splinterdream

we look like we're missing skipp, they said on BSLB i wonder what we"d look like without skipp, well here we are

all i can say is we'll see how it goes as theres a lot of unknowns in there for me. Skipp has been one of our best players as well so will be interesting

he's tryng to create a siege mentality, that we're up against it, and also to make sure its out there, they we aren't going to go quietly. hes done the right thing imo

He does not always give 100%. he's one of the players responsible for our relegation, with lazy poor performances. He has put in more effort since then but doesn't have the best stamina, which is maybe why he's improved as he covers less ground

Makes you wonder whether fans know more about the profile of these players than manager and coaches. Perhaps they should have a fan in dugout .

Think he’s starting with caution and looking to build momentum from there. I agree Hamza was a horrendous sub. I’d have gone with buono, ricardo and Abdul at 60 for ndidi, Stephy and Vardy, and pushed ayew up front, if you introduce hamza, tell him he protects the back 4 rather than jogging around up front where he had zero impact. i guess I just expect us to be so bad that todays performance fills me full with hope, I don’t think teams will enjoy playing us, and that’s decent concerning what we’ve been up against

I thought all those players played well, up to 60 when they began to flag. For me cooper got his late game subs and tactics wrong. This is a complaint I heard from my Forest supporting brother in law so worried that he doesn’t learn, international duty may have factored as well.

I’m thinking the same. I was feeling disappointed with Ndidi selection but didn’t say anything, and then he gets 2 assists. All you can do is trust the manager who sees these players everyday. We’ve all got opinions on how the game should be played but for 1 individual error and a dubious VAR decision. That’s 3 points today

villa win this their comfidence will be through the floor, then its the ever obliging Leicester City

yeah showing it was offside

well the line we saw somehow showed Mateta miles onside, yet we didnt see Justin in the frame. Cooper is saying the club will be demanding the image as they havent seen it and are suspecting foul play

you can only think Ricardo has done something to upset Cooper

This off Richard Keys twitter

i think we made it harder for ourselves by the subs. if we were parking the bus, then might as well have taken a knackered vardy off for buono, or we could have brought ricardo on who is comfortable on the ball and has pace. whatever hamza was asked to do, he had zero impact.

we look like statues please make changes steve

signs of some tired players.

i think stephy is knackered

2 assists for wilf

what frustrates me is while Simon Jordan acts like we went out and attempted to buy the league, no one is mentioning the real issue is paying the players and manager whatever they wanted in attempt to stop them from walking to the bigger clubs, and the poor performances that followed resulted in a loss of income and it's that that caused the breach. The only thing we could have done is sell more of our players to bigger clubs, who is that fair play?

transfermarkt has us at 45.5m euros

Around £30m

rough calculations we spent around £30m on incomings summer 2023 and made around £125m in profit with players sales and Enzo money last season, not knowing further income on gate receipts and sponsorships, it's all about wages + £25m we were over season before, then taking away the allowable costs. I'm sure the club must know, it would have done the maths in January when Enzo was demanding transfer funds.

the uncertainties are what date we recieved money from BC Game and whether any of that can be incorporated

We sold Castagne, Barnes, KDH, Hirst and had the Enzo money so a fair bit of income but we have to make up the overspend 22/23 so it'll be close

So looking at the figures, it was the VK and Souttar transfers which tipped us over the edge? Are we confident we're within limits for last season? Was in convo with a guy on X who's convinced we've overspent by £20m