Opinion Articles

Spring cleaning with Fawaz & Co.

by , March 22, 2016
Almost biannually one hears of how the figurehead of an outfit is removed, often without notice. A few return, but some are never seen again, vanishing into thin air. You might be forgiven for thinking I am referring to the treatment of generals in Kim Jong-un’s regime in North Korea. However, I am sadly referring to the treatment of Nottingham Forest’s managerial appointments [...]

Sacking it off

by , March 14, 2016
You may have logged onto LTLF today expecting to see some light-hearted satirical photo-captioning or perhaps even a full-throated rant about the sacking of Dougie Freedman, whether for or against. However, if this is the kind of thing you are looking for, I suggest you merely browse through the last four years’ archives, or arguably even further back. Just replace a few of the names and, let’s face it, it all amounts to the same thing [...]

A grand plan for Forest

by , August 20, 2015
This is a message to Fawaz Al-Hasawi (and anyone who may be listening). Nottingham Forest need to start working on a grand plan, not on an individual’s ideas that change every six months. This grand plan has to be implemented on all levels. The chairman, the fans, press team, the youth team, the coaches, the scouts, the manager and finally the players [...]