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When Nottingham Forest were in a rich vein of form, relying heavily on the strong midfield, the form of the strikers could be forgiven. A snap shot from Simon Cox dragged wide, or an over-zealous Darius Henderson in an aerial challenge, could usually be laughed off. With the goals from midfield drying out, and the [...]

As Nottingham Forest entered the last ten minutes against a strong Hull City leading 2-1, under major pressure, fans could be forgiven for biting a fingernail or two. But instead, the Forest contingent who packed the away end at the KC Stadium, were as vocal as they have been for many months. From row to [...]

When Nottingham Forest crashed out of the playoffs to a stylish Swansea City side, Billy Davies could be forgiven for feeling down, dejected and dismissive. The Forest fans, witnessing yet another playoff failure, felt beaten and downhearted. Few things could pick up the mood, as they trudged home, head bowed. As the Forest supporters coaches [...]

Fawaz Al-Hasawi was a safe man in the summer. He’d just ‘saved’ Nottingham Forest, and none of the talking was done on the field of play. Signing after signing, tweet after tweet, Fawaz was becoming quite a hero. The time to judge Fawaz is now. Game after game, reaction after reaction, sacking after sacking. The [...]

As Nottingham Forest fans walked away from the City Ground on Boxing Day afternoon, with beaming smiles after a 4-2 thumping of Leeds United, nothing could surely ruin their day. Surely nothing could put a dampener on their Christmas? Following recent disappointing performances, Forest needed to bounce back, to keep in touch with the playoff [...]

For any footballer, becoming a scapegoat in any club can break a career. Becoming a scapegoat in a Nottingham Forest shirt though, normally makes careers. Whilst fans of other clubs watch their former scapegoats in the latter minutes of The Football League Show, Forest fans endure watching them being intensely analysed by Alan Hansen, on [...]

After Carl Froch was defeated by Andre Ward in 2011, it gave him the dose of the reality he needed. The hurt of a loss, and the pain of not backing up his pre-fight arrogance, was enough to drive him on to his latter thirties, and prove himself to the world. Similar arrogance was shown [...]

When Billy Sharp departed Southampton for Nottingham Forest on Transfer Deadline Day, he left with some sadness. He left wanting questions answered. The only question playing on his mind, that he wants answering now, why couldn’t he have taken a bigger bite out of the hot-dog that was thrust in his direction, as he celebrated with a [...]

The Nottingham Forest back five was subject to much change over the summer. Despite not being at the forefront of the headlines, the only area of the side that can claim to have gelled the most, is the defence. In the three games before the last international break, Forest had conceded seven goals. Heading into [...]

When Nottingham Forest started the season with eleven new signings, the majority were saying they needed time. The signings needed to bed in, and Sean O’Driscoll required time to discover his best eleven. In the midst of the season, and the heat of the rollercoaster, this should not be forgotten. Sean O’Driscoll and Forest have [...]

Nottingham Forest supporters are used to slow starts to a season. When the current campaign started, a similarly slacking start may have been forgiven by some, as the squad weren’t able to have a full pre season together. Nobody anticipated what we were to see. Beautiful, dominating football leading to wins and scrappy, hard-working displays [...]

In the past year, simple things have been hard to come by at Nottingham Forest. When the signing of Simon Gillett was completed, there was confusion in some quarters. “Surely now we have money, we can do better than this guy?” “Underwhelming to say the least” The above two comments sum up the thoughts of [...]

A week is a long time in football. But in Sean O’Driscoll’s first week of league games in charge of Nottingham Forest, he’s managed to retain the belief and posotivity of the fans. Emotions of football fans fluctuate at the best of times, but the thousands following Forest at the moment remain quietly optimistic. It’s [...]

Following a summer of upheaval at Nottingham Forest, the season is finally about to kick off. New owners and eight new players have left fans itching for the season to start, anticipating a great ride. The fresh approach from the Al-Hasawi family, and their willingless to spend money has been welcomed. They key point being [...]

It didn’t take long for the new Nottingham Forest owners to stamp their authority on proceedings, making the early ruthless decision to sack Steve Cotterill. A popular decision, it was then their job to pursue managers to replace the outgoing manager, which didn’t seem to go too smoothly. A day didn’t pass without every Forest [...]

After months of undying speculation, it appears as if the Nottingham Forest takeover saga, may be coming to an end. Fawaz Al-Hasawi, Abdulazis and Omar Al-Hasawi are the individuals ready to take full control of the club. Varying dates have been set for the final completion, from many differing reports. So many questions, so little [...]