26 Oct 2025 18:25:29
I'm really finding it hard to work out what's going on with Forest atm. On paper, we have the players to do a job (although as the Legend rightly said unfortunately we don't play on paper, we play on grass) ; we now have a proven, gritty manager; we're still in the PL and playing in Europe once again. Yet, we seem determined to throw all of our achievements and new identity away.

Big M and Edu are the architects of our current demise. I think both have tried to make the club sprint even when it was still learning to walk in top-flight football again. Nuno knew it. I hope that this is simply a case of over-ambition. However, the effects of unrealistic over-ambition can be equally as negative as having no-ambition.

So, I guess that the effects of the mistakes that our club senior management has made have now filtered through the funnel into the players.

We've all seen it - our players seem currently devoid of self-belief, emotion, direction, fight and ambition. Dyche certainly has a job to do with them and it seems mostly with their mentality.

I'm confident that we'll bounce back Reds. Dyche is the man to manage us out of this situation. I just hope that Big M and Edu have learnt not to interfere and give the guy a proper crack at the whip. I am a dreamer by nature though. We'll see.

1.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 18:35:09
That was on the players today, men v boys don't care who Manager is but was unacceptable all around no fight no confidence and like dyche hinted at no fitness

Whoever signed all those players in the summer should go, to bring taiwo n Yates on says it all after spending 130mil

We in big trouble no 2 ways about it, he'll make us stronger n more disciplined but a lot 9f these players got no fight in them, I could very easily see us going down

All on big m.

2.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 19:29:27
Selling elanga the biggest mistake
He was our only outlet.

3.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 19:35:45
Lego, your post hits the nail squarely on the head mate. I posted something very similar a week or so ago, blaming shocking ownership and how badly this club we love is run. I believe I even cited Bournemouth as a prime example of a well run club.
The people on here blaming Dyche need to give their heads a wobble. He arrived Tuesday and had 1 and a half coaching sessions before Porto. Then recovery Friday, travelling to the South Coast Saturday. Then playing a team 2nd in the table. They will turn over sides in much better shape than Forest this season if they can keep their manager and key players. Also, they had a week off with no European involvement. It showed today. Dyche, very reasonably, picked the same team as Thursday to provide some sort of continuity.

The downside is they looked knackered from the off, especially against a fast pacy team like Bournemouth who play with great intensity right from the off
This is what happens when you “ change horses mid stream” as I've put it previously. No pre season, 13 new players to assimilate and a disastrous managerial appointment bringing an entirely different style of football. The players probably don’t know if they are coming or going.
Mr M for all his ambition and passion gives even his successful managers an impossible task. So SC, Nuno, Ange, rinse and repeat….
The good news is that SD has a week with the squad and the chance to prepare properly for Man Utd. What’s the old saying “ ( Dyche” ) can do a good job given time, miracles will take a bit longer…….

4.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 20:09:55
Stokey, I think you have the measure of it, we have just played a team that is purring with their performances right now and it absolutely showed today.

It's going to take a bit before we are back to our confident best in what we do, it's going to be a frustrating season but I think there will be at least 3 teams worse than us come the end of the season.

5.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 20:12:59
Thirteen bew players we don't see stokey
See what happens by Xmas and I'm sure you'll have changed opinion
If he keeps trying to play the same side without rotation when in Europe then we will be screwed had the option of playing fresh players in awoniyi, kaleamundo, Hutchinson, mcatee, cuhba, sangare, Yates from the start, his subs and tactics to get back in the game were woeful but predictable.

6.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 20:17:35
Isn't Syrianos important for recruitment. Him and Edu were named as appointing Dyche so I'm guessing he has a hand in other recruitment too.

As for over-ambition, appointing Dyche is not ambitious and he is Edu and Syrianos appointment, not Mr Marinakis'.

7.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 20:37:22
If their honest most forest fans spirits are quite low witnessing the carry on of M and his “trusted” lieutenant, the players will be feeling much the same, like us they have seen the carry on enfolding, yes signings were needed but it seems much of the money spent has been spent rashly to say the least.
The defence seems to have been wilfully neglected Midfeild and wingers arrived in abundance.


Team spirit is crucial and once broken so hard to rebuild but that is Sean and staffs job.
If they fail we all know what will happen and we will return to relative obscurity.
Let’s hope M eventually faces up to reality and does what he should have done a while back.

8.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 20:39:06
Iraola job was under threat 3 years ago so it hasn't been plain sailing for them. However you can’t deny we seemed toothless compared to Bournemouth. Tavener and Kroupi where did they come from? Never mind Semenyo who was more out of the game today. I can’t think of equivalent Forest players. However we should count our chickens! We have two first team England players, two under 21 players, one of which was the captain.

9 of the players last season got us to where Bournemouth and Sunderland are today. So we have one injured and one sold. There are teams worse off for players leaving such as Brentford and Brighton yet they are still doing better. I cannot think of a better manager to galvanise these players and get them back to their true potential. Players that don’t subscribe to SDs philosophy and discipline should move on.

9.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 20:50:04
It's irrelevant tbh as what's needed is for dyche to find a winning formula and fast
That might upset a few players and might need him to be more expensive in his tactics
I still believe we have to break up the pairing of MGW and Anderson to see any improvement
They simply aren't doing it in the opposition half.

10.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 21:12:25
I think MGW would be more effective as a number 8 than a 10. He is a good passer, has good workrate and can harry the opposition well. He doesn't score much and can create from number 8.

Anderson looks like a better number 6 than 8. He is great except in and around the box, where his shooting and final ball are often off. Everywhere else he's brilliant so number 6 looks the better option for him.

11.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 21:57:50
Intrigued by your comment DTP as to what you think is irrelevant. Is team spirit, pride, player self-belief and a positive club ethos irrelevant to you for our club?

12.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 22:12:46
Lego it's irrelevant who is in charge of recruitment right now as dyche has to pick a winning formula from what we have?
To me this has megson written all over it again.

13.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 22:59:01
Cyclist they can't play in same team if you want goals it's been proven in over 200 games they've played that they don't provide a goal threat and you can't have two midfielders doing that let alone three when you add sangare, Yates, into the equation has to be broken up as a partnership.

14.) 26 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025 23:11:21
Oh, it's recruitment now DTP - you didn't actually say that initially.

Megson. Really? Do you think we should just all give up now and fall on our swords forgetting all the great things our club has achieved in just a few years?

Personally, I don't buy into your negativity DTP and I still see hope for our club to turn things around.