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News Roundup: Leven, Dorman, Porter and McCleary

We are after MK Dons midfield Peter Leven as well as St Mirren midfielder Andy Dorman. However, Cardiff look set to sign Calderwood-target Chris Porter, even though Davies has said he wants five strikers.

And Garath McCleary finds it tough under the new manager.

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Nottingham Forest 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: The joy of text

Apologies for the fact that I haven’t had time to write a proper report yet. Hopefully I will be able to do so in the next 24 hours or so. Rahoul couldn’t make the match last night, so I thought that it might be fun to recount my text message updates that I sent to him:

  • 8.24pm: Forest deservedly 1 down, then moved to 4-2-3-1 with McCleary on left, Tys on right and Davies behind Earnie. Great run & perfect pass by McCleary for the equaliser
  • 8.26pm: Jeffers sent off got 2 footed tackle on Heath. Lucky not to break his leg
  • 8.28pm: Until 5 mins ago it was like a bad performance under Colin
  • 9.23pm: We haven’t played well but McGugan free kick headed in by Chambers. We can barely string 2 passes together tonight
  • 9.40pm: 2-1 up against 10 men in injury time, and we’ve gone 5-3-2. Are you Colin in disguise?

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News Roundup: Afghan Hounds, Sheep, Sinclair, Calderwood, Agogo and Americans

Robbie Savage believes he is a bit older than he was in his younger days.

Police are investigating whether the throwing of sheep heads in Derby may be related to Derby County’s nickname. Is the video on Ewe Tube?

Emile Sinclair scores for Macclesfield while Calderwood joins Joke Innear at Newcastle.

Meanwhile, Manuel’s in trouble again and some yanks agree that the Championship is better than the Premiership, at least as far as competition goes.

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Derby County 1-1 Nottingham Forest: what did we learn?

Firstly, apologies for the delayed reaction to the match. While I couldn’t be there, I was down the pub, where they had the sound down – so I couldn’t hear the commentary or any of the crowd noise. I could hear loud and rather poor quality pop music as the disco got under way; obviously this is one of the perils of Friday night football.

I thought 1-1 was a fair result, and agree with the general consensus that Derby were much better than us in the first half, but the match was transformed at half-time by the removal of Lynch and the deployment of Chris Cohen at left-back.

What else emerged on Friday night?

  • Paul Smith was outstanding. As well as the customary saves, he actually came for crosses and seemed more commanding. Is it a coincidence that he looks less confident in front of a City Ground crowd? If you were there and think differently (as I couldn’t hear the away fans’ reaction on Friday), then leave a comment and let us know.
  • Paul Anderson still struggles at times to produce an end product, but he doesn’t half scare defenders. He and Cohen (both out of position) were both fast enough and hard-working enough to cover the entire left-side in the second 45. What an unfortunate injury, get well soon Ando.
  • Joel Lynch is either just not good enough, or he is always injured (which seems to be the official explanation). Either way, I cannot remember the last time that I have seen a player look so out of place in a Forest team (actually that is not true – his name was Andy Andrew Cole).
  • While Kelvin didn’t do too much wrong, he had a couple of early “Casual Kelv” moments – but the overriding feeling is that the partnership of Wes and Brecks is much more commanding in the heart of defence.
  • Earnie and Tys are clearly starting to build up an understanding – hence the dummy leading to Robbie’s goal. I would also like to point out that no-one should ever wear short sleeves and gloves.
  • When Lewis plays well, Forest play well; that has been increasingly obvious in many recent matches, including Plymouth and on Friday night.

Finally, I know it has been said everywhere else, but we send “get well soon” wishes to Billy Davies’s son, and to Wes’ little one and to their respective families.

In the meantime, it is back to the league, with Sheffield Wednesday at home. On a cold Tuesday night, after Friday’s big match, I hope it doesn’t turn out to be a footballing hangover, and I also hope that we will have enough fit defenders!

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FA Cup

The replay is Wednesday 4th February, 7:45pm.

And the carrot is hosting Manchester United in the 5th Round.

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News Roundup: ahead of the big match…

Perchio would not decamp down the Brian Clough Way (although there are not any quotations to back this up).

Meanwhile, the woolly ones have unveiled their new cheerleader for tonight’s match: Private Derby.

Finally, Billy Davies continues his charm offensive with a piece on the BBC Football Blog.

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News Roundup: Liverpool, Macclesfield, Lincoln, Derby, Tottenham, Aberdeen and Blackburn

Anderson hopes his Forest form can get him a deal at Liverpool.

Emile Sinclair joins Macclesfield and Lincoln want Hamza Bencherif.

Nigel is worried that Tuesday’s exertions may have taken it out of the Sheep, while Harry sings the praises of our Daws (unlike the rest of his side).

Billy Davies isn’t after Aberdeen striker Lee Miller but is after Mark Bunn. And is enjoying working with David Kelly again.

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Colin Calderwood to Newcastle?

As many of you regulars will be aware, I quite liked Colin Calderwood. I thought he was a dignified man who was doing his best to get us out of trouble, and while I have no doubts that the current run of form is a reaction to the departure of the bronzen one, as well as the stewardship of Messrs Pemberton and Davies respectively, I still thought that the level of performance would probably see us safe at the end of the season.

That is, of course, all hypothetical now.

I don’t think I have explicitly said it so far, but good luck to you Colin. You are going to need it if you really are going to join the coaching staff at Newcastle.

Don’t forget to vote for Nathan Tyson as Player of the Round before the FA vote closes at 9am tomorrow. There are rumours of Derby fans hijacking the vote so that the Forest Green player wins it, so you need to get on as many different computers/PDAs/mobiles as possible to vote for our Tys.

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News Roundup: The Billy Davies show

Billy Davies is preparing to wield an axe whilst not getting carried away.

At the same time, he’s praising Cloughs and changing nappies.

Lastly, he has unfinished business in the Premier League.

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