It’s not the best time to be visiting the City Ground.
Forest have won the last four matches under Billy Davies, setting about a late charge for the play-offs.
As Wolves were beating Millwall on Tuesday, they were grinding out a narrow victory over 9-man Ipswich to move within two points of the top six.
It looks like an interesting tussle for the play-off spots, with Bolton and Brighton also hitting their stride at the right time. Leeds and Boro aren’t out of it either.
Looking at the table (lots of draws), you sense Forest are an efficient rather than spectacular side, but nonetheless this will be a stern test.
The Trees won at Molineux earlier in the season courtesy of a Guedioura bullet. Hopefully no repeat of those shenanigans tomorrow.
Unlike Millwall though, they’ve got the attacking players (Cox, Sharp, Majewski, etc) to hurt us.
Wolves
The team selection at Millwall raised more than a few eyebrows, but was quickly overshadowed by the sweet and unfamiliar sensation of victory.
The question now is, does Dean Saunders stick or twist? I’d be inclined to restore Sigurdarson to the lineup:
But again, so many players have been tried in so many different formations, it fogs the mind.
I don’t even know what I think our best lineup is at the moment, although I’d be loathe to make wholesale changes to a team that delivered a first victory in 14 matches.
Predictions
In an unprecedented wave of optimism, 44 people thought Wolves would win at Millwall.
10 of those got the 2-0 scoreline spot on, so well done to Norway Wolf, dave h, Morph, (Formerly) Sir Fred Paisley, Andrew in Atlanta, Slider, johnok, Mick the Wolf, sevlow and robc306. It’s doubles all round and a single for everyone else.
Logically, Forest should win this.
But Wolves are coming in on the back of two decent results, so I’ll back us to take a point.
2-2.
Up The Wolves.
I think it would be easy to get too carried away after beating the only team in the division with a form record to match our own, but hopefully we can keep some kind of momentum going tomorrow. I’m going for a 1-1 draw.
I fear that normal service shall be resumed.
Forest 2-0 Wolves
Anything could will should happen. I ‘m going for 2 all
Hoping we can build on the win. I think forest have a few injuries to their strikers, so if we can keep them to one goal I am going for 1-1. We need to get a few wins at home to get the fans behind the team.
I think the reason we are seeing so many changes in our line-up is that the manager is trying to keep the players fresh and on their toes. It was touch and go whether Eubanks Blake played against Millwall, so will not be surprised if he rotates again with the strIkers.
I think I agree with you Thomas about the result.
Forest should have done more against 9 man Ipswich, even if all 9 were ‘putting a shift in’.
Against 11 of us I think we will get a point.
One interesting fact I can bore you with.
Up to the time of me writing this, only 82 people commented on our win against Millwall.
This is a good 20%+ down on the normal response to your excellent blogs.
Seems like we’ve got more moaners than happy clappers.
If this carries on, by the time we hit the top of the league, no one will be replying and you’ll be blogging on your own! (You’ll go blind).
Forest 1- 1 Wolves
or maybe it’s because some of us are fed up of being branded happy clappers by the morons! just because we don’t agree with the comments “mainly southbankers” we are happy clappers- I womder how many of those that are not have supported the team for 60 years (64 in march) and been a season ticket holder for 40 years, just because we don’t agree with “everyone” doesn’t mean we don’t care – me I have a go at any supposed fan that has a go at those that can’t answer and have to be diplomatic – ie: the manager/players/Jez/Steve, I am sure that they were like me, and they wished they could just tell some of our fans to **** off! opps I’m of again happy clapper views!
They only have to be diplomatic because their whole raison d’etre is to keep the current fans happy and attract new ones. If the current fans are not happy then they should let the club know.
Fans who never complain just let these people do what they like.
Constructive criticism helps people improve.
Doog, I noticed the same thing. I think two reasons.
We all have an expectation although recently dented that we should be beating the likes of Milwall and secondly I at least am holding my breath hardly daring to say anything. I want so badly for us to have turned the corner.
I am not negative or a moaner far from it, but the reality is that we all know only to well what this group of players usually does after one good result. It blows up in our face.
I personally think this game is Deanos biggest test. Selection, tactics and motivating the players will tell me a lot about his capabilities. This is his big one.
Come on me babies Wolves till I die and then some.
Prediction, undecided between 1-1 and 2-2 mmmmmmmmmmmm 2-2 it is. I see them nailing two but worry we will never mind 2-2 it is.
i’ve had a busy week mate
I think this looks like a draw. 1-1
1-1 for me
COME ON ME BABIES
Tough one but if all goes our way, Gued gets sent off and rest fire blanks……..
However think we might just come down to earth. Hope I am wrong.
Forest 2 Wolves 1
Id take a point here next week is the must win so its a 1-1 for me .
We won against the only team whose form is worse than ours!! We play a revitalised Forest side away going for the play-off’s. Please remember before we get too euphoric that we have won one match in 13- that;s all. It’s appalling. I love Wolves but i try and remain objective, we are still relegation favourites – but i will go to see them in League One. I predict 2-0 to them with Guidenara to score against us. Again!
In my head, a draw would probably be the best we could go for but I’m going to go with the heart (that has probably screwed me over in the prediction league table!) and go for a 2-1 Wolves win – Siggy goal following the screamer we KNOW that Algerian guy will be scoring against us before a last-minute OG embarrassment by Greg Halford
i would leave Cassidy up front with SEB and would like to see Davis in for Henry. A tough game as Forest are on a good run of form, we need to get at them fast from the off, give them no time to settle.
Out of the 59 games at Forest they have won 31, we have won 13 and drawn 15 though our overall record (home & away) is 54 wins for us against 40 for Forest.
I am going for Wolves to show they are back on track and come away with all 3 points, so Forest 1 v 3 Wolves with goals from Sako, SEB and Gorkss.
As said above a point would be a good return . However that may not be enough. ..I was intrigued be Saunders comment after the millwall game – the players were up for it in the dressing room pre match…what does that mean ?
I fancy a bit of a shock result with a late Sako winner
Trees 1 Wolves 2
I think the team you have selected will be pretty close to the starting 11. With my realistic head on I see a defeat heading our way not helped by our captain. Hopefully then we can give Davies a good run. Forest 3 – 1 Wolves.
Draw of the year so far! Forrest 3 – Wolves 3.
Wolves continues their excellent one win form and wins the game 1-0.
I liken “wins” to buses – you wait ages for one to come along then two turn up together.
For that reason alone, I’m going to be very silly and predict Forest 0, Wolves 1
The form guides indicate that this game should be straightforward for Forest, however the players are bound to be more up for it after Millwall and there is noticeably more confidence when not in front of the home fans. Another big game in terms of ‘turning a corner’ and huge for Jez as I’m sure a number of early bird decisions will depend on the result of this match. Unfortunately I think we’ll go one down and lose the fragile confidence carried forward from Tuesday. Reversal of fortunes, 2-0 to Forest and hope to be proved wrong.
Hands up if you’ve already early birded?
I’ve just renewed my ST. Watching football to me means watching Wolves, and I’m confident they’ll turn the corner sooner or later even if they are relegated again this season.
What’s the alternative? Just not going to matches? Or going down the road to watch the Villa? Or, worse still, subscribing to Sky and sitting at home every weekend watching Chelsea and the Mancs?
No thanks.
I’m going for a narrow 1-0.
I’m not sure what more to say that that really. Thomas’s team I think will be spot on for the starting line up. We just have to keep gueds out and hold the fort.
Tough game for certain.
3-0 Forest normal service resumed on our way to Saunders natural stopping ground league 1
Yes – I was confused with the team selection on Tuesday.
Yes – I remained confident that we would get the elusive win.
Yes – I backed us for 0-2. Nice
Yes – I’m looking forward to going to Forest.
This one will be much tougher. Forest had the uplift that a new manager can provide!!!!!
Hope that we have turned the corner now.
Forest 1 Wolves 1
My brother is a Forest fan.
He tells me that their strike force isn’t so good, but that under Davies their midfield dominance, is what has won them games.
Maybe our luck has turned so I will plumb for a Forest 0 Wolves 2, but would be happy with a draw.
Still think Morgan and Moxey have much to answer for…
Yes, I would play Siggy instead of Cassidy. I would also plump for Pzesko before Edwards wide right but it is now obvious that Dean won’t pick him. Ward???? Can’t make too many changes from a winning team. Hoping to be hopelessly wrong in predicting Forest 3 Wolves 1.
1-1 If we do stop up are we just going to become the stoke city of the championship ? On the plus side Deano has shown he is prepared to vary selection and give players a chance.
Whatever a clappy happer is, I am the opposite.
Yes, I always want us to win, but realistically, one summer doesnt make you swallow, and we are still a crap team, with a crap manager, crap players and crap management.
Can we beat Forest? Of course we CAN, but will we?
Not a chance.
I refuse to join all the recently religiously converted on this side, and prefer to stick to reality.
And that is doom and gloom for the rest of the season, and the foreseeable future, until the clowns have all left the three ringed circus.
And by the way, I will take great delight if I am proved wrong, and all the clapper happers give me shit on here, coz that will mean we avoided the inevitable.
So really, I cant lose, which is more than can be said for our beloved team!!!
Have a nice day, y’all, and lest we forget our manners,
Fuck Off w…b…
saw this and thought of you
http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2013/03/08/wolves-hope-to-be-more-than-a-flash-in-the-pan/?
looks like someone at the suppress and stir reads your posts mate (check the sub heading)
A draw would be a good result, I think.
1-1
This a tough one to call. Staying optimistic. Forest 0 Wolves 1 (SEB again)
Despite living in Nottingham I can`t get to the game, as I`m heading the other way to visit my elderly mum in hospital in Willenhall. Family matters always come first for me.
Always a good and close game at the City Ground, and it has been a happy hunting ground for Wolves over the years. Our side has the players to win most matches in this league, and I see no reason why if their mental state has been improved after Millwall that they can`t do well in this away match. So being greedy I`m going for a 3-1 win, so I can wear my Wolves top with pride around Notts when I`m on leave next week. Shan`t bother doing that of course if the result goes the other way.
Hopefully we’ll remain unbeaten & maybe get a draw but lets dream on and go for another 2-0 win to Wolves.
Always had a soft spot for Wolves after visiting your ground when my lad was playing county football. A lot of good work done in the community…so its a narrow forest win and I hope you stay safe
Wow… 90% of you need to wake up. Your not gonna get a draw at forest never mind a win. One way ticket for wanky wanderes……..
Thank you Red army for your thoughtful contribution.
One small point. You managed to spell ‘wanky’ correctly but couldn’t quite do it with ‘Wanderers’.
I wonder what that says about you?
Makes you wonder how he found his way onto this site.
Kind of like the infinite monkeys/infinite typewriters/works of Shakespeare analogy.
( For those of you of a dim persuasion, Red, a typewriter was what we used before computers were invented, and Shakespeare played for The Wolves in the 1600s while writing plays on the side. Unfortuneately, he is more remembered for being a playwright than a Wandere…………………….spelling mistake deliberate)
Go back to the cave whence you came.
oh come on guys. if we’re picking holes in the troglodyte’s grammar let’s not ignore the appalling use of your rather than you’re. old willy wobbledagger will be spinning in his grave
But, Sir Clive, is he not just reiterating YOUR own non- happy clapping negativism?
Mmmmmm
Just a hunch but i wouldnt be surprised if red army isnt usually wrong.
2-1 victory.
Is it too late to make a playoff run?
Robin Hoods Men 2 – 0 Robbin Morgans Men
UTW
We need a point at least, the frauds were picked last week and had their one good game they produce when they have to. Let’s see if they maintain their rouse ….. 2-2
I think an upset is on the cards , we have always had the tools to beat forest but lacked confidence , confidence is back , I’m going one nil wolves . C’mon me babies
Wow ,,, red army ! How did you become such an hard case . I’d never dare say something like that to a load of fans of another team , in fact you scare me . Jesus Christ . And are you really in the RED ARMY that we ve all heard of . Watch out all you Wolves fans the red army are on to us .
I must apologise for red army. The brain dead are everywhere ignore him…
I like it now that you’ve all gone upbeat and result gaga. Sorry but swallowing once doesn’t make it a summer ( or something along those lines). We will no doubt give it a account of ourselves but I don’t think we’re quite there yet. Sorry but it’s Forest 2 – 1 Wolves.
If only you’d support your team as well as you do this forum!!
Googled Red Army apparently done nothing since 1944.
But at least they’ve got a pretty good record against German outfits?!
and before that they used to be seen running through the forest wearing green tights and playing bows and arrows! bless
on the internet you can be anything you want.
it’s such a pity so many people choose to be idiots.
Forest by all accounts are a funny side in the sense that they never know what side are gonna turn up on the day,a bit like we used to be,and struggling a bit against ipswich’s 9 men,so i’m sticking my head out and going for another win(ever the optimist)1-2 wolves..fingers crossed and all that.
Saying that would take the draw now.UTW.
What ever you say red army . We would nt mess with you mate . We can only dream of having an army as big as the red army! Better try and support my team more else you might come after me
Playing away against a team who are on form, again I’m thinking this should be a Wolves loss. But I’m praying maybe Notts will be over-confident and that Wolves keep the momentum and success from the last game into this one. I’m going for another win.
Notts 1 – 2 Wolves
I consulted the sideboard which gave me Forest 2 Wolves 4. It does need a good mr sheening though
Logged in to predict a one all draw. After seeing everyone and his grandma are going for a draw, then throw in the red army comment and I’m going for Forest 0 Wolves 1( scorer Henry HaHa! )
Forest 2 – 1 Wolves
Forest fan comes in peace?!?!
Look wolves over recent years have played and looked much better than us, but……….. We have Billy back and he has turned us around! We had a wobble on Tuesday against 9 men but we still got the win. We played well at Sheffield first half on the Saturday!! But the week before we played Huddersfield and Charlton off the park. I expect a rampant first half with 3 goals then a second half where you get 1 back? You can’t argue with 4 wins and 3 clean sheets!?? I hope you stay up, always a good game against you guys!
3-1 to Forest
COYR!!!
ian woan was class
Crazy stuff – Forrest 3 – Wolves 2. That light at the end of the tunnel is a train coming in the other direction,
Cant realistically seeing us win, would be over the moon with a point 9but wouldnt put money on it!!)
1 – 1 I think.
Unless of course, the old guard show the cameras and the Premier League scouts that they are better than the league position testifies to!!!!!
Cant realistically seeing us win, would be over the moon with a point (but wouldnt put money on it!!)
1 – 1 I think.
Unless of course, the old guard show the cameras and the Premier League scouts that they are better than the league position testifies to!!!!!
Wolves 0 Nottingham 1
I may have got this completely arse about face.In their last four games Forest have played Ipswich,Wednesday,Charlton(5 points out of the last 24) and Huddersfield,all sides on pretty poor runs.Now they are playing us and expecting another easy three points.Somehow,from somewhere,Wolverhampton Wanderers have found or grown some testicles and I think maybe they will surprise BD and his team.I am expecting a win.
Forest 0 Wolves 1
Forest 0 – 0 Wolves
well they only put one past 9 man ipswich, i don’t care how much of a shift merlin made them put in, that’s shit.
i’m gonna allow them a goal, cos of stuart pearce, but that’s it.
we’re gonna score 3 and win the league. siggy, sako, and dean saunders to get the third after throwing it against the goalie’s back.
COME ON ME BABBIES!!!
Thud!
Forest 2 – Wolves 0
I think we may have grown in confidence after our win last week and there have been reported signs of some good phases in our game, therefore I believe that deep down one day our experience in the premiership has to shine through at some stage, along with a little bit of luck I’m plumbing for……..
Forest 1 Wolves 4
………..And then we’ll be confused.
Forest 1 Wolves 1
Despite the goal I still wouldn’t be playing Edwards. He’s not a winger. I also think offering him a contract is a bit of a backward step.
Also think Batth should be in and if he doesn’t get a decent run soon, he should leave in the summer.
Scrape a draw.
1-1
Yeah, I don’t like Edwards wide. He’s not a natural winger and can’t really give us that width. I think he’s more effective box to box in a more central position. I thought Pzesko looked good out there.
I see Deano wants a team of Stephen Hunts – this sort of talk frightens the sh*t out of me. Is a tream of Hunties what we have to look forward to under Dean.
The Saunders’ uncertainty principle asserts a fundamental limit to the precision of predicting the score when the properties of a team such as formation and selection seem unrelated to performance which leads me to conclude
Wolves 1 Forest 0
Tough game at Forest but I think we will grind out a point. 0-0
Onwards and Upwards………………………
Wolves 2 Trees 1.
I believe this will be the start of many wins under Saunders and I hope the “boo boys” lay off him next season and I hope the board back him too.
PREDICTION Forest 2 – 3 Wolves put your money on it! (Sako, SEB, Johnson)
Difficult game with Forest doing so well. If DS can get the squad and tactics right and wins this one then maybe he’s got more about him than we’ve seen so far.
Draw would be a good result but
Forest 2 wolves 1. Guedioura again ?
Trencherman has a good point about the poor form of the teams Forest have beaten; on the other hand they have, what? three ex Wolves players to score against us.
The Express and Star reports that Saunders ‘wants a team of Hunts’. What can you say !
I hope he’ll play Siggy for the full 90, and a right winger would be a good idea – not Taffy Edwards the spokesman.
I’ll go for Wolves to capitalise on last week and win again ,3-0
1-2 sack the fat man
Forest 2 wolves 1
3-1 to Forest Ward sent off, the nightmare continues…
Normal service has been resumed.
One point off the bottom.
How much worse can it get?
Fuck them all off.
WTF, Wardy sent off. Johnson red carded a few weeks back now Wardy. Tells you how bad its gotten with the old cancerous defenders we have. Give it all up Saunders.. No more of the older regime please. Play the younger lads and let them give it all.
Too f*****g funny, we will be paying Premiership wages in league one. Fat bastard, hope you’re reading these blogs. Go F**k off now or, give you salary back to the club so we can get some loans.
Absolutely disgusting..
Saunders has no idea who to play and what formation to play.
He’s a desperate man making it up as he goes along.
Ward ? Why?
New contracts being waved at Edwards, Blake, ?? Why…???
He hasn’t a clue, next season we may do well as I think League 1 is possibly his limit.
Well said. “Put in a shift” strategy all the way.
This was the plan when sacking SS. Back to the root. Back to the rot.
Well lads it’s a tired and worn phrase but frome here on in every game is a 6 pointer. At least I’m in the sunshine. Even though I’m deeply depressed.
Fatman has to go. Old guard has to go.
Only bright spot is that Ward will be suspended.
I didn’t hear the match so don’t know how Ward got his red but he must be improving if he got near enough to his man to foul him!
Here we go again – looking on the bright side, if there is one, at least now DS can’t play Ward for the next three, don’t play the OLD gold for the rest of the season, it’s perhaps looking too late now but fingers and everything else crossed.
Alf, you read my mind..
Only wish I could read Morgans mind….but then again…
We sounded like right mugs got ourselves back into the game and immediatly gave Lansberry another free shot on the edge of the box. Ward didnt fancy a foot race with Halford (slow) so blocked him off.
Didn’t see this coming just wishful thinking on my part to think i thought we would at least get something at forest,but by all accounts forest deserved the win.
Whats deano doing playing ward in the first place,ok we won at Millwall so what whats that proove it doesn’t make him a better player,he can’t keep on depending on these no hoper’s who don’t give a f##k as long as they get payed,surely he must now STOP playing these high earners and give the players who care about this club a game…
Time now to revert back to the younger players who want to play, get rid of the Henry, Ward,
Johnson,doyle, we need player’s with a bit of spunk in them to get us out of this mess and if Deno’s wants to keep his job he’s gonna have to learn quickly that if he doesn’t stop making the same mistakes he’s a gonna get sacked.
Always been a big fan of Ikeme’s but do you think he’s being affected by the goals he’s conceeding,ie shots from outside the box,he could be lacking in a bit of confidence,not sure but could be…Bigger game now next week with bristol definitely 6 pointer.
Just look at how well our reserve’s do. Lets play the truly young and hungry players. If we’d played Baath and Doherty etc in the PL we might not be in this mess.
Where do you think your going ? You ve been out of the top division 20 years – apart from the Clough years your just another Port Vale.
Red barmy,you may be the better side at the mo,but you ain’t going nowhere with that side so
get ready for next season when we’el be playing you again.in your dreams you ain’t premiership and never will be.go back to sleep.
Two weeks to go until loan signing deadline ends,these are desperate times,moxey needs to earn all of that fat salary and get players in to save us now or he and all the overpaid idiots we have now who continue to make the same mistakes week after week will find themselves in a different world to the pampered one they have been used to for the last four years. As for DS l agree with Nige he is so clearly out of his depth,yet another bad decision from M&M.
well said mickey boy.
Didn’t expect to win this one.
Was 4 from 10 now need 4 wins from 9. If we can beat Bristol ,and we should, it’ll be 3 from 8 and will look much more likely that we stay up
Lets get real. There will be a fire sale. We will be forced into freeing players we could have got
money for. That’s going to happen even if Saunders can do a McCarthy.
Season Ticket sales will be at an all time low.
Fans have had enough of inept and greedy M AND M.
My only hope is that Fatman is shown the door.
Morgan will be touting club to his mates in the City.
Express and Star are a sham, their silence is as bad as Morgans.
O’Driscolls side are full of confidence and goals and I predict a stuffing next week.
Happy clappers where are you? Come and put some positive spin on this load of shit. We are definately relegated
If we go down not sure we can get rid of our ‘stars’ even on free transfers unless they are prepared to take wage cuts. At what point does our financial genius of a ceo become accountable for this disaster ?
Oh dear. Never for one second did i believe any of the bullshit the players and management were spouting about needing just one win to catalyse the season. We got the Millwall win and we’re still as shite. When you think about it, the goals we scored last week involved more luck and reaction than skillfull set-up play. How many times will edwards: A. be in a position to volley at goal and B. score with said volley? Same goes for SEB. How many times will he try that overhead backwards bicycle shot and have it go in? It wasn’t as if we worked the ball will defense splitting passes, overlapping runs and crosses for tap-ins. This is the football i want to see. Why is it so hard to trap the ball, look up and have a man in space ready to pass too or pitch in a cross field ball to the general area one of our ‘players’ are stood in? They play football all day, every day – why can’t they do this relatively basic stuff. Im not looking for 30 yard belters or overhead bicycle kicks. Im asking for accurate and fast paced football – aka Solbakken style
The old-timers need to go – this is atrocious. ‘Beano’ will take us down.
Saunders has been quoted in the E&S saying he wants “a team of Stephen Hunts”. I’d just like to point out that a) I think he already has and b) his use of cockney rhyming slang is impressive.
Excellent Sutton.
I did feel in my heart of hearts that Millwall was a false dawn.
Everyone look West to the Bahamas and shout ” Sir Jack, please Heeeeeeelllp!!”
I really can’t take anymore
Just seen the goals from the game. How retarded are our defensive midfielders and central defenders. They allow players time and space to shot from the edge of the box. They are pathetic. Then stephen fuckin useless ward. He would have been first to ball. It was greg wank halford, not gareth bale. He should never play again, but saunders is another simpleton. If there are 3 worse sides than us then they must be absolutely wank.
Oh dear
I wish I’d never sung that H A P P Y song after Millwall.
Fucking hell!
Didn’t expect to win this one…but have to agree Ward was pathetic…no reason to dive in like that on Halford! Next game was always and is a six pointer…loose and we may as well start the fire sale early…
i reckon it will be 3-1 to forest . . am i too late? went millwall tuesday and have to say the fans were top draw again but its too late to turn it round im afraid .i mean one point and a couple of goals of the bottom….its so heartbreaking for the fans-i heard someone say they arent renewing their season ticket for the first time in over 30 years..but-when we drop ;will we make it back?