View from the opposition Part One – Nottingham Forest Friday 22 April 2011
A bit about you:
Name: Andrew Tongue
Current home town: Loughborough
Birthplace: Loughborough
How long have you supported your team? 17 Years
Overview of your club:
Favourite thing about your home ground: It’s not a generic concrete and plastic bowl, like the characterless grounds such as St Mary’s, The Sh**p Dip (Pride Park) & the Crisp Bowl
Favourite match played by your team & why: Forest 5-2 Direby, 29/12/10. For obvious reasons! Any win against our main local rivals will always put a smile on my face, but especially hammering D*rby at home. They were completely outplayed on the night and we fully deserved 5 goals, even though it should’ve been more. After that game, we looked so strong as a team, which begs the question “what has gone wrong?”
Favourite player of all time who played for your club: Only one answer for any Forest fan who has had witnessed this man play – Stuart Pearce….
About our forthcoming match against you:
Your favourite current player in your squad and why? Lewis McGugan – need I say any more? It has been asked, round the City Ground, if he’ll ever score a “normal” goal, as he seems to specialise in the spectacular! (You’ve seen the 30 yarder, from a dead ball, against Ipswich).
Player in your squad we should most fear and why? Lewis McGugan. He has been a revelation since he has come back into the squad and has put himself top of the pile in our goalscoring charts. If he’s on the ball on Friday, your defence would probably be best stopping him at about 40yards+, because he doesn’t seem to be afraid to have a go from any distance, or any place on the pitch!
Player in our squad you most fear and why? Andy King – to be honest he’s the only player of yours that makes any headlines. All I know of him, is that he’s a decent midfield player and he’s scored a few goals this season (Which is more than can be said of your strikers!)
Up and coming prospect in your squad? Radoslaw Majewski – Polish international midfielder, signed a permanent deal over the summer and just keeps on improving. Affectionately known by some of our fans as “The Plumber” this tricky little midfielder, pulls the strings in the heart of our midfield – passing ability of a veteran midfielder and a sweet strike to go with it (no better proof than his 25 yarder against the Sh**p and his volley against West Brom, last season) and he’s still only twenty four….
Where do you think you’ll finish this season? Looking at it, it looks like mid-table obscurity for both our teams! We’ve just not got the results that match our recent performances. Most Forest fans think we’ve still got an outside chance at pinching sixth spot, but that’s out of our hands.
How do you think you’ll do against us? As with all local derbies, form goes out the window! I think it’ll be a tough one to call, with both teams struggling for results recently. However, I’ve got a good feeling about this one and think we’ll snatch it 2-1.