Nottingham Forest Banter 2

06 Jun 2026 20:02:16
Curious, who would take Grealish as part ex along with a decent amount of money for Anderson?

06 Jun 2026 20:46:38
In a heartbeat if we get the maverick old version of him in his Villa days, don't want the scaled back Pep influenced version of him though. 🌳

06 Jun 2026 21:11:04
Alternatively, if United come back in for him I'd take Rashford also. 🌳

07 Jun 2026 15:13:16
Grealish as a 10 would be great, but more of a Gibbs White replacement, imo, and need an Adam Wharton / Garner / Scott as a like-for-like replacement for Anderson.

09 Jun 2026 11:06:10
Expensive, past it, wrong attitude and doesn't want to work. We don't want playboys and big egos at Forest, imo, so it's a resounding "No" from me.

{Ed001's Note - he missed a game at Everton over Xmas due to being too drunk the night before.}

09 Jun 2026 11:14:46
Exactly, mate! When he managed to actually drag his arse onto the field, he made little contribution. It's a shame because he had enormous talent in his day.
Even at Villa, the signs were there.

I remember him as Villa captain exhorting everyone to obey the COVID rules and save lives and was then caught out and about on the razz. So you add "hypocrisy" to his charge sheet too.

{Ed001's Note - he was that hammered he drove into a bunch of parked cars and was wandering around in a daze with just one flip flop on.}

06 Jun 2026 15:54:25
My wife and I visited the Normandy Beaches and the cemeteries! If you ever want to see the results of today back then, do the visit! It will bring tears ti your eyes, when you see so many white headstones.
RIP to the fallen.
Thank you to those still around, so brave.

06 Jun 2026 16:53:09
I'm sure, mate.
I met a guy who was visiting a Cemetery near Normandy.
He said there's a school that has a designated pupil for each headstone, they look after it for a year, and another pupil takes over the responsibility.
Brilliant idea.

06 Jun 2026 17:42:07
Sorry lads, I regret to inform you, that the Germany World Cup Kit looks brilliant.
🫣🫣🫣

06 Jun 2026 17:44:31
Yes, I heard that about the school! I put forward a suggestion to the government 20 years ago that, on Remembrance Day, a child could stand in for a fallen soldier at school and read about the man or woman, so as to remember them.

It didn't happen, but as a veteran, I remember them.

06 Jun 2026 19:06:22
We salute you, sir!!!. 🫡

06 Jun 2026 20:16:29
Keeff, my family and I visited Normandy a few years back and, like you, I was moved and very impressed by what you describe, particularly how immaculately kept the graves were.
I don't know if you saw the remains of the floating Mulberry Harbour just off the beach. It epitomises the "can do" attitude of that time from Churchil down to the youngest private. No port no problem. We 'll just tow one with us. With a full underwater fuel pipeline ( PLUTO ( pipe line under the Ocean) up and running from the Isle of Wight within a few weeks of the landing. A British invention, all of it.Now, with all our advanced technology we can't even build a railway from London to Leeds
Those men ( and women) were like mythical giants then, scarcely imaginable to our present enfeebled generation and society.
We visited Pegasus Bridge too. Six gliders ( apart from basic instrumentation, entirely made of wood) carrying 30 glider troops each from the Oxfords and Bucks, trained and led by Major John Howard ( in civilian life a Police Inspector from Oxford City Force).
The closest glider ( navigated at night, by the light of the moon, following the canals, no engine, no radar, no way home) landed less than the width of a football pitch from one heavily defended end of the bridge.

Piloted by an ex salesman Sgt Jim Wallwork from Salford.He went on to do perform similar miracles in every subsequent British glider operation in the War and lived to a ripe old age as did Howard. The position of the glider is still marked in outline. The bridge ( and the next one) were captured with few casualties in ten minutes ( and held for three days under heavy counter attack until the Paras arrived. You could throw a stone from where it landed to the German gun emplacement. German survivors said they heard a heavy thud and foliage snapping then within 2 minutes they were prisoners ( or dead).
Cafe Gondee is still there at the end of the bridge and ( when I went) still owned by the same family. The first premises in occupied Europe to be liberated.
The original bridge is in a field nearby, still marked by gunfire damage. As is ( or was) a reconstructed glider.
As I say, ordinary people doing extraordinary things, courage and ingenuity beyond belief. As Churchill said " Our finest hour".

06 Jun 2026 21:23:39
Brilliant mate, just brilliant.

06 Jun 2026 23:15:38
Great post, Stokey. 👍

07 Jun 2026 10:00:21
Yes, Stokey, great post, mate! We did the full tour, taking in the Pont du Hoc, where the huge gun casements are. Plus, the lookout post that is still in one piece. We went up to Sainte-Mere-Eglise, where the paratrooper landed on the church spire.

They have a dummy hanging there now.
We walked along Omaha Beach, looking at the gun positions, and my Mrs found a pound coin on the beach. 😆

07 Jun 2026 16:14:58
Excellent Keefe, mate! 👍

06 Jun 2026 07:39:15
{Ed's Note - Seano_ has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool Squad Assessment and Summer Priorities

06 Jun 2026 09:50:00
RIP to all who fought today.... and in WW2.
🙏

06 Jun 2026 11:00:37
Rogie
The Golden Generation, the like of which we will never see again.
We always go to the National Memorial Arboretum at Lichfield, near where we live, to pay our respects.
Truly heroic. We owe them our freedom (which nowadays we tend to take for granted).

06 Jun 2026 12:32:31
... And they were, mate, incredible courage, and bravery.

06 Jun 2026 13:10:36
We shall remember. 🫡

06 Jun 2026 14:49:17
Proud of them all. Men, women, children, animals. Who sacrificed for us. Looking at our country now... Well, you end the line in your heads.

06 Jun 2026 17:44:06
Someone said recently...
"If they knew then what they know now... they would have got back on their Landing Crafts."
😒😒😒

05 Jun 2026 10:45:23
So Turki Al-Sheikh wants to invest in the sheep, footballs new regular better this right. Linked to a regime constantly committing human rights abuses and that already owns an English side. With heavy investment the sheep would be playing alongside the magpies. Dodgy dealings would be expected. 🌳

05 Jun 2026 11:33:40
👆 Better get this right...don't walk and type.

05 Jun 2026 13:45:19
Red Robin, he's only worth just over a third of what Marinakis is worth. This is not another Newcastle, who were basically taken over by the state of Saudi Arabia.

05 Jun 2026 14:46:36
Even so, mate, he's still linked to the Saudi Investment Fund and we're talking about the dirty sheep botherers.
We'll soon see if this new regular is up to task. 🌳

05 Jun 2026 07:39:14
{Ed's Note - BlueNose1878 has posted a new article entitled, Everton Must Plan Properly If Ndiaye Goes

04 Jun 2026 23:45:15
So to bed, reds.
Next season, could we please please please have a player that can take a corner or set piece. Take care of them around ya, never take em for granted. Ps take your old gran down to a beach or some kinda day out. Never goes unnoticed x FTID.

04 Jun 2026
New image uploaded to the
Nottingham Forest Player Sightings page entitled, Dear Bowie.

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04 Jun 2026 23:50:37
🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant bud. 👍

04 Jun 2026 20:02:48
Anyone else finding it amusing that the face of Sure's World Cup advert, that is everywhere on TV atm, is the one and only 'Cole Left At Home Palmer', especially since he's taking a penalty. Didn't he miss his last one? 🤭🌳

04 Jun 2026 20:13:08
You'd rather World Cup Willie Winter?

04 Jun 2026 20:33:55
The ad that gets to me is the one with the clown Bellingham, all his money, and he's got a face like a smacked arse.

04 Jun 2026 22:00:26
I've got a World Cup Willie Bowie. 👍🌳

04 Jun 2026 22:15:38
👆 This year, due to the adverse weather conditions in the Americas, it's sunburned, dehydrated and a little limp. An insertion of Viagra is needed. Or I could be describing Jordan Henderson's first training session over there. 🌳

04 Jun 2026 22:54:59
Tbh, taking Ivan Toney is a joke.

04 Jun 2026 22:57:03
🤣🤣 Hang in there.

04 Jun 2026 23:32:30
Be like the balls on a moose: hang loose!

04 Jun 2026 19:50:43
I actually hate it all. Nothing but spotlight on Anderson, as if the rest done nothing. Don't get me wrong; done more than enough for us since arrival. But not many see the player, just £££££ signs. To bring another load of guesses. Don't care who or how good they were. (Will they fit in) I know I know, goes with the game. But my. How I'd love to keep our strength. Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murrilo, Williams, mgw, Woods, Jesus. Yup, still got hope in Woods and Jesus, time to grow.

Woods just a wizard. Bakwa still hope for Morato the same. Mcatee (not so sure reds) Sangare played ok beginning of season but tailed off a little for me. Hutchinson needs a f kn ro ket up his wrongun. Just doesn't get enough decent balls in and bottles on shooting. Probably forgot a few. As I'm trying to whip through my thoughts of last season. Oh hang on. Taiwo showed great spirit on his return. What happens, benched bless him. Good for bench though. Anyway, just my opinion.

04 Jun 2026 20:12:52
Pretty good assessment, mate.
Hoping Hutchinson, Sangare, and Bakwa move up another level now.
Time will tell.

04 Jun 2026 20:19:38
There's a player in Ndoye.
Scored another cracker for Switzerland, but playing more as second striker.
Are we playing him wrong out on the wing?

04 Jun 2026 20:21:57
I said Taiwo late on in season. I personally think he should have had a better run out. As the rest were very tired, bless em. But Vitor is doing a brilliant job for me. Looks up for it on sidelines. And I think he really does think he's got the lads believing in him.

04 Jun 2026 20:29:56
That's the thing, Bowie.
Dyche decided not to play Taiwo, Bakwa, Cunha, and a few others.
It's been a breath of fresh air seeing Vitor give every single player a chance, and you could see the confidence in the side.

04 Jun 2026 20:32:12
Could be right, dtp. As for mgw, I don't know if any agree. Brilliant player for us. But he cannot help himself (like on a free role); he loses his role as the number 10, and wingers ain't got as much to feed to. Again, my opinion.

04 Jun 2026 20:39:15
Scored plenty of goals under Vitor.
He found a way to get MGW scoring, and the whole side, tbh.
Very unlucky not to get more points, with the decisions against Fulham at home, Liverpool at home, and Man Utd away.

04 Jun 2026 22:28:04
I tend to agree, Bowie. Keep as many of the good ones as possible, and spend most of our money on a striker and winger or two.

Jarrod Bowen is good, but I reckon he'll go to a Champions League club and only start 20 games.

04 Jun 2026 22:48:51
Not a fan of Bowen, Cyclist.
He disappears for long periods during games, and is 30 now.
The Forest way is to sign young players with a sell-on, and Bowen doesn't fit that criteria.
So that won't happen for me.

04 Jun 2026 23:00:35
Cyclist, I said Bowen about a month ago. But, hands up, I did ask for Sean Dyche. 🤣

04 Jun 2026 23:03:58
I disagree dtp, I'd play Bowen more up front with Jesus or Woods.

04 Jun 2026 23:08:48
Nah mate, not for me.
It won't happen anyway tbh.
Got a feeling he'll stick with West Ham and his father-in-law, Danny.

04 Jun 2026 23:32:40
Cannot stand his father-in-law, wouldn't last two minutes here. Swear, ya can tell he's a complete person. Now, Vinnie Jones on Netflix. I loved it. Good old days. 👍

04 Jun 2026 19:30:41
So Citeh are considering legal action against Real Madrid (or someone linked with) for using Haaland's name on a RM shirt.
It wouldn't surprise me if the proposed case is fast forwarded and they win it.