Our pre-season preparations are so far going well. We've won all three of the friendlies we've played in so far, albeit against very lowly opposition. People say the results mean nothing, but I think they show that we have a winning mentality and a good team spirit. If we didn't have them, I think we would probably have lost at least one of the matches.
When we play Everton tomorrow night, we will have a much better idea of how well we're doing. Hopefully Andy Cole and Robert Earnshaw will give a good account of themselves, because they've not done much so far. They were forced to miss the last two games against Burton Albion and Telford as they were nursing slight injuries. It sounds like Forest have a problem with their fitness at the moment as Paul Anderson has not been able to do much training at all as he has been struggling with a thigh injury, which is being investigated to rule out any long-term problems. There was a nasty rumour circulating on the internet yesterday that he had gone back to Liverpool after a scan determined some damage which would keep him out for around four months! Thankfully, it turned out to be rubbish, but we've still got no further news on his injury. It will be incredibly frustrating if he is going to be missing in the earlier weeks of the season. We are expecting big things from him.
Still, at least Arron Davies has at last began to show a bit of form. He has scored twice in pre-season so far, and with the benefit of a full pre-season behind him, he should be like a new player when the season starts. He didn't get much of a look-in last season, but now that Judas has gone to the dark side, he may find his passage into the first team a lot clearer this time around.
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I think it is a big gamble as if his injury flares up again he is finished, joe garner was certainly not worth 1.14 million, we could have bought better players who were not injured.
I also think colin calderwood will be the first managerial casualty of the new season.
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