Cotterill lauds forgotten man Reid

Andy Reid, Irish football’s forgotten man, could still cut it in the Premier League.

That’s according to Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cotterill, who has hailed Reid’s man-of-the-match performance in a 3-1 defeat of relegation rivals Millwall in the Championship at the City Ground on Saturday.

The midfielder, who never regained his place for Ireland after a falling-out with Giovanni Trapattoni in 2008, made two goals and scored a spectacular 20-yarder to help move Forest five points clear of the drop zone ahead of tonight’s trip to Pride Park to face struggling Derby County.