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Wildcard Wednesday S1 E36: Forest Music
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Mark & Marley look back on the last 10 years of music at the City Ground.
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Introduction and Wild Card Wednesday
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, team, welcome back to Forest Daily here at GSPN. Hope you're good. Today is Wild Card Wednesday and we've got some phenomenal stuff for you. Marley, how are you, mate?
00:00:19
Marley
I am even better now that I've had a killer gym session and my limited edition training top for this season is through the post and looking as beautiful as I imagined it would do.
00:00:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's looking gorgeous. It's really nice, isn't it? We were just saying that could be a good third kit for next season, maybe.
00:00:35
Marley
Very good third kit in fact.
00:00:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah stunning
Fashion, Memories, and Childhood
00:00:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look at it. So fresh trim as well. Fresh outfit, fresh trim. It's like a birthday outfit. Do you like having like a seven year old birthday party at Power League? This is this is what you have in it. Fresh haircut, first trim.
00:00:50
Marley
Like a fresh train fresh out of the gym
00:00:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Seven, fair play. Man's got fitness needs.
Iconic Football Anthems and Match Music
00:00:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Talking music today, though, because we're talking about a forest playlist over the years that ah you you associate with forest. I think we should start with the build up to the game because I've got so many for this.
00:01:09
Marley
We've got absolutely tons some of which I don't know where the association comes from
00:01:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. All right, I'm going to throw my first one of the build up one of the yeah tunes that was ever present on the build up towards match day on Saturday. has got to be the apprentice theme tune.
00:01:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like that was always played about 510 minutes before kickoff, and it got everyone well excited before the teams come out and you always knew that build up was coming you always knew the teams were about to come out of the tunnel at some point with the apprentice theme tune going and I think that that for me is a big moment.
00:01:38
Marley
May I ask a question about the Apprentice theme tune?
00:01:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
You are gone.
00:01:42
Marley
May I ask a question about that association? What is it?
00:01:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
You've never you've never heard the apprentice theme tune.
00:01:49
Marley
It's Apprentice in the first place.
00:01:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
press TV show with Alan sugar.
00:01:53
Marley
Oh, see. Who's Alan Sugar?
00:01:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
You've never watched The Apprentice. Oh my god, making me feel so old.
00:01:57
Marley
No.
00:01:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if you were after this episode, just type in apprentice theme tune, right? On ah YouTube, listen to it, you go, Oh, I know this song, you'll hit your note from various you will 100%.
00:02:05
Marley
Right.
00:02:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Have you got any other songs in the build up when they're warming up that you're like, Yeah, this is this is actually tune.
00:02:17
Marley
ah I've got one well, I've got a load here actually because what I did two years ago something is I Paid I got in a stadium extra early and paid extra attention to you know the video that comes on pre-match paid extra attention to all the songs in order that played during that video and then between the video ending and the players walking out and So between the beginning that video and we're looking tire got every single song that plays on a playlist
00:02:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's pretty cool to fair. That is pretty class.
00:02:45
Marley
I think the one that mainly stands out for me in that that's free and And the first one is Beautiful Day by U2.
00:02:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. A hundred percent.
00:02:53
Marley
The first time I heard that song was at a city ground. I loved it. Started listening to it, added it to my main playlist. It's a banging song, banging band, and always comes on just after the video at the city ground.
00:03:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:08
Marley
Gets the atmosphere going. I love it.
00:03:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's that's me soundtrack league one Saturday afternoon, three o'clock sun's out, probably gonna draw one all against you over but you know, you always get excited for the game because you know the beautiful days on everyone's gassed.
00:03:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think beautiful day I think it led into born Slippy from underworld. And that's another tune that like always gets me well excited is that on the list as well.
00:03:28
Marley
It does, yes.
00:03:32
Marley
It is.
00:03:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep, you know, that's a banger as well.
00:03:36
Marley
It is a massive one, I love that one.
00:03:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, born Slippy, iconic old school as well, isn't it?
00:03:42
Marley
Yeah, and another old school song is the one sandwiching between those doing this playlist, Insomnia by Faithless.
00:03:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
R.I R.I.P, what a legend.
00:03:50
Marley
Rest in peace.
00:03:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, but I think that's the ultimate football song. I still play on the radio now. And I get people texting and going, whenever this plays at football, it gets me gassed. It's just the ultimate sporting song. Even when you put it on the gym, you think you're Usain Bolt, you think you're like the biggest athlete ever. You're like, I'm gonna smash this gym workout. You imagine yourself walking out the tunnel at the city ground clapping the fans, everyone's at the gyms looking at you like what are you doing? Do you know what I mean? It's one of them ones where it just gets you so excited. It's the offer me. It's the ultimate football song that's up there with like Chelsea dagger.
00:04:21
Marley
i I would be the first one to lead a campaign to bring that back at the city ground.
00:04:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. Panthers have still got it. The ice hockey.
00:04:32
Marley
Yeah, it was a some great memories, especially of Danny Pinhausk or Elastec and el last second Equalizer at home to Derby.
00:04:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah.
00:04:39
Marley
And just a whole crowd bursting into a rendition of the chorus of Chelsea Dagger. That was a special, special moment.
00:04:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. There's been many a special moment. The build up is good though, we've had some some good songs on that build up. Do you want to go to ah tunnel music next? Or do you want to ah carry on with the build up music?
00:04:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you've got any more bangers on there that you think this is worth bringing out.
00:05:01
Marley
Let's have a look. Obviously, I'm looking tired.
00:05:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:07
Marley
I do want to say Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, which plays for the majority of that video, that pre-match video.
00:05:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:18
Marley
I personally think it's a very, very good piece of music.
00:05:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, which film is that from? Is that from the Russell Crowe one?
00:05:25
Marley
I don't know which film it's from, but It's probably the the one that makes my hand hair stand on edge the most.
00:05:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, it's funny cuz I was gonna go to tunnel music next and up until we got promoted. We always had I think it was maybe the season before when they brought in like welcome to the jungle. But up until that point, we always had the TV version of the Robin Hood theme tune. And it was so iconic. And I absolutely loved it. But we got rid of it. And I'm like, why?
00:05:54
Marley
Was it the one with like the bow and arrow sounds at the beginning?
00:05:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe Maybe it's not I don't I don't think they use it anymore.
00:06:00
Marley
advantage know I've not watched all this stuff so I wouldn't be glued up on it fair the music's probably the music's probably the only one that
00:06:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's the one it was from the series with Jonas Armstrong.
00:06:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll send you the link. I'll send you that you'll know ah you it's one of them where you'll put it on in your ears. And like all those memories of the championship will come back and you're like, Oh my god, this music. Epic like if ever I was imagining myself walking out the city ground, that's why I always played every time.
00:06:27
Marley
thing I remember from those games because I don't even need anything else to remember from what? A nil-nil draw with Doncaster back in 2014.
00:06:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, there's not really. I mean, mate, you relish those moments. All right, i've but I've been there. When we've been tuning up a way over, come back to the city ground for the second leg of the playoffs and lost five two.
00:06:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was a bad night.
00:06:49
Marley
da
00:06:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that was a bad night. Aaron Davis ruined his that night and then signed for his that summer.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
devastate him Devastating, devastating.
00:06:59
Marley
the yeah A theme I want to bring up, feels like we're moving a bit too quickly if I'm honest, but the theme I want to bring up is musically associated with the city ground, not from going to the game and hearing it at the game, but music that you play on your way to the stadium to get yourself a bit pumped up in the mood for watching the football.
00:07:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, I like that. Let's play one of the ads first and then we'll come back and do that next.
00:07:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
love that northern accents. Great, wasn't it?
00:07:52
Marley
very very good although hopefully we don't hear any northern accent celebrating on sunday well the main one uh which i love listening to before going to a forest game is no one knows by queens of the stone age
00:07:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very, very good.
00:07:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, no, this is it. Big game, big game. What are you going to be listening to on the build up to Newcastle? Because you're talking about, you know, that journey to the city ground getting excited with your family, your friends, what are the tunes on the playlist?
00:08:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, yeah, like rock bands are good to be fair.
00:08:22
Marley
There's some reason that song is one of three, which whenever I hear it, I immediately think football, getting ready, getting in the mood, getting pumped up. I just want to watch it now.
00:08:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, okay, right.
00:08:36
Marley
um
00:08:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
What's next?
00:08:39
Marley
Especially the chorus bit one goes, and I really, that bit is so good. Second one for the same reason, whenever I hear it, I just associate it with football, associate it with happy times.
00:08:52
Marley
And I absolutely love it. Is a song by... I don't actually know if it's a good idea mentioning it on here, I'm not gonna lie. Because it's a song by a very controversial artist.
00:09:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, naughty. Right. Okay, fine. So we've got a naughty option at two.
00:09:07
Marley
Am I allowed to mention it?
00:09:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
What's option three?
00:09:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, it depends who the artist is.
00:09:15
Marley
Kanye West and Black Skinned.
00:09:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Kanye is all right.
00:09:19
Marley
Black Skinned then by Kanye West.
00:09:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, fair. Yeah, I can see why that would get you pumped.
00:09:24
Marley
I do really like, really like that song. Enjoy it before the football. I don't actually know if it's in this playlist.
00:09:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I miss his old music man.
00:09:32
Marley
No, it's not.
00:09:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
He had so many good old school tunes. ah You know, I mean, stronger is always a good one to get your pumps for sure. ah The OG days of Kanye.
00:09:39
Marley
I'm, I love, I love old music.
00:09:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there's some really good ones.
00:09:44
Marley
The third one, the third one is another song which I massively associate with football. and uh let's put it this way it's a more modern one ah associated with football because of fifa it's not as not a song that's very well known outside of fifa but it's walk by yeah it's um yeah it's as ah annoying as ever
00:10:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, yeah, why? Which song is it?
00:10:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Okay, yeah. Yeah, I know the FIFA theme tune very well. Mm hmm. I've played it many a years, many a minute. I'm not playing the new one yet. though I'm well excited.
00:10:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is that have you got the new one yet? FC 25?
00:10:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, is it? but Are there any new grounds though?
00:10:26
Marley
rebounds ah rebounds are broken.
00:10:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
rebounds are broken.
00:10:31
Marley
Yeah, if your opponent takes a shot and your keeper saves it, you can guarantee it falls to their three striker.
00:10:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, that's annoying.
00:10:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I'm like career mode as well.
00:10:43
Marley
um Career mode's fine.
00:10:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, is it so that's just online?
00:10:46
Marley
I'm just annoyed. I'm just annoyed because I messed up. I sold all my best players and forgot to replace them.
00:10:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Got it. Are there any new grounds on it? Like is the the Coventry grounds meant to be on it? Rico and not?
00:10:56
Marley
ah Portman Road has just is going to be added soon.
00:10:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
really Yeah.
00:11:00
Marley
Kenilworth Road, the entire Blooming Championship pretty much.
00:11:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I was gonna say because Coventry grounds meant to be on there in it. And then the um it black bird meant to be on there or Bristol or someone.
00:11:10
Marley
Bristol I think, Ashton Gate.
00:11:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, have you played there yet?
00:11:15
Marley
No, no not yet.
00:11:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, man, that's the first thing I do. I play
Gaming Talk: FIFA 25
00:11:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
all the new grounds. I'm such a geek.
00:11:20
Marley
Now I've got Hall promoted. Sold half the team, forgot to replace everyone.
00:11:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
You got whole promoted.
00:11:30
Marley
Yeah.
00:11:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
What on manager mode?
00:11:33
Marley
Yeah.
00:11:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
So did you not play? Did you not play the away games at like Bristol City? in bazar Yeah, you play most of the home games.
00:11:38
Marley
I played a few away games, but I also assumed quite a lot of them. Play more away games if I'm honest than home games.
00:11:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, same idea, because you always feel like you're gonna lose.
00:11:52
Marley
No, it's just more because I enjoy running towards the away end when I score.
00:11:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
you think it probably realistic. Anyway, let's get back into the music because we've, um we've talked to all the music now. Obviously, for us currently have got, you know, that welcome to the jungle, they've had some guns and roses playing recently, obviously, the Premier League themed shoe, which now gets booed all the time. But that's not really, I don't think that's really something we associate with forest. That's more with the Premier League itself. And that when you play on FIFA, you always hear it, don't you? But is there any songs like throughout the game, maybe halftime tunes that you hear, you think like, you know, after a good first half, you're like, yeah, that's a banger to come on.
00:12:26
Marley
sandstorm sandstorm
00:12:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Dig in. I'll buy Darude. Oh, mate. What a tune. That is a tune. That's going to get a pint in a pie.
00:12:36
Marley
when that comes on when that comes on you know the players are about to run back out for second off you can start clapping get your scars ready for Morgans ire
00:12:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
well of kin time What an absolute screamer. So good in it. Right, we're gonna play second advert now and then we're gonna go into end of game music because I mean, there's just so many to go through in there. There's so many to go through. We'll do it next.
00:13:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is there again that Northern accent? Oh, it's good in it.
00:13:32
Marley
Very very good. Very warm and welcoming.
00:13:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, your club. Fantastic. It is our club as well as forest. And we're talking about music at the end of the games. Can I go straight in and throw one in?
00:13:44
Marley
Go ahead.
00:13:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
You just can't get enough, can you just can't get enough.
00:13:48
Marley
What a tune. Disappointed that we dropped it when ah Cooper got sacked.
00:13:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're kidding. Why?
00:13:57
Marley
Because it might start with a new era, isn't it? Sadly. But at the same time, I just don't think rocking all over the world hits the same. It's good, but just doesn't have the same effect. Like it takes a while for the crowd to actually get into it until the chorus, whereas just can't get enough. Everyone was bouncing from the start of the song.
00:14:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, also, they're like, I mean, you look at the the song choice themselves, I mean, Panthers still use just got to get enough. They also, um they use a few of the good ones as well that I think we could definitely nick at forest. But like, if you look back to when the days when we were at Wembley, right, the limbs there, like the amount of people who text me were like I've never seen them like that anywhere, ever.
00:14:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, you know, when you won and got promoted to the Premier League, and I was top tier for that. ah So it was like, I was gonna fall down to my death on the pitch. Because obviously, everyone's going crazy.
00:14:43
Marley
I was private box those it does and looking down from um a private box which I'm I was very lucky to be and I'll be honest um it was
00:14:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
But you watch the videos from the Huddersfield end, and it just looks it looks incredible, doesn't it? Like, it looks really actually quite brilliant.
00:15:02
Marley
amazing really i wish i i wished i was actually in there with the rest of them with the rest of you it was yeah limbs i would change it but i'm not sure what to yet one that i like which sadly sounds like it's been dropped from the post match playlist for a song i don't even know but
00:15:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. What's your go-to song at the end of the game? Then are you, are you, are you okay for now with rocking over the world or would you change it for someone else?
00:15:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
What?
00:15:27
Marley
It played after Don't Stop Me Now last season, and the season before. And the first time I heard it being played was in a celebration of survival against Arsenal. And since then, every time we've won, when I've been at ground, I've heard it for stay long enough after Don't Stop Me Now until this season when we seem to have dropped it.
00:15:45
Marley
And that's Tom Grennan found what I've been looking for.
00:15:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeahchi yeah, Yeah, massive tune.
00:15:50
Marley
Absolute banging tune.
00:15:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tom's great for like football tunes. He's now released his own Gillette single and all sorts. Christmas tune coming out from in the machine. I could hear that Christmas at the city ground.
00:16:00
Marley
Who knows?
00:16:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
How long do you think it'll be before we start playing all the Christmas bangers at the big CG?
00:16:07
Marley
um 1st December, no earlier hopefully.
00:16:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Imagine beat Newcastle and Mariah comes on. I'll be quite surprised when it
00:16:16
Marley
I've been first time I've ever left the ground as soon as the full-time whistle's gone at a win.
00:16:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think we could um play any songs that rile opponents up? Do you think after any victories, we could play some of their favourite songs?
00:16:29
Marley
A local hero for Windows Sunday would be wouldn't go a mess.
00:16:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
It would be savage. Savage. Waving the forest flags to that.
00:16:37
Marley
I'm trying to think of...
00:16:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
That that would start war, I think.
00:16:43
Marley
It probably would, to be fair.
Match Anticipation: Forest vs Newcastle
00:16:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:46
Marley
Oh, it's Newcastle away tomorrow.
00:16:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nice tune.
00:16:49
Marley
What's wrong with that? they They said they're going to have snipers in the Gallagate end.
00:16:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep. That's all right. We'll just you know, they won't be able to do anything because Chris would have scored four before them. We'll have all have gone home.
00:17:00
Marley
ah
00:17:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
A big one on Saturday, though, in Newcastle Forest Sunday, even Woody against Arsenal again, and he's in the form of his life.
00:17:09
Marley
Massive, massive, massive game.
00:17:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh,
00:17:11
Marley
um Winning that game sets us four wins in a row going into a massive away game at Arsenal in our title race.
00:17:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, well, the fixes coming up are, in ah you know, they're difficult. We've got arson away, Brentford away is is somewhere in the next few. Obviously, we've got Ipswich at home, but then we've got back to back man United and man city away.
00:17:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that's gonna be difficult city will always be hard away and united will have amaran by then so they'll probably have saw themselves out.
00:17:33
Marley
Very difficult.
00:17:38
Marley
The only benefit is fans might get a get a decent holiday.
00:17:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why Manchester?
00:17:47
Marley
Well, there's no point going to Manchester on Wednesday, watching the game, going home, then going back on Saturday, watching the game, going home. They might as well stay in Manchester over the week.
00:17:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100% I would. I thought about the team doing that. But there's just no train is there?
00:18:02
Marley
Hmm, no, not really unless they can hijack one of the clubs training grounds You know what with with top five in the prem f throw all the more sulfur city off air training ground Not not the best not the best like um Facilities, but they can train at a local park.
00:18:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, well, I mean, not a bad idea. It's not give them some money. Preparation.
00:18:26
Marley
They're only National League lead to
00:18:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, anyway air very be It'd be fine. We could just train on their home pitch, man.
00:18:35
Marley
Welcome to the Peninsula Stadium training session of the Nottingham Forest on Boundary Park.
00:18:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that would sell tickets that would. Right, let's ah last last kind of 510 minutes. What are the songs over the years? Have you really isolated back to like forest? Is there any particular chance that you're like, I used to love this chant? Is there any that we used to do that we think we can bring back?
00:18:57
Marley
I'm trying to think. I think Don't You Love Me Baby for Brian Johnson was very, very good.
00:19:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it was good.
00:19:06
Marley
One that I really want to see return, and I've kept thinking of ah players that we could use it for, was Ain't Nobody.
00:19:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, another massive one. Personally, my favorite one was was definitely super Cooper for super trooper momma Mia. I just think from Abba, it's just so good.
00:19:24
Marley
but There is one, it's not particularly that I want the song to be a forest chant, but it's that this player, his name suits the song so so well.
00:19:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, go on.
00:19:37
Marley
Ramen Sosa Rasputin.
00:19:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, that would be phenomenal, mate. You've got to start singing that.
00:19:45
Marley
rah Ra-Ra-Monsosa. Ra-Ra-Monsosa would go so good on the terraces.
00:19:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh my God, it really would.
00:19:54
Marley
I also tried to make a um ah version of Belter by Jerry Cinnamon for Elliot Anderson.
00:20:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, good idea. We could you know what the the ABBA song the super keeper, we could always change it to Olorina.
00:20:10
Marley
true true it's not one or two gimmicks that fans have made but they've not become things i mean there's one to to 500 miles by um by proclaimers and one to macarena there was a lot that came through but
00:20:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because he's not got a song yet he deserves one after that blast he did the other day.
00:20:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:20:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
fair. fair. We do need some we need some more iconic songs. Don't we? I feel like the Cooper era had so many iconic songs. but My favorite one recently was has got to be the 30 signings. Who gives up the Red's of staying up a palace that was last a moment.
00:20:48
Marley
We could do with a new Wacka Wacka chant.
00:20:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we could just brilliant just
00:20:53
Marley
Maybe just change the 30 signings or points deduction part to written off.
00:20:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 30 points we've actually got this year. The Reds are going up.
00:21:03
Marley
Sami Naminat AA, Wacka Wacka AA, written off who gives her the reds are on the up.
00:21:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, mate. If we beat Newcastle at 22 points, mate, as we're basically survival by then.
00:21:16
Marley
That would be astounding. And if they havent if they don't win, which is unlikely, there will be one point off Manchester City.
00:21:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I mean, I think Newcastle will come out as but you know, a Newcastle look really hit and miss this season. They're either brilliant or awful.
00:21:37
Marley
Would you like to know an extremely interesting fact that I saw, which is actually quite exciting?
00:21:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go on.
Season Performance Comparisons
00:21:44
Marley
Would you like to know the ko and our current form at the start of the season compared to another team's form in a certain season at the same point in the season.
00:21:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go on.
00:21:57
Marley
So after 10 games in 2024-25 season, Nottingham Forest had played 10, won 5, drawn 4 and lost 1 with a points tally of 19.
00:22:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:22:08
Marley
After 10 games in 2015-16 season, Leicester City had played 10, won 5, drawn 4 and lost 1 with a 19 points tally.
00:22:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
I knew you were going that way. um I might put a five on us to win the league.
00:22:18
Marley
and and may May I point this out? A lower goal difference than we have right now.
00:22:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mate, when we are flying, we are. I actually I'm tempted to put a five on as one in the league.
00:22:31
Marley
I want to put a fiver each way on Chris Wood to win the goal and boot and then I get a massive return if he comes top three.
00:22:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's true. Now is the time to put them on redeem the winnings at the end of the season, my friend. Like my mate is a job, I think Lester was like five games in and Lester were like fourth, weren't they ultimate? And as a joke, I think he was drunk, he put a fiver on Lester to win. And, ah and I think with a month to go to the end of the season, there were like four points clear. And the betting companies were like panicking. So they, um they yeah they messaged him and were like, look,
00:23:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
we want you to cash out. Like, you know, if you if you win, if you I think if you do one of the odds, he could have got like 22 grand. But I think he cashed out at six. And he was I didn't think somebody somebody below had a game in hand. And he was like, you know what, I'll take him up in eight, eight grand, I think, but he cashed down was like, I'll take it. And obviously, Lester went on to win. I think he lost about 10 grand in the end. But he was like, you know what, like, I don't care. I paid a fiver, but I got eight grand back.
00:23:33
Marley
That is mental.
00:23:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mad, isn't it? And also he could relax and enjoy the end of the season then. Obviously, I lost 12 grand, but equally, if you don't cash, it I'd rather cash out and go I've got it rather than like going I'll take the risk and losing eight grand.
00:23:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I can't afford to lose eight grand. I mean, no way.
00:23:52
Marley
That's true. mean I mean, placing bets has put me in situations where I'm angry at the referee and the game that we're not even involved in.
Betting Anecdotes and Emotions
00:24:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:24:01
Marley
I needed them ah needed Joe Linden to get booked. He committed two fouls which both should have been bookings and he didn't get booked for any of them.
00:24:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, raging. I hate that. It doesn't make you really analyze games as well, don't it?
00:24:13
Marley
Also I am needed Sakka to get a goal or a six and he turned into Prime. Prime and I mean PRIME. and die
00:24:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Still a baller, still a baller. I love one of your players at forest. But yeah, that was a good, good episode, good music choices. And how many memories they bring back? Do you I mean, for
00:24:39
Marley
Not many good ones if I'm honest Not many good ones from before 2022
00:24:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
You are not many good ones. Well, on that note, we'll leave you there. Yeah, we'll just music choices from now on, if you've got any to, you know, comment in the socials to cheer Marley up. But um on that bombshell, we'll see you next time.