Winning football is the right way. Something a lot of Rovers fans have struggled to grasp too…

Can’t be that. As the media were telling us that we’d have a much more intense tournament when the players were firing on all cylinders in mid season instead of when they are all sooo tired in June…

Of course the Old Firm are massive clubs, but for many managers that wouldn’t even be a consideration with a decent PL job on offer. Just the way it is with the way TV cash has distorted European football and made leagues in countries like Scotland backwaters. Obviously Beale thinks differently, especially with his connections, but the majority wouldn’t think his way.

But the football world does revolve around the PL. Celtic are a far bigger club than Leicester will ever be but Rodgers still left them in the middle of a title battle. Also, Gerrard for Villa.

If we somehow stay towards the top we won’t be seeing many more 3pm’s for the rest of the season…

It’s because ITV seemingly want an hour’s build up for every game (unlike the Beeb that only have 15 minutes or so for some of their matches), and as the pundits know feck all about half of the other sides it ends up being the same England chat (and a bit of Wales) over and over.

Why?

Everybody was saying how marvellous Argentina were three days ago. All a bit early to be saying who’s superior to who at this stage. Tournament football is a unique beast.

The closeness to Christmas will have helped them see sense you’d think. Forest fans have found it hard to come by away tickets this season for obvious reasons, so I imagine they’ll fetch plenty with a huge away end to go at…

Lowest ODI crowd in MCG history think I heard. For Australia v England of all fixtures! It’s the greed of cricket boards world-wide killing the golden goose as they shoehorn in pointless series after pointless series for the TV cash…

The squad needs reinforcements in January, simple as that. Though that will also be the thoughts at our rivals as clubs know it’s a tough old grind in this division, which is why Burnley, Sheff Utd et al will be just doing that. And just like we did from a position of strength in 1992 and 2001. The proof of the pudding will be in the eating if we have a repeat of the pathetic window of last January, if so, it will be clear that despite the fresh faces the fundamentals of this club and its owners haven’t changed and that there is no actual ambition for promotion…

You could’ve got a full ST at PNE for the price of one of half STs in the JWU. Sure they are selling like hot cakes post the Debacle at Dingleville…

Cynical bugger, aren’t you 😁

There probably was an argument for increasing it to 32 teams, but to increase it again to 48 at the next one? Surely it can’t be argued that that leads to anything but a dilution of quality, plus an unwieldy tournament too.

His career ends this December and he will be still be one of the most successful and richest sportsmen in history… some ‘oblivion’.

Can your career ‘fade into oblivion’ when you are nearly 38 anyway?

But not you, of course…

Sounds great. A city break with some international football bolted on, what’s not to like? But if/when they get beat will folk actually being doing more than just an ‘oh well 🤷‍♂️‘?

People actually get stressed about England?!

Not on Sky by the way (City/Liverpool and obviously Man Utd), so it’s Tuesday 20th.

Whoosh!

Behave! 😀 In the 70s and 80s there were running battles inside and outside the ground. You don’t half talk some tripe.

35 lads out of 2300 goading the opposition at a derby… modern fans ay, would never have seen that in the olden days.

FYI - Disagreeing with the decisions of individuals that happen to be temporarily in positions of authority at this great football club isn’t ‘negative’… whereas meekly accepting whatever crap decisions they happen to make over their transient tenure is much more harmful to this club of *ours*

How I feel to an absolute tee. Great piece. Maybe it’s because I’m older, maybe it’s because The Record has long gone, maybe it’s because luckily I don’t know any Dingles, maybe it’s because *they* are the ones with all the dosh and expectation this season, maybe it’s because for the first time in a decade we seem like a functioning club (on the football side, not commercial- feck off Swag) so I can see the bigger picture. Whatever it is, I don’t feel ‘sick with nerves’, or feel like I’d have to go straight to bed if we get beat etc etc… whereas I certainly did previously! What will be will be and even though I hope to god we beat the insufferable bastards, that mini-Glazers financial model of theirs leads me to foreseeing us being top dogs again in the medium term and I can take an odd defeat in the meantime as we clamber back on to our perch. COYB!