Forest 4-1 Bolton

Is Clough fit for this game?

Don't see why he wouldn't be. Going off that press conference seems Lennon will go a bit more defensive.

karlypants wrote:Is Clough fit for this game?

I may be wrong but I believe he died years ago.

Freedman's in charge of Forest now.

Breadman wrote:

karlypants wrote:Is Clough fit for this game?

I may be wrong but I believe he died years ago.

Freedman's in charge of Forest now.

 but only till the summer remember it's the way he wants it.

karlypants wrote:Is Clough fit for this game?

I should read the whole thread before posting dead Brian Clough jokes...

Get your own shtick - obvious "Dead Opposing Manager / Bolton Player With The Same Surname Confusion" gags are mine.

I've claimed it.

I've never been to Forest and i'm unable to go on Saturday, One day my son One day.

Is anyone going?

Match preview: Nottingham Forest v Bolton

SETTING THE SCENE

Bolton Wanderers travel to the banks of the Trent River to face former manager Dougie Freedman and his Nottingham Forest side this weekend.

Neil Lennon will be hopeful his side can build on a positive but ultimately fruitless performance against promotion hopefuls Watford last time out, whilst there were also a glut of goals in Forest’s last outing, a 4-4 at Blackpool.

Freedman’s side are unbeaten during his three-game reign at the club, with Forest still no doubt harbouring hopes of a play-off push despite a somewhat rocky spell of late.

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TEAM NEWS

Bolton should be boosted by the return of Matt Mills (knee), Emile Heskey and Craig Davies (both hamstring), though Liam Trotter (thigh) remains a doubt.

Adam Bogdan (ankle), Darren Pratley (hamstring), Mark Davies (knee) will definitely miss out, whilst Marc Tierney (leg) and Max Clayton (knee) remain long-term absences.

LAST NOTTINGHAM FOREST XI (v Blackpool, D 4-4)

Darlow, Lichaj, Hobbs (Lascelles 42), Collins, Fox, Gardner, Burke, Lansbury, Osborn (Blackstock 52), Antonio, Fryatt (Burke 64)

ONE TO WATCH

With record signing Britt Assombalonga ruled out for the foreseeable future, midfielder Henri Lansbury has stepped up to the goalscoring plate.

Lansbury progressed through the youth ranks at Arsenal prior to joining Forest, and has netted five in his last five outings.

A creative midfielder with an eye for goal, the 24-year-old has also accumulated a total of ten yellow cards and four assists this term.

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LAST TIME WE MET (Bolton 2-2 Nottingham Forest, 16 August 2014)

All the goals came in the first half in the reverse fixture earlier this season. Joe Mason put Bolton ahead after just four minutes, before Britt Assombalonga levelled.

David Wheater then fired Bolton back in front, only for Assombalonga to double his and Forest’s tally for the afternoon, converting from the penalty spot.

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Game is advertised as having a stream on a few sites so fingers crossed.

I reckon 2-2 today but I have a feeling that we are going to shit all over them!

BWFC: Lonergan, Mills, Ream (C), Feeney, Le Fondre, Dervite, Danns, Vela, Twardzik, Bannan, Clough

Subs: Amos, Moxey, Heskey, Eidur, Wheater, Slavchev, Janko

This match is all about pride, if we lose smug Freedman will be here, there every fooking where.

Interesting that Twardzik starts and Janko is on the bench. That's a serious bench with Eidur, Emile, Slavchev and Janko! Rochinhna has not been on the bench more than maybe once, as far as I can recall...

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Did Freedman bring on three strikers today from the bench, what a piss-take 

Slaughtered.
Nice to try to attack but it only works if we keep possession and stay solid at the back.

We always lose at forest, doesn't help when we have pricks like mills getting sent off and Lenny playing heskey at CB. Also giving captains armband to clough, this isn't fifa you ginger dickhead.

The decision to stick Heskey at CB is really bothering me.

We had Wheater on the bench but Lennon opted to move a 37 year old striker with no pace into the back four instead.

It was a fucking daft move and we all called it on the Chatbox but Lennon thought it would be ok.

And the rest, as they say........

Ridiculous decision.