Are Forest a big club

[Eric gates hair]

Just been listening to talk sport tonight and they are being termed as football “giants”.

I know about the 2 European cups obviously but did abit of digging on wiki, won less than I thought historically.

Thoughts ?

 

[JackL]

Definitely a big club

 

[PeteFTM]

Big yes, giants no

 

[Houghtoner]

Historic club but giants? That Clough period was just a total one off. It’s still unbelievable now so I can’t imagine what it was like at the time.

 

[Safc98]

Not at all. They had a ridiculous three years and a decent ish decade.

 

[Mowgli]

Not really.

A few decent years amongst years of mediocrity unless I'm mistaken.

 

[scott934]

They just had a great manager once. Otherwise they are Middlesbrough.

 

[Ned Land]

Medium sized probably.

 

[Comeback_Kenwyne]

Something in the East Midlands water seems to give that region the biggest fairytales in football, so they probably don’t give a fuck.

They’re bigger than Leicester. But they’re not that big.

 

[The Black Sock]

Definitely a big club but not a giant club. Clough put them on the map but before and after achieved relatively little. I used to work with a fella from Nottingham who always said historically County were the city’s first club

 

[Ark]

Take Clough period out and Forest are also rans. Using the Clough period of fame is like us using the period when we were World Champions and calling us a Giant World football club.

 

[Deleted member 53903]

I think winning the European Cup automatically puts you in the big club category. They did it twice too - so it’s a yes from me.

 

[ir35]

Biggest club in Nottingham.

 

[martinsmithsonofpele]

The f***ing 'is this a big club' discussion is cancer, man. It's trying to define a phrase with no agreed meaning and it's always just dogs chasing tails.

 

[Comeback_Kenwyne]

They should probably be bigger.

Generally, club status should track city size, especially if you are a one club city. That’s why the Mags and Leeds especially are big clubs.

Some cities are just crazy football city’s and that’s how they punch above their weight. That’s our criteria.

Nottingham is a big city, definitely - should be not far from Leeds or Mags, really. On the other hand, Bristol is big city too.

So, biggish, but not big.

 

[JackL]

The f***ing 'is this a big club' discussion is cancer, man. It's trying to define a phrase with no agreed meaning and it's always just dogs chasing tails.

Its interesting to hear what factors people take into account but agree there's no real agreed meaning

 

[Ned Land]

They should probably be bigger.

Generally, club status should track city size, especially if you are a one club city. That’s why the Mags and Leeds especially are big clubs.

Some cities are just crazy football city’s and that’s how they punch above their weight. That’s our criteria.

Nottingham is a big city, definitely - should be not far from Leeds or Mags, really. On the other hand, Bristol is big city too.

So, biggish, but not big.

Have you ever heard of Notts County?

 

[Comeback_Kenwyne]

The f***ing 'is this a big club' discussion is cancer, man. It's trying to define a phrase with no agreed meaning and it's always just dogs chasing tails.

Things are allowed to be subjective mate, dull life without that.

You should relax. Cancer is cancer, this is just craic.

 

[Inside Forward]

Fabulous time under Clough. Achieved fuck all before or since and not particularly well supported.

 

[Drexl]

Proper club.