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You know you are doing something right when petty, inarticulate retribution efforts start coming
your way [...] Read the original post on Pissing Red
After two weekends without a game, it was an emotional return to football at the City Ground as
Forest shared the spoils with Watford. James Bolton reports. Steve Cotterill gave loanees Scott
Wootton, Danny Higginbotham and George Elokobi their debuts while Marlon Harewood and Luke Chambers
returned to the starting line-up.
A vastly improved performance from Reds team with a completely revamped back four, and plenty of
muscle throughout the team [...] Read the original post on eighteensixtyfive
Gunts will probably want to forget his assorted misses today! Nottingham Forest 1 Watford 1 It was
always going to begin an emotional day the first gathering of the Forest family since we lost our
biggest benefactor. Many had like me taken time out pre-match to write in one of [...]
Right, back to business as usual. Sort of. The game will begin with a minute's applause before
kick-off and both sides will don black armbands in memory of Reds owner Nigel Doughty who passed
away last weekend. Our first action in twelve days thanks to the interventions of weather and our
own rubbishness in the cup, one would hope that the players will be eager to proffer a considerable
improvement over recent encounters [.
It's been a strange few days for Forest fans in the aftermath of the untimely passing of Nigel
Doughty. The elements intervening in the weekend's game gave a welcome break from contemplating our
on-the-pitch troubles and time for reflection time that many Forest fans have put to good
use in raising over £3,000 for ChildLine as a small tribute to the memory of our owner [.
When a man's death is covered so eloquently, thoughtfully and heartfelt by so many when words fail
me it's difficult to add anything to what has already been said. Yet it seems wrong to say nothing.
At times like this people grasp for meaning; for answers; for reason. There is nothing. Nigel
Doughty [.
When I haven't written on this site for a while, I very often end up using the excuse that "real
life got in the way". Well it doesn't get much more real life than the passing of a fellow Red
[...] Read the original post on eighteensixtyfive
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams [...] Read the original post on Pissing Red
It was quite the shock to hear the news that Nigel Doughty had passed away on Radio Nottingham this
afternoon. 54 is certainly no age, and my thoughts and condolences go to his family and colleagues
[...] Read the original post on Through the seasons before us
Let's face it, the most realistic way we have of seeing out this weekend without another defeat is
if the weather forecast comes in at the more severe end of the prediction and we get the game
snowed off. Rarely have I been able to muster up less optimism for a trip down Brian Clough Way
despite a largely awful time of it contesting matches at Pride Park [.
Seven home games without a goal... Here's hoping the end of the transfer window and a few loans
might change things. James Bolton reports from the City Ground. The big news as kick off approached
was that youngster Jamaal Lascelles would start in the centre of defence in the absence of Luke
Chambers through suspension [.
Yesterday in a comment on here I said that passion is not equivalent to anger. Once you start
confusing the two, people begin using the notion to justify all sort of idiocy. I was looking for a
way to make my point [...] Read the original post on Pissing Red
As the losses continue and the supporters' frustration grows, what next? Steve Wright argues Forest
fans should come together and contribute to the direction and vision of the club. There will come a
time in the future of Nottingham Forest when the club will have to find a way to unite. For so long
now [.
Frank Clark was vice-chairman of the League Managers Association. The LMA has been saying for years
that managers shouldn't be [...] Read the original post on eighteensixtyfive
No goals. No clean sheet. No points. No drive. No passion. No desire. No shape. No tactics. No
ideas. No creativity. No threat. No positivity. No hope? [...] Read the original post on Through
the seasons before us
The loss of Wes Morgan was always going to be a sad day for many Nottingham Forest fans. Peter
Blackburn pays tribute to a player who made over 400 appearances for the club [...] Read the
original post on Seat Pitch
I'm pretty sure the first time I saw Wes Morgan play for Forest was in a pre-season friendly at the
City Ground whilst he was still a youngster. He put in a thunderous tackle on a similar-unfamiliar
Rafael Van Der Vaart which left the Dutch midfielder without his boot on one foot. I think this was
back in 2003, unfortunately the Forest website doesn't seem to show friendlies on its'
retrospective fixture lists, so I can't check [.
So it looks like Wes is on his way down the A46 to Leicester[...] Read the original post on
eighteensixtyfive
Ah, it's been nice to have a weekend without Forest to spoil things, hasn't it? Well, if you brush
aside the whispers of who's leaving and when. So far the only confirmed news on that score are
Leicester and their bids for Wes Morgan but, of course it would certainly be the Forest way to pave
the way for departures as the transfer window draws to a close and we're not able to replace any
outgoing players [.
Westley worked his way up from a youngster in the organisation, his reputation for a great work
ethic showed from an early age. Rarely unable to work through illness or injury, he established
himself as a key member of the staff over many years. Always modest, and never one of the shining
stars he was the kind of solid and dependable team members that any organisation depends upon [.
Still nobody out and, therefore, nobody in and no new contracts. Steve Cotterill's reputation as a
wheeler-dealer is under threat... Seat Pitch rounds up the five, desperate, last rumours [...] Read
the original post on Seat Pitch
Nottingham Forest FC have once again shown magnificent support and joined forces with Football Aid,
allowing football fans the opportunity to grace the hallowed turf and play on their Field of Dreams
at The City Ground in 2012, while at the same time raising funds for charity [...] Read the
original post on eighteensixtyfive
We appear to have two stock scripts at the moment be bloody awful and roundly beaten, or suffer
misfortune (oft of the refereeing persuasion or perhaps a moment of slack defending) and lose
because basically we can't either provide the final ball or finish to opportunities we may carve
out ourselves.
With five goals and three assists, Patrick Bamford took the starring role as Forest thrashed Wigan
in the FA Youth Cup. James Bolton reports from the City Ground. After so much doom and gloom
surrounding the first team recently, it was a welcome change to see a Nottingham Forest team score
not one, not two, [.
Some footballers become pundits or postmen when they retire. And some join bands. Steve Wright
looks at a couple of ex-Forest players who hung up their boots and picked up a guitar. Forest
chairman Frank Clark was well known in his playing days for taking his guitar on the team bus to
entertain the team [.
Let's start with something positive our youngsters are 7-1 against Wigan in the FA Youth Cup fourth
round. Bamford has scored four and there's still twenty odd minutes to go. Perhaps the future isn't
so bleak after all? And now, let's drop back down to earth by contemplating the weekend's fortunes
of our senior so-called professionals [.
First I suppose I should welcome Sean O'Driscoll to Forest I'm quite pleased with his arrival. He
might encourage a few of the team to, y'know, try passing it along the floor to their teammates
occasionally. Certainly he's used to trying to make silk purses out of sow's ears and with not a
particularly high level of investment.
So Steve has made his second signing Sean O'Driscoll joins us as first team coach. Personally I
think this [...] Read the original post on eighteensixtyfive
Leicester deserved to win, probably by more than four goals. In the brief interludes of pressure
from the home side Robbie Findley spurned the chance to equalise with an open goal from 2 yards, he
somehow put it over. Harewood too should've done better with a later chance [...] Read the original
post on Through the seasons before us
Having won just one of their last eight league and cup games, Leicester proceeded to put four past
Forest last night. James Bolton reports. There were four changes for Forest's trip to the King
Power Stadium for the FA Cup 3rd Round Replay against Leicester. George Boateng, Paul Anderson,
Robbie Findley and Andy Reid came [.
So, Leicester are on quite rubbish form we are worse. Arguably a positive development for us is the
suspension of Luke Chambers after his red card at the weekend (a bit mean, I know, but he could do
with a break if nothing else). The promise of a fourth round tie at home to Swindon Town awaits the
victor.
The saddest part of this weekend wasn't so much another defeat, another goalless performance,
another bamboozling post-match interview with Steve Cotterill, another game of mindless hoofball. I
can even begin to acclimatise to the lack of effort the team seem to put in (which is depressing),
but similar to the Leeds game it's the fact that Southampton didn't really have to try [.
Still in the bottom three, Forest slumped to a fifth consecutive home league defeat against a
superior Southampton side. James Bolton reports from the City Ground [...] Read the original post
on Seat Pitch
A few facts: Southampton were way better than us. We created quite a few chances in the first half
but [...] Read the original post on eighteensixtyfive
Already into the second half of the season and Forest remain in the relegation zone... Looking at
the stats for the season so far, can we predict what will happen? Ignoring cup games, Steve
McClaren averaged just 0.8 points per game in his short tenure and [...] Read the original post on
Seat Pitch
I've got a mate who supports Southampton, our next opponents, and current leaders in the
Championship. "We're there for the taking at your place" it said. I wondered whether I missed a
previous text and this was the punchline to a bizarre joke, but apparently that's what he thinks
hard though it is for me to imagine why [.
It's been a slow transfer window so far, with little movement — not surprising given that Forest
need to sell before they can buy. Still, that hasn't stopped the speculation about incoming
players. Seat Pitch rounds up the top five rumours so far [...] Read the original post on Seat
Pitch
At Tuesday's Supporters Club Q&A, manager Steve Cotterill and chief executive Mark Arthur sought to
address fans' concerns. Peter Blackburn reports. Despite a litany of mediocre questions, and
mediocre answers, in amongst the usual discussion about recent performances, relationship between
club and fans, and the hope that Forest would beat The Rams in the next [.
This is a difficult post to write, not just because I will inevitably be criticising some of my
fellow Reds [...] Read the original post on eighteensixtyfive
