Gunter unsure about Cardiff reception.

FOREST'S WELSH international Chris Gunter has admitted he is unsure what sort of reception he will recieve when he lines up against his former club Cardiff City, live on BBC on Sunday.

Gunter made twenty eight appearances for the Bluebirds before a £2 million move to Tottenham Hotspur in January 2008.

The former Football League ''Apprentice of the Year'' joined Forest on loan last season and helped the club avoid relegation back to League One.

And the Reds full-back admitted he enjoyed his loan spell that much, he was delighted when a permanent move to Trentside happened in the summer.

Sunday's game sees Gunter return to face his former club for the first time since leaving for Tottenham and the full back admits he is unsure of what reception he will receive from the Cardiff faithful.

Gunter told the official Forest website, ''To be honest I don't care what reception I get. I've moved on from Cardiff and I've improved massively as a player. As long as the Forest fans back me up I don't mind.''

''I’m looking forward to the occasion but the main thing is to go there and get the three points.''

That is certainly what Forest will be aiming to do on Sunday evening as they look to stretch their impressive unbeaten away record in South Wales.

Following on from this, former Cardiff hero Robert Earnshaw has been told he will not make the trip, as he is still troubled with a calf injury that has kept him out of the last three games.

Options up front for Reds.

This summer saw Forest spend almost £4.5 million worth of talent, in an attempt to build a squad capable of reaching the Premier League within three years


Lee Camp, Joel Lynch and Chris Gunter signed on after successful loan spells at the club last season, however they remained the only additions to the defence.



Davies brought in six other players to provide much needed competition in midfield and attack.

Dexter Blackstock signed for a reported £1.6million fee, along with former Southampton hitman David McGoldrick for a cool £1million. Dele Adebola arrived on a free from Bristol City, after the Nigerian born striker rejected their offer of a new contract.



Paul Anderson made his loan a £250,000 permanent deal from Premiership giants Liverpool and the long pursuit of Paul Mckenna finally paid off when Davies got his man from Preston for £750,000, and immediately made him skipper replacing the out going Ian Breckin.



Radoslaw Majewski completed the spending spree by arriving on loan from Polonia Warsaw, with a £1.5million agreed to take place in January.



It is the attacking flair that made most Forest fans optimistic this season. With the signings of Blackstock, Adebola, McGoldrick, Anderson and Majewski, Forest seemed to have more attacking options then ever before.



Add to the list the strikers already at the club, Nathan Tyson, Joe Garner and the previous season's biggest addition, Welsh international Robert Earnshaw and Forest looked very dangerous on paper.



Manager Billy Davies had said in the summer he wanted six quality strikers and he certainly got them. But Davies knew what sort of strikers he needed to complete the set.



Overlooking former fans favourite Marlon Harewood, Davies chose strikers he knew would give Forest a more 'rounded' look.



Davies claims he has sorted Forest's scoring problem and the Reds can now see off games.



Dele Adebola offers Forest the strength and power up the top, McGoldrick offers skill and guile, Blackstock offers composure and height to the attack.



The three strikers from last year also have their roles within the team. Robert Earnshaw is classed as a 'fox in the box' by Davies and a natural goalscorer, Joe Garner is seen as the team's 'poacher' and a real handful for opposition defenders. And finally Nathan Tyson offers blistering pace and a deadly left foot and can drag defenders out wide to create space for the oncoming midfielders.



This sees the Reds have a variety of options if they need to change the game up front in some way. And if the likes of Mckenna, Majewski, Mcgugan, Moussi, Cohen and Anderson can offer the right sort of service, then there should be no reason why Forest can't be there or there abouts come May.

Davies and Warnock exchange heated words.

Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies criticised the rough tactics used by Crystal Palace, following the sides 1-1 draw at Selhurst Park.


Davies was incensed that Clint Hill was not shown a red card for an alleged elbow to the face of Reds winger Paul Anderson, on the stroke of half time.



Hill was shown a yellow card after getting involved with Forest right back Chris Gunter, who was also booked. This led to a melee involving players and staff from both clubs.

Anderson had to be taken off at half time, such the extent of force Hill had used on the former Liverpool youngster.



Davies told Sky Sports, ''I think it was a red card, and when Neil Warnock doesn't complain to you at the side of the pitch you know he thinks it to.''



''He is a very fortunate manager and a Hill is a very fortunate player, because it was a blatant elbow in my opinion.''

Warnock claimed that the incident was only worthy of a yellow card.

I'm sure I speak for all Forest fans when I say that I hope Anderson's injury isn't serious as he has become a real valuable player in recent weeks. His pace is electric and he offers us a good let out ball on the wing, similarly to Tyson.



The game itself saw the Reds go a goal down to a screamer of a free-kick by former Ipswich man Darren Ambrose, who seems to be getting his career back on track with the Eagles after disappointing, injury hit spells with Newcastle and Charlton.


However, Forest earned a deserved point when Lewis Mcgugan drilled in a cross which was slid home by summer signing David McGoldrick on 48 minutes.

Forest pressed hard for an equaliser that never came and had to settle for a point, as there unbeaten away record continued.

I would also like to say congratulation to Guy Moussi for netting his first goal for the club in the recent home game against Barnsley.

The French midfielder has done well to come back from a serious ankle injury, that he sustained against Palace last season, and perform superbly against Newcastle and then score a vital winner against the Tykes in injury time.

The only downside was seeing the former SCO Angers man shown a second yellow for going into the crowd when celebrating. Such a pathetic rule in my opinion, but a rule none the less so Moussi deserved to go.

FA reaches verdict over derby day scenes

It emerged today that the FA had finally reached a decision on what action would be handed out to Nottingham Forest and their rivals Derby County, following the ugly scenes at the end of the game in August.

As you know Forest won the game 3-2 to record their first win over the Rams since 2003. After Robbie Savage's disrespectful actions at the end of the game last season, Nathan Tyson responded this year by waving a corner flag with the famous Forest badge on it in front of the travelling Derby fans. This led to a huge melee involving players from both sides as well as members of each team's coaching staff.

The FA have decided to hand Tyson a 2 game ban and fined the striker £5,000. The Reds have been ordered to pay £25,000 of which £10,000 is suspended. Forest were warned about their future conduct.

Derby were also warned about their future conduct and were fined £20,000 of which £10,000 is suspended.

Manager Billy Davies will certainly be disapointed to lose Tyson, who has had an explosive start to the season on the left wing and comes at a time when Forest are just two points off the top of the table following a 5 match winning streak.

What are your thoughts on the punishments for both teams and Tyson? Do you think they are fair? How will the Reds cope without their number eleven?

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