04 Aug 2026 11:25:28
Why does it take so long to sign players? If we are interested and have identified the players we want, why drag your heels? You put your cards on the table, make a bid, then if it's not enough you increase the offer.

If it turns out the player isn't worth the money, simply pull the plug and move on! We have allegedly identified two players, put bids in, then didn't make a decision! Now one player is being chased by another club, and the other seems to have disappeared!

Why would fans buy season tickets without knowing if we are going to struggle again!

1.) 04 Aug 2026
04 Aug 2026 12:00:56
It appears we have a shared perspective. Regarding the placement of lower bids, could this be a strategy to satisfy the fans, suggesting that an attempt was made but an agreement on price could not be reached?
You would hope the hierarchy at Forest would have learned from past errors. ?

2.) 04 Aug 2026
04 Aug 2026 12:01:40
Don't buy a season ticket is the answer. Pretty simple, really. Buy an Arsenal one or a Man City one if you just want to watch a team that's going to win a lot of games.

3.) 04 Aug 2026
04 Aug 2026 12:10:07
Oh, I doubt that would do, Skegsy, my home team, every time! I'm not a United fan living in London, or an Arsenal fan living in Brum! Forest through and through! Although some of my mates have suggested that now I'm retired, I should be going down Meadow Lane with my bus pass. ? ? ?

4.) 04 Aug 2026
04 Aug 2026 12:17:33
Yes, I understand, but the way you put it, it was if there going to be crap, I ain't buying a season ticket. I still think, with the players we have, we will do well. And we will get our signings at the right price, if not we won't. And sod Meadow Lane. ? ?

5.) 04 Aug 2026
04 Aug 2026 15:33:51
?"It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
And I feel fine" ?. ?

6.) 04 Aug 2026
04 Aug 2026 17:37:26
Players will always wait to see if a bigger club comes in for them, anyone would do the same. The owner is aiming high on calibre, but that simply compounds that issue. Even if you just base it on this country, there are at least 8 clubs that players would rather sign for.

When you consider the clubs around Europe, it is a difficult thing to navigate. Lower-league players would jump at it; they seldom work out, all part of the struggle / challenge of becoming an established top flight club I'm afraid.

7.) 04 Aug 2026
04 Aug 2026 17:38:41
Maranakis always leaves it to the last minute until the other clubs drop out or the host club panics. He's a brinkmanship owner. Hope it doesn't come back to bite him.

8.) 04 Aug 2026
04 Aug 2026 19:03:27
Redtreekeef, what's retirement like. Don't think I will ever see it. I can imagine not setting an alarm clock every morning is like winning the lottery. ??

9.) 04 Aug 2026
04 Aug 2026 19:10:34
Oh, it's lovely being retired, Skegs, but I'm thinking of going back to work for a rest! Since I retired, I've had the cancer op, got the all clear for that, then my blooming hip went! So my days are currently filled with physio exercises for 2 hours, and walking up and down the street on crutches. ? ? ? So yeah, living the dream!!!!

10.) 04 Aug 2026
04 Aug 2026 19:26:16
So much to look forward to then if I ever reach retirement. ?? But im glad you've got the all clear from cancer, mate.

11.) 05 Aug 2026
05 Aug 2026 11:02:54
Very pleased for you, Keef, that you survived cancer, mate.
I had an unusual and protracted retirement in 3 phases where my employers kept throwing money at me, luckily.
Retired from the Police aged 52 in 2009 (what a year that was... remarried in February, retired May, couple of big holidays, moved to Staffordshire from Nottinghamshire) then after 6 weeks idleness, got a brilliant job with Staffs County Council Scientific Services, tootling around the UK collecting air and water samples, plus toys, foodstuffs, soil, even a sample of sea water from the Fukushima area in Japan following the nuclear plant leak there). All for examination by Trading Standards and our brilliant Public Analyst, the wonderfully named Dr Frank Hollywood and his team of around 15 scientists.
We were always on programmes like Fake Britain or the Dom Little consumer protection stuff (never watched it myself). Once came back from my lunch break and found the lovely Julia Somerville kipping in the back of my van between filming.
Did that for 9 years then the whole Dept, which had been in existence since 1923, scrapped by (Tory-led) Staffs Council.

Got redundancy and another pension aged 61.
My wife was still working as a teacher at a local private school so I worked as a delivery driver for Tescos and as a driving instructor for them during Covid. Part to keep busy, part for a bit of pocket money, part to keep fit and part to help out in a crisis, delivering food etc to housebound people. Good wages but vans loaded up fully to the legal limit, every shift. Great fun and I got my Thursday evening clap for a few years. But I’m getting medical attention for that. ???
Finally retired after 5 years, got a lump sum because I was 65 and a small pension from them. Coordinated with my wife finishing too.
Mortgage paid off in 2011.
Time to relax, have holidays, look after the Grandkids and watch the Reds.
I have a pact with my wife that if we ever end up in a coma on a ventilator and the Doctors want to switch us off, then never give consent on the grounds that we only have to keep breathing to keep the money rolling in. ???

12.) 05 Aug 2026
05 Aug 2026 11:09:25
Both of us are approaching 70 now and creaking a bit (plus we know we are in Snipers Alley illness wise), but I'd recommend it. Stay well, look after yourselves, and enjoy each day for as long as possible. ?? ?? ?