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02 Apr 2026 20:08:01
Looking at the ticket prices for the upcoming World Cup, it's an absolute joke. Who in their right mind would pay 11k for a seat at the final? Even if I was a millionaire I wouldn't even consider that. Talk about sucking the heart out of the joy for supporters.

I really hope it comes back to bite them in the backside and the stadiums are empty. Also read somewhere that parking fees for the games are upward of 750 squid. 🌳

02 Apr 2026 20:42:38
It won't come back to bite them.

02 Apr 2026 09:45:47
“April is the cruelest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain……”
T. S. Eliot from “The Wasteland”

“Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote”

When April with its sweet showers
Has pierced the drought of March to the root….
The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer…

So will April be cruel and dull to us or sweet comrades? One thing is certain, there will be 7 cup finals with lots of twists and turns.

Will Spurs' change of manager stir some dull roots? Will Nuno bring desire to succeed at the Hammers? Will our stirring win over Tottenham become just a memory?
All to play for and this won’t be straight forward. But I’m confident we will escape from the Wasteland which relegation will condemn us to…. COYR.!

02 Apr 2026 10:49:35
Am I hearing plaintive cries from Nottingham, paraphrasing Browning: "Oh to be in Bridgford/now that Vitor's here"?

Maybe not yet, but be confident!!

02 Apr 2026 12:48:53
You certainly are hearing it from Staffordshire Norfolk. Browning wrote "Home Thoughts from Abroad" whilst he was living in Italy. I know where I'd rather be, even though they didn't qualify for the World Cup (again). 😁😁

02 Apr 2026 18:46:12
T.S. Eliot is an anagram for Toilets.

02 Apr 2026 20:47:56
Bog off.

01 Apr 2026 12:03:36
I see that Danilo, former Forest player, scored for Brazil yesterday. It looked a cracker into the top corner!
As for former defenders, let's put Viv Anderson in the mix. Brilliant full back, fast, mainly due to his long legs!

01 Apr 2026 16:14:44
Somehow Danilo just didn't fit. He had other midfielders around him, too similar in what they could do.

01 Apr 2026 20:24:34
Thought he was decent, but the severe injury really had a massive impact on him.

31 Mar 2026 20:41:41
Stokey, your post about Bobby Moore being the best ball playing central defender in the world in his era, I think Franz Beckenbauer (who played sweeper a lot) might have something to say about that. I always thought Moore was a bit overrated, but holding the Jules Rimet over your head is bound to inflate your legacy a bit I suppose. Fair play to him.

31 Mar 2026 22:25:24
Bobby Moore and Martin Peters were ahead of their time when it comes to English players.
Beckenhanbour was pure class, but played in a new system which the world of football wasn't used to.

01 Apr 2026 09:01:07
Forest are going down!!!
April Fool!!!!
🤣🤣🤣

01 Apr 2026 11:24:05
Not saying that he was as good as Beckenbauer, but the best CB I ever saw play live was Ruud Gullit, oozed class, strong and a proper ball player. Back in the late 90s, when I was still at school, my best mate and I had a list of players/teams that we wanted to watch live. Growing up on a staple of Football Italia, Gianfranco Zola and Gianluca Vialli were top of that list, along with Fabrizio Ravanelli.

Paid through the teeth to get a ticket at Stamford Bridge to watch Barcelona a few years later, so I could see Ronaldinho. In 2017, I was lucky enough to be working in the events industry and bagged a ticket for the Champions League final in Cardiff. Real blew Juve away. Lol, how Italian football has fallen. 🌳

01 Apr 2026 17:31:38
Fair point, Stevie. "Der Kaiser" played a lot of his football as a midfielder, but he was 3 players in one, wasn't he? A centre back (usually sweeper or libero), defensive midfielder, or further forward. Effortlessly in all cases, and versatile.
I think Bobby Moore's lack of mobility prevented him from going far beyond the halfway line.

Anyway, his managers, particularly Sir Alf, were conservative and shrewd enough to recognise this limitation.
But, as a pure sweeper and instigator of attacks, having won possession, he was peerless imo.

31 Mar 2026 19:10:38
Spurs Supporters Trust have opposed the appointment of Ze Derbi, with their women’s branch and have withdrawn their support.
I personally think he will do a good job and secure Spurs in the Prem. Anyway, shows their arrogance and entitlement as beggars can’t be choosers….
Should be an interesting last 7 games.

31 Mar 2026 19:22:02
He is a notoriously slow starter when it comes to results. Fingers crossed that continues. 🤞🌳

31 Mar 2026 19:27:25
Adding to the supporters groups, I think they are all entitled to have their say. What Greenwood did was appalling and De Zerbi completely backed him, saying that he is a "nice lad" and that he "didn't believe most of it".
He could have come out and said mistakes were made, or something like that, but instead said that he didn't do anything wrong.

Anyways, I just hope he fails big time, not because I've got anything against De Zerbi, but I f****** hate Spurs. 🤣🌳

31 Mar 2026 19:54:36
De Zerbi... Sausage fingers again. 😂 🙄

De Zerbi lol, more like bratwurst fingers, thought you were talking about the old West vs East Germany match. 🇩🇪🤣🌳

31 Mar 2026 20:17:12
Ze Derbi☝️ Eds did you edit that? 😉🌳

31 Mar 2026 22:16:27
5 year contract?
They'll be paying him off with four years remaining. Another Nuno.

01 Apr 2026 09:50:43
Brilliant, Red Robin. 😂😂😂😂😂