… it may be easy if you try, but a message from his agent today suggesting that the wandering midfielder will be back in Nottingham in the near future. He has reiterated that the midfielder was away resolving an issue with his family, and not – as has been widely rumoured – any kind of rift with Nottingham Forest or any of the staff there.
Martin Reilly – Lenny’s agent – confirmed that he was due back in the midlands today, and will be in contention for playing at the weekend, with a week or so out of training making tomorrow night’s game unlikely. Pleasingly he offered reassurance for Lennon’s short term goals:
“Neil will be back in Nottingham today. This was never about any problems he had with Nottingham Forest, it was always about the family issue that he had to resolve. But, as I said, he is only interested in playing for Nottingham Forest and getting them in the Championship. This is his goal for the rest of the season, then we will look at the next step in the summer.”
So it will be good to welcome Neil back into the fold, whilst we saw a much improved performance from the Reds in the second half against Tranmere, we have missed his composure in the middle of the park in our recent games at the City Ground. Increasingly I think in a 4-4-2 lineup we don’t miss him so much, so hopefully that’s the approach Smoulders will adopt for the game against Southend tomorrow.
In other news, Kris Commons has won the Powerade player of the month award for October, which is quite an achievement considering in my opinion he only played exceptionally well during the first half of it! And Grant is finally scheduled to have his hernia operation tomorrow – which is long overdue as the striker has not been looking fit for some time – so hopefully he gets himself recovered quickly and back to his best!
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