Nottingham Forest Our Support Is Brilliant.

[Strawberry Avenger]

In terms of numbers our support is fantastic but in terms of vocal support it could be better, much better.

I think I would agree with the above.

We were 1-0 down at home to Preston in a match that could have seen us move into third place with a victory and we could barely muster a COYR chant.

I think back to the Leeds game.  Leeds were more than 'contained' by Forest.  They were beaten.  That was a real coming of age for Aitor's team like the fabulous result at Boro'.  

But I have to give the Leeds '12th' man some credit (though it pains me to do so...) they 'handballed' that goal in for their team.

They really lifted their team.  It was noticeable.  They 'spinal tapped' the volume to '11' and sure enough, Forest begin to creak under the pressure.  The team lifts, the chances increase and 'luck' (bah) goes their way with a blatant hand ball.

The City Ground seems to get very tense when things aren't going our way.  I've noticed it when I've gone to matched. The fans seem to huddle under a burden of silence. You get the feeling that those '20 years' sits very heavy on the fans shoulders.  It's been a long time since Forest were in the Division 1 (I still think the Premiership is a cr*p name...)  The trauma of Brian Clough and Forest getting relegated.  All of the recent 'relegation' seasons and the leadership of the previous 'leader.' It seems to have taken it's toll on the Forest psyche. I think that's going to take more than one season to unpick.

But if you're 3 points off going 3rd.  That's the time to lift your side and be the 12th man? This was a very different Forest team that got battered by Preston last time around. (And we all know what happened after that...)

SA.