Potential Forest Departures

With Billy now getting a transfer window to tackle his squad, there might be just as many heading out of doors as coming in them. Partially to free up wages, clear out some dead wood and just to get rid of players Billy simply doesn’t fancy.

Potential outs

Dan Harding
Ok so our recognised left back, but the fact simply looks like he’s not good enough, and Billy doesn’t rate him. Whether that means sticking with ever reliable Chris Cohen, or shifting him back to midfield and getting a specialized left back in isn’t fully clear. However you would think anyone with any sense would bring in a proper left back and get Cohen back to where he is effective. Harding didn’t have the greatest of seasons, and should there be much interest I could see him being moved on.

Gillett

Simon Gillett
Genuinely thought he might be a Billy type player, very much in that McKenna mould, but again, Billy tends to want his own men in roles he see’s vital, and he doesn’t much seem to like Gillett. He flattered to deceive in the second half of the season, and O’Driscoll may come a knocking again for his erstwhile side kick. Don’t imagine we’d demand much of a fee either.

Matt Derbyshire
Please god someone take this waste of resources off us. He didn’t do much on either loan, and just seems to be content taking vast wedges of cash for his wife to splurge in the cinema. Really hope he gets shipped on. The only nagging doubt I have is that Billy likes a poacher, he might see Derbyshire as one of those, but I think also board pressure would want to see players like Derbyshire out the club.

Collins

Danny Collins
Might be slightly controversial this one, but Billy didn’t initially seem to like the Welshman. Additionally, the captaincy was removed from him. In that regard he might well get told he’s not seen as first choice and his age he may decide he’s prefer to look elsewhere for action. A lot of fans don’t rate Collins, I don’t mind him, but he is cumbersome at times. I don’t imagine his wages are cheap either.





Stephen McLaughlin
It’s funny we all this focus on a winger when we have rough and ready one in reserve, admittedly on Reidy’s side, but we don’t much about the Irishman. Now I base this all purely on the McCleary evidence but Billy never gave him his chance, he only blossomed under Cotterill. Is there something about these unpolished diamonds Billy doesn’t like? He does tend to focus on players who are the finished article, not having the patience to see someone develop fully. Might see him go or at least loaned out for 6 months.

Miller

Ishmael Miller
Hardly set the world alight with Boro but could quite easily be on his way. Expensive and not getting the returns on the investment it might be best to cut losses, or just simply take what we can and accept the loss. Some have said Billy could get him playing, but I think the ship sailed a long time ago on Miller. Just get him off the wage bill. Him and Derbyshire alone are taking up the pay we could get 4/5 very good players for. Hungry players. m There has been a number on Twitter saying we should give him a chance. These people clearly only saw him for West Brom







Dexter Blackstock
Yeah he has only just signed a deal, but there have been numerous occasions there has been chatter he could be off. If we did sign Carlton Cole I’d expect to see Dexter go, and lets be honest his form last season was pretty bad. It’s also one player we could get a fee to reinvest from.

Guy Moussi
Moussi is not first XI by any stretch and is so inconsistent. After his contract negotiations the other season i don’t suppose he is cheap either. He’s the type of player we might look to recoup some money on, and Billy doesn’t seem to like him as much as he did before.

Jonathan Greening
Like Derbyshire and Miller on a lot of money for no real returns. Offloading him, for free probably, considering age and poor performance, and we could ease off that £12 k from the wage bill he is swallowing up. Nobody will miss him, he seems to only serve the purpose of keeping the dressing room entertained these days.



All of this would maybe free up some cash on the wages front, that we now have to consider FFP wise. Consider that supposedly Derbyshire, Miller and Greening between them are on over £40k a week, which s a little over £2mill a year of our turnover we have to pay out to crap. We can’t let that continue. Players sitting on fat long term contracts has to end.

Greening Exiled to Barnsley

I say exile, as Barnsley is rapidly being where Forest players are going to be sent to seed. Harewood, Tudgay and now Greening are all there now. Remnants of last year’s failed season congregating in south Yorkshire for a second chance.

I am perhaps being unfair but Greening became synonymous with last season’s failures. Harewood too, bought in to get goals, in a team failing. Neither succeeded. Tudgay of course has been here longer and at least experienced some of the good days. But as Forest has evolved he has slipped further and further down the pecking order.

Now of course for both its good to be getting match practice, and let’s be honest whatever, if anything Barnsley is paying toward wages will also mean less financial burden. Even if that’s no longer the worry it was, it’s still good to have these players off the bill rather than not. For one it may create animosity in the dressing room, people unhappy people playing less than them earn more. If they aren’t there, it’s not a factor.

Also if they are getting match practice, it means they will be more match sharp should we need to call upon on them in a crisis. More so Tudgay than Greening, but his loan is with a view to a permanent move. Greening is in a position so laden with players he could have the greatest few games of his life and it’s unlikely he’d get back in our team.

Good luck to them though.

Forest Look-a-likes 5

Been quite sometime since we did one, so maybe this is a little rushed, but here we go again.

Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond from Lost) and Jonathan Greening



Seth Gabel (actor) and Paul Anderson



Andy Balderstone (physio) and Ronald Koeman



Billie Jackson (Eastenders) and Des Walker

Forest Look-a-likes 4

So we are bringing this back with the new players and new look-a-likes we now have. If you have a good lookalike you know of, then please post them on the forum. The link is as follows. http://www.soccer24-7.com/forum/showthread.php?t=185376

George Boateng and Djimon Hounsou (of Gladiator and Blood Diamond)



Chris Robinson (of the Black Crowes)and Jonathan Greening



David McGoldrick and Turk from Scrubs (Donald Faison)



James Perch and a Peperami



All nominations welcome but we are especially looking for Steve McClaren ones

In Greening We Trust

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Once again thanks to Forum member Nagash for this

Greening Official, Moussi Close to Signing

First up Jonathan Greening has officially signed today. There's a picture there of him in the kit so it must be official (as an aside, that's never really officially, remember Kevin Miller?) It looks likely he will also be installed as club captain, after signing a 3 year deal with the club. The deal is worth £600k. Reaction has been mostly positive amongst fans,thought the usual miserable folks are out asking why we are signing "has beens" and why is he on a 3 year deal (so was McKenna) These people are never happy of course.

In other good news Sky Sports say Guy Moussi is set to stay at the City Ground. All the Premier League interest he was supposedly cultivating has failed to materialise., Therefore I guess this was all agent speak trying to garner interest in Moussi. Or of course force Forests hand to up their offer. This obviously never happened, so then Derby were linked. Still Forest weren't shifted. Now he has to accept.

Oh and it looks like the Routledge deal might still be on. According to some on Twitter anyway. Not overly trustworthy, but we can hope.

Still no left backs though.


******EXCITING UPDATE*****
I've just been told on Twitter Moussi definitely signed at 18:30 today.

Greening In, Shorey Not.

The Jonathan Greening rumour is gathering pace with several trusted media sources claiming the deal is set to go through. The Nicky Shorey rumour,which isn't being pushed by media sources, but only but only be people on twitter.

Fora start Shorey played a friendly today for West Brom. In California. Not really conducive to agreeing, and signing a deal,least of all undergoing a medical.

Greening on the other hand looks very likely to complete his move. I would argue he is probably going to take the captains armband too. He has excellent pedigree. Has played a lot of his career in the top flight.

Shorey we know all about. This doesn't mean of course there won't be a deal, just not tomorrow. It may come next week or so if it does.

In other news Leicester have signed Konchesky, and are paying him £30-40k a week. Which for a team in the Championship is retarded.