I, like many other football fans out there, read the various message boards of other clubs to see what’s happening. I always find it interesting to see what other fans think of their team, their manager, their owners etc.
Leeds United for example, I actually feel sorry for their fans. Regardless of your opinion of Leeds, Ken Bates really is a muppet and I would be hugely annoyed at the lack of investment in the team when it would appear there is cash available.
Coventry City, I also feel sorry for. Yes that’s right, I even feel sorry for Coventry City. I work with a number of Coventry fans and they are genuine football fans who are seriously worried about what SISU (the club’s owners) are doing to their club. Putting all the rivalry aside, I don’t want to see any club go out of business.
That then leads me to Nottingham Forest. And, frankly, confusion on my part.
There are pages and pages of articles (JA606, not606, NEP etc) of Forest fans moaning and whinging about the total lack of investment and ambition demonstrated by their owner. And yet, despite their cries for new owners who will invest serious cash in the team, they are slamming Leicester for, wait for it, having owners that ARE investing AND showing ambition.
One Forest poster even suggested that all of Leicester’s signings were here solely for the money – and that the new Forest signings were, unbelievably, signing because of the lure of playing for Nottingham Forest and that Forest were, in effect, taking a moral and ethical stand against wealthier clubs.
So, just to recap. Forest fans want new owners who will pump serious cash in to the team and show ambition, but also the same fans are dreaming of Leicester going bust, because our owners are pumping serious cash into the club and showing ambition.
Right. Got it now.
Nottingham Forest fans
posted on 2/9/11
"Forest will always be bigger than our local rivals."
They had a spell under Clough where they massively over achieved and they've done absolutely nothing since. Line ten Forest fans up and ask them the name of their manager before Clough and you'll be lucky if three of them know the correct answer.
And as for those European Cups, who did they beat in the finals? Barcelona? Real Madrid? Inter Milan? Liverpool? Nope, some Swedish minnows called Malmo and Hamburg the following year, which just goes to show how weak the competition was at that time.
Nothing before Clough, nothing after Clough.
posted on 2/9/11
Ah the staple diet of all moronic Forest fans - when the chips are down, remind the world of their successes from a generation ago. If it makes them feel better about themselves, i'll let them have it. Surely they must know though that they make themselves look utterly stupid each time they do it?
posted on 2/9/11
I wouldn't pay any attention to it Fox, you should see some of the cack we get written about us. Apparently we're single-handedly destroying football. Last season we even had a Spurs fan asking us if we were proud that our owners probably had the blood of British soldiers on their hands (apparently all muslims/arabs are part of the taliban).
Anything we win will be a hollow victory (get ready for that one) and any success won't be deserved or respected by other fans (when other fans pay for my ticket, then their opinion will matter to me)
Strangely enough, they have no interest in the owners signing a deal with Manchester Council to invest around £1 billion into one of the poorest areas of Manchester, or the sports facilities being built for local schools & kids; all our players are mercenaries, all theirs play for minimum wage out of love for the club.
p.s. nice to see Sven doing ok for you, I met him when he was at City, a perfect gent always had time for the fans, and I wish him all the best. Except of course if we end up playing each other next season.
Take care of Michael Johnson for us.
posted on 2/9/11
How 'bout some more beans, Mr Taggart (U5313)
Cheers pal. I have in-laws who are Man City supporters, so i'm fully aware of the predictable nonsense that is coming our way. Everybody has their own standpoint of course when it comes to their club spending millions (many Leicester fans for example have expressed concerns about what happens if it all goes wrong etc, just like i'm sure Man City fans have too), yet its the Forest fans that actually seem to believe that spending money is the root of all evil, and then they castigate their own club's owner for not spending money and showing ambition! The hilarious reality though is that Forest would have spent a fair amount this summer if players didn't continuously turn them down!
Good luck for the rest of the season too, i've got £20 on Man City to win the title, so don't let me down.
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If Forest are such a big club, why do they get lower attendances than us? Surely a club with 'lure' would intice loads of fans to come and watch them.
In all seriousness though, A true measure of a big club is their fanbase and how many stick with them through the tough times, as well as longevity of their success. Plenty of Forest fans stuck with their team in League one, but no more (less from memory) than us.
posted on 2/9/11
strettea red (U1462)
You appear to be a rare rational Forest fan amongst the many, many morons out there. For that, welcome! In fact, I would welcome your honest view on the Forest/McClaren situation and your hopes for the season.
By the way, and for avoidance of any doubt, I do know Leicester also have a fair share of moron posters, as does every club.
posted on 2/9/11
FOX1884 the attitude most of the City fans I know is "enjoy it while it lasts"
I've been going since around '73, when we had a decent team. Stuck by them through several decades of cack, so I'm just enjoying the chance to watch genuine world class players as opposed to some of the dross I've seen, without the sense of entitlement (we deserve to win the league/cup because of who we are / were) that some other teams seem to have.
If it all goes belly up, well, we'll still keep going, we'll just be watching dross again & dreaming of success.
All we can do is sit back & enjoy the ride.
All the best
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