TheBrownBottle

He was on £80k/pw when he first joined. I won’t say he stole a living - he didn’t take the piss - but he was thoroughly, thoroughly mediocre for the vast majority of his time in a B&W shirt.

The year before - 99/00 But you’re going back to 55/56 before that one - allowing for 3 points for a win, of course

Problem is, you’re setting the parameters of what is ‘positive’ and what is ‘negative’. The introduction of VAR has made a game which is not naturally stop-start a stop-start one; it has removed the implicit equality of the pyramid - i.e. all games played are under the same laws whether this a pub league or premier league game; it has removed some of the human element of the game; and it is has all been done at the behest of tiresome TV pundits and the outraged armchair brigade. It is a joyless, soulless introduction which should never have been allowed in the first place which has made match day experiences the worse and all so that the risks to the money-men of a key decision costing them millions are reduced. VAR’s introduction has everything to do with financial reasons and none to do with sporting ones. It’s utter cack and should be palmed off ASAP - and I don’t give a shite if it makes the referees calls occasionally more accurate; the Forest game was proof positive that the dozy gets are actually getting worse with its introduction and becoming more cowardly than ever. TL;DR VAR is shite

I love the circular Magpie badge. Personally, I prefer the city coat of arms but you can’t make coin off it. Ultimately though the club crest doesn’t really bother me too much one way or another - I’m ok with the current one, ok with it being changed.

Let’s be honest, living off three years in 160. Before Clough joined they were playing in front of crowds averaging under 10k. Clough and Taylor’s genius took a side which had spent the majority of the 20th Century in mid table in the second division and made them great. Post-Clough they’ve been shite second division dross again pretty much the entire time, other than one great year under Clark. Clough’s genius was in transforming clubs like Derby and Forest into winners - they’re not grandee clubs, and that’s the point of his legend. Historically, Forest are, on average, a higher level second division club with higher level second division attendances. edit: I’ll get even snottier Prior to Clough, they had 7 top half finishes in the C20th. They had 14 under Clough (every season other than that desperate final one). Cloughie was a football genius - Forest has spent the last two decades basically where they naturally fit best.

Likewise. I genuinely don’t remember them even calling for a pen

Just the once. 2000-01. Reidy’s sewpa dewpa seventh placers

Haha yep, I was laughing my cock off at some of them. Hidden now

I thought Murphy had the beating of him in all honesty. Eye of the beholder I suppose.

It’s a fucking bizarre decision, no two ways about it. The referees union all backing each other too. Going to TV to explain this stuff as well as VAR has just made things worse - at least in the past they’d get the benefit of the doubt. Now, they’re being exposed as fucking clueless

Yep, it’s fucking insane what these fuckers see. Can’t believe anyone who knows anything about football would think anything other than that was a deliberate play of the ball

The laws are the same as ever - the referees thought Felipe didn’t deliberately play the ball, and therefore the last play came from Isak. Useless cunts can’t even get it right with video replays.

I’m not orthodox … I don’t live by ‘the rules’

Fuck off Voldemort

Don’t make the mistake of the laughter of hate (yes, I’m going for outtakes now)

Haha yep, seriously. Foy agreeing with their call, saying that it didn’t hit his foot so he was simply hit by the ball when running. Sherwood telling him he’s clearly playing the ball deliberately. This is the standard of refereeing we have. Unfuckingreal

Sherwood and Defoe telling him he’s talking shite here on the international feed. These referees are a fucking joke.

Listening to Chris Foy here. Unbelievable- VAR decided that Felipe ‘didn’t deliberately play the ball’. Fucking unreal - shouldn’t have been chalked off

Aye, proper ladge that like

I’m glad he has. He spent years here not earning his money - a couple of half decent patches aside, he was shite for most of his time at NUFC

I’m a greedy cunt. Everton can go down too, there’s plenty of room. Leeds an aal

Oh that feels good I’ll enjoy watching the scabs dropping back to where they come from, too

For a man who can’t do 70 mins, Isak is still motoring like a high pressing Howe loon

YEs! I love you you beautiful bastard

Oof thought this would be Isak