GreeksBearingGifts
Stuart Pearce
It's a pity Worrall and Yates were loaned out early in their careers; one-club players have become a rarity in today's football, and I think they would both be good candidates for that specific category.
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Joseph Adrian Worrall (The Club Captain!)
- Thread starter Rzar
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Joe Worrall represents everything we love about our club.
He’s a home grown leader who gives everything selflessly. His love of Nottingham Forest has never been in doubt and he’s well respected from everyone top to bottom.
He may not win games, in the goal scoring sense, but he will keep us ahead by putting himself between the ball and our goal. He’s the kind of defender every keeper wants and needs.
He’s a top top top bloke and, when he decides his playing career is over, he will always be closely associated with Forest as a legend.
He’s a home grown leader who gives everything selflessly. His love of Nottingham Forest has never been in doubt and he’s well respected from everyone top to bottom.
He may not win games, in the goal scoring sense, but he will keep us ahead by putting himself between the ball and our goal. He’s the kind of defender every keeper wants and needs.
He’s a top top top bloke and, when he decides his playing career is over, he will always be closely associated with Forest as a legend.
donny
Grenville Morris
Both him, and Ryan, have often said, they're not the greatest footballers. As you say, they make up for that in the fact they would quite literally run through walls for the club.
He said as a young player, in fact, I think it may have been the Wolves interview where he called out the senior players, that his biggest ambition was to get Forest promoted to the Premier League and keep them there.
Hes done that, and is living his dream. It helps that his best mate plays in front of him, and, that they both have very similar mentalities when it comes to the game. I think last season was an eye opener for him, both in playing style, and how every move you make on the pitch is watched. This season, he seems to have adapted to the changes that he experienced last season, and, as such, is a far better footballer for it.
He'll never be a world beater, but, he'll go down in Forest folklore, along with Cooper and Yates, as being integral parts of getting the club back to where we feel we belong.
Tobias
Jack Burkitt
Nope. They're both one club men. A couple of loans to feeder clubs like Dagenham & Redbridge, Notts County and Rangers won't change that.
Redemption
Chief Eye Roller
Notcher
Stuart Pearce
I'd love to hear a Worrall podcast when he's finished his playing career. You know it would be warts n all
shearstone
Misses the champ
congo_red_49
Ale Ape
I think that description, which gets rolled out fairly frequently, does them a little bit of a disservice, as both have improved the technical side of their games massively over their time with the first team.
Battered Sausage
Matchday Squad
Next TIFO please FG.
Harvey
Chrissy Cohen
That's my new desktop background sorted!
Joe Baker's Dog
Grenville Morris
Joe looked shattered at the end of the game........he'd gone over a couple of times to our bench to get those gels that you see cyclists in the Tour de France getting.....it was a warm day too...
cms186
Grenville Morris
Not quite the same but Worrall did an extensive interview with Chippers which would have been not long after Coops took charge:
Loughborough_red
Jack Armstrong
It was a great listen at the time. Very interesting how close he came to joining another club (it was Brentford but he was being diplomatic).
We were still a Champ club when he recorded that interview and he is candid about potentially having to leave to fulfill his dream of playing Premier League football. I'm so happy he was able to do it with us.
donny
Grenville Morris
I think it was a combination of the amount of work he'd done, and the mental effort of the last 10 days. As much as he'd say otherwise, that has an effect on anyone
TrentEndGaribaldi
Reidy
Had a great game Saturday.
But my god he gave me a heart attack near the end. He went to block a shot and got his body/arm in a very unnatural position and from my seat in line with him on the touchline it looked like a blatant handball. Was fully expecting VAR to overturn it and award a penalty!
But my god he gave me a heart attack near the end. He went to block a shot and got his body/arm in a very unnatural position and from my seat in line with him on the touchline it looked like a blatant handball. Was fully expecting VAR to overturn it and award a penalty!
Collymore!
Grenville Morris
Team of the week for Joe, congrats!
“Nottingham Forest, meanwhile, needed to look no further than the leadership of their captain Worrall, who was superb in every department. If he wasn't blocking a shot, he was heading the ball clear. It's difficult enough playing Premier League football against one of the most fashionable sides in the country, but doing so after suffering a family bereavement was a big ask and Worrall managed the occasion brilliantly.”
www.bbc.com
“Nottingham Forest, meanwhile, needed to look no further than the leadership of their captain Worrall, who was superb in every department. If he wasn't blocking a shot, he was heading the ball clear. It's difficult enough playing Premier League football against one of the most fashionable sides in the country, but doing so after suffering a family bereavement was a big ask and Worrall managed the occasion brilliantly.”
Who is proving a captain fantastic? - Garth Crooks' Team of the Week - BBC Sport
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I thought that was a blatant handball too...think replay showed it hit boly and was nowhere near Worrall! Shows how different you see things when you're stressed as hell!!
Est.1865
Screw The PL
Think his new contract should be a piece of business we do very soon.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Agree, even if you think Joe won't adapt to this level you would be an idiot to disregard what he does for this club as a leader.
Monkman
Grenville Morris
Darren Fletcher on the GR podcast said his new contract was done, and he's a friend of Worrall's (or at least says he is).
Est.1865
Screw The PL
Yeah, both he and also Yatesy are integral parts of the culture the club are growing.
shearstone
Misses the champ
I wonder if they delayed announcing it to not have the transfer window overshadow it and now delaying it until Worrall is in the right frame of mind for some publicity off the back of it?
Harvey
Chrissy Cohen
You write Joe off, and for that matter Ryan Yates, at your peril
It's Baggio
John Robertson
Worrall, like most of the team had a tough few months at the beginning of last season. Since then though he's been consistently good, despite the meltdown whenever he puts a foot wrong.
He might not be in our strongest team when everyone's fit but he's more than good enough to contribute.
He might not be in our strongest team when everyone's fit but he's more than good enough to contribute.