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Baby Steps – Preston 1 Forest 1 – Matchday 43
Another small step towards a play-off place was made in Lancashire yesterday afternoon in a fairly competitive but largely dull encounter with Preston North End at Deepdale. Aside from goals inside in the opening 15 minutes, the game lacked any genuine quality and was...
read moreAway Q&A: Preston – Matchday 43
It’s not quite squeaky bum time but I’m sure closer to 15:00 tomorrow afternoon, I’ll be twitching like I’ve had a chicken vindaloo the night before. Forest have got a great opportunity to take some of the pressure off in the final three games of the season if we can...
read moreDon’t Panic Part 2 – Forest 0 Fulham 1 – Matchday 42
In true Forest fashion, it was another bump in the road as Fulham came away with the all important 3 points at The City Ground last night. It was a performance that left a lot to be desired but at the same time; I'm not convinced it's a time to panic either. It...
read moreFulham Away Q&A – Matchday 42
It’s a definite blessing that Forest are back in action so quickly after Saturday and even more so that it’s another huge game. Whilst it was obviously very frustrating how Derby day panned out; it’s more than comforting to think we don’t just have to rely on that...
read moreThe Unfinished Symphony – Derby 1 Forest 1 – Matchday 41
God Almighty! If conceding an injury time equalizer at Hillsborough felt bad enough a couple of weeks go, Forest took disappointment to a whole new level with two minutes of madness at Pride Park. Whereas against Sheffield Wednesday, a draw was possibly a fair result...
read moreDerby County – Away Q&A – Matchday 41
It's not quite going to be the same as being there or even watching the game on TV to see a full house at Pride Park on Saturday is it? There was a degree of sadness on Monday morning when I hit the 'refund' button on my tickets for Saturday's game. I'm pretty certain...
read moreSilva Lining – Forest 1 Bristol City 0 – Matchday 39
I think it's fair to say that was hardly a classic. A lacklustre performance became secondary come 7pm as Forest recorded their 2nd successive home victory against Bristol City at an all but empty City Ground. Tiago Silva's excellent free kick was the decisive bit of...
read moreBristol City – Away Q&A – Matchday 39
Bristol City are up next for Forest on Wednesday and they're a side that always gives us a tough game that's for sure. In the last 10 meetings between the two sides, I had to go back to 2017 to see our last win and we've only managed a meagre 6 goals during those...
read moreThe Man – Forest 3 Huddersfield 1 – Matchday 38
I’ll admit, there was a fair bit of trepidation in the Eley household before kick-off on Sunday. A long walk in the Lincolnshire countryside had just about calmed my nerves; defeat against Huddersfield was potentially going to set up a nightmare week. With Wayne...
read moreAway Q&A: Huddersfield Town – Matchday 38
Following last weeks return to action and securing a reasonable point at Sheffield Wednesday, there is a degree of pressure on Forest to kick start our promotion hopes against Huddersfield Town. With 8 games left of the mini season - momentum is everything as Forest...
read moreFamiliar Hauntings – Sheffield Wednesday 1 – Forest 1 – Matchday 37
So after a 3-month break from The Championship, Forest returned to action at Hillsborough against Gary Monk’s Sheffield Wednesday side that had been struggling a fair bit prior to lockdown. Team news wasn’t great for Forest with two of our most influential players of...
read moreSheffield Wednesday Away Q&A – Matchday 37
So Forest are finally back in action on Saturday with an away trip to Hillsborough for our promotion push going into the last 9 games. The shocking Millwall defeat seems a million miles away now and if anything, the lock down should have actually benefitted Forest in...
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