Big Sam will sort us out...if only he is given a chance

Colin Calderwood said in the press a few weeks ago that after ten games you should have some idea of how your season is going to pan out, and that he should not be judged as a manager until we had reached that stage.
Well, now that we have played ten games, Forest are currently sitting rock bottom of the Championship, five points adrift of safety with a measly five points to show for their efforts. We have won just once so far this season and haven't scored in our last four games. The defence is the worst in the League, shipping in 18 goals already, and at this rate we will be virtually relegated by Christmas.

The Crystal Palace game was the ideal opportunity for us to get back to winning ways, but you could tell by the players' body language that when Palace scored from a long-range effort just three minutes into the game that they were defeated already. That goal was a real body blow because we had spurned so many chances in those opening few minutes. It might have been a very different story if we had actually managed to score. But after Palace took the lead, it just got very scrappy and all hopes of snatching an equaliser were snuffed out when Palace took advantage of yet more dodgy defending to put the game out of our reach in the closing stages.

To be quite honest, I am getting really fed up of travelling to the home games now. I am just not enjoying it any more. It costs me £18 to travel up on the train from Bedford, and I just end up feeling really miserable and almost every Sunday is written off nursing a headache, caused by the stress of watching the match and carrying a heavy bag everywhere.

I have been through this before with Forest, of course, and I have always rediscovered my passion for them, but I just feel like giving up on them at the moment and staying at home reading or watching television. The trouble is I have a season ticket, and I have only been to five games so far. I need to go to another five to justify the cost based on prices of £25, but I am just not sure I can stomach it. There doesn't seem much point, and I can see us being something like ten points adrift if Deadwood isn't sacked before the QPR game in two weeks. I just don't know what the hell the Club is playing at not sacking him sooner. It's blatantly obvious to everybody that he is just totally out of his depth in this division. We need a manager with know-how of fighting relegation battles. Deadwood just doesn't have any experience. That might suggest he's a good manager, having never been at the bottom of a division, but he's only managed Northampton, who were hot favourites to get promoted from League Two, and us, so his wins-to-games ratio isn't as impressive as it might seem.

There have been very strong rumours that Sam Allardyce has been having talks with Forest about coming in and taking over. If that is true, then that is very good news in my opinion because I am sure he will sort us out. I think he's just what we need. He's quite disliked for playing boring long-ball football, but who cares? We are in huge trouble and we need points desperately. It doesn't matter how we get them. I also think the players will be scared of him. He is not one to be crossed, and he will be furious with the players. Calderwood is a soft touch and is scared of dropping his favourites even when they're playing badly. Allardyce will not stand for any nonsense and he knows one or two things about tactics. He did a wonderful job at Bolton, and he, of course, knows the Nottingham area inside out, having managed Notts County. I personally would love him to come here. I don't care if he was involved in a bung scandal, If he doesn't go out mugging little old ladies, then get him at the City Ground A.S.A.P.