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That is a spot on and highly humorous match post bear. At least we now have something to smile about.
We go in as underdogs against a team in scintillating form. It’s a forest win.

Agree Norwich are on a good run, but they are beatable, not necessarily by us. Heart says yes, head says no. We have to approach this like Swansea away, take the game to them and definitely not sit back and try to defend. We were unlucky to lose at theirs 2-1 and but for a wicked deflection would have got a point. Approach the game the same way, be far more ruthless in front of goal and don’t give away soft goals. Tomorrow may yet again be more about performance than result, purely from a confidence point of view, we know we can compete, now is the time to stand up and prove it. If it’s close Forest to nick it, more than a two goal margin and Norwich win. Here’s hoping.

If Murray starts tonight I shall seriously consider joining the 'Hughton Out' muppets.

An off-topic post to have a think about:

Darlow, Cash, Lascelles, Osborn, Antonio, Burke, Assombalonga, Bamford.

These are some of the players we have sold recently and who are still playing at a good level. I know we are a club that has to sell to survive, but if the club had been run properly by football people who know what they are doing. Two or three of those might still be playing for us.

It is not a change of manager, or buying ten or more players every year that will get us promoted is it? We've been trying that for twenty years. But I don't expect the Turkeys will be voting for Christmas anytime soon. They'd sooner sack the manager.

I think we will need 46 points for safety this season.

comment by Redfor60yrs (U2973)
posted about 4 hours ago

An off-topic post to have a think about:

Darlow, Cash, Lascelles, Osborn, Antonio, Burke, Assombalonga, Bamford.

These are some of the players we have sold recently and who are still playing at a good level. I know we are a club that has to sell to survive, but if the club had been run properly by football people who know what they are doing. Two or three of those might still be playing for us.

It is not a change of manager, or buying ten or more players every year that will get us promoted is it? We've been trying that for twenty years. But I don't expect the Turkeys will be voting for Christmas anytime soon. They'd sooner sack the manager.


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That's the real problem red60 and look at some of the overpaid rubbish that various owners bought to replace them.
It's not as if there aren't other clubs offering a blueprint as to 'how to' do it!

Forest: Smith, Christie, Figueiredo, McKenna, Blackett, Garner, Yates, Ameobi, Cafu, Freeman, Grabban. Subs: Diallo, Ribeiro, Mbe Soh, Colback, Jenkinson, Mighten, Murray, Krovinovic, Taylor.

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Looks like we’ll have our work cut out.

Not a bad team given the injuries. I'd have preferred Taylor and Mighten to be starting, but I don't think it would make a lot of difference to the result.

I think Blackett is in because he is a better defendere than Bong or Ribs. FBs will be told to stay back and defend.

If we are disciplined, organised and brave you never know.

It’s difficult to see how we can win tonight but strangely it’s on of those games where you wouldn’t be surprised if we pulled something out the bag. Seem to usually do ok against Norwich at home so that might help.

comment by Redfor60yrs (U2973)
posted 8 hours, 33 minutes ago

An off-topic post to have a think about:

Darlow, Cash, Lascelles, Osborn, Antonio, Burke, Assombalonga, Bamford.

These are some of the players we have sold recently and who are still playing at a good level. I know we are a club that has to sell to survive, but if the club had been run properly by football people who know what they are doing. Two or three of those might still be playing for us.

It is not a change of manager, or buying ten or more players every year that will get us promoted is it? We've been trying that for twenty years. But I don't expect the Turkeys will be voting for Christmas anytime soon. They'd sooner sack the manager.


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Totally agree. The club needs to be run better, simple as that.

Referee tonight is Leigh Doughty? Couldn't be a relative surely?

Oh oh!!!

Just noticed we have no shirt sponsor. What’s going on there then.

comment by Redsince92 (U22305)
posted less than a minute ago
Just noticed we have no shirt sponsor. What’s going on there then.
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Sponsor went bust. Contract cancelled last week.

We could get absolutely destroyed playing like this.

Bleddy 'ell...

Jeeze 0-2 already.

I hope that Hughton hasn't set up Smith to be the sacrificial lamb here.

We're getting pasted here..

Don’t think I EVER seen us start this bad/negatively.

Dreadful start.

Giving them too much room all opver the pitch

Game over!!

We will be lucky if it’s not 6-0 by the end

comment by reddave (U8660)
posted 1 minute ago
Don’t think I EVER seen us start this bad/negatively.
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Sheff Wednesday at home last season ?

I was there for that, it didn’t end well.