Perch warning for Rams
FOREST skipper James Perch has warned local rivals Derby County to expect a backlash from the defeat at Cardiff.
The Reds lost 2-0 at Ninian Park on Saturday, but Perch believes Forest will put that right by dumping their rivals out of the FA Cup in the City Ground replay on Wednesday night.
And after two draws at Pride Park already this season, Perch said: "We have to lift ourselves and go again now.
"We were unbeaten in six before this defeat, so we have to go another six now.
"We have no time to dwell on it, we have to forget about it and crack on.
"We look forward to Derby, we will turn up and do everything we did not do in the first half at Cardiff and beat them.
"It will be good to get them back here after drawing twice at their place.
''We have had to go to their backyard and play in front of their fans now it is their turn to come here and feel the wrath of our fans.
"We battled twice there so let's see what they can do."
The reward for winning is a fifth round tie at the City Ground against Manchester United. But Perch said: "I do not want to think about that game.
"It could be anyone in the next round and we could be playing, no disrespect, say Kettering.
"It is not about getting through to play Man United. It is about beating Derby."
Perch was disappointed by the first-half showing in south Wales at the weekend.
"The second half was a lot better than the first, when we let ourselves down massively," he said.
"But we had to go out and give a reaction and it was unfortunate they got the second goal and we didn't score.
"We have to put the result to bed and think about Wednesday.
''Credit to Cardiff, it is a difficult place to come to and they play good football, are physical and played well. We just let ourselves down a bit.
"The gaffer said to get angry, more aggressive, we had to put ourselves about a bit and we put the physical work in during the second half. But we have to make sure we do that from the start on Wednesday and every other game.
"If there is no good passing, no good skill, the least we have to do is put 110% into tackling, heading and the rest of it."
Forest still have a three-point cushion to safety but Perch said: "It is good to have but we do not want to be looking over our shoulder thinking we have a cushion, we want to kick on and make that gap as big as possible."
And he hopes to see new signings today.
"We have not got a big squad, it is a fact," he said. "We need to bring a few players in just to give us that depth and competition."
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by Ben Al Madena, Long Eaton
Monday, February 02 2009, 6:46PM
“The Rams must be quaking in their shoes Mr Perch.”
by kev, nottingham
Monday, February 02 2009, 5:22PM
“*Nigel Doughty has sent out a mercy plea to all Notts County fans. He wants them to put their differences aside and buy tickets for the coming Forest v Derby clash, so they can fill all the empty spaces in the 'home' end !*”
by Peter North (CSL), The Clean Side of the Trent
Monday, February 02 2009, 4:13PM
“"If there is no good passing, no good skill, the least we have to do is put 110% into tackling, heading and the rest of it."
But you are a Billy D team now... have you not realised that you wont get any of the aforementioned? The honeymoon is over for the Red Dogs... the false dawn endeth... Billy will by now have lost all interest now someone taken his soap box away and, will he make the game wednesday or will he be 'unfortunately snowed in' i.e. not want to face the glorious reception of the Rams on Tour?”
by Nigels golden slippers, (forest got no fans hahaah)
Monday, February 02 2009, 2:52PM
“Oh yes! All the signs are clear to see. It's no good ND acting like he's got a mouse trap in his pocket with a manager like Billy Goat. It's got to be spend, spend, spend or Billy will be off, off, off. But who cares? certainly not the 30,000+ Derby fans. We've got 'our' Nigel. Try and find an unhappy Rams fan and i'll show you a red-dog in disguise.
Cloughies boys are gonna run RAM-PANT at the c*ty gr**nd.”
by Anthony, Derby
Monday, February 02 2009, 2:22PM
“we love Sheep!!!! Baaaaaaaaaa!!!! Up The Rams!!!”
by billy davies, inbread land
Monday, February 02 2009, 1:50PM
“when i first came to nottingham i thought what a good job this may be, but now i realise it isnt, i have no money to spend, the support is crap, the grounds rubbish and my scouting network only streches as far as scotland and preston reserves. ive managed to get all my mates a job though so we will be laughing when we engineer our on sacking in may. to be honest nottingham is a culture shock i thought id seen it all in port glasgow but here i feel like an outcast because im married to my lovley ginger cousin and not to a first degree reletive like most people in nottingham are, i enjoyed getting a lucky draw with drby at there place my only regret was that this draw wasnt with preston, how i love them”
by Daz, Snowey Mansfield
Monday, February 02 2009, 11:55AM
“Dont Derby scumm have there own newspaper to write there uttere garbage on? go write on your shepards weekly dont wanna hear your nonsence. Forest til I die, as for our manager..... clough Jr doing mint dropping like a brick and off loading best player for no cash !!!! on loan mint clough just magical thinking !!!!”
by ray, carlton
Monday, February 02 2009, 11:23AM
“anthony
your so right another reason for the red dogs to start whinging when they get beat
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurams”
by Anthony, The decent end of Brian Clough Way [Derby]
Monday, February 02 2009, 11:08AM
“Oh dear, the Tree Huggers are getting desperate, stop whinging and get on with it.
Never fear, your Porridge Yaffling manager will find you some non-entities from North of the border and saddle you with the odd totally useless signing from the club he 'loves more than any other' [PNE].
This is as far as you are going in the FA Cup, get used to it!!!”
by billy, littleover
Monday, February 02 2009, 10:01AM
“i would not blame billy if he quit at all at 5pm today as hes been screaming out for new players, we have such a tiny squad and now its half injured and the tightest chairman in the whole world and that fool arthur have yet again cocked things up....get lost the pair of you.......”