As stated before it's been circulated that Joe was responsible for the team sheets being leaked. If that was the case then he wasn't to be trusted and if you cannot trust your team mate he doesn't play. I think Cooper fell out with him over that not footballing matters. Anyway, I liked him too but if that was his downfall it was a pretty stupid way to fuck up your Forest career. Looks like Eddie not coming today so Taiwo weekend it is!
Chicago: Intelligentsia
No one loves a local boy done good centre half than me but a few weeks before didn't Joe have a tough week and Cooper was full of praise. Seems a quick u-turn if Joe hadn't done something cuntish.
I think Ombabidele is faster, stronger, better positionally and better in the air. He's also younger and more likely to get better. He's not there yet and way off Murillo and Boly but I think he could be quite good and already a match for Worrall and McKenna. He is also capable of being a bit miffed at not playing though so may not be happy as fourth choice.
I get the impression Nuno has been steered away from including Joe. Witness his lack of appearances in any preseason social media footage.
He's very much been on the way out since before Nuno joined, which makes me think it’s more than the managers decision (hence my mainly tongue in cheek comment re the owners kid).
Looks like Joe's replacement should be here soon. Very briefly.
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Oly fans online say he's the reason they won the UEFA Conference League last season, they really rate him.
Pretty sure Olympiakos sold one of their players to Newcastle and they are buying him outright. I don't think it's us buying and then loaning...
I think we have other targets in mind. Who they are other than Eddie N I haven't a foggy.
Chicago: Clarifying the situation.
I think you are possibly reading too much into it. For all the owners faults, not one of the negative articles about him has ever suggested team interference.
The Forest Fever podcast had an in-depth conversation with an Arsenal fan on Nketiah, and he suggested that Eddie had been pushing for a move (possibly not this specific move), and if so that suggests he's well motivated which I was skeptical about.
I remain cautiously optimistic, but that's a wee bit more positive for me.
Nketiah on the bench for arsenal.
Yeah also if you watch the presser from Thursday it is very clear what Nuno thinks of him: great guy but he not good enough and very strong suggestion that this is a decision which Nuno is happy to own.
It's good but if we had got less than 4 points from our two opening games it would've been foreboding for the season as a whole. So, I'd say two games in we're on track for being better than the last two years. 3 points against Wolves next week would be a real signal, though I fear they may get a good result tomorrow against the shambolic Chelsea that may give them a lift we could do without.
People overthink these kinds of psychological effects. Wolves, like Southampton, are shit. We're better than them, we'll probably win.
I say they're shit, they're a functional premier league team, they'd annihilate Derby.
David Carmo here we go. 11m + 4m ball playing left-sided centre back from Porto.
Shortly off to Olympiakos back on loan, where he was last year. May play for us in a year or so; may not.
Could be a backup in case someone is fishing with 75M for Murillo.
