Classy to see ex Fulham players make the effort...

[General]

Since Brighton got promoted I've been checking them out as we have a few ex players playing for them - Liam Rosenior, Steve Sidwell and Stockdale have all been playing recently, not to forget Aaron Hughes and Bobby Zamora having time there. It almost feels like a second home.

All being said, I saw this and thought it was a great touch from the players...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37914763

[Lighthouse]

Not all ex players are managing to make the effort for what ever reason.

Ross McCormack's troubled season has taken a fresh twist after it emerged he has not trained at Nottingham Forest for three weeks.

McCormack, Aston Villa's £12 million striker, has been unavailable for Forest's relegation battle due to "personal issues" and is unlikely to play again this season.

It is understood the Scotland international was struggling with an Achilles injury last month but he has not reported for treatment at either Forest or Villa, his parent club

Forest have declined to comment or clarify the reasons behind his absence, but it is believed the issues are both personal and health related and serious enough for him to have been away from the club for nearly a month. Sources allege he was recently back in Glasgow, nearly 300 miles away from Forest's City Ground.

Forest are paying a huge chunk of his £48,000-a-week wages, after agreeing to sign him on loan on deadline day, but he has not featured in Mark Warburton's match-day squad since the 2-2 draw with Derby County on March
McCormack's absence is the latest incident in a difficult campaign for the 30-year-old, following his spectacular fallout with Villa manager Steve Bruce in January.

He failed to report for training after insisting the electric gates at his home were stuck, infuriating Bruce, who then exiled him from the first-team squad.

Bruce also said he would not pick him again until he apologised, shipping him out to Forest on loan hours before the transfer window closed.

Villa will move to sell the former Fulham striker in the summer but his problems come at a bad time for Forest, who are fighting to avoid relegation to League One.

His arrival was seen as a major coup for the Championship strugglers, as McCormack scored 23 goals for Fulham last season. But he has scored only once, in the 5-1 defeat at Norwich shortly before Warburton's appointment.

Forest's defeat at Cardiff on Easter Monday left them just one point above the bottom three, ahead of Saturday's home game against Reading.

[Snibbo]

48,000 a week!  F#*@ me

[cookieg]

48,000 a week!  F#*@ me

I know, how on earth does he manage to live on that wage!

[bog]

£48,000 a week. Poor little darling Ross, perhaps he cannot find the money for his petrol tank to get him to the club....or to fund his ego.

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[toshes mate]

I wonder where McCormack first learned his 'skills'.  Was it at Rangers, Doncaster, Motherwell, Cardiff, Leeds, Fulham, Villa, Forest......?

[Woolly Mammoth]

This is just a small portion of what is wrong with modern day football.

[AlexW132]

Since Brighton got promoted I've been checking them out as we have a few ex players playing for them - Liam Rosenior, Steve Sidwell and Stockdale have all been playing recently, not to forget Aaron Hughes and Bobby Zamora having time there. It almost feels like a second home.

All being said, I saw this and thought it was a great touch from the players...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37914763

They also had Darren Bent of course...

[gezkc]

It sounds like Ross has been in quite a bad way since leaving Fulham - I wonder if his issues are mental health related, because his behaviour has been very erratic. Shame if that's the case and I hope he sorts out whatever's troubling him. Say what you will about him, he did wonders for us while he played for us.

[Horsfield_No9]

It sounds like Ross has been in quite a bad way since leaving Fulham - I wonder if his issues are mental health related, because his behaviour has been very erratic. Shame if that's the case and I hope he sorts out whatever's troubling him. Say what you will about him, he did wonders for us while he played for us.

Strikes me he may be suffering from depression. Good on Forest for protecting him and keeping the press out. Villa hung him out to dry and clearly failed to understand there was anything wrong with the man, the owner said he should "man up" and Bruce handled it terribly. Screw Villa.

[snarks]

I hope he's ok, he did well for Fulham and I will never show any ill will towards him if he plays at the cottage for any team.

[love4ffc]

Since Brighton got promoted I've been checking them out as we have a few ex players playing for them - Liam Rosenior, Steve Sidwell and Stockdale have all been playing recently, not to forget Aaron Hughes and Bobby Zamora having time there. It almost feels like a second home.
All being said, I saw this and thought it was a great touch from the players...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37914763

Love to hear and read about this.  Shows there are still some players with a touch of class in the game. 

[cmg]

This may answer some of the McCormack questions:

http://www.nottinghampost.com/nottingham-forest-striker-ross-mccormack-writes-off-season-after-surgery-to-remove-five-cysts/story-30281564-detail/story.html

Wish a good recovery to one of our best recent players.

[MikeW]

Horsfield - "screw Villa"  We did on Mon - COYW!