28 years ago today, the final whistle goes in Rome, and England qualify for the 1998 World Cup.
So much pride, elation and passion, plus the brilliant Brian Moore on commentary.
Glorious stuff. 🏴
At the same time Man Utd are being fried and battered by Grimsby, Rangers are 9–1 down on aggregate to Club Brugge.
The link? Managers enslaved to dogma. Amorim clings to a 3-4-3 that asks huge demands of every role and can be undone by basic tactical ploys, which teams across the football pyramid can use.
Russell Martin meanwhile is a pseudo-Pep, parroting positional play with none of the nuance, trying to force patterns onto squads completely unsuited to execute them. Both are so wedded to their principles that their rigidity actively handicaps their teams.
So many positives to take from that. Never known #nffc to have so many positive options from the bench. You compare our subs to palace and it’s another level. The club is in such a great place. I really hope Nuno, Edu and the big man can find a resolution.
It’s mad at best of times on #nffc timeline but last few days been mental. We lap it up and love it. But these tweets are becoming boring now repeating the same shit. Journalists got us on strings
🚨🔥 Juventus and Nottingham Forest will meet again for Douglas Luiz in the next few hours, with talks entering a decisive stage.
Agreement on personal terms is already in place, now everything depends on the formula clubs can agree on.
All the details on @TEAMtalk ⤵️
🚨🌳 EXCLUSIVE: Nottingham Forest are closing in on James McAtee deal with Manchester City!
Agreement at the final stages for fee in excess of £20m, #NFFC confident to get it done… here we go, expected soon.