By Michael Lynch
May 11 2004

Nottingham Forest chairman Nigel Doughty has announced that he will be handing manager Joe Kinnear a "Big Budget" in oredr to rebuild the team and look for promotion next season.

The chairman paraised Joe Kinnear heavily today saying that he wished he had signed the manager ages ago... although he probably doesn't as he was in hospital, but anyway, he also told the world that he is to our Guiness drinking porky-paddy super-coach a big budget in the summer ready for a spending spree.

He said: "We have sat down together and he has got a big budget for the summer.

"I have said to him that if he wanted to bring in a £5m player, then I would back him but the problem is attracting them to play in the Nationwide League.

"We also have the guidelines of what people are doing here at the moment. We cannot pay one player x amount and then sign another on eight times that and Joe certainly appreciates that."

I for one cannot wait to see just whom we bring in! david Bentley maybe, Lionel Morgan for free to replace Andy Reid? There are so many quality players who would do the job for us and I just hope BFJ chooses wisely. I know he will do.