Can Nottingham Forest Achieve Promotion?

Billy Davies is back at the City Ground to conclude unfinished business from his previous stint in charge of Nottingham Forest.

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Forest push for promotion

Since Billy Davies returned as manager of Nottingham Forest earlier in the season it seems like everything he touches turns to gold. This upturn in form is in stark contrast with the moment when he took charge in February. Shortly before he returned for his second stint at the midlands club, the side was languishing in mid table and Alex McLeish had just exited the City Ground after only seven games in charge. Disagreements with the owners about transfer policy and the deemed interference with which the ex-Birmingham manager believed had taken place was enough for him to call it quits.

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Birmingham City's trouble at the top

Carson Yeung's takeover of Birmingham City in 2009 brought with it a sense of optimism and hope at St Andrew's.

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McLeish’s 40 day tenure ends

Nottingham Forest manager Alex McLeish has left the club by mutual consent, after just 40 days in charge. Forest Chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi told the club website: "I'm bitterly disappointed - as is Alex - it has not worked out." McLeish was appointed on the 27th December, and won just one game in charge of Forest, he lost four out of the possible seven. The Kuwaiti hierarchy are now hunting for their fourth manager since they took charge in July.

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What next for Forest?

Championship teams appear to be developing a knack for showcasing how to not run a football club.

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Which was the biggest 'cupset' of the third round? 1/2

We reached the round of the cup which is prestigious for dishing up shock results yesterday, and although Saturday's games did not offer a massive amount of goals in comparison to years previous, there were a number of 'cupsets' worth mentioning.

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The sacking of O’Driscoll does not make sense.

Football managers seemed to get sacked on a regular basis nowadays, it is almost something expected and it comes as a surprise when no manager is sacked within 6 weeks, whereas 20 years ago it was a rarity.

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Can Darren Bent's return fire Villa to safety?

Aston Villa are a football club with a massive history but, as has been proved in the past, no club is too big to go down.

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Can Lambert turn around Villa’s fortunes?

Last weekend’s 1-1 draw at home to Norwich saw Aston Villa make their worst start to a season for 43 years.

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Who are the candidates to be the next Scotland manager?

General consensus is that following the defeat to Wales that essentially ended Scotland’s hopes of reaching the 2014 World Cup bar a miraculous result in Belgium on Tuesday night, that Craig Levein’s reign as manager of the Tartan Army is all but over.

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Boring Villa, what has gone wrong?

When clubs are struggling, rarely is it a wise or educated attitude to lay all the blame on the manager, but they do deserve their fair share of the criticism.

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McCoist needs some early Christmas presents

With the Christmas rush round the corner and the January sales not far behind, Rangers fans could be forgiven for approaching this festive period with some trepidation.

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Yan's the man for Alex

Let’s take a short moment to observe the curious case of Yannick Djalo.

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