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Brentford(H) Monday 20th October 8pm (3pm in USA east coast)
I'm not sure that will affect him. I take him as a 'get up and go again' type. -
Management Merry Go Round 2025/26
Forest fans must be thrilled to go from Nuno to Dyche -
Management Merry Go Round 2025/26
Some of them may only now be in the top 8 because they played and beat us. -
Management Merry Go Round 2025/26
This is actually quite a significant bit of news; 5/7 of our fixtures were teams currently in top 8.
But it is all about winning the winnable fixtures isn't it? We've only played one team in the current bottom 10, and won it.
Sunderland have done great to get 14pts but they have had very winnable fixtures so far, -
Management Merry Go Round 2025/26
But it is all about winning the winnable fixtures isn't it? We've only played one team in the current bottom 10, and won it.
Sunderland have done great to get 14pts but they have had very winnable fixtures so far, -
Management Merry Go Round 2025/26
The strange thing is that I thought Forest played quite well today, the 3-0 scoreline was very flattering indeed, it looks like it was one of those one of those silly “this is a results business so another loss and we sack you decisions” no consideration on how the team actually played.
But what do I know……. -
Management Merry Go Round 2025/26
It’s getting a bit silly now. -
The stadium
Moving to the Olympic Stadium wasn't a new idea
The Icelandics asked but the Olympic committee planned to reduce the stadium to 25k for athletics which obviously wouldn't have worked
They considered a new stadium on the old Parcelforce depot near to West Ham station but instead we got planning permission to rebuild the East Stand which would have brought us to 40,500
Then the Icelandics went bust and S&G took over
They tried something similar with Birmingham City, a new stadium jointly funded by the club, the council, a casino group and Warwickshire CC but in the end all the others pulled out of the scheme
Lucky for them Boris had replaced Ken as Mayor and had said that after the Olympics the stadium needed a football team to be profitable
Sullivan thought Avram Grant was the manager to take us to the next level so I very much doubt he had anything to do with signing Declan Rice as a kid. Any success we've enjoyed over the last 15 years was entirely due to David Moyes who Sullivan didn't think was good enough to sign on a long term basis and was rejected for Pellegrini. -
The stadium
It was a deal which made great sense to a Sullivan type as he got to sell the Boleyn Ground and move us to the new place on a great rental, but the problem was it wasn't a football ground. The alternative would have been to finance a new build as Spurs have done. I feel had he done that we would have been very attractive to investors and buyers who could have taken us further, but as it is we will only be on limited interest. We still have the advantage of being a good size club in the capital city with a good local and decent global fan base, but the lack of a home ground that is owned and poor training facilities will mean whoever wants to take it on will need deep pockets.
I think the job of a club owner is to leave the club in a better place than they received it. On account of the place we were when the Icelandic's left it is arguable that they will have done that, but I also feel they have not really done so long term. A true legacy would have been to build a stadium and update the training facilities in which case as long as we were also where we are now as an established Premier league club, then Sully and Gold could have held their head very high and expected appreciation.
On the purely football side it's hard to be too critical in my view as they have provided a period of success that it's hard to find exceeded in our post war history. Now whether Sully is applauded for that or the person who recommend we sign Declan Rice when he was released from Chelsea is debatable. -
Welcome Nuno Espirito Santo
Seems he has promoted the current back room staff to be permanent and not bringing in outsiders.
That’s good, I think. At least for the short term. If they’re not up to the job then maybe he can phase in others but it’s nice to not have a complete changeover with a new manager.
