It never rains but it pours. Nottingham Forest, forced to cut their ticket prices twice this week to entice a near-capacity crowd back to the City Ground, can’t buy a win at the moment. Twice, now, they have lost to FC Midtjylland in this competition this season after Cho Gue-sung, the substitute, further dampened their spirts on a night when a second-half downpour was so severe the ball started getting stuck in puddles.
What a muddle Forest find themselves in. A single point above the relegation zone, their fourth manager of the season, Vítor Pereira, without a win in his last five games, their global head of football, Edu, on his way out, they now have to overcome this one-goal deficit in next week’s second leg to earn a Europa League quarter-final with Porto or Stuttgart.
Continue reading…It never rains but it pours. Nottingham Forest, forced to cut their ticket prices twice this week to entice a near-capacity crowd back to the City Ground, can’t buy a win at the moment. Twice, now, they have lost to FC Midtjylland in this competition this season after Cho Gue-sung, the substitute, further dampened their spirts on a night when a second-half downpour was so severe the ball started getting stuck in puddles.What a muddle Forest find themselves in. A single point above the relegation zone, their fourth manager of the season, Vítor Pereira, without a win in his last five games, their global head of football, Edu, on his way out, they now have to overcome this one-goal deficit in next week’s second leg to earn a Europa League quarter-final with Porto or Stuttgart. Continue reading…