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Post by OohMac on Feb 19, 2015 16:24:25 GMT
Unbelievable assessment by Marc Iles, can not believe some of the stuff he's written there. He's swallowed all the rubbish that Dougie fed him. I was always critical of Marc at the time for not asking the right questions to Dougie. He would do his live match blog and admit that they were woeful but when it came to match reports, player ratings and write ups he was always very gentle on the players and very soft on Dougie.
Any idiot could have cut the wage bill. There's not a Bolton fan I know that didn't realise we couldn't keep Petrov, Andrews, Sordell and Kevin Davies(with Super Kev it was always the way he went about it! Not the decision)
Lennon got more out of Lee is one week than Dougie did in two years(and earned us a bit of cash that we wouldn't have had under Dougie). He's even got more out of Owen Coyle players than Dougie ever did. Think Dougie just wanted to put his Crystal Palace B team stamp on things and the players he bought Baptiste and Beckford he ended up falling out with.
I would have liked that paper to give another view, a fans view. And not Alan Houghton. Any other fan.
Blood still boils thinking about that era, I just hope Vela and Clough have been reading up this week about how he nourished young players. God i want to win on Saturday.
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Post by whitesince63 on Feb 19, 2015 18:28:52 GMT
I don't think you have to worry too much OM I think Dougloss will soon show the Forest fans what he's made of. It won't be long before results turn South (hopefully starting Saturday) and he falls out with the players. He's an arrogant, ignorant little shit and full of his own importance and just has zero man management skills. I very much doubt in fact that he'll even last his 3 month contract although I shouldn't make forecasts otherwise Meggo will bring them up later and prove me wrong!!! ??
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Post by megsontilidie on Feb 19, 2015 19:49:27 GMT
Unbelievable assessment by Marc Iles, can not believe some of the stuff he's written there. He's swallowed all the rubbish that Dougie fed him. I was always critical of Marc at the time for not asking the right questions to Dougie. He would do his live match blog and admit that they were woeful but when it came to match reports, player ratings and write ups he was always very gentle on the players and very soft on Dougie. Any idiot could have cut the wage bill. There's not a Bolton fan I know that didn't realise we couldn't keep Petrov, Andrews, Sordell and Kevin Davies(with Super Kev it was always t he way he went about it! Not the decision)
L ennon got more out of Lee is one week than Dougie did in two years(and earned us a bit of cash that we wouldn't have had under Dougie). He's even got more out of Owen Coyle players than Dougie ever did. Think Dougie just wanted to put his Crystal Palace B team stamp on things and the players he bought Baptiste and Beckford he ended up falling out with. I would have liked that paper to give another view, a fans view. And not Alan Houghton. Any other fan. Blood still boils thinking about that era, I just hope Vela and Clough have been reading up this week about how he nourished young players. God i want to win on Saturday. brilliant post that OM. couldn't have put it better myself. he could have easily tailored the article to NF fans putting over a more balanced view of him, without stooping to those levels. he's virtually given him the benefit of the doubt on everything & pure DF-like fabrication in some areas. the stuff about Petrov made me laugh. few were sad to see him go..he was on high wages & playing like a drain & has proved no-one wrong since leaving. he was acting like he didn't wanna be here and i think has pretty much said so since himself. KD was hardly banging them in on the pitch,so why should the loss of 2 such players turn us from promotion candidates to relegation certainties ( in Iles mind anyway ). simply does not make sense.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Feb 19, 2015 23:45:28 GMT
www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/colorado-rapids/transfer-talk/news/zat-knight-leaves-colorado-rapids_203170.htmlI love this line......"Knight, 34, is believed to be keen on a return to England" Well if it was just for financial reasons that DF got rid of Knight, maybe he'd like to sign him for Forest. m.nottinghampost.com/Open-honest-Dougie-Freedman-pledges/story-25970730-detail/story.html OMG just opened the link to this article and the whole of my screen was filled with the odious one's picture arghhhh Freedman said, he had told the chairman "I told him that I would bring him passion, energy and enthusiasm. I have that in me because I am young enough. I have good experience and I believe I can win games of football. "I believe I have the passion to get things going and win games of football" Well if he believes that, I am a monkey's uncle, and if it is the truth (because he is so open and honest) then why didn't he make it happen here? The article goes on to say...... Open and honest. Two words Freedman repeats more than once during the course of a different kind of interview, with the media. And, in fairness to the man who revived the fortunes of Crystal Palace and then Bolton , they feel pretty accurate. Who are they trying to kid? ? DF goes on to say "I will pick the team on a Saturday and I will be responsible for results".....unless of course he blames the players I don't know about open & honest, the guy is just UNBELIEVABLE
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Post by megsontilidie on Feb 20, 2015 10:36:12 GMT
"I told him that I would bring him passion, energy and enthusiasm. I have that in me because I am young enough. I have good experience and I believe I can win games of football.
"I believe I have the passion to get things going and win games of football"
*** blimey how many "I's" can he get in one sentence. (9 in that lot !) sums him up. talk about there's no I in team. mind you he can hardly say "we" re Lennie Lawrence & his other yes man. just reminds me of our win last year at Bournemouth..it ended a long winless run..but even that positive was tinged with Dougie-ness for me. he came out in the post match interview saying how "we'd got the tactics right today" ....so rather than praise the team ,as the team don't set the tactics, it was self praise. & if it was all about tactics, what had been wrong in the previous games. taking credit for wins, but no responsibility for defeats.
good managers like NL will deliberately play down their own role and try to re-direct praise to the team to keep them onside & motivated.
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Post by megsontilidie on Feb 25, 2015 20:05:30 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31514158hope i don't curse this one again..but so far forest finally playing a top half side..13 mins gone...16% possession to Forest ! sixteen !!!! even double that is poor !! b/mouth 1-0 up, 3 shots OT. 7 shots. 4 corners. forest have had none of any. no shots, no corners. the only danger for B/mth is complacency !! ***** hush my mouth..cursed it 1-1..... . hopefully it'll knock the complacency out of them.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Feb 25, 2015 20:54:56 GMT
OMG.... I've just woken from a horrible horrible dream.. I dreamt that Forest got promoted to the Prem via the play offs and we got relegated!!!!!!
Nooooooooo:(
Thank the stars it were only a dream!!! Couldn't happen!! Could it??
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Post by megsontilidie on Feb 25, 2015 22:11:55 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31514158unreal, the prince of darkness does it again. 24% possession & won 2-1. you simply can't keep getting away with those levels of possession. this was a home game after all. as long as we stay up, i don't care Rioch. in a weird way, DF going up would be best laugh ever...seeing them get annihilated week in week out in the PL. B/mth didn't have a single shot on target after the 13th minute when i quoted those 3 above. cursed it . B/mth suddenly look the rank average side they really are...Matt Ritchie and Calum Wilson apart. carried by a brilliant manager Eddie Howe. they seem to lack the key individuals...Derby have tom ince, d bent, will hughes, c martin. norwich have redmond, grabban, hooper, etc..and watford have deeney, vydra, ighalo, abdi . if one or two are off form, chances are the other 2 aren't and can win one for you.
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Post by OohMac on Feb 26, 2015 19:40:16 GMT
Well Stuart Pearce started with a Championship winning form before he was found out. If nothing else at least the home fans on Saturday might see some entertainment.
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Post by BWFCTILIDIE on Feb 28, 2015 9:18:42 GMT
Love you dougie x I knew you could actually win a game of football x
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Post by riochforthereebok on Feb 28, 2015 13:51:48 GMT
Love you dougie x I knew you could actually win a game of football x Haha The Wanderer returns.... Howdee BTiD
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Post by riochforthereebok on Feb 28, 2015 16:32:28 GMT
You just couldn't write it!!!!! In his first 6 games, 5 wins and a draw There's something about Freedman? Lucky lucky bar steward
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Post by whitesince63 on Feb 28, 2015 18:10:57 GMT
You just couldn't write it!!!!! In his first 6 games, 5 wins and a draw There's something about Freedman? Lucky lucky bar steward The higher they rise the further they fall. Dougie has inherited a talented squad which wasn't being effectively used by Pearce but it won't take long for his bad attitude to show through and then we'll see. Maybe Freedman did learn from his time here, for him I hope so, but I very much doubt it.
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Post by OohMac on Apr 3, 2015 16:29:33 GMT
That's stopped the play off hope and scored by Afobe, a player that neither Dougie or Owen allowed to flourish. He may be the one that got away for us. Just what we need to be honest a goalscorer with pace and power, though how he made it through the Forest defense for his goal I'll never know. Surprising that Forest had so much possession 51% and a few chances, mainly off target.
Look forward to welcoming Doughie to The Macron for next season and looks like we'll be seeing Beckford back too. We maybe losing a North West rival in Wigan but could add two more in Burnley and Preston.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 8:32:12 GMT
Thank God for that would not be able to live it down at work if they made the play-offs.
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