Premier League 2024/25

[ClaphamFox]

2 minutes ago, Soar Fox said:

Some of the stuff being wrote and said about TAA going to Real Madrid from Liverpool fans is well over the top. 
 

He’s honoured his contract, he’s not kicked up a fuss and tried to force a move, he’s won everything he can win at Liverpool. He owes them nothing, signing a new contract just so they can get a fee for him would be a ridiculous idea on his part. 
 

Anyway have Liverpool paid us for Trey Nyoni yet??

Everything you say is correct. But some of our fans were similarly apoplectic about Tielemans not signing a new contract for us when it plainly wasn't in his interests to do so.

[Fox92]

On 23/03/2025 at 14:37, Bilo said:

I'm sure they are, but they have to grasp the reality that it will be brief. Their next season will most likely be like our 2016-2017 campaign. 

It might not be like our 16/17 season either. Way to early to say yet. And tbf to Nuno he sustained Wolves top 7 for two consecutive seasons. 

 

Also, a couple months left yet this season and it's quite close at the top so anything could happen but if Forest get top 4 that would be remarkable considering how hard it is to finish in there and even more so on the back of last season where they were in a relegation battle.

Edited 26 March by Fox92

[Bert]

On 23/03/2025 at 14:35, Trestellar Artois said:

The most significant thing is that Leicester 2016 and Forest 2025 are absolutely *years* apart.

 

The longstanding jibe at Forest was that they were living in the past. They might have had a glorious history but how was it relevant *now*?

 

You're doing the same thing now.

 

Leicester might have had a glorious 2016, but they are loving it *now*. I really don't think Forest fans give a shit that are only third. After 20 years of rubbish, they are loving it 

9 years apart, not 45 years. In football terms, 9 years is quite recent (let alone it arguably being the greatest league win in the history of football) and even more so is the 4 years ago that we won the oldest knockout cup in the world.  
 

“Forest 25” as fantastic as a season as it’s been and the fans should rightly be loving it, come the middle of next season no-one will remember that they finished in champions league spots even a lot of Forest fans. People will remember Leicester winning the league forever. 
 

The unfortunate thing for Forest is that having such a good season will only heighten the possibility of the stars leaving. Murillo, Aina, Gibbs-White will all being watched by the bigger boys. And just for arguments sake, come the end of next season and there’s no European football there, having tasted the champions league these players are going to want it more, Riyad Mahrez a prime example of that for you. League form will almost certainly not be as consistent as this season due to the extra games and we’ve seen that first hand ourselves. 

[Finnegan]

On 23/03/2025 at 14:35, Trestellar Artois said:

You're doing the same thing now.

 

Forest won the European Cup when it was a short format knock out played in the dark ages of football in an era that can barely be considered professional by modern standards and acted like it made them massive for about half a century afterwards and convince themselves Liverpool are massive rivals. 

 

Leicester won the Premier League, FA Cup, Community Shield and got to a Champions League quarter final all in the last nine years and our fans still think we're a tinpot nothing club that deserve to be second tier

 

 

Edited 26 March by Finnegan

[fox_favourite]

6 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Forest won the European Cup when it was a short format knock out played in the dark ages of football in an era that can barely be considered professional by modern standards and acted like it made them massive for about half a century afterwards and convince themselves Liverpool are massive rivals. 

 

Leicester won the Premier League, FA Cup, Community Shield and got to a Champions League quarter final all in the last nine years and our fans still think we're a tinpot nothing club that deserve to be second tier

 

 

Mic drop 

[foxfanazer]

On 23/03/2025 at 14:35, Trestellar Artois said:

The most significant thing is that Leicester 2016 and Forest 2025 are absolutely *years* apart.

 

The longstanding jibe at Forest was that they were living in the past. They might have had a glorious history but how was it relevant *now*?

 

You're doing the same thing now.

 

Leicester might have had a glorious 2016, but they are loving it *now*. I really don't think Forest fans give a shit that are only third. After 20 years of rubbish, they are loving it 

That feels a tad generous 

[RowlattsFox]

Forest have every right to enjoy their season, but that's all it is, a good season. Same we did with 5th place finishes under Rodgers (although didn't feel like it at the time) and Villa did finishing 4th last season. 

 

Also spent best part of £400m since promotion  

[Lambert09]

WTAF

[fox_favourite]

2 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

WTAF

No way they get £100m for him. That isn't realistic. I bet it's just a publicity stunt to get attention 

[The Bear]

Cunha Just signed a new contract with a £62.5m release clause. 

 

Southampton will be very lucky to get £50m for Dibling. And when the player realises the club are being stubborn and pricing him out of a move it'll only end one way. 

[Lambert09]

1 minute ago, The Bear said:

Cunha Just signed a new contract with a £62.5m release clause. 

 

Southampton will be very lucky to get £50m for Dibling. And when the player realises the club are being stubborn and pricing him out of a move it'll only end one way. 

Are you expecting Cunha to leave for that in the summer? Or feel like you’ll get at least another season out of him? 
 

I feel like if richalison can go for 50, cunha for 62 wouldn’t completely put off a Man U or Chelsea 

[The Bear]

Yeah he'll go IMO. There's plenty of clubs sniffing around him and I doubt that fee will put people off. We got similar £50m+ for Neto, but Cunha's output is much better. 

[winteriscoming]

It’s pointless comparing this forest side with our title winning side of 15/16 when Forest aren’t even on a par with the Rodgers sides that finished 5th twice. 

[Samilktray]

A football player with the name Tyler Dibling should not be commanding a £100m transfer fee. Not in my lifetime

[Corky]

This seems to be the tipping point season for fans. Be it annoyance at owners, managers, kick off times, ticket prices- this has been the year it has come to the fore.

[The Year Of The Fox]

7 minutes ago, Corky said:

This seems to be the tipping point season for fans. Be it annoyance at owners, managers, kick off times, ticket prices- this has been the year it has come to the fore.

Nothing will happen, nothing will change. 

[murphy]

When did this place become Forest Talk?  Sick of hearing about them

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, Lambert09 said:

WTAF

 

59 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

No way they get £100m for him. That isn't realistic. I bet it's just a publicity stunt to get attention 

 

50 minutes ago, The Bear said:

Cunha Just signed a new contract with a £62.5m release clause. 

 

Southampton will be very lucky to get £50m for Dibling. And when the player realises the club are being stubborn and pricing him out of a move it'll only end one way. 

It's their player. They choose how much they want to sell him for. 

 

Much how we would want super massive fees for our players if they were successful. 

[Finnegan]

11 minutes ago, StanSP said:

 

 

It's their player. They choose how much they want to sell him for. 

 

Much how we would want super massive fees for our players if they were successful. 

 

It's pretty obvious it's either the first stage of negotiating and they're going hard or they straight up refuse to sell him and it's **** you money. 

 

It's obviously not what they think his realistic value is. Not sure how statements like this still confuse people. 

 

[Bilo]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

 

Forest won the European Cup when it was a short format knock out played in the dark ages of football in an era that can barely be considered professional by modern standards and acted like it made them massive for about half a century afterwards and convince themselves Liverpool are massive rivals. 

 

Leicester won the Premier League, FA Cup, Community Shield and got to a Champions League quarter final all in the last nine years and our fans still think we're a tinpot nothing club that deserve to be second tier

 

 

Weren't Malmo part-time in 1979? An amateur team wouldn't even make it past the first qualifying round these days.

[purpleronnie]

21 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Weren't Malmo part-time in 1979? An amateur team wouldn't even make it past the first qualifying round these days.

I think they went pro in 1975.

Needed to get past 5 teams (4 matches 2 leg's), to win the European cup in 1979 against teams like AEK athens, Grasshoppers and Malmo....you can only beat what's in front of you, but lets face it, back then the european cup was much easier to win.

Edited 26 March by purpleronnie

[Nalis]

Not meaning to jump on the bandwagon but eras definitely matter.

 

If the European Cup was created when the football league was formed you'd be looking at likes of Preston, Sunderland and Huddersfield being multiple European Cup winners.

[sm1]

16 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

I think they went pro in 1975.

Needed to get past 5 teams (4 matches 2 leg's), to win the European cup in 1979 against teams like AEK athens, Grasshoppers and Malmo....you can only beat what's in front of you, but lets face it, back then the european cup was much easier to win.

It's more difficult to win the European Conference now, then it was to win the European Cup in those days. But they've got the kudos of winning those titles and they'll dine off it forever.

[Bilo]

48 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

I think they went pro in 1975.

Needed to get past 5 teams (4 matches 2 leg's), to win the European cup in 1979 against teams like AEK athens, Grasshoppers and Malmo....you can only beat what's in front of you, but lets face it, back then the european cup was much easier to win.

Harder to qualify because you had to be champions, but definitely easier to win once you had qualified. It's an obvious point, but the second best team in Spain or Italy will always be a much better side than the champions of Norway or Cyprus. The latter teams were eligible back then but the former wasn't.

 

For example, the only teams who would have even been eligible to play us in 2016 had the old format been retained would have been Copenhagen and Club Brugge. We breezed past Club Brugge home and away and were a better side than Copenhagen. 

Edited 26 March by Bilo

[Lambert09]

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

It's pretty obvious it's either the first stage of negotiating and they're going hard or they straight up refuse to sell him and it's **** you money. 

 

It's obviously not what they think his realistic value is. Not sure how statements like this still confuse people. 

 

It’s not confusing anyone, it’s just outright unrealistic.