• All - as you will understand, the forum is exceptionally busy at this time. The admins and moderators simply don't have time to read every post in every thread. Could you PLEASE use the "Report" option below a post to flag any content that you feel we need to be aware of. We'll review everything reported as a priority and deal with it accordingly. Thank you.

Van Hooijdonk

Redemption

Redemption

Chief Eye Roller
According to Pete O'Rourke, Forest are after Van Hooijdonk's step-son, Sydney.

The player has scored 13 goals in 29 games and has a playing style reminiscent of Pierre.

www.footballinsider247.com

Nottingham Forest plot Sydney van Hooijdonk move after scouting mission

Football Insider has learned that Nottingham Forest are tracking Netherlands Under-21 striker Sydney van Hooijdonk ahead of a potential summer move.
www.footballinsider247.com www.footballinsider247.com
 
M

MaxiRobriguez

Bob McKinlay
Out for two weeks...

... On strike.
 
Thomas

Thomas

AMERICAN IDIOT
he’s supposed to be alright but the last dutch league striker we bought wasn’t exactly successful.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Chappers85

Chappers85

Can't Play Left-Back
We've only just found the bones of that goat PVH ritually sacrificed and buried under the pitch on Walpurgisnaght 1999, finally lifting the 23 year curse. Who knows what other dark magics we might be subjecting ourselves to by letting his adopted spawn into the club!
 
Captain Sinister

Captain Sinister

Senior doom Monger
Let's remember what a great player Pierre was.
All the invective about the player... and everyone forgetting the shambles the Club was: the broken promises; the asset stripping.
If an employer behaves so badly to its star employee, that employee has EVERY right to withhold his labour and strike!
Bloody Tory boys: anti-strike, anti the working man.
Power to the People!

:)
 
Bobby The Brain

Bobby The Brain

Weasel
Imagine swapping Wood for prime PVH.

Don’t agree with his actions but what a player. One of the best I’ve seen at forest.

He’s got nothing on SVC though, that guy could have been as good as he wanted to be. But in the end, he just couldn’t really be arsed.
 
Statto

Statto

Free Kick Specialist
Eddie Yates said:
When did "prime" PVH achieve anything in the PL?
Click to expand...
The stats don't disagree but in reality what f***ing chance did he have?

OK so the guy was a grade A bellend twunt when he played for us and had already ****raged his face out of Celtic to come by saying their contract offer was fine for some menial job but not an international striker, or whatever it was, and basically refused to play for them again. So we should have seen the alarm bells

That relegation side was solid, but chronically short of cutting edge and goals (does this sound familiar at all?). Clark couldn't turn it around, Psycho managed it for a bit but being Psycho and although a bit of a legend he was never the smartest (which is why he's never really made it as a manager) got a decent run together so we went out of the relegation zone but then the new manager bounce started to wear off and bringing in Bassett seemed to make things worse not better and that's when PvH came in. That last month or so he didn't really stand a chance because he'd barely played due to being a mardy twunt in Scotland and there weren't enough games to settle in but he got a goal or two not that it helped.

And then after all that he wanted to f*** off but quite rightly Bassett said no and wanted him to lead the club back which is eventually what happened. And then whilst I partially understand why he went on ****rage with us it was the wrong thing to do.

So when he came back the whole pissing team hated him and wouldn't pass to him. We were also shit so the striker position was a bit of a poisoned chalice anyway. So he wasn't going to get more than he did and actually I think given the circumstances he outscored what he should have including some crucial goals.

The reasons why he didn't score many in the PL with us were largely down to the consequences of his own actions but neither relegation side was really up to much and you don't get a lot of goals in most relegation sides.
 
Huxley

Huxley

John Robertson
Dirk Furtull said:
Quite right too. Piece of s*it contributed to our relegation big time. Nothing against the kid just could never defend that t*sser.

Sent from my LE2113 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

I’m willing to suggest the people in charge had way more to do with our relegation then one player.
 
Statto

Statto

Free Kick Specialist
Huxley said:
I’m willing to suggest the people in charge had way more to do with our relegation then one player.
Click to expand...
If we're talking about the 98/99 one then for real.

I actually have a fair degree of sympathy for the c**t because he was sold a line by his employer who c**ted out on it the summer after.

And ultimately he was right, but his "actions" were not, and devalued his point.

That season we were promised additions and consolidations to that squad who had won the 2nd tier easily. At one point we were linked with a load of top players from the WC like Ebbe Sand and Wim Jonk. But we got Nigel Quashie and Neil Shipperley instead. And we sold Campbell (who was arguably more key than that bell end) and Cooper. With that thing going off on a tantrum we were a lot weaker than what went up.

But if we had done what we did this time - and bought additions in to a strong squad from a position of strength - none of it would have happened.

It's hard to compare 25 odd years on but that side which came up then was probably better than the side we came up with last season.
 
C

Cloughie1975

John Robertson
Statto said:
The stats don't disagree but in reality what f***ing chance did he have?

OK so the guy was a grade A bellend twunt when he played for us and had already ****raged his face out of Celtic to come by saying their contract offer was fine for some menial job but not an international striker, or whatever it was, and basically refused to play for them again. So we should have seen the alarm bells

That relegation side was solid, but chronically short of cutting edge and goals (does this sound familiar at all?). Clark couldn't turn it around, Psycho managed it for a bit but being Psycho and although a bit of a legend he was never the smartest (which is why he's never really made it as a manager) got a decent run together so we went out of the relegation zone but then the new manager bounce started to wear off and bringing in Bassett seemed to make things worse not better and that's when PvH came in. That last month or so he didn't really stand a chance because he'd barely played due to being a mardy twunt in Scotland and there weren't enough games to settle in but he got a goal or two not that it helped.

And then after all that he wanted to f*** off but quite rightly Bassett said no and wanted him to lead the club back which is eventually what happened. And then whilst I partially understand why he went on ****rage with us it was the wrong thing to do.

So when he came back the whole pissing team hated him and wouldn't pass to him. We were also shit so the striker position was a bit of a poisoned chalice anyway. So he wasn't going to get more than he did and actually I think given the circumstances he outscored what he should have including some crucial goals.

The reasons why he didn't score many in the PL with us were largely down to the consequences of his own actions but neither relegation side was really up to much and you don't get a lot of goals in most relegation sides.
Click to expand...
I think PVH and Kevin Campbell together would have performed well in the PL if we had strengthened in
midfield.
However,Wray and Scholar destroyed the club by refusing to invest.
I still think PVH (although correct in what he was saying) was out of order to go on strike.
Yet another sad episode in the history of Nottingham Forest.
 
Statto

Statto

Free Kick Specialist
Cloughie1975 said:
I think PVH and Kevin Campbell together would have performed well in the PL if we had strengthened in
midfield.
However,Wray and Scholar destroyed the club by refusing to invest.
I still think PVH (although correct in what he was saying) was out of order to go on strike.
Yet another sad episode in the history of Nottingham Forest.
Click to expand...
Wasn't the promotion midfield
Woan - Johnson - Gemmill - Stone

3 of those had been key PL players for us before - indeed Stone doing his knee was one of the reasons we went down in the first place?

The other was a big money signing from Norwich who was a good player. I think it was adequate.
 
C

Cloughie1975

John Robertson
Statto said:
Wasn't the promotion midfield
Woan - Johnson - Gemmill - Stone

3 of those had been key PL players for us before - indeed Stone doing his knee was one of the reasons we went down in the first place?

The other was a big money signing from Norwich who was a good player. I think it was adequate.
Click to expand...
I don’t think Andy Johnson,Bart-Williams and Geoff Thomas (a good player but past his prime) were up
to it-also,Woan was probably past his sell by date and didn’t start many games that season.
We definitely needed to strengthen in that area to compete in the top flight.
 
Statto

Statto

Free Kick Specialist
Cloughie1975 said:
I don’t think Andy Johnson,Bart-Williams and Geoff Thomas (a good player but past his prime) were up
to it-also,Woan was probably past his sell by date and didn’t start many games that season.
We definitely needed to strengthen in that area to compete in the top flight.
Click to expand...
Thing is we adapted to this too.
I think Rogers played a fair amount of that season at LM behind Jesper Mattsson and then later Jim Brennan after relegation.

CBW and AJ were relatively young, but surely that was the point? I didn't rate Gemmill a lot but he was a solid PL player for years.

Thomas, and Glyn Hodges, were just experienced cover really.
 
C

Cloughie1975

John Robertson
Statto said:
Thing is we adapted to this too.
I think Rogers played a fair amount of that season at LM behind Jesper Mattsson and then later Jim Brennan after relegation.

CBW and AJ were relatively young, but surely that was the point? I didn't rate Gemmill a lot but he was a solid PL player for years.

Thomas, and Glyn Hodges, were just experienced cover really.
Click to expand...
The only midfield player really up to PL standard when we gained promotion in in 1998 was Steve Stone.
Of the others-Gemmill,Woan and Thomas had been good players but past their prime.
I’m afraid Bart-Williams and Andy Johnson didn’t cut the mustard for me.
Our performance in 98/99 was truly pathetic-which was not surprising given the lack of backing at board level.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom