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It was encouraging that Gibson mentioned that the club are putting measures in place to hopefully prevent us having so many injuries in future. I think that's been a massive factor in the derailing of our season. Some were saying it was just down to bad luck but I didn't buy into that, and it's...

Yeah, he said that he remembers walking into the dressing room after Karanka left and all he could hear were Spanish accents. He knew then that a huge rebuild was required. I think there ended up being a huge split in the dressing room between the Spanish lads and everyone else, and maybe he's...

He also said that there were several out of work managers who he'd considered appointing after Karanka left but they all wanted long-term contracts, which is why he decided to just stick with Agnew until the end of the season and see where we'd end up.

Oh, just remembered a couple of comical stories he'd told. He told a story of parking his car outside the Riverside for a game just after we'd won the Carling cup, and loads of fans were shaking his hand and thanking him etc. Then one fan had a go at him and called him a crook because the...

You have a better memory than me. I thought it was interesting that he'd said he's never gifted players to managers. I was half-expecting somebody to shout up and ask "what about Downing?". On the subject of Karanka, I remember him saying something along the lines of "overseas managers aren't...

Yeah, I can remember him making those points now. I think if I remember rightly he said he gets frustrated when he hears that fans are complaining about their season ticket being increased by £1.50 per game, in comparison to what he has to put into the club just to keep it running. I think my...

Brilliant night, and I'd like to say a big thanks to @fmttmadmin for organising it. Have to say, the free bar was very much appreciated. Gibson was in good form and happy to chat to fans after the event and stand for selfies (I got mine). So below is pretty much what I can remember. - Said...

Forgot to reply to this post the other day but yes, having an U16, 16-18 and 18-21 category would be good. Charge £5 for U16's - they're going to have to be accompanied by an adult, so if a father took his young son to the game the club would still end up making £37.

Yeah, that's true, although you can't really say that about Apkom last season. I find Azaz frustrating to watch at the moment because you can see he has ability on the ball and a good footballing brain but things just aren't quite coming off for him, but hopefully over time they will and he...

Yeah, I found it a bit odd that Carrick was playing him out on the left initially - he's looked much better playing centrally. There are real signs there that he's building a good understanding with Lath. It was Azaz's quick thinking to play the first time through ball to Lath which led to the...

That gives me encouragement to think he may be willing to take a decent sized pay cut then, in order to stay here and play games.

I don't think we'd be signing him to be an upgrade on Howson in all fairness, it would be to either compete with Hackney, or replace him if Hackney does end up leaving.

Was thinking it might depend on how big of a loss Forest are prepared to take on him - they bought him for £8m so us signing him for £2m would represent a significant loss, but again it will depend on how desperate they'll be to offload him.

A lot of it will depend on how desperate he is to play regular games of football. Is he one of these types who's happy to sit on the bench, or not even make match squads and still pick up his high wages for two years? Realistically I can't see a host of other Championship clubs coming in for...

They might choose to offload the high earners who don't have that Championship experience. O'Brien has proven himself at this level and that may influence their thinking. Smallbone had seemingly been classed as being surplus to requirements by Southampton when they were in the Premier League...