LCFCJohn

If he’s really good he will be. If he ends up now being good, it’s likely he was born in Nottingham and his dog supports Forest!

Wondered what you were on about when I saw that before your edit My writing off of Nelson is based on the fact that he’d have needed a full season to fly at this level to have any chance of being ready if we make it back up. Given we are already approaching a quarter of the way through, and there’s no sign of him getting a chance, even if we get promoted and he does sign a new contract (which he’d be a silly boy to do), he would need to be loaned to a Championship side to get a full season at this level.

We will probably regret not getting more. Some options don’t mean others clubs couldn’t come in and offer more though. What if a more attractive offer was made to him?

Still no chance either are good enough to start in the PL next season. Maybe Okoli on the bench. I don’t agree Nelson looked poorer on his one appearance than Faes particularly does repeatedly though.

You’d genuinely be gutted if he went on a scoring run wouldn’t you

I don’t think Vestergaard is as much an issue as Faes but he has still made a number of errors this season and I think he is far from solid. He is ok. Ultimately if we go up, we need two new centre backs as we don’t have any who will be good enough should we get there.

Pearson was the single biggest factor. Love the guy. Whilst I think history is less kind to Vichai (in that hindsight shows that things weren’t as good as we felt at the time), it was a fine sale at the time. Milan wasn’t to know his son would go on to do what he has done.

I agree. I think people who think he is good either get sucked in by his ability to pass a few yards when under no pressure or are living two years ago. Actually it’s his couple of goals that have been his best contribution this season.

Forest’s rise has been done as unsustainably as it could be. Breaking financial rules signing 30 odd players in a window, chucking money at it until something sticks with no strategy whilst funding it via dodgy loopholes with other clubs overpaying for their dross. Completely unsustainable to keep up.

Just Vichai.

Great goal Cartwright! Took a deflection but the strength to hold of the challenge was impressive.

I disagree about Faes and Vestergaard to an lesser extent, I think Faes is poor and Vestergaard average but him being fairly good on the ball (when with loads of time and unchallenged) overshadows him being a poor defender in many peoples minds. Even if you do class Faes as unfortunate yesterday, the list of errors in the couple of games before that was long enough that I would be disappointed with a youth defender making that many errors, let along two senior and experienced players. Unfortunately if we do go up, if we don’t bring in any new centre backs and line up with the two of them again, we are surrendering any chance of staying up.

I think you can both look at it and say the ref was crap and it wasn’t a foul whilst thinking Faes was still a bit of an idiot for going to ground and risking it. We know the refs are poor, I think we are receiving some awful decisions against us, probably a result of the EFL’s agenda against us. But did he need to go to ground or could he has stayed on his feet and checked the Swans player? I would have fancied he could have seen it out of play even if he had stayed on his feet.

In all seriousness, if we could, I’d absolutely go for the second option. Would be better financially in the long run!

Yeah more teams bunched together with a lower overall requirement is my thoughts too.

Do you reckon it’ll take 95+ points this season? Feels a bit tighter than when us, Ipswich and Leeds (even Southampton to an extent) ran away with it).

He was mentioned as well as he had come off a great season at Birmingham and they’d gone down. Would have been a bargain. Having said that, he might have then struggled not being ready for the PL so who knows how things would have gone.

Sad news. I’m sure he made bad decisions but he picked us up at a time we were on our arse. I don’t hold him accountable for relegation to League 1, the club was heading that way anyway. Yes it’s a shame we lost the top two tiers record but that season is actually the fondest in my memory (yes even more than 2015/16) as it was just so fun and enjoyable. And of course, he introduced Leicester and Nige to each other. And for that, I could never dislike Milan. Only thing I could hold against him is not seeing how the guy he sold us to’s son would turn out! RIP Milan.

Agree entirely. And to add, he’s a likeable guy, he just hasn’t ever been successful here. But it will cost people nothing to just be positive, maybe get behind him and cut the negativity. Even if it was in Austria, he can score. That ability exists. I agree with you, it is clearly a mental issue with confidence and maybe now the midfield is clicking, there is no Vardy for the first time since he joined, maybe if he felt supported there could be a final chance he could turn it round. What does negativity, mocking him, calling him shit etc really achieve?

He’s a better option than Ayew is what I mean. If you have two options, and neither of them are seemingly going to score, do you want the one who gives defenders something to think about, at least presses and looks to get in positions to score or one that spends more time falling over in his own half and leaving the other forward players isolated? Clearly I would prefer a third option, a striker who scores and has a better all round game.

He makes the team better. We look much more threatening and play further up with him in the side. Nothing worse than Ayew playing in his own half when he is supposed to be the striker!

Given how he has not been forgiven for the Huddersfield first half, I would suggest if Nelson had done exactly the same, people would want him back in the U21’a for the season!

Yeah, apart form the clown(s) at the back, a striker who is contributing goals is what is missing. Midfield seems to be clicking now James and Winks are in there. Left back concern. I have always liked Thomas but it’s more his style isn’t suited. Daka being able to add would be huge.

Daka, would have been a great moment for him and might have kick started a run.

Does feel we are playing against 12 every week to be fair.