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http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?h...ves+the+Forest

O_________O

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wahey, result. no further comment necessary!

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Who would you like to see as his replacement ?

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Ideally Martin O'Neill or Psycho but that's not going to happen.

An up and coming manager (Dave Penney, Phil Parkinson), one who believes in good football and has a history with the club as a player (Brian Laws, Nigel Clough), a superb motivator (Kevin Keegan), or someone from within (Ian McParland - ressies coach - or Nick Marshall - academy director) with someone experienced (David Pleat or Frank Clark) who knows the Forest way as DoF.

What puts me off the DoF idea though, is that I've never seen a club in this country where it's actually worked. Might be OK as an interim measure though whilst we look for something better...

One thing is certain, I want Megson's cronies (Barlow and Crawford) to follow him out the door, they're anti-football.

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another thing is that Forest tend not to go for employed managers...

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Who is the caretaker boss? Our's has turned out all right so far, if he starts winning games then you can maybe afford to wait until the summer to replace megson same as what Leics are doing.

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Liverpool 1 Man Utd 0

Bugger

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Not good :(

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More dodgy refereeing aiding leeds.

We paid the same price as watford for scoring an early goal against leeds.

Price = red card and penalty to them.

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Yay, finally our superiority in our all games finally yielded the right results against the manky manc!!! take that RUSS D and CHIN IT! :)

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after the injury to smith the result doesn't seem to matter much

wasn't a great game but liverpool did what they needed to do to win

Palace let in a late goal too.. just after Tony Gale had said the game was over and Millwall weren't in it

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And West Ham, 0 - 0 vs Bolton. I'm pleased they are doing so well, especially considering it's their first season back in the Premiership.

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Well done Liverpool, it only took you 85 years :p:

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port vale 0-2 forest.

Well, Mugson could only manage one away win in 7 months and Barlow/McParland get one at the first attempt.

Nathan Tyson :)

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Where were you a few weeks ago then? ;)

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Frank Barlow and Ian McParland.

Alan Smith... don't really see how that ended up so bad! one minute he was charging towards freakshow's shot the next it'd hit one leg and the other was doing a 360-degree turn on the ground... don't ever recall a player getting a compound fracture and dislocated ankle from charging a shot down. That said, he always gives 100% so best wishes, don't especially like the lad or the club but it's not nice.

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Good to see Crouchy finally being good for something :D

Still, Liverpool were the better team on the day. Not like a few weeks ago though....

Tell me, where are you guys in the league again?

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One for our beloved Arsenal Fans :)

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:rofl:

BB, BB, where for art thou BB? :D

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Has anyone else noticed how the crowds for the last round of the FA cup have been a little disappointing ? Low crowds at Bolton, and 12,000 below capacity at Newcastle, and at Villa park (apart from the City fans) it was like spot the villa fan. It's the last 16 after all, but it looks like supporters are not as enthusiastic about the FA cup as perhaps they should be.

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Liverpool beating man u!!! great weekend

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Tottenham brought up Sol, so it's natural to

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ur/4729342.stm

But it is untrue that Sol is the man here

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/stor...ws/news2.shtml

because

http://x4.putfile.com/2/4912122512.gif

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Any Utd fans know if there is any truth in this, or is this just another player wanting a new contract and a pay rise with his current club ?

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just heard it as rumours so far but think he is way below the quality of United and abit of an animal too.. Also i thought his name was Aldo and not Pedro as stated on the BBC link

would be nice if we were being linked to a new keeper

in other news Wembley won't be ready in time .. might not even be ready for the Stones concert in the summer and I got tickets for that :-(

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Well, just in case BB keeps his head down, I have to say that even though Real Madrid played like a Sunday League side, Arsenal did play very well. :)

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Agreed........

And :notopic: anyone know why this thread doesn't appear on the nthellworld page any longer ?

It doesn't for me anyway :shrug:

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was totally unimpressed with Reyes and Lehman last night.. Reyes pretended to be injured when nothing had happened to him and then managed to roll back onto the pitch to stop play.. he got a booking but should be banned for a game.. Lehman pretended to hurt his hand when he wasn't even touched either

that behavour has no place on a football pitch

i'm sure we will see more of the same during tonights match with Chelsea and Barca

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Yeah real were poor but I think another factor is spanish football suits arsenal it is less physical and more open game and that is arsenal's style.

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Plus Lumberg found a bit of form at last, Flamini was solid in his defensive duties and Senderos only made a couple of mistakes..... I still think they might regret only scoring the one when Real come to Highbury. I can see Real scoring a couple in 2 weeks

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The boast that Arsenal are the first English side to beat Real Madrid at the Bernabau is untrue.:)

A small local Lancashire side, Nelson FC beat Real Madrid 4-2 there in 1922/3 :cool:

Edited because I am a bozo :D

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A typo I assume? It was 1922/3.

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Yeah seems to have stopped appearing there in the last few days.

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:dunce: Well spotted gazzae, I thought Chelsea got a bit of a lesson tonight, can't see past Barca for the Champions League.

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Can't say I'm surprised at that but sadly I'm not sure the reverse wouldn't have happened had it been a Liverpool player getting past United fans - the hate between many Scouse and Manc fans runs VERY deeply.

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nice to see Chelsea getting paid back for the Robben \ Reina incident .. not read his comments yet but i'm sure he didn't mention that Del Horno was also cheating and rolling about on the floor as well as Messi

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Whilst I don't condone Robbens antics, Reina would off been sent off regardless as he raised his had. With Messi and Del Horno, if Messi hadn't rolled around and 10 of the Barca players didn't start screaming at the ref, then I think at worst it would of been a yellow card or even just a foul with no cards. Still, it would of been nice if Del Horno and Messi hadn't started faking injury.

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i posted this on another forum earlier

Del Horno should have gone for the following reasons

1. five minutes before he did a foul on Messi where he deliberately went through on him after the ball had gone and came down on his knee. This was violent onduct and could have been a straight red
2. In the build up to the sending off he fouled Messi and that could have been his second booking
3. The so called tackle was a foul anyway so that is another booking
4. After the incident he rolled around on the floor and that is also a book as simulation is a yellow

i see they didn't really mention that Del Horno was also rolling all over the floor just like Messi was when he wasn't injured either and i bet Mourinho didn't mention that in his interview afterwards.. if it's ok for his players to do it he should expect it being done back to him

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I agree it should have been a red well done to the ref, the tv were bound to be biased as they have to be seen wanting the english team through, personally I am happy to see chelsea been done over, trying to stop football been played on their home ground and relying on counter attack. Strange how andy gray can keep moaning about the ref when chelsea get these little decisions week in and week out.

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Andy Gray is a tosspot! Someone said that he wears a Chelsea outfit whenever he commentates on their games. Somehow I can see it being true. Barcelona were awesome against Chelsea and they will be again in 2 weeks time. Think we lost the cup though.

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it's more a case of when they show prem matches they try and by unbiased but when it comes to Europe they like to get behind the English teams and support them

hence during the commentry they mentioned that Messi was diving but made no mention of the fact that Del Horno was too, although Jamie Redknapp picked it up at HT.. strangely Mourinho didn't seem to notice that either

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Just heard on SSN that Forest are after Dave Beasant, but you probably already know that.

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That's late - it's now (apparently) Roy Keane.

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It must be the missing Megson factor

Nottingham Forest 7 Swindon 1

Nice One

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Good to see normal service has been resumed at Arsenal after their midweek blip against Real.

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Does that mean Blackburn are officially better than Real Madrid ? :D

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Lols. Megson couldn't win for toffee yet Ken and Charlie won 2 games 0-2 and 7-1.

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Nice :)

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Interesting to note when Spurs win it, its the Mickey Mouse cup. When Man U win it, its somehow classed better than the FA cup.

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Do you want your tea tonight dear or shall I give it to the dog ??? oops:

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No no, it's wtill the Mickey Mouse cup - but it's more than will be be found at Highbury this season :D

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Give it to the dog first, and see what happens to it. Its safer for me that way... :erm: ;)

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:rofl: Fair enough mate ;)

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To be fair, had we lost to Wigan, supporters of the ABU club would have made it out to be bigger than the FA cup. :)

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yes good wins for Man U and Palace

TBH the Carling Cup isn't a major cup it's like saying we won the Charity Shield it must be a good season

glad we won it but on the face of it it doesn't mean much.. still Chelsea fans went mental of it last season too

good win for Palace too.. hope they keep it up next week as i'm off to the game

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It's a shame that this will be the last year for the finals being in Cardiff, as the Millenium Stadium seems to have a good atmosphere.

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a cup is a cup I dont like people putting it down, leics won it twice and its a proud achievement as far as I am concerned, if some clubs want to treat it 2nd class that is up to them.

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what people make of fact ballack looks to be heading to the bridge. now am a man u fan and yes our club maybe doesnt look as appealin to him as Chelsea does but surely were will he play and how often will he play?? and if this transfer happens were does this leave fergies search for midfield talent.

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It's a load of Ballacks if you ask me.

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lol

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I was really hoping we'd land Ballack, although at 29 we'd be looking at a replacement in a few years.

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29 now, you would get end of season I assume so 6 months or so at 29 then in his 30s. Good player but with age factor I wouldnt think worth more then few million at the most. Real Madrid have got ripped of on so many 29 year olds.

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yeah but he is still in his prime and you would get at least 3 seasons out of him and at no cost on transfer fee

who else of that quality is there

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point is united are being beaten to another world class player by chelsea. .

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personally I think prime is 25-28 some players decline even earlier. It depends on the player of course but I think players with bigger build usually decline earlier.

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Anyone else think there ought to be some sort of cap on how much a club can spend of transfers per season?

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Only in Chelsea's case :D

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Yes.

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I think wages kill of clubs more then transfer fee's in fact large fee's can be saviours for clubs selling players to balance the books. The bosman ruling was one of many things that contributed to clubs hitting financial trouble.

Nffc check out leics 2nd goal on east midlands or sky sports news was a cracker from halfway line.

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Hang on...is no-one going to mention the fact that Arsenal surprised the world at the weekend by winning away from home??

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Is anyone really interested in a mid-table clash when neither team really has anything to play for? :p:

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they got lucky with some of the other results too.. if West Ham and Bolton had won they would still be down in 7th

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Poor Wigan, felt so sorry for that poor chap (Chimbonda) who scored the own goal, they've played their hearts out tonight and come away with absolutely nothing. Still pleased that my boys won though :tu:

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Yeah, we squeeked that one :D

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Yep, united were second best in the first half but made amends in the second, a draw would have been a fairer result.

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i think im in love with ronaldo, his tricks of the trade dont half work :D

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He's regularly voted sexiest footballer in the world in Attitude magazine apparently.

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"Apparently" :LOL: ;)

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I stress that word.... :erm:

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Me thinks that the gentleman doth protest too much.....:angel:

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Me thinks that the godfather doth talk too much.....:spin:

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His tricks don't work most of the time

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the problem with Ronaldo is he has lots of skill on the ball but he doesn't always have alot of end product.. he can do all the fancy stuff and then run straight into a defender.. if you can't beat the man then the tricks don't really work.. for £12m i would have expected a complete footballer not someone who needs as much work as he does

he's abit like the blokes you see at HT who can do keepie uppie for ages but they can't actually play football...

we were lucky last night.. Wigan played well and wanted to win.. none of our midfield performed last night in fact i still can't see what on earth Park brings to the team he's done nothing so far apart from fall over when we played Fulham

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<cynical mode>

Increased marketability in Asia...

</cynical mode>

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russ its true about marketability, the fans in asia go wild over players who 'preform' for english sides.

i think hes ok, atleast he can pass....ok...

his goal ratio for goals recently is superb and his pace and skill, his stepovers and flicks to go past players, i have been following him closely over the past few games, i think hes hit some form, i admit hes not 100% good at it but i love him lol

lol didnt you see him when he took his shirt off......erm i mean he has a good body...err....:sleep:

oh and CHELSKI LOST WOOOOT :D :D :D

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:)

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At least that appalling penalty decision came to late to have an influence, at least three Chelski players were offside before Terry miskicked the back of the Barca players leg.:)

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Got further than U*d though, did you guys make it out the group?

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Did you even make it to the group stages?

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We didn't even make it in the Championship - but who mentioned Forest?

Since you started... out of Brit sides only Liverpool have won the European Cup more times than Forest. United have 2 wins (same as us), Villa one, and the rest none.

And we won it when it was just champions, no seedings, and knockout - first European tie we beat holders Liverpool :)

(I wasn't born then, sadly)

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Well you did actually when you posted that post.

Just pointing out that your team did even worse in the qualifying stakes than Utd ;)

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Not at all - I was commenting on U*d and Chelsea's relative performances!

As for Forest/Utd- is it embarrassing that a League 1 side has as many EC wins as yourself?

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Not really when you consider where both teams are in the league as well as comparing all honours won by both teams.

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You say that now...

Like I said in my post, just commenting on the relative success of Forest and Utd in qualifying for this years competition

Were you at the same level when you won the EC?

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so ? point being ? i will go on record to say that whatever success we see from chelsea it will NEVER eclipse man utd's glory years.

:D

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So if they walk off with the PL 9 years in 10 and 3 EC wins it will never eclipse Utd? So what if they've spent it still needs to be used correctly, Blackburn and Newcastle are prime examples of this.

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Barca - Chelski was a bit boring imo.

The best team won though...

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i dont think they will be that prolific, in my view if it happens it will be purely because of money that has been spent, granted man utd had a recent spending spree, but if you look at the years we won cups most of our players were homegrown.

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Man U made their history with winning championships and cups. . then had the money to spend. Chelsea on other hand are buying their history with dirty russian money !

People hate utd fair play to them, but chelsea are just ruining the english game for everyone thats being said as Man U fan and a football fan in general.

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I hate chelsea now alongside man united, they get outplayed nearly every game and try to nick victories, get in way of shots to defend and play brutal which they get away with in the premiership but got found out in the CL. With all the money spent they should be able to match barcelona for passing ability but they cant and deservedly lost. The reason why the game was dissapointing is because chelsea the team who was behind in the tie didnt play open enough. We were still treated to some ronaldinho brilliance tho.

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Shock news, Henry signs for Chelski.

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Congrats to Arsenal on reaching the next stage of the Champions League Cup.
Well, someone had to say it :)

The only British side left in the competition.

Am I right in thinking that the only home grown talent on show tonight at Highbury was Beckham ?

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yes i want to congratulate them too, throughly deserved victory for the lads at highbury a sterling preformance against the mighty real madrid, well done, credit where its due!