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3rd January 1962. Stoke, FA cup 3rd round 1-1 draw. Sat in front of wing stand on the wall. I think my Dad and Grandad took us to see Stanley Matthews who was getting on a bit then. I can remember the smell of linament when the players came out of the tunnel. Happy days.

Lookman on the hour, I would think. Barnes looks way off the pace. Que wonder goal,I hope.

Why do we continually give the ball away in midfield? It put our creaking defence under constant pressure. Only KDH not guilty last night. It's fair enough if we lose the ball in a tackle but we seem to play a few tippy tappy passes that go nowhere then needlessly pass the ball to the opposition.

Watching in Taylors bar in Los Christianos, Tenerife. I hope it's better than Sunday when we were outnumbered by Forest fans. They did sing happy birthday to my wife though.😂

We really need a joined up transport system from the county towns, absolute nightmare at the moment. Went to Brighton this season, free buses and trains were included in the ticket price, proves if the will is there it can be done.

I won't be cancelling my holiday in Tenerife for it.😎

If he goes to a Champions league club and gets benched he could lose his Belgium place for next winters World cup. Probably worth him considering.

There used to be loads of Forest and Derby fans in Shepshed,about a three way split. They are very quiet nowadays , lots of plastic Liverpool fans for some reason though.

Looking for the players that are playing well and substituting them for dross, certainly puts a different perspective on matters.

Worse case scenario is to lose and drop into that other league that spurs are in. At least if we get knocked out we get more Saturday football and a chance to improve our league position.

Has been is the problem. At the moment,watching from the kop, it looks like his confidence is shot on set pieces into the box. Other premier league players have suffered after the Euro's with little rest for twelve months, but they all need a rest from pressure, more than anything, to recharge their batteries. I would hope the manager has discussed this with him and offered him some time out of the firing line if he wants it. He has been a great servant to the club but is only human after all.

Best ever keeper? I presume you are of the younger generation. I would rate Banks,Shilton,Wallington and Flowers above him off the top of my head. A keeper who commands his area doesn't need to make as many saves and takes so much pressure off defenders.

"There's only one Nigel Pearson" was dodgy.

I find these games so dreary, surely us fans want to see the best teams playing each other in competitive games? International fixtures need looking at. I would scrap FIFA, UEFA and friendlies, and play some sort of league system over four years with play off finals at the end. Ah well,San Marino to look forwards to yet again.

Still in the same seat in Kop, wife and I had them as exactly same view as in double decker,that we moved from,minus the posts.

It makes me wonder how bad Benkovic must be if he can't get a look in. Looked to be a great, big money signing that Brendan knew all about. We never get to see him so hard to form an opinion on what's gone wrong.

Looking on the bright side we had a great weekend in Brighton,a decent pint of Harvey's Sussex bitter,outside and inside the ground plus a train to the ground that actually worked. Brighton fans seem a decent bunch so can't begrudge their brief moment in the sun. Brendan needs to play his inform players in their best position to remove the vagaries of VAR from the equation.

I hope the PA system inside and outside the ground is improved,sound quality is terrible at the moment.

Vardy needs some service, Barnes and Maddison off,look off their game.

Look on the bright side,Perez misses three games,plonker.

I hope the Council insist on better public transport links for increased ground capacity. It seems wrong that park and rides can't be used for night or Sunday games. I am sure that private coach firms would take it up for prepaid customers,no brainer really.

Walsh and Taggart could teach them a thing or to. Always chaos in the opposition box from corners.

I would need binoculars to see this game live. Athletic stadiums don't really work,do they? Good game though.

Not really bothered about his odd mistakes, all keepers do that, I was brought up with great keepers in the side and I don't see why we can't breed our own with new training set up, not much footballing talent required, mostly size, strength and agility. Keepers like Shilton and Pope nowadays seem to fill the goal which must intimidate forwards.

Thank god there was no Foxestalk when we sold Banks to bring Shilton through.