Chapter 54: Pressure I

The 42nd round of the English League One is all over, and Nottingham Forest are third, four points away from West Bromwich Albion in the league, with four games to go.

In the 43rd round of the league, Nottingham Forest hosted Millwall, which was a game that made the whole team enthusiastic, and Don didn't have to worry too much about the result. Their rivals, West Bromwich Albion, travel north to take on Sunderland, who are fifth in the league. This game is the first chance to close the points gap between Donne and West Bromwich Albion in the hope that Sunderland, who are playing at home, can cause some problems for the opposition.

In the 44th round, Nottingham Forest travelled to Ipswich Town who were behind them, and the West Bromwich Albion must have been happy and the most they would have liked to see a draw or a defeat to Ipswich Town would have been the most important outcome for this game. They have every reason to believe Ipswich Town won't let Forest go at home, as they are also likely to finish second in the league in the final three rounds. While the third and fourth places in the league are battling each other, West Bromwich Albion are at home to a relegated Bratford.

In this game, Don needs to worry about himself, not his opponent. Only by winning a strong opponent can we be qualified to talk about catching up with West Bromwich Albion.

Round 45, the penultimate round of League One this season. Nottingham Forest host Wigan Athletic and West Bromwich Albion travel to Reading. In this round of the league, it is estimated that there will be no change in the points of both sides. If Sunderland can beat West Bromwich Albion in the 43rd round of the league, then the two sides should only be separated by one point.

So...... The most crucial moment came to the final round of the league - round 46, when Nottingham Forest hosted their direct rivals, West Bromwich Albion!

If Forest have been consistent before, then this game will be decided. A win over West Bromwich Albion would give Forest their greatest comeback of the season and move into second place in the league and qualify for direct promotion.

If Forest have not performed well in the previous three rounds and dropped points themselves, or if West Bromwich Albion have been consistent and have consistently suppressed Forest by four points, the game will be meaningless. Don will have to prepare for the play-offs.

When Forest raced to third, those who had asserted that Forest were unlikely to return to the Premier League at the end of the season shut up. The more they don't think well of this team and the manager, the better his team will do – and Forest's qualification for the promotion play-offs is now a certainty, with most people saying nothing but a few die-hards about Forest's prospects.

Attentive TV viewers have also noticed that in the last few episodes of "Today's Event", Lineker's hands have changed from a pen to a ...... Shaver!

Mark. Laurenson did not appear on the show, but he promised in his personal column on the BBC website that if he lost, he would definitely shave his beard himself on "Today's Event".

Millwall, that's the name that makes Forest players and Forest fans blush. Originally, the two teams didn't have much grudge, but because of the little fan Gavin who died in the fan conflict. Bernard, the two teams and their respective supporters seem to be feuding. When Millwall's fans challenged Forest with Gavin in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, Forest fans were waiting for the day when they were greeted at the City Stadium and slaughtered! Salute them with your middle finger and "**"! Let them know that Nottingham Forest is not to be messed with! Let them know how great the sin of blaspheming the dead is!

In preparation for this special match, the City of Nottingham deployed a third of the city's police force, all of which were concentrated on the main thoroughfares, shopping streets, train stations and city stadiums. There were even police cars patrolling back and forth, using loudspeakers to remind fans on both sides to stay calm and not to cause trouble. But who cares about that?

From the moment the fans of both sides met, the curtain began on swearing.

"Fuck you calm down! Millwall bastards, don't you want to leave this city alive! ”

"Nottingham hillbilly, we have to get all the shame back today in the League Cup! Don't try to get to the top of the super! Today is your time of death! ”

"The cowards who lost to us 1:7 still have the face to bring up that game here? Did you go back and hug Mommy and eat her? Ahaha! ”

"Eat your fucking tits! your whole family! ”

Confrontations like this, separated by a triple police wall, are constantly staged around the city stadium. The fans' emotions have reached the point of exploding, and they need something to vent. Since they are not allowed to rush up to the fight, then there is only a game.

Donn in the locker room looked at the players who clenched their fists and shrugged: "I know that at this time I ask you to calm down, some strong people are difficult. So all I'm going to say is......" he shook his fist violently, "...... Go out and fuck those bastards for me! Let them know that if you anger us once, you will be trampled under our feet forever! them! For victory! them! In order to level up! ”

Poor Millwall, just because of the uncalm behaviour of their fans, they will suffer repeatedly. At the City Stadium, they enjoyed the same treatment that Forest had last time at Newden – they were greeted with a flood of boos and curses as soon as they got the ball. And when Forest got the ball, Millwall fans wanted to do the same with Forest, but their boos were drowned out by louder singing as soon as they began.

Such a terrifying home atmosphere made Millwall unmotivated, while the Forest players played more and more vigorously to the cheers of the fans.

By the end of the game, 3:0! Nottingham Forest won so cleanly that there was nothing to say. When the referee blew the final whistle, the entire city stadium was surrounded by cheers, and the Millwall fans were still swearing, but no one paid any attention to them.

Millwall's head coach has taken the manager from that incompetent Allan . Mr. McClelly became a semi-retired, player-manager and head coach of Dennis McClelly. Wise. In his press conference, he didn't say much about the game, other than to admit that Done's side were better than Millwall in every aspect and that they deserved to win. Millwall's goal is not this season, and if you lose, you lose.

Winning was a good thing for Donn, but at the same time, the news from Sunderland halved his double pleasure - Sunderland at home caused some problems for West Bromwich Albion but did not stay the course. West Bromwich Albion beat Sunderland 1-0 away to keep four points ahead of Nottingham Forest on 78 points.

Don got a beautiful win on his home turf and his opponent didn't drop the chain...... Now the situation has changed against the Forest. It will be too difficult to hope that West Bromwich Albion will lose to Bratford, who are second from bottom in the league, in the next round of the league. He was no longer willing to pin his hopes for escalation in the hands of unrelated strangers.

There are three rounds left in the league...... No, two more rounds, to be exact. If West Bromwich Albion never goes wrong, then Forest's final round of home games against West Bromwich Albion will be meaningless.

As if to confirm Donn's fears, Forest played particularly hard in the 44th round of the league, while West Bromwich Albion established an early two-goal lead at home and easily maintained it until the end.

The outcome of the match between Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town was not known until the last minute. Ashley. Young's breakthrough led to a free-kick for Forest, and Eastwood was under tremendous pressure to take the penalty, and when he slammed the ball into the goal, everyone around him cheered, but Donn almost collapsed on the ground. It's not just Eastwood that's under pressure, it's him as a manager.

He was reluctant to play in the play-offs because his team was running out of energy, the Carabao Cup took up too much energy in the middle of the season, and Collymore's free-flowing at the start of the season left the team with little systematic physical training, and now the aftermath is all in the final stages of the league. He didn't dare to bet on the play-offs at all...... The team is currently in high spirits and can put fitness concerns behind them for a while. Once the season is over, will the Forest team be able to cope with the play-offs after breaking this rhythm?

Don didn't have any bottom in his heart.

So the best way is to take advantage of the team's current high morale, go into the top two in the league, and qualify for direct promotion to the Premier League.

The longer the night, the longer the night, who knows what will go wrong?

After all 44 rounds of league play, Nottingham Forest are still four points clear of West Bromwich Albion, with two rounds remaining, and no matter how you look at it, they will not be able to complete the goal of direct promotion...... Just when Donn was not in a good mood and was depressed, he picked up Kenny from the Forest Bar. Burns' phone.

"Tony, if you're feeling too stressed, come and have a few drinks with me. Tomorrow night at half past seven, at my bar, come for a drink, I want to ...... There's someone who'd love to see you. ”

"Who?"

"If I had told you, you might not have come. So if you want to know who he is, take a look for yourself! Burns said with a smile. Besides, it's been a long time since you've been to my pub since you became the first team manager of Forest......"

"Uh...... I'm sorry, Kenny. The pressure of work is so stressful that I forget a lot of things. Okay, I'll be here on time tomorrow. ”

Burns is right that he didn't feel as much pressure as he did last season when he took on the Forest midway through last season. Because at that time, I was confused about the future, and I was a little bit of a pass. It's different now, he has a clear goal and he has to work towards it. Pressure...... And so it went.

(To be continued)