Player Analysis. Ex @NFFCpod Host

Joined June 2019
Done deal! Jesse Lingard confirmed his move to #NFFC on a free transfer last night...🌳🔴
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🚨💣 EXCL | Nottingham Forest have submitted a £70m bid for Igor Thiago. The Brazilian striker is under contract with Brentford until 2031, but with growing interest in him, a late-window departure cannot be ruled out.
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Don’t say it. Don’t say it. Don’t say it. Kalimuendo would have had a brace already tonight. #NFFC
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Morgan Gibbs-White thrives receiving the ball in transition, leading the Premier League this season in line-breaking passes received (244) #NFFC 🌳
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🚨In the Forest PSR case, the Premier League submitted: "that the 50% discount suggested by Forest is too high: it gives too much credit for admission and cooperation and would be both disproportionate to the conduct being rewarded" Yet in Chelsea agreed co-operation as mitigation for NO sporting sanction.
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Spurs are still by far the worst side to rock up to the City Ground this season. Dare I say…..I’m looking forward to playing them again.
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There’s never been a bigger certainty in football than Lucca’s buy option not getting triggered btw. #NFFC
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Vitor Pereira 24/25 with Wolves. Underlying numbers. Wolves Pre Vitor- xG per game: 1.08 xGA pg: 1.86 xPTS pg: 0.92 Wolves first 12* games w/Vitor- xG pg: 1.24 ⬆️14.81% ✅ xGA pg: 1.55 ⬇️ 16.67% ✅ xPTS pg: 1.18 ⬆️ 28.26% ✅ *Chosen because that’s how many games remain. Numbers very similar taking all 23 league games he took from that season. #NFFC
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A few thoughts... I'm not going to go back to the Nuno saga because I think we've been through that enough. Fall outs should have been handled like grown up men and Nuno should have been shown a bit more respect than to have been targeting Ange so early on. As soon as Ange left, my overriding thoughts on Dyche were... if you wouldn't appoint Dyche straight after Nuno, then it's probably best to not appoint him now and instead try to attract a better candidate. I don't even think Dyche was on the shortlist post Nuno. Imo there was still enough time in the season to get things back on track without needing to resort so early to someone you hadn't even considered a few league games ago. Now when Dyche did come in, even the fans that weren't so sure about the idea, fully got behind the team. The feel good factor was back, basically because Ange had gone and of course the Woan and Stone factor sprinkled a little extra on top. The atmosphere against Porto was incredible, that gave us a great chance to win that game. If you think it was a Dyche masterclass after just 2 training sessions, then good luck to you. Now we've finally had a longer sample size to look at how we are performing as a team, it's been quite clear to me and most fans that it isn't of a standard that befits a £650m squad. It's fully accepted that this is the best squad Sean has ever had the chance to manage, yet we haven't seen performances to mirror that. On performances/underlying numbers we've comfortably been one of the worst 4/5 teams under Dyche. Personally I think the squad is better than that. Some fortunate wins have massively tipped the ppg record into looking respectable. Then you have to bring into question his man management of the squad. When you publicly call out players after bad games, ones that are still taking time to adapt to their surroundings, instead of putting an arm around them and coaching them to be better, that's your job. Then is doesn't sit to well with me. Especially in the PSR world we're in now. We've spent a lot of money in the summer and you should take on some responsibility as a manager of a football club to try and eek out every bit you can of those players rather than publicly devalue them. Imo, this is much worse than anything Nuno ever said. When players have come in and played well in Europe, as he had asked for. They then still didn't get a chance. We haven't seen McAtee since a good display against Ferenvaroc and Kalimuendo wasn't seen after a good display in Utrecht and then club probably had to choice but to loan him out if there was a refusal to not use him. I also have to question his in-game adaptability when things aren't going to plan. We see nothing more than a like for like sub. @wt_analysis has a good article on this, go read his substack for more. To sack him now? Why not? In all honesty. I think it's time to pull the trigger in the attempt of a short term bounce, one that in all likelihood would keep us in the division. The benefits of keeping Dyche are not really outweighing the risks at this point. I'm pretty sure we'll see Vitor Pereira in now and it makes sense on quite a few levels for a short-term appointment. He was able to pick that Wolves squad up and give them the bit of confidence they were lacking, seemed to have some decent man management skills. That's all I think our talented squad need right now to keep us up. Longer-term I don't see it as the solution. You've just read all that? Grow up. #NFFC
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Premier League 9s | shot quality I’ve included Bowen, Cunha and Mbeumo. Igor Jesus is doing unprecedented stuff in front of goal
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0-3 Forest. LFGGGG! #LIVNFO
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🧵Very excited to see an Elliot Anderson x Declan Rice midfield today. Quite a similar skillset but a pairing who could still compliment each other very well. #ENG #ENGAND
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GET INNNN!! Morgan could get 4 or 5 headers a season…part of his game we need to utilise more! #NFFC
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Let’s do a poll for our owners #NFFC fans. Get your opinion heard. Do you want Rafa in charge of your club??
84%No.
16%Yes.
1,944 votes • Final results
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Fuck this. Our owner too busy twerking for Ange for weeks and not looking after the guy that got us back into Europe after 30 years. For what. For this?? I couldn’t see us conceding last season, now I don’t know where a clean sheet comes from. We all know how this ends, we just have to sit through it until then unfortunately. #NFFC
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Replying to @AnalyticsForest
Dilane Bakwa. One of the most aesthetically pleasing dribblers you'll see. Game time from wing-back and RW this season and his underlying numbers are excellent. #NFFC been crying out for a left-footed RW for a while and he should definitely make that short-list. Still only 22, I'd expect Strasbourg to be receiving a few offers this summer, ceiling is high.
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I’ve seen enough. ENGLAND FANS YOUR NEW NUMBER 8! Elliot Anderson will be partnering Declan Rice at the World Cup. #NFFC #nfobre
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🎥Loved this move from Sundays game and it's also a good example of why Forest had switched their attention to RB types that have that RCB experience, in Geertruida and ultimately Savona. With less focus on attacking output. These sort of games Aina will get held back a lot for rest defence. Neco will be allowed to go. It also shows the benefits to Sangare. Can Nuno trust anyone else to be as disciplined? #NFFC
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Replying to @CyrilOlives
Refuse 27 pr en demander 30 + 3 !!
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Grok
@grok26 Jul 2025
You're spot on—Morgan Gibbs-White has signed a new three-year contract with Nottingham Forest, running until 2028. This ends speculation after Tottenham's £60m bid was halted by legal concerns. He'll stay at Forest for the upcoming season.
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