Official Nottingham Forest Thread

Luxz0rz wrote:Very important game this weekend

Hope we can get back into our winning ways...hopefully our youth and pace will be too much for you.

forestfcfan wrote:Worst place to come if you want your winning ways back. Best wait till next week.

We're Nottingham Forest, Unbeaten at home!

Fanatic wrote:Danny Guthrie...eh?

Jordi wrote:McGoldrick =

Nottingham Forest hope to send Paul Konchesky off with a win as they look to close in on a play-off spot.

Konchesky plays the final game of his 93-day loan spell from Liverpool tomorrow when Forest face Scunthorpe at The City Ground (kick-off 3pm).

Billy Davies has been delighted with the performances and steadying influence of the England defender.

And he hopes The Reds can bring the curtain down on Konchesky's loan by claiming three points that would inch them closer to a top six finish.

The manager told us: "It is disappointing to be losing 'Konch', he has been a great lad to bring in.

"He's certainly come in and done a lot of good for us and we're grateful to both his club and to him for all they have done.

"Hopefully we can finish on a high for him and get three points.

"He's very committed in training and games and with that natural left foot he has been a big help for us."

Forest will be gunning for a third successive win tomorrow after back-to-back Easter weekend victories over Leicester and Bristol City.

They are currently sixth in the table, two points clear of their closest challengers Millwall and Burnley.

Davies added: "We're down to the last two games of the season and the players have done tremendously well over the last couple of matches.

"I've been saying for some time now that I felt it would be a photo finish and that it would go right down to the last game or two and that's exactly what we're looking at."

Scunthorpe are almost certainly facing League One football next season. They are third from bottom in the table, six points behind Doncaster and with a vastly inferior goal difference.

But Davies is urging caution, insisting: "We know that we've got to be professional in our approach this weekend.

"Our fans can play a huge part. They have got to be really patient and get behind the team from start to finish.

"They need to keep driving us forward and keep giving us the magnificent support they have given us from the very first game of the season."

Nottingham Forest are advising fans collecting tickets for tomorrow's final home match of the season to arrive early to avoid long queue's

Fewer than a thousand tickets are available for tomorrow's match against Scunthorpe.

Forest wrote:I shall try and get it going for you

Nottingham Forest 5 v 1 Scunthorpe United
Sat 30 Apr 2011


Nottingham Forest's play-off place is almost certainly secured after a 5-1 win which saw Scunthorpe United relagated.

Forest looked in total control of the game, scoring twice early in the first half. But a good ten minutes play from Scunthorpe saw them get a goal back from the penalty spot and Forest looked less in charge towards the end of the half.

An early goal for Forest in the second half gave them the impetus they needed and they dominated much of the second half, scoring two more in the process for an emphatic win.

There were two changes to the side that started against Bristol City last week. Chris Gunter came in at the back in place of Brendan Moloney and David McGoldrick started in midfield, with Guy Moussi moving to the bench.

After early pressure from Forest, Scunthorpe had the first shot on target when Mark Duffy found himself with space on the left, but Lee Camp was able to get down and put the ball out for a corner.

But Forest were in front not long after when the Scunthorpe defence stopped in their tracks when they thought Robert Earnshaw was going to be called offside. But the Forest striker took himself out of the play and Kris Boyd ran through to get on the end of the through ball. Joe Murphy ran out to close him down but Boyd sent the ball past him and into an empty net.

And Earnshaw almost made it 2-0 when he got on the end of Chris Gunter's cross but Murphy made an excellent save to put the ball out for a corner.

And the early when he blasted the ball through the wall and it was deflected in, in the 90th minute to make it 5-1.
keeper made another great save as he turned round a superb long-range shot from Gunter.

Forest doubled their lead in the 24th minute after it initially looked like the ball had been cleared off the line. A superb corner in from Chris Cohen found Player of the Season Luke Chambers on the six-yard line. His header sent the ball thundering towards goal and Sam Togwell staggered back as he made the clearance, but the linesman quickly indicated that the ball had already gone over the line.

Ramon Nunez almost got a quick one back for Scunthorpe with a great lob towards goal from 20 yards and Camp had to reach high to tip the ball over the bar.

And they threatened again when Konchesky's back-header towards Camp didn't have enough power on it and Bobby Grant took advantage, forcing an excellent save from the Forest keeper.

Scunthorpe got a goal back when they were awarded a penalty after Gunter brought down Nunez inside the box. Michael O'Connor took the penalty well, blasting the ball into the top corner.

Forest were less convincing in the final ten minutes of the half but some good work down the left in stoppage time and a good cross in ended in Murphy having to clear the ball off the line.

Billy Davies made two substitutions at half time, bringing on Paul Anderson for David McGoldrick and Guy Moussi for Paul McKenna.

And Anderson's return from injury saw him score Forest's third goal within two minutes of him coming on.It was beautiful delivery from McGugan's free kick into the six-yard box where Anderson smashed the ball in from a tight angle.

Forest had more pace and urgency about them after that but, on occasions, careless play saw them give the ball away too often.

With 20 minutes to go, Forest won a free kick on the edge of the D, after Cohen was tripped as he tried to work his way round three Scunthorpe players.

Earnshaw took the ball out of McGugan's arms and sent the ball flying towards the top of the net, forcing Murphy to tip it over for a corner.

McGugan received a standing ovation from the home crowd when he was substituted in the 76th minute, replaced by Julian Bennett.

Forest scored their fourth after Bennett won a free kick to the left of the penalty area. Cohen sent the ball across to the far post where it dropped between Chambers and two defenders and the Forest player managed to squeeze the ball over the line for his second of the game.

Forest won another free kick in the 88th minute in the middle of the D and Earnshaw was sent off for his second yellow card when he took it too early, lobbing the ball into the net.

But Boyd was not too early when he blasted the ball through the wall and it was deflected in, in the 90th minute to make it 5-1.

Nottingham Forest: Camp, Gunter, Morgan, Chambers, Konchesky, Cohen, McGoldrick(Anderson 45minHT), McKenna(C)(Moussi 45minHT), McGugan(Bennett 76min), Boyd, Earnshaw
Subs: Darlow, Moloney, Tudgay, Adebola
Bookings: Earnshaw 45min 88min RED CARD for 2 yellow
Scorers: Boyd 8min, 89min, Chambers 25min, 81min, Anderson 47min,

Scunthorpe: Murphy, Wright (Nolan 87min), Togwell, Nunez, Dagnall(Miller 36min), Nelson(C), Mirfin, Grant, Williams, O'Connor, Duffy(Collins 76min)
Subs: Gordon, Raynes, Lillis, Reid
Bookings: Miller 52min
Scorer: OConnor pen 35min

Referee: D Whitestone
Attendance: 27,949 away attn: 450