Greg Chambers

#NFFC SC holder. #NFFCwomen. #NottsCCC. #Panthers. Sport mad house, as long as its in Nottingham 😉

[Greg Chambers @gregglec]

@Forest_Review @jbarkzz Marin (akis)?
Monzo?
Munto. Lol.

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@Mr_Husky1 20 for me. 😀

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@garibaldibard Absolutely brilliant. Lol.

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@theterracestore Yes please.

[Terrace @theterracestore]

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[Greg Chambers @gregglec]

@elliemolloson Superbly sassy. You shut Carra up for a few seconds too while he thought how to reply. Top job that. 👏

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Just heard @elliemolloson on the overlap fan debate pod. Brilliant. You told it exactly as it is. Big respect. 😃

[Greg @gergmitch]

For Sam ❤️

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@GaryMarriott73 Nothing on mine either.

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@Amanda28_84 But you can tip-toe, but we don't tip-finger. Lol.

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@forestfocuspod @jbelly31 Fantastic episode. Really great insight into what keepers do and how they react in game.

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@JoeWorrall5 @BurnleyOfficial Good luck to you Joe. Thanks for the great memories at @nffc. You have been a true Forest great, and I will always be grateful for what you did for us.
You have signed a top bloke @BurnleyOfficial who will give his all.

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@petercrouch was following this earlier in Nottingham. Made me chuckle to think you have your own personal recovery vehicle. Is it for car recovery or to 'recover' you after a heavy night out? Love the pod.

[Alex Quantock @alexquantock]

Our Chairman will hate that someones come up with a better idea than Benoy, and for that reason i'm all for it.
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[Tel @Telberto_Carlos]

Lost my dad's scarf last night. Pretty sure it was left on a table outside Portello Lounge in Bridgford. I really need it back, can't even describe the sentimental value. Please RT #NFFC

[Greg Chambers @gregglec]

@maimoncaster My daughter is gutted. You are her favourite player and an absolutely brilliant role model. She really loved the times she has met you or got "high fives" when you have been warming up. Big loss. All the best for whatever you do next. We are sure you will smash it.

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

PSR. A long read. But you'll enjoy it. Promise.

In 1992, an arbitrary line was drawn in English and European football. If you were in the "club" at that time your finances took a boost by a cause and effect cycle.

You got money from the Prem and UEFA for being at the top of those tournaments, so you have more money to spend so you stay at the top of those tables. Give or take a club or two.

So what did other clubs who wanted to be at that table do? Well I'm not going to libel myself but it's fair to say that a novel take on rules, regulations and accounting took place by some. They would argue that was the only way to get into the club. It worked, because not only did those "wannabe" clubs attract investment ( mostly after being shit forever but in a "big" market to use an Americanism), they blew the doors off the system.

That didn't go unnoticed by many other clubs, their less than patient owners and a general attitude of "can our risk be more rewarding than the potential punishment "?. Some have just about managed to buck the system, most haven't. Take a look at a Championship and League 1 riddled with the bodies of Champions League Semi Finalists, Premier League winners and huge clubs with big dreams.

So to the Premier League...

Their intentions are admirable. Stop clubs going tits up due to their owners being glorified 12 year olds in a sweet shop. My club had 2 shit owners, and I'm confident at some point your club did to. That's how broken the system is at protecting clubs from themselves at times.

But the admirable intentions didn't factor in one major thing. The "top 6" benefitted from almost zero financial regulation for decades, made a shit ton of money by being in the right position at the right time from 1992-2000 give or take, beneficiaries of a "lock in" that still exists today.

So any financial fair play or adherence to sensible fiscal rules had to be in the context of "how do clubs who weren't at the 1992 table get a seat at it without engaging owners willing to bankroll to enormous and often reckless levels?" In my opinion the Premier League never factored this in, so created a system, that if it were implemented on day 1 of the Premier League, would possibly work well, but 30 years after a small number of clubs filled their boots with cash? No chance.

We need strong and punitive financial rules. That's clear.

But we need a system that allows clubs to grow, invest, spend and compete to get into the top 6, otherwise the perception, whether based on reality ( I don't think it is for what it's worth) or not, is that the deep football state ( ooooo, political reference) has created a puppet in Masters ( or Scudamore before him) who's only job is to maintain the status quo, keep enriching the big clubs forever while punishing equally as big but recently less successful than the current "big 6".

What that system is, I've no idea, but one has to be created or Forest and Everton's plight will be replicated as clubs push and blur lines even more in the chase to "get to the summit".

A competition can only exist if every participant plays on and off the pitch subject to the same rules and spirit.

That blatantly hasn't been the case in the Premier League nor UEFA club competitions since 1992. It's why a lock in was created to enhance the clout and success of big city clubs and is why...

Barcelona had fewer European Champions Cups than Nottingham Forest going into the new Champions League. That could not, by any means be allowed to stand.

And unless the Premier League and UEFA factor in the arbitrary "success" line they created in 1992 and since, and how some clubs immediately benefited because they were competitive at that time, which created a cabal, then all the rules that they now make, amend and ditch won't make an iota of difference.

Because every club should feel it has a shot at the title, and currently the set up in the Premier League does not allow this.

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