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Scene 1: “Nottingham Forest 1 - Liverpool 0”. #nffc #clough #lfc #ifatreefalls #paulmcgregor #PremierLeague #sinatra

@Andrew_Chester Couldn’t agree more mate.

@TBPFR Media (and increasingly fan) obsession with managers and tactical systems has given these players a get out of jail free card. Must be the manager, couldn't possibly be the players. If Forest go down, I can't see many having the stomach to hang around and try to get us promoted

Are any Premier League footballers at all arsed this season? Fucking ketamine football. I truly hope this season isn’t a sign of things to come. Honestly, starting to sound like one of those playd aht ex’s saying football’s gone but Jesus Muhammad Elvis! Any fucking chance lads?

@mattforde Mate.

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@foxy219 I agree. And I’m one of them!!!!! 😩

Scousers had one job. Useless twats

@Andrew_Chester It really has! The brand has suffered this season eh? Has apathy taken over? Has the money/ player power tilted the scale? I’ve watched every Forest game this season and every Liverpool game. The lack of desire on £150K a week is staggering. I can’t get past it.

@TBPFR The results in the European games are of good indication of how far the Prem (and it's players) has disappeared up it's own arse

@SiGreg39 Classic!

Love this @TBPFR never gets old!

Aya look duck! 👀 🦆

My hero.

@BandyandShinty “Manifesting VAR”. Album 3.

Also features a young Paul McGregor manifesting VAR:

Forest entertain Sheffield Wednesday at the City Ground today, where you can withdraw cash from a hole in the wall for the first time. “Midlands cash machine is our latest signing,” cooed Steve Stone

@westyorksnffc @BandyandShinty I can’t apologise enough @westyorksnffc 😔

@BandyandShinty So VAR is all @TBPFR’s fault? 😂

This is the best tribute to Robbo I’ve read. He and Jonny had a special bond. They were like brothers. If you want to understand why Robbo is so beloved, this explains it: thetimes.com/article/3bd614…

Robbo was the man. He’ll always be known as our greatest ever player, but he’s beloved way beyond his footballing ability. He was a very special human being. Everyone who met him is left with a story of meeting a warm, charismatic and heartfelt men who absolutely loved telling jokes and having a sing-song. I was lucky to have some great afternoons with him. This is from a few years ago when he’d come on the @NFFC podcast that @TBPFR, @_mattappleby, Jonny Owen and I did. In every pub we went in, Robbo would start singing. People who knew who he was couldn’t quite believe what they were seeing. Forest’s best ever player, a two-time European Cup winner, leading every pub into raucous song. At 1pm. The few people who didn’t know who he was were transfixed by the charisma of a man who’d only just walked in the door a second ago and got everyone singing along with him a moment later. We all knew we were lucky to be having moments like this with him. Not because of his status as a Forest legend, but because of his unique personality. Charismatic but unassuming. Irreverent but wholesome. He made you feel like you were home. RIP Robbo. The world is less fun without you in it.

"HEROES" ON BING CHRISTMAS SHOW 1977 “For ever and ever...” Back in 2016 we posted the then oft overlooked performance of "Heroes" recorded for Bing Crosby's 1977 Merrie Olde Christmas TV Special. Notable for the wonderfully bizarre, but nevertheless beautiful David Bowie and Bing Crosby duet of Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy, the broadcast also contained aforementioned video of "Heroes". In the promo film, Bowie sings one of the most heartfelt and emotional performances of "Heroes" he ever delivered. The vocal was sung over a backing track, with some not so subtle phasing and echo effects on his voice that may well have been added after the event. Looking amazing, he sings close up straight to camera while he also performs several set mime pieces superimposed along with the main performance. Along with a little help from Particledots on the audio, @NachosVideos produced a new version without Bing's spoken introduction encroaching on the performance. The show was filmed in Elstree just outside London in the UK on September 11th, 1977. Originally broadcast in the US by CBS on the 30th of November 1977, the UK had to wait another month to see exactly what the fuss was being reported in the music weeklies, when the show was finally aired there on Christmas Eve 1977. FOOTNOTE: The shot of a shirtless Bowie was one of several stills taken during this "Heroes" filming session, though he didn't appear like this in the actual broadcast. #BowieBing #BowieHeroes #NachoBowie

@BandyandShinty It was up there!

What a week for young Paul McGregor…

@mattforde LOVE IT xx

Just got my latest scan results and I’m clear! 🥳 And Forest won last night. All I need now is a Steak Bake and it’s the best week ever.

Pearcey ran 40 yards to tell me to go thank Bobby 😂

Quite the night last night for Paul McGregor…

Full time. Forest 1-0 Lyon McGregor converted after Pearce’s penalty was saved.

Extraordinary scenes. Penalty to Forest. Pearce steps up…

30 Frickin’ Years?!?!?!?