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I believe that in some leagues neck guards are mandated, and yes, I expect the EIHL will folow suit now. I don't think the NHL will though, players tend to push back on extra equipment.

Pretty grim all round this, can't have been great being in the crowd either. There was a lot of pushback when the HANS device was rolled out but now its just part of the kit. Surely in a sport with plenty of protective kit already it wouldn't be that onerous?

You would think that if you were playing a sport in which opponents were flying around at 25-30mph with knives strapped to their feet you'd want all the protection you can get, but the players' association has form for pushing back against changes. There were players not wearing helmets until the late 90s, and there are still players not wearing clear plexiglass visors (they're mandated, but players who have been in the league since before that mandate came in have the right grandfathered in to not wear one if they choose). The general response is that more equipment makes them less mobile and/or hampers vision; I would have thought that getting sliced open is a greater impediment to movement and seeing, but I'm not a pro hockey player.

I guess it is maybe all a first aider has to offer in this situation, but CPR when your neck artery is sliced open would seem counterproductive. But not many ex-Vietnam battlefield trauma medics around when you need them.

Awful for those there apparently (and ice hockey is a family crowd so lots of kids in the 8000 crowd)

I have an update on Murillo's recycling issues, which included putting detritus from McDonald's and Nando's as well as a Pringles can IN THE WRONG BIN, and also the problem he had with parking (he consistently parked in the wrong bay). These are now being resolved by his landlady, Danny Ward's wife.

It's like Stella Street for Forest fans.

To be mandatory in the UK from next year.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/67260326

But not in the Elite League, who I'm guessing will cite competitive disadvantage as a reason not to institute such a mandate i.e. if they do then North American players will not want to come play. Go on EIHL, prove me wrong.

Why the fuck is he eating McDonalds and Pringles?

We need to look at our medical team, which given our injuries should include every type of medical professional possibly relevant to fitness including dieticians, and compliance people who check their shite and test in the lab for big mac residue.

Sounds like our prospects of staying up are being sabotaged by Danny Ward’s wife.

As well as being a big Forest fan my son is a Tricky type foodie and I've suggested that he should ask Murillo over for dinner. I'm doing what I can.

If my experience of Brazilian restaurants is any way to judge, and it probably isn't, he'll need to serve large piles of meat with sides of meat and meat for dessert.

I remember looking at those apartments many years ago when first built. I’m surprised sporting millionaires live in them? Unless there are fancier bigger ones I didn’t look at.

That’s if you are talking about the ones on the opposite side of the road from the Harvester.

Not those. This is a newer build nearer Trent Bridge. Think it's called Riverside.