The Discerning Eye is usually a very reputable site renowned for it's inside scoops and exclusively releasing all the latest gossip from his good friend Nigel Doughty- however now his reputation seems to be fading and fast. Karl Pridmore has been banned from the Official Forum for his abusive comments when confronted about what he has been writing, and a lot of what he has been spouting in recent times has been pure crap. Lost That Loving Feeling have suggested that maybe Karl's only purpose is to cause a media frenzy in which our chairman can come out smelling of roses.

If Alex Walker's extremist view is correct and he really is aiming for all this- then he is doing a pretty fine job and should give himself a large pat on the back. We were all in a major panic when we read the rather alarming headline "Forest to be forced into administration," but with Doughty making just one comment on the matter we all began to sing his praises yet again. Now, it seems, every time he takes out a business transaction we are all on hand to mention the fact that maybe the man who can do no wrong will put some of this revenue into the club and repay the loan.

It's already getting confusing, isn't it? There are only two choices and yet we just cannot rely on either of them. Be prepared then, as I tell you, there are more than just two sides to the saga.

Nottingham's premier newspaper The Evening Post has also played an immense part in the mind boggle. They have made every quote, no matter how small, as dramatic as possible. This has worked out for them but at the expense of the Forest faithful. They have never stopped saying that the council are looking to sell The City Ground and are trying to imply that this has been their intention all along and remains their main objective. This is not so.

Should the council be forced to sell the place we always desire to be- they would see unrest amongst many of the citizens of Nottingham, a lot of people would stop supporting them politically and the would lose quite a bit from the tourism revenues that The Reds' glorious past brings in every year.

Weighing up all the options I'd say that it is in the best interest of both parties that they come up with a solution and that if I can work this out then so can the club. In the meantime I'll place my trust in our chairman and hope that a man who's done so much for other businesses, knows what's best for us, too.

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