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Oz, I think you need to look at Burnley’s remaining fixtures too. With all the other distractions surrounding Forest the players are pretty close to giving up and they probably won't win any of their remaining games. They may scrape a couple of draws but I can see an unexpected outcome emerging that sees Burnley beating Forest on the last day of the season meaning the Reds and Luton are relegated. It could happen.

Off the field Forest are starting to get embroiled in a row about VAR, the standard of refereeing and the allegiances of the officials assigned to games. Mr Marinakis has recently employed ex Premier referee Mark Clattenburg to help “understand” refereeing decisions that have gone against the Reds. A strange appointment to say the least and one that could easily blow up in their faces. I think Forest's owner should employ a psychologist. Remember their appeal against their 4 point deduction under FFP rules is due to be announced this week. I can't believe all this high profile bell

Stockport thoroughly exploited Notts' leaky defence last night although I think the scoreline flattered them. Notts started well enough but were soon punished for their disorganised defence. The referee was poor and Stockport took advantage. Over the season Stockport are worthy champions so congratulations to them. The irony for me was watching Kyle Wooton celebrate at the end, but we should remember that Macca Langstaff has scored far more than our ex-striker this and last season. Congratulations too to The Stags and their manager Mr Clough Jnr. After 11 years in L2 they'v

I think or rather hope the pendulum has swung at Meadow Lane as the mighty Pies recorded their first home win under Stuart Maynard. Harrogate, a notorious anti football, spoiling team were well beaten in the end by Notts who showed the commitment and desire so badly lacking earlier this year. One swallow doesn't make a summer but Notts played well and their on loan keeper Luca Ashby-Hammond saved a vital penalty. I haven't seen that happen at Meadow Lane since another on loan keeper Anthony Patterson saved a Paul Mullin spot kick back in 2021. The highlight of the game has to be Jod

Forest were amazing tonight. They played like they were title contenders in the first half and completely outplayed Fulham to deservedly go in 3-0 up at half time. It could have been 5-0 in all honesty. Fulham staged a bit of a comeback in the second half. They certainly upped their game and pulled a goal back but Forest's defence stood firm brilliantly marshalled by the outstanding Ryan Yates and some great goalkeeping from Belgian International Matz Sels. There is absolutely no way Forest will go down if they can play like that in their remaining games. They were brilliant.

Oz, I'm not sure which is least likely, Notts to beat MK Dons this afternoon or Forest to beat Fulham on Tuesday evening. I would guess the odds are very poor for both games but having watch Notts play like a pub team twice recently I predict another Notts loss and Forest draw. Notts are in a mess (sorry for the pun) and so are Forest. I don't think Notts will be relegated but Forest are definitely still at risk. Are the Stags having an end of season wobble? Yes they are but I still think they'll go up and in fairness they deserve to, but I have to say again I thi

Oz, Notts just couldn't get round Salford's deep press. They had little time or room to settle into their passing game and Karl Robinson's tactics paid dividends. Jodi Jones and Dan Crowley didn't make much of an impact and our new hero Jatta didn't turn up. Notts were a shadow of the team that beat Bradford last Tuesday. A mid table finish is the best we can hope for until Stuart Maynard or maybe his replacement sorts them out. Notts have several players who aren't good enough for L2 and those who are are too old or summer targets for other clubs. Cameron had a very poor game and really

Tonight Notts looked the real deal. Dan Crowley ran the show and was MOTM for me. Jatta is looking a great signing and is a real handfull. I think Maynard has weathered the storm and Notts shouldn’t look back. I'm genuinely pleased for him. He's had a very difficult initiation. A solid win on Saturday and I think we're back in business. The playoffs are a big ask now but certainly not impossible.

I've been quiet for the last week or so hoping I'll wake up and find Notts County's disintegration was just a bad dream but no, it's real. A slump of epic proportions has occurred and the pre-Christmas optimism of the club and it's fans has just melted away. How has it gone so catastrophically wrong? Most of the disgruntled fans blame the new manager of course but there are others that are pointing their fingers at the owners and director Richard Montague for appointing him. There's no doubt it was a high risk appointment and I've been reading that the senior players simply

Oz, I enjoyed watching the first half of Forest v Man U in the cup last night. Both sides moved the ball around quickly and skillfully and it was good to watch. Forest's intensity fell away in the second half but Man U failed to capitalise. One Forest fan wrote that United were there for the taking and I can see what he meant but just as extra time was looming Forest unusually lost their concentration and Casemiro nipped in with a late winner. I'm not convinced Forest would have won if it had gone to extra time because they were starting to look disjointed and leggy. S

Notts attack weren't at their best last night but they were still OK. The defence however were simply diabolical and I think their dreadful performance left the rest of the team feeling thoroughly deflated. Something has got to change and quickly. They were doing OK coming up to Christmas and then Williams jumped ship. Some fans are saying he saw this coming and maybe they're right. I think they can hang on this season because they accumulated a good few points at the start but next season it could easily be a relegation battle if it's not sorted. The worry is that Jodi Jones an

The Notts defence was hopeless tonight and Stuart Maynard doesn't seem to know how to fix it. I'm beginning to wonder how long the brothers will give him to change things. The season's over for Notts now. I hope Forest can survive because the only excitement in Nottinghamshire at the moment is in Mansfield.

Oz, I don't know why I thought Mansfield went behind yesterday. I was probably too distracted by Notts' miserable performance. I agree that Mansfield have a good chance of taking the title but my money's on Crewe.

Oz, Notts were very poor yesterday but credit to Crewe who stopped them from playing. The playoffs are still possible but they really need to sort themselves out quickly. I can't see them getting any further this seasons even if they did scrape a playoff place. Mansfield had a great win yesterday after going behind. I can't see them not being promoted now but they maybe won't take the title. The remaining fixtures look very tasty for the front runners. Stockport or Crewe might yet snatch it. Wrexham are not looking particularly impressive at the moment but look out for MK Dons who

A great three points picked up by Forest whilst the other teams around them were losing. I didn't see the game but the reports I've read suggest they were good value for their win. It would be such a tragedy if a points deduction sent them down after the way the players have dug in. BTW I thought Luton were unlucky against Man U yesterday. On the strength of that performance they're too good to go down. At the moment Sheffield United and Burnley look as if they're going down but who will join them? Everton are playing Crystal Palace tonight so that's a result to look out for.

Last night Notts looked like a totally different team. What a turnaround. A stunning renaissance. Huge credit to Stuart Maynard. He changed the goalkeeper, the formation and with them the team’s fortunes. Notts looked like automatic promotion let alone playoff candidates based on that showing. I feared a loss was on the cards after the way they played against Gillingham last Friday, add in Newport's recent form and even a draw would have been a great outcome. Stuart Maynard used nearly all the same players from last Friday but reassigned their roles and the team's formati

The Stags are looking quite formidable at the moment but with sixteen games to go it's far from over. Stockport are favourites for the title but there's still two or three other teams who could deny them automatic promotion. If they do go up the Radford's will need to invest in the facilities. The playing surface is a priority. The next few games will be telling for Notts. There's only a few points between five or six clubs outside the playoffs so the run in is going to be fascinating. Harrogate, Newport and Salford are top of the form table with Notts third from bottom. Three games

Can't disagree with that summary Oz. Notts's team spirit seems to have disappeared. I think they have yet to recover from Luke William's departure. Stuart Maynard has quite a job on his hands getting Notts up off the floor and performing again. I think the defence is troubled by goalkeeper Stone's unreliability. He certainly doesn't command his area well. Some similarities with Turner at Forest. To be fair though Turner had a very good game midweek against Bristol in the cup.. Notts have Luca Ashby- Hammond on loan from Fulham and I think he's due a start now. Notts ne

A very welcome point after a spirited performance by Forest at Bournemouth this afternoon. Bournemouth resorted to some very rough play and had a man sent off for a nasty tackle from behind on Callum Hudson-Odoi who had to be substituted soon afterwards The Forest team gave it a real go and if they do finish up being relegated because of a points deduction then the board has to take the blame for the appalling cock up in their management of the ffp incident. Hats off to the Forest lads who never stopped trying. They could really do without the midweek cup replay. I think Nuno sh

There was little sign of the Mansfield wobble this afternoon as they put in a very solid shift against Notts on a pitch that had more sand on it than Skegness beach. Nigel Clough was in the stands after criticising the officials last week about penalties, a sending off and some other highly debatable decisions. Today I think it's fair to say the Stags got away with a few themselves. Jodi Jones was kicked around by a very agricultural Mansfield defence with very little retribution from the referee and Notts had two decent penalty shouts waved away. Mansfield are a hard team to beat an

Mary, I thought Spotty Dog was wonderful particularly how both his/her ears went up during the introduction. I was also amused how he seem to walk on air but then so did many of the Watch with Mother puppets.

Oz, The Forest result was no surprise at all. They didn't play well and their late goal was never going to change the outcome. The fans have been calling for Turner's head for a few games now and his mistakes have cost Forest several points. I wonder if Nuno will get a replacement in before the transfer window slams shut. Forest are coming to Bournemouth this Sunday where I now live. They really need to win but I think the best they can hope for is a draw. The clubs below the Reds have started to pick up points so the pressure is mounting and that's before any points d

Oz, I don't remember Twizzle but IIRC it was on ITV along with Torchy. ITV arrived in Nottingham where I lived in around 1956 or 1957. My friend at primary school had ITV installed early on and used to tell me about the ITV children’s programmes including Torchy. You might recall that to receive ITV you needed a different aerial and sometimes a tweak to your TV for the different transmission frequency. Twizzle and Torchy were early creations of Gerry Anderson as was Four Feather Falls which I don’t remember either lol. I googled Billy Bean and found this: https://nosta

Mary, I was born in 1950 and used to enjoy listening to Derek McCulloch aka Uncle Mac presenting Children’s Choice on Saturday morning radio on the Light programme. The theme music was called Puffing Billy. My mum used to say Derek had lost both his legs but I later learned he'd lost one leg when he fought on The Somme in WW1. I have an excellent double cd set which has many of the songs he played on the programme such as The Laughing Policeman and Nellie the Elephant. His friendly uncle persona was tarnished a few years ago when he was cited in the BBC child abuse investigatio

Jill, Yes, Jonathan Platt was in my year at Forest Fields Grammar (1961 onwards) He was in the A stream and IIRC he excelled in Mathematics. The Forest Fields 1968 Speech Day programme records he went on to Sheffield Uni presumably to study Maths and later had a good career in IT. I found Paul Sheasby on LinkedIn where he too seems to have made a good career from IT. I don't think I've ever come across anyone as bright as Alan Allcock. At school, not only did he grab prizes for Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Latin he was also a talented artist and sportsman. As I r