When did a decision humble you

[Out Foxed]

19 hours ago, Mike the Metal Ed said:

"Why do we need Wes Morgan? He's no better than Sol Bamba."

I never rated him at Forest. He was saving the best for us.

terrible take tbf. Wes was a clear coup

[drofmor55]

Upton Park..2015...pre match the teams lined up on the pitch...I thought WTF we have got a ball boy playing for us.... 90mins later i couldnt believe what i had just seen

[CrazyKopCorner]

21 hours ago, jayfox26 said:

I thought we'd be alright replacing Kasper with Danny Ward. I think this alone constitutes to me being banned from all football related conversations going forward. 

 

Mods feel free to delete my account, I had a good run.

I think you should be banished from the forum henceforth. 

 

Although I was convinced that ****ing Kane would never make it. Technically gifted my arse. 

[lanefox]

1 hour ago, MattFox said:

Was pretty supportive of Puels “vision” at the time

 

I know that squad pushed on but it’s pretty clear looking back we were severely underperforming under him 

Puel was so important for what we became , some people just don't see it 

[The Year Of The Fox]

I wasn’t overly enamoured with the Pearson appointment in 08

[filbertway]

I remember being buzzing about the Rodgers contract extension. I think the following years definitely made me lean more heavily towards pessimism

 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

47 minutes ago, drofmor55 said:

Upton Park..2015...pre match the teams lined up on the pitch...I thought WTF we have got a ball boy playing for us.... 90mins later i couldnt believe what i had just seen

 

Don't wanna get HMRC of Football Podcasts on this but Kante didn't start that game, be weird if he was in a pre-match line up

[bovril]

10 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Don't wanna get HMRC of Football Podcasts on this but Kante didn't start that game, be weird if he was in a pre-match line up

maybe he's talking about Albrighton

[VLC86]

Not me, but I remember someone trying to convince my Rashid Ghezzal was better than Mahrez based purely on the opinion of an Algerian he knew 😂.

 

I never mention it…

[Mike the Metal Ed]

3 hours ago, Out Foxed said:

terrible take tbf. Wes was a clear coup

I'm here cos I was proved wrong, chief. I called it like I saw it and didn't think he was good at Forest.

[The Doctor]

was convinced Kane was shit and would be at somewhere like Leyton Orient or Southend by the time he was 30.

[Tielemans63]

I thought Islam Slimani looked like he had all the tools to be a top striker when he first joined us. 

 

Turns out he just was a tool.

[Arriba Los Zorros]

I remember being really excited when Gareth Williams signed.... Quality ball playing midfielder we'd been crying out for a good while... Dream partnership with Stephen Hughes...Dear oh dear. 

[Mickyblueeyes]

3 minutes ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

I remember being really excited when Gareth Williams signed.... Quality ball playing midfielder we'd been crying out for a good while... Dream partnership with Stephen Hughes...Dear oh dear. 

Man, Stephen Hughes. He looked like a real signing in first two games and then just fell off. Happened quite a bit. Marbury another. Decent first game and then disaster. Ryan Smith from Arsenal another that springs to mind. 

[CornwallFox]

12 hours ago, Tiny earl said:

Peter Taylor (this is quite cathartic)

I think everybody thought he seemed like a great signing given what he'd done with England u21s and, to a lesser extent, Gillingham. 

I knew from the first few signings he was going to be calamitous though. Couldn't believe the rubbish we were spending our biggest ever transfer budget (at the time) on. And even when we were 2nd a decent way into that season it was obvious we were being carried by what MON had left behind. 

[Kitchandro]

On 14/10/2025 at 22:54, Mike the Metal Ed said:

"Why do we need Wes Morgan? He's no better than Sol Bamba."

I never rated him at Forest. He was saving the best for us.

Same one I was going to say, I thought Wes would be a horrific signing.

[jayfox26]

3 hours ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

I think you should be banished from the forum henceforth. 

 

Although I was convinced that ****ing Kane would never make it. Technically gifted my arse. 

Ah that was another one of mine. After his loan with us I also said he'd never be any good. Secretly I always hoped he wouldn't be, especially when he played for Spurs. I don't mind him as much now he's at Bayern and I always want him to do well for England. Just wish he'd do it for England in a tournament 

[Kitchandro]

23 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

Giving Shakey the job on full time basis was well deserved...

 

Did a good job in the interim from February till the end of the season, climbed away from the relegation zone and reached the champions league quarter finals. Just looked so helpless in the job long term, looking back now I'm not sure what was the forward thinking with Shakey. Worked out short term in terms of holding the fort but long term he wasn't strong enough for the main manager job. Shakey was a fantastic coach just not a manager, perfect assistant to any manager.

 

I always feel that the board never wanted to give him the job on a full term, it was more fan pressure to give him the job. I think Puel was already being lined up for the summer.

All of that was in the first few games. We fell off a cliff after the initial bounce and got hammered at home by Spurs, which should have been the signal that it was in fact just a new manager bounce and nothing to do with his management.

 

I said that at the time, and keeping him on was just another of those decisions the club makes that was purely done because it was the easiest, laziest thing to do.

[HighPeakFox]

13 hours ago, Spanner73 said:

When Daka bagged 3 in 1 match 

I don't remember that match. I do remember one where he bagged 4...

[bovril]

55 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

Man, Stephen Hughes. He looked like a real signing in first two games and then just fell off. Happened quite a bit. Marbury another. Decent first game and then disaster. Ryan Smith from Arsenal another that springs to mind. 

There was a lot of excitement about Stephen Hughes. Looked like our most talented midfielder since Izzet at the start. There was lots of potential in that era's team that was never realized. 

[TJB-fox]

On 14/10/2025 at 22:54, Mike the Metal Ed said:

Then again I also thought Neil Danns was a terrific signing at the time.

He was a good player, just played here in an inconsistent, mix match of a side. He deserved better

[MPH]

I remember just about bursting with excitement the year we got relegated to division 1. I remember saying on here that there’s no way we’ll be anywhere near the relegation spots come the end of the season..

[Jon the Hat]

I have a tendency to be way way too optimistic about new signings... especially this is the guy who will replace Vardy!!!  Every time.

[OntarioFox]

On 14/10/2025 at 22:34, OadbyBlue said:

I thought Inler was the stand out signing of our summer window in 15/16…

My mate called him "Inl-uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?" that season because of how slow he seemed compared to everyone around him. He wasn't even bad - part of THAT squad after all - but surprisingly underwhelming compared to everyone else. Even Nathan Dyer has that Villa game, but I can't remember a single memorable contribution he ended up making in his five appearances. Still got a medal though. Just. 

[Mickyblueeyes]

6 minutes ago, OntarioFox said:

My mate called him "Inl-uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?" that season because of how slow he seemed compared to everyone around him. He wasn't even bad - part of THAT squad after all - but surprisingly underwhelming compared to everyone else. Even Nathan Dyer has that Villa game, but I can't remember a single memorable contribution he ended up making in his five appearances. Still got a medal though. Just. 

Inler didn’t help himself with his first appearance though. I remember a corner to us, can’t remember who it was against. The ball was headed out and Inler played a perfect first time volleyed pass out to the left winger. There was a collective “ooooh” from the fans. Promised so much