Gee SCREAMER !!

Just now, eddielewis said:

Their manager mentioned in his presser today he might have to call upon 35 year old striker Danny Hylton who has only been involved 4 times this season and does radio commentary for Luton Town. All the makings of first goalscorer 😂

I'm not feeling any sympathy having watched the Poole/Holdsworth combo with a combined age of about 80 either end of the pitch.   He doesn't know his luck.

13 hours ago, eddielewis said:

Northampton have lost Tony Springett to Ireland under 21's and their striker Kieron Bowie to Scotland Under 21's. So bare bones up front for them on Saturday.

Sounds like he won't be much of a hold up player physically but probably lightweight and quick.

2 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

Ah, the money. Well that's an unsurprising change of tack, isn't it and one that's consistently at the very root of your complaints. The sense that others of lower intellect and ability, have somehow unfairly got more than you. It's a theme that runs through almost every one of your acerbic little diatribes, which have become increasingly bitter and commonplace as the years have gone by. It's a shame, as whilst you're clearly not as clued up as you believe, you're obviously no fool either. Ah well, such is your life.

As to your question, what has he achieved, well since you ask, precisely what he set out to; that is to illustrate how vacuous a number of those who claim to understand modern art really are. Unwittingly, you've given an example yourself, though typically, your facts are rather muddled, perhaps because you rushed to make the point about the value of the painting, rather than addressing its purpose. For clarity, this painting (Love in the Bin) had already been sold when it self-shredded, but for £1 million, nowhere near the figure you cite. It was the new 'owner' who then resold it three years later for over £16 million, but it doesn't take a genius to understand that Banksy has no sell-on fee. That's not how art ownership works. As an aside, and while we're discussing money and not art, the painting Game Changer (see below), also sold for that kind of sum, but in this instance, Banksy had gifted it to the NHS, with the agreement that it could be sold to help fund NHS initiatives, the clue being in the subject matter. In other words, he didn't make a penny from it's sale. And frankly, if he had, a less green-eyed observer might think fair play for relieving fools of far greater net worth of their often not so hard-earned cash. Not you though, obviously. Perhaps if the government you so fervently supported had done a better job with your taxes, he might not have needed to, but doubtless you'll just label that as 'wokeism', or some other such trite, catch-all label of the kind you evidently favour.

For the record, and as it's no longer a secret, so I betray no confidences in saying as much, Banksy, as many folk have know for decades, is Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack fame. He's also a pal of mine and I can assure you, he's not the person you assume him to be. I could bore you with other good works he's undertaken with the monies derived from the sale of his works, but I've learned now that doing so would only elicit another sneery evaluation of someone you've never met and clearly know nothing about (as well as yours truly, no doubt!), so I shan't bother. Instead, I'll simply wish you a pleasant evening and suggest you Google 'Merde d'Artiste', which may or may not inform your understanding of what the establishment refer to as avant garde, or anti-art and it's place in modern art history.

Fabulous.  Get him to sign a copy of Blue Lines for me.  Proper signature, not 3D. As long as he's not mates with Popodopolous.  I can't have in my collection if he is. 

28 minutes ago, Ram1988 said:

Hopefully we can sign him up in the summer but unfortunately it's all in Cardiffs hands.

He's very good in this league but the one above is that bit faster and the ball distribution is more accurate and quicker.  He isn.t the quickest with ball at feet and making decisions.  Have two better all round players around him with quicker feet and goals and leave him with a simple win  it and lay it off and he could do a job.

On 15/03/2024 at 19:47, Elwood P Dowd said:

MOTA is nowhere near the same quality as BoB in story line. 

Very discombulating how they all seemed to get from escaped POW or downed in enemy territory to being back at airbase in two days and ready to go.  

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

Just brilliant, puerile fun.

A good watch.  Pretty sure Joely Richardson played Lady Chatterley once.  Binned of Sean Bean for Vinnie Jones.  Must have a thing for gamekeepers.

4 minutes ago, uttoxram75 said:

Clubs sign up to agree to EPL and EFL rules so threatening to sue should cause that club to be in breach of the regs. Its like being a member of the local darts league, you agree to be governed by the body responsible for running it. If you think the Black Swan cheated against the Red Lion you report it and hope the governing body deals with it according to their rules.

Rick Parry bottled it when Steve Gibson threatened to sue the EFL if they didn't punish Derby. He could easily have told him to do one and let the EFL rules decide if we were guilty rather than threats of legal action decide the outcome.

The fact that they changed the rules about amortisation of player value after they decided we did wrong tells us that we was harshly treated.

Our valuation method supposedly gave us a 30m benefit and cost us 9 points. Forest benefit was 34.5m and cost them 4 points.

They won't appeal because they know they've been let off.

1 hour ago, Topram said:

Not much of an incentive for the players to get promoted now is it? Or am I looking at it wrong 

Your not.  I assume some will be realistic enough to know.  Not so great spelt out in public.  A not at this time would probably have sufficed

9 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Or the lure of career progression in the form of a lucrative contract in the German top flight with a colleague he had an established working relationship with? 

Looking at their position and ours it could be a like for like swop in terms of club standing in a few weeks.  Weird for him to move so quick having left Southampton to come here who are likely to be in the premier league very soon.  That would indicate club position is not that high on his agenda.  He's worked with the manager but you'd also think he came here to work with people he knew so that's ying and yang.  Only been there a day as well so must have been in the offing for a bit.   

3 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

 

Fleming was only here 7 months.  The bloke who was too knit together the philosophy of the first team and prepare those ready to step up how to implement their introduction.  Not gone well then or just likes Germany. 

54 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

 

21 seems rather old.  Better ones normally have 40-50 games by then

35 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

Who said the pitch doesn’t get any attention 

There the floodlights for the monster truck rally

2 hours ago, JfR said:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/sport/football/article/football-nottingham-forest-points-deduction-decision-financial-rules-gkfpnjmcg
"An appeal by Nottingham Forest against the four-point deduction imposed for breaching the Premier League’s financial rules would run the risk of the sanction being increased."

 

Is there any way to launch an appeal on behalf of someone else? If not, is anyone able to forge Marinakis' handwriting?

I'd let those relegated last season do it for you.

19 hours ago, Gringo said:

Who can forget the highly catchy song dreamt up by their fans “derby’s going down with a fiver in the bank” and the  way we were showered with photocopied £10 pound notes at their Nottingham slum, Karma is a bitch and I am loving every second of their misfortune, come on Luton!!!!!

Had 3 little irks waving a fiver at me over the road in Skegness.  I don't think the gobby one liked me telling him it was fine and I'd told his mam she could keep the change from the 6 quid.  

Urinals, sharks cut in half, lampshades filled with blood, a light that turns itself on and off, 50k for a whitewashed wall where the art is that you visualize your own art, tents filled with condoms.

I'd rather hammer a nail through my own scrotum than bother, although I'd need to be careful not to win the Turner prize if anyone saw me do it.

Couple of crackers from last year

12 minutes ago, ram59 said:

It looks like we've managed to sneak another agent in, to try and send Birmingham down. Gary 'Snake' Rowett seems set to take over for the rest of the season.

Last time he went their they were bottom and just lost 8-1 to Bournemouth. The jut missed out on the playoffs  If he's going their they'll be well clear in 5 games.  Unfortunate.

26 minutes ago, tomsdubs said:

Northampton game is massive for me, lose and they pull 3 back then it's right back where we were, bag the 3 points and go in to Blackpool at home we could be looking at being 1 win away from pretty much being up barring a huge disaster which would go against all the odds.

Well and truly drilled by Portsmouth and Peterborough since Christmas.  Draws with Bolton and Oxford.   Turn up with a striker and get an early goal and it should be alright.  Turn up with no striker and a Bolton hangover it could be an endurance. 

34 minutes ago, Top Lino said:

What are they going to do at the penultimate game away at Cambridge. Imagine if we go there needing a win or draw to clinch promotion. If we only get the usual allocation you could end up with hundreds of Derby fans travelling to the game to go in the home end or without a ticket.

Many may remember such games.  I remember going to Southend away in 94? when the whole place was deluged by Derby and West Brom away in 96 where they'd clearly sold at least 50% too many tickets to Derby fans as there were people sitting like sardines on the steps and randomly sitting in any seat causing a lot of issues.  Stewards nearly had a serious problem that day as people were very pissed off.

13 hours ago, Chopper said:

Dunno, Wycombe could be up for it. If they sell out their carpark again, threaten the EFL with some litigation and spend the week training hard at their natural strengths like kicking puppies and stealing toys from orphans they may be a tough challenge. 

They've won 4 in 5.  I expect them, Portsmouth and Blackpool to be the more serious tests.  The rest we should win if we turn up on the front foot with the right attitude.  

5 hours ago, angieram said:

 

I'll put these cockwombles in GIF form to save the reading.

4 hours ago, chezzyram said:

With 3 points for a win, Ipswich would have won on goal difference. Which, 50 years on, I've only just realised looking at the table

If the playoffs had been in existence we may not have got out the 3rd division to what would have been a European place in 3 years and Forest may not have had a ten year history and would have won sweet FA.  

Would we have won the league more times than 2 if it had been 3 points for a win the 3 times we've been runner up.?  Them's the rules at the time I guess.

93 is the magic number

11 minutes ago, TuffLuff said:

Going to be intersting to see where different people fall on this, who defends Forest, who stays quiet etc. 

Either way I think this is poor from Percy

He's  another Forest delusional cockwomble who spends his weekends cleaning Marianakis love spuds with a loofah and taking instruction for the next headline

40 minutes ago, TigerTedd said:

I’m not sure I’d call that fresh. 

C'mon , you seen the calibre of the rest. A roadie from The Scorpions with an odour of Blue Stratos has to be preferable to the norm

2 hours ago, Kernow said:

Mathematically, Bolton winning every game would take them to 95 points, so 96 absolutely guarantees it. That's 6 wins. It's possible, but I don't think we'll get that many.

Realistically, even if you round Bolton, Barnsley and Posh's PPG rate up to 1.9, which is close to all their averages over the course of the season, it would be Bolton 87, Barnsley and Posh 85. Since New Year's day, Barnsley have had a PPG of 2.0, Posh 1.7 and Bolton 1.42. At this rate, it would end up with Barnsley on 87, Posh and Bolton on 84. I'd say based on overall form and more recent form, 88 points would be enough. There are still a number of key games which will also eliminate teams for us. Bolton play Pompey, Posh and Stevenage. Peterborough play Oxford and Bolton. Barnsley play Stevenage, Portsmouth and Blackpool.

For us to get 88 points, we'd need 10 points from 7 games, allowing us to lose up to 3 games. I think we will get more than 10 points from the fixtures we have left, and I'm hoping that'll be enough.

My gut tells me 5 wins needed. Bolton v Peterborough last match could be the swinger if were left with a win needed against Carlisle.