Nottingham Forest are set to recommence their Championship campaign shortly at Sheffield Wednesday, so Gabriel Sutton spoke to five lifelong reds. Jess Beasley (@nffcjessx), Sam Randall (SR1two8), Peter Walker (@woolly80), Ryan Wise (@ryanwise94) and Patrick O’Kane (@sportingpat) all offer their views. You’ve likely attained your first top six finish since 2010-11, finishing above Derby County… Read more →
Nottingham Forest gave their feint play-off hopes a boost on Saturday thanks to a 2-1 triumph over Brentford, with goals coming from Lewis Grabban and Molla Wague. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Nottingham Forest Costel Pantilimon – the Romanian looked at times suspect, half-spilling one cross and one shot that he might have… Read more →
A brace and man-of-the-match performance from Lewis Grabban saw Nottingham Forest boost their promotion hopes with a convincing 2-0 win over bottom side Ipswich Town. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Nottingham Forest Costel Pantilimon – the Romanian came in for some criticism for his performance against Aston Villa on Wednesday, but had… Read more →
Nottingham Forest were cruelly denied the first win of their 2018-19 Championship campaign due to a late equalizer from Matt Phillips, in a 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion. Here’s six things from the game. Forest’s first half pressure Adlene Guedioura brilliantly called the shots in midfield, bringing Tendayi Darikwa and Joe Lolley into play… Read more →
With the 2018-19 Championship season coming up, The Football Lab spoke to Nottingham Forest fan Lee Clarke (@clarkey_no1). There appears to be a lot of excitement on Trentside at present. Do you put that down to the ambitious nature of the summer recruitment? Personally, I think that is only 50% of the reason. The club… Read more →
Preston beat 10-man QPR 1-0 at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, but they were made to wait a long time for Jordan Hugill’s winner. Here’s our player ratings from the game. Preston North End Chris Maxwell – didn’t have to work too hard for his clean sheet. QPR had just two shots, both hit straight at… Read more →
Preston beat 10-man QPR 1-0 at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, but they were made to wait a long time for Jordan Hugill’s winner. Here’s five things from the game. Lively start Both teams threatened in the opening exchanges. Callum Robinson caused problems for Pawel Wszolek down the left for Preston, crossing for Alan Browne to… Read more →
In one of the most remarkable fight-backs in second tier history, 93rd and 94th minute goals saw QPR snatch a remarkable point against West London foes Brentford at Loftus Road. Here’s our player ratings from the game. Queens Park Rangers Alex Smithies – denied Vibe in a relatively quiet first half. Difficult to criticize him… Read more →
Free-flowing Forest swept away an imbalanced QPR side 4-0 thanks to a Tyler Walker brace, which sandwiched goals from Kieran Dowell and Barrie McKay. Here’s our player ratings from the game. Nottingham Forest Jordan Smith – caught crosses well when needed, but it’s fair to say the young stopper has had busier afternoons. 6 Eric… Read more →
Had QPR and Fulham been more ruthless in front of goal, we could potentially be talking about one of the second tier’s highest-scoring matches ever, rather than what looked on paper like a run-of-the-mill 2-1 win for the visitors. That came thanks to goals from Ryan Fredericks and Stefan Johansen, though Conor Washington’s injury-time strike… Read more →