After a season of disappointment - is it now fair to delight in our enemy’s demise? Is it right to dance on the grave of our arch rival who once again left the play-off race bloodied and bruised?
Should we not lay off players from our past? We once cheered for Lee Camp, Marcus Tudgay & Rob Earnshaw who all tasted bitter defeat at the hands of Swansea.
Instead we laugh at their failure with Forest with Camp in particular being the target of derision and laughter for being made look the clown after a freakish long, long, long, long range goal.
Should we not respect their Manager who once gave us play-off glory and Premier League football (and a headache!) is regularly kicked (not by Nigel!) and derided by Derby fans as if he defaced Brian Clough’s statue rather than just being an annoying loud mouth git.
Is it fair we kick Forest fans while they are down, heaping misery on misery as their team came up short at the same hurdle for the second consecutive year?
Should we, knowing the hurt losing causes, not extend an olive branch of peace and togetherness, to find common ground in a season that found both clubs devastated by the way their seasons ended?
The answer to all of these questions is of course….. No!
Delighting in your greatest rival’s demise is what football is all about.
Although the Rams and their fans have nothing to hang their hat on this season, we should now be more than happy to take the hat stand to Forest’s feelings after Billy messed it up again.
Plus after all the songs regarding ‘Agent Nigel’ in our midst, have they ever considered we may have Agents in their Camp (pardon the pun!)?
Back to back play off defeats could have profound effects on the psyche of the club and its players, not quite being able to climb the mountain can eventually take its toll.
We can only hope so!
It’s funny how after all of our losses including two defeats against the old enemy, that when all is said and done Forest got no more than the Rams out of the season. Instead we finally have a satisfying result to celebrate and with it a new found energy to carry into next season.
To quote the Mary Tyler Moore theme song - there is nothing like a Forest failure to 'take a nothing day and make it all seem worthwhile'!
We will see you next season Tree’s and continue to enjoy watching Billy break your heart and remind us that perhaps things aren’t so bad after all!!