Comments on: Clown-refereeing leaves Forest and Rovers in the shade.. http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/ The mindless ramblings of a Forest fan half imbued with a probably misguided sense of optimism.. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:44:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: mattyboy http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18944 mattyboy Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:02:43 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18944 Whilst I'm certainly not a fan of Calderwood, I wonder if getting rid now is wise? You're right to say that we shouldn't be glad to scrape a draw against the likes of Rovers ( +swansea and bournemouth, no disrespect) but at least the 'long ball for 90 mins' style of football seems to have gone. And a new manager would insist that the current players are the problem and that he needs new blood. (I disagree). No, I reckon we will have to get promoted despite CC, but with the vocal backing of a more understanding crowd. This club has been mis-managed from the very top for many years now (go back as far as the last 2 years of BCs reign). Only Hart offered any sort of resistance, and even he was shat upon. Ideal scenario : We get promoted and CC sticks 2 fingers up and leaves. Whilst I’m certainly not a fan of Calderwood, I wonder if getting rid now is wise? You’re right to say that we shouldn’t be glad to scrape a draw against the likes of Rovers ( +swansea and bournemouth, no disrespect) but at least the ‘long ball for 90 mins’ style of football seems to have gone. And a new manager would insist that the current players are the problem and that he needs new blood. (I disagree).
No, I reckon we will have to get promoted despite CC, but with the vocal backing of a more understanding crowd.
This club has been mis-managed from the very top for many years now (go back as far as the last 2 years of BCs reign). Only Hart offered any sort of resistance, and even he was shat upon.

Ideal scenario : We get promoted and CC sticks 2 fingers up and leaves.

]]> By: URED http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18940 URED Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:40:43 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18940 Did anybody pick up on Colin Fray's comment on Saturday about the second half against Leeds and the first half against Leicester being 'some of the best football seen here in the last few years' Whilst not seeing the Leicester game the second half against Leeds was at best an improvement but certainly not ' the best football seen in years. Come on Radio Nottingham lets get back to reality not rose tinted glasses. Saturday... We were playing a team that scrapped through promotion from div 4 via the playoffs - and were 2-0 down after 30 minutes - we then pull it back to 2-2 to get a draw !! Allowing for rank bad refereeing our injuries we should still be winning these games. I would like to feel optomistic but can't. I like many others will only do so when there is a change of manager. Did anybody pick up on Colin Fray’s comment on Saturday about the second half against Leeds and the first half against Leicester being ’some of the best football seen here in the last few years’
Whilst not seeing the Leicester game the second half against Leeds was at best an improvement but certainly not ‘ the best football seen in years.
Come on Radio Nottingham lets get back to reality not rose tinted glasses.

Saturday… We were playing a team that scrapped through promotion from div 4 via the playoffs - and were 2-0 down after 30 minutes - we then pull it back to 2-2 to get a draw !!

Allowing for rank bad refereeing our injuries we should still be winning these games. I would like to feel optomistic but can’t. I like many others will only do so when there is a change of manager.

]]> By: Forest Forest http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18848 Forest Forest Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:40:13 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18848 OK - fair point about the ref - but his influence on the play should be enough to see Rovers lost 4-2 at home instead of 4-0. We should have the players capable of beating the newly-promoted side, even with the sending off. Yes, we played OK, but I didn't see much of a stamp of authority - more a stamp of petulance from the big girl up front. Will he never learn? Our promotion-chasing team are doing themselves no favours - we have the quality in the side to put this sort of game to bed in the first half and cruise the second half, instead of busting a gut for 90 minutes for no reward. The good news is that it's a long season, so we have time, including a 2 week rest, to get more of the squad fit to play. From then on in we have to put in a decent run, and prove why we were pre-season favourites. OK - fair point about the ref - but his influence on the play should be enough to see Rovers lost 4-2 at home instead of 4-0. We should have the players capable of beating the newly-promoted side, even with the sending off. Yes, we played OK, but I didn’t see much of a stamp of authority - more a stamp of petulance from the big girl up front. Will he never learn? Our promotion-chasing team are doing themselves no favours - we have the quality in the side to put this sort of game to bed in the first half and cruise the second half, instead of busting a gut for 90 minutes for no reward. The good news is that it’s a long season, so we have time, including a 2 week rest, to get more of the squad fit to play. From then on in we have to put in a decent run, and prove why we were pre-season favourites.

]]> By: Alan http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18833 Alan Sun, 02 Sep 2007 10:19:16 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18833 re ref I've just seen Holt's second yellow card on the haunted fish tank. Not even a foul, never mind a card. His arm just seemed to swing in the general direction of the Bristol bloke and barely brushed against him. Wasn't at the game but I would bet he was on the receiving end of a damn site worse than that both on and off the ball throughout the game that all went un-punished by the ref. re ref

I’ve just seen Holt’s second yellow card on the haunted fish tank.

Not even a foul, never mind a card. His arm just seemed to swing in the general direction of the Bristol bloke and barely brushed against him. Wasn’t at the game but I would bet he was on the receiving end of a damn site worse than that both on and off the ball throughout the game that all went un-punished by the ref.

]]> By: Kieran http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18793 Kieran Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:58:55 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18793 i'd rather read that we shoulda won than we deserved to get beat, as we did that first time we visted Huish Park. 3-0 was it? I was so depressed. Like AJ has mentioned, should we be top of the league right now, we'll all be wondering when we're gonna mess it up! If things dont change when Cohen and Davies return THEN we should be asking questions. On another note, if there is any incentive to get out of this league then it must be the shambolic refereeing. They moan in the Premiership about penalties given when they shouldnt be, but give all 20 prem managers a game with league one refs Keith Hacketts phone will be off the hook! They're awful. It really does ruin the game. i’d rather read that we shoulda won than we deserved to get beat, as we did that first time we visted Huish Park. 3-0 was it? I was so depressed. Like AJ has mentioned, should we be top of the league right now, we’ll all be wondering when we’re gonna mess it up!
If things dont change when Cohen and Davies return THEN we should be asking questions.
On another note, if there is any incentive to get out of this league then it must be the shambolic refereeing. They moan in the Premiership about penalties given when they shouldnt be, but give all 20 prem managers a game with league one refs Keith Hacketts phone will be off the hook! They’re awful. It really does ruin the game.

]]> By: Patrick http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18783 Patrick Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:30:56 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18783 It is Calderwood who is playing the same record. He says this after EVERY game: http://www.nottinghamforest.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10308~1104168,00.html So does Radio Nottm commentary team... "how Forest didnlt win this we'll never know", start all their after-match reports. Beginning to tell us something maybe?? It is Calderwood who is playing the same record.

He says this after EVERY game:
http://www.nottinghamforest.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10308~1104168,00.html

So does Radio Nottm commentary team… “how Forest didnlt win this we’ll never know”, start all their after-match reports.

Beginning to tell us something maybe??

]]> By: mattyboy http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18776 mattyboy Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:41:20 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18776 By all accounts we played some good stuff today, and we are still in the middle of an injury crisis. By that I mean at the moment we are still picking most of last years inadequate players, who didn't gel at all. So have a little patience, and reserve judgement until Cohen and Davies are fit, with Tyson in the starting 11. And please please please can we stop the call for Hartson. He is no better than Holt. Maybe 5 or 6 years ago, but certainly not now. Instead Mr Bevchenko and others, please shout for a quick, young, keen-to-impress reserve. If he does sign, and I doubt he will anyway, ND is unlikely to want to pay him the 12,000 a week he wants, 2 goals in 20 games is all he'll get. The first will come in the 2nd or 3rd game and you'll all post that I'm wrong and he's our saviour, then you'll spend 18 games slagging him and CC and ND off while you wait for goal number 2. Mind you, by then that goal may either earn us promotion or save us from relegation!! By all accounts we played some good stuff today, and we are still in the middle of an injury crisis. By that I mean at the moment we are still picking most of last years inadequate players, who didn’t gel at all. So have a little patience, and reserve judgement until Cohen and Davies are fit, with Tyson in the starting 11.

And please please please can we stop the call for Hartson. He is no better than Holt. Maybe 5 or 6 years ago, but certainly not now. Instead Mr Bevchenko and others, please shout for a quick, young, keen-to-impress reserve.
If he does sign, and I doubt he will anyway, ND is unlikely to want to pay him the 12,000 a week he wants, 2 goals in 20 games is all he’ll get. The first will come in the 2nd or 3rd game and you’ll all post that I’m wrong and he’s our saviour, then you’ll spend 18 games slagging him and CC and ND off while you wait for goal number 2.

Mind you, by then that goal may either earn us promotion or save us from relegation!!

]]> By: nffc http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18760 nffc Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:23:06 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18760 Tis a fair point you make AJ. Last season we flew out the blocks, whilst Scunny and Brizzle City struggled early doors - look what happened respectively. I think it's too early for panic stations just yet. Tis a fair point you make AJ.

Last season we flew out the blocks, whilst Scunny and Brizzle City struggled early doors - look what happened respectively.

I think it’s too early for panic stations just yet.

]]> By: AJ http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18759 AJ Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:20:12 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18759 Terry, you still seem to be playing the same record. It's starting to get boring. After listening to the game, in view of our crucial missing players, and the current performances by both sides, a draw seemed to be fair (albeit against some cider drinking country boys). A welcome two weeks off will hopefully bring some fortune our way in Davies and Cohen being fit again. A pretty sh*ty start really but you don't want us to be top just yet. We have to be crap at least once a season, let's hope they are getting out of their systems now. Uuuu Reeedddsss!!!! Terry, you still seem to be playing the same record. It’s starting to get boring. After listening to the game, in view of our crucial missing players, and the current performances by both sides, a draw seemed to be fair (albeit against some cider drinking country boys). A welcome two weeks off will hopefully bring some fortune our way in Davies and Cohen being fit again. A pretty sh*ty start really but you don’t want us to be top just yet. We have to be crap at least once a season, let’s hope they are getting out of their systems now. Uuuu Reeedddsss!!!!

]]> By: terry mellard http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18757 terry mellard Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:07:47 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/01/clown-refereeing-leaves-forest-and-rovers-in-the-shade/#comment-18757 REPEATED CRYS FOR THE HEADS OD DOUGHTY AND CALDERWOOD OR SHOULD I SAY DEADWOOD REPEATED CRYS FOR THE HEADS OD DOUGHTY AND CALDERWOOD OR SHOULD I SAY DEADWOOD

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