Rob Crilly

Yousef Pezeshkian offers readers a mix of personal anecdotes and glimpses behind the scenes as Iranian leaders are picked off one after another. nytimes.com/2026/03/20/wor…

@ForestAMOAOTP Yeah. My thoughts too

Well the #nffc B team were brilliant. My favorite 60mins of the season. Running, passion played for one another. Lead well by Yates. The MGW came on.

@cliffordtopham @wt_analysis Agreed

@wt_analysis Yep the starters all performed like they had something to prove, which they did Super job👏👏👏 #NFFC

Thoughts on #NFFC tonight. Absolutely delighted for the 600 or so that made the trip over and very jealous that I wasn't able to make it over for this one. Can't imagine the delight in that away end, and it's fully deserved for every single one of those away fans. Had no real issues with the selection from Pereira to start the game - it's not ideal to be in this situation but fully understand the reasoning behind it. I did however not enjoy his subs, more so the players coming off rather than the ones coming on. Unless he's got an idea that McAtee is starting on Sunday, then for me he should've finished the game as he was really making Forest tick. I didn't agree with Milenkovic coming off either, but at the end of the day Forest are through and their key players haven't played more than an hour. A big shout out to Zach Abbott - his last appearance was rough but he played a very calm and composed game tonight - to be fair he had little to do defensively but I was most impressed with how well he played with the ball at his feet. A great night for him, his family & the academy. Which also brings us on to the captain. Easily the best goal Yates has scored for Forest, and what a moment for him too. One of many who absolutely ran his socks off tonight, so much so I wonder if he'll even be involved on Sunday as he looked to be carrying a bit of an injury. A big night for Dilane Bakwa too, perhaps we're finally getting to see the best of him - I wrote when Pereira was appointed that long-term he could work as the RWB, we saw why tonight and although I wouldn't be starting him there on Sunday, he's shown he's a real option if trying to push for a goal. Some credit for Lucca too - clearly not ready to play 120 minutes but he put in a great shift and outside of his miss in the first half I thought he had a very positive impact on the team, albeit in a slightly different way to Igor Jesus, who himself will be well rested for Sunday. Hopefully the players can use this fantastic feeling tonight to go into Sunday with confidence - they've scored a couple of goals, they've shown good resilience and they've bonded again with the away fans.

@Jonathan__Hill @wt_analysis Yep. I would have left them both on

@wt_analysis I said the same about McAtee and Bakwa coming off. Both having a good game - after a wobbly start, Dilane looked very good linking up with Hutchinson. Lucca really positive on the ball but his lack of energy to get into good positions off it a concern. Overall positive tonight.

@Panks80 There was a real hunger. Great to see.

Hutch and Macatee seems to cause them more problems- more movement. The subs made us worse and shows why we struggle in the prem. Good to see we created so much in that first half #nffc

@DaveHo1mes It's our Anglo-Scottish cup

What a great night! Whilst not ideal going to extra time and penalties let’s hope it helps bond the #NFFC squad together for a crucial run in, the fringe players finally turned up tonight and after tough starts to the game even Lucca and Bakwa had their bright moments to show people that they might not be complete write offs. No one who will start on Sunday played more than an hour and the likes of Jesus and Hudson-Odoi managed to have the night off, it’s a quick flight home for them to recover then go full pelt at Spurs, hopefully now with some added confidence. You could tell that they were tiring late on which is understandable with the lack of minutes they’ve had, but Abbott was very solid actually playing in his position, Morato was generally tidy even with the odd mistake, Ortega didn’t have a lot to do but what he did have to do he did well, his distribution is a real asset, Dominguez was his usual busy self and Ndoye and McAtee showed real signs that they can have more of a role to play this season. A word for the captain, if everything’s going well then Ryan Yates isn’t going to start a lot of games for this club, but he gives everything for the shirt and even after I thought he was having an Alan Wright moment he soldiered on and should have had the winner at the end of extra time, who knows if he’d been able to take a penalty but you know he wouldn’t have shirked responsibility. This is a night that the 700 at Herning won’t forget in a hurry, it was one of the best away ends I’ve been in following the club, see you all in Porto COYR!

Love this guy

@forestmad80 It's our Anglo-Scottish cup

Not sure I ever want to play this lot again, technically poor but just a bunch of big dudes that battle. We are three ties away from… - A first trophy for 3 decades. - A first European trophy for decades. - A legacy for the new generation. - Champions league football. It’s achievable. #NFFC

Ah anyone remember when Nick Kristof interviewed an imaginary Trump supporter in 2016 because he didn't know any?

“Just one problem. It wants to call it ‘The Situation Room,’ in a nod to the White House control hub, and there is already a D.C. consultancy called the Global Situation Room, whose mission is very much to track events unfolding around the world…” writes @robcrilly

.@TheSpectator asked me to write their diary column this week about crashing/doorstepping/staking out (in true tabloid tradition) Rupert Murdoch's 95th birthday bash — spectator.com/article/crashe…

@nanditab1 Amazing what being under oath does...

Important to note that Bessent’s comment stands in stark contrast to Tulsi Gabbard’s congressional testimony on Wednesday, where she said Iran’s theocratic leadership has been significantly degraded by U.S.-Israeli strikes but remains unified. “The regime in Iran appears to be intact but largely degraded by Operation Epic Fury,” she told a Senate hearing. She added that Iran and its proxies “remain capable of and continue to attack U.S. and allied interests in the Middle East.”

(1/11): Why Republicans are hoping for midterm help from a star-spangled summer | WASHINGTON SECRETS by @robcrilly Read here trib.al/HkHHOoY and see 🧵⬇️

BHL never lets you down! From his WSJ piece, including part of a conversation with Zelensky

Trump is asked why he didn't tell allies like Japan about plans to attack Iran. "Who knows better about surprise in Japan?" he says sitting next to Japanese PM. "Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

By breaking so definitively with his base, the project to tear down the Deep State and rebuild democracy in the image of his supporters is over, argues Christopher Caldwell

My story here: washingtonexaminer.com/news/washingto…

It looks as if Keir Starmer is deliberately telephoning Donald Trump when he is at his golf club on a Sunday afternoon to catch him in a relaxed frame of mind

.@elon's satellite internet system, has become the most important strategic business on Earth. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/1…