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Respect?

Randy Bumgardener

Randy Bumgardener

AKA Randy Bumgardener
Whilst I can't pretend to have made it (missus had me concreting on Saturday) I've been watching the highlights and interviews, and one thing that strikes me is the team seem to be under strict orders to show respect. on not one of the clips or once during commentary did I hear about any players berating the ref. They just let him make the decisions. I am sick of the way grown men seem to think it's ok to crowd referees and actually think it may change his mind about the decision, so if this is true this really needs recognising!

The way Stuart spoke about the opposition and how the team went about their own game contradicts nicely how it has been under previous regimes. Could Nottingham Forest be on their way to repairing the damage done to our great reputation in the Championship and the greater football world?
 
FBS

FBS

Steve Chettle
The only person I saw complain to the ref was Reid. But he only did it a couple of times.
 
Kelvin's Local

Kelvin's Local

Jack Armstrong
Yeh, Reid was actually doing it all game but he appeared to be the designated one. He complained about literally every decision given near him.
 
888balluk

888balluk

John Robertson
Randy Bumgardener said:
Whilst I can't pretend to have made it (missus had me concreting on Saturday) I've been watching the highlights and interviews, and one thing that strikes me is the team seem to be under strict orders to show respect. on not one of the clips or once during commentary did I hear about any players berating the ref. They just let him make the decisions. I am sick of the way grown men seem to think it's ok to crowd referees and actually think it may change his mind about the decision, so if this is true this really needs recognising!

The way Stuart spoke about the opposition and how the team went about their own game contradicts nicely how it has been under previous regimes. Could Nottingham Forest be on their way to repairing the damage done to our great reputation in the Championship and the greater football world?
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It's the way he been brought up

Good on him
 
Keysie

Keysie

Viv Anderson
I think the refs should be allowed to tell players they just made a shit pass or couldn't hit a barn door etc. should spice things up
 
Project Zeus

Project Zeus

Steve Chettle
Reid and Lansbury are terrible for it, as was Mackie, which irritates me no end. I'd be delighted if Pearce can rein it in.
 
Rzar

Rzar

Bob McKinlay
Sometimes you need to constantly nag the ref because they don't give the niggley fouls if you don't hassle them. If they get it in their mind they are going to get grief for smaller decisions, they are going to give them.
 
forestzoe

forestzoe

Jack Burkitt
There was an article online on Sunday about this, can't find it now unfortunately. It basically said how refreshing it was that Forest weren't on the ref's case all the time, as they were last season, and speculated that it was SP's influence.
 
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SLM92NF

Jack Burkitt
Bsabser said:
When Blackpool handball it britt A was tapping to his wrist to the ref a few times.
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I suppose there is a bit of a difference between calling for a decision and having a pop at the referee. It was good to see on Saturday though.

The only thing for me was there wasn't really any contentious decisions to get any players that wound up really. Will be interesting to see if it's maintained as the season progresses and as these decisions pop up.
 
forestzoe

forestzoe

Jack Burkitt
Found it:

http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/11/why-t...t-pearces-new-look-nottingham-forest-4827962/

It’s safe to assume Stuart Pearce wasn’t too impressed by the Nottingham Forest side he watched from the stands during the closing weeks of last season.

Left-back Dan Harding was the only player to start both the final day 2-1 defeat to Brighton and the season-opening 2-0 win over Blackpool at the City Ground.

Forest will face many tougher tests than Jose Riga’s hastily cobbled side who were three men light on the substitutes’ bench having failed to register them in time for the game.

But, particularly in a one-sided first half, there was plenty to leave Forest fans thinking that there is much more than raw emotion behind Pearce’s appointment as manager.
There was a simplicity to the formation – a four-four-two where everyone seemed comfortable in the roles they were asked to play.

There was a simplicity in the play as well. Michael Mancienne completed 49 of the 50 passes he attempted against Blackpool.

And the simple maxim that if you don’t shoot you don’t score was never better illustrated, with the outstanding Andy Reid’s blockbuster rebounding off a post for Michail Antonio to grab the opener and Chris Burke scoring a spectacular second.

If all that wasn’t enough of a throwback to traditional Forest values, the snarling, angry approach that characterised the club under Billy Davies had disappeared.

No arguing with referees, indeed not even the slightest show of dissent all afternoon from a team that had got surrounding the officials off to a fine art last season.

There was a typical blockbusting performance from captain Chris Cohen on his return after a knee injury which kept him out since last November. Their longest-serving player remains the Reds’ closest on-field embodiment of their new manager since Pearce himself.

And to cap things off, the man who apparently no longer wants to be known as Psycho couldn’t resist one trademark clenched fist to the fans in A-Block after the final whistle.

Pearce is the first to admit this Forest side is a work in progress – and Tuesday’s Capital One Cup trip to Tranmere may prove more of a test – but he is wasting no time in creating a side the fans can finally be proud of.
 
GOBIAS

GOBIAS

Ian Bowyer
Rzarecteh said:
Sometimes you need to constantly nag the ref because they don't give the niggley fouls if you don't hassle them. If they get it in their mind they are going to get grief for smaller decisions, they are going to give them.
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I don't agree with this even though it seems to be the way a lot of football teams do behave. If I was a ref and I knew I was getting respect from one team and nothing but hassle off the other team I know which team I would be tending to give the benefit of the doubt to.
 
F

FinnForest

A. Trialist
GOBIAS Industries said:
I don't agree with this even though it seems to be the way a lot of football teams do behave. If I was a ref and I knew I was getting respect from one team and nothing but hassle off the other team I know which team I would be tending to give the benefit of the doubt to.
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The Brian Clough way.
If my memory serves me right Psycho talked about this in his autobiography. Cloughie pretty much demanded that his players should always let the referees work in peace.
He mentioned that it worked for Forests favour aswell in the long run. Forest got more free-kicks and even pennos than any other team because of this behaviour.

It´s quite simply human nature. When you fee relaxed at the task around certain crop of people, you tend to do them more "favours" unknownigly than to the kind of people that are constantly mouthing you off.
 
Flaggers

Flaggers

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Alpha Fail

Alpha Fail

Jack Burkitt
It's very rare you see a load of players surround a ref, screaming and he goes "oh, alright then" because that way he'd just end up with the other lot screaming around him instead.

That said, I don;t watch the premiership.
 
Tutts

Tutts

Ian Bowyer
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winnits

Guest
Burke was a bit whiny with the ref on occasion but not too bad
 
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