David Connolly

LAST WORD

NOTTINGHAM Forest are looking for their 11th manager since 2011after Aitor Karanka ‘asked to be released from his contract’. I have always had a soft spot for Forest and nearly signed for them after meeting the late Nigel Doughty in his offices in London.
Doughty had ploughed around £100m into the club with scant return and found success in football was much harder to come by than in his business world.
A succession of owners and managers since have failed to find the right formula, although with their current squad and league ...