Statto
Free Kick Specialist
It seemed like a good deal at the time though, from what I remember at the time, when he was on loan and played our defence looked a lot better...
Jack Hobbs of his time
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Opposition fan comments: Forest v Man City
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Jack Hobbs of his time
Quntib Hollox
Jack Burkitt
Sounds more like a 70’s crooner than the name of a footballer!
So many players I’ve lost track of from the wilderness years.
Eddie Yates
I ♥️ Nigel Farage 🇬🇧
Don't look it up. He was absolutely wank
Marvin Eaglecock
Freelance hell raiser - formerly Dr Sheldon Cooper
Or which of their fans were aware Man City existed before 2008.
They can shove city, madchester and oasis up their arse.
Master Yates
Stuart Pearce
He was a f***ing animal too. Regularly skirted with a red card with every tackle. Utter crap.
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Master Yates
Stuart Pearce
Wah wah, Forest are crap, all they do is defend our attacks and stop us scoring…. Wah, they’ve got no ambition because they don’t go toe to toe with the league champions from 5 of the last 6 years with 50m pound players on the bench… wah
~get Nuno’d~
Oooh look at them celebrating like they’ve won the league…. Pathetic
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~get Nuno’d~
Oooh look at them celebrating like they’ve won the league…. Pathetic
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Battered Sausage
Matchday Squad
He made such an impact on the world of football he now works as a driver.
SouthManchesterTree
Viv Anderson
I remember seeing us play (and lose) at Crewe. From memory, Vaughan got sent off for kicking their goalie as hard as he could.
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
Though didn't some of our 80s/90s players end up doing things like lorry driver / postman? Sure Des ended up doing something like that for a bit.
Bing Crosby's Head
First Team Squad
Neil Webb more or less did both. He became a postman and then a delivery driver.
chaospunx
Geoff Thomas
He did indeed postman for Burton Joyce I believe
enlightened
Viv Anderson
I haven't enjoyed a set of opposition fan comments as much as this one for a long time. What a bunch of salty bastards. And so entitled too.
We were clearly not shit ... especially in the second half when we were definitely the better side. I didn't feel worried at any point that City would score - they were awful. Haaland was rendered completely ineffective by our magnificent defence.
We were clearly not shit ... especially in the second half when we were definitely the better side. I didn't feel worried at any point that City would score - they were awful. Haaland was rendered completely ineffective by our magnificent defence.
SouthManchesterTree
Viv Anderson
I thought Wood’s all-round play was brilliant on Saturday - far, far better than Haaland’s.
GOBIAS
Ian Bowyer
I watched some city vlogger yesterday on YouTube. The blokes he interviewed before and after the match seemed proper old school and were gracious and down to earth.
I suspect there is a massive difference between the fans who go and the online presence.
I suspect there is a massive difference between the fans who go and the online presence.
Dino
Duncan McKenzie
"They're playing for a champions league spot what the f*** do you expect them to do. Bend over for us"?
A voice of sanity amongst a deluge of hubris and delusion.
A voice of sanity amongst a deluge of hubris and delusion.
Col
Get him singed FFS
Definitely. Generally, the ones who only started supporting Man City when the money starting rolling in are the ones providing the comments we've seen in this thread. I suspect any of their fans who experienced the drop to the Second Division would have an altogether different outlook on things.
Like a lot of us on here, grateful for all of this as who knows how long it'll last.
Dino
Duncan McKenzie
He was a much less refined version of Sammy Chapman whose hard man image often outshone his skill and ability.
Dino
Duncan McKenzie
Des was a HGV driver for a while apparently.
TrentEndDr
2 Weeks, 14 days and 336 hours away
As a rule of thumb, if they went to matches at Maine Road, they're sensible. If they don't know what Maine Road is, they're unbearable
Quntib Hollox
Jack Burkitt
We must guard against falling into the “entitled “ trap and call out anyone on here who starts getting Billy big b——x . The exception being when we play d—-y or lestoh who we should dominate til the end of time 
Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Ah, the Nu-Man City fan.
Around 10 years ago now, my old band hit a brick wall due to several life circumstances, mostly involving other members having increased family commitments, and so I joined a 3-peice popular-music acoustic cover band to tick myself over whilst I decided what to do musically. It was no-frills, turn-up and play, easy money split only 3-ways...in theory.
The lead singer however, who was a Chelsea supporter, wanted to use the band as a vehicle to rock stardom. "It's all I want to do with my life!" was the quote he'd often churn forth; this kid had big designs on being up there with the Mick Jaggers and Freddy Mercuries of this world. Kid could sing too, he had a really likeable voice, and he was a fairly good performer (although still needed work on that aspect) and was fairly good looking as well. So he had potential, and I was happy to help him wherever I could so he could use this band as a starting point to push on from.
It came to setting up rehearsals..."sorry, I can only do Tuesdays and Thursdays at the moment"....woah...we've gone from "It's all I want to do with my life!" to "I'm only available 2 out of 7 days a week to rehearse"? Boom, it hit just how deluded the poor kid was about the monumental effort and commitment required to achieve the goals he had in mind. But it made no difference to me, easy cash was on the cards, so I humored him and just concentrated on the job in hand.
3rd rehearsal in and he couldn't make it..."Erm...somethings come up"...OK, this is taking the piss a bit now. I'm setting my time aside for Mr. wannabe rockstar, and he's flouncing at a silly-early stage. Shit happens though, move on...easy money right? Week after, same thing, another no-show and this time as me & the beatbox dude are already sat waiting for him. So I lose my rag, better to get shit sorted now than be stuck in a rut band...he gets all flustered on the phone to me and drops out "I just can't make it...Chelsea are playing in the Champions league tonight" So I just pissed myself laughing and jacked the band in right there.
Around a year later I saw that same singer in a local pub. He was wearing a Man City shirt.
Around 10 years ago now, my old band hit a brick wall due to several life circumstances, mostly involving other members having increased family commitments, and so I joined a 3-peice popular-music acoustic cover band to tick myself over whilst I decided what to do musically. It was no-frills, turn-up and play, easy money split only 3-ways...in theory.
The lead singer however, who was a Chelsea supporter, wanted to use the band as a vehicle to rock stardom. "It's all I want to do with my life!" was the quote he'd often churn forth; this kid had big designs on being up there with the Mick Jaggers and Freddy Mercuries of this world. Kid could sing too, he had a really likeable voice, and he was a fairly good performer (although still needed work on that aspect) and was fairly good looking as well. So he had potential, and I was happy to help him wherever I could so he could use this band as a starting point to push on from.
It came to setting up rehearsals..."sorry, I can only do Tuesdays and Thursdays at the moment"....woah...we've gone from "It's all I want to do with my life!" to "I'm only available 2 out of 7 days a week to rehearse"? Boom, it hit just how deluded the poor kid was about the monumental effort and commitment required to achieve the goals he had in mind. But it made no difference to me, easy cash was on the cards, so I humored him and just concentrated on the job in hand.
3rd rehearsal in and he couldn't make it..."Erm...somethings come up"...OK, this is taking the piss a bit now. I'm setting my time aside for Mr. wannabe rockstar, and he's flouncing at a silly-early stage. Shit happens though, move on...easy money right? Week after, same thing, another no-show and this time as me & the beatbox dude are already sat waiting for him. So I lose my rag, better to get shit sorted now than be stuck in a rut band...he gets all flustered on the phone to me and drops out "I just can't make it...Chelsea are playing in the Champions league tonight" So I just pissed myself laughing and jacked the band in right there.
Around a year later I saw that same singer in a local pub. He was wearing a Man City shirt.
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uptight9
A. Trialist
This was a great read, thanks. And exactly how I've always imagined those people to be.
Ian Moore Gone Little
Viv Anderson
What a season to be a Forest supporter. We’ve deservedly won at Anfield, deservedly beaten the moneybags serial title winners and I’ve seen the word “refined” in the same sentence as the words “Sammy Chapman”!
I agree he could play, though, once he’d switched from a very moderate striker to a half-decent defender. Unless my memory’s failing me, I think he even played quite well a few times in a sort of sweeper role in his last season with us (the 76/77 promotion season). He did have a habit of doing something daft once in a while, so sendings off and own goals weren’t unknown to him. He was probably the first footballer about whom I heard the phrase usually associated with pet cats about being fine most of the time then suddenly having a “mad five minutes”…