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IN:
David Vaughan (Sunderland), Free
Danny Fox (Southampton), Free
Matty Fryatt (Hull), Free
Lars Veldwijk (Excelsior), ~1m
Louis Laing (Sunderland), Free
Roger Riera (Barcelona B), Free
Michael Mancienne (Hamburg), 1m
Chris Burke (Birmingham), Free
Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle), Loan
Karl Darlow (Newcastle), Loan
Michail Antonio (Sheffield Wednesday), 1.5m
Britt Assombalonga (Peterborough), 5.5m

OUT:
Gonzalo Jara (Mainz), Free
Matt Derbyshire (Rotherham), Free
Guy Moussi, Free
Marcus Tudgay (Coventry), Free
Jonathan Greening, Free
Ishmael Miller (Blackpool), Free
Simon Gillett (Yeovil), Free
Rafik Djebbour (Apoel), Released
Djamel Abdoun, Released
Lee Peltier, Loan Ended
Kevin Gomis, Loan Ended
Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle), 4m
Karl Darlow (Newcastle), 3m
Simon Cox (Reading), 800k
Jamie Mackie (Reading, Loan

In other news, Steve Wigleys left Fulham to be Pearce's #2 again

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If anyone fancies free money, Ishmail Miller to score first is 16/1 apparently.

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Opener at Blackpool on Saturday.

Suspect Antonio and Britt may be on the bench.

Darlow

Hunt-Mancienne-Hobbs-Fox

Vaughan

Reid-Lansbury

Burke-----------Patterson

Fryatt

[TopoftheChops]

That team screams midtable

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Well it is missing Antonio, Assombalonga, Lascelles, Wilson, Cohen and Lichaj, but thanks for coming

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Cox to Reading

[NickisBHAFC]

That team screams midtable

You serious? That is a decent team and with the names GSC mentioned, Forest should easily be looking for promotion next term.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Playoffs certainly should be the aim, good solid side there with some x factors like Antonio and assombalonga thrown in should be competing up the business end

[NickisBHAFC]

Indeed. As i say Forest fans have been let down the last 3 seasons. This season will be there's though.

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Good win, albeit against fairly abysmal opposition. Goals for the wingers, Assombalonga looked a handful. 2 strikers was an interesting look, but why not. Great to see Cohen get through over an hour. Took the foot off the gas in the second half.

As for Blackpool, be surprised if they stayed up. Some decent players but its an absolute shambles to have 8 players a month before kickoff and play 2 preseason games.

[Guest]

Nice clean sheet for our new keeper

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In fairness, I probably could've had a clean sheet today.

[TopoftheChops]

you struggled against blackpool, you will be midtable

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"struggled"

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

If a 2-0 win = struggling I hope Norwich struggle a lot this season

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I hope Pearce ripped into them at the half.

[NickisBHAFC]

Forest will get promoted. Fantastic strength in dept, couldn't be more jealous of you're team!

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Thank you, but it takes more than that to mount a promotion challenge.

Tranmere in the COC tomorrow. Probably see the likes of Hobbs and Lichaj get a run out as they return from injury.

As ever I really couldn't care. Not a fan of COC personally.

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http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/11/why-there-is-plenty-to-love-about-stuart-pearces-new-look-nottingham-forest-4827962/

Like the lack of whining to the ref. Can't recall it ever working.

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Pretty much sums up the CoC that I'm more annoyed about Mancienne missing a game than winning.

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Sounds like Lansbury wants to go Burnley. Fair enough I suppose, but if hes pining after London after living in Nottingham, Burnley will be a culture shock.

Wonder if Nick Powell could be had on loan.

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Missed Mancienne today, looks like we're getting healthier at the back though.

Sounded like a good performance going forward and nice to Britt off the mark. Could be a decent point come seasons end.

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Reading want Hobbs and Huddersfield want Collins apparently

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Great win.

Had my doubts about 4-4-2 away to good sides and we got battered in the first half, with Darlow showing his class.

Pearce chucked on Osborn at halftime and put Lichaj at LB, and we improved, so inevitably Bournemouth scored. We hung in there though and Assombalonga/Fryatt showed the clinical edge we haven't had up front since Johnson and we scored with out first 2 shots on target.

Bournemouth look a very good outfit, be surprised if too many people take something from Dean's Court this season. Would rather avoid a repeat in May

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Anyway, still 43 games to go. Reading at home next so Simon Cox is a banker to score.

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Apparently Villas old CEO was sitting with Fawaz and McGovern last night, so chances are he'll be our new CEO

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Lansbury signed a new 3 year deal

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Good win over Reading.

Wasn't a brilliant first half, got the goal but never really put Reading away, missed a few chances, they had a couple of good chances. They had a bollocking at half time apparently then came out and swept Reading aside.

Assombalonga already looks value for money. Obviously his goals get attention, but his all round game deserves praise, good work ethic, runs for the team and holds the ball up. Early days, but if he keeps this up a few Prem sides may regret not stumping up 5.5m

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Sounded like a routine win. Took us long enough to find a finish, luckily Vaughan did it for us. Good to see Lansbury get through 90 minutes and get a goal.

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Very good win, showed character to grind out a result against a good Wednesday side. Not the most fluent performance, but they controlled the game well once they got their noses in front.

Wednesday look a good outfit, they just lack someone with the guile to open up sides. Once we got in front they had no plan B other than to keep chucking it in the box. Their front 2 look a handful mind

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Apparently Hulls favorite Boyd moment is him scoring against us in a game they lost. Moving on...

Nice to sit back and relax on deadline day. Expect Halford and Collins to be loaned out next week.

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You're flying G, flying!

In the bag.

[Derbymanc]

Big day today GSC, what prediction have you got?

I'm going for a Cagey 0-1 win with Keogh scoring.

Come on you RAMS

[NickisBHAFC]

Im really looking forward to this game today, should be a cracking game. Hope Forest win tbf, Derby fans are becoming to cocky for my liking.

[Derbymanc]

Your still upset over the P.O Semi's last season Nick ;-)

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Good draw, look 2 seriously good sides. Would've taken that pre match with Reid and Cohen missing over half the game.

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Gutted for Cohen if hes done his knee again. Might be his career if he has

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Cohen has torn his ACL again. Gutted for him. Defiant noises from the club that he isn't finished, but 3 is virtually impossible to return from.

Assombalonga is 2 goals away from tieing last seasons top scorer...

[NickisBHAFC]

Please go easy on us tomorrow lads x

[dyrewolfe]

Have to say you really didn't look up for your trip to the Riverside.

You'll need to do a lot better against Brum who are on a bit of a run of form at the moment.

To be honest I was expecting Forest to be around where Bournemouth and Ipswich are. Started like a train but seem to have lost your way a bit.

[NickisBHAFC]

You're signing Gary Gardner on loan apparently

FFP is hitting you extremely hard! Awful player

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Pearce gone.

Shame but had to be done sadly. Legend status only buys you so much time

[NickisBHAFC]

Great ... So you're beating us next Saturday then.

[Derbymanc]

Hope he resigned rather than sacked GSC.

He's still a legend to you guys though and noone will be able to say he didn't try.

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Dougie Freedman

Gonna go jump off a bridge

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Oh dear lord that's an incredible appointment

[NickisBHAFC]

Tbf he did well at palace. But his reign at Bolton 

[dyrewolfe]

Well Pearce going wasn't that much of a surprise...but Freedman?

Sounds like survival is your main goal, rather than making the play-offs.

Don't think Dougie will stay around very long either, if the owners still harbour any promotion ambitions.

[NickisBHAFC]

CEO has left the club as he wasn't consulted about the freeman appointment. Clubs all over the place.

[Fernando]

According to SSN: Assombalonga is out for a year.

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Yep. Best midfielder and defender miss most of 2014. Best attacker missing most of 2015.

It really is a pisstake

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