Zatman Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) In recent weeks Vieira and Potter were sacked soon after playing us and Rodgers and now potentially Cooper looks gone just before playing us Unai is terrifying owners Edited April 5, 2023 by Zatman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 3 hours ago, ferguson1 said: If Forest do drop, how badly will the crazy spend last summer affect them? Obviously the parachute payments help I guess but would it mean a complete squad fire sale? Do their fans need to be worried for instance? I don't think it'd be too bad for them - but they'd need to sell a couple of players. Looking at their squad, you'd immediately say Johnson and Gibbs-White would have suitors and they'd be looking at at least £30m for the pair I reckon. A few of their players are on short term deals until the end of the season (Navas, Lingard, Aurier, Ayew, Lodi on loan, Henderson on loan, Wood on loan (although might have heard they signed him?) which is probably a decent wage saving on this season. I think their recent home draws against fellow strugglers have cost them (1-1 against Wolves, 2-2 against Everton) as they've been unable to pull away from the relegation zone with the majority of teams down there picking up unexpected points - which Forest just haven't done. They've only won once away from home all season (1-0 at Southampton) and it's hard to see where their points are coming from out of: Villa (A) Man Utd (H) Liverpool (A) Brighton (H) Brentford (A) Southampton (H) Chelsea (A) Arsenal (H) Palace (A) That Southampton game at home is huge - very much a must win. Where are another, what, 8 points(?) coming from though? I think they're going down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted April 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 5, 2023 been given the vote of confidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Just now, tomav84 said: been given the vote of confidence Gone in a fortnight then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 2 hours ago, useless said: I can't see that he's officially been sacked as of yet, last time it was strongly rumoured they then announced that he was staying and they hit some form, best thing they could do is probably something like that again, as still very popular amongst their fans so would probably have a galvanizing effect. Very wise of Forest, hopefully doesn't give them too much of a boost before our game with them though, they probably should have made this announcement before Leeds game might have helped them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 That's him gone if we win on Saturday then for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, bobzy said: I don't think it'd be too bad for them - but they'd need to sell a couple of players. Looking at their squad, you'd immediately say Johnson and Gibbs-White would have suitors and they'd be looking at at least £30m for the pair I reckon. A few of their players are on short term deals until the end of the season (Navas, Lingard, Aurier, Ayew, Lodi on loan, Henderson on loan, Wood on loan (although might have heard they signed him?) which is probably a decent wage saving on this season. I think their recent home draws against fellow strugglers have cost them (1-1 against Wolves, 2-2 against Everton) as they've been unable to pull away from the relegation zone with the majority of teams down there picking up unexpected points - which Forest just haven't done. They've only won once away from home all season (1-0 at Southampton) and it's hard to see where their points are coming from out of: Villa (A) Man Utd (H) Liverpool (A) Brighton (H) Brentford (A) Southampton (H) Chelsea (A) Arsenal (H) Palace (A) That Southampton game at home is huge - very much a must win. Where are another, what, 8 points(?) coming from though? I think they're going down. Yes - that looks dire. But you never know on the run in. There are always a few mad results - beat Southampton and on-the-beach Palace on the last day and scrape a draw somewhere (hopefully not this weekend) may be enough. Doubt it though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 9 minutes ago, Mantis said: That's him gone if we win on Saturday then for sure. That’s the feeling I’ve gotten. They are a sinking ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Just now, The_Steve said: That’s the feeling I’ve gotten. They are a sinking ship. If we get a lucky win then he may be ok, but if we turn them over 3-0 without them even getting a sniff (like we did Bournemouth) and other results go against them it's very hard to see him surviving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted April 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 5, 2023 38 minutes ago, rubberman said: Yes - that looks dire. But you never know on the run in. There are always a few mad results - beat Southampton and on-the-beach Palace on the last day and scrape a draw somewhere (hopefully not this weekend) may be enough. Doubt it though. Yeah those two are about as must win as you can get. After that…if we said 36 points was enough this season (and I’m not at all confident it will be), Southampton and Palace would take them to 33, unless they can hold out in their home games against the better sides (which could do us a favour in one or two instances), it’s very difficult to see them creeping up to my theoretical 36 point requirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Regardless of whether they go down or not, I'd be making Brennan Johnson our absolute number 1 target for the summer. Him where Bailey currently plays improves our team immeasurably. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 42 minutes ago, The_Steve said: That’s the feeling I’ve gotten. They are a sinking ship. 40 minutes ago, Mantis said: If we get a lucky win then he may be ok, but if we turn them over 3-0 without them even getting a sniff (like we did Bournemouth) and other results go against them it's very hard to see him surviving. I wouldn't be surprised, but I really don't think they should be sacking him. Very good coach and would get them back at the first time of asking IMO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 5, 2023 Not so much a vote of confidence as an outright threat. 'We haven't sacked him but things have been bad and if they don't improve we will be sacking him'. Which means he's getting sacked, and they may as well have sacked him the second they even thought about putting that statement out, because he's completely undermined by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 1 hour ago, StefanAVFC said: Regardless of whether they go down or not, I'd be making Brennan Johnson our absolute number 1 target for the summer. Him where Bailey currently plays improves our team immeasurably. Would just fit perfectly. And still only 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Doing a Fulham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Going down and couldn’t happen to a better club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Poor today, relatively solid and difficult (for us) to play through but no real threat going forward I thought. Reminiscent of Norwich performances at VP over recent years when they know they’re going down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 I think they are toast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 4 hours ago, jim said: Going down and couldn’t happen to a better club! Its ok was a lot of Villa/Forest fans on here who loved they came back but owned by a scumbag Buying 4 left backs bizarrely turned to be a bad idea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Zatman said: Its ok was a lot of Villa/Forest fans on here who loved they came back So what who cares? People can want other clubs to do well that aint villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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