He's not an out and out striker, played on the left of a front 3 for Swansea last season, imagine he'd do the same for us.

He's 27, not exactly in the one last contract ball park ffs

Football insider seemed to break the Lowe story, make of that what you will.... I actually think he's decent, he cost Swansea what 800k? Not sure what that makes him worth now

Every man and his dog knows we want a striker, they also know we got a wedge for Armstrong, it's not a new thing for teams to put their prices up in this scenario. Let's hope we can do some smart business and not get ripped off. No, I'm not confident that will happen but I do have some level of sympathy with whoever is trying to negotiate.

Troy Deeney? He's knackered and just wants to play for the team he supports, bet he manages no more than 15 games.

Easiest option for me would be make the bottom half of the Darwen end all standing and split it 50:50 home and away. No season ticket holders to upset that way.

No, Van Hecke confirmed

Signing being announced in 5.....

If you look at the head to heads between us and Boro it's actually ridiculous the number of either 1-1 draws or 1-0 wins. Fully expect this trend to continue as well. Diaz penalty in the 86th minute to bring home the points...

Not too disheartened tonight, they were better than I expected if I'm honest. I think they're only just getting started too and as the season goes on and the manager has had chance to further stamp his mark on them they'll absolutely walk promotion. Will be interesting to see if the lads pick themselves up after this defeat. 3 points at Boro would mark a very good August apart from the cup defeat (which I'm not arsed about but still, should be beating Morecombe). Barnsley may be tricky in September but apart from that it's on paper a fairly easy month, October ain't too bad either. Hopefully rack some points up and quash any relegation worries early doors.

May well come back to bite me in the backside this but I think people are giving them far more praise than they deserve. Sure they're scoring a few but they've also conceded 2 in 2 of their games too, their defence doesn't amaze me although I rate the keeper highly. It's a bloody shame we won't have a decent crowd on at them prices, already seeing the difference this season that fans are making in helping influence games. I'm going for a 2-2 here, we need some big games from our midfielders or Mowatt will end up bossing it, but I have faith. I think he'll pick the same team barring injuries, I'd like to see Chappers giving a bit longer though and maybe a run out for Clarkson.

Aye he wasn't even getting in these positions previously, if he nails the shooting he will be a real asset. Bang one on and I'm sure more will follow....

Have you seen the goals in the WBA game? That keeper for the blades looks terrible.

I said 2-1 and indeed it was. Unfortunate not to keep a clean sheet to be honest but that was a good finish especially on his weaker foot. We really do look so so much more solid with Ayala - unfortunately we're walking a nervous tightrope there on the injury front. Can we push another shift out of him at weekend? I hold my hands up, I've been harsh on Carter but last few games are we seeing what he can do? Possibly an indirect result of the experienced Ayala playing too?

Really enjoyable half that, could have been much better had Buckley scored that sitter though 😳 They don't look comfortable with players running at them, Rothwell skipped straight through 3 of them for the Buckley chance. Need to get Diaz, Sam and Dolan running at them too second half.

Buckley used to play right wing back just to confirm.....

They beat us last season thanks to an injury time goal and also Armstrong missing a penalty, wasn't really a tactical masterclass tbf!

Sure its always the case at Forest, they adjust the home allocation accordingly if an away team doesn't sell out...

Tough one this and could go either way. I think we're quite evenly matched and it's going to take perhaps a moment or 2 of individual brilliance to win it. It would be great if the newly found confidence of Mr Diaz prevailed again and he banged a goal in on his old stomping ground. Not sure what we do at centre half, the ultra cautious Mowbray approach surrounding Ayala makes me think he'll bench him tonight ahead of the weekend. Very frustrating really but I'd rather him sit out 1 game than 8 games on the sideline through injury. I'm gonna go for a 2-1 away win.

Bell didn't even have half a football brain, he was quite simply shite. What you could never question was his commitment and effort, I imagine that's helping his cause with the Luton fans, obviously a goal will help further.

Oh mate there's a whole host of reasons. Oil prices up Port congestion, brexit hasn't helped cos of additional paperwork customs declarations etc Lack of equipment, the whole suez canal fiasco meant containers sat in the wrong places and even now ports like Ningbo are short Obviously covid. Outbreaks in China at Ningbo and Yantian will close whole ports, they take no risks. I believe Yantian may be locking down again. Add to that the shipping companies have us all by the bollocks, whoever pays most gets their stock. Big dogs like Amazon will pay it and cripple the rest.

Pretty sure we beat them and Dack scored....

I hope that was just shithousery from Joe towards the end with the injury.... Tough game, really tough and was feeling pretty down till the goal as we weren't threatening. But what a goal it was, superb. Really hope Ben is gonna 'do an armstrong', he sprang into life when dacky got injured and we need someone to do the same now Armo is gone. Ayala I think makes a massive difference especially in a young team, another 90 will hopefully do him good. Butty looked bright again when he came on, he needs a full half or even a start next game for me.

That definitely explains it then. The price has gone over 20k dollars a container now (that's if you can even manage to get containers) its an absolute mess.

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