FoxesTalker

The last man standing of the greats from our most successful era. Vardy, along with the likes of Schmeichel, Morgan and Albrighton, will forever be revered in our city.

The midweek home game against Palace was apparently the first match since 2014 to officially drop below 30k in attendance (excluding last season). That will almost certainly happen again tonight, but unfortunately the club and outsiders will largely just put it down to current league position, which is only partially true. This situation goes far beyond that.

I remember one of your posts specifically about Championship football being entirely possible under King Power. This was prior to the 22/23 relegation.

I’m not too sure about that, only going off the selling order of the blocks.

I was just about to post that it's a very decent effort, there's only a small amount of tickets left now in the last block of the upper tier.

It's not just a footballing reset that's needed though, it goes way beyond that. The statement is still tamer than it could be in my view and is too scripted for my liking, but credit for the overall sentiment.

The 'initial planning and development' of the stadium is underway. That's the club's own wording from April 2018, at which time Forest were in and around 17th in the Championship. It's obvious we've been overtaken in footballing terms, but regardless of where they end up this season, it's also safe to say they are now in pole position to have the biggest ground in the East Mids. We've well and truly missed out on a golden opportunity.

The win itself was obviously huge, but it felt even better getting one over them after that day in May last year.

Let’s make WYS loud and proud tonight for our new manager.

The group's championing of the city and the club's history should always be applauded.

Potter is seemingly unlikely but he feels like the best fit from the main options, and has obviously been a long-term target. His appointment would bring about optimism in terms of what could be built beyond this season. Not against Moyes and there's a strong argument in his favour, but also not entirely convinced it would work out here.

I've mentioned about the Fosse Stand name before, and originally the blocks weren't actually known as SK1 to SK4.

This is the single biggest opportunity since the stadium move to change the layout, so the club need to ensure they get it right. Like many others, hoping for option one but that seems unlikely.

There's a real chance here for the board to be proactive rather than reactive, and to show they've learnt from what happened under Rodgers. The outside view probably doesn't understand the demand for Cooper to go, but 22/23 left a scar on the fanbase and the current stats suggest we're only heading in one direction. Of course, let's hope not for the sake of the club but Cooper isn't proving to be the right fit culturally which was always the risk when he was appointed.

This is sadly the reality at least for the current fanbase, and the games which are exceptions to this rule are very few and far between. The mentality of offering vocal support for the team just isn't there for enough people, but these same fans will make the effort for chants which are aimed at the opposition. @RonnieTodger makes a good point about identity, some of the songs are very generic and small-time, with the classics not getting enough of an airing. It's also been said before that 'we've never been a singing fanbase' and there seems to be an element of truth in that. However, it doesn't correlate with the atmospheres of old at Filbert St, which leads on to the point about how our match-going support has changed over time.