Gartside should be brave and sack Megson today. His next phonecall should be to offer Jose Mourinho a 10 week contract with a bonus clause of ?2million should he keep us up. Everyone's a winner. We get a top class manager who can motivate the players and Mourinho gets ?2million for 10 weeks work.

 

I know it's drastic but right now I feel like we have one foot already in the Championship. We'll lose a lot more than ?2million if we go down.

Well,it wasn't the same as the Uefa Cup.Teams were invited to enter the Fairs Cup rather than qualify on league positions

Newcastle finished 10th in 67/68 and were invited to enter.Arsenal who finished 9th weren't.

 

Let's just leave it at 'we have differing opinions'. Like it or not, it was a big thing for NUFC at the time and, IMO, rightly so.

I hear what you say but I'm glad your not in charge of the finances!

 

Staying up is a must otherwise we willl disappear into obscurity for a very long time

 

Nope.

We're still obscure despite 3 top 8 finishes in 3 years.

We will always be a minority club and considered unfashionable. We like it that way. Obscurity holds no fear for most on this forum who I expect would be glad of a major trophy. In division 4 (can't beleive I'm even being this clich?d) even dreaming of being in Europe meant you'd probably wet the bed.

No, I'd swap the money laden Prem for the UEFA cup any day. I understand what you're saying but that sounds like the modern day brainwashed SkySports fan speaking as opposed to someone who has never seen us win somrthing beyond our wildest dreams.

Nope.

We're still obscure despite 3 top 8 finishes in 3 years.

We will always be a minority club and considered unfashionable. We like it that way. Obscurity holds no fear for most on this forum who I expect would be glad of a major trophy. In division 4 (can't beleive I'm even being this clich?d) even dreaming of being in Europe meant you'd probably wet the bed.

No, I'd swap the money laden Prem for the UEFA cup any day. I understand what you're saying but that sounds like the modern day brainwashed SkySports fan speaking as opposed to someone who has never seen us win somrthing beyond our wildest dreams.

yes but without the money laden prem we wouldn't be in uefa! And we also have a good following in Nigeria these days so maybe we are not so obscure these days!

the PL is not the be all and end all, i would love to see us win a trophy rather than be content with safety... mediocrity is awful. i feel as a club we have some sort of cult status, everyone has an opinion of us, winning the uefa cup would enhance this, as opposed to just becoming another team who finishes 12th-16th every year

the PL is not the be all and end all, i would love to see us win a trophy rather than be content with safety... mediocrity is awful.

 

it may not be the be all and end all, but div one/championship is v v mediocre

it may not be the be all and end all, but div one/championship is v v mediocre

the league/standard of football maybe, but not necessarily the clubs

 

if you asked forest fans if they would give up the two european cups to be in the PL now, how many would?

 

no-one has a divine right to be in the top flight, only 'big' clubs have any sort of longevity, and even then they have to wait for success/euro qualification, spurs, everton, villa have had a shit few years- it must have been so frustrating to have such high expectations and just plod along.

 

charlton, leicester, saints, coventry, all had a good stint in the PL, and got nowhere near as close to euro glory (with the possible exception of leicester as i am sure someone will point out), i am sure again fans would have sacrificed one year in the prem for a trophy...

Well,it wasn't the same as the Uefa Cup.Teams were invited to enter the Fairs Cup rather than qualify on league positions

Newcastle finished 10th in 67/68 and were invited to enter.Arsenal who finished 9th weren't.

 

He's not wrong....that was like our Peace Cup win

He's not wrong....that was like our Peace Cup win

 

Cobblers. I wish we had an Inter Cities Fairs Cup win on our list of honours.