Nottingham Forest, so close to Premier League promotion, last season are a club under fire from within for failing to build on that this term.
A poor start with 3 points from 4 games, a failure to do any transfer business in the window and a manager apparently at loggerheads with the Board has produced a lot of anger from their fans.
It is, however, their public chasing of Cardiff City's Peter Whittingham and Swansea City's Darren Pratley that has caused them most trouble with Forest Chief Exec going onto BBC Radio claiming both men wanted to join his club but were being prevented from doing so.
Both South Wales clubs declined all offers and claim both players would prefer with their current clubs making formal complaints and expressing their anger over an approach that many felt tantamount to "tapping up".
Mark Arthur was forced to make a full and unreserved apology and, now, for the first time has talked about it as the criticism from his own fans refuses to go away. Rather lamely, he says both clubs decided to keep the players despite them being in the final year of their contracts and he has to respect that, the same as they held onto players in a similar situation.
The full interview with the deluded fool can be seen here:
http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10308~2146874,00.html
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