You are correct that spending is way down but it is noticeable how a number of clubs have cut big earners to keep star players and supplemented their squads with 2 or 3 shrewd acquisitions. Forest have trimmed without bringing in new quality. Look at the rest:
Fulham: IN - Gazzanigga, Harry...
Like with Forest, Chris came in and pulled us clear from the relegation zone but it is there the similarities end. Contrast the rebuilding jobs in the summer transfer windows that followed:
FOREST 2021: In - 5 loans, only 5 permanent signings (Horvath, Drager, Ojeda, Silva, Healy - WHO?)...
The first 6 months were OK and he kept Forest up. The key is what happened over the summer - recruitment was abysmal. Four players promoted from the Under-23s, five new signings - none of which have made any material impression on the 1st XI. The manager has to take a lot of the blame...
Forest lost their first 4 matches last season. Knockaert joined on a 3-month loan and the following day they started a 4 match unbeaten run. In Jan his loan got extended, then Murray joined on 1st Feb on a free and the following day scored the winner on his debut away at Coventry. Forest took...
I think Knockaert and Murray obviously helped Forest because their results improved after the pair joined the club. You could saythat Lallana has done nothing at the Albion as he doesn't score or assist, but his influence is crucial..
Forest look a rudderless ship with no one capable of...
I think you've over-rated their attacking ability. They look toothless and their stats back it up. They have no players who worry the opposition. At least last season they had Knockaert and Murray who carried a threat.
I think there's a lot of teams in the Championship with one or two...
Norwich 2014, Brighton 2019 and Forest 2021. The fans reach the same conclusion.
The common thread is a lack of quality goalscorers. The difference at the Albion is that Hughton had Hemed and Murray. We got Hemed because of our connections with Almeria through the Ulloa deal, while Murray...
I think Chris's sacking is a question of when, not if.
What his tenure at Forest has shown is that Bloom was right to sack him when he did. That decision, along with the one to appoint Graham Potter, were key to our long-term fortune.
That said, Forest were bottom when Hughton took over. In...
Hughton needs reliable, attacking players. He had those at the Albion with Murray, Knockaert, Hemed and Baldock, but he doesn't have that at Forest. The squad is weaker than it was last season. He needs a left-back, creative midfielder and a couple of strikers, and if he can't get them I...
The situation Hughton finds himself in is similar in a number of ways to the one when he took over at the Albion - a team that had been around the play-offs but had made some bad signing, a few injuries and all of a sudden they're in tbe Championship shit.
3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats is not a...
It is incredible to think that it is 21 years since Forest were last in the Prem when their boss was Big Ron Atkinson. Anyone under 25 will not remember them in the top flight.
I remember when I was 16 when Massive got promoted back into the old Division 1 after a 14-year absence and I...