Opposition Fans Comments

[wassy04]

"I’ve turned over to holby city. Less turd on show despite diarrhoea ripping through one of the wards"


Not sure they're enjoying this season much, although I would agree with them. That was the worst performance I can remember in recent times that wasn't by us.

[zicorice]

Best humour in the comments all season. Laughed out loud on sofa a few times. It's another reason why we love football.

[Strawberry Avenger]

Have to say that these comments were very entertaining - Big Vic’, built like a heavyweight boxer but with the bravery of a fox cub peering out of its den for the first time

Made me chuckle

Barnie like a heavyweight boxer past their prime.  'Hey, stand the f*** up.'

SA.

[Joe Baker Legend]

Cardiff Fans Pre Match Comments......

It’s pay on the day for both sets of fans

Forest expected to bring 2,000 fans

Rubin Colwill is fit and not been ill or injured

Sean Morrison fit and raring to go and has been for a long time

Isaac Vassell is long term injured.

Previous Meetings

The last six meetings have seen Cardiff win 3 and Nottm Forest win 3. There has been an average of 1.5 goals per game in the previous six meetings.

30 Nov 2019 Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City W 0-1 Championship
25 Feb 2020 Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest L 0-1 Championship
19 Sep 2020 Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City W 0-2 Championship
09 Jan 2021 Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City L 1-0 FA Cup
02 Apr 2021 Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest L 0-1 Championship
12 Sep 2021 Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City W 1-2 Championship

A win would do wonders against a more than decent team, but I simply cant see it. Saddens me to say it, but Forest have their tails up, and we are the opposite

We can't score, especially at home.

0-1 loss.

STEVE MORISON:
“I have asked all my players can they play for 90minutes, not just 30minutes.”

"We just have to try and continue doing the things that we were doing in the first 30 minutes, but do them for 90 minutes.”

"The players, individually, have got to take responsibility for moments in the game, and they've got to be better in those moments. Collectively, it wasn't good enough.

"It's something that needs to come from within, from them. The same thing seems to happen too often."

Forest are on a high after their local derby win against uh Derby.

I think our guys will give up after 5 minutes.

Jeez, ye of little faith. Wait til after the game for criticism mate.

We have to win this and I believe we will - both teams don't have great track records in TV games though

It’s hard to be anything other than pessimistic- even more so if Moore is “unavailable.”

History shows us losing at home to these after winning away.

But it’s more than history. Cooper has turned their disjointed team into a confident winning team. They’re on a roll whereas we’re in freefall.

We’re deffo underdogs but it the championship after all.

Gone for a City win. No logic or reason,just cannot vote against us.

A bloody good crowd singing there t.ts off might help

our team have not heard a big crowd this season or last

FOREST - Now 4 Wins in a row and only been beaten = 2 Games in their last 15 Games ..

We need to be strong at left back and give him plenty of support,apparently that’s where they are strong.
2-1 To The Bloobirds

My worry is the gap between the bottom 5 of the Championship and the rest of the Championship is getting bigger (pts)

Small Clubs like Preston, Blackpool, Luton , Coventry and Millwall are way ahead of us, that surely can’t be right

I see nothing but defeat with hoofball and the usual 5 at the back where the wingback don't go over the halfway line or touch the opposition byline to cross a ball in. Sitting there admiring the other team passing it about is what we do
let's hope I'm totally wrong

I hate saying this, but I go to the game fully expecting Forest to be far too strong for our lads and win comfortably

We made another big mistake not employing Ponty boy Cooper whose taken Forest from the bottom of the table to the top! Morison has said Keiffer’s still not fit to start so I can’t see us winning but would be very happy with a draw!

Moore is fit to play on Sunday. He has been left out by Morison. Make of that what u will.....

Morison has told Wales on line that Moore is NOT fit to play on Sunday and we can’t afford to lose him so we’ll see on Monday!

Had a look at the Forest forum and they love him, he's completely turned them around. "Cooperman" has even criticised performances when they've won and that's a healthy sign. One comment says that we have kept one clean sheet this season (Blackpool) in 26 games so they should score against us, the league knows we've got a leaky defence and unfortunately I witnessed it yet again at Trashton Gate last Saturday. Its killing us and it has to stop on Sunday. Ironically, Colwill scored the two against them when we beat them at theres, surely he has to start along with Morrison?

Match Officials:

Referee: DAVID WEBB
Adam Crysell and Robert Hyde
Fourth Official : Keith Stroud

In fairness, to the neutral, our defence has provided plenty of entertainment this season.

Going to be a feast of goals !!!

Unfortunately all in the wrong net

At least we'll be able to say we saw Brennan Johnson play before he takes over the world

Hopefully he's been sold by Sunday. God knows what he's going to do to Flint et al

Have they sold Brennan Johnson yet?

They've turned down an offer from Brentford today apparently.

A chance they'll come back with a bigger offer by the weekend

Forest have sent Lyle Taylor on loan to Birmingham until the end of the season

Johnson is a target for Brentford who have had an 18m bid refused.

Forest have sold out their away allocation for Sunday (around 1400 - which doesn't seem many to give them)

wow 18m is serious money for someone with half a season at this level

[Strawberry Avenger]

They sound apprehensive.

SA.

[Joe Baker Legend]

Cardiff Fans Comments 1st Half......

Hugill and Doughty straight in? He threw Doyle into the mix so wouldn’t be surprised.

Just seen the team, wow!

Hugill starts. Also Watters, Doughty and Doyle.

Four at the back.

Four loan players in the starting XI.

....who have never played together. It's going to be a long afternoon. I feel a single malt coming on.

So it’s misery for City and elation for Forest, Sky sports intro. Only one result now.

It’s going to be tough against forest but I think/hope this team has a better balance.

I don’t think anyone has been harsh left out tbh.

Who's the long throw taker in this starting eleven??
Here we go....

Impressive start.....

Goooaal 1-0 you beauty !

I tell you what...regardless of result today, if we can keep this side together we will be ok. Light years ahead of Peterborough who I watched last night.

who played hughill through, was it Ng stepping out of the line?

Colback booked for manhandling Hugill in the middle of the park.


We look decent against a decent team. We might get bullied by worse teams, but this side definitely looks good enough to stay up.

Should be a second yellow for throwing the ball away!

Doughty looking off the pace so far

Johnson and Spence are 2 of the quickest in the league. I'd cut him a little slack today

Who just got skinned at the left back position?

Doughty to be fair he's up against Johnson.

Thats fair, he got better as the half went on as well

The difference in how we are playing today vs every other game I’ve seen this season is night and day. Actually seems to be a bit of quality in the side now.

Shame we can’t get the wolves player back.

Safe to say we are not missing Pack, Vaulks or Bacuna one bit

Good first half against a tricky Forest Team. Shape looks so much better with NG in the back through and although he has had a few rough moments I think Doughy gives us so much more width than we have had since Giles left. Let’s hope we have more of the same.

I like the formation. The defence looks solid and we are holding up well against a decent team. Spence for them looks dangerous. Doyle looks a very good player for us and our new striker's goal was well taken even showing some unexpected pace. I just wish Ralls would leave the set pieces for Doyle.

Hugely impressed so far - we need to keep it up second half......need a second goal least. what a difference without Flint/Vaulks/Bacuna/Nelson.
even though they are new signings they should all be able to play 90 minutes....I hope SM doe snot introduce one of the aforementioned after 70-80 minutes.... Ok...it's only 45 minutes but I would take Hugill over Moore in his current frame of mind.

Good first half, Forest are rattled

Far more organised with Morrison at cb

Defence looking so much better and Hugill outstanding so far

we upped our game from the start and took our goal well, so Forest an the back foot and wasting loads...

I'll take this right now...!

GRET! Whatever the result, this is our best 45mins football by a mile!! Players seem hungry and are running not jogging around! (So refreshing to have a proper midfield ( without Pack slowing everything down).
Ng Dramah and Doyle linking really well down the right. But Forest also very dangerous down their right side. But Doughty has been very doughty in trying to stop them

Forest really struggling to break down our defence. Saying that they do look like they are missing something so lets hope they don't find it in the next 45 minutes. Hopefully we will get that second which we do look like getting.

Good first half. Think we will need a second goal to get a win as Forest are notoriously a better send half side. Wonder if Doyle Hugill and Doughty will last the 90 minutes as they haven’t played much football this season. Think Morison will need to be good with his subs.

[Joe Baker Legend]

Cardiff Fans 2nd Half Comments.......

McKenna massively overhits his backpoass and Samba has to see it out for a corner. Mistake from Forest early in the second half

Doyle whips in a cross but Morrison is bundled over and there are massive appeals for a penalty, but they are waved away.

Cleared off the line by Cardiff

Ng clears off the line! Yates' cross was dangerous there.

Forest seem to be getting closer every attack, we could do with a second here.

WOW that was close by Forest

Poor decision from the ref, there was no intent there, you could see he slipped as he tried to stop…. Now the penalty shout on the other hand, no intent to play the ball at all, stone wall penalty

Close! Almost a nightmare for Cardiff.

Morrison hits the deck when chasing back but there's no foul given.

Garner slides the ball across goal and Johnson is just inches away from slotting home! Big let-off for the skipper there

Davies with a low cross and Hugill gets on the end of it, but a sprawling Forest foot keeps it out!

Davis on for Zinckernagel for Forest.

what is the matter with these ref davies having his shirt pulled of his back

YES 2 NIL

GOAL! Cardiff City 2-0 Nottingham Forest (Davies 65)
GOAL! Isaak Davies!

Great change to bring Davies on up front its made a big diff, not just cause he scored but hes causing them problems and something to worry about and opening up space

6 wins in last 8 they are decent and we are out playing them.

I’m very jealous I wish I was there.

69th min:
Hugill off for Collins.

Djed Spence blazes one miles over the bar, much to the delight of Cardiff fans.

Been impressed with Doughty today. Looks an asset.

MY MAN OF THE MATCH NG PERRY

Jordan Hugill for me Annis, completely changed our attack, strong play and a goal on his debut

bollux 2 1

2-1, first shot/header on target.

Get in, result, wow much better performance and 3 points brilliant

SO....no clean sheet....but this is by far the best performance of the season.....without the 'old guard'. If we play like this against Barnsley and Peterborough we have nothing to worry about....
Seemingly SM has been picking the team with 'one hand behind his back' until now'. If he continues with this selection the future looks positive. Lovely to see them sprinting forward at every opportunity instead of Pack, Nelson et al passing backwards and sidewards.

Excellent performances, shame about the last minute goal but we fully deserved the win against an inform forest.

Both loan signings look like good assets for us and shape of the team looks far better now. Onwards and upwards.

Although Forest looked good at times with their quick incisive passing, I thought the Bluebirds stood up well to them today and deserved their win.

I have never been one of Ralls' greatest fans. However, I have to concede, that was one of his best games for us in a long time.
He broke up so much of Forest's play and used the ball much more effectively.
I think he really benefited from having players around him who weren't static.

First time that I've enjoyed watching us play at home for absolutely ages.

Yes, cold, wet but a warm glow and some hot soup now. Best match at home I've been to for goodness knows how long. Hughill put in an amazing shift and was knackered when he came off. All about the second ball today, hungry players, speed, pressing and tenacity. Didn't miss any of the old guard (including Moore). Steve Cooper and the Forest players weren't prepared for that side today. Neither was I! Well done Morison and the lads. Coming off the park knackered means everything and that was the kind of commitment we've needed to see.

Good shout that, about Cooper not expecting our tactics and performance

That's what my wife said when I told her the result and the six "new" players, including one signed an hour before kick off. And she knows nothing about football.

The Forest fans really have it in for Ralls. Think he should have been sent off 3 times over and calling him Joe Brawls

I thought Doyle was head and shoulders above everyone, he sorted out our midfield, cancel that, he sorted out the whole side, proper footballer. The early goal fired up Hugill, what a confidence booster. His hold up play bought us so much time, very few aimless flick ons, more catching it on his chest to get total control. All in all a great weekend for us, even Derby’s late equaliser pales into insignificance now.

I can’t remember enjoying a game at CCS that much. Been so long. The new additions slotted in seamlessly. We were a top 6 side tonight. Atmosphere was top notch.

[zicorice]

Cardiff Fans 2nd Half Comments.......

McKenna massively overhits his backpoass and Samba has to see it out for a corner. Mistake from Forest early in the second half

Doyle whips in a cross but Morrison is bundled over and there are massive appeals for a penalty, but they are waved away.

Cleared off the line by Cardiff

Ng clears off the line! Yates' cross was dangerous there.

Forest seem to be getting closer every attack, we could do with a second here.

WOW that was close by Forest

Poor decision from the ref, there was no intent there, you could see he slipped as he tried to stop…. Now the penalty shout on the other hand, no intent to play the ball at all, stone wall penalty

Close! Almost a nightmare for Cardiff.

Morrison hits the deck when chasing back but there's no foul given.

Garner slides the ball across goal and Johnson is just inches away from slotting home! Big let-off for the skipper there

Davies with a low cross and Hugill gets on the end of it, but a sprawling Forest foot keeps it out!

Davis on for Zinckernagel for Forest.

what is the matter with these ref davies having his shirt pulled of his back

YES 2 NIL

GOAL! Cardiff City 2-0 Nottingham Forest (Davies 65)
GOAL! Isaak Davies!

Great change to bring Davies on up front its made a big diff, not just cause he scored but hes causing them problems and something to worry about and opening up space

6 wins in last 8 they are decent and we are out playing them.

I’m very jealous I wish I was there.

69th min:
Hugill off for Collins.

Djed Spence blazes one miles over the bar, much to the delight of Cardiff fans.

Been impressed with Doughty today. Looks an asset.

MY MAN OF THE MATCH NG PERRY

Jordan Hugill for me Annis, completely changed our attack, strong play and a goal on his debut

bollux 2 1

2-1, first shot/header on target.

Get in, result, wow much better performance and 3 points brilliant

SO....no clean sheet....but this is by far the best performance of the season.....without the 'old guard'. If we play like this against Barnsley and Peterborough we have nothing to worry about....
Seemingly SM has been picking the team with 'one hand behind his back' until now'. If he continues with this selection the future looks positive. Lovely to see them sprinting forward at every opportunity instead of Pack, Nelson et al passing backwards and sidewards.

Excellent performances, shame about the last minute goal but we fully deserved the win against an inform forest.

Both loan signings look like good assets for us and shape of the team looks far better now. Onwards and upwards.

Although Forest looked good at times with their quick incisive passing, I thought the Bluebirds stood up well to them today and deserved their win.

I have never been one of Ralls' greatest fans. However, I have to concede, that was one of his best games for us in a long time.
He broke up so much of Forest's play and used the ball much more effectively.
I think he really benefited from having players around him who weren't static.

First time that I've enjoyed watching us play at home for absolutely ages.

Yes, cold, wet but a warm glow and some hot soup now. Best match at home I've been to for goodness knows how long. Hughill put in an amazing shift and was knackered when he came off. All about the second ball today, hungry players, speed, pressing and tenacity. Didn't miss any of the old guard (including Moore). Steve Cooper and the Forest players weren't prepared for that side today. Neither was I! Well done Morison and the lads. Coming off the park knackered means everything and that was the kind of commitment we've needed to see.

Good shout that, about Cooper not expecting our tactics and performance

That's what my wife said when I told her the result and the six "new" players, including one signed an hour before kick off. And she knows nothing about football.

The Forest fans really have it in for Ralls. Think he should have been sent off 3 times over and calling him Joe Brawls

I thought Doyle was head and shoulders above everyone, he sorted out our midfield, cancel that, he sorted out the whole side, proper footballer. The early goal fired up Hugill, what a confidence booster. His hold up play bought us so much time, very few aimless flick ons, more catching it on his chest to get total control. All in all a great weekend for us, even Derby’s late equaliser pales into insignificance now.

I can’t remember enjoying a game at CCS that much. Been so long. The new additions slotted in seamlessly. We were a top 6 side tonight. Atmosphere was top notch.

Fair comments (except about Ralls) and the bit in bold is spot on and hurts the most.

[Joe Baker Legend]

Bin Dippers Pre Match Comments......

To me the biggest and most important game of our season now.
 
They’ll be out the blocks at us from the off with a capacity crowd behind them.
Beating Brighton would’ve been a bit of a confidence booster, now we’ve got two weeks to dwell on two shoddy performances.
It’s do or die for Rodgers too I think.
I fear the worst.

Jeez not a good time to remind us this is our next game. You can't say with any confidence that we will handle the occasion at. They will be up for it.

Not confident at all, really think we'll struggle here as they'll be up for it and we'll go into our shells like the cowards we are.

Think atmosphere will be toxic amongst our fans if we go out.

Must win game and a good performance would be nice too

This has the Millwall cup game written all over it.
Can’t say I’m looking forward to this.

To put things into perspective with how bad things have got, forest are now favourites to beat us. Source - William hill. Not arsed I’m not going, nailed on forest win

Fully expect us to lose this. Forest will be up for it and going at us from minute one and quite frankly, we will probably just do the exact opposite.

Got embarrassing disaster written all over it.

Forest will be up for it and we’ll crumble like a house of cards.
It’s going to be a very bleak afternoon.

Forest will be up for it and we’ll crumble like a house of cards.

 Dreading it now. My partner and all her fam are Forest

Even if we had everyone fit and were in form I'd expect a draw at best. You just can't look at our record at that hell hole and have any confidence of a victory. If we're not at least 3 goals ahead going into the last 10 minutes then we are going out.

Said a few days ago dont take this lightly. Forest will be up for this and the way we have been playing lately anything is possible.

Into them from the off, get an early goal and put them to the sword.

It’s Forest ffs, not Real Madrid

....It's Leicester ffs, not Brighton

And I still think we’ll lose
ffs

We will.lose this.

Will be a tough one.

We'll start on the front foot, go one up before half-time, whereupon Rodgers will bring on three random subs to replace our best performing players, and sit behind the ball in a back five.

Forest will dominate the second-half and score three in the last five minutes.

Sound familiar?

People dread the possibility of losing to Forest but it’s unlikely. We are mid premier league, they are mid championship. Of course they could beat us but comments like ‘nailed on Forest’ are a bit silly

If anyone is singing sick songs about Brian Clough they probably won't reflect on how moronic it is. But they should do.

Surely, with the passing of the years, the fact that Notts Forest have languished for the last 20 years and given what City have done in recent years, it should be apparent that what Clough did was truly great and actually very admirable by anyone elsewhere in football, but it's all ancient history.

Have some decency.

Clough was a footballing genius. He's bigger than Notts Forest. They were second tier club before he came and returned to be permanent second tier club soon after he left. If Clough was managing today he'd be a prolific quote machine like Mourinho is.

Massive influence on MON too, one of our greatest managers of course.

Also Clough was at one of our league cup finals supporting O'Neill.

We will sit back and defend and hope to win on penalties with 5% possession

This has all the hallmarks of a bottle job by us. A baying home crowd and a physical home team and you can see our lot caving in. Brendan will no doubt set up with 5 at the back to match up with Forest.

Forest will score, I have no doubt about it, we'll still see them off though.

Lose to these and I want him gone, it’ll be the final straw for me


It will be tough and the game could go either way given our current fragility. The surprise result against Liverpool gave Rodgers a little breathing room, but the good will afforded to him has now all but dissipated with two more poor results. Rodgers has a habit of pulling out victories to ease the pressure on himself when he most needs them, so expect a win. Call it luck of the Irish.

I’ve wanted to play Forest in a cup game for the last few years. It’s Sod’s law that when we get drawn, they happen to be in decent form while we are struggling.

Not looking forward to this anymore.

The more I think about this the more I’m thinking of chucking a lump on them to beat us.

It seems an absolute given, especially after today

If they have anything about them, they'll exploit our weaknesses but unless it's a total no show from us Notts won't win.

Absolute nailed on 100% loss. Not a chance we go there playing like we are and win. They will have us good and proper I think, at the moment, Coalville town would probably beat us.

Said this for weeks to forest supporting mates... they’ll beat us. It’s the fa cup, we go there as fa cup holders. It’s a massive rivalry (although they don’t care about us) it’s written in the stars they beat us this time. Never mind they’ll probably come up in a few years time and we’ll get 6 points off them.

The thought of losing to forest makes me feel sick.

Half of you are talking b o l l o c k s (as usual).

There's nothing "nailed on" or "written in the stars".

It's how we perform on the day.   Or not, as the case may be.

Got to go full-strength for this

We will go full strength and beat these comprehensively. No worries about this at all

Haven’t feared a game this much since the cup semi at Villa. Love to say win but I’d be lying.

Forest have 2 games before they play us

Also playing Blackburn who are 3rd on the Wednesday after

Name the strongest possible side. Sod this total damp squib of a league campaign. We cannot lose this.

Surely not that hard to get Brice Samba sent off
That Derby game yesterday just reinforced what a whingy, horrible bunch this lot are, such an unlikeable set of players

Worried about this big time.

I think this has all the hallmarks of an embarrassing exit and the next nail in Brendan's tenure here.

Hope not though, a good win with Ndidi and Iheanacho back and we could have another cup run.

We’ve only won twice at the City Ground since 1972.

Don’t think there’s a ground we have a worse record at.

We are cup holders so reallly need to make sure we win this- BR wants to keep his job for a while yet even if we have peaked.

I'd rather go full strength here and then make changes for Liverpool away.

C'mon now - we are in decent form and look a good championship side under Cooper but you're FA cup champions with numerous quality international players. It'd be an enormous shock for you to not progress through to the next round. Anyone who says this match doesn't matter to Forest is also talking nonsense.

Really don't want to lose this one. Don't think I could take the ear ache! You'll never get a better chance to beat us. first choice defence out and our talisman not playing. This should put additional pressure on you, but it won't be viewed like that in your camp. On paper, we should give you a good hiding, but we all know what a difficult place to visit the City Ground can be when your crowd is up for it. Your Steve Cooper seems to have built a bit of a siege mentality. Should be a cracking game!

Should be a fascinating contest. Rodgers will be very uncomfortable going in to this. He badly needs to navigate this with a win otherwise he's under massive pressure. These are the sorts of games he's the absolute pits at.

We ought to be strong favourites but as you say, you're in good form and confident. Brennan Johnson will carry on the tradition that any player previously linked to us in recent years will score at least once.


We lose this, I don’t just want Rodgers sacked, but I want to see him lynched and condemned to a public stoning at the clock tower.

Let's face it we are there for the taking, if they come out the blocks and get the crowd going, get an early goal maybe I can see it being a very uncomfortable afternoon.

Time for the players to dig in, stand up and show some backbone and fight.

Bottle this and Rodgers has to be under serious scrutiny surely...I'm not confident in the slightest.

What better way to prep for this game than a week in Dubai….

Forest on the other hand, will be playing twice before our game.

No excuses.

Home ends sold out the day after tickets became available to non-ST holders if you needed any more evidence that this absolutely is a big fixture for us.

Sold out for their big day out in their Shitty Ground

Not going to lie, I like the city ground. Can’t stand these modern day sterile bowls. Give me a piss stained terrace any day! Pissed off I couldn’t get a ticket, it’s a good away day, fantastic city for a pint.

So the trees that dont care about little Leicester have totally sold out for a live tv game. Imagine if they cared.

That just begs the question: are we massive or are you obsessed with us?

Of course it's a big match for them. They don't often get to play big clubs having not been in the Premier League this century. Especially against one of the seven to have actually won the Premier League and current FA Cup holders.

Saw a tweet from Collymore saying Forest have offered a single parent Leicester fan, who is undergoing cancer treatment, a box for him and his little one for this game. Lovely gesture.

I don't know that much about Forest other than Steve Cooper's doing a great job and he constantly looks like he's just woken up after a heavy session the night before.

I assume some of the fake pessimism on here is purely for fun but the joke’s wearing a bit thin. Forest are a decent enough Championship team for sure but they’re certainly not pulling up any trees!

I’ll say it again, of course we could lose but if we play anything like we can then we’ll win.

Forest fan comment....

There’s a chance we’ll play a slightly weakened team as we’ve got an important game v Blackburn 3 days after this match.  I can see Cooper leaving Grabban on the bench like he did v Arsenal, possibly even doing the same with Johnson.

Something like 75pc of our goals this season have either been scored or assisted by those 2 so if we rest either it will make us much easier to play against

If we’d been playing you under Hughton we’d have all been terrified that this would be a 5 or 6 goal hiding.  You’re obviously still favourites but I think most of our fans are looking forward to the match, and actually quite relaxed about it. We’re not kidding ourselves that we’ll win the Cup, whereas we desperately want to get promoted.
 
If we can spring a surprise, great.  If not, hopefully we can at least make a good account of ourselves.

I predict leicester will win 2-0.

Bin Dipper reply......
It would be lovely if we could derail your season

6-0 Leicester

I probably speak for a minority but it would be nice to have some local teams back in the PL with us. Forest, Coventry, Derby. It's pretty dull not having local derbies (I don't count Villa or Wolves as one).

I only hate Forest more than Villa but I agree in theory.

I'm definitely getting too lairy and getting chucked into the Trent

Next week will be different. It's their cup final and we saw against Arsenal they can exploit a superior opposition that isn't up for it on the day. I think that Brendan will see this as a good opportunity to increase his fan credit to be banked for later.

Just watched them and they were really awful. Taken to playing out from the back in a way that Cardiff exploited brilliantly with a huge ammount of interceptions in midfield - due to panicky defenders and general poor quality.

Score first and early to quieten the crowd down be lovely.

I would love to just absolutely thump them.

[Joe Baker Legend]

Continued....

Very, very nervous about this one. I work in Nottingham, and needless to say, most of my colleagues are Forest fans. It'll be unbearable if we lose.
I am, however, fully expecting this bunch of cowards to lose.

Thought of the Tree´s fans singing 'Champions of Europe you'll never sing that´ is numbing.

I’m already pissing myself about being welcomed to the ‘world famous’ City Ground

I’m still not sure if they’re serious when they call it that you’d think surely not

30 years and you've won f uck all

I am looking forward to this so much. But at the same time I am absolutely terrified. It's a strange feeling.

Go strong and smash these clowns that live in the past!

Big Wes on SSN referred to us and Forest as 'we'. That makes him a purple.

He also started talking about the Good Old Days. For anyone wearing blue, THESE are Forest's good old days. 23 years outside the top flight is a great time to be alive.

So is Wes a red or blue? Get off the fence captain

Forest fan at work was going on about how important everything but this game is, they’re getting less confident

Yeah, they’re definitely setting themselves up ready to lose

’didn’t care anyway’ etc

Though obviously them trying to make the playoffs or higher IS far more important than beating us in a cup competition that they’ll probably not end up winning

Reds Fan comment......
Yes we’re definitely less confident than a week ago

At full strength and if we had a good day we’d have a chance, especially with Vardy out I believe?  But with 2 central defenders and Grabban out - plus a very poor performance yesterday v Cardiff - an upset is far less likely

Also I wonder if Cooper will give this priority now we’re on the fringes of the play offs - league matches now look a lot more important than 3 weeks ago.  If this wasn’t a local derby we’d all be saying ‘write it off, play the kids’. but we want to beat the ‘dippers

Bin dipper.......
Wesley Morgan is a blue, is a blue, is a blue
Wesley Morgan is a blue he hates Forest - he just can’t say he does on Live TV

Got a forest tattoo as well

Champions of Europe - on VHS

Even a narrow win over them won't be impressive. It should be a demolishing job like Stoke away in the Cup last year.

The 'we don't care' fallback at the ready.

I seriously would be concentrating on the league if I were your manager.

Retaining the Championship status in the 21st Century is vital for a small club like Forest .

Enjoy your big day out

I'd take a dodgy 1-0 win, with the Forest goalkeeper throwing the ball into his own net in the 90 + 8 minute.

Get an early goal to kill their hopes, enthusiasm and momentum then put them to the sword by half time.

the second hand embarrassment I get from Forest fans is too much

I don’t understand? They bloody love derby with their little trophy they have. No idea why they are so weird about our rivalry

It's quite simply that their "famous team", "world famous ground" (always laugh at that one) and especially their rivalry with Derby isn't very well known at all.

And they spend the whole time telling each other in Nottingham and if they keep doing so it might actually become as famous as that mythical man in green tights that actually is quite well known.

It’s honestly the weirdest thing in football

I am feeling sick to my stomach about this. I honestly can only see us losing. As a Leicester fan that lives in Nottingham, I am bricking it.

Nah...

We'll have far too much for them!

Comfortable win.

0-3.

We won’t lose this game…. They’re an average championship side with key players missing it seems.

We will batter them with ease, Daka to get a hat-trick too.

If you have to tell everyone how famous you are, you’re probably not that famous

It’s genuinely embarrassing that they think they’re too big to call us rivals.

We’re a bigger club than Derby, and probably bigger than them too IMO.

The club rots from the inside with unbelievable levels of delusion about what other people think of them.


Almost 30 years exactly since they did us in the Zenith Data Systems Northern Area Final. Something I'm sure most of us have never got over. Time for payback.

Too right. Revenge is a dish served cold!

After we'd beaten the mighty Notts County on a classic night in the rain.

We were really starved of any success back then

Forest are a club with a huge identity crisis.
 

Stuff about the ‘world famous’ City Ground and ‘1-nil to the famous team’ are lies that have been repeated so often they’ve become true for many of their fans.

On Twitter, few accept that what we have achieved, and the era in which we’ve achieved it, has made us far more famous around the world than Nottingham Forest have ever been.
 
For a club with literally nothing to shout about since 1990, their exclusion of us from a ‘rivalry’ is the only way they can think of to cling to relevance - hence the need to make up a trophy for it too.

We aren't just bigger than them, we are about 100x bigger than them, literally. Facilities, finances, success, squad value. They literally are so far behind us and it's great.

 Actually looking forward to a game where there’s no VAR.

Hope The FA will grant us permission to display the trophy.

Nice for the very oldest Forest fans, to stir memories of winning things.

Nice for the average, or younger, fans to be able to see what a looks like.

Forest fans seem to think they’ll rotate a fair bit.
Full strength, we have to win.

I wonder how many Nottingham youngsters will be in that stadium that are literally only turning up to watch us. Imagine being a 40 year old Forest supporter and your 8 year old lad says "Dad, I can't wait to watch Maddison and Tielemans in the flesh"
If Vardy wasn't injured it'd be half the ground I reckon...
hahahahahahaha

We’re massive and they hate it. Their way of coping is saying we don’t care

Regarding the forest game got nothing else to say other than “please mr. Rogers don’t screw this up!”

The thought of Forest making several changes makes the idea of losing even more unbearable.

We are the FA Cup holders. Not played for a while. It has to be full strength.

So how is this one going to go? Stroll at a canter, squeaky bum time or a dressing down?
 
I watched a bit of their game at Cardiff, and they look very one dimensional. That Brendan Johnson and Jed Spencer looked alright, but generally it looks like if they can’t counter they’re poor. Arsenal played into their hands, hopefully we won’t.

[zicorice]

Continued....

Very, very nervous about this one. I work in Nottingham, and needless to say, most of my colleagues are Forest fans. It'll be unbearable if we lose.
I am, however, fully expecting this bunch of cowards to lose.

Thought of the Tree´s fans singing 'Champions of Europe you'll never sing that´ is numbing.

I’m already pissing myself about being welcomed to the ‘world famous’ City Ground

I’m still not sure if they’re serious when they call it that you’d think surely not

30 years and you've won f uck all

I am looking forward to this so much. But at the same time I am absolutely terrified. It's a strange feeling.

Go strong and smash these clowns that live in the past!

Big Wes on SSN referred to us and Forest as 'we'. That makes him a purple.

He also started talking about the Good Old Days. For anyone wearing blue, THESE are Forest's good old days. 23 years outside the top flight is a great time to be alive.

So is Wes a red or blue? Get off the fence captain

Forest fan at work was going on about how important everything but this game is, they’re getting less confident

Yeah, they’re definitely setting themselves up ready to lose

’didn’t care anyway’ etc

Though obviously them trying to make the playoffs or higher IS far more important than beating us in a cup competition that they’ll probably not end up winning

Reds Fan comment......
Yes we’re definitely less confident than a week ago

At full strength and if we had a good day we’d have a chance, especially with Vardy out I believe?  But with 2 central defenders and Grabban out - plus a very poor performance yesterday v Cardiff - an upset is far less likely

Also I wonder if Cooper will give this priority now we’re on the fringes of the play offs - league matches now look a lot more important than 3 weeks ago.  If this wasn’t a local derby we’d all be saying ‘write it off, play the kids’. but we want to beat the ‘dippers

Bin dipper.......
Wesley Morgan is a blue, is a blue, is a blue
Wesley Morgan is a blue he hates Forest - he just can’t say he does on Live TV

Got a forest tattoo as well

Champions of Europe - on VHS

Even a narrow win over them won't be impressive. It should be a demolishing job like Stoke away in the Cup last year.

The 'we don't care' fallback at the ready.

I seriously would be concentrating on the league if I were your manager.

Retaining the Championship status in the 21st Century is vital for a small club like Forest .

Enjoy your big day out

I'd take a dodgy 1-0 win, with the Forest goalkeeper throwing the ball into his own net in the 90 + 8 minute.

Get an early goal to kill their hopes, enthusiasm and momentum then put them to the sword by half time.

the second hand embarrassment I get from Forest fans is too much

I don’t understand? They bloody love derby with their little trophy they have. No idea why they are so weird about our rivalry

It's quite simply that their "famous team", "world famous ground" (always laugh at that one) and especially their rivalry with Derby isn't very well known at all.

And they spend the whole time telling each other in Nottingham and if they keep doing so it might actually become as famous as that mythical man in green tights that actually is quite well known.

It’s honestly the weirdest thing in football

I am feeling sick to my stomach about this. I honestly can only see us losing. As a Leicester fan that lives in Nottingham, I am bricking it.

Nah...

We'll have far too much for them!

Comfortable win.

0-3.

We won’t lose this game…. They’re an average championship side with key players missing it seems.

We will batter them with ease, Daka to get a hat-trick too.

If you have to tell everyone how famous you are, you’re probably not that famous

It’s genuinely embarrassing that they think they’re too big to call us rivals.

We’re a bigger club than Derby, and probably bigger than them too IMO.

The club rots from the inside with unbelievable levels of delusion about what other people think of them.


Almost 30 years exactly since they did us in the Zenith Data Systems Northern Area Final. Something I'm sure most of us have never got over. Time for payback.

Too right. Revenge is a dish served cold!

After we'd beaten the mighty Notts County on a classic night in the rain.

We were really starved of any success back then

Forest are a club with a huge identity crisis.
 

Stuff about the ‘world famous’ City Ground and ‘1-nil to the famous team’ are lies that have been repeated so often they’ve become true for many of their fans.

On Twitter, few accept that what we have achieved, and the era in which we’ve achieved it, has made us far more famous around the world than Nottingham Forest have ever been.
 
For a club with literally nothing to shout about since 1990, their exclusion of us from a ‘rivalry’ is the only way they can think of to cling to relevance - hence the need to make up a trophy for it too.

We aren't just bigger than them, we are about 100x bigger than them, literally. Facilities, finances, success, squad value. They literally are so far behind us and it's great.

 Actually looking forward to a game where there’s no VAR.

Hope The FA will grant us permission to display the trophy.

Nice for the very oldest Forest fans, to stir memories of winning things.

Nice for the average, or younger, fans to be able to see what a looks like.

Forest fans seem to think they’ll rotate a fair bit.
Full strength, we have to win.

I wonder how many Nottingham youngsters will be in that stadium that are literally only turning up to watch us. Imagine being a 40 year old Forest supporter and your 8 year old lad says "Dad, I can't wait to watch Maddison and Tielemans in the flesh"
If Vardy wasn't injured it'd be half the ground I reckon...
hahahahahahaha

We’re massive and they hate it. Their way of coping is saying we don’t care

Regarding the forest game got nothing else to say other than “please mr. Rogers don’t screw this up!”

The thought of Forest making several changes makes the idea of losing even more unbearable.

We are the FA Cup holders. Not played for a while. It has to be full strength.

So how is this one going to go? Stroll at a canter, squeaky bum time or a dressing down?
 
I watched a bit of their game at Cardiff, and they look very one dimensional. That Brendan Johnson and Jed Spencer looked alright, but generally it looks like if they can’t counter they’re poor. Arsenal played into their hands, hopefully we won’t.

Just confirming their desperation to seem relevant to us. 

Bunch of gobsh1tes as usual.

[Strawberry Avenger]

Cardiff Fans 2nd Half Comments.......

McKenna massively overhits his backpoass and Samba has to see it out for a corner. Mistake from Forest early in the second half

Doyle whips in a cross but Morrison is bundled over and there are massive appeals for a penalty, but they are waved away.

Cleared off the line by Cardiff

Ng clears off the line! Yates' cross was dangerous there.

Forest seem to be getting closer every attack, we could do with a second here.

WOW that was close by Forest

Poor decision from the ref, there was no intent there, you could see he slipped as he tried to stop…. Now the penalty shout on the other hand, no intent to play the ball at all, stone wall penalty

Close! Almost a nightmare for Cardiff.

Morrison hits the deck when chasing back but there's no foul given.

Garner slides the ball across goal and Johnson is just inches away from slotting home! Big let-off for the skipper there

Davies with a low cross and Hugill gets on the end of it, but a sprawling Forest foot keeps it out!

Davis on for Zinckernagel for Forest.

what is the matter with these ref davies having his shirt pulled of his back

YES 2 NIL

GOAL! Cardiff City 2-0 Nottingham Forest (Davies 65)
GOAL! Isaak Davies!

Great change to bring Davies on up front its made a big diff, not just cause he scored but hes causing them problems and something to worry about and opening up space

6 wins in last 8 they are decent and we are out playing them.

I’m very jealous I wish I was there.

69th min:
Hugill off for Collins.

Djed Spence blazes one miles over the bar, much to the delight of Cardiff fans.

Been impressed with Doughty today. Looks an asset.

MY MAN OF THE MATCH NG PERRY

Jordan Hugill for me Annis, completely changed our attack, strong play and a goal on his debut

bollux 2 1

2-1, first shot/header on target.

Get in, result, wow much better performance and 3 points brilliant

SO....no clean sheet....but this is by far the best performance of the season.....without the 'old guard'. If we play like this against Barnsley and Peterborough we have nothing to worry about....
Seemingly SM has been picking the team with 'one hand behind his back' until now'. If he continues with this selection the future looks positive. Lovely to see them sprinting forward at every opportunity instead of Pack, Nelson et al passing backwards and sidewards.

Excellent performances, shame about the last minute goal but we fully deserved the win against an inform forest.

Both loan signings look like good assets for us and shape of the team looks far better now. Onwards and upwards.

Although Forest looked good at times with their quick incisive passing, I thought the Bluebirds stood up well to them today and deserved their win.

I have never been one of Ralls' greatest fans. However, I have to concede, that was one of his best games for us in a long time.
He broke up so much of Forest's play and used the ball much more effectively.
I think he really benefited from having players around him who weren't static.

First time that I've enjoyed watching us play at home for absolutely ages.

Yes, cold, wet but a warm glow and some hot soup now. Best match at home I've been to for goodness knows how long. Hughill put in an amazing shift and was knackered when he came off. All about the second ball today, hungry players, speed, pressing and tenacity. Didn't miss any of the old guard (including Moore). Steve Cooper and the Forest players weren't prepared for that side today. Neither was I! Well done Morison and the lads. Coming off the park knackered means everything and that was the kind of commitment we've needed to see.

Good shout that, about Cooper not expecting our tactics and performance

That's what my wife said when I told her the result and the six "new" players, including one signed an hour before kick off. And she knows nothing about football.

The Forest fans really have it in for Ralls. Think he should have been sent off 3 times over and calling him Joe Brawls

I thought Doyle was head and shoulders above everyone, he sorted out our midfield, cancel that, he sorted out the whole side, proper footballer. The early goal fired up Hugill, what a confidence booster. His hold up play bought us so much time, very few aimless flick ons, more catching it on his chest to get total control. All in all a great weekend for us, even Derby’s late equaliser pales into insignificance now.

I can’t remember enjoying a game at CCS that much. Been so long. The new additions slotted in seamlessly. We were a top 6 side tonight. Atmosphere was top notch.

Fair comments (except about Ralls) and the bit in bold is spot on and hurts the most.

Forest didn't seem prepared for Cardiff at all.

Half asleep.

SA.