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Personally I think it’s too early to judge any of the young players from the Farke era. I’d state by over rated the OP is suggesting not terrible but not as good as widely suggested. Mine would be Bradley Johnson who was bang average for three seasons and had a good season in the championship I think he was revered because what happened after he was sold. By his career stats after Norwich suggest he was a decent championship midfielder but no more not that that is anything to be ashamed off. We did well to get 8 million for him. Another would be Malky Mackay who was in my opinion a limited championship centre half who benefitted from having a much better player in Craig Fleming alongside him and helped by Worthington insisting on a deep defensive line. He also benefited from being sold at the peak of his powers similar to Bradley Johnson.

On Ben Godfrey he did suffer a serious broken leg at Everton after an excellent first season which led to him being in the England squad. it seems he isn’t massively Dyche cup of tea. Personally think he was excellent here if raw and is exactly the sort of defender we need in the current lineup when playing without any defensive midfield players where his physical attributes are very useful. They are less useful for Dyche ball when you are rarely pushed up beyond the 18 yard box the full backs don’t attack and there is a double pivot of defensive midfielders in front of you.

Surely with the sustainability rules being applied prices have to drop.

Well deserved, at Anfield when we were being slaughtered by Liverpool c team only Kenny looked like he had the combination of physical and technical attributes to compete.

Probably worth reflecting the difference between being in the playoffs this season is 6 points off Hull and 4 points off Coventry.

Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe Miss the days of the totally random signing.

It’s old phrase but in my opinion Forest are bringing the game into disrepute. Would be delicious if the Premier League penalise them in the form of another points deduction which ends up relegating them.

It’s going back a bit but Interesting they were quite happy with the VAR was not over turned that day over the Toffolo penalty . In my opinion far clearer than the ones over the weekend

Interesting if Atwell is a Luton fan surely a draw between Everton and Forest would have been a better result for Luton.

Just watched all three incidents and would file them all under seen them given but in my opinion none are total howlers. Which in my opinion is what VAR. should be on the hook for the total howler not re refereeing games.

I get it but actually Pep was quite reasonable over the last minute thing against Spurs about a month ago when the Referee didn’t play the advantage. A lot more classy that releasing pre written statements on twitter after the match.

Let’s be clear though this is Nottingham Forest trying to change the narrative. As sacking Steve Cooper the only guy with a shred of dignity associated with the club has failed and they don’t want to be reminded of that.

Again it goes back to respect people always reference Rugby Union the difference is that the players and coaches respect the ref in that sport. Whereas in football it is a pile on led by the clubs, managers, fans and pundits. It is almost as if people thought VAR should solve all the issues which is ludicrous.

More reasons the hate on Chelsea https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/19/chelseas-765m-hotel-deals-raise-questions-over-psr-compliance They seem to have found a loop hole to the premier league sustainability rules. Though again is anyone surprised.

An interesting dimension to this that Forest employe Mark Clattenburg as a “consultant”. Ultimately it shows a total lack of class on Forest behalf though is anyone surprised by this.