Hughton on crowd noise move
Nottingham Forest manager Chris Hughton says the decision to play artificial crowd noise during their victory over Blackburn was an idea by his coaching staff.
The Reds secured a 1-0 win at the City Ground courtesy of Alex Mighten's deflected strike in the 26th minute although the Reds were indebted to a fabulous penalty save from Brice Samba after the break.
But throughout the course of the 90 minutes crowd noise was played through the speakers in attempt to lift the atmosphere given supporters are still not allowed to attend games due to the coronavirus pandemic.
And Hughton said that his coaching staff were behind the idea.
"My coaching staff, in particular Paul Trollope, remembered the crowd noises being played at one of the stadiums and you don't know what effect it can have," he said.
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Kelly steps in
Former Nottingham Forest coach Rob Kelly has taken caretaker charge of Barrow for the second time this season.
Kelly took over the reins on a temporary in December when David Dunn was sacked. Now Barrow, who are second bottom of League Two, have sacked Dunn's successor, Michael Jolley, after just seven games in charge.
A club statement confirmed Kelly will take over for the rest of the current campaign after Jolley oversaw one victory, one draw and five defeats in his short time in charge.
It said: “It has become apparent even in such a short space of time that unfortunately the board and Michael have differing visions for how the team should play, which has led to this change being made,” said chairman Paul Hornby.
“We believe that it’s best to recognise this now and make the change early so that the team can concentrate on the remaining games of the season. We’d like to thank Michael for all of his hard work and wish him well in his future career.
“Rob Kelly has been appointed as caretaker manager with immediate effect and will lead the team until the end of the season. Rob has had a successful, albeit brief, spell in charge of the team earlier in the season and is aligned to our philosophies and culture.
What it's like to manage Nottingham Forest
Football managers are all paranoid to one degree or another insists Frank Clark.
Despite leading Nottingham Forest to promotion at the first attempt, third place in the Premier League and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, it all ended in disappointment for Clark, when he resigned as manager in December 1996.
Management is a job that almost always ends in disappointment no matter how good you are, with the knives sometimes out for you from all quarters, even if you will also make friends along the way.
Arsenal fans got sick of Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola became burned out at Barcelona and Brian Clough left Forest after the pain of relegation with personal demons to battle.
"It's a very difficult job," Clark said. "Some of the things people have to deal with today on social media is disgraceful.
"You've got to really want to do the job. It has pluses.
"If you can survive and work your way up you can come out of it a wealthy man. A lot of the job is not pleasant.
"You try to ignore it, but it's not pleasant when people are shouting for you to sacked. Your family cop for it.
"My daughter went to Nottingham High School. My first four months here (as manager) weren't very good at all and it was very tough for her to get through that.
"That's why I say you really have to want to do the job. Paranoia is rife in football. All managers are paranoid, I don't care what they say, some more so than others."
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The transfers Nottingham Forest must explore
Nottingham Forest moved further away from the Championship relegation zone as they secured a 1-0 win over Blackburn Rovers at the weekend.
Alex Mighten broke the deadlock with a deflected effort in the 26th minute before James Garner hit the bar with a looping header.
Adam Armstrong nearly equalised with a shot that cannoned off the post before Cyrus Christie also struck the woodwork with a thunderous drive.
But Rovers had a golden chance to level matters when they were awarded a penalty after Brice Samba hauled down Ryan Nyambe.
But the goalkeeper redeemed himself with a super save to deny Armstrong as Forest claimed a victory which moved them seven points clear of the bottom three.
Here we take a look at the talking points from a fine win at the City Ground as a teenage Premier League duo prove why Forest should explore the top flight for the wonder kids.
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