“cant believe Forest 9/1 for championship, who makes these odds up. I wouldnt back them at 40/1. It will be another frustrating season for us, especially with no new decent signings. Who will we sign? Players no one else wants or over priced flops.”

“Well this season we get to play the mightily 'ambitious' Portsmouth. Assuming they can stay in business until the time of our scheduled fixture that is... It is easy to spend someone elses' money and BD has been given more than most.”

“We started last season with several new players that were going to take time to 'bed in' with the existing squad. Over the season, this Unit played football that was a joy to watch from the stands... January's Transfer window showed us all exactly what happens when you fail to maintain, support or upgrade your existing squad when you clearly need to for the final push. Billy proved beyond any doubt that he had the players and 90% of the quality required was there but the last 10% was missing and it cost us dearly when it mattered most. Therefore, we should be starting with at least the missing 10% this season so that we have the 100% required to start from the front foot, and in January add another 10% to finish the job off with 110%. That is what ambitious clubs do, they always have enough and a bit more beside's to get them over that line.... NO lame excuses for the fans this time. We either start as we mean to finish things or we don't bother at all. Do all Forest fans want to win the Championship? YES WE DO !!”

“100% spot on Mickey Finn and better explained than me. And for gods sake can we get over the 'serious about promotion' campaign now. That was many years (and many more millions of ND's £s) ago now. BDs interview has just annoyed me now - but at the end of the day we have a good squad (which I am sure will be improved shortly) and a very good football manager. So come the start of the season I will behind both team and the Manager whatever. You Reds!”

“BD speaks his mind but to what purpose. How does airing this on public help NFFC? How did publicly saying in January that we weren't good enough without additions help the players we were left with in terms of their motivation? Sometimes being 'right' isn't necessarily helpful if the information is handled badly and I think at times BD would be better served (as would the team) by keeping things behind closed doors. That doesn't mean you become a yes man. My point re how he answered the questions was that he stated he was 'always disappointed when any player leaves' and that he didn't know Perch had gone 'after the deal had been done'. When asked if that meant he hadn't discussed it beforehand he didn't answer the question. So I suspect it had been discussed, he knew that it was happening and left the detail with MA who then let him know when it had happened. He did not say he didn't agree with it. In any case, whatever BD says there is always a hidden (or not so hidden) agenda. I'm just not convinced it is always to the benefit of the club or that BD is as hard done by as he would like us to think.”

“Alex, Billy is part of the acquisition panel, Billy picks the list of players to come in AND Billy picks the list of players that can go.
He may not have been aware that Perch was going but Billy would have made the panel aware that Perch could go. So when Newcastle came in with an acceptable bid for Perch, off he went.

Now, lets say Bolton come in for Cohen with a bid the board have to consider, thats when Billy will be called in to the boardroom to discuss it.

If that isn't the way things are done, then any self-respecting manager would walk, and lets face it, nobody respects himself more than Billy Davies.”

“tricky, yes at every club in the world there will be a transfer process which involves people talking to each other about money etc, but this panel at forest seems to be on a completely different level. i really dont quite understand your point about billy dodging questions in that interview either, he just answers questions honestly, he just said he didnt know what was going on, which he wouldnt, as the panel seem to have total control over transfers in and out of the club.

yes he speaks sometimes when he shouldnt, but i for one am glad we dont have another yes man in charge like calderwood.”

“Too many people are to quick to write off forest.Its only been a short while since the transfer windown opened and its been said there isnt alot happening in the transfer market atm.Forest are after some of the best players in the championship & it will take tiem to get them.Forest could go out and buy 10 players but they wouldnt be half as good as what we are after.The way to forest success is by going after the likes of shorey,pratley,whittingham & the selling clubs are going to want top dollar to lose their best stars.Its about haggling and in whittingham & cardiffs case putting pressure on them with a bid juicy enough for them to say yes.The tax man is coming and cardiff dont want to be docked 10 points.Forest wont be bringing many players in cos we have a pretty decent squad as it is.Forest were 2 players short of promotion last season & i fully expect forest to be there abouts this season aswell.i truely believe forest will make some signings this transfer window,all we have to do is sit tight and watch them happen....”

“rich, spot on, this is the exact problem forest have. we can go back many years ago now to when doughty and arthur had their 'serious about promotion' campaign. the only people who dont seem to be serious about promotion are those fools. its about time we stop shooting ourselves in the foot, after the tremendous season we had last year it might be nice to just see a bit more of a ruthless edge to forest when it comes to transfers.

this panel clearly hinders the signing of transfers and really makes the whole process rather complicated. as far as im concerned davies has proven himself and now deserves to be backed by the board. from the interview on the bbc website it sounds like he doesnt even have a clue what is going on, with regards to who is coming in or who is going. this transfer panel makes us look like a joke.

there was much talk last season about how maybe we werent quite ready for promotion, in my opinion the only people who arent ready for it are the board and chairman.”

“Alex Ferguson when interviewed last season explained that he doesn't get involved in the detail of the players coming and going, their salaries etc. 'the money side' is dealt by others. Forest are unusual in having a named 'acquisition panel', but the process is not that unusual. To be frank BD's behaviour in the interview was pretty damn poor, possibly misleading and utterly unhelpful.”