Nottingham Forest Banter

17 Sep 2024 16:56:37
Anthony Taylor under more pressure been moved to for us on Sunday.
CARLO.

17 Sep 2024 07:39:33
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool v Nottingham Forest - A Quick Liverpool Perspective

17 Sep 2024 14:45:55
Nice assessment Ed001 of the game, and am sure it's a blip on Liverpool's season, but for Nottingham Forest I think it's a line been drawn under some chaotic couple of seasons. 30+ players brought, VAR and ref arguments, points deduction, employing an ex-ref and Mr M's blood pressure. Beating Liverpool changed the pundits and other teams supporters opinions about Forest, the vast majority being very positive and it felt great🙂👍.

{Ed001's Note - thanks RV. I agree, the signs are good for Forest.}

17 Sep 2024 15:31:56
As always Ed an excellent and detailed post. It’s always fascinating to see an “outsiders” ( if you ll forgive the phrase) view of a match away from all our Forest bias.
I watched Liverpool against Manchester Utd before the break and it seemed like a different side on Saturday. I was surprised by their lack of fluency. They played without confidence as though they were the underdogs and, as you say, got bullied.
Before the game I posted on here I think that for us to get anything from this game ( and I’d have given my right arm for a draw or a defeat by the odd goal) we would have to be near perfect and Liverpool well below par. So it proved. I’m sure it’s teething problems and perhaps over thinking your European commitment today.
Thank you for this. I think Liverpool have too much talent not to finish top 4 at least mate. Good luck ( but not against us obviously) 👍.

{Ed001's Note - thank you Stokey. To be fair, these kind of performances after international breaks were happening under Klopp. So I am not too worried. Slot is new but he does need to learn that this is not the Eredivisie and he will need to play a fighter in midfield at times.

As for Forest, they were excellent and fully deserved their result.}

16 Sep 2024 18:44:08
MGW, CHO, JWP all these double barrelled footballers reminds me of my days at Eton
CARLO.

16 Sep 2024 19:17:10
Still living the forest dream Carlo 😁.

16 Sep 2024 19:18:19
Love it Carlo!

Believe it or not, I got a scholarship to a private school which I attended for 2 years. I loved it there. OK full of toffs, but I didn't have to study much - I mostly just trained and played rugby for the school! I suppose it helped being 6ft1" and 14 stone at the age of 12.

16 Sep 2024 19:58:11
You snob legless 🤣😂.

16 Sep 2024 20:41:24
Absolutely Skegs! You particularly should feel honoured that I lower myself to even respond to your posts.

16 Sep 2024 21:08:14
Wasn’t your school highly approved Skeg 🥷🏼🥷🏼
CARLO.

16 Sep 2024 22:30:12
I left what they called school at 14 mate then went to Stella school and got a scholarship 😁 and legless you can't lower yourself much further you've gone from 6ft to 3 ft unless you take your body away and leave your big head still make you 2 ft 🤣🤣.

16 Sep 2024 22:34:13
Whoo it was Long Eaton I went to, The Tappers and Harkers
🎩🎩
CARLO.

16 Sep 2024 23:12:42
That's hilarious Skegs. Well done.

17 Sep 2024 05:49:17
I went to a school where we had 2 Nuns, they drove past our bus one day in there open top Citroën C5, with the sunroof folded down, with their Veils fluttering in the wind, so as the went passed I hung out the window and sang "Dinna! Dinna! Dinna! Dinna! Dinna! Dinna! Dinna! Dinna! Batmaaaaan! "
The next morning, one of them called me into her office. and hit me with a Metre Rule!
😁😁😁😁.

17 Sep 2024 07:33:46
You started late carlo as tappers harker was only built 30 odd years ago, mind you the bar is a bit high for you 😁🤣🤣🤣.

17 Sep 2024 08:43:49
Brilliant that Rogie. Really made me laugh.

17 Sep 2024 10:17:58
I went to Harvard…. Mind you it was only a day trip from Boston USA on me hols…😔😔.

17 Sep 2024 10:39:31
i won, t lower myself to reply.
CARLO.

17 Sep 2024 13:38:39
I went to a Public School. They let any fu”cker in, believe me…. 😁😁

Rogie, mate, this is true and not one of my daft jokes but one of the heads of faculty at my University was a lady of the cloth called Sister Karen Broderick She was very clever and was a world expert in Medieval English Literature. Her nickname ( openly to her face) was Nun the Wiser. She was a lovely lady and a good sport who came on nights out with us etc 👍👍.

17 Sep 2024 19:28:32
We called them 2 Nuns "The Krays Of The Cloth"
Our Priest looked like that Benny Hill character with the hair greased back., who played that Chinese Man.
"You stupid Iriot"!
Someone placed a drawing pin on one of their chairs, so she sat down. and NEVER flinched!
They were cut from different cloth (Pardon the Pun! )
🤭🤭🤭.

16 Sep 2024 12:49:43
Had to have a wry smile about all the excuses various TV pundits came out with to explain Liverpools defeat on Saturday. They ranged from the international break ( forgetting we had 14 players away including some like Woody on long trips to USA and Mexico), upcoming European Champions League, Forests aggression and use of the long ball etc etc.

I read Victor Hugo's magnificent but sprawling novel "Les Miserables" a few months back where he leaves the main story and goes on for about 7 or 8 chapters trying to excuse his hero Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo by Wellington ( a mere "technician" according to Hugo, not a military genius like Napoleon). The conclusion he came to was that God himself was outshone by the brilliance of Napoleon so he put certain misfortunes deliberately in the way of the French Army! I kid you not.

Hugo wrote the novel in 1862 and actually visited the battlefield 47 years after the event. He even claimed that the Hugomont Farmhouse ( still there) at the centre of the action was the home of his ancestors.

In fact Wellington used highly sophisticated defensive tactics which had resulted in a long string of victories over the French in Spain. Waterloo was the first ( and last) time he had the illustrious Napoleon as his opponent though. So, like Nuno on Saturday he ground down the huge French attack and then launched the devastating counter attack when they had been stopped exhausted with the famous words "Now's your time Maitland " ( the first name of Uxbridge his cavalry commander. ) So did Nuno say the same to his attacking subs "now's your time Callum and Anthony ".

Dont forget Nuno learnt his tactical trade from his mentor Jose Morinho. Imo SC often used exactly the same tactics but Nuno is further advanced with more counter attacking threat and crucially, much better players ( and a preseason) to call on. Like Cloughie said " It's good players who win you matches not tactics " 😁😁.

16 Sep 2024 13:29:44
What an epic post, I applaud you. I wonder if Wellington celebrated like Nuno, or was it a “well done gentlemen! ”?

16 Sep 2024 14:15:35
"They don't like it up'm! "
😁😁😁.

16 Sep 2024 20:45:20
Sorry Stokey, you lost me again.

No, seriously, I do love your posts mate. Well, the parts I can stay awake for!

17 Sep 2024 13:47:50
Tyke, Wellington was a man of few words even when he later became Prime Minister. During the battle Thomas Paget, later Marquess of Anglesey and Lord Uxbridge was on horseback talking to him when a cannonball took his leg off from the knee.
Paget calmly said to Wellington “By God sir I believe I’m lost my leg”
To which Wellington replied “By God sir, so you have”
( Paget survived and lived until he was 85).
After the battle Wellington made 2 comments….
Firstly “ that was a damned close run thing “
And secondly “ there is only one thing half as melancholy as a battle lost and that it a battle won “
( this in reference to the enormous number of casualties of all battles fought at that time. With a musket range of only around 100 yards armies blazed away at each other from roughly the distance between the Trent End and Bridgford End. Sometimes Toe to toe. )

17 Sep 2024 17:43:41
I do love your knowledge of our history Stokey.

The optimist in me is now thinking that I may live to 170.

16 Sep 2024 10:49:19
Troy Deeney BBC team of the week includes no Forest players. and the manager award went to Arteta. In thee comments even Liverpool fans cannot believe no Forest players selected. Perhaps If we had beaten them 5/ 0 we might of had a few players included!

16 Sep 2024 12:14:09
Who cares, jou don't get any more points for it 🎈.

16 Sep 2024 13:03:03
He’s not the brightest spark is he? Let’s keep under the radar, low profile and keep quietly knocking over the giants.

16 Sep 2024 13:09:00
What a weekend!, saw that Cooperman, although Deeny was a guest at Brighton's game, looked at Liverpool Banter, one player getting respect on there is Ryan Yates👍, what a game he had and managed a F- Bomb on Australia T V. The squad have set a standard let's hope Nuno keeps it going. UREDS.

16 Sep 2024 13:57:00
Vespa mate to paraphrase the Great Man’s words
“ I’m not saying that Yates is the best player in the world for getting up the oppositions noses but he’s definately in the top one! 😂😂😂😂.

16 Sep 2024 19:23:22
Balloons it does matter, it shows a lack of respect for us as a club,

15 Sep 2024 23:39:46
Monday morning (soon) and back to work. Never looked forward to it more in my 27 yrs in Liverpool.
Corporate uniform required at JLR and I will be proudly wearing a Forest top. Not my best one but the Adidas one under Fawaz (no sponsor). Timeless classic and I don't care if the red scousers will approve, I know the blues ones will. I have a bot of Bowie rebelliousness about me, let them try to discipline me. FTID.

16 Sep 2024 09:00:43
Enjoy mate and the added bonus of going into work in a great mood uredddssss.

16 Sep 2024 16:17:25
Proud of ya scouse mate 👏 👍 enjoy.

16 Sep 2024 21:11:58
Cheers Bowie. Went as well as expected. 🤣🤣🤣.

15 Sep 2024 21:11:10
Dare I say it, ! I think I might be warming to Nuno, the thermostat set at a nice 20 degrees at the moment. Slice of humble pie and a large hat on standby😗.