Such a funny article in regards to ex notts player Jorge grant.

Mansfield boss wants the ref to give Jorge grant more protection against fouls ahead of the game against Notts County.

Like thats going to happen....

https://amp.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/02/14/nottingham-forest-jorge-grant-mansfield-david-flitcroft/

neal ardley joked about getting the players to kick him. ????

its laughable but its nothing more than mind games by flitcroft, usually this works against teams too but watch grant win everything [even if he dives].

????????????

It's a game of football you big softie, focus on managing and Notts will deal with Jorge Grant the way any team would.

I think it was Leigh Curtis who asked the question about this to Neal Ardley, his reply was classic and very good. I am pleased to see such a response, he joked about asking for protection for Enzio Boldewijn but that it was *** for tat.

Seriously the focus should be on the football.

Mansfield are by far the dirtier team and each time they've played us in recent years, they've focused on falling over thin air, matchsticks and cheating. Half the time they didn't need to do it either.

If Notts asked for protection for a player, you just know the referee would ignore everything. I bet Mansfield manhandle Jon Stead but we will just get on with it. Bunch of sissys.

33 minutes ago, allardyces tash said:

If Notts asked for protection for a player, you just know the referee would ignore everything. I bet Mansfield manhandle Jon Stead but we will just get on with it. Bunch of sissys.

I bet they manhandle all our players and time waste. Their fans can be just as bad. Seriously though, why would you even think of asking for extra protection of a player

Watch them start Jorge Grant on the bench.

It's a curve ball to make us focus solely on one player, nothing else.

@BigMag is spot on.

If Notts tries to take the games focus from the threat Jorge Grants brings, the game will be lost because they're good enough without him. Focus on defending as a team and on each player. Just go in a little rougher on them all.

I don't even think Notts are all that dirty, if anything we are too soft and rash players like Nathan Thomas are long gone.

Jim O'Brien, Michael Doyle are different.

Jorge Grant is just a smoke screen by Mansfield, I agree with the comment above by @BigMag. 

I don't think notts are that dirty either, anything for a news story but he makes himself sound so stupid. Its a game of football, not school.

It's almost as daft as the main media guy at Notts trying to spin it in an effort to make himself look busy, he should clear off back to Forest and give us back the Notts lads.

Its all a media stunt i think but i wonder what Jorge Grants thinks of it.

I heard moans of Mansfield fans complaining that 'Notts' bullied them, which made me laugh considering they did three very bad challenges most officials would have punished at least one of them with a red card. We played football in a way it made it difficult for them, they struggled to create because of the hard work and they tried to go in hard hitting.

Absolute joke they only earned yellow cards.

considering bbc shows they got 21 fouls and we have 6, whos bullying who? They've always been a dirty team.