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21 Sep 2026 19:53:43
I'm just going to put this out there to see what my fellow-Reds think:
I would love to see Big M changing-tack and employing a young, hungry British Manager/Coach from the lower-leagues who gets his teams playing attractive, counter attacking football. Historically - the Forest Way. A pipe dream with our current owner? Probably.
However, just imagine it for a minute - as it has happened at Forest before! Big M has a 'rebel streak' in him alongside his massive ego. Imagine someone whispering in his ear that if he was to do the above, with the new Manager/Coach inheriting quality players and making a massive success of his appointment - that would make Big M look like an inspirational Owner and trailblazer within the PL. He'd revel in that.
Like many of you I'm bored with our style of football atm (which contradicts the Forest ethos) and the constant churn of Managers/Coaches who frankly don't give a s*** about our great club. I'm also concerned that we seem to have lost our identity, Are we all happy to be perceived this season as the club playing boring football and hoping to cling onto PL survival? I'm certainly not.
I've come to the conclusion that radical change is needed at Forest soon before the Trent becomes blocked with season tickets that have been cast away.
1.) 21 Sep 2026 21:04:04
I like the way you're thinking Legolas, but a young manager from the lower league wouldn't have the experience to handle the enormous egos of a premier league player, they'd s. t all over him. There's been too many managers gone that way, the cowiey brothers and the leather jacket chap Gareth Ainsworth I think his name was and the never got to the prem.
2.) 21 Sep 2026 21:45:01
Xavi is who we should sign. He knows how to handle big egos.
3.) 21 Sep 2026 22:01:09
I know that I'm a bit of a dreamer Vale. I make no apologies for that. Dreaming of better things got me from a hospital bed to climbing a mountain. All I'm saying is that today's dreams are tomorrow's reality. That goes as equally in our individual lives to being long-suffering Red supporters! Things need to change at Forest. Quickly.
4.) 21 Sep 2026 22:42:00
Oh I agree with you things must change, just not sure how Mr M and the coach will go about it. There's no doubt that Glasner is a good manager just his style isn't the Forest way, no point in having a wide pitch if he doesn't use it.
5.) 22 Sep 2026 04:20:40
Legolas, Franks, Potter given a chance at a "top team" all failed even McKenna at Ipswich brought them through the divisions failed in the Premier, I think it's down to a lot of players think about there futures, not the team they happen to be playing for this year, getting the right coach and players buying into there tactics is the alchemy all teams want, and the reason so many coaches lose there jobs before a season is over!.
6.) 22 Sep 2026 08:53:56
End of the day it's all about money. Owners see the golden goose and HAVE to have it. What owners should do is find a coach that suits the players the club have.
7.) 22 Sep 2026 10:34:06
Good post Lego and food for thought mate.
I'm glad Carrick has a chance at Man Utd. Eddie Howe was highly successful at Bournemouth considering the resources he had available. Played good football too. Won a trophy at Newcastle and was moderately successful. Had long tenures at both clubs, a luxury denied to Forest under Mr M.
Time to work his magic.
Carrick at Man Utd looks interesting but inherits a load of problems to start with.
Mossy, Franks is Danish. But Potter and McKenna failed in the big time for wildly different reasons.
20 Sep 2026 21:23:00
Evening Duty Ed. I'm sorry to trouble you, but can you please publish my post from yesterday evening about the game? It seems to have been missed. Many thanks.
{Ed033's Note - 4 x posts were posted to the Match Posts page on 19th Sep. One was yours. The question is whether the amount of posts on this site warrants another page for posts to be placed on?
1.) 21 Sep 2026 17:09:01
OK thanks Ed. TBH I didn't even notice the Match Posts tab. I only ever read Banter.
08 Sep 2026 23:12:47
I feel thankful that due to this site I have met up in person with great people like Stokey, McGovern and Carlo. Telling, though, that this site has lost the other two apart from Stokey.
I'm not a bitter nor a resentful person - but I do wonder how many posters have felt the need to leave this forum due to the 'bitchy element'? Personally, I think DTP was the chief instigator and I'm glad he's gone.
1.) 09 Sep 2026 01:48:12
True, Lego, but with DTP, I always found the gloves were off, he'd give it with his handbag, then I'd give him both barrels, but his skin was as thick as his personality. ??
2.) 09 Sep 2026 10:37:18
Don't agree, Lego. DTP had his options, but I find that refreshing, & at least when he spoke about football, it was with good knowledge. Nobody had more tussles with him than me, but I never lost any sleep.
It's a banter site, & I enjoyed our exchanges, & I'm sure he did. Some folk take life too seriously. If you want to talk politics, Shakespeare, & charities, etc., there's a discussion section for that. Lighten up, mate.
3.) 09 Sep 2026 11:36:58
Bowie and Lego, the voices of reason and worldly wisdom as always.
I found some of the posts from the usual suspects a bit tiresome but it’s like water off a ducks back to me, as you’ve previously pointed out Bowie. Some of the latter stuff, as I remarked was a bit creepy and stalkerish but when put into the context of my proper job ( when, for example,I had professional enforcers after me for some months before me and my team got them potted) then it’s pretty amateurish and lightweight tbh.
Larry, just a suggestion from your post above, mate, shall we leave it to Ed where to put posts on this site?. Ed 1 and his colleagues usually know what they’re doing ?
Moving forward, after this post, I undertake to be a bit more diplomatic in my responses….after all, like DDS, you can’t cure stupid ….
Over and out ……….( apart from the core function on here, which is football and the progress of our famous club) ……?
4.) 09 Sep 2026 17:45:31
Lego not quite sure why you’re talking about DTP he’s been gone weeks, at one time of day this used to be a Forest football site, not sure what you would call it now, we’re all grown men on here, so called ‘ bitching and bullying are two words I wouldn’t expect to be used.
5.) 09 Sep 2026 21:59:06
Stevie, read down bud. Tried everything. But I admit I get drawn into it.
6.) 10 Sep 2026 12:43:47
I'm not sure about his football knowledge and acumen at times tbh. I think DTP lost a lot of credibility on here when he came up with the ludicrous idea that a certain manager ( he that cannot be named. Get thee behind me Satan.) caused Murillo's "season ending injury" by playing him at left wing back in a Europa tie.
Another one on here who never let the facts confuse him once he'd made his mind up. But let's not be bitchy or bullying. He had a nice garden.
28 Jul 2026 19:40:11
Evening Duty Ed. Please accept my heartfelt apology for my outburst on Banter yesterday. As you know, I am not in the habit of doing this - however last night a certain poster lit my fuse and I duly exploded.
I'm very glad that you deleted the 'Uncle Albert' post that followed my description of my family's continual service in the Army going back to 1880. IMO, those two words derided the service, and the numerous physical and mental health sacrifices that my ancestors have been through.
Surely, that comment was not funny in anyone's sphere of humour. As you are all probably aware - I'm not a 'shrinking violet'. Any of you can call me whatever you want and I'll probably laugh at it. But you deride my family's service and sacrifice for this country and I will react.
I would like a personal apology from that poster. However, I am not holding my breath on this as I don't think he is man enough to say sorry.
I'll leave it there. Sorry Eds.
{Ed033's Note - I don't know the intent behind the 'Uncle Albert' post. Isn't that a fictional character that was in the Royal Navy?
1.) 28 Jul 2026 21:41:51
Getting far too serious, Lego again.
2.) 28 Jul 2026 21:55:21
Are we allowed to say trigger. ? ??
3.) 28 Jul 2026 22:38:44
Where's Larry?
4.) 28 Jul 2026 21:29:20
You're right Ed033. But the 'intent' and implication is that Uncle Albert was a boring sod always going on about 'when I was in the war'.
I certainly wasn't doing that - I was showing my pride for the 150 years that my family has, with no break in the family tree, served this country continuously in the British Army going back to the 1st Boer War.
Everyone can make their own minds up on this. Personally, I thought the comment was disrespectful to everyone who has served and died fighting for this country.
5.) 28 Jul 2026 22:37:49
Well, I did envisage that you two would jump on the bandwagon with this. Along with Larry, are you all somewhere 'on the spectrum' to not even being able to relate to others' feelings? If so, I feel sorry for you all.
'Far too serious'? I make no apology for protecting the legacy of my family from you vultures. When you experience family members dying, having limbs ripped off them, ending up on the streets begging after trench warfare - all of this from serving OUR COUNTRY - is that 'too serious'?
6.) 28 Jul 2026 23:52:05
Don't think you've anything to apologise for, Legolas. You're a proud man who has a proud legacy not many others can say that. So don't go beating yourself up over it. I hope you're going to be at the Spurs game. I'll buy you a drink.
7.) 29 Jul 2026 01:34:50
Lego, mate, sticks and stones. ?
8.) 29 Jul 2026 08:38:03
It's not really taking the piss, though, is it, Legolas. I mean, you're always going on, and, as you say, taking the piss out of Stokies' long comments. If you look at the thread underneath, when you put a long comment in, you said I sound like Stokie now.
Because it's a certain poster, you've made it into a massive thing. Wow, if we had to apologise every time a poster called each other Pan the Gardner, and the nicknames me and another poster are called, this would be called the Forest Apologies site.
9.) 29 Jul 2026 10:05:58
As you know I'm with you on this one Lego.
There's an old saying that empty vessels make the most noise. The posters we are talking about are only matched in their toxicity by their staggering ignorance.
They have openly driven off many posters from this site by their aggression, attention seeking and mutual arrogance.
In the Police, we used to call them "people haters". They hate their country, hate society and, deep down, they hate themselves. Like yourself, I'm no shrinking violet and can look after myself. I pride myself on being tolerant and patient, But that's ended after this.
I want to make it clear that, like the history man in the club, ( who probably had more intelligence in his little finger than these 3 have in total) I will not be wasting my time with replies to their ludicrous posts.
"I know you all and will awhile uphold The unyoked humour of your idleness"
That time has ended. As one of my old bosses used to say, " They've had their bit of fussy, now that's finished. time to end it, us or them. And it's going to be them ".
10.) 29 Jul 2026 10:53:29
Lovely post, Stokie. But, like you said, you have better things to do. Have fun, pal.
11.) 29 Jul 2026 11:11:02
I'm here, Lego. ?
12.) 29 Jul 2026 11:19:58
Don't get so touchy, Lego. My dad was a pilot on Mosquitoes in the war, and I'm proud he survived as not many did. But this is a football banter site & I've no wish to post my family's history. But, if you want to talk football, I'm here.
Lighten up, mate.
13.) 29 Jul 2026 15:43:10
How about this.... Posters stop targeting other posters in this constant campaign of bull ?. It often borders on bullying, and has gone on far too long. A lot of posters here often point out their age and experience. Here's a thought: start acting your ages. ?
14.) 29 Jul 2026 17:48:47
Yes, l3ave me alone, Winter. ???
15.) 29 Jul 2026 18:22:25
Thing is lego you only come on from time to time and have asked i be removed from the site?
Mist of your pists don't contain forest anyway
Now ypur asking for an apoligy?
Why?
16.) 29 Jul 2026 19:23:18
That could be the anthem for this site, 'Mist of your pists'. ??
17.) 29 Jul 2026 21:47:53
Arthritis Winter.
And I can't be bothered to look what I meant to put after.
And I don't care tbh.
18.) 29 Jul 2026 22:08:37
? "Oh ro soon shall I see them;
Oh he ro see them oh see them.
Oh ro soon shall I see them the
Mist covered mountains of home.
Mist of your pists."?
Stop playing the arthritis card, not going to get you any sympathy after your antics.
Just be honest, you are to lazy to check what you have written. Comes hand in hand with uneducated. ?
19.) 29 Jul 2026 23:06:17
I wasn't looking for any and never will.
At least I didn't get lost at sea and got washed ashore in Hartlepool. ???
20.) 29 Jul 2026 23:14:23
Is that the best you can muster? Yawn. ??
21 Jul 2026 21:54:49
Rant time from Legolas. As Mrs L has been catching up with Eastenders for over an hour, it's given me the chance to read all the various reports about the World Cup, FIFA and Trump's influence from around the world.
The last hour of reading and my watching past games has just reaffirmed my thoughts that our great game has been hijacked from us - the paying supporters. Money in football has led to greed, which in turn has led to corruption and to, ultimately, paying supporters being treated as mugs. Ticket prices at the World Cup and even the ticket price of attending a game at Forest (let alone buying a home shirt) has become out of reach for many true football fans.
Even my mates who support Bristol City are complaining about how 'corporate' and boring Ashton Gate has become. You can double that feeling in the Premiership.
The fact is that our loyalty as supporters is being exploited financially by those who, frankly, don't give a s*** about football. Owners, Managers and sometimes even Players are exploiting the loyalty and goodwill of us supporters.
Personally, I hate the way our great sport of football has nosedived into what it is now.
Sorry Reds. Rant over.
1.) 21 Jul 2026 23:09:35
I've actually posted about the same.
2.) 22 Jul 2026 00:48:12
Spot on, Lego and Bowie, for your previous posts. I've been looking at tickets this season, and honestly I'd consider myself priced out. It's actually cheaper looking at away games up north than a visit to Wfcg. In the same vein, forget visiting an away side south of Yorkshire. Once you price in petrol/crazy train fares, an overnight stay, food, and a few pints, let alone tickets, a long weekend in Spain or Portugal is far more feasible.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be at a few games, but nowhere near the level of the past. Sadly I've even considered getting a season pass at Hartlepool just to get my live football fix, but then I started thinking clearly. ? ?
3.) 22 Jul 2026 14:54:46
Bowie, Lego and RRH, all good posts and entirely true, my friends.
The only ray of light potentially for the future is our new PM. AB knows his football, season ticket holder at Everton, Hillsboro campaigner. More pertinently, more left wing than Sir Kier and much more keen to redistribute the obscene wealth of the Premiership to lower leagues and level things up regarding the dire experience of the fans atm.
He has spoken about what the Prem fear most, a more involved and positive supervision by the football regulator to the benefit of the many and not the few.
Hope so anyway. He could start by giving the Prem a bit of a hurry up regarding the, frankly, embarrassing situation regarding Manchester City.
Watch this space.
4.) 22 Jul 2026 18:17:54
Also, in nearly a decade as Mayor of Manchester Lego, you will be encouraged to know he was big on trying to sort out the homeless and has stated he will make it a priority as PM.
5.) 22 Jul 2026 18:21:41
More left wing?
Banned from driving cus he can't look right at roundabouts ????
6.) 22 Jul 2026 18:43:57
Feels like we're just going around in circles. I don't do good on merry go rounds, hand us a sick bag. ?
7.) 22 Jul 2026 18:49:57
Yes left ones now without a clue who pays for it
Hang on, taxes going up ???
8.) 22 Jul 2026 21:58:46
Thanks for the comment, Stokey. It's strange that you mention this now as I'm seriously toying with the idea of going out (possibly alongside the Salvation Army) to distribute food and other essentials to the homeless during the night. I still have contacts in the Army, who seem keen to help me with this, with regards to 'signed-off' food rations, bivvies and clothing.
Watch this space!
9.) 22 Jul 2026 19:30:14
Problem is stokey he never sorted it
Its ok to say you'll sort it, but words are cheap unless you deliver and he didn't on homelessness in manchester
He will plunge the country into recession as a labour leader blast from the past
Untried and untested making promises that are impossible to deliver
Labour knives are already approaching his back and quite frankly i have no sympathy
10.) 22 Jul 2026 20:27:55
Don't mind taxes going up as long as it's for good causes mate. I assume you've never used the NHS for example on principle. ?
11.) 22 Jul 2026 22:48:27
Comrades gives you away as a lefty stokey.
Wait till the collapse happens and see if you don't mind paying more taxes.
Seen it all before government building council houses and nationalising failed business
Burnham got a magic wand on that one?
You pay more tax pal, i'm not in.
12.) 23 Jul 2026 11:25:15
DTP you are entirely wrong on nearly all counts mate .by the way, I had to laugh about your last line " You pay more tax mate, I'm not in"?.Do you have some sort of offshore account and a stable of retained tax lawyers? We all pay tax and with the Government having a 170 seat majority you (and me) will have comply or go to prison whether you disagree with tax policy or not.
Burnham was massively successful in Manchester regarding the homeless. I won't bore you with stats but have a quick read of a BBC article from yesterday by Ewan Gawne. A good summary of AB's efforts which he will extend to the whole of England and Wales.
I notice you conveniently ignore the 14 years of Tory Government which preceded the 2 years of Labour. A lot to put right after that shambles and a lot of unearned wealth to redistribute.
As for nationalisation, take a look at the water, steel and railways. Thatcher handed over Water to private companies with no debt and a fully functional structure, accountable to the State. Now, Water companies are massively in debt ( I'm talking billions here take a look at Thames) and pump millions of tons of sewage into our rivers and seas. But don't worry, the wealthy dividend holders and the bosses are still making loadsamoney!
Dont get me started on Railways. The tax payers subsidy goes straight into the shareholders bank accounts and the trains don't run on time and are expensive and unreliable. Oh and the state picks up the bill for track maintenance and infrastructure.
Steel in Wales and other places will be nationalised because Labour has recognised that the Chinese are in control of the stuff we build tanks and warships from.
I also notice you swerve my question about the NHS, an enduring Labour success despite its underfunding and waiting times. I presume that on match days you go to games using tax payer funded roads and perhaps have a pint or two ( DTP) where the contents of your glass are controlled and inspected by a Public Analyst, tax payer funded to prevent it containing ingredients which could kill you. If your beautiful garden catches fire, ( God forbid) the superbly equipped, trained and tax payer funded fire brigade will put it out. If you wish to stand on a soap box and espouse your views, the Police, security services and military will defend your right to do so without a British Putin throwing you into a gulag. All tax payer funded.
Dont get too hung up on the " comrades" bit. I use it habitually as a friendly figure of speech. My sympathies are unashamedly socialist but I generally appalled by the entire current political classes of all parties. For example Starmer was hopelessly out of his depth and has wasted 2 years of opportunity to really change things. Loads of own goals and weakness.
If you get a couple of hours read Stuart MacConies brilliant " The Nanny State Made Me" . assuming that the tax payer funded Education system taught you to read.
I am the product of my working class background ( Dad a welder at Raleigh, Mum a cleaning lady, from Radford and the Meadows respectively) but I think, for all its problems, socialism is the way forward.
13.) 23 Jul 2026 12:43:54
Good work, Lego. The Sally Army is one of the charities we regularly contribute to. Saw a lot of good stuff they were doing at first hand with the Police in Nottingham. If you get past their proselytising, they do get stuck in and get their hands dirty, mate...
14.) 23 Jul 2026 12:23:21
That was a Party political broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party
Now we return you back to football ????
15.) 23 Jul 2026 13:11:23
You been up all night working on that?
Take a look around manchester and see if there are no rough sleeplers?
There, s plenty pal
I"ll use my vote to get them out next election
Like i said before to easy ?
16.) 23 Jul 2026 13:34:15
Up all night or not, at least he has the decency to try and answer your questions/digs. Now, your turn to be decent and answer his questions. ??
17.) 23 Jul 2026 13:38:03
I have winter.
Short and to the point.
18.) 23 Jul 2026 13:43:54
Nope I don't think you have. Read again. ?
19.) 23 Jul 2026 13:41:55
And for the record i'm neither left or right. Ambidextrous or Anarchist, which ever label fits me best on that day??
20.) 23 Jul 2026 13:44:43
If you can actually bother to read my post (and the BBC article )DTP you would see that I didn't say he'd completely eradicated rough sleepers ( that would be impossible in any major cities) but been " massively successful " ie improved the situation drastically as per the stats.
NHS swerved yet again and 14 years of Tory mismanagement.
Anyway, don't let me confuse you with the facts once your mind is made up eh? Same old same old DTP.
I'll just let you carry on living in darkest ignorance.
By the way, I don't know when ( if ever) you've been to Manchester. It's only 30 miles from me and we go often. I don't see what you ( purport) to see regarding rough sleepers.
As for the " all night" comment it took me 10 minutes to read the BbC article and 15 to knock out the post. I'm obviously not as slow as you mate .
21.) 23 Jul 2026 14:04:28
Burnham failed to deliver.
I'm from council estate but have no allegiance to socialism.
The NHS is as successful as it can be, but the problem with it is that its can't cope with the population explosion in this country, never had a problem with it.
I've seen labour go down this road before it's old hat and won't work.
There you go, no need to write an essay.
22.) 23 Jul 2026 14:55:57
Well, we will leave it at that. If you won't read the facts DTP as per the article I've referred you to then your opinion that Burnham failed to deliver is demonstrably wrong, but there you go mate.
23.) 23 Jul 2026 20:32:04
Read the article again ot states that homelessness in manchester has risen year on year since 2021
FACT
24.) 23 Jul 2026 21:00:44
Read it again, this time carefully mate. It has risen but from a much lower base due to AB's efforts. Despite austerity by Tories and Labour, rising cost of living, fuel shortages and expense due to the Iran War and lack of social housing, all conducive to increased levels of homelessness everywhere.
The homeless charities are effusive in their praise of AB.
But at least you took the trouble to read it and for that you deserve credit my friend.
Personally, I think legalising drugs and more in house care for the mentally ill, as well as support for veterans would be steps forward.
25.) 23 Jul 2026 21:43:19
Read it again there are reasons it lowered initially stokey like it dud elsewhere due to a programme nationwide
But you don't wamt to digest that as it doesn't fit your agenda
You have stated you visit manchester as your not far away and you don't see amy rouhh sleepers? Correct?
Well you must have a white stick then as it states there are approx 55 rough sleepers in the city centre alone and in greater mabchester nearly 400 hundred
I rest my case
26.) 23 Jul 2026 21:55:08
Usual spelling mistakes are there for you. ??
27.) 23 Jul 2026 22:08:24
When it comes to legalising drugs, there are enough smack heads around without encouraging more.
Very dangerous road to gp down.
28.) 23 Jul 2026 22:47:48
GPs on drugs? I hope not, that would put a whole new angle on our mental health chats. ?
29.) 23 Jul 2026 22:58:34
Well spotted winter ??
I think we should ban people owning more than one house so as to allow more people on the property ladder?
30.) 23 Jul 2026 23:32:36
Agreed, want to relocate? I've got one for sale. ??
31.) 24 Jul 2026 07:29:54
Nah, already living in Gods County, mate. ??
32.) 24 Jul 2026 08:12:50
Don't rest your case too early, DTP. If you read it properly, you will see that he got rough sleepers down from 268, plus he cleared Tent City in Manchester City Centre and sorted out emergency accommodation.
I was in Manchester last week, and didn't see any rough sleepers at all. Perhaps it was either too hot to sleep, or you need to go to Spec Savers, mate. When did you last go to Manchester? Was it in Matt Busby's days?
Again, you conveniently forget Greater Manchester's social housing building programme and the various charities AB is involved in, including one where he is founder and patron off his own back.
As he realistically says, "I think we will never entirely solve the problem of homelessness but we can improve it massively."
33.) 24 Jul 2026 09:16:26
Look DTP don't worry about it mate. You just enjoy your garden, pay your taxes and leave the homeless to be sorted out by AB and volunteers like Lego. Just keep your fingers crossed that you don't hit hard times. It's happened to some good, hard working people through no fault of their own.
34.) 24 Jul 2026 09:35:31
You never admit your wrong stokey
You changed your statement now
I already watched the tv programme on the bbc before commenting pal
So there you go, in a nutshell, burngam tried, but it couldn, t be classed as a real success
You jyst waffle on and put what suits your agenda
I do enjoy the garden, even better since i finished building my summer house complete with bar ???
35.) 24 Jul 2026 12:52:06
I'd be the first to admit when I'm wrong DTP mate but I never am
Enjoy your garden and bar mate, you've probably worked hard for it and deserve it.
Typical right wing, I'm alright Jack eh?
36.) 24 Jul 2026 16:23:46
Too right, worked hard and still do, Stokey, as I enjoy staying fit and enjoy creating kitchens, bathrooms, and any sort of joinery.
Never catch me sat still unless I've got a pint in my hand, having a laugh with mates.
Keeps you young, pal.
Ps, I help plenty of folk out who can't afford my wages.
37.) 24 Jul 2026 17:21:04
Well, that's very commendable, DTP.
Seems we do have a lot in common, pints with friends and family-wise. Except I can sit still.
Seems I may have misjudged you and got hold of the wrong end of the stick.
As far as your work is concerned, just remember Big Bill Haywood's famous comment: "Nothing's too good for the working class". ??
38.) 24 Jul 2026 17:56:37
As a footnote, respect to you for building your own business DTP. One of my brothers built his own tree surgery business and my brother in law built a car spraying company from scratch so I’ve seen how hard it is.
Neither of them can sit still either.
I’m more like Ronald Reagan’s idea these days, ie "hard work never killed anyone... but why take the chance?" ????
15 Mar 2026 21:21:00
I don't know about you, Stevie, but I think Stokey served his country in a way many Veterans could not have done. I admire him for that.
I can't imagine myself, or most of the other Veterans that I know, having the balanced-view, tolerance, and cool-headed nature that Coppers are expected to have nowadays.
Personally, I couldn't have done it.
13 Mar 2026 22:05:07
Just for a bit of fun Stokey - I'll put in a bit of ex-Int Corps banter about each of your seven:
Royal Marines - great soldiers with a superb sense of dry humour. Slightly gay with a tendency to dress in women's clothing at any opportunity.
Parachute Regiment - great soldiers yet with no sense of humour, which has been buried due to their own arrogance. Wilt into the background when you explain that you have done parachuting too and then beat them in a BFT run.
Foresters - who.cares? Always an also-ran Rgt.
Submariners - even more gay than the Royals. Always smell very strange after 6 months submerged on a nuke sub with the weird stuff they put into the Aircon system.
RMP - universally hated throughout the Army. Mostly failed civvy police recruits. Usually billeted with the Int Corps for their own protection.
Navy radio operator - more civvy than a civvy.
Welsh Guards - brilliant at drill but rubbish soldiers in the field. Mostly foul-mouthed morons from the Valleys who would otherwise be stealing off their Mums.
12 Mar 2026 23:01:25
C'mon Stokey - take the p*** out of the Royals as all the Squaddies do! I served alongside them in NI and 'elsewhere'. Without doubt, top quality soldiers who I really respected but a bit too much in touch with their 'feminine side' for my liking! Very 'touchy-feely' which I never felt comfortable with.
Wasn't it the Borat comedy sketch where he said Marines are just like the Army, but gay.
19 Dec 2025 19:02:56
I'd hate to see Murillo go - but my gut feeling is that if an offer came in around £70-80M, and he wanted to go, Big M would let him go.
19 Dec 2025 18:54:06
I'd go with that Stokey. Hopefully, he has realised that 'the grass isn't always greener on the other side'. I reckon his heart is still with Forest.
21 Sep 2026 22:01:09
I know that I'm a bit of a dreamer Vale. I make no apologies for that. Dreaming of better things got me from a hospital bed to climbing a mountain. All I'm saying is that today's dreams are tomorrow's reality. That goes as equally in our individual lives to being long-suffering Red supporters! Things need to change at Forest. Quickly.
21 Sep 2026 17:09:01
OK thanks Ed. TBH I didn't even notice the Match Posts tab. I only ever read Banter.
12 Sep 2026 22:54:43
BTW, I do love your term 'hod carrier' Stokey! It sums up the defensive midfield role perfectly.
12 Sep 2026 21:08:15
He is a weird looking guy, that's for sure. Remember the Fast Show 'Mr Dead' sketches?!
PS. I'm not taking any offence by your comment BSE!!
12 Sep 2026 21:03:31
Yep, good post Stokey.