Douglas Alan „Dougie“ Freedman

[Brian Fantana]

 

[Bryn Gunn]

He won't last a year

He'll be lucky to last two months.

 

[RufusTFirefly]

Ummm, I've been in the garden all afternoon burning stuff. This is a bad dream brought on by fumes or something right? Right?

 

[JustinL]

... good luck young man --- you're going to need it.

:facepalm:

 

[account deleted]

Can't do much worse, we were losing games pretty much every week anyway

 

[Senior Flange Technician]

If he brings his stats with him we'll lose the next 6.

 

[trent end loyal]

that piper playing the bagpipes in the main stand car park on saturday pre match was a couple of days early in greeting him obviously!.

 

[Ravi]

This was always the problem with appointing a club legend like Pearce. The guy following him inevitably cops all the anger and disappointment of the broken dream.

 

[account deleted]

If he brings his stats with him we'll lose the next 6.

As long as he doesn't bring that god awful drum we used to have in the Trend End that's fine with me

 

[Larry Lansbury]

Let's hope Dougie isn't reading these comments. Fans are acting like spoilt children- unbelievable. I'd love to hear the names of managers that fans think we ought to be attracting.

 

[Redsleepingbeauty]

I actually like Freedman. Good luck to him.

I stayed behind at Selhurst a couple of seasons ago on the last day once Forest had left and Palace did a lap of honour. Freedman applauded the Forest fans and he got the same back. I quite liked him when he was playing at Forest too, but he was there at at a bad time. There with Shipperley with no hope of keeping us in the Premier League after losing van Hooijdonk and Campbell. He scored against Derby. My favourite was the one he scored at Blackburn when we sent them down.

But I'm still sickened. When would talks with him have to have started for an announcement this early? Surely the players putting in a terrible performance on Saturday knew? I understand that is football now. But football now is also shit in many ways. A man who has served our club with a loyalty way above and beyond what can reasonably expected has been shafted a bit. And some of our fans' loyalty to him ran out after two months of his first season as permanent manager.

What about his goal in the 2-2 draw with Villa. An absolute cracker.

 

[Erik]

Not happy about it tbh but let's get behind him rather than labeling him a useless twat before his 1st game.

But he is useless. Why waste time?

 

[Red Dawn]

Freedman is back, Freedman is back woahhhhh woahhhhhh

 

[Dirk Furtull]

Someone other the DF may have been received more warmly.

 

[MattyFryattsTummy]

Is there any point caring any more??

Pathetic appoinment, christ the Bolton fans did firework celebrations when he was sacked earlier in the season, had them playing the worst football imaginable ffs, had them in the bottom 3, it cant get any worse than this tbh.

sad times

Any gloating Direby fans can f*** off as well.

 

[Haych]

f*** off Freedman you f***ing snake, he's had the job for weeks

 

[WillE]

Thank God. Light at the end of the tunnel. Pearce will not be a manager again.

Feel much more confident with DF in charge TBH

He had my full support. Hope all the whiners, stuck in the past, just get over it.

 

[Rzar]

I'm very surprised. Let's hope it's a correct move - I am assuming this is Fawaz' wildcard.

I'll be behind him though - we have to be as he's in charge now. Let's let his results do the talking.

 

[winnits]

This was always the problem with appointing a club legend like Pearce. The guy following him inevitably cops all the anger and disappointment of the broken dream.

Even after Cotterill this would be a disappointment.

 

[tropix]

If he brings his stats with him we'll lose the next 6.

Took Bolton from 20th to 7th in his first season

 

[OLDMANRED]

Let's hope Dougie isn't reading these comments. Fans are acting like spoilt children- unbelievable. I'd love to hear the names of managers that fans think we ought to be attracting.

Stuart Pearce

 

[RRRREDUN]

Of course, some of us are underwhelmed. But us 'happy clappers', (what kno*-head said that?), will give him and his team as much support as possible and home and away. Some on here won't. Luckily many won't get as far as the City Ground so their booing won't be heard. I damn well hope he's successful; it's what everyone wanted wasn't it?

 

[Barry]

If you can't DM me and I will buy it if it's going at a discounted rate. I've had to wait till payday to get one was going to go fetch it in the morning, if you need rid anyway and there's a deal to be had, let me know!

I wont be making the point in returning it to the club in selling it on will i?

 

[Ravi]

Even after Cotterill this would be a disappointment.

The harsh reality is he can't do any worse. No more hoof ball will do me.

 

[Strummer]

Let's hope Dougie isn't reading these comments. Fans are acting like spoilt children- unbelievable. I'd love to hear the names of managers that fans think we ought to be attracting.

Spoilt children?

We had a manager who was trying to rebuild a club that was a complete and utter car-crash.

And that manager was a bona-fide Forest legend.

And our owner has simply shat on him from a great height and immediately appointed a new manager who, as results show, is actually a worse manager than Stuart Pearce?

If Dougie is reading this, then I sincerely hope he has some comprehension of the job he's taken on. Good luck Dougie, you're going to f***ing need it.