 11:11:28
I’m just wondering which Forest team will turn up tonight?
The one that played great entertaining and committed football like against Man Utd, Man City, Spurs, Leeds and Liverpool or the flaccid version like against Villa, Everton, Brighton.

I’d even take a grim grind out of a win like against Wolves to give us some breathing space, then a couple of tweaks in the transfer window, rebuild confidence, cut out the basic errors and go again.

06 Jan 2026 11:55:09
Think we'd all take a win stokey no matter the performance in this game
To me even a draw is ok, a liss would be disastrous.

06 Jan 2026 12:01:38
The team that will turn up to night is the one that picks itself every week because there no quality on the bench.
Over to you the Lump it Brothers. I've cancelled the Nytol for tonight. It's going to be Woan-derful.

06 Jan 2026 12:08:30
We can't lose to West ham that got battered by wolves last week no excuses should be a easy win I've put 20 on forest -1 goal uredddsssss.

06 Jan 2026 12:17:46
I think West Ham and Nuno are in a worst position to Forest. ATM we are the closest team to them. Goal scoring is both clubs big negative. Do it depends then whose defence is worst. Melonvich was slow to close down for the first two Villa goals, so he is the weak link in our defence.

SD for me is a more inspirational manager on and off the pitch. It would sadden me if they didn’t play until they drop tonight for SD position.

06 Jan 2026 12:17:56
It is a massive game for Nuno and Dyche what ever they say, since West Ham beat us at the City Ground there form has nosed dived, and it could be Nunos last game, defeat for us will just increase the discontent amongst the supporters for Dyche!, we should beat them and gain what would be a massive three points.

06 Jan 2026 13:15:32
Keep it tight at the back first 20, in courage Hutch to get in the box waste of time throwing in crosses hard and low it will turn their defence to jelly leaving Jesus to pick up knock ins just need to feed Hutchinson and whoever is on the other flank including the wingbacks we need Anderson and whoever partners him to step up and control the midfield COYR.

06 Jan 2026 13:55:24
We can't score goals, that's the main problem.

06 Jan 2026 15:21:42
This is a significant game, but I am unsure who will score for us. Hopefully, we will win, and again, hopefully, Edu will be released from his duties!

06 Jan 2026 16:43:58
Own goal might be our best hope, Ripley.

06 Jan 2026 16:54:12
As long as it's in Wet Sam's net I don't care ??.

06 Jan 2026 10:54:25
Do clubs really not learn their lessons? Chelsea giving Rosenior a six year contract. How much of a payout will he get when they sack him in the summer?
And Utd, cost them in the ballpark of 27 million to hire then fire Amorim. Reports of a 10 million severance package lol. ?.

06 Jan 2026 11:51:08
Had to laugh at the Sun’s headline ( no I’m not a reader)
“When the trophies are nil
And it’s cost 30 mill
That’s Amorim “…. ??.

06 Jan 2026 11:51:13
He's come from their parents club though winter
He knows how it works within the blue co empire
Hwewon't kick up a fuss about recruitment because he knows his job is purely as a coach and to get results, it's quite clever giving him his apprenticeship and seeing how he gets on
Chelsea obviously believe he's now ready for the big job.

06 Jan 2026 16:20:46
I bet Rosenior can't believe his luck with a 6 year contract. He'll be sacked in the summer.

06 Jan 2026 17:36:05
Not luck though silkman chelsea have spent the effort of trying him out at their parent club
Refreshing to see a young coach in premier.

06 Jan 2026 17:57:18
Weird that stokey i'd have had you down as sun reader all day long ????.

06 Jan 2026 09:27:32
We cannot repeat CANNOT afford to lose at West Han today

They have the worst defence in the league we can’t sit back and be passive we have to control the game and be on the front foot

Sels

Aina
Milenkovic
Murrilo
Williams

Hutchinson
Anderson
Luis
Bakwa

MGW
Jesus.

06 Jan 2026 12:09:17
MM I agree the team almost picks itself. Personally I would put our best goal scorer up front ie MGW. Then we have an extra in midfield.

06 Jan 2026 13:57:22
If CHO is fit I'd use him first half.

06 Jan 2026 09:22:26
Do a swap deal with Wolves McAtee for Strsnd Larsen and stop the LKalimuendo loan deal as we only need an injury to Jesus.

06 Jan 2026 10:55:08
Sounds good to me munmad??.

06 Jan 2026 00:34:40
Ed033, is the "Ignore" feature a real thing and being put on every teams pages, bit unusual for a Banter site, but can see the logic?.

{Ed033's Note - I would imagine most posters won't use the feature when it is implemented on here.

06 Jan 2026 11:34:20
Thank you for replying Ed033, would the poster know if they are being blocked?, may help to know if it's worth posting in the first place if the majority of site are blocking you?.

{Ed033's Note - All that happens is if you decided for example to hide DTP posts in the My Profile page, DTP's posts and replies text gets replaced with the words, DTP's text hidden when you visit the main pages on this site. DTP wouldn't notice anything different and no one else would notice anything different unless they have hidden DTP posts in the My Profile page and they are logged in.

i would imagine that most people won't use the feature. It's only if when logged in posters come onto the site, they get triggered when they see any posts from a specific poster, which can lead to one poster sending in derogatory posts about another poster.

06 Jan 2026 12:32:37
Thanks again for your reply and the site evolution, not technically minded myself, more a Steve Jobs, have a Idea then go to more technical people and say "Do this! ", but always thought in the close season have an open Forum for all the sites posters to comment on one another's teams, can you imagine a discussion between Stokey and Shappy?.

{Ed033's Note - It's something for me to ponder about.

06 Jan 2026 15:42:18
Ed003, it would be amusing if you could force members to ignore each other. That might stop them hurling abuse at each other every day. The only problem is I think a lot of people find that more interesting to read than posts about football.

{Ed033's Note - If i was a Jedi, i could use the Force.

06 Jan 2026 17:29:40
A lot of it could be cut and pasted from 4 years ago?.

06 Jan 2026 17:11:25
And a fine example edd ??.

{Ed033's Note - Right, could mean less remarks fro some about other posters

06 Jan 2026 07:39:23
{Ed's Note - Red Man has posted a new article entitled, Time to Reflect on Manchester United

06 Jan 2026 05:12:58
I wonder if it has crossed Dyche”s tiny dinosaur mind to try Taiwo and Kalimuendo as a strike partnership? You would have thought Cretaceous period football of lump it long would have demanded such a gesture. Surely it would have been worth a go under the circumstances of generally being unable to score goals?

06 Jan 2026 10:46:12
Frog, he might as well send 9 players out mate. I won’t comment on the “Crustacean” bit of your post, you will have gathered my views on SD.

06 Jan 2026 10:56:27
Yes frog, Cretaceous love it! ?.

06 Jan 2026 11:53:19
Bloody spell check. Although some of the so called advanced footballing sides like Man City and Arsenal do pass sideways a lot ……. ??.

06 Jan 2026 12:04:08
Weirdly enough Stokey, crabs walk sideways ??.

06 Jan 2026 13:10:46
Exactly mate……. ????.

05 Jan 2026
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06 Jan 2026 00:19:21
Not skegs its not real, DTP said so??.

06 Jan 2026 05:07:49
I am not surprised Skeg. The guy has wasted tens of millions and put us back years with FFP never mind the fallout with Nuno.

06 Jan 2026 08:47:32
Skegs yes that's what I read like I said yesterday
He's coming under pressure and there might be doubts over his long term future
Doesn't say he'll be sacked in the morning does it?

05 Jan 2026 23:34:37
OK Forest fans, this is the true facts of life. When the doctor told me I had lung cancer, my wife bless her (Wolves fan) broke down in tears! I said (as a Red Dog) OK, so what do we do to sort it? Chemo and half a lung removed, I'm still a Red Dog and breathing!
West Ham have signed 2 strikers, fkin whoopee, they still have a shot defence and shot midfield!
So Forest, do what the lord BC preached, play football on the grass and shove Gary Neville into the mud! I mean beat the Hammers ? ? ?.

06 Jan 2026 00:47:22
Every Nottingham Forest supporter going to West Ham today, in conditions what would make Scott of the Antarctic shiver, really need a barn storming performance from the coach's and players to warm there hearts!. no cautious football, go for the jugular and come away with a 5/ 6 goal win??.
Keep fighting Redtreekeff, it's all a Red Dog knows what to do??.

06 Jan 2026 10:55:37
Good luck and best wishes Red Tree! I lost my sister aged 56 to breast cancer it’s a bar steward of an disease mate.

06 Jan 2026 10:58:09
With you there Red dog, just make sure the puddles deep and cold?.

06 Jan 2026 12:29:18
Thanks for the kind words fellow Red Dogs! I now have the all clear, to rang the bell at City Hospital - bit to hard though and broke the bell ? ? ?.

05 Jan 2026 18:58:58
Ok reds tell me the players and system you'd rather play? From the one dyche is playing.

05 Jan 2026 19:21:45
One where we press in their half instead of sitting back and asking for trouble?

05 Jan 2026 19:27:13
I'd go for the 'usual' 4 at the back and then an old-fashioned diamond shape in midfield (as Billy used) with 2 up front.

Kind of irrelevant though as I'm not sure we even have 2 fit and decent strikers available.

05 Jan 2026 19:27:46
Sels.
Aina, Serbinater, Murillo, Williams.
Anderson.
Domínguez, MGW.
Ndoye, Cho.
Jesus.

4-1-2-2-1

Not sitting back and waiting to get beaten. Press high, fast and hard, Anderson sits deeper in the hole as he does for England, Domínguez as the box to box and MGW as a creative eight, similar to the way Rogers plays for England. Picked Ndoye because his work rate is better than Hutchinsons and if CHO didn't chase back I'd swap him for Taiwo. First and foremost is effort and energy, if they don't do it for the manager they don't represent our club. Simple as that. ?.

05 Jan 2026 19:45:05
Plus play out from the back and keep the ball on the grass where it's meant to be played.

05 Jan 2026 19:47:18
Oh and once their all out of puff, put on every defensively minded player we have on and defend our four goal lead with some handbrake firmly pulled up as far as possible bus conductor tactics. This is only because our scatter gun approach to transfers leaves us desperately short in forward positions. ?.

05 Jan 2026 20:21:41
You missed out the empty stadium abd forest fans singing to nuno
Your getting sacked in the morning ????.

05 Jan 2026 20:25:13
My Formation. 2-6-8-3-1.
The opposition won't know what hit them!
???.

05 Jan 2026 20:46:17
Edus getting sacked in the morning ??? good old maranakis he must of been reading my posts ??.

05 Jan 2026 21:11:34
Read it skeggs all it says is he's coming under pressure with doubts over his long term future after forest have list 4 on the bounce
So?

05 Jan 2026 21:15:31
What difference will that make to forests results skeggs?

05 Jan 2026 22:26:42
I actually think pressing is always part of dyches game plan dtp? Trouble is, most can't string 2 x passes. The other couldn't put a cross, or set piece if they tried. As for finishing it's a joke. you agree on players after that statement or dyche football. This again I ask of you all?

05 Jan 2026 22:37:16
?? you keep going on about nuno getting sacked tomorrow for some reason. So you can prove a point. what point lol he's already done his job at forest got us into Europe a place where we thought or u thought I'd probably never see us again. so let me ask you what difference will it make to forest results if nuno gets sacked tmoz.

it might make you happy in your own little weird way but I want him to stay there he's doing nothing with them which is helping us or am I missing something. A new manager might give them a lift. ? and I thought you was a forest fan obviously just when it suits you being right or wrong.

05 Jan 2026 22:43:52
We need to get 3 points tomorrow night. A point doesn't do much for us we need to get that gap we had back.

06 Jan 2026 00:02:09
Murillo
Murillo Murrillo Murillo Murillo
Murillo Yates Anderson Murillo
Murillo Sherringham.

06 Jan 2026 00:12:40
Yep Silk if we don't win tomorrow its sack DTP (please please Eds?), Edu and the Cretaceous period style Dyche insists on playing. ?.

06 Jan 2026 03:27:13
I'd try Barnstoneworth Utd tactics, recall Shilton, Pearcey, Bohemian, Stone, McKenzie, Collymore, Method etc all could give a lesson in winning games, even today? all football artists ??️.
Back to ?.

06 Jan 2026 08:44:15
Haven't you got to get the tables and chairs ready for the rest of the children on live chat redrobin now that skeggs has promoted you to head prefect? ????.

06 Jan 2026 10:49:21
Ah the obsession with live chat rears it's head once again. Is it because we have a laugh? Or mainly down to you not being involved until you come on to abuse us all? And FYI i turned down the head prefect position because i'm not a grass unlike some. ??.

06 Jan 2026 11:01:37
DTP “ play out from the back”? Noooooooooo!
A disastrous plan. Have a look at the League table again. We are just keeping afloat. When SD arrived we were below the waves. But at least with your plan the deckchairs on the Titanic will look nice ………??.

06 Jan 2026 11:09:19
There's no getting to you ????.

06 Jan 2026 11:59:01
So what's your plan then stokey?
Boot it long to jesus?
That's worked really well hasn't it?
We now have our best two fullbacks playing so need to play out and use them not bypass them.

06 Jan 2026 13:24:23
I’d do what SD is doing DTP. Mix it up, pragmatic, organised, hard to beat ( that’s the plan anyway). As I’ve said before, mate, you start with a false premise because we are not a long ball team generally. Hence my question (which you side stepped superbly by the way) about how many goals we’d scored from a long lump upfield.
Just cast your mind back to Tony Pulis’s Stoke City and the Crazy Gang at Wimbledon. We are nothing like that. Perhaps our definitions of “lump it up”are different, I’m just don’t recognise your description.

Or Larry B’s either.
We can experiment with styles when we are safely mid table or in pre season, but we’ll need more skilful ( and expensive) players. Only Murillo, Luiz and Anderson have that particular skill set ( even then Anderson gave a goal away at Newcastle passing out from the back). He does it well for England because he has world class players around him who do it week in and week out like Rice at Arsenal for example.

06 Jan 2026 17:15:58
I answered your question stokey not sidestepped it
All we've done for last few games is hump the ball to jesus in the air on the halfway line, if that's not hoof ball I don't know what is
All we did by doing that was to create more pressure
Maybe you watched a different game to nearly everyone else?