Man Lands on the Moon

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In other shocking news, Paul Anderson says we're a bit on the light side in terms of depth ...

PAUL Anderson today warned Nottingham Forest may require more strength in depth if they are to forge another promotion push this season.
The Reds used only 25 players as they powered to third place in the Championship – two fewer than any other side.
Champions Newcastle used 33 players and runners-up West Brom 36, while East Midlands rivals Derby County utilised the most, using an incredible 42 different players.
Billy Davies' side may have spent more than £6m on nine players last summer, but they still went into the campaign with one of the smallest squads in the division.

And they were buoyed by significant good fortune on the injury front, with only Julian Bennett and, in the final months of the season, skipper Paul McKenna, sidelined for any significant length of time.
Anderson says much credit for that must go to the club's fitness coaches.
But he also believes it would be wise to add more strength in depth in the coming weeks.
"We did really well last season with such a small squad," he said.
"People seem to think that we spent a lot of money – but that was a bit of a misconception, because we still had one of the smallest squads in the league.
"I think we used fewer players than anyone, certainly in the top half of the table.
"I hope we can bring in a couple of extra players to add to the squad this time around and, at the same time, hopefully we will not lose too many."
Anderson says there is no guarantee Forest will not be hit harder with injury problems this time out.
"We did get quite lucky with injuries last season," he said.
"We had a few little niggling injuries where players missed a couple of matches but we did not have too many long-term problems.
"The fitness staff here are great, they work very hard on injury prevention, which is perhaps a factor in how things shaped up for us.
"But it would still be good to see one or two additions.
"If we can put a good run together we should be able to progress from last season."

In other breaking news, the club web site have issued an UPDATE that is set to shock and delight Forest fans in equal measures, yes folks, the weather is hot in Portugal, shocking stuff ...

illy Davies and his Nottingham Forest players are back on English soil after spending almost a week at a training camp in Portugal.

A 22-man squad stayed for six days at Barrington's sports complex in the Algarve, where they trained twice-a-day in sweltering temperatures.

They also played their first game of pre-season, beating SCO Olhanense 2-1 on Saturday evening thanks to first half goals from Robert Earnshaw and Matt Thornhill.

The Reds will be match action again on Wednesday when they face Tranmere at Prenton Park and Mansfield at Field Mill (both games kick-off at 7.30pm).

The remainder of Forest's pre-season campaign is as follows:

Saturday, July 24 v Peterborough at London Road (kick-off 3pm)

Saturday, July 24 v Kidderminster Harriers at Aggborough (kick-off 3pm)

Wednesday, July 28 v Lyon at The City Ground (kick-off 7.30pm)

Saturday, July 31 v Swindon at The County Ground (kick-off 3pm)

 

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...and in other news, Forest have announced that the Sun will most likely be rising tomorrow morning.

Come on Forest, the the love of God, give us something interesting to read instead of meaningless soundbites!