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It was just a s*** performance end of, consign to the bin and move on. I’m not panicking yet

For saying we’re two divisions below them and would dearly love to be in their position with the roles reversed, Forest are actually giving me quite a lot of entertainment this season. The constant whinging about officials, about MOTD coverage overlooking them, and the FFP conspiracy against them. A fan base believing their club should lauded as one of the best in the land, amongst the elite because of the 2 stars on their shirt from when god was a lad. They actually think they’re relevant, and they’re desperate to be relevant and that makes for great comedy value as they keep fighting to stay out of those relegation places. They will always be disappointed because they think they are entitled to more (at least a proportion of them, there are some red dogs that know what’s what and where they are in the pyramid). They should be a top 25 club (as should we), a worthy addition to the premier league but no more. They punched above their weight under Clough for a period and that success will never happen again, they should be proud of that but consign it to history and hope they can establish themselves as a mid table/bottom half club for a few seasons. Seen them compare themselves to the likes of Villa and Everton - they are not even close to the size of those clubs. Their chairman is a lunatic and while he should be applauded for backing them his scattergun approach and his believing they should be better than they actually are will be their undoing. As for the Toney complaint to the PGMOL, anyone else notice the red dog wall stood over the line and not 10 yards?! Gamesmanship on both sides, they should pipe down. But they won’t. And who the f*** self proclaims their ground as World Famous?! 🤣🤣🤣

Can’t win every game, thought we did well to get the point yesterday, move on and try to win the next one. Hopefully Blackett-Taylor coming in and Smith if reports are to be believed will make a difference. Collo needs someone to share the load. Vickers and Elder have been criticised by a few and I definitely count myself as one who criticised them, thought they did well yesterday especially Vickers, that was by far his best game yet. As for Foz being under appreciated I agree, personally I think he’s dipped this season defensively (been decent going forward) but thought his last few performances before getting injured were his best of the season. What a servant and what resilience to come back from 3 serious knee injuries, he looked done after the 2nd one under Rowett, but then found form again under Lampard before his 3rd ACL, since coming back after that he’s been decent overall particularly in the administration season. Not sure how much longer he’ll be able to play at the level we require him to though.

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He definitely talked about persuading clubs to loan you players after discussing the game he was at, talked about a wide player but they had a striker he also liked.

Isn’t he from the north east? Defo the sort of player Sunderland will be in for. Don’t think we can afford him right now. These are the sort of signings we should’ve made 8/9 years ago but Mel instead signed the likes of Darren Bent and David Nugent on millions!!

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Yeah agree although Foz wouldn’t be surprised if they’re just going 12 months at a time. I’d be ok with Wildsmith getting an extension, maybe Collo if we’re still in L1 but not the rest.

We’re still operating under a business plan which is as much destined to stifle our competitiveness as a penalty for going into administration as to protect us from further mismanagement. Yes we can pay transfer fees but it all has to come from the same pot. Next season we will really see our financial power with being technically left to our own devices, it could be Clowes is happy with the budget we’re operating and doesn’t want to move from that which would be a concern. Also concerning, Leigh Curtis also mentions in his article about Warne alluding to a number of players who are about to trigger contract extensions based on appearances!! We got into trouble with under Mel with the likes of Benty Bradley Johnson and others, if Smith and Hourihane for example are on similar deals then that means we’ll be saddled with their high wages next season which will mean we’re still restricted in what we can do. Both of these players are ones we should be thanking for their contribution and moving on in the summer IMO.

Let’s remember, the Wendies thought Mendez was s*** and were laughing at us when we signed him. Ok he’s done it at a higher level and has a better pedigree but this lad is 26, he’s up there in L1 in terms of stats, if he’s a similar player to Mendez then how much better will that be for Mendez teams having another problem to deal with. Sounds like we’re all over this and good if so.

Well that wasn’t worth freezing my tits off for but at least I can say I got to an EFL Trophy game this season to go with my game last season although this was nowhere near as enjoyable as our win over Grimsby (my last EFL trophy game). I viewed this as a real opportunity to get to Wembley and I’m bitterly disappointed we haven’t grasped it. However, I sincerely hope this is the last ever EFL trophy game we ever play and I’m pleased we can now fully focus on the league. So many weren’t at it tonight, thought Sonny did ok, along with Nelson Wilson cash when he came on and Collo, everyone else may as well have not been there. Thommo Sibs and Fornah didn’t grasp their opportunity although thought it was slightly harsh on Sibs to be subbed, thought he was at least trying to make things happen. I have serious concerns about Ward Fornah and Vickers. Not sure they are good enough. Ward is a wannabe David Beckham, can’t defend or tackle, no pace no trick likes the Hollywood cross but 9 times out of 10 straight into the keepers arms. Predictable, not dangerous. Vickers looks very uncertain, he flaps I worry about his positional sense he’s dodgy playing out from the back and he even makes simple saves look Hollywood. Maybe Warne wanted him to bring a bit more Disney to the team. Not for me. Get Wildsmith back in ASAP. Fornah is a real enigma. Technically and athletically brilliant, that tackle pirouette run and pass in the first half was a thing of beauty. However despite strength and power he can get pushed off the ball easily, his positional discipline tonight was horrific, and whenever he made a tackle or a pass he then stops ball comes back to him and he’s on his heels leading him to get beaten to the ball or closed down to the point where he’s forced to tackle, misplace a pass or pass backwards. Really poor and playing like that I can’t see any way he gets into the team. Hope we react positively to this and continue our form in the league and this will be quickly forgotten but please Derby, get promoted never come back here and never play in this godforsaken competition ever again.

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Yeah that was my take just wanted to check I hadn’t missed anything. Not signing a contract and keeping your options open is different to rejecting one. Why would he commit at this point? I remember when Roy Keane ran his contract down at United, he signed a new one. Im not even sure Hull are in for bird now, they’re definitely trying for a statement signing from premier league or abroad.

Is the stuff about Max rejecting a new contract doing the rounds on Twitter a load of b*******?

If Forest do get done then someone needs to tell Richard Masters not to frequent any bakeries for the foreseeable future

I just think it’s a f****** disgrace that Forest were “just” compliant for their championship 3 year period due to a Covid adjustment of £12m, yet we weren’t allowed a Covid adjustment. They weren’t the only club so not a Forest dig per se, but just more proof Derby were stitched up.

Forest Twitter in complete denial!!! 🤣🤣🤣Just as we were!!! Karma’s a bitch!

Remember first time I saw them both, preseason game against Notts County when we didn’t have a kit just before we went into admin. They were the two best players on the pitch and Cash scored, thought they were both class then - particularly cash.

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Said it a few times she’s taking us to the end of the season unbeaten!!

Basically Liam was asked the question in his presser to which he reacted with complete shock, saying “ I know Nat I haven’t heard that one” said if he was interested in Derby players he’d go straight to the club as still has a good relationship with them - which gives me hope he’s not looking at Derby players 🤞🤞🤞. Be awesome if they’re not in the running for Max.

It’s b*******, Rosenior said as much in his presser.

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It’s one game against a team who is imploding

Make no mistake, today we were bloody excellent. As good an away performance as we’ve produced for a while and one of the best performances under Warne. Interestingly he then said in his interview with Dom “that’s us, that’s how I want our team to play” - so called Warne ball has been derided by a few on here, I thought that was very entertaining and I want to see more of it. Wigan are a decent outfit with some very good players and this was a good win. Now we have two massive games against Oxford and Posh, it will be interesting to see if we can replicate this performance in those games, we will need to in order to win them. Fingers crossed we can get the results, win them both that would be 9 wins in 10 which is just ridiculous so law of averages suggests we will drop points, would bite your hand off for 4 points from the next 2. Every player was excellent today, even Sonny Bradley was immense when he came on. Cant wait for the Oxford game now