See you lot in 2 weeks

[tricky1972]

A whole lot more than you achieved last season!

Indeed, you were the highest placed failures in the Football League, congrats on that![/quote] That sentence is such a contradiction.
Derby will up their game at the City Ground and when we are playing our best, this team should be too strong for Forest who despite undoubtedly having a great start to the season are just one or two defeats away from having the wind taken out of their sails.
Hopefully Derby can find the right balance of determination, calmness and quality to be the first of those defeats for Forest.[/quote]

Not a contradiction at all, you achieved nothing, but of all the teams that achieved nothing you were the closest to getting something.

[Romanis]

Not a contradiction at all, you achieved nothing, but of all the teams that achieved nothing you were the closest to getting something.

And with that, the Prosecution rests, M'lud.

[Ramondo]

Back to the OP.

Two weeks, it'll probably pan out as last season. You'll win the home game, and then we'll have to give you a better match in the second fixture and win that one (although I think it's safe to say you'll make it tougher than last seasons).

Neither managers job is on the line this time anyway.

It's probably an age thing but as the years progress I care less about these fixtures. I actually try to avoid them, in fact I nearly didn't bother going to the game at the ipro last season - although I'm fairly pleased I did. I find the banter less entertaining and more annoying, the fact that there is more riding on the game than just the game itself and the points - I can do without it to be honest.

I've noticed over the past couple of years that I tend to feel this way more during the early part of the season, when I find football a bit more boring. Form hasn't yet been determined for the season, one win see's a team rocket up half the table and vice versa for a defeat, ne