Crisis at Nottingham Forest and Notts County as Keith Curle is sacked and Alex McLeish's future is uncertain

“What a ridiculous situation at both clubs.”

“Crisis.

The only serious Crisis in Nottingham is the state of Nottinghamshire's local press at all levels.

Come on NEP find sh!t out, instead of becoming a gossip and fuelling the fire with these poor articles.”

“Now then Huey ... You were being quite polite in your last response to me, but comments regarding Leicester (who I don't support) when they are a million miles ahead of Forest in aiming for a return to the premiership ... it doesn't look good, does it.
Their 7,000 fans turning up ... considering the weather, hazardous travelling conditions and the TV coverage ... was pretty darned good. At least on a par with the 8,500 Forest fans who watched the match against, er, Oldham, who brought nearly 3,000 to help 'swell' the crowd.
I could also go on and say both Nottingham teams have played Oldham recently and one of them won and, er, one didn't ... But hey, I will be polite to you too and not mention it !”

“paulrevill80

LEICESTER CITY - Giants of the East Midlands. And they had 7,000 fans there to prove it! Can't stop, won't stop laughing!!!!!”

“The ad would go something like this (cue the sultry bird with the VoiceOver):

'Sumptuous, wholehearted confusion.
Tantalising, heart in your mouth expectation.
Succulent, mouthwatering gossip.
And a drizzle of clueless, strange decisions.
This isn't just any football club...This is Nottingham Forest football club.'

Hmmm...”

“Mr Popper I believe McLeish will stay until at least the end of the season, provided the choice is entirely his. He is not a quitter and would not like to leave with a bad taste in his mouth.

Fawaz has made some mistakes and I expect he is learning from them. Hopefully he will make any dismissals more humane in the future.”

“ExBurtonJoyce Rubbish mate Nottm Forest are the kings of crisis. In fact when it comes to club crisis's, Notts are non league compared to Premier League Forest! You had your glory days a couple of years back with Munto. And how we are all tired of you all constantly going on about your few months of fame. Unlike the mighty Reds, who, although have not been that good on the pitch, have had off field entertainment for fifteen years!

Nottingham Forest. We don't just do Saturday entertainment. With us, it's 24/7.


ps. only joking mate.”

“There is no crisis at Meadow Lane ... we Notts fans are used to this and feel it is more 'normal' than a 'crisis' ! So we are used to it and most feel it was the right decision - and message board postings already talk about coming back to The Lane bringing half a dozen stay-away mates with them. We still need results to improve however for gates to get back to where they were.”

“Rednight -
There is of course a limit on the number of loan players any club can have at once. Not sure what it is currently and there is a distinction between 'ordinary' loans and 'emergency' ones (the latter being the only sort that can be signed now the transfer window has closed). Forest must be already near their quota, even if anybody can be persuaded to come.

HOWEVER there is a loophole. As Watford have shown, you can apparently have any number of loans from foreign clubs. Is that what the last week's fiasco was all about? Did McLeish want British players from British clubs, while the chairman wants to ship in foreign players (with foreign agents) from the Middle East or wherever, and all the money changing hands off shore?

It's only a thought, but talk of 18 new players is either nonsense or potentially worrying - take your pick.

And before anyone pipes up that the tactic has worked for Watford, can I point out that it has mainly worked for their Italian owners, whose other club actually owns most of the players currently bidding for promotion, and it won't be Watford that benefits if or when they are sold.

Plus of course the Al-Hasawis don't (as far as I know) own either a Serie A club or a Spanish Div 3 nursery club.

As ever, Forest fans are being treated like mushrooms - kept in the dark and fed manure - although in fairness that seems to be the case with just about every club these days. Why do we still get so passionate about clubs that have long since ceased to be 'ours' in any true sense and are now just rich men's toys?”

“What on earth is going on in Nottingham .
Both clubs eventually get a couple of decent managers looking for the long term futures of the clubs they manage. They perform well and the supporters and teams have respect for them. So why on earth do the owners then either sack or undermine them. Alex McLeish and Keith Curle have both given their all for their clubs and been rewarded in a very shabby way. Derby are not affected by this stupidity (yet) and are looking to future glory and not instant sccess.
I hope both team sort themselves out as there's nothing I enjoy more than taking 3 points from them on a Saturday afternoon.”