The narrative will presumably have gone from the club being to blame, to the EFL, now back to the club.

At least its over. Doing well on the pitch and then you get a reminder as to how dysfunctional we are off it.

Dolan was excellent last night by the way and playing as a winger rather than as a striker where he is not suited. Running at the full back rather than failing to provide a presence in the box. With Brereton to come back surely the obvious solution is to put him in the middle where he can score more goals.

Is it you in a time warp from February?

One press of quote tweets and it seems that some are not understanding the above.

Still doesn't excuse them being so detached, if they don't have the time for us, do everyone a favour and sell us. I don't know why it isn't as simple as the owners simply not footing the bill. There have been lots of occasions throughout the 12 years that they have suddenly stopped funding.

Seems a bit far fetched to try and pin everything on Waggott. It was claimed that they refused to spend, its hardly unbelievable from those chancers. And even if it is a case of Waggott manipulating them, they are just as much to blame for being so out of it not to notice.

Fantastic performance, fantastic result and the highlight of the season. That is why I can never fathom anyone seeing the cups as an unwanted obligation! The last 2 performances (last night in particular) seem to have come from nowhere but not only is it effective but entertaining too. The front 4 were all over a naive Leicester side, all 4 missed far too many chances with poor finishing but their energy and enthusiasm made so many chances in the first place that we managed to put 2 away. Szmodics missed as many as anyone but he was excellent as was Dolan and both deserved a goal. Travis has been revitalised in midfield, Morton was our poorest starter but Travis was everywhere. Pickering slotted in well and is one of 3 very competent full backs we have and I really hope that Rankin Costello just had cramp as again he was tremendous. I would be wary of moving him as his driving forward into the middle is a really useful weapon in our armoury. Hyam again outstanding and Carter has slotted in very nicely as well. Pears again reliable in net, Vale truly hopeless and lacking fight when he came on.

Chris Taylor. What a bag of shit he was.

You seem to be really against what Forest have done but they came up as the weakest of the 3 teams (play off winners) even before considering that literally half of their best 11 was built on loans. They had to go down the route of a huge overhaul even merely to match/replace the side that had gone up in the play offs. Obviously I am not advocating quite such widespread change, and there are examples of wastage (not all to which they were at fault for, they signed Lodi and Richards as left backs but then had to get Toffolo as Richards instantly got a bad injury, they signed a couple for the under 21s and a couple to instantly be loaned out etc) that you need to limit but their approach has been so far successful, they started poorly but were above the drop zone even before January and probably will stay up. If they do stay up, their approach has been successful as not many clubs who come up through the play offs built on loan signings after over 20 years below the Premier League would stay up. If we went up, yes there would be casualties, there are always players that fall between useful Championship players for squads at the top end and at the same time not up to Premier League standard, look at Seri who was excellent for Fulham and moved on to Hull, Jamal Lowe played a part at Bournemouth last season and is now at QPR, Tobias Figuerido played quite a lot at Forest and he is now at Hull, Nathaniel Chalaboh is now at West Brom, Josh Onomah is now at Preston, it happens every season. For us, I would probably look at players like Hedges, Gallagher, Szmodics, Pears, maybe Pickering and one or two others and think, are they going to be anything close to Premier League quality? Probably not, but equally, off the back of playing a part (none are integral starters) of a promotion, they would be attractive to top half Championship teams. Seems ruthless and cold but you can't rest on your laurels and be sentimental. Some may go out on loan and then could potentially be useful again should we come back down. Equally, the likes of Phillips, Adam Wharton etc would go from quite possibly sticking around to definitely going out on loan. All hypothetical as probability dictates that the chance of promotion is slim, but still.

You won't get promoted with Gallagher as your primary goalscoring threat, not a chance. He has played plenty down the middle and he is as responsible as those around him for his lack of chances. He doesnt anticipate them often enough, Saturday being an exception.

The "if he had better service" and "if he played down the middle" lines have been said for years.

Is that even logistically possible, as they wouldn't know until at most a week before?

It must be an attempt to try and prove via flawed logic that cheap tickets "don't work." No other explanation.

FA cup win 100%. As a supporter, football is about memories and an FA cup win at Wembley would always be stand out. I get why the business suits would prefer promotion, and obviously we would all love to go up but to win the main cup trophy in the country (throw in a European tour) would be incredible for a fan.

They were above the drop zone even before January so it may seem like chaos but it may well prove inspired. I would never advocate wreckless spending but you cant be half arsed out of loyalty and obligation. I wouldnt advise signing 20 odd players like Forest (although with that number, they had loads of loanees that went back and also some of their signings have since either had bad injuries or been loaned out) but I always think a new 11 is a good idea if possible and then our best current 11 could then compete with that. I would be doubtful that any of the current squad would establish themselves as Premier League players, unsurprising considering how poor the quality of this league is in comparison. Suppose its an unlikely ask even now to get promoted as even a top 6 finish gives you a 25% chance. Assuming we stay down, we badly need a striker and a couple of wingers, as well as at least 1 if not probably 2 central midfielders. Fine in net, attacking midfield, and defensively we have 3 full backs who I am happy with but maybe get another left back and maybe get a centre back and loan out Phillips.

Even accepting that the probability of survival in the unlikely event of promotion is low, the mantra should be to be as ambitious as you can and spend a reasonable amount to try and stay up whilst recruiting players of a certain type ie avoiding too many players over a certain age and ensuring that wages offered are never potentially crippling should we come back down. You can't "allow the majority those players who take us up to try and keep us there" through some noble deed, if you can improve upon any of them then great. Forest have taken a financial risk by spending quite as much as they have and some of their signings do not fit in with the above but it looks like it will pay off. You would look at Forest and the likes of Navas, Shelvey, Wood, Felipe, Lingard etc and think maybe they are the types to avoid but I guess some of them seem to be either on short term deals or signed from a strong position. They have signed players like Gibbs White, O'Brien, Toffolo, Williams and Bowler who would all be stand out players if they came down although their problem with half of them is that they have potentially upset them by signing quite so many players as to sideline them.

It shouldnt come down to "giving players a chance" to prove themselves. The decision should be made then and there as to who will and wont be good enough (resources pending) and then going from there. Football is a ruthless business. I dont think that any of our players are Premier League quality but of course we wouldnt change them all.

Chelsea can point to (admittedly under a different owner) a very aggressive policy in terms of not showing endless patience with underperforming managers and equally a trophy room packed full of trophies. Im not sure with Potter. I felt that the job he did at Swansea was unremarkable and Cooper did far better there. At Brighton in his first two years his finishes were no real improvement on the Hughton days, last season was a very good one although his work seems to have already been improved upon by De Zerbi and they are a generally excellent run club who sign some superb players. Maybe it will prove to be a jump too far and he may struggle with big names. They could have spent their money much more wisely but there is still lots of quality to be able to do better. The Aubameyang situation is telling, it seems like he is not showing a commitment to banish him totally (he came on today) yet kicking him out of the European squad wont have gone down well. He is probably still their best out and out striker but if his face doesnt fit then it wont help doing a half arsed job.

I would like us to go strong, its a chance to continue with momentum and also if we win we are a game from Wembley. There are changes we could make without unduly weakening us just to freshen things up. Thomas can't play so bring Hedges in. Brereton also should play at the weekend so maybe give him a cameo at most, and Pickering could come in for whichever full back is deemed to need a rest the most, which could be either for different reasons. And bring in Adam Wharton over Buckley. That way you have Brereton, Buckley, Thomas and Rankin Costello or Brittain well rested for the weekend. We have 24 hours extra rest and Sheff United I would assume would go fairly strong against Spurs. I dont want to see the likes of Edun, Vale and Garrett chucked in and the white flag held aloft before we kick off.

Forest have been extreme in their recruitment but half of their Championship team had gone back and their policy should keep them in the league. "Giving the bulk of the squad a chance" is a phoney mentality accepting defeat before you start. There is a balance between wreckless spending and "giving the squad a chance" like Norwich seemingly did.

Im not convinced that the higher level of players have the same respect for him as managing teams of a lower reputation.

Brereton has been forced back into a left back position when he was playing recently, and also clearly was physically struggling. We are a better team with him in it, he is aside from a recent dry spell our best goalscorer, we are a better side with him in it.

Cant imagine Potter staying long at Chelsea at this rate.

I don't see why we would not keep Dack, he is still so important. He is our most dangerous attacking option contracted into next season (if we activate his option) and he has been back to his old self. He is better than Szmodics, he offers goals and he also offers leadership. For an attack that already will require major work, why would we create more for ourselves?