Nottingham Forest banter 10

21 Jul 2026 14:44:43
Arnaud Kalimuendo is wanted by Frankfurt.
A cheeky daft suggestion we could look at a deal for Johnathon Berkhart coming to Forest. Young German player two footed and knows where the goal is.

21 Jul 2026 11:10:55
The Premier League has become a 3 tier league imo.

Tier 1
Arsenal
Man City ( cheats )
Man Utd
Liverpool
Chelsea

Tier 2
Villa
Spurs
Brighton
Everton
Bournemouth
Brentford
Fulham
Leeds
Newcastle
Forest

Tier 3
Coventry
Ipswich
Hull
Palace
Sunderland.

21 Jul 2026 12:10:34
Reasonable analysis, Munmad. 👍

21 Jul 2026 13:10:29
With the money Spurs are spending atm, I'd definitely move them into the top tier. Sunderland and Palace need moving up, leaving the newly promoted sides in the bottom tier. Also, if we're branding City as cheats (which they are), then Chelsea must come into that bracket.

So, in general, it's the big six, then everyone else being picked clean of their best talent and feeding from the scraps under the table. Isn't that the Premier League in a nutshell since its inauguration? 🌳

21 Jul 2026 10:54:41
Well Munmad, Morgan Rogers isn't interested in playing in Europe - hence wanting the Chelski move! It's an odd move really. Will he be first choice at number 10?

I think the cost of players is pricing a lot of clubs out of buying, £117 for Rogers???

21 Jul 2026 09:02:38
Do you think that the lack of European football for us and also Newcastle is making joining our two clubs unattractive? Also, these so called big players seem to be attracted to either London, Liverpool or Manchester

Our current lack of transfer activity is worrying. Pre season has started and no new players have joined our project

Glasner is a good manager but is reknowded for his lack of patience.

We need a CM and Striker as a priority. fgs, if Spurs want 50m for Bergvall just pay it. Then our number 8 problem is sold and with Sangare playing at 6 our centre midfield is sorted

LWB position needs filling as Cuiabano seems to not be fancied.

21 Jul 2026 10:49:15
I agree, Munmad, European football is a big draw for top echelon players.
OG has, so far, been very diplomatic about the lack of incomings. He described his impatience during an interview as both an asset and a curse in his personality, which is coded for "Come on recruitment team and Mr M.

Get it done."
He wanted a full complement of players to take abroad, especially now the WC distraction is over.

21 Jul 2026 12:07:55
Why would anyone, apart from mega rich clubs, be jumping in to pay these silly prices? Bergaval looks promising, but at 60 million that's one massive gamble. I'm sure the owner will come good when the right player, at the right price, becomes available. And I don't think playing in Europe is a massive pull for all players, unless you're just going to the club for the money.

Some players actually want to play every week; going to big clubs that already have top players, you would find it hard to get game time, unless you're a superstar with the big price they paid for you. So just chill, after all it's not your cash you're splashing, just saying.

21 Jul 2026 13:12:43
Good post, Skegs. I agree. I wouldn't pay 60m for potential. Considering Kone, from the France side, is being valued around 50m. 🌳

21 Jul 2026 13:40:45
Good post, Skeggs. 👍

21 Jul 2026 19:35:19
Brilliant post, Jay. 👍

20 Jul 2026 21:54:48
Does FIFA stand for “Fix It For Argentina”…. Just asking……. 🤔😂.

20 Jul 2026 22:15:09
Well, they didn't fix it, and we could have been in the final, but for Big Ears' masterstroke of a cock up.
Let it go. England and Argentina had a very easy ride to the final, and one was bound to get there.

20 Jul 2026 22:31:48
These top four seedings need scraping. They're totally unfair on the other sides, and they remove all jeopardy for those sides in the run to the semis. Talking of semis, Shakira looks good for her age. 🌳

20 Jul 2026 22:36:07
So do I winter. 😁😂

20 Jul 2026 22:43:26
Whats the 2026 World cup final and the 2nd world war got in common,?
The losers went to Argentina,

20 Jul 2026 23:00:54
She's around 50 years old Winter. Three times your age mate.

20 Jul 2026 23:51:26
Lego, she's 49, she's got 6 years on me. Definitely wouldn't kick her out of bed. 😁 Might even make her breakfast. 🌳

20 Jul 2026 23:13:20
Winters at keast 45 and i hope he drew the curtains lego 😂😂😂

20 Jul 2026 23:25:37
Theres a new joke on the internet stokey
ANDY BURNHAM 😂😂

21 Jul 2026 08:04:04
I couldn't kick Shakira out of bed, just had my hip replaced - so she'd just have to deal with it. 🤣😂😅😅

21 Jul 2026 08:55:58
Hey, lighten up DTP, FIFA was a joke mate.


I'm told that when the King was told the name of the new PM he said it reminded him of the advice he gave one of his sons about his porn collection .😂😂😂😂
By the way, you said that the WCF half time show reminded you of " when you were in Disney "? So, were you Dopey, Grumpy or Dumbo? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

21 Jul 2026 09:40:58
Brothers, not sons.

21 Jul 2026 10:09:34
You need to get it right first time, Stokey. 😂😂😂

21 Jul 2026 11:02:05
Agreed. Being right all the time does make you get a bit complacent mate.
Anyway, tell us about your experiences with Disney 😂😂😂
By the way, as you bring up Andy Burnham, I may have mentioned that my daughter in law, who is a senior partner in a Manchester law firm, has worked several times with AB and tells me he is very shrewd, very humble, personable, a good listener and ( most important of all) gets things done.
I thought Sir Keir was completely out of his depth at PM level and prone to ( easily avoided) gaffes and own goals ( Waspi women, heating allowance, Mandelson, farmers inheritance tax, private schools and defence budget to name a few).

The deployment of HMS Dragon to defend our base was Cyprus was just hopeless in the time it took to get her ready. Saying she was on the way then people in Portsmouth revealing that she was still moored up and had been for weeks.
Gave the overwhelming impression of incompetence and spouting nonsense for the sake of it
Much like yourself .😂😂😂

21 Jul 2026 11:50:53
Have my kids a great childhood, Stokey.
I'd recommend to any parent.

21 Jul 2026 12:16:55
Trying to decipher that one, DTP.
Should "Have" mean "Gave"? Perhaps you need to get it right first time.
We took our kids to Disneyland Paris.
It was a great experience tbh.

21 Jul 2026 12:34:52
It's too easy to get your attention, Stokey. 😂😂

21 Jul 2026 13:16:52
Gentleman, put the handbags away, its actually been refreshing on here for the last few days. And thanks Eds for the grammar edits👍🌳

21 Jul 2026 13:24:41
Mate, couldn't resist the Disney gaffe. Even at my age, I'm going to put those into the back of the net... 😂😂😂😂

21 Jul 2026 20:23:35
Nowt like being funny in your own mind, Stokey. 😂

22 Jul 2026 09:02:40
Well, you know all about that DTP, as other posters have mentioned.
You are usually about as funny as a fire at an orphanage tbh 🙄

20 Jul 2026 15:58:10
Rip Kevin Keegan, thoughts go to his family, friends and supporters who saw him play around the world.

20 Jul 2026 16:24:08
A very sad occasion. Watched him play a few times. Always gave 100% and scored some cracking goals, very quick and athletic. RIP.

20 Jul 2026 16:42:54
Rip "King Kev".
😔😔😔

20 Jul 2026 17:30:57
RIP Kev. 😔

20 Jul 2026 21:56:27
"Jesus Saves!" But Keegan scores from the rebound!

20 Jul 2026 22:18:30
One of the greats for me, and played the game as we all like, as a player and a manager.

21 Jul 2026 16:12:22
My favourite Kevin Keegan story, as related in John McGovern's excellent autobiography "From Bo'ness to the Bernabeu".

Madrid, May 1980, European Cup Final, Forest v Hamburg.
Both teams line up in the tunnel.
Forest players were instructed that no one speaks to any Hamburg player, nor even looks at their star player, Kevin Keegan.
Except for Larry Lloyd, who says "Look Kevin, we were mates at Liverpool, and I want to warn you about Kenny Burns. He's a bit pumped up and he's coming after you."
KK looks across, and Kenny has removed his dentures and is snarling at him, chewing his gums and staring right through him.


The game starts, Robbo scores for us, and Kenny clatters KK from behind as he makes a few choice remarks about his perm. Booked.
After a few more tussles, KK plays much deeper as a midfielder.
We win, and KK has little effect on the game, apart from a shot which Shilts saves.
KK is frustrated and tussles with a linesman, but, glamour boy as he is, escapes punishment.

20 Jul 2026 15:47:00
RIP Kev, really sad news.

20 Jul 2026 13:50:23
On a point you raised DTP, how do you coach against the likes of Argentina…
Well, mate, keeping good discipline like Spain did helps a great deal (Not even a yellow against 6 yellows and a Red (which should have been 2 Reds at least)).
But I’d recommend a return of “Code 99” as per Willie John McBride against a brutal South Africa in 1974 (and others). Just thump the opponent nearest to you as the ref can’t send the whole team off without massive repercussions. He only had to do it once in that series (apart from a warning fracas in a warm up match). With Springbok thuggery removed the Lions were able to win every one of their match but one, a draw using the talents of great players like Gareth Edwards, Billy Beaumont, JPR Williams, etc.


For those of you who say it can’t work in football, it can. I brought it in as captain of my University team in the Cardiganshire League in the late 1970’s. We only had to use it once, against Carmarthen Town in my second year. There was all sorts of disciplinary meetings and a warning but word got out, if our opponents (and bear in mind we were virtually all English, so every game was Wales v England) and we were allowed to play successful football.

20 Jul 2026 21:34:49
The answer is simple, Stokey.
Sit back for the first 15 mins and make them play, then hit them on the break, they love teams attacking them.
Rugby is a different sport, and one I dislike, no comparison at all.

21 Jul 2026 09:00:07
If it was that simple, DTP, I'm sure professional coaches at this level would have worked it out, mate. I thought you were anti low block defending anyway?
I'd rather try something that I've seen actually work in practice than a theory.


Obviously, football and rugby are different sports, but have the same principles: 2 teams, physical contact, and scope for some skulduggery, not, for example, like tennis or netball.

21 Jul 2026 14:05:27
Well, if we had tried that in the Central Midlands League against some of the teams from the Notts Coalfields, I reckon the bus home wouldn't have been necessary, unless it was to collect us from the QMC.

21 Jul 2026 15:12:05
I was young and daft Oakham instead of being old and daft like I am now mate.
The thing was that a lot of working class lads like myself were getting to University due to the availability of Labour Party grants, changing education from the preserve of the rich. I think the Welsh were taken aback by our aggression and ( not to put too fine a point on it) violence if provoked. A far cry from the posh boys who they'd faced before.
As I said, we only had to do it once and word got round that we weren't going to put up with what had gone before.

I remember 3 things from that fracas in Carmarthen
After a period of 20 minutes of Welsh skulduggery ( and I had spoken to the ref about it) the crunch came when our goalkeeper ( who'd been on Arsenals books)caught a cross then had his head banged deliberately against a goal post.

That was the final straw .
Secondly, I had a spot of extended scrapping with the guy who'd done it which ended with him saying " Ok I've had enough. I've got a wife and 3 kids "
Thirdly, we had a brilliant little bearded winger who was on Stoke City books called, oddly enough, John Robertson ( who I'm still in touch with and lives on the Isle of Man). A gentle bloke who I saw being chased around by a big ( and surprised) Welsh fullback. John told me afterwards he'd been getting on alright with his opponent but thought he'd better show team solidarity by thumping him. He'd never hit anyone in his life and apologised to him afterwards 😂😂😂😂
Happy days

20 Jul 2026 13:36:23
Make no mistake comrades, Spain’s victory was very important. Had Argentina won, it would have been the triumph of anti football, emulated by kids of the following generations to come all over the world, the triumph of thuggery over skill. To be honest, they haven’t come on since 1966 and in fact have added to the “Animals” tag. It works for them and they are coached and instructed to behave in the way they do. Over the 120 plus minutes and a final flurry of violence after the whistle. It’s an even greater shame because they have immensely talented players and they don’t need to do it.


If it’s any consolation, they behave like that against most teams on a footing with them rankings wise.
Congratulations to Spain
A triumph of light over dark, the rapier over the bludgeon, Ali over Foreman, Edward Thomas over William McGonagall, Van Gogh over Banksy, the Age of Enlightenment over the Dark Ages, The Goldberg Variations over Agadoo, of Attlee over Stalin, of Roosevelt over Trump, of democracy over tyranny, of Sir Robert Peel over Valentkiy Beria, of The Audacity of Hope over Mein Kampf….
Viva Espania 🇪🇸 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸.

20 Jul 2026 14:46:00
Dare I say it
The triumph of Falklands over Malvinas?
😁🤔

20 Jul 2026 17:24:13
¡Viva la revolución!

20 Jul 2026 19:17:58
Gerry over Tom!
🤭🤭🤭
🐈‍⬛️🐁

20 Jul 2026 20:35:33
I've got a cat, Rogie, and I can tell you that is going too far except in cartoon world. 😂😂

20 Jul 2026 22:41:42
I've got two cats to keep out the Gerrys, watch out, big ears. 😁😂

21 Jul 2026 12:17:52
Very good DTP …... 😂😂😂👍

19 Jul 2026 22:37:31
What a horrible spectacle of a game, just infuriates me how England didn't win it. Was that Maddona or Maradona on at half time. Bore fest for the world of football.

19 Jul 2026 23:06:46
I thought it was 'Mad Donna' from down the local. 🌳

19 Jul 2026 23:16:42
Argentina need a real hefty fine from FIFA.
See if it happens?
Man City need sorting out now before the season starts.

19 Jul 2026 23:30:01
Two targets on the stage at one time? 😁😂

19 Jul 2026 23:30:05
For all of Spain's pass, pass, pass game plan, a good old-fashioned cross, a knock back, and bam, a World Cup-winning goal! Football is a simple game, too much overthinking a lot of the time.

19 Jul 2026 23:37:20
Too many subs, MV, these days for the overthinkers.

20 Jul 2026 06:45:00
What about Trump???
All about him!!
At least Infantino finally fid something right, and moved him away.

20 Jul 2026 21:40:08
Yes, Rogie, quite pathetic how he tried to stay on stage during Spain's triumph.