.. not surprisingly you are wrong. .. as alluded to above .. at the time of Forest 's promotion the financial gap between the old first and second divisions was nothing like Prem to Championship today and promoted teams did not come straight back down to the same extent that they have done in the Prem era ... we were one of the favourites for relegation last season for that reason plus having a Premiership rookie as a manager in Nigel Pearson ..Clough and Taylor had already taken a similar sized club up and had success immediately culminating in winning the title within 3 seasons. ... would have been much shorter odds than us accordingly ...
Well, until they lift the trophy, the whole debate (albeit a good un) is moot. So for those that haven't seen it, and if you've nothing on this evening, here's the docu about Forest's rise to become champs. A must watch for all fans of football, regardless of who they support. http://vidzi.tv/0c8p6mkk9ddt.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5098836/
A timely addition to the debate, Archie, and one that will educate the younsters on this site just what a colossal achievement that was by Forest, and why Cloughie is, quite rightly, regarded by many as the greatest English manager of all time, and one of the greatest managers of all time, any where in the world.
Obviously , Leicester haven't won the title yet ....BUT , if they do ...there is not a club EVER , that 's one season top flight accomplishment will even come close to what they've done , with what they had ....no brainer .
The Manchester clubs player values are 400,000,000 and their squad wages are 200,000,000.....each . Leicester player values are 50 ,000,000 and squad wages are 48,000,000. Let's see what squad values and wages were for clubs when Forest won titles for perspective
That's not, strictly speaking, an "owning," Bambi. However, fairs fair - I am big enough to openly admit that I jumped a little too fast, that time. It happens to the best of us.
God was a baseball fan , not a football fan ......when you first open the book it says " In the Big inning "
Pretty sure no one will put up squad value and wages for clubs back when Forest won the top flight .... Speaks volumes .
Who the feck knows mate. It was the 70's. Can't remember which player it was, but one of the sweeteners Clough offered a player for signing was a washing machine. Not a new one, but the one they used for washing the kits. What sort of sweeteners do players get nowadays I wonder?
