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Post by panthers4ever on Feb 6, 2013 6:53:24 GMT
What a joke forest are becoming
Bring back Billy Davis if not Nigel Adkins would be nice
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Post by shinobi on Feb 6, 2013 9:53:30 GMT
Same old, same old. Different owner, different manager or no manager, it's a bloody circus. I'd question the commitment of quite a few of the players too. I had this conversation yesterday with colleagues - none are Forest fans, mainly West Muds teams and we came to the conclusion that players just don't care; they'll get their wage slips regardless, so why should they?
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Post by Stargazer on Feb 7, 2013 13:15:39 GMT
I have heard that Billy Davis will be announced as the new forest manager at 2pm today in a press conference.
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Post by ted logan on Feb 7, 2013 15:21:49 GMT
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Post by shinobi on Feb 7, 2013 19:54:36 GMT
Chuffed. Well chuffed.
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Post by panthers4ever on Feb 8, 2013 8:27:22 GMT
Welcome back Billy
Very happy with this
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Post by Cardarelli27 on Feb 27, 2013 13:30:52 GMT
Well not a bad old start for Billy! A playoff push could be on the cards
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Post by Panthers_44 on Mar 6, 2013 9:32:20 GMT
The win last night now gives Forest 13 points out of 15 since the return of King Billy, makes you wonder why they didn't go after him sooner.
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Post by shinobi on Mar 6, 2013 11:20:33 GMT
He should never have been sacked in the first place.
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Post by Dan on Mar 6, 2013 13:08:24 GMT
Yes he should, he deserved it. He pushed and pushed and pushed and got what he wanted in the end.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2013 14:57:40 GMT
Yes he should, he deserved it. He pushed and pushed and pushed and got what he wanted in the end. So you re not happy billy is back then ? More fool you
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Post by Dan on Mar 7, 2013 22:50:18 GMT
Sigh. Where did I say that Pidgey-boy?
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Post by Lord of the Rinks on Mar 11, 2013 20:52:01 GMT
Have you seen the mini doc on Forest. It's on Iplayer and worth a look. Can't do the linky thing for some reason.
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Post by Stargazer on May 3, 2013 18:12:12 GMT
Hoping for a huge result from the Reds tomorrow (and a small favour from Blackpool of course) the stakes couldn't be higher! Can't wait!
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Post by ted logan on May 5, 2013 9:01:44 GMT
Disappointing but at least Billy can start working straight away on building a team to challenge for automatic promotion.
With the right backing in the summer and a full pre-season I'm confident Billy can lead us to promotion.
Quite ironic that we were a point off the play-offs when O'driscoll got sacked and finished a point off the play-offs at the end of Billy's efforts. The period under McLeish cost us.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2013 11:56:03 GMT
We ll come back better next year , billy will have the whole summer to re build this team
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Post by Stargazer on May 8, 2013 17:53:52 GMT
Disappointed but definitely not disheartened. Leicester certainly had that little bit of luck that you often need to win games like that. Looking forward to next season with some degree of positivity!
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Post by Stargazer on May 8, 2013 17:55:47 GMT
Quite ironic that we were a point off the play-offs when O'driscoll got sacked and finished a point off the play-offs at the end of Billy's efforts. The period under McLeish cost us. Great point!
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Post by Cardarelli27 on Jul 26, 2013 11:15:21 GMT
Pretty happy with the signings so far. For once we have a big squad with plenty of competition. Would like to get Wes or Wilson back though to accompany Hobbs!
8 days to go and im optimistic
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Post by Cardarelli27 on Feb 3, 2014 8:19:07 GMT
BUMP!
Brilliant backing from Fawaz and now 13 games unbeaten. Can we make second?
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Post by Dan on Feb 4, 2014 10:04:55 GMT
Yeh, things are good. Better than they've been for some time. I'd say our only weakness right now is Davies himself.
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Post by ted logan on Feb 4, 2014 11:42:58 GMT
Yeh, things are good. Better than they've been for some time. I'd say our only weakness right now is Davies himself. Why is Davies a weakness?
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Post by Dan on Feb 4, 2014 20:28:04 GMT
Maybe not a major weakness, but he's our weakest link. I don't think he's all that as a manager. He's great at getting teams into the play-offs but there's a reason he's only gone up once.
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Post by ted logan on Feb 5, 2014 11:28:35 GMT
Personally, i think that the (re)appointment of Davies revitalised and galvanised the club after the disastrous McLeish era.
Having said that, after the fanfare he still had to produce where it matters - on the pitch. He did that last season and nearly got us into the play-offs.
He gets his players to 100% buy in to what he wants to do and what he wants them to do. He fires up the fans and unlike last time he seems to have a very good relationship with the board and especially the owner/chairman.
Davies did well at Preston, got an average Derby side promoted and then succeeded in getting us to the play-offs twice last time. This was after taking over a relegation threatened team fresh out of League 1 and without getting complete backing in the transfer market. It was plain to see (way back then) from the outside looking in that one or two additions in the January window were needed and could well have made the difference.
This time around, he has had the required backing in the January window purely because he kept his side of the bargain by being Top 6 in January. His most difficult task with such a large (and talented) squad is keeping everybody happy. If he can do that and we can keep a fit and healthy squad (already lost David Vaughan for 3 months) then I think we can go very close to Top 2. We've got momentum and everybody seems to pulling in the right direction. The players deserve huge credit as does Davies and Fawaz.
Out of interest, if you don't think much of 'weakest link' Billy, who would you rather have? Also, what is the reason he has only gone up once Dan?
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Post by Dan on Feb 6, 2014 10:43:26 GMT
Last season was classic Davies. Takes over, revitalises the team and we win 7 in a row. After that, everyone forgets we didn't win for the same amount and completely bottled it with a comfortable run-in. It's not the first time either. We usually end up ending the season in mediocre to poor form after having run out of steam. He can get teams to the line but he's far from proficient at getting them over it. I fear he'd get mutilated if he got us into the Prem, you need more than an 'us against them' mentality to succeed up there. He's largely managed to pull the wool over people's eyes about investment and clouded our vision on the fact that he's always been pretty well backed. This year he's inherited a team worth £10m, spent a further £14m and we're still only 5th. Some see it as success, I see it as bare minimum really.
The reason he's only gone up once is that he's a purely motivational manager. His tactical prowess leaves a lot to be desired and when he comes up against the better managers when the chips are down he's left wanting.
And for the record, of the available managers now i'd rather have Clarke, Mackay, Howe, Laudrup or RDM. Last two slightly unlikely, but they're available.
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