[retired_abubaker]

The Forest Frenzy - Can they do it???

Yes folks, that is the question on every Forest fans lips at the moment as they see their team sitting in second place in the league only a few points behind leaders Preston. Hot on Forest's heels however are the likes of Sunderland and West Brom who have a lot more experience in situations such as this one.

February saw Forest only lose once and progress nicely in the FA Cup. Hepburn's side are building some momentum as the season is heading towards the business end and Forest are very much alive. Here is the latest from the City Ground......................



Championship

QPR v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sat 2nd February 2008

Coming off the back of an injustice, Hepburn's men were wanting to get back to winning ways and get the strikers scoring goals aplenty. They faced a QPR side bang in form and succumbed to a 2-1 defeat. QPR showed what potential they have as at times they played Forest off the park. It had all started so well for Forest as an early Kazubowski penalty had Forest in the driving seat. QPR hit back in the second half with two goals that they deserved and Forest could have no complaints as they were just outplayed. So not a good start to the month for Forest.

Final Score - QPR 2 v 1 Nottingham Forest
Goals - QPR - Rowlands (59), Platt (87)
Goals - Forest - Kazubowski (pen,8)
Att - 18380
MOTM - James Harper (Nottingham Forest)


Championship

Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Wednesday - (H) Sat 9th February 2008

Forest bounced back brilliantly from the defeat at the hands of QPR by putting three past an awful Sheffield Wednesday team. It could have been a cricket score as Forest just produced attack after attack but could not convert more of their chances. Magic Marlon got a double after Kazubowski opened the scoring midway through the first half. The Owls offered nothing and Forest sauntered to victory in the end.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 3 v 0 Sheffield Wednesday
Goals - Forest - Kazubowski (22), Harewood (45,81)
Att - 30585
MOTM - Marlon Harewood (Nottingham Forest)


Championship

Derby v Nottingham Forest - (A) Tues 12th February 2008

Another emphatic demolition job here as Derby were next to be thrashed by a rampant Forest side. Hepburn was delighted with this performance. James Harper grabbed a superb double and that man Harewood was on the score sheet yet again. Apart from the goals Forest were a joy to behold with some silky passing and attacking play throughout.

Final Score - Derby 0 v 3 Nottingham Forest
Goals - Forest - Harper (5,42), Harewood (29)
Att - 33576
MOTM - Wes Morgan (Nottingham Forest)


FA Cup 5th Round

Nottingham Forest v West Ham - (H) Sat 16th February 2008

When Forest saw who they were drawn against in the FA Cup many thought that was the end of their cup run for another year as the Hammers had beaten Forest twice already this season. Not this time though as it was a case of third time lucky for Forest as they produced a magnificent performance and well and truly the myth that the Hammers were Forest's bogey team to rest. The man Forest have to thank is Roland Kazubowski who was lethal in front of goal as he grabbed a glorious hat trick. But not one player had a bad game in a Forest shirt as they were superb in every department. A magnificent performance that sent them through to round six.

Final Score - Nottingham Forest 3 v 0 West Ham
Goals - Forest - Kazubowski (pen 13,25,71)
Att - 28292
MOTM - Roland Kazubowski (Nottingham Forest)


Championship

Brighton v Nottingham Forest - (A) Sat 23rd February 2008

After the brilliant win in the FA Cup, Forest had a trip to Brighton to contend with. It was a match where Forest barely got out of second gear for the mostpart. Kazubowski scored an early penalty to get Forest off to a great start but Forest just seemed to be so confident that they just kept the ball and lacked a cutting edge for the rest of the half. Brighton could not get the ball off them at times and Hepburn was happy with what he was seeing. It was more of the same throughout the second half but Forest had more cutting egde and tempo to their game and started creating alot more chances. Marlon Harewood scored twenty minutes from time to make the game safe. Forest took their foot off the gas and began to get sloppy int he clsoing minutes and Brighton took advantage to pull a goal back, tne minutes from time but it was not enough to trouble Forest that much. Another good win for Forest.

Final Score - Brighton 1 v 2 Nottingham Forest
Goals - Brighton - Bryson (80)
Goals - Forest - Kazubowski (pen,10), Harewood (70)
Att - 8970
MOTM - Danny Szetela (Nottingham Forest)



So a fantastic month for Hepburn's Forest with plenty of goals and yet more wins to help them in their chase of Preston who still top the league.

[retired_bigmamma]

Session Dates: 27th, 29th June & 6th July 2006



Players Released: 1
Chris MakinD RL
Johnny MullinsD RC
Jamie YoungGK

Players Sold: 1
Ivar IngimarssonD C/DMWatford £60K

Players Signed:
Dietmar HamannDMLiverpool (Arrives 01-07-08)
Mikael ForssellSTBirmingham (Arrives 01-07-08)

Results

3rd Round


Reading Scorers: Leroy Lita (32) & Stephen Hunt (Pen 71)
Attendance: 16,680
MOM: Dave Kitson
Reading Injuries: Chris Riggott (14)
Fully in control of this match as Reading try to stake a claim on a playoff position. A goal from Leroy Lita and a Penalty from Stephen Hunt were enough to get the three points.




Sunderland Scorer: Jonathan Douglas (11)
Attendance: 22,119
MOM: David James (Sunderland)
Reading Injuries: Steve Sidwell (53) & Johnny Mullins (87)
A dour match for Reading with very few chances to score a equaliser and a winning goal. Sidwell and Mullin’s having to go off injured didn’t help matters either.


Reading Scorers: John Oster (Pen 24)
Attendance: 27,727
MOM: Cesar Arzo (Reading)
Red Cards: Stephen McManus (Leeds) (71)
Not a brilliant match but a Penalty from John Oster and a man of the match performance from Cesar Arzo was enough to prize the 3 points out of Leeds hands.


4th Round


Reading Scorer: Stephen Hunt (52)
Attendance: 22,426
MOM: Ibrahima Sonko (Reading)
Sheff Weds didn’t really give Reading anything to worry about after Stephen Hunt scored. Reading go through to the 5th round for the first time under my management.




Reading Scorer: Leroy Lita (52)
Coventry Scorers: James Scowcroft (14) & Matt Heath (80)
Attendance: 21,571
MOM: Alan Combe (Coventry)
Reading’s defence starts to show cracks as it gave away two silly goals to allow Coventry the 3 points. Leroy Lita was the only player in the Reading squad who seemed to want to win the match.


Reading Scorer: Leroy Lita (25)
West Brom Scorer: Nigel Quashie (88)
Attendance: 23,510
MOM: Cesar Arzo (Reading)
Almost claimed the 3 points had it not been another lapse in my defence to allow West Brom to equalise with only 2 minutes left of the 90 to go. Leroy Lita scores another goal to show me he can still be a match winner.


Luton Scorers: Izet Zahirovic (48), Matthew Patterson (64)
Reading Scorer: Leroy Lita (84)
Attendance: 6,982
MOM: Steve Howard (Luton)
The poor form of the defence continues and the goal of a playoff place is slipping away from me fast. Reading were expected to beat Luton but they weren’t able to convert their chances and West Brom punished them by slipping through the defence and scoring their goals.


Sheff Utd Scorers: Clinton Morrison (33, 45 & 78) & Sindre Loe Bing (81)
Reading Scorers: Pedro Vega (7), Dave Kitson (55) & Javi Garcia (57)
Attendance: 22,394
MOM: Clinton Morrison (Sheff Utd)
This was a good match to watch from the stands but as a manager I am bloody annoyed as my defence leaked 4 silly goals, had they not it would have been a 3-0 victory. Pedro Vega scored with a brilliant free kick outside the box, from now on he is the specifically assigned player to take free kicks as most of his goals have copme from free kicks, he is the David Beckham of Reading.


5th Round


Middlesbrough Scorers: Emanuel Pogatetz (33), Yakubu (Pen 52) & Stewart Downing (60)
Reading Scorer: Emile Heskey (1)
Attendance: 12,199
MOM: Erlend Hanstveit (Middlesbrough)
For the second time Middlesbrough have knocked Reading out of a cup and again I have no complaints because I wasn’t expecting to win this match. I am satisfied with getting to the 5th round.




Reading Scorers: Pedro Vega (Pen 3 & 65) & Shane Long (48)
Brentford Scorer: Arturo Lupoli (43)
Attendance: 22,331
MOM: Pedro Vega (Reading
Reading Injuries: Antti Okkonen (16) & Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (70)
Red Cards: Uwe Hunemeier (Brentford) (64)
Back to winning ways with this match and the Reading defence only lapsed once to let Lupoli in for Brentford’s only goal. However a Penalty and another goal scored via a free kick for Pedro Vega and a goal from young striker Shane Long were enough to claim all 3 points.


Hartlepool Scorers: Ben Wright (6) & Stephen Ireland (44)
Reading Scorers: Emile Heskey (1)
Attendance: 10,870
MOM: Ben Wright (Hartlepool)
I just don’t get my side, they must have 2 personalities, one personalty showing their brilliance and the other personalty showing their utter stupidity and in this match the latter ran out on the pitch and scored in the 1st minute via a returning Emile Heskey from injury only to let Hartlepool equalise 5 minutes later and then score their winner a minute from half time. Reading show little imagination in the second half which meant Stephen Gold’s Hartlepool took all 3 points.


Reading Scorer: Pedro Vega (Pen 16)
Yeovil Scorer: Brett Hinks (55)
Attendance: 15,345
MOM: Anthony Barry (Yeovil)
Even more frustrated with this side as they failed to beat a side that had been confirmed relegated after the game had finished 1-1. The strikers seem to have lost their spark and the defenders were useless.


Ipswich Scorer: Dean Bowditch (16 & 57)
Reading Scorers: Dave Kitson (25 & 52) & Pedro Vega (Pen76)
Attendance: 29,885
MOM: Brynjar Gunnarsson (Reading)
Very closely fought match but glad to finally get 3 points to keep Reading in the hunt for a playoff place. A double Salvo from Dave Kitson and a Penalty for Pedro Vega were enough for Reading to claim victory over a strong Ipswich.


Reading Scorer: Dave Kitson (48)
Derby Scorer: Andrew Keogh (45)
Attendance: 22,178
MOM: Dave Kitson (Reading)
Lucky to get a draw in this game as Derby came on strong and were a constant threat to the Reading goal but Dave Kitson did enough to help secure a point for Reading at least.


Reading Scorer: Emile Heskey (16)
Attendance: 21,927
MOM: Carl Hoefkens (Stoke)
Reading did enough to secure the points with a Emile Heskey goal in the 16th minute. The defence seems to have improved its form at least.


Leicester Scorers: Alan Sheehan (32), Elvis Hammond (83)
Attendance: 28.891
MOM: Nils-Eric Johansson (Leicester)
Absolutely crap, that’s the only two words I can describe my sides performance against Leicester who were just too strong for Reading.


West Ham Scorers: Greg Halford (28 & 33) & Agirretxe (37)
Reading Scorer: Leroy Lita (51)
Attendance: 35,546
MOM: Moriera (West Ham)
Things go from bad to worse and with this lose goes the chance for playoffs. The hammers first half performance was enough to secure the 3 points for them as they continue to fight for promotion back to the premiership.



Kelly Dalgliesh: “Breaking news in and it has been announced that Reading Manager Tony Hall has turned down a new contract with Reading. Tony Hall has only a couple of months left on his contract and this will mean the Reading vs Sheffield Wednesday match at the end of the season will be Tony Hall’s last game in charge. The Reading chairman was disappointed that Tony Hall turned down his offer of a new contract but he respected Tony Hall’s decision however he didn’t rule out offering Tony Hall an improved offer.”[/i]




Reading Scorers: Stephen Hunt (20), Emile Heskey (36) & Dave Kitson (Pen 56)
Attendance: 24,108
MOM: Emile Heskey (Reading)
So me rejecting a new contract spurs my side to start performing like they should be with a emphatic 3-0 victory over Millwall, if that’s so I should reject new contracts more often. Goals from Stephen Hunt, Emile Heskey and a Penalty from Dave Kitson bagged the 3 points for Reading.


Reading Scorers: Antti Okkonen (21), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (34), Emile Heskey (36) & Shane Long (61)
Attendance: 16,357
MOM: Ibrahima Sonko (Reading)
Yep I am definitely going to rejecting new Contracts more often if it means getting emphatic wins from my sides. Watford were simply no match for Reading who just ran circles around their defence and scored goals for fun. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer returned from injury to score a spectacular individual effort.


Wolves Scorer: David Karanka (34)
Reading Scorer: Emile Heskey (80)
Attendance: 26,119
MOM: Steve Finnan (Wolves)
Red Cards: Chris Riggott (Reading) (85)
Lucky to get a point here as Steff’s Wolves were in control of the match. Chris Riggott getting himself a red card 5 minutes from full time didn’t help Reading’s charge for a winning goal.


Reading Scorers: Dave Kitson (3 & 36), Antti Okkonen (47) & Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (58)
Attendance: 17,557
MOM: Peter Enckelman (Reading)
Red Cards: Patrick Collins (Sheff Wed) (62)
Reading Injuries: Brynjar Gunnarsson (90)
[i]Reading’s supremacy over Sheff Weds continues with another 4-0 emphatic victory with goals from January signing Antti Okkonen, Dave Kitson and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer were enough to secure Reading a victory but it was not enough to secure a Play off place this season and my Career ends here with Reading with a Manager of the Month award thrown in with good measure.[i]

Championship Position at end of season: 9th

Well unless the Chairman offers me a new and improved offer of a contract I shall be leaving Reading for Pastures new, I will not retire this profile as I would like to gain a few clubs under my belt under this profile so my job hunting will start tomorrow after my contract with Reading runs out.

[retired_abubaker]

Bit of a monster update there Tony, good all the same though.

What you going to do once your contract with Reading is up? You gonna go up to Scotland or take another club?

Will be interesting to see what you do, you never know Reading might come back with an improved offer for you. :thup:

[retired_bigmamma]

Wll as I have said I aren't gonna retire and recreate myself with a number 2 beside my name, I'm gonna apply for the next available job that comes up be it a job in the English league or Scottish League.

It would take a much improved contract offer for me to stay at Reading, that last offer wasn't enough to convince me to take another years worth of frustration.

[Curvature]

Bolton 3 Cardiff City 2
Kislyak gave the visitors the lead after only 4mins from the penalty spot, Bolton pulled
Cardiff defence from coming back again
Attendance 25102
MOM Erick Delgado 8


Cardiff City 0 Wigan Athletic 2
Cardiff on a bad run of form as of late lose another, 2 goals from Will John on 37 and 46mins respectively seal the 3 points for Wigan in this one
Attendance 24667
MOM Will John 9


Chelsea 2 Cardiff City 1
Cardiff who at the start where relegation favourites have put in a fantastic performance all season but it seems they are heading down the table quickly and the european dream seems to have faded, Kaka gave Chelsea the lead with 11mins gone then John Terry would see red for a bad tackle from behind on Joo Young he would then step up and make it 1-1 from the spot on 67mins but Chelsea didnt let that last long Robben scored from 40yards on 69mins to give Chelsea the 3points and send Cardiff to 9th
Attendance 42508
MOM Arjen Robben 8


Cardiff City 0 Southampton 1
yet another poor performance by Cardiff and the fans are concerned, they began chanting Perry Out!!! Cavallo scored the only goal after 32mins and then Craine would see red on 47mins but Cardiff still couldnt make the extra man count and missed many chances after the game was over Perry told reporters he was looking for a new job but if Cardiff wanted him to stay and the fans got behind him he would think about his future at the end of the season
Attendance 25371
MOM Elliott Ward 8


Newcastle 2 Cardiff City 1
Wilhelmsson opened the scoring on 8mins but Owen would pull one back right on half time, 5mins after the restart Michael Owen was sent off for a bad challenge on Michael Carrick but it was Newcastle who would have the last laugh Ameobi sealed the win on 82mins
Attendance 50978
MOM Michael Carrick 9


Cardiff City 3 Blackburn 2
5 losses in a row has got chairman Sam Hammam concerned he has asked Perry for a meeting after this game Belluschi opened the scoring on 20mins Babic would pull one back on 52mins for Blackburn Joo Park made it 2-1 to Cardiff and then Wilhelmsson sent the crowd nuts with a cracking 35yard strike leaving Friedal stranded on his line after 87mins and it looked over but up popped welsh wizard Craig Bellamy on 89mins to make it 3-2, finally a win for Cardiff and the fans are cheering for the right reasons
Attendance 29856
MOM Craig Bellamy 8


Norwich City 1 Cardiff City 3
Cardiff have had a great spell vs Norwich in the last couple of seasons winning everytime they played each other so fans expected nothing less in this one and Perry's Bluebirds didnt dissappoint Jenas put Norwich into the lead on 6mins Belluschi pulled on back on 66mins Wilhelmsson would once again spoil Norwichs evening on 75mins and Belluschi sealed the victory late into injury time with a stunning strike on 93mins
Attendance 30731
MOM Joe Keenan 8


Cardiff City 3 Portsmouth 1
Young Star Theo Walcott scored first in this one after 36mins but then Pamarot would make it 1-1 on the hour Walcott would then make it 2-1 on 82mins but up stepped Wilhelmsson once again in injury time to seal the win for Cardiff on 93mins, Portsmouth now looking relegation favourites and Harry Redknapp said after the game if we go down I think Ill retire I havent got it left in me to do this over again
Attendance 25607
MOM Christian Wilhelmsson 9


Middlesbrough 1 Cardiff City 2
Young Brazilian Lenny opened the scoring in this one 1min after the restart on 46mins Dagoberto would make it 1-1 on 62mins and then Lenny would seal the win after 70mins it was a brazilian day at boro haha thats for sure
Attendance 34626
MOM Jolean Lescott 9


Birmingham 1 Cardiff City 3
Birmingham fighting for Premiership survival and Cardiff looking for the last Intertoto spot so this one has a lot at stake Vidarsson gave Birmingham the lead after only 3mins Freddy Eastwood making a rare start equalised after 25mins Lenny would then make it 2-1 on 40mins and he would score again late on to seal the 3-1 win and earn Cardiff a rare visit to European football
Attendance 24911
MOM Lenny 9

***TOP SCORERS***
Milan Ivana 20
Theo Walcott,Christian Wilhelmsson 9
Michael Carrick 8
Park Joo Young 7

Theo Walcott was named Young English Player of The Year and Christian Wilhelmsson English Footballer of The Year, Michael Carrick was 2nd in the English Football Player of The Year Awards so a fantastic season for all associated with the Bluebirds stay tuned to see what happens next at St Davids Stadium............. TWEET TWEET

[retired_abubaker]

PERRY OUT PERRY OUT PERRY OUT!!!! :p

And thats jsut for your silly tweet tweet at the end of every update!!!

Then there is your management skills that just don't come up to scratch as you will find out next season when Forest fly by you on their way to Premiership glory.

[retired_abubaker]

It's coming home, it's coming home, EFB is coming home. (well for a week at least )

Now Rob wake up, get on MSN and send me or beautfiul game. :thup:

[retired_abubaker]

It's not my computer that was the problem it was FM. Since I reinstalled everything it has been working fine ever since (touch wood).

Plus it's my clan. :p

[retired_abubaker]

Well Rob has not sent me the game file so it looks like EFB is off for a week or so as a result.

Sorry lads.

[retired_bigmamma]

Ok boys and girls I've had a chat with Andy and we agreed that while we wait for Rob to return from his holiday we can have some fun on my one player game. Meet up in mIRC at the usual times where I'll let you know the IP addy.

ps you can be any premiership side in my game.