by Scott Eley | Oct 25, 2020 | Match Report
It was a slightly surreal build-up to the Derby game on Friday evening as I sought to compensate the live experience with my own mini-stadium atmosphere in the absence of a prematch pint and the usual inspirational Forza Garibaldi display at The City Ground. ...
by Scott Eley | Oct 21, 2020 | Match Report
With Chris Hughton looking to build on his managerial winning debut at home to Rotherham United, Jeff Glover took over on reporting duties to offer his reflections on Tuesday night’s proceedings. A 1-1 draw against a supposed weaker outfit on a dull...
by Scott Eley | Oct 18, 2020 | Articles
Bloody hell, we’re finally up and running in what seems an age since Forest last won a game of football! It’s hard to put into words the general lift and sense of relief and elation I felt on the full-time whistle at Ewood Park. How can Forest winning change...
by Scott Eley | Oct 4, 2020 | Match Report
Following Forest’s fifth consecutive defeat at the hands to top of the table Bristol City on another disappointing afternoon, Reiss Lane offered his thoughts on proceedings as he made his debut for Munich and Madrid. Despite The Reds finally finding the...
by Scott Eley | Sep 13, 2020 | Match Report
Sabri Lamouchi’s Nottingham Forest were keen to recover from last season’s Championship hangover against Queen’s Park Rangers in their season’s opening game at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. Up against former Reds Manager Mark Warburton, the 2-0 defeat left many...
by Scott Eley | Sep 11, 2020 | Articles
So here we are. September 2020 on Championship Eve. During these unprecedented times, it’s been a little harder to get motivated this summer about the upcoming season with the usual full anticipation. With a preseason consisting of just two behind closed door games...
by Scott Eley | Aug 10, 2020 | Articles
With the foundation laid defensively early on, it felt minimum tweaking of the team further up the pitch could have really pushed us on in the league. Sabri didn’t seem to trust certain players (true disconnect with our recruitment team) and when they did get a...
by Scott Eley | Aug 10, 2020 | Articles
With such a gruelling run of games since late December; it was evident the players were running out of gas and reinforcements were needed. I’ll offer my own personal experience in comparison to our transfer dealings: I once fell foul of paying £5 for a haircut....
by Scott Eley | Aug 10, 2020 | Articles
Defeat away to Wigan treated us to the first bit of tinkering from Sabri. After a 2 week rest, Lewis Grabban was left out of the team and Rafar Mir fluffed his lines as Forest left it too late to get back into the game. It was followed up by a 2-1 defeat at home to...
by Scott Eley | Aug 10, 2020 | Articles
It’s taken me a couple of weeks to finally put down some thoughts on Forest’s season but it only seems right that I review things as a whole rather than leave it with the crushing end of season finish. From a personal perspective, I’ve scratched an...
