Looking forward to little Miss Shady's review, plus Jim's inevitable tale of parking woe.
19 Jun 2025
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Just got home. Knackered. Will detail tomorrow. Parking was super easy though. Went in the library car park. £3 from 5pm to 8pm, then free.
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Thrilled for you, hun!
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I would have been parked about a hundred yards away on the road, when shades came out. In the pub, post football.
Lucky escape.
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Still sounds a lot for a fixie bike.
What?
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I've got an amazing fifties Raleigh special factory frame that I'm currently using as my fixie. Unfortunately the geometry and fittings don't really work in terms of a functional bike. Need to go back to my Dawes heavy steel clogger frame, that actually works.
But need to get around to borrowing the bottom bracket tools from G, so this project has been stalled for a couple of years, and the fixie is currently doing duty on a trainer as an exercise bike.
As you were.
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I'd have gone with Fab for a Footy situation.
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Nate Dogg's already using them to regulate.
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See they've cut the prices for the game on Saturday. Checked and it's safe to say there are tickets available in all areas that they've opened.
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True, but you've got to be careful hooking a left on 21 and Lewis while riding a bike with no gears. Think on.
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Late to the party, but...
Just back from Portugal and managed to see both games (somewhat annoyingly, could see the floodlights of the original venue for the Estoril game from just outside our hotel).
Observations... some great one-touch stuff between Anderson, Sangare and MGW. Anderson was at the heart of everything good Forest did, MGW showed in flashes, but clearly the team is still a work in progress.
Neco put in a great assist for our only pre-season goal so far, but I'm don't like right-footed players at LB.
With the "first XI", Nuno alternated between 3-4-1-2 and 4-3-1-2, with a determination to integrate Jesus into the side - but including playing Hudson-Odoi on the right of the midfield three (Sangare central, Anderson left). He wasn't bad, but seemed a waste of his talents.
25 players travelled (no Miguel, Richards or Stamenic), including seven centre-backs (Abbott (who played his one half at RB), Boly, Carmo, Cunha, Milenkovic, Morato, Murillo).
Nico was on the touchline for both games, not changed. Murillo and Aina were named on the bench for the Estoril game, but didn't get changed or warm-up, so clearly weren't going to play.
And kudos to the players who came over after playing to sign autographs/have pictures with the many fans waiting (Anderson, Neco, Wood, Aina, Murillo, Morato, Sels, Yates, Sangare, MGW, Jota, Carmo, Jesus) - nice to see as access to the players in Nottingham is almost impossible now. -
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Sels, Aina, Williams, Murillo, Venus De Milenkovic, Anderson, Yates, Ndoye, CHO, Jesus, Wood.
The bench options look...hmm.I have not (yet) checked the odds on 0-0.
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That looks pretty much like next week's starting XI bar maybe Yates.
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All these clean sheets will be building confidence for the new season.
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Where is Morgan?
