Nottingham Forest banter 7

07 Sep 2026 20:02:57
Accurate summary Big Larry.

07 Sep 2026 20:25:50
Now, now, now. You pair of bin dippers. ?? Always with the negative attitude, you 2, Glasner, Mr M. We will be living the Forest dream. ???

07 Sep 2026 20:47:25
You've been saying that for weeks, Skeggs!!!.
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08 Sep 2026 10:53:39
And I will keep saying it, Rogie, cause we all know im right in the end. ?

08 Sep 2026 11:07:17
“We ALL know I’m right in the end” same old, same old arrogance eh? ??

No need to get all shirty about it, Stokie. Take a chill pill, pal, its not my fault im always right. ?

08 Sep 2026 12:43:38
And i quote "Ive never been proven wrong". Guess who said that only yesterday? ?. Definitely some black pot kettling going on. ?

08 Sep 2026 13:02:25
The difference being, of course, RRH, in the word "proven", mate. I rest my case...

08 Sep 2026 14:11:53
Superiority complex. ??

08 Sep 2026 14:56:05
Absolutely mate…..Can’t touch this …
As I keep saying to the other East Coast sodomites, words are important. They can save your life or get you killed….
As I’ve said before, I’m just glad I don’t have to follow you clowns into the witness box at Crown Court….
I had the honour and privilege to be taught the Classics at University by a wonderful old chap called Professor John Newt. He was so old fashioned that when females were admitted into St David’s College ( it had been an all male Theology College for years) he took to his rooms and refused to teach them.

Definitely a repressed and closet gay, like you guys.
There are loads of references to gayness in the Ancient Greek and Roman lexicon. For example the death in Battle before Troy of Achilles boyfriend Patroclus by Hector.
He used to refer to “ the unspeakable vice of the Greeks”…???
Anyway, it was only when he passed away that it came to light that he was a decorated code breaker at Bletchley park …. One of his many secrets I’m sure….
Anyway, I’ll keep my remarks to football matters as I don’t want to raise any false hopes for you desperadoes…….

08 Sep 2026 17:58:37
Haha ?, I think we touched a nerve there. ?
We maybe annoying, immature, but I genuinely think we're funny, especially when sticking to a know it all toff (or at least someone who thinks he is). ? ?

08 Sep 2026 18:05:05
And if i had a chance to spend time with a toff or a couple of East Coast sodomites, well, I'd be taking a no.2.???

08 Sep 2026 18:39:14
A man’s got to have a hobby RRH mate……
I bet with those 2 you don’t know which way to turn …….
Sooner you than me ……good luck !

08 Sep 2026 18:57:19
A toff….. Dad from Radford, Mam from the Meadows, born in Radford, lived on Bestwood Park Estate and Farley St Bulwell………went to Ellis Guilford and Forest Fields, Dad a welder Mam a cleaning lady…… you, sir, or either mad or you have the pox ………?????

08 Sep 2026 21:06:03
After hanging around with the sodomite two, i have got a rash?, can you catch STDs from toilet seats? ???

09 Sep 2026 16:04:05
Ask skegs, but in your case it's probably gum disease winter. Try sitting.

09 Sep 2026 16:52:39
About as funny as it gets, bog standard as usual. ?

09 Sep 2026 18:36:58
I will explain the joke some other time. For now, loo loo it's to Sir with Love.

07 Sep 2026 15:33:44
Well I listened to the whole game on Saturday and now I've watched the whole game on Forest TV.
So my observations:
Cunha, McAtee and Schlager were good.
Ndoye was ineffective but Jesus was miles better. Delap was ok but Kalimuendo rather than Wood would have made more sense from a thrust and speed point of view. MGW never got into the game.
In general terms both sides were poor. Forest had no fire and got no rhythm going at all especially in midfield since McAtee was asked to be defensive - Sangare can do much better there and push McAtee further forward.
If there was a Glasner plan I failed to see it at all. Much of the game seemed aimless on both sides, perhaps because they don't know what to do or can't yet combine with each other.


We wasted corners and failed to keep any possession except in the last 15 minutes.
Distribution by Sels and Murillo was poor, and we kept failing to get any second balls.
Munoz is ok and Delap will get better with more minutes and harder training.
All in all a nothing game and hard to predict what we might be like ten games in, but if we fail to improve it looks like a bottom of the table scrap again.
Not sure Williams scored but not sure on this showing that we deserved it. Peter Bankes is anathema to us.

07 Sep 2026 15:51:35
It simply has to be the manager, mate?
Most of the first 11 have been together for nearly 3 years now.
They must know how each other plays.

07 Sep 2026 16:14:36
Thanks, Bse... I'm missing my Forest fix atm and need a catch up. Interesting analysis, and much appreciated. ?

07 Sep 2026 16:50:28
Cheerio, Edu!!!!.
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07 Sep 2026 16:57:08
Bsered, here's my observation, but a much shorter analysis.
Before slipping into a coma with acute boredom on 65 mins, I witnessed the biggest pile of disjointed garbage in a long time. Another bang-average season at best unfolded.

07 Sep 2026 20:30:08
Reading your posts, Larry, I slip into a coma long before that, mate. ? ?

07 Sep 2026 21:11:41
Fishing rod time, another defeat, Stokie. Is Dyche managing you?. ??

07 Sep 2026 20:52:02
Have you actually read your own posts stokie.by the time you've read them you slip into a coma die come back as a zombie.and slip into a coma again ????

08 Sep 2026 08:15:18
Talking of zombies, how are things in Skegmess?

08 Sep 2026 09:00:56
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This fishing rod really winds you up doesn’t it Larry. Is that why you failed as a prison officer ?….
“Boo hoo, the lags on my wing keep laughing at me and wont follow my rules…..Boo hoo” ???????

08 Sep 2026 09:19:04
You clearly don’t read your own posts Skegs ……….epic fails on repetition, punctuation, spelling and it’s often pure gobbledegook when you’re agitated…..
By the way, did anyone on here ever bring you that bottle of water you asked for ? ……
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08 Sep 2026 10:29:37
It's the old justify the fishing rods chestnut because I've been sussed & made a fool of myself. ?

08 Sep 2026 10:55:09
Well, it's very generous of you to admit that, Larry. As welcome as it was, unexpected. ???

08 Sep 2026 11:04:01
You must have had a good holiday. Spent 90% of it on your phone posting. I bet the Saturday nights fly by in your house.

08 Sep 2026 11:30:40
Still having a great holiday, Larry. The sun continues to shine, the cold drinks continue to arrive, mate. But I prefer a more active, yomping type holiday like our cruise around the Mediterranean earlier in the summer. The only exercise I get poolside is running rings around you ... Gotta go, another cocktail ? and snack arriving.
Cheers. ? ??

08 Sep 2026 12:15:03
What's the cocktail you're drinking, Stokie? Over the rainbow. ? ?

08 Sep 2026 12:37:54
Just as we suspected, Skegs. Stokie goes cruising. ? It's all falling into place now. ??

08 Sep 2026 12:51:03
Meanwhile, whilst sunning myself on Brighton seafront, the waiter appears 'Another Over Rainbow, Stokey?', with a cheeky wink and slap of his backside, 'Of course, Tarquin.' ?

08 Sep 2026 13:09:32
It's all getting a bit creepy and stalker-ish, to be honest, lads. I'm out of here...
Before I go, I remember Julian Cleary fantasising (for comedic purposes, obviously not genuine acolytes like you lot) to Ian Hislop on HIGNFY about tying him up and having his way with him...
Hislop's reply was superb. "Tie me down? Yes, you'd have to, Julian". ????

08 Sep 2026 14:13:31
Stalker-ish? Or close to home? lol, so we're right then. ??

08 Sep 2026 14:13:44
I'll take your word for it, Stokie, it's your world. ? ? Hislop & Cleary were superb, eh? Bless ya. Glad you enjoyed it. ??

08 Sep 2026 15:15:34
I did enjoy it, Larry, thank you. They are very, very funny in a way that you can only dream of, mate. You are to wit what (your icon) Larry Grayson was to Rugby League. ? ?

08 Sep 2026 16:20:25
Wow, that's told me. My, however, will I recover from that put down. ???

08 Sep 2026 16:58:31
Please feel free to come back at me, Larry. Just hope I don't bust another rib laughing, mate. ? ?

07 Sep 2026 11:21:33
Our next two games are winnable.

Villa are in a state of flux atm. If we play like we did against Liverpool I think we can win there and we should beat Coventry. That would be a decent start, then 8pts from 5 games.



Delap is getting fitter and hopefully Diamonde too.

I would like to see a back three of Diamonde Cunha and Murrilo as I think Cunha is much more mobile than Milenkovic.

07 Sep 2026 12:37:25
Good shout, Munmad, I was thinking much the same about our upcoming fixtures. Need to get a couple of wins before the international break. ?

07 Sep 2026 17:48:19
Both games have draw written over them for different reasons.

07 Sep 2026 09:54:46
To put Neco's goal controversy to bed, Sky Sports News has a different angle of the video, taken from the top right corner. It does hit his hand just as it crosses the line. Debatable if that counts as clear and obvious though. ?

07 Sep 2026 13:55:10
Well, whatever it was, it wasn't "clear and obvious". If it had been, the Spurs players would have been going mad about it. They didn't; the referee gave the goal, but VAR decided to stick their oar in, and after what seemed an eternity decided it was "a clear and obvious mistake". The fact it took so long proved that it wasn't. Door handles!

07 Sep 2026 09:07:12.
I know stats are worrying for some on here, but two I picked up on post-match on Delap are enlightening.
First of all, he won 4 out of 5 aerial duels against Spurs centre backs and he achieved the quickest sprint speed of any player on either side, 20.3 mph.


This guy is quick and good in the air. Just think what he will do when he gets fully match fit.

07 Sep 2026 10:53:43
I did notice, that he's no slouch tbf...

07 Sep 2026 11:24:29
I noticed he never had a shot either.

07 Sep 2026 11:44:02
Positive as ever, Bin Dipper.

07 Sep 2026 12:31:53
Yes, just sulking because his team got dismantled at home 4 nil by mighty Oxford Utd Munmad…..

07 Sep 2026 12:53:57
Larry's from Nottingham, I'm the one from Leicester. you 2 ones know good at picking a team, the others no good at picking a manager. It makes for a disaster when you're talking football with them. ??

07 Sep 2026 13:52:09
We have learned from the master... Never ever let the facts get in the way of a good story, Skeggs... Come on, chill out, and don't be so touchy, mate..... ???????

07 Sep 2026 14:22:57
I'm chilled, Stokie. My nickname is the Iceman. I'm that chilled. Just stating the facts, so hopefully you will remember in future. ?

07 Sep 2026 16:15:48
Remember what? ... ????☺️?

07 Sep 2026 16:59:16
Remember, when the fishing rods come out, you lost the debate.

07 Sep 2026 17:51:54
I wouldn't dignify it with the word "debate", Larry, to be honest, mate. ????

07 Sep 2026 18:31:26
Stokie got done well and truly despite all the big words he trys and uses crawled into is hole for a bit ??

07 Sep 2026 18:49:16
Skegs ?, Iceman ?, more like Mr Whipy. ? ?

07 Sep 2026 19:17:04
Now now, rrh. I bet you like a bit of the whippy, maybe Stokie will spray some on you. ??

07 Sep 2026 19:28:45
?, I vote for Stokey to be ref. ? ?

07 Sep 2026 20:33:03
The balls in the back of the net, lads, your efforts are too little, too late. ??

07 Sep 2026 20:52:30
In the words of Saint Bob....
"It's a rat ? trap
And you've been caught.".... ? ? ?

07 Sep 2026 21:06:21
Rat trap? Mind you, Skegs did say nipple clamps can't be discounted. ?

07 Sep 2026 21:46:24
Of course rrh. ? ?

06 Sep 2026 19:47:19
Know you've been on a bender winter, obviously my reply was taken out of context. But no need for that response. There's an old quote which read "Listen to your elders' advice, not because there always right, but have a lot more experiences of being wrong, just saying." (Politely)

06 Sep 2026 20:43:16
Yeah I'm fed up with arguing. Some things really get on my goat, though, especially people trying to lecture me on things that I feel passionate about. Anyways, most of you are old farts, but sorry, kinda. ?

06 Sep 2026 21:01:12
You talk fart winter? Doesn't mean I disrespect ya?

06 Sep 2026 21:03:03
Come on, lads, you know how this works. We all love the site and each other, but every now and again we won't see eye to eye. But we get over it and move on. ? Which reminds me, anybody know how dtp his.

06 Sep 2026 21:08:21
Call me what you want, RRH, I don't mind. I respect your opinion and your views on the footy, and you do make a decent contribution to the site, so I for one don't mind that you call us OAPS, old farts.

Just remember, when the brown stuff hits the fan, and the younger generation go into panic mode and have a meltdown, it'll be the old farts who will pull you all together. Crap game though yesterday.

06 Sep 2026 21:09:38
He isn't coming back, Skegs, bud.

06 Sep 2026 21:17:25
Had big fallout with ED done.

06 Sep 2026 21:52:42
I don't talk fart, thank you very much, it's cr ?p 99% of the time, get it right. ?

06 Sep 2026 21:53:32
And, Vale, don't be a wet fart. ? ?

06 Sep 2026 22:00:09
Kids, eh? Pfffft. If Vale had a wet fart, you'd be the sweetcorn and tomato skin. Just leave it, Winter.

06 Sep 2026 22:07:32
Meanwhile inside Bowies head; I'll insult you, so you should leave it, because im old and im obviously right.?

07 Sep 2026 09:27:11
?? Fair one. Let's just leave it, Winter. ?

07 Sep 2026 09:42:46
Yeah mate, its gone as far as im concerned. ?

07 Sep 2026 14:31:07
In the red corner weighing in at 150lbs, wearing his I Love Gazza shorts, we have the Geordie Swinger. And in the other red corner, weighing in at 200 lbs, wearing his I Love Ken shorts, we have the Cornish Pastie. Who will become the lightweight banter champion? The refs today are also Geordies, Ant and Dec.
Let's get ready to rumble. ??

07 Sep 2026 17:38:19
Skegs ?, while im up for anything, the shorts are even fine, but in a paddling pool full of jelly? At prime time at Pride? No way Bowie will sign that contract. I'll get on the phone to Frank Warren and see if we can re-negotiate better terms. ?

07 Sep 2026 17:44:34
??? rrh.

07 Sep 2026 18:03:42
??? ? Brilliant, and yeah, agree, winter. A fight like that needs a promoter like Frank Maloney. ?

07 Sep 2026 18:33:10
If you ask Stokie nicely, im sure he'd like to ref and see you too in your shorts. ???

06 Sep 2026 12:40:16
Still laughing at your post Big Larry (Balloons) comparing OG's system to Enter the Dragon. A contender for your funniest ever post. ???? What a film that was, brilliant. A tad more entertaining than what was dished up yesterday. ?

06 Sep 2026 14:20:11
It's a very low bar, RHR, tbh...

06 Sep 2026 16:00:01
Larry and RHR,
Enter the Dragon was a very entertaining film, but the quote from Bruce Lee, and, presumably, his script writers, was lifted verbatim from Sun Tze's Art of War, written about the 5th century BC (and still taught at military academies around the world). Required reading at Sandhurst and West Point to this day.

06 Sep 2026 19:29:34
Cheers RHR, cant wack a good laugh bud & you need to laugh after watching that guff yesterday. Yea great film mate. Iconic. Pity about Sgt Slaughters usual diarrhoea word sald underneath killing the thread stone dead ?

06 Sep 2026 20:08:39
Knowledge is power, friends. ??

06 Sep 2026 20:26:54
Oh, matron... A bit touchy, are we?. ???

06 Sep 2026 20:24:31
The only knowledge you know stokie was buried in the 14th century with your history. A bit like your knowledge of managers that ended under the dyche part time era last season ??

06 Sep 2026 20:38:59
Dds...
Please tell me what you know of the 14th century, Skeggs. Go on, anything, mate. I'm intrigued...
Would you like a glass of water first. ????

06 Sep 2026 21:01:56
? Thats really trying hard to make yourself look superior. ? ?

06 Sep 2026 21:05:36
You can keep shouting this, dds, mate, but I won't let you forget. He's the greatest manager since Clough. Facts, mate, as you keep saying, a really good manager. ???

06 Sep 2026 22:04:42
Who is? What are you talking about?

07 Sep 2026 00:20:31
The Black Death? Only thing that comes to mind without Google. ?

07 Sep 2026 08:05:00
No answer, Skeggs? It's gobbledegook, but from what I can make out, you are saying that OG is the best manager at Forest since Brian Clough?
Time will tell, but I'm thinking Frank Clark myself.

07 Sep 2026 09:24:43
Yes Stevie, the Black Death had a peak in the 14th century but it was still killing people before then and, off and on, in some places up to the 18 th.
Theatres were closed for years in Elizabeth London ( 15 th century) because of it.

There’s a sensational book by Daniel Defoe, of Robinson Crusoe fame, called “ Journal of a Plague year “ which is a grim read. He was purporting to have stayed in London to report on it first hand but I’m not sure he did……It was a best seller

06 Sep 2026 11:52:55
Apropos of nothing football related, our poolside neighbour is an absolute double for Zelensky….

06 Sep 2026 21:38:27
My neighbours the absolute double of Marilyn Manson!!!
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07 Sep 2026 07:26:05
We have the Clampits living next to us, they are the spitting image, scruffy, smelly and zero self respect!

06 Sep 2026 11:29:13
Good morning guys.
My first post since last season although I've read a lot.
The sceptics from last season are still sceptical, the positives are still positive, the intelligent are still intelligent (or they try to be), the daft buggers are still daft ( Hello Stellaboy) so not much has changed on here.
On the field, of course, is entirely different and I can't say I'm enjoying it at the moment.
You all know I love my non league matches, I've seen eight so far and going to another this afternoon and I will say I've enjoyed everything about them.

Real value for money.
The two Forest home league games have left me wondering why I'm still going. Forest red runs in my veins, but I find myself getting bored with what's on offer.
What's with this three at the back dollox?
Wide-open again and again and so easy to play against. Our wingers weren't the greatest but I'd much rather watch us play with CHO and OH going at the opposition fullbacks.
I hope it all clicks into place because it has to click into place and quickly. It's going to be another very difficult non entertaining season if it doesn't.

06 Sep 2026 12:36:42
Totally in agreement, Gazzi. Cho must play, one of the few players who can score a goal at this level.

06 Sep 2026 13:05:37
Hey baldy.ive missed you to ?? you'll soon be living the glasner maranakis dream like all the other posters on here they're so happy.hows the non league footie going cheaper and better than watching forest at minute ???

06 Sep 2026 14:57:33
Welcome back, Gazzi. ?
Speaking for everyone again, Skeggs? ….. ?

06 Sep 2026 15:20:46
I would call it speaking against everyone. If you stop getting over excited about my posts and read them properly, just saying. ?

06 Sep 2026 15:41:15
"You'll soon be living the Glasner / Marinakos dream like all the other posters on here, they are so happy" WTF? ?‍♂️

06 Sep 2026 15:50:15
If you dont know stokie there's no helping you pal.why your on a banter site is beyond me ??

06 Sep 2026 16:10:09
Your words mate, not mine. You can't have forgotten already, you only posted them a few minutes ago. Mind you, you did post a request on here demanding that someone fetch you a glass of water. ?????

06 Sep 2026 16:37:13
As I said, if you don't get it, pal, why are you on a banter site. There's just no helping some people. ???

06 Sep 2026 16:49:02
I agree with you, Gazzi. I'd said I wasn't getting a season ticket this season, but come the end I felt positive and as entertained as we had been for a long time under VP - thus relented and purchased.
Haven't been yet and don't have any ambition to either. Daft decision getting shot of VP, evaluating someone's suitability should be greater than whether they've just won a trophy or not - how did that end last season? Let's hope VP doesn't get another job and remains available to come and rescue us again when EM calls time on this silly liaison with Glasner.


Glasner out...

06 Sep 2026 17:23:49
Are you saying it was a lame and clunky attempt at irony, Skeggs? Come on, mate, I'm trying to bail you out here. ???

06 Sep 2026 19:05:30
Two stars, Glasner out?? Utterly ridiculous, maybe everyone has forgotten Vitor had the advantage of working with Anderson, who, on stats, was the best midfielder in Europe last season, and was replaced with a free transfer.

06 Sep 2026 19:42:37
Stevie, some people just don't have a positive ion in their bodies, unfortunately.
Chicken Licken was more positive than most posters on here (and he kept pronouncing the sky was falling in). :)

It's way too early for a real prediction either way, and some just aren't interested in giving anything a chance, but that's a fault with them, not Nottingham Forest.

06 Sep 2026 19:59:16
Ginger, I don't have to tell ya, Billy the Fish was our downfall selling to Thomas Tommy Brown at Fulchester, never gonna end well sending Sid the Sexist to Women's Champions League scouting. ?

06 Sep 2026 20:27:34
Leave my brown nose alone, Bowie, he's my strawberry blonde. ?‍♂️ ??

06 Sep 2026 20:57:39
I believe it was Ginger with the brown nose remark, Skeggs, not Bowie. Try and keep up before you feel the need to contribute, mate.
Still waiting for your input on the 14th century, mate. Let me know if I can point you in the right direction, my friend. ??

06 Sep 2026 21:00:48
Ha, Bowie, I wonder if we can find Dead Shot Kean's boots (aka Billy's boots) in a local jumble sale and get them into the kit bag for Saturday.

I always thought Roy Hodgson looked a bit like Billy the Fish.

06 Sep 2026 21:19:00
?? Brilliant bud.

06 Sep 2026 21:33:15
I know stokie keep up my slow friend.you really dont know banter or sarcasm. This is not the sun newspaper or dear deidre site pal like I said what are you doing on a banter site ?????

06 Sep 2026 22:38:20
Tongue in cheek, Stevie was just seeing if I could cajole Skegg for a nibble. He's not playing though... I do foresee another tough season for Forest though. I also think, if we survive this latest spate of self induced turmoil, we'll have a few stable seasons with OG. I reckon it's going to be a very tough season for us though.

07 Sep 2026 08:12:40
I think you are seeking excuses and something to hide behind again Skeggs after repeated gaffes mate.
Like art and humour, I think sarcasm and banter have failed if you have to explain it.
Becomes repetitious,clunky and unfunny as per …..
Keep trying though……can’t fault your workrate ???

07 Sep 2026 10:06:27
Ginger, apart from Chicken Licken, mate, wasn't it Asterix the Gaul whose only fear was the sky falling down? He certainly wasn't afraid of no Goddam Romans. I loved all that stuff... like when he visits his British cousins across the Channel and discovers that they are only under Roman occupation because of their habit of going off on a tea break in the middle of a battle...

brilliant and gentle ribbing... Just off to get a drink of elixir. ??

07 Sep 2026 13:59:00
Ginger and Bowie ... "Fnnnarrr, Fnnarrrr." ???
My personal favourite was Fat B...
Mrs Brady, old lady.
Billy the Fish, just sublime and surreal.
Remember the crowd chants when Billy's team were playing Vatican City?
"2. 4. 6. 8
Who do we appreciate?
The Holy Father, his Papal Eminence, by the Grace of God, Pope Sixtus the Third."
Just brilliant. ??????

07 Sep 2026 14:14:46
I loved the tag for Fat B...
"He's as fat as I don't know wot"...
Even his Mam and Dad called him "Fat b."...
And what about Johnny Fartpants? "The boy with the Golden Guff". ?????

07 Sep 2026 14:49:03
Buster Gonad .... "The boy with the unfeasibly large testicals" ....... drawn like he was sitting on a pair of space hoppers. ??

07 Sep 2026 16:18:07
Testicles. ?

07 Sep 2026 19:26:50
Ha, I forgot about Mrs Brady. 'The Brown Bottle' was another classic as well. :)

07 Sep 2026 20:23:52
Roger Melly, the Man on the Telly….The Fat Slags….. Those Thieving Gypsy Bastards …..all very un PC but very funny. ????
I love the true story of the leader of the UK Gypsy Council who threatened to sue Viz for defamation but unfortunately was detained at her Majesty’s pleasure for handling stolen goods ????

07 Sep 2026 20:36:22
Sandra and Tracey, the Fat Slags, and Biffa Bacon, a portrait of low life on a par with Caravaggio, imo. Absolute genius. ??

06 Sep 2026 11:12:18
I still don't get it, not coming across very well?, what our ancestors fought for?, am I being rude saying football has nothing to do with war? As a former member of the Armed Forces myself, I think I'm perfectly within my rights to question the link between football and warfare.

I personally think it's was a bo***cks reply from someone who didn't read the post before jumping to conclusions.
But sod you lot, I've actually had enough of reading the depressing rubbish most of you write. Enjoy you silly old farts, over and out. ?

06 Sep 2026 13:07:59
Ignore them rrh there all on antidepressants living with themselves ? and maybe if they gave the players guns and they shot at it each other I could understand to.

06 Sep 2026 15:50:16
RRH, I'm with Bowie on this one. There is a link between football and war. The most obvious one recently was when the Argentinians unfurled a "Malvinas" flag after their football victory over us at the World Cup, mate. There are loads of sporting examples.


To paraphrase Carl Von Clausewitz's famous dictum, "Football is policy by other means."...
I spent a lot of time in Poland and the Czech Republic. They loved beating their oppressors, Russia, at football...

06 Sep 2026 15:44:25
“ There all on anti depressants living with themselves “. You just can’t help yourself can you Skeggs?
As Miles Jupp famously quipped about the song “ Surely not EVERYBODY was Kung Fu fighting …..” ?????

06 Sep 2026 16:38:35
How's the holiday going. ????

06 Sep 2026 17:37:53
Excellent, mate! It's no good changing the subject though……..To be fair, I've thoroughly enjoyed the sequence of spectacular own goals you've scored….. Brilliant entertainment, and thank you. ???
Got to now, Italian restaurant booked and I'm starving ….. It's hard work sitting by the pool all day…….

06 Sep 2026 17:46:08
I would say you've had one too many panda pops, Stokie. ??

06 Sep 2026 18:28:33
That's Politics and Football, not 'Warfare'. My Great Grandad running across the trenches to drive his bayonet into a German has nothing to do with football.
I have the greatest respect for Veterans and the Fallen, as I've said before, but you lot linking them to football is grasping at straws, and Bowie trying to start an argument out of nothing.

Like I said, Silly Old Farts. ?

06 Sep 2026 19:46:05
Jeez, the quickest return from a self-imposed exile to date, well done. ?

Back for some more Skegness brown nosing, I'm sure. Good luck to you, good Sir.

06 Sep 2026 20:02:14
What? Skegness brown nosing? Lmao, am I not coming across very well? Rich, you calling someone a brown nose. ??

06 Sep 2026 20:20:46
RRH, would these be the same Germans who they'd played football with during the Christmas truce, mate?

06 Sep 2026 20:25:05
At the time of posting, Skegs, I'd only had iced coffee, mate. I never drink alcohol and swim. I've made up for it now though, lovely bottle of Rioja, mate, and a whiskey sour afterwards in the cocktail bar.
A word of advice though, clutching at straws won't stop you from drowning...

06 Sep 2026 20:34:48
Stokey, they also exchanged gifts, so Christmas presents are also tied to 'Warfare'? I would imagine they had a drink together as well, so coffee is tied to 'Warfare'? I suppose if they'd played Scrabble instead, that would be 'Warfare'. Bull ? argument. You old farts hate being proved wrong, don't you? Funny how the instigator of this argument has posted, yet kept quiet. ?

06 Sep 2026 20:36:45
And, don't quote someone or paraphrase, tell me what you think without copy and paste please.

06 Sep 2026 20:45:53
See above, not arguing anymore about this subject. Just know I'm right. ??

06 Sep 2026 20:46:41
I wouldn't know RRH, I've never been proved wrong.
I'm guessing you've heard of the Falklands War? Messi and friends' response was that war they lost by proxy aka football.
Of course there's a link. I could go on with further links between football and warfare, but Skeggs would start getting bored and recalcitrant. ??? ???

06 Sep 2026 20:46:45
Stokie my little friend you dont have the knowledge or wit to ever see me drown pal.and you know that pal. One case you ain't never going to win pal but keep trying it keeps me amused until I get really bored of you ?

06 Sep 2026 20:53:17
Political banners are not 'Warfare'. Please don't try and educate a former Naval man on the Falklands. ?

07 Sep 2026 08:24:47
I'll desist, as I can tell you're agitated, Skeggs. A triple "pal" in a short post is a dead giveaway, mate.
RRH, I don't need to copy or paste, mate. I've read Von Clausewitz and Sun Tze. I agree with both, and they sum it up superbly. I'd recommend them both to you.


But then again, you know you are always right, so I'll leave you in your darkness, mate.
By the way, did you serve in the Falklands? I know 3 people that did, and they are all open to a good discussion and taking on ideas...

07 Sep 2026 09:38:52
I've read The Art of War. I found it pretty lame, tbh; it's basic common sense, written in the Chinese harmony style. And no, I was one year old when the Falklands kicked off, but I had several family members there, and we were constantly fed it at Raleigh. ?

07 Sep 2026 10:09:35
My Dad worked at Raleigh all his working life. Small world...

07 Sep 2026 10:15:36
It's perhaps ill advised what with the Skegness Gay Pride weekend (sponsored by Skeggs, Larry, and your good self, Rrh) coming up, but he was mostly a welder in the Ring Brazing Dept.

07 Sep 2026 11:04:26
Was he an able seaman? ??

07 Sep 2026 12:42:46
He was very able, RRH, could fix and make anything for us 4 kids. A great Dad.
He never went to sea but did his 2 years National Service in the Medics. Volunteered for the Korean War and was posted from Folkestone to Scotland to train for it.

Then the War ended. My own belief is that the Chinese heard he was coming and bailed out...
So, unlike you, he never had the chance to try to locate the Golden Rivet on any of Her Majesty's ships mate. ? ? ?

07 Sep 2026 12:55:37
Very good. ? Nah, fair play to him, in all fairness, there are some fantastic instructors down there. Something to make you laugh. On the day of our passing out parade, it was like 30°, I don't cope well in hot weather.

I remember my mate whispering to me, "dude, you're sweating like a pig." Next thing I remember was looking at the sky thinking, 'well that's over then'. ??