There seems to be reports suggesting we’ve signed Ben Watson; as far as I can ascertain, that’s not true – the People and now Sky Sports are reporting that ‘they understand’ we’ve had a bid accepted by Crystal Palace; which isn’t surprising. It’s deadline day tomorrow, and they’ve made it clear already they want to [...]
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Wolverhampton Wanderers – 5 Nottingham Forest – 1 A scoreline that by no means flatters the hosts today, with two (rightly) disallowed goals for offside, decent saves by Paul Smith and a thunderous strike off the crossbar, as well as chances wide, the home side could easily have probably set a new record for a [...]
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An outstanding performance from the home side combined powerfully with a particularly inept showing from us to give a 5-1 scoreline which – in all honesty – flattered us rather than Wolves. I dearly hope it’s just an off day combined with tiredness from Wednesday’s exertions against Sunderland. And also that Smould’s decision to sub [...]
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It’s not even half time, it’s four nil to Wolves, and it could have been more. The taunts of “Championship, you’re having a laugh” might have some basis on this showing. Wolves are a good side, but we’ve made them look like world beaters today. If I’d not left my coat on the coach I’d [...]
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Molineux is one of my favourite grounds to visit. With two “Brian Clough Stand-like” structures on either side of the pitch, although one is arced, and two big single-tier banks at each end, a proper ground. It’s something akin to how the City Ground might have looked had our halcyon days stretched further into the [...]
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It was with some degree of frustration I read comments from Alex Ferguson compelling his Manchester United team to be the first team to retain the Champions League title. I mean, of course, technically he is correct – since the competition, amusingly dubbed Champions despite allowing the top four of our league into it, has [...]
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Nottingham Forest – 1 Sunderland – 2 (after extra time) Normally going to a game gives you an advantage in summing up, but after a multitude of replays from different angles, I guess those of you that opted for the poisonous charms of Sky Sports might actually have a better idea of proceedings than I [...]
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It’s amazing the things you notice in a very sombre City Ground. There aren’t many here to see Forest take on Sunderland in the Carling Cup at all. Sunderland had more fans here for the friendly I think! Anyway, as the players enter the pitch, I noticed the “wavy” bits of the Forest tree created [...]
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Having managed to miss both showings of ITV’s ‘The Championship‘, and being too stingy to shell out for the hit-and-miss ‘Forest World’ offering, I was quite impatient for the Virgin Media highlights to be made available for the Watford game. And here they are. Which allows a spot of reliving of what was a very [...]
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Nottingham Forest – 3 Watford – 2 I exited the City Ground with a big smile on my face, as did many around me. Aside from promotion day, that hasn’t happened too many times of late. Today I think I started to see the kind of football Smoulderwood wants to play, and if there’s to [...]
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