LTLF Topic: Dexter Blackstock

Black Magic: How Viv Anderson transformed football’s racial profile

by , May 19, 2016
Modern football is inherently diverse. The Premier League and Football League contains players from every part of the world. Furthermore, homegrown black players have become a familiar sight. Fans at the City Ground regularly cheer on the likes of Dexter Blackstock and Britt Assombalonga. It is easy to forget that this has not always been the case [...]

Freedman on surprise team selection: ‘I thought it was the League Cup’

LTLF Exclusive by Tactics Correspondent, Fifi Phoar
September 16, 2015
Nottingham Forest manager Dougie Freedman has explained the thinking behind his shock line-up change for last night’s visit to Birmingham City.

The Reds boss made five changes to the side that beat QPR on Saturday, including dropping two new signings and restoring Dexter Blackstock to lead the attack.

Despite this, Forest won by a single goal scored by Blackstock himself, but Freedman was reluctant to explain the real reason for the switches until now [...]

Absolute uncertainty

by , May 10, 2013
Tony Morgan tries to make sense of a season of contradictions and paradoxes at the City Ground, a place where things are always changing but everything stays the same (or something like that...)

Is McLeish facing Mission Impossible?

by , December 28, 2012
The new Forest manager is facing a race against time to win promotion and win supporters over, but Tony Morgan wonders whether Alex McLeish’s approach to football will ever succeed at the City Ground...