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Millwall (home)

11 Sep 2010

City Ground 15:00

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Preston (away)

14 Sep 2010

Deepdale 19:45

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Hull (away)

18 Sep 2010

KC Stadium 15:00

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Nottingham Forest 1 – 0 Barnsley

Standard Podcast: Play in Popup

A stay of execution for our beleaguered manager – at least till the next crisis. We lined up in some zany 4-3-3/5-0-5 formation, with Campo in goal, a back-four of Moloney (recalled from Rushden), Morgan, Wilson and Lynch, Perchio in the holding role with Anderson, McGugan, Tyson, Earnshaw and Garner as attackers. Not the greatest [...]

Sometimes you just cannot win

No manager will come out and say that he expects to be sacked, so (as with Casual Kelv) Colin Calderwood’s comments are no surprise. To me, the main thing that has been proven this week is that people are quick to resort to hyperbole. The reaction from professional journos is entirely predictable, and can be [...]

Well he would say that, wouldn’t he?

Stand-in skipper “Casual” Kelvin Wilson has become the first Forest player to speak out in support of his beleaguered boss. You already know that I find the whole situation distasteful, but what exactly do we gain from this? Do you ever see players coming out in this situation saying, “I think the boss is a [...]

Davies a done deal? (Updated)

Billy Davies will be appointed as the next manager of Nottingham Forest, at least according to our esteemed local rag. I don’t want Davies as manager. As I have said in previous posts, I don’t even think that sacking Colin will achieve that much. For those of you who think that Davies would be good [...]

Big Sam

The Daily Mail is again reporting that Big Sam is being lined up to replace Calderwood. This seems to be a story that won’t die and, to be honest, if Doughty is looking, then Allardyce has to be a candidate. Do we want him though? I like him as a manager (although he did shit [...]

They think it’s all over? Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Nottingham Forest

I usually try and have a think before posting but am deliberately trying to capture the mood here. 0-0 is perhaps not a surprise from two teams who struggle to take their chances, but the reaction at the end is more interesting. I am following using BBC Live Text (which appears to have been taken [...]

News Roundup: Davies, Porter and Taylor

Billy Davies is being lined up as our next manager, should we lose tonight (not a bad choice but I’d prefer Brian Laws – which isn’t going to happen). Meanwhile, Calderwood searches for someone to stick the ball in the back of the net – this time it’s Chris Porter. And what are the odds [...]

Shows how much we know (updated)

So there is once again talk of a protest at the next home match, although once again the jury is out as to whether anything will actually happen, and exactly what people would be protesting about. In this writer’s opinion, it would achieve precisely nothing, other than to give ammunition for Leicester and Derby fans, [...]

Definitely not too good to go down: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Norwich City

As it has been nearly two full days since the match, you will all have read the facts and some opinions elsewhere. For me, like most other Reds, Saturday was not only bitterly cold, but bitterly disappointing, and the tide has turned against CC again (not so much for the result, but more from the [...]

News Roundup: we’re in the sh!t

In other news: Craig Armstrong (remember him?) joins Our Nigel at Burton. Metgod found moving from Madrid to Nottingham easy. The Justin Campaign fights against homophobia in football. And Roeder has no complaints about the sending off. Sorry, no podcast this week as I was on a stag do.

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