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I think Alan Carr would of been better off playing American Football He could have been a Tight End Or Even A Wide Receiver.

I Thought They Had Therapists To Help Them Focus @liampie ? They have them for practically Everything else. It just appears that the England Players Don't Seemed Bothered. They're Poorly Coached and Lead. I know I keep going on about Southgate, but the Buck Stops with him, when all is said and done. Then when the Players cross the White Line there is No Leader on the Pitch. Kane is the Captain why ? I will never understand making a Striker the Captain of his Country or Team, his Job is to Score Goals and be in the Oppositions Box Rather than his Own, as stated by other PON Members.. A Good Hard Nosed No Nonsense Defender is what is Required for the Captaincy some one to Inspire, Help, Influence his Team Mates. But most of All Lead Them.

@Robbie A lot of Premier Teams wont Allow Players to be realised to play for their Counties. Alex Ferguson was a Main one for doing this, many was the Time he was asked to Release Players for England Duty, and every time it was a Firm NO!! The Idea of Financial Compensation may have to be adopted as you suggest, the problem arises as I see it, is the England Players abroad. The F.A. would have to pay other Countries Governing Bodies for them to release English players in their teams. And would the F.A wont to do that? Pay for the Release of Jude Bellingham from the Spanish League or Harry Kane from Germany? My Guess would be No because it wouldn't cost the F.A. any compensation if those players were Left out of the England Squad. Regardless of England's need.

Napoleon and his Army marched back through the High Winds and Driving Snow, after the disaster of their Russian Campaign, for three days they had marched when Finally the Emperor Calls HALT The order is sent down the line of Battle wary Soldiers.. Suddenly about a Half Mile back a loan Trooper breaks ranks and goes hurrying along the Ranks of Tired Soldiers. 20 minutes later, running in full kit with his rifle, Sweat pouring down his face and Gasping for Breath, the Trooper looks at his Emperor Yeah What Do You Want? Napoleon looks at him and says I Called HALT. HALT says the Soldier I thought You Called WALT.

@Robbie Sorry Not Following the Euro's as Close as You. Apparently there are things other that Football on the Box. So the Wife Says.

@Robbie This is what I mean an awful lot of Fans are under the I illusion that Managers such as Big Sam and Neil Warnock despite their Massive experience at Club Management level, Can Not Adopt to the Modern Game. Really? The Strange thing is when a Club is in Trouble and face Relegation, it's this type of Manager/Head Coach they turn to and once they achieve Safety, they're usually Let Go. And Fans Moan they're only in it for the Money, regardless of them Saving their Club from Going Down. If they're offered a good wage then they are going to take up the Offer after all if you're Good At Something Never Do It For Free. Look at David Moyes saves West Ham from the drop, gets the Hammers regular top Half Finishes in the Premier League, qualifies for Europe three seasons in succession, Wins West Ham a Trophy for the first time in 43 years and he's Sacked. Why? They don't like the way his Team Play Football. The Mind Boggles. Apologies for going slightly off Topic.

@DangerousSausage Yes but we're Talking Germany France, Spain, Italy and Portugal I don't see any of them taking their Foot off the Pedal as it were. The Big challenge of getting the best out of a Bunch of Players who play for different Clubs and moulding them into a Team. Well lets see Southgate, has had 8 years to get it right and he ain't Done It Yet. And doesn't Every Other International Team Coach have the Same Problem? It would appear that their Coaches Know how to Produce a Team Capable of Winning Big Tournaments, because they Play As A Team. Not As Individuals.

@Robbie It would seem that it does not matter how successful Big Sam as been or how much Experience he's has it seems that people can Not Forget the Scandal which he was involved with, (regardless of being him Acquitted) still hold the view that he shouldn't be granted another chance. If you want to talk about Corruption in Football Look No Further Than Sepp Blatter. Now there is a Criminal getting backhanders from World Football Governing Bodies, Royal Families and other Countries Governments. Anyway I'm wondering off the subject. As you have stated Big Sam will have a coaching staff around him should he take the Welsh job to help him with the running of the Squad. One Thing that Big Sam has that Southgate Doesn't is Man management skills and an incredible way of making Poor Players into Average Players, Average Players into Good Players and Good Players into Star players. He can make Players Gel Turn them into a United Group who believe in themselves and in Each Other. Look how many times he's saved teams from Relegation by giving players that belief. And Southgate? Well as soon as his England Coaching Days are over (please make it after this tournament) what will happen? he'll probably get offered a Couple of Coaching roles somewhere. But I think eventually he'll get a Job at the B.B.C as a Pundit. They seem to Hire Any Old Rubbish.

@CliftonMagpie They Are Professional Sportsman and get Payed Vast Amounts Of Money. They should be able to Play On A Ploughed Field. Weather Wise what about the England Team who played in Mexico in 1970? They had No Food Guru No Team of Specialists to look after their every need. No they just Rolled Their Sleeves Up And Got On With It. If memory serves the Only Thing the England Squad had over in Mexico was a New Type of Shirt, to help regarding their Sweating It was a New Cloth which was termed as Breathable.

@Piethagoram Entrapment by the Gutter Press and was Cleared Of Any Wrong Doings. Regarding leaving Notts didn't Big Sam's wife a lot to do with that, wishing to return to live in the North ? Happy Wife Happy Life.

@Piethagoram You're having a Laugh. Really your Not Serious are you? Big Sam vs Gareth Southgate. A Manager with Sam's record at Club Level against somebody who's Management credentials were managing Middlesbrough, and some success with the England Under 21 side. And didn't Big Sam do rather well at Meadow Lane, or has that Slipped your Memory?

@super_ram One of the most Vivid things I remember about Dave Mackay was that photo of him and Billy Bremner, where Dave's got Bremner by the front of his shirt and is almost lifting him off the Ground in Shear Anger. What had happened Dave wasn't long back after Breaking a Leg and Bremner had Fouled him, and Dave didn't like it which was understandable remembering the Dirty Leeds Side of the 1970's.

How Does Dracula get about ? He travels in a Blood Vessel. It wasn't until I'd Shot the 5th Zombie, that I realized they all were carrying Bags of Sweets. At Halloween, why do Fat Kids always dress up as Skeletons? Why was the Skeleton Sad at the Disco? Because he had No Body To Dance With.

@super_ram That's a Strong Possibility ,the only reason I said John O'Hare was that he scored a late goal vs Leeds to Knock them out of the F.A Cup 3-2, and the Ball came off his Chest, and it was said Old Barrell Chest's scored the winner. Mind You it was an awful Long Time Ago so memories ain't as Sharp as they used to be. I also remember Dave Mackay was once called by a Reporter when he first signed for Derby Old Man River, because he just keeps Rolling Along. Wasn't he due to Retire before Cloughie brought him to the Baseball Ground?

Another player who was signed by the Magpies, but hardly played for the First team, being Loaned out Season after Season so never got the Chance to show his abilities, then was realised by the Club at the end of his Contract. That seems to be the Lot of many Academy Players at Notts repeatedly Loaned out season following season, not given much of a chance to play first team Football, then moved on once their contract is up. Despite the Fact that the Head of Recruitment insists that he wants players in the Notts First XI who have come through the Academy. Unless he gets his chance this season Tiernan Brookes may be another player on his way, once his contract ends.

@super_ram I always thought John O'Hare's Nickname was Barrell, because of his Barrelled Chest?

@CliftonMagpie No Leadership On Or Off The Pitch.

@CliftonMagpie Newfoundland and Labrador possibly couldn't Afford to Sponsor a Premier League or Championship Side. Or they may have been Sold the Story that like Wrexham they are Team on the Up.

A lot of the Nicknames in this thread are based on the Players Name Which May or May Not be the Easy way to go about things? Current Notts players not Mentioned. Jodi Jones - Jonesy. Sam Slocombe - Slokes. Aaron Nemane - Aza. Scott Robertson- Robbo Cedwyn Scott - Scotty. The List just goes on. Another Nickname for Jodi - Corporal, after Clive Dunn's character in Dad's Army Corporal Jones.

Well they could do a Lot worse @Robbie. It would be interesting to see how Wales performed under a Allardyce Leadership. Compared to England, Wales haven't got a line up of Star Players to rely on, and it would be down to a Manager to enforce his Will Personality and Experience on the Players he as available, and Big Sam has all that in Bucket Loads. And Providing the Welsh F.A. are only interested in Success and will allow Allardyce to run the team his way with No Interference then there's No Reason why Wales Shouldn't Enjoy Success, because Big Sam will mould the Welsh Lads into a Team who play together and for Each Other, unlike the Individuals in the England Team.

@menzinho Funnily enough I was going to say the same an English Football Team being Sponsored by a Couple of Dogs? Great Minds and All That.

Well it appears that the Main Excuse why England don't Press Is (Drum Roll) The Players ARE TO TIRED. Oh the Poor Lambs. Getting Paid Vast Amounts of Money, Holidaying in Sunny Climbs, Playing Once maybe twice a Week during the season and they're To Tired. Ye Gods these are supposed to be Top Athletes in Prime Condition who have all manner people Pandering to their every need, Food Wise Medical Wise etc. But they can't run up a Football Pitch, and Press the Opposition because they're Tired. B.S. Interestingly Foreign Players who play in the Premier League, and for other National Sides, Don't seem to be Tired. NO the Reason why England Don't Press is they Have A Head Coach who has No Idea how to Lead or set up a Team.

With the Stories of the Players Notts have signed and the progress of England and Scotland in the Euro's I thought I'd take a break from Football and tell a Story not football related. And hopefully PON members will come on this thread and tell us all, a Story that they know. It doesn't have to be funny or Football Related. It can be about Hope or a Kind Act or just something that either happened to you or some one you know. A story that's stuck with you for years and hopefully you will be willing to Share with other members. Here's mine. My Mate Paul told me this story. A few years ago a family moved into the Big House (as the locals called it) next to the estate were he lived. Paul got to know the kids and hung around with them. One Day he was invited to the House. He told me all about the House, I wont bore you with the details. Outside the back Garden was massive, Paul had never seen anything so big. There was a big lawn to play on, and at the bottom of the Garden was a Fish Pond and in this Pond, Paul's mates Dad kept Koi Carp. Everything my Mate was told took second place to their Dad's Koi. One day the Kids Dad found a Heron stalking around the Pond, thankfully he managed to shoo it off, before it did any Damage and ate any Fish. Not wanting to lose any of his Expensive Stock, the Dad sort advice and was told to get a Fake Heron a model and place it near the Pond, so any real Heron who saw the Fake one would think that, that was the Fake Heron's territory and would leave the Pond Alone. So with the Fake Heron in place everything went smoothly for a few months. Until the Night of the Big Storm. Torrential Rain and High Winds battered the area and finally once the Storm was over ,the Koi owner went out to inspect the Damage. There were a few tiles missing off the Roof, garden furniture had been blown over then the Dad went to inspect his Koi pond. The Plants around and about had been Damaged by the Winds the water of the Pond appeared murky and the Fake Heron had fallen over, and it's head was under water. On picking up the Heron the Koi owner, found that the Fake Heron had impaled his most expensive Fish (about £800's worth) on it's metal beak.

When you've been married a long time a lot of things change from the Honeymoon Period of when you're first Married. I mean I know I shouldn't but I do little things, to annoy the wife, things like waking up in a Morning, Now that Really Annoys Her. Then things change like your body , you'll never guess what my wife as got Between her Boobs to try and turn me on. Her Belly Button. My Wife as the smallest bladder in the World. Stop the car I need to Pee. We're Not Even Out of the Drive way. Your Love Life changes as well we used have a Good Love Life, now we just lie in Bed and Fart at Each Other. I said to her What Do You Want for your Birthday? A Widow's pension. Mind You my Mate was telling me he knew when his wife had fallen out of Love with him. A few months ago, he had a Heart Attack and his Wife wrote for an Ambulance. My other Mate was telling me his wife thought their Love Life was Boring, the other night they were making Love and she put the Ash Tray in the middle of his Back. So I said to My Wife. What Are You Going To When I'm Dead? She replied Hopefully I'll Be Acquitted.

@Robbie If Notts had Adopted this Tactic Last Season they might Not Have let in So Many Goals.