Premier League 2025/26 Thread

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

He'll keep them up but it'll be a drab season and a massive comedown from the last 2 seasons they've experienced. 

 

Can't imagine they'll be getting far in Europe either... 

[FrankieADZ]

4 minutes ago, StanSP said:

He'll keep them up but it'll be a drab season and a massive comedown from the last 2 seasons they've experienced. 

 

Can't imagine they'll be getting far in Europe either... 

tbf he should keep them up with the squad theyve got and the amount of money theyve been spending too

[TheGoldenGod]

11 minutes ago, StanSP said:

He'll keep them up but it'll be a drab season and a massive comedown from the last 2 seasons they've experienced. 

 

Can't imagine they'll be getting far in Europe either... 

Exactly. Everton fans were happy initially with him but he stabilises and then you stagnate as a club.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

10 hours ago, BenTheFox said:

I was thinking that. I was expecting to see some toxic scenes but what it was just pure apathy. 

I think they boycotted last night actually. No official attendance that I can find.

[HitchinFox]

The Great Scriptwriter has got Forest's storyline spot on. I'm delighted, as it will inflict maximum pain on their fans. 

 

Going from "can we do a Leicester" and "Champions League - back where we belong" – which made them think of Marinakis and Nuno as gods – to a situation where they are now questioning Marinakis and have Dyche. 

Beautiful. The stagnation and Dyche's methods will also mean that Gibbs-White and Anderson will want to leave next summer. The rest will take care of itself. 

Well played. 

[LCFCJohn]

41 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

This is unusual type wording in a manager announcement right?

 

following a thorough recruitment process led by Global Head of Football, Edu Gaspar, and Global Technical Director, George Syrianos

[foxfanazer]

7 minutes ago, HitchinFox said:

The Great Scriptwriter has got Forest's storyline spot on. I'm delighted, as it will inflict maximum pain on their fans. 

 

Going from "can we do a Leicester" and "Champions League - back where we belong" – which made them think of Marinakis and Nuno as gods – to a situation where they are now questioning Marinakis and have Dyche. 

Beautiful. The stagnation and Dyche's methods will also mean that Gibbs-White and Anderson will want to leave next summer. The rest will take care of itself. 

Well played. 

And it's all happened so quickly. I get more joy out of watching them **** up than I do watching Leicester nowadays 

[Seventyseven]

8 minutes ago, HitchinFox said:

The Great Scriptwriter has got Forest's storyline spot on. I'm delighted, as it will inflict maximum pain on their fans. 

 

Going from "can we do a Leicester" and "Champions League - back where we belong" – which made them think of Marinakis and Nuno as gods – to a situation where they are now questioning Marinakis and have Dyche. 

Beautiful. The stagnation and Dyche's methods will also mean that Gibbs-White and Anderson will want to leave next summer. The rest will take care of itself. 

Well played. 

When Dyche was linked with us I shuddered at the thought, but since I’ve read up on him and it’s a pretty lazy thought process due to his more direct nature. And probably because he’s English. 
 

it’s a very sensible appointment for them, he plays similar to Nuno and they have the players for that. It also brings back old favourites Woan and Stone so the fans will be behind them. 
 

He did a great job at Everton, people forget he had two points deductions and no transfer funds. 
 

They will sell one of those anyway for FFP, and it’s not like Dyche falls out with players, a good man manager. Sadly it looks a good fit. 
 

 

[Number 6]

It's a decent fit and will stabilise them, think he suits the players they have. Mind you they've spent a chunk of money sacking two managers to end up with a worse manager.

[foxfanazer]

When they said they were gonna do a Leicester I didn't think this was what they meant

[AKCJ]

12 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

West Ham could go you know. Their fans have thrown the towel in worse than ours have as well!

Their game reminded me a lot of our game against them last season.

 

If they still had Mbuemo it would have been 4 or 5.

[AKCJ]

1 hour ago, FrankieADZ said:

That statement is surely AI?

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

That statement is surely AI?

A lot of words to say "was free and lives down the road".

[Spudulike]

They're just speed running Leicester's 10 yrs in 2yrs but without actually winning anything to show for it.

[AKCJ]

9 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

A lot of words to say "was free and lives down the road".

Sean Dyche - a local living former Nottingham Forest Youth player - will join the club following the sacking of Ange Postecoglu - a non local non former Nottingham Forest Youth player.

 

Sean - being a local - knows how to get to the City Ground and lives near the training ground - where he spent time as a Youth player - as he was once a part of the youth set up here at Nottingham Forest - which is in Nottingham - which is where he lives.

[Super_horns]

21 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

A lot of words to say "was free and lives down the road".

And his assistants are Forest legends .

[MPH]

 Self induced implosion. This is all beginning to feel a bit familiar…

 

[The Bear]

2 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

This is unusual type wording in a manager announcement right?

 

following a thorough recruitment process led by Global Head of Football, Edu Gaspar, and Global Technical Director, George Syrianos

It's so that Marianakis can claim no responsibility of it goes wrong. And it gives him more patsys to fire if they get relegated. 

[foxfanazer]

Hopefully Dyche will be the one to finally chin that greek Suge Knight

[Jattdogg]

Forest won't get relegated. They need to use Dyche for 2 seasons. Stay up this year, stabilize next season and then push on for another manager because Dyche isn't the long term answer.

 

Of course, I hope it all goes wrong for them lol.

[ALC Fox]

Dyche's appointment will likely suit their squad based on Nuno's work previously. He should slot in and they will survive this season. He will save them from a catastrophic, topsy-turvy season where results and experimentation would have drawn them into real danger.

 

Beyond this season, will he really be as effective as Nuno? He had a very good season with Burnley and did well with them overall but was still relegated once and was sacked late on in another relegation season.

 

And at Everton, where he was in the job for a couple of years, they regressed massively and would have been in a relegation battle with us and Ipswich had it not been for his sacking and Moyes's appointment.

 

If they do survive this season, as I expect they will, I imagine they'll be firmly in a relegation battle next season.

[RowlattsFox]

I think Dyche is due a really bad one, hopefully it's now. Do think the Forest squad suits him though, maybe too many brazilians for his liking but they proved under Nuno they can be strong and counter attacking. 

 

West Ham look everything you look for in a relegated side. 

Edited 21 October 2025 by RowlattsFox

[Lionator]

Imagine telling a Forest fan in early April while sitting 3rd in the league that they’d have Dyche in charge in 6 months. What a mess Mr Marianpeopletraffickerakis has made. 

[The Doctor]

3 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

This is unusual type wording in a manager announcement right?

 

following a thorough recruitment process led by Global Head of Football, Edu Gaspar, and Global Technical Director, George Syrianos

weird to announce it, unless you're a wildly incompetently run club, this is just the normal recruitment process 

[filbertway]

I love how they mentioned global in both job titles and the gaffer ended up being a free agent that lives in the city