McCleary the Wonderkid
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Following my club’s fustrating failure to make any big signings during the transfer window, I’m pleased to be able to say that we have managed to sign a young fellow who looks very promising for the future.
His name is Gareth McCleary, and he was bought for peanuts from Bromley, where he was held in high regard by the club and their fans. Read the rest of this entry »
Forest v. Orient
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Nottingham Forest go into tomorrow’s massive game with Leyton Orient looking very weak up front. Nathan Tyson is still injured, while top-scorer Junior Agogo is away playing for Ghana in the African Cup of Nations. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rumours have been circulating on messageboards that Forest boss Colin Calderwood played a weakened team against Luton last night because he didn’t want the FA Cup to interfere with his promotion plans.
Wingers Kris Commons and Arron Davies were left on the bench for the game and Forest clearly lacked pace and width. Calvin Andrew scored the only goal of the game to give Luton their second win over Forest in a matter of weeks at Kenilworth Road. The defeat means that Forest won’t be hosting Liverpool in a glamourous third round tie next month. It would have been the first time the two clubs have met in the competition since the rearranged semi-final of 1989, following the Hillsborough disaster. Read the rest of this entry »
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Last night I experienced football commentary for the first time, and oh how much fun it was! I’d been denied a press pass by Forest, but went along anyway to record my commentary from right at the top of the Sir Brian Clough Stand.
O.k, it wasn’t live, it was a recorded piece that I had to do for my sports journalism unit. But not being live doesn’t make it much easier! I still had to pick up on all the key moments as and when they happened, as well as recording a match preview, half-time report and full-time report. Read the rest of this entry »
Forest v Crewe
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There’s not been much going on with Forest recently. We haven’t played for a couple of weeks so I’ve been using this time to try - and fail - to get lots of uni work done. However, since I lack enthusiasm for university life now that I’m so close to the end, I’ve instead been applying for work experience and trying to boost my journalism cv.
Anyway, back to Forest. Today comes the visit of Crewe Alexandra to the City Ground, and while a nice rest will enable the Reds to go into the game feeling fresh, they should be careful not to get complacent. Crewe have won their last four and are unbeaten in six, and will not want to lose that momentum.
Colin Calderwood has Matt Lockwood, Grant Holt and Neil Lennon back in contention, so Forest go into the game looking reasonably strong. Lockwood will be looking to finally shake off the injury problems that have so far blighted his short Forest career, while Holt has made a quick recovery from his recent hernia operation. There were rumours that Lennon’s time at the City Ground was over a few weeks back when he went back to Scotland for family reasons, but he has since returned and reassured fans that he is committed to the club’s promotion fight.
With Holt back from injury, Calderwood has decided to send our promising young striker Emile Sinclair out on loan to Brentford. The big fella has been impressive so far this season but the manager obviously wants him to be playing regular senior football to keep up that good form.
I’m not going to make a prediction for today’s game, but with Carlisle and Leyton Orient both playing away from home, there is a good chance Forest could finish up top of the league by the end of the day.
A bad day on and off the pitch
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Today is a day I would quickly like to forget. Forest were held to a 1-1 draw away at Lincoln City in the FA Cup 1st round, and although the match report on the website says they played all right, I can assure you they didn’t.
Lincoln had been hyping up the game since the draw was made, with the prospect of facing Forest being treated the same as facing Manchester United, and Forest fell for it big time. They strolled around the pitch with such arrogance it was as if they believed they were European champions all over again, as if any opponent should feel privelaged to play them.
The Imps are currently bottom of the Football League and haven’t won since August 25th, so to have had to scrape a draw against them is pretty dire. Forest could barely string two passes together today and struggled to create clear cut chances, while the defenders just seemed to want to run into each other.
In fairness, the pitch at Sincil Bank is tiny and about as flat as corrugated iron, making it very difficult for the players to find the space to pass it around. But as professionals they should be able to adapt to these conditions.
Another disappointing note was the behaviour of our travelling fans, or at least the majority of them. I know every club has it’s wankers, but it always makes me feel quite ashamed to see ‘fans’ of my team behave like morons.
Drunken chavs shouting threats at opposing supporters, hardly the greatest ambassadors for the club or the sport. My housemate is a steward at Sincil Bank and said today that the Forest fans at the game were the worst away supporters he’d ever had to deal with.
Anyway, I’m going to stop ranting now, although there may be more if we don’t win the replay at the City Ground.
Not top, but second isn’t bad.
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A staggering crowd of 26,094 watched as Forest had to come from behind tonight to beat Southend, but did so with style. A goal in the third minute from Mark Gower gave the visitors the lead, the first goal Forest had conceded at home for exactly a month.
The Reds always looked dangerous despite the lack of chances and enjoyed the majority of play in the first half, but it took until five minutes before the break for skipper Ian Breckin to level the score with a close range header. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: matchesTop by tonight?
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Forest could end tonight top of League One on goal difference should they beat Southend at the City Ground, and Carlisle and Leyton Orient lose.
Nathan Tyson looks set to start having capped an impressive substitute performance with his first league goal of the campaign against Tranmere on Saturday. His successful return from injury has meant that Grant Holt finally underwent hernia surgery today.
Colin Calderwood’s troops will be looking to make it seven points out of nine from Forest’s three successive home games, before the side travel up the road to Lincoln for Saturday’s FA Cup tie with the Imps.
The boss should be able to field a fairly strong, attacking team now that he has Tyson, Lewis McGugan and Arron Davies all back from injury, with Davies providing plenty of pace on the right wing to add to that of Kris Commons on the left.
Commons has been named as Powerade Player of the Month for October following some almighty displays, including scoring a hattrick away at Cheltenham. Let’s hope his award can inspire the rest of the team to follow his example.
Category: matches Tags: nottingham forest, league one, southend united, city ground, carlisle united, leyton orient, nathan tyson, tranmere rovers, grant holt, hernia surgery, colin calderwood, lincoln city, imps, fa cup, lewis mcgugan, arron davies, kris commons, powerade player of the month, cheltenham, matches, Tag IndexJules’ Redemption!
By: Stuart | 3 Comments
What a difference a few days can make. Sitting in the (Sir) Brian Clough Stand on Tuesday night I witnessed an utterly fustrating performance as Forest failed to overcome Oldham Athletic despite a bucket-load of chances.
The players tried to do too much, when they should have just stuck to the simple passing game that had seen them go eight games unbeaten previously. The biggest offender for sloppy play and silly mistakes was Julian Bennett, and by the end of the game I was praying for the return from injury of Matt Lockwood.
This afternoon, just four days later and a week after our worst performance since Colin Calderwood took over, we hosted Tranmere Rovers. If this was last season, I would not have been worried about this prospect, but at the moment Tranmere are one of the form sides of the division.
Step up Julian Bennett.
Almost as if Tuesday hadn’t happened, Jules goes from Titus Bramble to Sol Campbell and turns out a man of the match performance. According to Calderwood, he was our main attacking threat despite a good team performance all round, and even had a hand in both goals. I’m sure words must have been said in the dressing room on Tuesday, and it seems this man was paying his full attention.
It’s a positive sign for Forest in what has been an awful week. Our first away defeat of the season followed by the Oldham match, and then the announcement that Neil Lennon has buggered off back to Scotland. So it’s pleasing to see this kind of redemption, also with Nathan Tyson getting back on the goal trail.
I’m not going to start saying that this win and a defeat for Leeds now makes us dead certs for promotion. I’m just going to cross my fingers and hope for a repeat performance against Southend in the week.
Category: matchesNews Flash!
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Nottingham Forest have announced they will be doing away with the traditional goalpost for future games, and instead replacing them with barn doors. They will also be cutting ties with Capital One, and instead of having a sponsor’s name emblazoned on the shirt, they will simply print the words “Help Us!”.
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