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18 hours ago, Crewton said:

Harry Arter and many others that he inherited who never got a look in are glaring examples of how wrong that is. 

After signing 40 players in something like 16 months, it's not exactly a stunning achievement to get a tune out of half of them. 

oh come on even the biggest hater of forest could admit he has done a good job there

1 player or 40 players he has got them mid table in the prem as things stand. they were only about 3 points ahead of us with a points deduction when he took over.

Lucky or not cooper has done a stunning job there. i cannot wait until he leaves them, it cant be long before somebody else comes sniffing now. you could throw anybody at him and he seemingly is able to get a tune out of them, perfect for forests board who sign 20 players every window. they will drop like a stone when he leaves but until that day comes i cant see it happening

i have tried to drag my grandson along for years now but all his mates support prem clubs & it's all he watches football wise. he's still a derby fan but I am fighting a losing battle at the minute! We need some good times to keep the younger generation interested.

two tough games coming up next, we will need a few positive results from those to keep the momentum up.

i know it sounds basic to say but the teams in the top half are winning A LOT of games, there is not many slip ups. even after our brilliant run, we are still not secure in the playoffs.

It is utterly shameful he got as far as he did in the process.

although he managed to con a major financial institution so must have been a professional blagger behind the scenes.

Bad day at the office, that can be excused after our excellent last few months.

Now it's all about the response to a loss.

22 hours ago, Asanovic70 said:

If I was a Forest fan, I'd be enjoying results etc, being in the PL after twenty plus years outside it, (& gloating in our demise) but there'd be a nagging doubt about how sustainable it all is. I'd look at Brighton & Brentford and think I'd rather than scenario TBH.

Portsmouth threw money at things for a period, overseas owner(s) similar crowds (20-30k capacity) and it eventually imploded.

'Our demise': we chucked money at things at second tier level. The PL is literally another league altogether in terms of finance. Footballers are mercenaries, they go where the money is & it is the EPL, spending £800m+ in the January window compared to £188m, the combined spending of the other four major Euro leagues.

They couldn't care less about Nottingham Forest as long as they get handsomely paid. And if Forest, (Bolton, etc) get in financial trouble, they know there will be another foolish club/owner out there willing to pay them.

it is the madness of the premier league and why people gamble with the futures of the club to get there.

if they stay up they have earnt back evey penny they have spent with a huge chunk of change to spare. the spending is only unsustainable if they come down and stay down for 3 years which rarely happens nowadays unless there is massive mismanagement taken place like at Sunderland such is the gulf of difference between the Prem & everybody else.

i don't get why pep keeps dropping top players. There must be something sour behind the scenes there.

i think a lot of their team will leave in the summer.

2 hours ago, HorsforthRam said:

They do appear to be very fortunate at home. 

you probably earn a bit of luck by signing a keeper like keylor f****** navas

cant see them going down unfortunately

19 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

I think they have a serious problem. I think Ayew is a decent player, but they already have better players in abundance - it’s like they’ve got an addiction to signing players.

In the history of the Premier League, no promoted team has been backed by their chairman more than Forest so you can’t knock him for that, consider their business and approach to the likes of Norwich, Burnley, Sheff Utd and Huddersfield. It’s good to see a team put their knackers on the line, but it’s a shame it’s Forest. 

they seem to have kicked those at the bottom into a panic as well. They are like oh crap we actually have to spend to keep up. don’t think I have ever seen a premiership season like it. most teams in the bottom 8 have spent over £100m

can't see him playing again.

no club will want the hassle and hes still on well over 100k at man united. The run they are on they definitely wont want the headlines.

they are signing keylor navas now from psg, thats utterly ridiclous

5 hours ago, kevinhectoring said:

Knight could play on the fringe of a middling PL side tomorrow in the right set up. Cashin would realistically hope to be playing there in a couple of years 

the gap is absolute huge between the championship and premier league. the gap between league one and the premier league is ten times as big. 

you either underestimate the premier league or over estimate our players. look at the players near the bottom of that league have. there is full england internationals in some of the teams.

for me you have to build from a position of strength, reality is we needed another striker. let's hope PW can cope without one and we remain injury free. We will really regret it if we get injuries at key times of the season e.g. playoffs.

They have players on the bench that are worth more than what Clowes paid for the entire club. that's the madness of football.

there was no shame in where we are in the pyramid, it will give us something to aim for. But there is a long way to go.

1 hour ago, Curtains said:

Did Mel have any other option !

yes, he could have not spent money the club or he didn't have. fairly simple that one.

i don't wanna be a negative nancy but i thought we were timid most of the game. West ham didn't get out of second gear because we allowed them to cruise the game. Thought the mentality was completely wrong from the team. they would have been dreading that game but we made it easy for them.

positives are we can focus on the run in now, long way  to go yet. lets see what we can achieve.

cant wait for this, i genuinely think we will beat them. i know for a fact west ham will be dreading this game. coming to a packed out PP on a team that is on a long unbeaten wrong, even a couple of changes for them and i see us beating them by a few.

however ridiclous it is seems to have worked 

not sure itll be the case when cooper leaves though

4 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Lol, you sound like you're waiting for something.

How could Clowes have acted any faster in getting rid of LR that would have made you happy? The faster the better but it's still too quick? ?

i said i thought he acted too fast, not that he should have sacked him quicker.

2 hours ago, Bald Eagle's Barmy Army said:

Are you being serious?

Clowes had literally only just got his feet under the table and needed to assess where the whole club was before making decisions. If anything, he acted quicker than most thought he would. 

And that gap is 8 points if we win our game in hand and still have to play them. Take a look at both fixtures and tell me by the time we play Plymouth we couldn't overtake them. 

it is a pure hindsight opinion.

there was lots of critique on here and from myself included that clowes acted too quick to get rid of LR. 

doesnt matter, PW is doing a great job at the minute so it proved to be the right decision.

17 minutes ago, Mr. P said:

This League 1 is quite fun isn’t it.

 

at the moment it is. 

it feels a very dour place when things arent so good though.

fantastic win today.

we have got to continue riding this wave and see where it takes us.

i dont expect us to challenge for the autos but you never know, would still be delighted with just the playoffs

is it a poor premier league because of lack of quality or is it because the quality is so high? teams near the bottom are consistenly taking points off the top teams.

i would argue squads like west ham, everton even leicester / palace show how difficult the league is compared to previous years when you have whipping boys like norwich and watford.

i had hoped it would be forest but looking unlikely

3 hours ago, TigerTedd said:

But they shouldn’t react differently. Play to the whistle and Fernandez is still there to knock it in. No one has whistled, so there’s still a threat to take care of.

They’ve often moaned about linesmen being told to not raise their flag when someone is in an offside position now, when there is a risk of someone potentially getting injured while defending an attack that is just going to get pulled back.

this is maybe why they do that. If the linesman had flagged, everyone would’ve stopped. No flag, everyone should’ve carried on, and in the end, Rashford didn’t get in anyone’s way, so it’s a perfectly good goal by Fernandez. So linesman is right not to flag and let play develop. 

Nothing to do with playing to the whistle

the positioning of the defender changed based on rashfords position.

Akanji doesn't try to block Fernandes or go to try and tackle him because he occupied by Rashford. He would have engaged the ball quicker if rashford was not involved. for me it is wrong that goal was allowed.