Forest 4-1 Bolton

Here we are a fixture with added spice, deluded Dougie v Lennons marauders, what will be the outcome?

It's a stage for Vela and Clough to get one over on that clown, and stick 2 fingers up at him, and say SEE we are good enough really.


I am going for 3-0 Lennons marauders.

Obviously if we win it will totally vindicate the vitriol shown towards Freedman and prove inconclusively that he alone was the cause of our problems as a club. If we win it will finally prove Lennon is the better manager.
However, if we lose there is no way on earth that Bolton fans will line up to acknowledge Freedman's failure was at least in part due to the condition of the club and the impatience with long term austerity to put it right. If Forest win, it won't prove that Freedman is the better manager.
So on the so-called "added spice" front it's a very stacked deck and there's absolutely nothing we can take from it.

As regards the football however, it's a story of two stuttering teams, Forest having faded away after a strong start and more recently losing their star striker for the rest of the season, but they have managed a mini-resurgence under Dougie. Our home draw with them was one of the better early season results but recently we've only managed to get 4 points from the last possible 15 on offer so Lennon needs to find the right formula again.

We are a different proposition under Lennon and will almost certainly be looking to attack so I think our fortunes will hang on our ability to convert chances. If Mills is back/the defence shapes up, we finally have the personnel to cause problems on the break so providing Lennon picks them we have an excellent chance of nicking it.

My feeling is it will be an unsatisfactory draw though, which may push us even further down the table with Millwall being at home to Fulham on Saturday and Reading at home to Wigan tonight.

Top class performance needed from our lads to give us a bit of breathing space.

We will get absolutely DICKED.

Dougie will want to win this one more than anything else, and coupled with our shambolic away form the game is only going one way.

I'm going 4-0 Forest, but an even bigger scoreline would not surprise me one bit.

They just about got a result against Blackpool who finished the game with 8 men so it's winnable although I think a draw is a likely outcome.

Got a bad feeling about this one.

boltonbonce wrote:Got a bad feeling about this one.

Me too so I would be happy with a draw to be honest.

Shit fans hang your heads in shame, we will win

Mr Magoo wrote:Shit fans hang your heads in shame, we will win

Don't ever visit the bookmakers with Magoo.

i think both teams will sit back a bit as both the defences have been suspect recently, i would say a draw.

We will hammer these, our attack looked lethal against Watford

Another goal fest 2-4 away win

We will hammer this lot, Lennon wont be beaten to Dougie the drip.

2 quality managers, be a difficult game.

take a draw now.

Doogie vs Neil is junk at the moment. Come back in a year when Neil has all his own players in...then we will see.  As for this one.....on paper they are better than us and we are away from home.
3-1 sounds about right with the state of our defense at the minute.

Freedman aint been there long enough to completly F##k up the sqaud/team yet, DRAW for me!!!

Resounding win for the Whites. Fulham-esque.

defence is shaky at the moment but i think lennon will be giving them a rocket up the arse so i reckon a 2-1 win for us

Here are some stats for all of you (last 5 meetings):

Bolton 2-2 Forest
Bolton 1-1 Forest
Forest 3-0 Bolton
Forest 1-1 Bolton
Bolton 2-2 Forest


Last 5 Forest results:

Blackpool 4-4 Forest (Under Freedman)
Forest 3-0 Wigan (Under Freedman)
Brighton 2-3 Forest (Under Freedman)
Forest 0-1 Millwall
Fulham 3-2 Forest

It has been reported on the BBC football section of their website that Freedman is actually only on a 3 month deal!

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Ref watch: Boyeson in the middle

Carl Boyeson will take charge of Wanderers’ away clash with Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

The East Yorkshire-based official has overseen three Whites fixtures in the past, including this season’s opening game against Watford at Vicarage Road.

Mr Boyeson has officiated 23 games so far this season, handing out 58 yellow cards and three red.

Nigel Lugg and William Smallwodd will run the line, while Stuart Attwell is the fourth official.

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