Nottingham Forest Transfer Banter

19 Apr 2026 13:17:08.
Elliot back in the team after everything he’s going through. Amazing attitude.

Good bench to change formation if our wingers don’t perform.

I’ve said before on here, I prefer Aina and Williams as wing backs much better delivery. Aina is probably the best striker of the ball we have, tbh.

Keep the Faith.

19 Apr 2026 09:16:31
Well, comrades, looking forward to today’s game but I’ve awoken with a sense of dread and trepidation for us.
I think it’s the sense that this is a season defining game. As Churchill said of El Alamein “This is not the end.

It’s not even the beginning of the end. But it is the end of the beginning”….
Or, more to the point, Charlton Heston in El Cid “This is always the worst time, before the enemy has a face”….
Coyr!

19 Apr 2026 12:18:30
Depends which Forest turn up. Might be lots of changes for tired players, so it could be a very close game, and maybe only a point for us.

19 Apr 2026 12:25:11
We've turned up under Vitor tbh.
He's put belief and a smile on the players' faces.
Not beaten in last six and last four in Premier.
Today im sure the players will do it for Elliott, the club and the fans.

18 Apr 2026 19:32:16
Don't know about anyone else but I was a bag of nerves watching that Spurs game.

Cheering on two injury time goals in each half.

18 Apr 2026 19:40:41
"Oh When The Spurs Go Marching In!!
(To The Championship!!!)".
????

18 Apr 2026 19:53:08
Spurs looked good today, Rogie - new manager making his mark on the team, I think.

18 Apr 2026 20:20:55
Have to say they did, mate, however, Simons thought he'd clinched the points...
Just glad Brighton came back the way they did.
Hopefully there's no injury doubts for tomorrow.

18 Apr 2026 20:37:34
Didn't see anything that makes me think they'll stay up.

18 Apr 2026 20:55:25
Spurs will not be able to beat Villa, Chelsea, Everton or Leeds.
It's impossible to expect a side to suddenly win 3 of their last 5 when they haven't won for so long, their defence is made of glass and all over the place.

18 Apr 2026 21:33:28
Think they might beat Leeds.

Leeds will be safe by then and will be able to prioritise FA Cup.

18 Apr 2026 21:48:17
I'm sure you said the same thing about West Ham, dtp. How's that working out. ? Maybe we should concentrate on our games, because we still have to get a result against Burnley tmoz, and I, for one, am not sure we can.

18 Apr 2026 21:48:41
Jj, think they'll struggle to beat Wolves 67.

18 Apr 2026 22:05:07
West Ham still in deep trouble, skeggs, and below us, and don't fancy their run in either.
Mind you, they have a genius coach, just taking his time, is he?

18 Apr 2026 22:07:41
Bottom line. We need to take care of business.

Starting tomorrow.

18 Apr 2026 22:31:54
I would imagine Super Nuno is living the dream. Big payoff for being right about his recruitment not being good this season at Forest, then keeping West Ham above the bottom 3, just saying.

18 Apr 2026 22:45:22
The Spurs result earlier will seem like a defeat to them. However, we need to take the points tomorrow, because Spurs will definitely claw the points back against Wolves next week, whilst we have a difficult one against the Makems away.
Still, swings and roundabouts, but a win tomorrow gives us a bit of daylight. Coyr!

18 Apr 2026 23:05:58
You know it, Stokey.

19 Apr 2026 07:53:37
Personally, I happen to think that we have the toughest run-in... Sunderland, Chelsea, United, and Bournemouth will all be hard slogs. Those last three are still looking to grab a Champions League place, so it's a no brainer. We simply need those points today!!!! COYRS!!!

19 Apr 2026 10:03:34
Yes, Rogie, tricky run-in for Forest, who still look like a team devoid of talent. The talented players we have are underperforming, and some don't look good enough.
Forest look like the team most likely to go, and the others will look at our 3 tough away games as the differentiator in their favour, not forgetting our perennial bogey team Bournemouth ...

hmmmm ... not looking great, is it.

19 Apr 2026 11:14:50
Spurs 6 points from 15 games so far this year.

19 Apr 2026 11:43:53
We've 15 points and West Ham 18, and we've played fewer games, so I just don't understand where Spurs are suddenly going to turn that around.
Their defence is shocking.

19 Apr 2026 11:55:35
To be honest 3 Stars, MGW has been putting in the effort, however, those flicks/spins are just not coming off atm. Up until his injury, Murillo, well, he's been Murillo... brilliant. Aina's been a bit off it as well.
Williams has been superb.
Cho or Ndoye haven't been causing as many defenders problems as we would like.
Still think Hutchinson will deliver.
Dominguez tries hard, I'm actually warming to him somewhat.

Sangare has improved greatly, pity Anderson is going through a terrible time, and if he doesn't play, no one would hold it against him.
Come the season's end, Jesus should be moved on.
He just doesn't worry CBs like the ageing Wood does, really hoping he's fit along with the aforementioned mate.
I still think we'll take the points today... we simply must.

19 Apr 2026 12:03:25
Sorry, meant 2!!!
The other will come!!

18 Apr 2026 15:01:24
We have the perfect players to play three at the back.

Sels
Cuhna, Milenkovic, Murillo
Aina, Sangare, Anderson/Dominguez, Williams
MGW, McAtee
STRIKER.

18 Apr 2026 15:46:36
Good shout, Redcyclist - be great to have Taiwo up front - get the wing backs putting the ball in the box for him! Have MGW or MekAcupof tee on the edge of the box, waiting for the knock down! We need that win against Burnley, with Leeds already 2-0 on Wolves!
COYR.

Attack, I say. Just pour it on. Remember the old Keegan years as a manager, more for them to defend in their own final 3rd, not ours, waiting for a cheap shot.

18 Apr 2026 17:00:08
I don't think VP thinks much of Awoniyi, unfortunately.
Pity, as he delivers something different.

18 Apr 2026 17:16:16
Better than Jesus.

18 Apr 2026 17:29:53
Definitely.
A pity Awoniyi doesn't get any game time.

18 Apr 2026 18:20:40
Go on you mighty Seagulls!!!!!!

18 Apr 2026 19:44:57
Just hope we don't run out of steam last 20 mins.

18 Apr 2026 09:00:03
Knowing now what Elliott Anderson was going through this season with what was happening with his mother, he has achieved greatness for himself and his family, especially his mum. Here’s me and others saying his form has dipped because his mind was somewhere else and I said it was with a bigger club!!.

? How wrong were we. Massive slice of humble pie and huge apologies to you at the hardest time of your life. Family is everything. Football is a sport.

18 Apr 2026 10:02:12
Heartfelt post that Munmad. Well said that man.

18 Apr 2026 10:07:40
Good post Munmad. ❤️??

18 Apr 2026 10:26:54
You weren't to know, mate; all good.

18 Apr 2026 10:52:34
Good post, Munmad. As I said in a previous post, we are all human, not machines. Being a human is a tough gig sometimes, even if you are rich and famous, mate.

18 Apr 2026 12:17:32
Great post MM.

18 Apr 2026 08:49:42
My team to start against Burnley. Sels Abbott Milenkovic Murrilo Ndoye Yates Dominguez Sangare Netz Jesus Awoniyi Subs Ortega MGW McAtee Hutchinson Aina Cunha Bakwa Wood Williams.

18 Apr 2026 11:03:35
Alternatively - Sels, Ainia, Cunha, Serbinatior Williams
Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee
Hutchison, MGW, Awonyi

I don’t think he would play Netz (only that he hasn’t started before). If we are having a winger, it has to be Hutchison over Ndoye (N was poorer on Thursday). MGW is our central play maker and top scorer, so couldn’t be left out. Awonyi deserves to start, but I suspect it will be Jesus. McAtee was bought as an Anderson or MGW replacement.

18 Apr 2026 08:09:29
OK Chaps and Chappettes, big well done to the Reds for getting through the quarter final!
I've now read that the Premier League have moved our game at Chelsea, to the Monday night slot, which is 3 days before the 2nd Leg with the Villa!
Would this have happened if Chelsea were still in Europe - No
Would this happen to any of the so-called Big 6 - No
It's happened because it's Forest, so the Premier League don't see a problem with it! Rant over!

Big well done to Coventry City, who must be overjoyed after the torrid time they've had this past 20 years! I remember driving past a part-time football ground, and Coventry were playing a league game in front of about 500 fans!
Well done Frank Lampard!

18 Apr 2026 10:54:05
My thoughts on the bias and corruption of the Premier League exactly, Keefe. Good post, mate. ??

18 Apr 2026 11:08:39
I am also pleased Coventry made it. Can you remember when Southgate got Middlesbrough to a losing European Cup final? Next stop, England manager.
Lampard failed at Chelsea and Derby County. Yes, everyone deserves another chance, but Lampard as next England manager? I am not sure at all, and it would be another Southgate appt.

18 Apr 2026 07:39:14
{Ed's Note - Anonymous Woolback has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool Fear a Collapse After Klopp's Departure

17 Apr 2026 20:57:52
It will be like a cup final. We can beat Villa. Two reasons.

1. They aren't that good. We've already beaten better.

2. We are Nottingham!

Anything can happen. Fred and company, where is your faith? Remember that poll we did. How many thought we could stay up and qualify for the Champions League?

COYR!

18 Apr 2026 05:53:11
Only 26% in the poll thought we could win the Europa League, and I think those odds are not far off.
My thoughts were we could only win it if Villa got knocked out in the quarters.
Faith alone won't win it for us. We can't score goals even when we're on top in games, while Villa score at will. They have far better players in midfield and up front than us.


Imagine you're not a Forest fan, and, as a neutral, who you think would win.
I'd fancy us slightly more in a one-off game, but not at all over 2 legs.
We have a punchers' chance, and I really hope we can do it. I just don't see it happening.
Having said that, COYR's. ?

18 Apr 2026 07:53:12
Big well done to Coventry City!
Nearly extinct just a few years ago, missing out last season as well.
They were actually one of 3 teams I was thinking of supporting, along with Man City and ourselves, when I was 11 or 12 years old.
So glad I made the right choice!!!
Uuuuu Redddss!!!!!

18 Apr 2026 14:20:12
Negative ninny. We can beat Villa. We are good enough, and they aren't as good as the hype.

We have 2 England internationals and Sangare in midfield. We can definitely beat them.

18 Apr 2026 15:17:46
They have 3 England internationals and Tielemans in midfield.

18 Apr 2026 21:00:34
But we have two England internationals in midfield, Fred.
If only football was played on paper, mate?
McGinn bigger threat than Tielemans.

18 Apr 2026 22:22:48
I was matching Tielemans up to Cyclist's Sangare pic. Dtp, and my keyboard is playing up, so I struggled with 2 capital letters, that's why I didn't pick John.

17 Apr 2026 20:57:16
A couple of points about the implications of last night's win and advance into the semis.
Firstly, as at 8pm yesterday we had a full squad available. Cunha mysteriously appeared out of the blue, fully fit and played a full match to a very high standard. Woody was back and we looked at full strength for the run in. All good.
By 10pm we were 3 men down, prognosis unknown. None of them fringe players either. None of them, probably with enough recovery time to be available for Sunday's season defining game.
Burnley will be our 4th game in 10 days. In other words, a game every 2 and a half days, one of them involving travel abroad.
After Burnley we now have a minimum of 8 games to play in 34 days until the end of the season (9 if we get to the Euro Final).

That’s a game roughly every 4 days, on average. Any injuries, no recovery time.
I’m beginning to think that our Euro adventure is rather like Murat's capture of Vienna in 1805. A glittering prize, certainly, but a sideshow to the lead up to Austerlitz, the Battle of the 3 Emperors, as a result of which Napoleon knocked Austria and Russia, his main opponents on land, out of the war and put him in charge of the entire continent of Europe.
Reminds me of us atm. And Murat took Vienna by a ruse, with no fighting and no casualties, unlike us last night.
Thoughts?

17 Apr 2026 22:27:02
Thoughts? It's only football.

17 Apr 2026 23:52:52
Stokey, you're post was making decent points. Then you started waffling again, interest gone. I'm not impressed by quotes from where ever, but if it makes you feel superior, go for it.

18 Apr 2026 01:08:07
Don't be such a philistine, mv. Broaden your horizons. There's a whole new world out there waiting to be discovered. There's more to football than you think. Take that day back in 1823 when William Webb Ellis was playing football at Rugby School and decided to pick the ball up and run with it! The game of rugby was founded.

We're not born clever, it's in ourselves to be whatever we want to be. But, on the flip side, what world would survive if everyone was an intellect? We all need each other.

18 Apr 2026 02:02:02
Mvred, wonderful Redvale. Along with his good missus. Forest through and through. Was watching something on Prime today, below zero. And a wonderful quote from one of them. Btw, nothing to do with anything. ? Anyway, he said "Eagles fly alone, birds fly in flocks." Just loved it.

18 Apr 2026 02:35:51
De da de.

Geordie Maradona.


Think the togetherness and team spirit may bring us through.

18 Apr 2026 08:20:26
Maybe I should become of those "Influenza's"???
What you think Ed???
???

{Ed001's Note -omg. That is all I have for that!}

18 Apr 2026 10:58:13
Oggy.....
"Football is life. All my thoughts on morality and obligations I owe to football."
Albert Camus, writer, philosopher and Algerian goalkeeper.

"Some people saw football is not a matter of life or death. It's much more important than that."
Bill Shankly.

18 Apr 2026 11:41:26
MV, apologies mate. I allowed fascination with Murat particularly and history generally to intrude, but I thought it was a relevant illustration of our situation.
Murat was a dashing, handsome cavalry commander and Napoleon's brother-in-law (which probably saved him from being shot for his unauthorised Vienna adventure). The son of an innkeeper, he was always prone to recklessness but incredibly brave. He'd have been Special Forces in modern times.
He captured the heavily mined bridge over the Danube by strolling onto it with a few staff officers under a flag of truce, and persuaded the Austrian commander that a ceasefire was in operation. Typical sneaky French trick. But, with the engineer waiting for the order to blow the bridge, he led his men on a charge to capture it during the hesitation.
The old bridge has been replaced about 100 yards upstream by a modern one carrying a motorway, but the footings are still there.

It's like Trent Bridge, a brisk 30 minute walk and you are in the City Centre (and these guys had galloping horses, the capture was over in minutes).
My wife is very patient. When we arrived by river cruise ship at Vienna a couple of years ago, I walked about 200 yards from where we landed to see the remains of the bridge, imagining the drama that had unfolded there.
Murat's recklessness caught up with him. He tried to launch a coup in Naples after Napoleon's demise, with 200 men. He was captured and the King of Naples ordered 12 of his own men to form a firing squad to execute him. He refused a blindfold. His last request was to have a hot bath infused with eau de Cologne.
Seeing that his men were distressed, he bared his breast and said his last words which were "If you truly love me, aim for my heart"……
Anyway, back to football. ??? ?? ?

18 Apr 2026 15:22:03
You are dead right Redstripe. ???