Scum

More about this later, but in the mean time this needs further publication, just in case you don't what kind of scum these knuckle dragging retards are:

These are the people who claim to defend England. They're pissing up the walls of Nottingham Castle. Doesn't it make you proud ?!!!!!!

Wankers.

(From Flikr)

Forest 4:1 Doncaster

If this one result doesn't show how far we've come in a year, then nothing will.

If rumour is to be correct, Colin Calderwood ceased to be manager of the reds at half-time the last time we played Doncaster as we stooped pathetically to a 2:4 home defeat. We were in the pub when we found out, and we ordered a round of drinks to celebrate.

Fast forward 11 months and again Doncaster are bothering the Championship at the Derby end, while Forest seem to have been undefeated since the reign of Henry II.

The difference is palpable.

Forest score mid-way through the first half and it's expected, it's been coming. The muted celebrations of a team full in the knowledge that they're better than they ever have been.

Wes Morgan made it two goals in three games with a bullet header past the increasingly immobile Neil Sullivan. By Forest's third, Doncasters first choice fat goalkeeper had given up even trying. He was replaced by their second choice fat goalkeeper, must be a Yorkshire thing. At least he made an effort with McGugan's cross shot, but he was never anywhere near it.

Billy Sharp pulled one back, much to the annoyance of Lee Camp, but also much to the general antipathy of the rest of the crowd. 4:0, 4:1 puh !!

On the tram and the true scale of the victory became clear. A quick look at the League table and, f**k me, we're up to 4th, our highest league position since the halcyon days of Paul Hart's free flowing attacking brand of football back in the early noughties.

This winning lark, all these unbeaten games, well, it's easy isn't it. I'm surprised none of our previous clueless bunch of half-wit managers have tried it. There's only complacency can beat us now, and with a local derby coming up, that ain't gonna happen.

A decent football team to support, Nottingham being lauded as a city again, black-belt, getting engaged, jeez, this is turning into a good year !!!

Somebody in the Evening Post office must be having kittens

Two weeks, and two stories of Nottingham being a top city, this time Blue Bell Hill Primary being named the number one school in the country, the whole country, for the value it adds to its pupils' education. I know my mum & dad are as proud as me as my sister is one of the senior staff there.

Fantastic news.

And about time too

Usually when there's a headline containing the phrase 'Top Ten Places ...' which includes Nottingham on their list, you can bet it's either using ages old crime statistics or written by a soft southerner who packs a sleeping bag & anti-polar bear repellent for every job north of Watford.

So it makes a pleasant, and completely warranted, change to see Nottingham listed as one of the Top Ten Places to visit in 2010.

IN THE WORLD !!!

Who by ?

Only by Eyewitness Travel Guides: the world's bestselling travel guides, that's who !!

Taekwondo

During training this week I took a nice kick to the head and I'd be fibbing if I said it didn't smart a little. Maybe it's overdue, I've broken more bones in other people than myself so maybe I'm due one.

But at least I didn't go down like a sack of spuds like this guy:

Round 1:



Round 2:

Well bugger me

Michael, the unintelligible Geordie from Alan Partridge isn't a Geordie after all. He's actually a meercat:

How good must they really be ?

You won't see this in many places, and to be honest I'm astounded it's in the Nottingham 'sorry apology for the Daily Mail' Evening Post, but this is certainly good news:

NOTTINGHAM City Council has been praised for the way its adoption service works.

Ofsted inspectors rated the service as good, with some outstanding features, after a visit last month.

More here ...

I can also say that the criteria have changed since the last appraisal and on the old scoring system they would have come out as "Excellent".

However, how good must they be for the Evening Post to report it ?!!!!

If you see Kenny Burns in Sainsbury's, turn round and get out

From the Birmingham Sunday Mercury:

EX-BLUES hard-man Kenny Burns fears that football is becoming a non-contact sport.

And the straight-talking Glaswegian has given a further damning verdict on the current state of the game by insisting – “I get more physical contact in Sainsbury’s than I would in a football match today’.

More ...

Forest 1:1 Bristol City

It had to happen sooner or later. Forest have been quietly going about their business, closely winning here, sneaking a victory there and suddenly we’re banging on the doors of the play-offs. Someone was bound to notice at some point.

And that team were Bristol City. A bloke in the toilets at half time commented that it was like being back in the first division, teams of cloggers kicking lumps out of our more gifted players (14 seconds for their first yellow card) while sticking eleven men behind the ball and trying to catch us on the break.

Couple that with Forest having their worst passing performance of the season and the game had nil nil written all over it. Everyone was at it. Paul McKenna, arguably player of the season so far miss-hit pass after pass, Joe Garner was invisible, Majic pushed out wide, Anderson out of position, even Lee Camp returned the ball several times too many. A bad day all round.

And then Wes Morgan popped up with 5 minutes to go to shovel one in from 6 yards. He then sprinted faster than I’ve certainly ever seen him run to celebrate in front of the Main Stand.

I turned to my boy at this point, playing the dutiful father, trying not to get his hopes up, that being a Forest fan means years of struggle, heartbreak and angst. I simply told him “We’re not going to win this, you know that ?”. And like a prophet of doom, I was proved right. Kelvin Wilson, who’d had a decent game to be fair, let the ball bounce in the area and City got a probably deserved equaliser.

So deserved, in fact, that during what should have been a frantic last couple of minutes of injury time, Forest fans were more than happy that they’d got even a point from such a poor performance that anything else, especially after blatantly ripping off Bristol City last season, would have been a step too far.

Still, we’re unbeaten now since mid September, almost two months ago, and that’s a good place to go into this international break. A few returning from injury, a chance to have a bit of a knees & feet up session and back to it with plummeting Middlesbrough up next.

It’s good being a Forest fan again, and maybe we can have this season off after all. Mid table in March, no hassle, no drama, just good times.

Or is that asking too much ?

Coincidence ?

Fortunately the chances of watching Forest play Celtic or Rangers in a league fixture any time soon have vanished with the Premier League turkeys, sorry, Chairmen deciding not to vote for Christmas.

But why has this come up now, unofficially for years, but only officially at today's meeting ?

Rangers have announced today a financial loss of nearly £13m last year and an overall debt of £31m.

Coincidence ?

X Factor Stung

It’s nothing new slagging off the X Factor. In fact, this will be my fifth year running (2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008). Maybe I should get a gold watch or something.

Not a week goes by without several of my Facebook friends telling the whole world that there's a couple on this years X Factor who can't hold a tune and if they don't get voted off this week then they'll never watch it again. Before repeating the whole cycle the weekend after.

NEWSFLASH: There's always several crap singers every single f***ing year, yet you don't bang on about them. They're called the finalists. Everyone else didn't even come up to the standard of being s**t.

Some viewers have even gone as far as to say the whole things fixed, keeping someone unpopular in the competition in order to increase the number of votes. I like to call this group of people 'almost intelligent'. You could appreciate the intelligence being shown if only they then still didn't participate. It's a bit like me sticking my hand in the oven when it's on, telling everyone it's hot & burnt my hand, even claiming that the oven was DELIBERATELY hot but then putting my hand in again !! Monkeys !!

However, this year former successful singer & dodgy actor Sting (not his real name) has joined the fray: (From the BBC)

Rock star Sting has called the X Factor "televised karaoke".

The singer, 58, told London's Evening Standard that the Saturday night show was "a soap opera which has nothing to do with music".

He added: "I am sorry but none of those kids are going to go anywhere, and I say that sadly."

No complaints from me, he’s spot on. But he does let himself down a touch:

….. said judges like Simon Cowell have "no recognisable talent apart from self-promotion".

No recognisable talent apart from self-promotion ?

Why now for this interview ?

Got a new album out, have you Mr Sumner ?