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Match Day Thread Hull City v Notts Forest

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  1. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Not sure if we will be up for this at all. Hopefully we will and we do then 3-2

    Preview: Hull City vs. Nottingham Forest - prediction, team news, lineups
    Nottingham Forest head into their final Championship fixture of the season still feeling the disappointment of missing out on a chance to fight for automatic promotion.

    At a time when Forest can finish in third place in the standings with a victory, Hull City require three points to make sure of 18th position after a relatively strong end to the campaign.

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    Forest supporters have gone through a range of emotions this season, starting with thoughts regarding relegation to the third tier, but they end the regular campaign feeling frustrated over missing out on automatic promotion.

    That highlights the giants strides which have been made under Steve Cooper, and not even a haul of 27 points from a possible 33 was enough to prevent Bournemouth from sealing second position.

    To Bournemouth's credit, they made Forest look an average team on Tuesday evening in their mammoth showdown, particularly in the second half before Kieffer Moore netted the decisive goalduring the closing stages.

    Cooper now has the task of trying to lift his squad ahead of an appearance in the playoffs - something which still represents a huge achievement in the circumstances - and there are plenty of reasons to rest his entire first-string for Saturday's game with home advantage already secured for the second leg of the playoffs.

    Whether Cooper takes that approach remains to be seen, but such is the reputation that has been built at the City Ground that this group of players will not care who they face in the semi-finals.

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    From Hull's perspective, the owners are already formulating plans ahead of their own promotion push next year, but Shota Arveladze will not feel completely safe in the dugout.

    While the Georgian legend has overseen improvements during the run-in, succumbing 5-0 to Bristol City last weekend could only have raised doubts about his position long term.

    Up until the trip to Ashton Gate, the Tigers had only conceded 21 goals from 22 away fixtures, something which has gone under the radar throughout this campaign.

    Hull's home form has been the issue, a total of 12 defeats being posted in 22 matches, but recent wins over Cardiff City and Reading have helped Arveladze win over some supporters who are still questioning his appointment in January.

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    Steve Cook could be left out of the Forest starting lineup after his father was taken ill on Tuesday night and the defender also suffering a head injury during the game with Bournemouth.

    Ryan Yates will likely rest a shoulder issue, with Tobias Figueiredo and Cafu coming into the side, and there should be more alterations with many Forest players needing to recharge their batteries.

    Joe Lolley, Alex Mighten and Xande Silva could be given a rare chance in attack, but Lewis Grabban has been ruled out for the rest of the season.

    Arveladze will feel obliged to make alterations to his Hull XI with Allahyar Sayyadmanesh and Tom Eaves both in line to drop out of the attack.

    Regan Slater and Marcus Forss could be handed opportunities, while Di'Shon Bernard may be drafted back into the defensive three.

    Hull City possible starting lineup:
    Baxter; McLoughlin, Greaves, Bernard; Coyle, Smallwood, Slater, Fleming; Honeyman, Lewis-Potter; Forss

    Nottingham Forest possible starting lineup:
    Samba; McKenna, Figueiredo, Worrall; Spence, Garner, Cafu, Laryea; Lolley, Mighten; Silva


    We say: Hull City 1-1 Nottingham Forest
    With there being every chance of Cooper making widespread changes to his squad, Hull will sense an opportunity to record a win which will set them up in a positive mindset for next season. However, with Forest having fringe players who will want to impress, we are backing a competitive draw to play out on Humberside.


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  2. DMD

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    An early name for Nottingham was “Tigguo Cobauc” which means “a place of caves.”

    By the 15th century Nottingham had established itself as a centre of a thriving export trade in religious sculpture made from Nottingham alabaster.

    The Nottingham motto is "coulda shoulda woulda dint".

    Three pubs in Nottingham claim the title of England’s Oldest Pub. The contenders are Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem near the castle, The Bell on the Old Market Square, and The Salutation on Maid Marian Way.

    The world’s oldest guinea pig, Snowball, died in Nottingham in 1979. He was aged 14 years and 10 months.

    The first Boots store was located in Goose Gate. John Boot, an agricultural worker, had opened this herbalist's store to cater to the poor people in the city. After John passed away in 1860, his wife and children travelled around the country, collecting herbs and taking forward the dream of John Boot. At the age of 27, Jesse Boot took the sole ownership of the store and laid the foundation for the present-day Boot empire.

    Nottingham's John Peake was a British railway manager who specialised in designing of signalling systems for the railway network. After continually reading about road accidents, Peake decided to apply his knowledge of railway signaling systems on the road. In 1866, he created a basic system to control the traffic. This first traffic light was installed at Bridge Street in Westminster, London.

    Nottingham was originally called Snotengaham. It was ruled by a Saxon chief named Snot. The name means ‘the homestead of Snot's people’.

    Every single Bramley apple is descended from the same tree in a Nottingham garden.

    In the 1950s, David Frost was once offered a contract to play for Nottingham Forest but said no because the maximum wage was £15 a week.

    British actor and former Dr. Who Matt Smith once played for Nottingham Forest’s youth team.

    The Great Nottingham Cheese Riot took place in 1764 over the price of food. The mayor was knocked over by a large cheese.

    Two anti-pain devices, ibuprofen and shin-pads were both invented in Nottingham.

    The country’s first children’s library was founded in Nottingham in 1882.

    Ken Dodd’s first professional performance took place in Nottingham at the Nottingham Empire Theatre of Varieties in 1954.

    The first ever gig by Paul McCartney and Wings took place at the University of Nottingham Students’ Union on February 9th 1972. Tickets cost just 40p

    Comedy actress Su Pollard was born in Nottingham. Following an apprenticeship at the Arts Theatre in Nottingham, she appeared on the talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1974 singing I Cain’t Say No from the musical Oklahoma!. She came second to a singing Jack Russell.

    When Nottingham Forest beat Derby to win the FA Cup in 1898, they wore their opponents’ shirts in the photos, as the photographer worried that Forest’s red shirts wouldn’t show up.

    The myth that lemmings commit mass suicide is said to have been started by Nottingham local Arthur Mee. Born in Stapleford and a former editor of the Nottingham Post, he included the incorrect information in an edition of his Children’s Encyclopedia, published from 1908 to 1964.

    The first subscriber trunk dialling telephone call that allowed a caller to dial a number without an operator was made in 1962 from Nottingham Council House to Belfast.

    The first road in the world to be laid with Tarmac was Radcliffe Road in West Bridgford, after the British patent was obtained by County Surveyor Edgar Hooley in 1902.

    The UK’s first ever radio phone-in took place on February 4th 1968 on Radio Nottingham. It’s believed that the subject in question was pest control, as Nottingham has more bed bugs than all the hotels in Portugal.
     
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  3. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Snottingham he he
     
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    Nottingham used to be known for having more females than males, hard to say these days.
     
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    Christopher Needler, ex chairman and owner of Hull City had a private box at the City Ground when he was the owner of the Tigers.
    Believe Viv Anderson made his debut at Boothferry Park as a substitute 1975. It was also Billy Bremners debut for City.
    Could be wrong but Citys Jeff Hemmerman had four goals disallowed that day for City which must be some sort of record.
    Terry Heath was a late inclusion in Citys team to play Forest in the FA Cup at Boothferry Park 1965/66 City were a 3rd div side and Forest were an established Div 1 club. City won 2-0 and Heath scored both of the goals, without the doubt the highlight of his career.
    In the 70's any visiting fan to the City Ground had to run the gauntlet and stay clear of the Trent because several ended up in it if they were not careful.
     
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  6. Gone For A Walk

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    Have a feeling we will be up for it. Shota and the players won't want a repeat of last week's shambles.
     
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  7. Sir Cheshire Ben

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    Typical end of season dead rubber.

    City 3-0 Notts
     
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    I agree, hard to say which Forest side will turn up though. The permutations for who they'll get in the playoff semi are a bit hard to predict.
     
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  9. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    That rb for them has looked excellent will be a good test for keano
     
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    On the Forest forum, they reckon they need to factor in the 'fact' that the other teams will be playing to get a position that makes sure they avoid playing them. :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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  11. Brucebones

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    They have to go for the win, can’t stop the momentum, I think we’ll win, but only because they’ll be resting players, which I think if they do, it’ll be a mistake. If they play a full first team, I expect them to win!
     
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    Dunno why Shota would rest Allahyar. Guy’s been playing well since he started and Forss has done **** all and won’t be our player next season, whereas Allahyar will be. Since it’s a dead rubber, I’d imagine a pretty open game. Perfect for Allahyar’s pace and strength.
     
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    Undoubtedly Terry Heath’s highlight while at City. Though prior to joining the Tigers he played in the League Cup Final first leg for Leicester City,
     
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    Second class return to Snotingham, please.
     
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    27 from 33 is ****ing incredible shame we didn’t go for him as our manager, just proves what a good coach can do
     
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    I agree Cooper has done a great job, but Forest had quality players that were poorly managed by Hughton so the opportunity to thrive there was high. As Shota has shown, we have a much lower quality squad at City that the last manager had over-performing in some respects, so the headroom for improvement would have been much lower if we had been lucky enough to attract Cooper.
     
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    "It’s been well documented on social media that Nottingham Forest fans are trying to buy tickets in home areas of the ground for Saturday’s match. This clearly presents a risk to us, as we work hard to provide a safe environment in which both home and away fans can enjoy the game," head of operations Paul Woodford told Hull Live.

    "Nottingham Forest have been given the maximum away ticket allocation we can safely provide, and we’ve been working closely with Humberside Police, Nottinghamshire Police and Nottingham Forest Football Club to identify potential away fans, using various databases. In addition, tickets bought by newly registered customers without any purchase history prior to this match have been refunded.

    "We’re aware that this policy will inevitably cause some inconvenience to Hull City fans who were hoping to support the team at the final match of the season, perhaps as a one-off.

    "Equally, despite our proactive and wide-ranging measures to prevent away fans booking tickets in home areas of the ground, it’d be unrealistic to think anything we did could prevent this happening completely. We have additional stewards and police, who will be working hard to identify away fans who have managed to avoid our checks. If a home fan spots a Nottingham Forest fan in the wrong area, I’d ask them to report this to a steward so it can be dealt with from the Control Room. Just as we’d ask them to report anything they were concerned about on match day.

    "Our aim for Saturday is the same as for any other match – to provide a safe, enjoyable environment for our valued fans to enjoy an exciting game of football. This is our last chance to make some noise and support our team at home this season. I hope we can all work together to make it a memorable day for all the right reasons."
     
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  19. SW3 Chelsea Tiger

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    But surely a “good” coach can improve any squad even an average squad.
    Shotas record is almost identical to Grants in terms of Points per game.

    I’m not convinced by shoota, I hope he proves me wrong.
     
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  20. Sir Cheshire Ben

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    Positive steps in the right direction.

    I’m sure it translates to “Grass ‘em up & we’ll oy the ****s out”
     
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