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Forest v Bradford

Chris & me already touched on this briefly tbh, but this is from soccernet:

Paul Gerrard is expected to return to goalkeeping duties when Nottingham Forest play host to Bradford.

Gerrard had been displaced as the Reds' first choice following Russell Hoult's arrival on loan from Premiership West Brom last month, but Hoult has now been recalled by the Baggies.

Striker Gareth Taylor will be missing as he starts a three-game suspension following his sending off in last weekend's 3-0 defeat at Yeovil.

Midfielder Kris Commons is also ruled out by an ankle injury, while a hip problem means Scott Dobie is absent. John Curtis is struggling to overcome a calf complaint.

Bradford boss Colin Todd is hoping Bobby Petta can overcome a calf injury in time for the trip.

The Dutch winger was withdrawn before half-time in the win over Gillingham last time out, but is expected to be fit to start.

Should Petta not make it Lewis Emanuel, who replaced him last week, will step in.

Todd has no other new injury or suspension problems as City chase a third straight win.

Andy Cooke is pressing for a start following his late winner last week, leaving Todd to decide whether to stick with Dean Windass and Steve Claridge in attack.

......well it does look decent for Bradfords chances IMO.
Hoult is a big loss. He played 8 league games in which Forest had a record of 4-2-2-10-7. All 4 wins came from 5 games @ home but when you realise the record before he came was 2-0-4-9-12 then you can see the impact he made.
Forest are missing other key players as well, particularly Commons, & Taylor had 2 goals in his last 3 games before being sent off, but he cant be that good as Megsons bid for Tyson I think (thats Nathan before some smart arse starts ) & I think the 11/4 @ Laddies looks decent