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Firstly the good news: skipper Paul “Kenna” McKenna’s injury does not require surgery and so there is a glimmer of hope that he may return before the season ends (which would be especially useful if we end up in the dreaded play-offs).

In the meantime, the sponsorship deal with Victor Chandler has been extended by two [...]

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Although he didn’t get the Championship player of the month award, Chris Cohen can at least content himself with a slot in the Championship Team of the Week (opens as a PDF).
New boy George Boyd (reminds me of “what are the scores, George Daws?”) had a very decent first half and a reasonable second period [...]

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A six-pointer against the team in fourth place. Lose and their game in hand puts them in pole position. Win and we gain some breathing space.
However, Billy was forced into some changes today;

Campo
Gunter Morgan Chambers Cohen
Anderson McKenna Moussi Boyd
Majewski
Blackstock

Wilson and Earnshaw had both injured themselves in training yesterday, meaning [...]

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Makeshift left-back James Perchio has surprisingly been selected for the Football League Team of the Week. Billy Davies seems happy enough with his contribution but clearly doesn’t want him to play there.

Meanwhile, Chris Cohen has been rewarded for his tireless hard work (and no small amount of skill recently) by being nominated for the PFA [...]

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6 points from two tricky games, and a record of nine consecutive home victories. Crisis?
The now traditional home 4-4-2 saw us line up as follows:

Campo
Gunter, Morgan, Wilson, Perchio
Cohen, McKenna, Majewski, Anderson
Blackstock, Earnshaw

Scrappy, physical, untidy. These are all just words. As are three points and clean sheet.

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A welcome victory against a team that we NEVER seem to beat (albeit one who are on a poor run away from home). We have now won eight on the trot at home!
Billy Davies reverted to the more normal home line-up:
Campo
Gunter       Morgan    Wilson       Perchio
Cohen       Majewski      McKenna       Anderson
Blackstock     Earnshaw
Forest started well, [...]

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Following our lack of activity in the transfer market this January, a lot of people are wondering why the club haven’t sealed our most likely arrival – Radoslaw Majewski. The knee-jerk reaction seems to be that this is proof, if ever proof was needed, that the Acquisitions Committee is broken and needs to be [...]

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After last week’s setback (and its subsequent fallout), we finally get back in action in front of nearly 4000 Wednesday fans.
A couple of changes see us line up in a 4-4-2:

Campo
Gunter, Morgan, Wilson, Perchio
Cohen, McKenna, Moooooooooose, Tyson
Blackstock, Earnshaw

This saw Tyson replace Anderson on the left (probably giving Ando a rest) and Moooooose [...]

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Nigel Clough has denied any wrongdoing following on from the handbags at the end of Saturday’s match, and appears to be asking for leniency as it is a local derby (not sure that this is an argument that will curry any favour with the FA). However, Billy Davies has continued with his claims and made [...]

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Well, we cannot ignore this one can we?

I was just about to post some thoughts on the match, but got sidetracked by Billy accusing Nigel Clough of assaulting him during Saturday’s match:

“I told him I wouldn’t have minded him doing it to my face but to do it when my back was turned was [...]

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My first midweek game in ages against an “ambitious” side with lots of money and love of merry-go-rounds saw 23500 at the City Ground – a decent attendance for a cold Tuesday night, especially as QPR didn’t bring that many.
Mr Davies saw one change from the team against Reading, with James Perchio replacing [...]

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With the news confirmed that Matt Thornhill has left for an initial month’s loan (possibly to be extended) at Cheltenham Town, Vital Forest report that combative-and-mardy-but-kind-of-likeable forgotten man Joe Garner could also be leaving the City Ground on loan, to either Carlisle or Millwall.
In the meantime, Colin Neil Warnock has said that Forest have not bid [...]

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Some bloke called Stuart Pearce who says that he used to play for us is now saying that we are going to win the league as we have “spent a few bob in the summer”.

As we are planning on spending, not selling, Forest have rejected a “derisory” offer from Newcastle for James Perch, with Billy [...]

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GeriRed asked (in the comments) why William Davies keeps playing Cohen (left-footed) on the right and Anderson (right-footed) on the left, when you’d expect them to be the other way around.
Well I’m just a punter who bangs on about tactics without knowing what I’m on about; but in my (ill thought out) opinion, [...]

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After our cup exploits against Birmingham, Billy reverted back to his (probably) first choice line-up, in an orthodox 4-4-2 – with a surprise return for Earnie and no place, even on the bench, for the Moooooooooooooooose.

Camp
Gunter Morgan Wilson Shorey
Cohen McKenna Majewski Anderson
Earnshaw Blackstock

The first half was as good a performance as I have [...]

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Transfer rumours abound, with Ipswich interested in Dele Adebola, and Billy Davies quashing rumours about Victor Moses, while reflecting on our cup exit to Birmingham. In the meantime, Billy also says that we should “make the most” of  Nicky Shorey before his likely return to Aston Villa.
Elsewhere, not-actually-Irish former striker Tony Cascarino is so impressed [...]

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I finally got round to watching “The Damned United” the other day.
There was one point in the film where Sam Longson (chairman of Derby County) said that the hierarchy at a football club was “chairman, directors, players, fans and at the bottom the manager”.
It’s no secret that I was pretty ambivalent [...]

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Another game undefeated for Billy’s men.
Five changes from the draw at Watford saw us line up, initially as a 4-4-2, but later as a 4-3-3 (Cohen moving to left midfield and Tyson joining Dex and Earnie up front).
Campo,
Gunter, Morgan, Wilson, Shorey,
Cohen, McKenna, Majewski, Tyson,
Earnshaw, Blackstock
Coventry set out to make life difficult [...]

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Greetings from afar and apologies for the lack of updates – as you can imagine Christmas is a funny time of year to be trying to post on t’internet.
Having listened to most of the Watford match, I think we will settle for a point, especially with Nicky Shorey pretending the ball hit his face (not [...]

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We will be facing Chelsea in the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup.
Billy Davies is looking to win against his former club Preston North End this weekend (I won’t be there so no match report I’m afraid). And more importantly, Billy’s not had any contact from any other clubs about his [...]

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