Mark Everington

@Real1_balogun Richards, as usual, is talking rubbish. Scholes retired from England in 2004. He didn't get called up until 2007

Micah Richards, who was sort of an outsider in that England setup being a Man City player at the time, pointed it to a disconnect that came from their club rivalries. It’s why l’ll always say Gareth Southgate is arguably the most important manager England has had. He set a culture of unity and mutual respect. He democratised the Three Lions and obviously, the growth of the Premier League and it meant that more clubs had an input in the national team. It broke the big clubs’ camps where players associated based on the club they represented. See this excerpt from Richard’s’ book; “What made England difficult, then, wasn’t the players as people. It was how divided the squad was by club loyalty. Looking back, the dynamic was absolutely crazy. There was a large group of Manchester United players: Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Paul Scholes, Owen Hargreaves, Wes Brown. That was one faction, and probably the dominant one. Then there was a little Liverpool clan, built around Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. There was a Chelsea gang – Terry, Lampard, Ashley Cole, Joe Cole – and another one from Arsenal. “That first evening, when everyone started to arrive at the hotel, could be frosty, especially if we all got together after a big game between two of the big clubs. It would be up to one of the neutrals, someone who wasn’t affiliated to any of the major clans, someone like Jermain Defoe, to try to break the ice, to crack a joke about why they all looked so serious, but there was a limit to what any of us could do. I don’t think we were ever really united enough as a national team to say that everyone in the squad was talking to everyone else. There was always some sort of beef. It never quite passed over into becoming something you could joke about. It ran deeper than one set of players being disappointed to have lost, or another gloating that they had won. There was a genuine sense that, deep down, they didn’t like each other. “That divide defined everything on those England get-togethers. On those trips where we didn’t have our own rooms, the Manchester United players would room with each other. Gerrard and Carragher would room together. The Chelsea players would room together, and the Arsenal players. It was the same at mealtimes. There would be a Liverpool table, a United table, a Chelsea table, an Arsenal table, and they were lines that you did not cross. “Glen Johnson, who was then at Liverpool, couldn’t just wander up and plant himself down next to Rio Ferdinand. That would have been a taboo.” Rio Ferdinand rehashed the same opinion in an interview he granted in the past. “It (club rivalry) killed that England team, that generation. "One year we would have been fighting Liverpool to win the league, another year it would be Chelsea. So I was never going to walk into the England dressing room and open up to Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, John Terry or Joe Cole at Chelsea, or Steven Gerrard or Jamie Carragher at Liverpool because of the fear they would take something back to their club and use it against us. "I didn't realise that what I was doing was hurting England at the time. I was so engrossed, so obsessed with winning with Man United -- nothing else mattered.'' They had a squad of insanely talented footballers but never managed to have a team until Southgate.

@forestmad80 No, been saying all season we wont score enough goals

One question, one word answer. Do we stay up? Yes or no… #NFFC

@ollieb997 @BonesDaNinja @robprogressive Its more than 40% as between 100k and 125k its 60% then 45% between 125k and 150k. Then take off the childcare fees

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@Nffc_bailey I genuinely think Bakwa is currently league 1 level. Up there with Origi as the worst so far

Bakwa and lucca are potentially 2 worst players I’ve seen since promotion. Genuinely horrid both of them.

Working from home gives people an extra 1-2 hours of sleep in the morning and an extra 1-2 hours to spend with their families in the evening. It also allows you to avoid ever having to interact with HR cat ladies, diversity hires, or other such cretins. This is a good thing. But of course, establishment conservatives like Farage only care about squeezing a little more GDP out of people and not their well-being. What a worthless political ideology they have.

@mariknackered He has his limitations but when Nuno kept bringing him on to help us absorb pressure in a back 5 and head the ball away he was good. Playing in a back 4 in a more open game he doesn't look great

I don’t think we need to overreact and sell Morato, but I do think he needs moving down the depth chart. He’s a solid enough fourth or fifth centre back, but he can’t keep coming in as third. Jair looks as good now and will grow, give him his minutes. #NFFC

If we are looking brutally that's 5 defeats in 6, and the 1 positive result we got away with. With Arsenal and Brentford in the league next it might get worse before it gets better

@TaylaMcGrath6 This is worse than the away performances in the first season back up

Bore fest that first half, men against boys

@forestmad80 CHO I thought was poor. I'm still unsure as to why Taiwo was put on when we needed a goal

Not gonna have too many complaints from that as football is a weird game. We probably played better in losing that game than we beat them 1-0 last season. Thought the ref was poor in truth but the hard facts are we’ve managed to lose a 0-0 game and a 1-1 game this week. Really good structure to the way we defend but I think we are finally able to recognise what Sangare brings to the team. Ando back to his best, MGW did well, John spot to lose now for me, Savona/Neco did well but for me CHO continues to flatter to deceive. Gotta beat Everton next. #NFFC

@NFFCRED I found it strange when we needed a goal yesterday Dyche brought Taiwo on instead. I can't remember the last time Taiwo looked like he was going to score

@TaylaMcGrath6 Its comes with age. When you hit 30 you'll suddenly get an appreciation for wine

it’s taken me 27 years to find a wine I like guys

@_onlyscott Werner, Gallas, Poyet, Cudicini

@KopFinest Agreed, when looking for breakfast meeting places nowhere seems to be open until 9 when want a pre work breakfast to not impact the working day

Independant Cafe owners. Please stop opening your gaff at 9am. It is so unbelievably counter intuitive to open a caffeine haven late and once people are already at work. You’re losing out to the millions that get a Greggs or costa coffee. Thanks guys. I’ll keep going dw.

@OsbornOn1 HMRC

Trying to speak to an actual human being in customer services at any big company is one of the most difficult adult tasks you'll encounter. Not sure how we've all just accepted it tbh. Feel free to name and shame any god awful experiences below, just to relieve some stress. 👇

Alastair Cook faced more balls in his Brisbane double ton in 2010 than England faced in the whole Test here.

@CarlAlexander74 @90sfootball Watch the Cameroon match in 90 again, Shilton kept us in that. Agree he was poor on pens against the Germans but Seaman saved none of 6 in euro 96 against them

@90sfootball If that guy had been in goal for Italia90 we’d have won the lot

England in 1991. How many can you name?

Ryan Yates speaks on how the Forest players found out about Ange’s sacking and what happened after… [@footballontnt]

@ForestFanBase Big problem is if Wood doesn't score he contributes very little. And if he then misses sitters as well it looks even worse

Positives were Hutchinson, Neco & Anderson of course. Ange needs to pick his best team now. Ndoye far too soft atm. Dare I say it Wood & MGW have done little since first 45 mins of the season too. Need clear plan & to play with much more intensity. It’s not as bad as it looks.

24 hours ago I was watching #nffc v Betis in 30 degree heat. Now I've got the heating on trying to get my body clock back on track after a 24 hour trip. But wouldn't have swapped this trip for anything

Incredible tribute to Ricky Hatton by DAZN 🩵