Come on mate, you was absolutely scathing about him. Twice relegated, capped by England, none of that really matters. In terms of value, if he keeps up that form, as a free transfer it'll be one of our best. I was pretty scathing, granted. I sort of still am, as I think his reported wages are high ...

Some of them are decent squad fodder: KWP, ageing Wilson (while fit) etc. But they don’t feel like permanent starters (although, as Eerie said, KWP doesn’t need to be).     At least you've upgraded KWP from absolutely useless to decent squad player! Even though I thought he'd be a decent player fro...

Sullivan said judge him and the board at the end of the transfer window. Well, overall, I’d say it was a poor transfer window for us when we needed a strong performance from the back office. Far too much squad fodder to replace ageing squad fodder. Fernandes and Diouf might be the only nailed-on Pre...

Wilson might be a cսnt. But he’s our cսnt now. And he’s hungry and direct in a good way. How many shots did he have compared with Fullkrug?

I didn’t even mind Wilson ruining Jarrod’s greatest goal ever. He screwed it up, sure. But he’s a striker and he’s obviously still hungry for goals. Don’t blame him for wanting to put his laces through it when Jarrod took the ball across him. There hasn’t been enough “shoot first, ask questions late...

Lessons of that game. Pace. Back four. Legs in midfield. More movement upfront (Wilson is our best striker - which is a worry because of his injury record) All the things many fans have called for for months. Finally, Partridge delivers it after 20+ games.Backs against the wall for long periods. But...

Ironically, it has been a Covid-era Moyesie “sit deep then crash, bang, wallop on the break” performance.

What a difference some pace has made!

Summerville accelerated straight through them. Diouf likewise.

Even Wilson (with his dodgy hamstrings) being a bit quicker than Fullkrug has made a difference. There’s just more movement and space.

Get in!

Jarrod!

Top-class finish, that.

I do feel a bit for Fullkrug, the service is largely shit and he’s often isolated. I get wanting to keep it tight, but the balance feels a bit off. the Midfield are playing 3 yard passes to each other, we could sacrifice one of them or push Paqueta further forward.     He isn’t helping himself, tho...

It’s a risky, unambitious strategy designed to get a point.

But its working so far, and the packed “parked bus” midfield is working hard to close down space. Can’t fault the effort.

Could definitely say the tactics lack any sort of ambition.

Fernandes having a good debut.

We’re basically playing “smother-ball” today. Just packing midfield, sitting very deep and pressing in small, contained areas once they’re in our half. But we have so little going forward. Don’t mind this away from home. But it has to work. If the end result is we lose 1-0 then it’s just as bad as a...

Think Fullkrug will be off at half time again here. Not holding us up the field well enough      His movement is genuinely terrible, too. Playing like a carthorse again. Wilson would be a more mobile target for us playing this way, running off people’s shoulders. That’s how bad things are upfront f...

Genuinely, it’ll be because he isn’t yet bogged down by Potter’s over-coaching and negativity. He hasn’t had time. So he’s playing his natural game.

Fernandes has been the best player on the pitch in his first 30 minutes, in all fairness to him.

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑31 Aug 2025, 14:23 Early days but more of them look like they understand what they're meant to be doing.

Fuck me! Did I just see our new midfielder play a one touch pass, to feet, then break the opposition back line to receive it back - forcing a corner?

Rare as hen’s teeth at this club.

Potter will soon coach that out of him!

goose wrote: ↑31 Aug 2025, 14:07 No idea where Paqueta or Fernandes are playing.

The irony of having Mathew Upson, the gutless Kilman prototype talking about teams having a lack of grit and having anything about them is off the scale. I dont think we've ever had a more gutless bottle job play for us than Upson, a pathetic human. Aguerd and fucking Kilman run him quite close tho...

Need a win today. Nothing else will do, what with other big games coming up. Otherwise, we've set the tone for a relegation shitstorm long before the international break. Unlikely, of course. Can't see anything other than a Forest victory. Obviously, I want us to win. Never want us to lose a game. B...

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑31 Aug 2025, 08:33 it shows how out of touch this cսnt is that he apparently named Aguerd in his five man leadership group before the season started. 

Ask yourself a basic question: in major games against Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, Man Utd etc, would you rather have Potter rolling out his own brand of "nervous-ball", or somebody like that? Or would you rather have a team coached, drilled and motivated by Mourinho? Be honest w...

Given where we are as a club now, I'd take Mourinho before anybody could blink. Sure, he might be past his absolute peak. Largely because so much of football has copied and made permanent what he brought to the sport as a genuine innovator 20+ years ago. But he is still miles above anyone else we co...

But, I should add, there's never a reason to appoint somebody like Steve Bruce etc. There are managers who are problem solvers and can impose a structure on a team quickly and firefight - like Mourinho and, possibly, Carrick (who took over Boro when they were really struggling). And then there's a f...