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Carl Dickinson has defended Notts County's style of play and is adamant that winning promotion from League Two would be great for "shutting a few people up".

The Magpies have received criticism this season over how they play, which has seen plenty of moments in games where the ball is lumped up top.

Dickinson, however, thinks accusations of being a long-ball side are wide of the mark and says their play is "effective" as they aim to make it five games unbeaten at Chesterfield on Sunday.

β€œWe know what we are good at, and we are never going to be the prettiest team on the eye,” the left-back told the Nottingham Post.

β€œPeople don't think we play good football, but we do at times and they don't realise that.

β€œThey say Notts County are this long ball team, but it’s not. It’s effective football and I think maybe it (good football) goes a bit unnoticed but let them think that.

β€œWe'll just keep plugging away and hopefully prove a lot of people wrong.

β€œIt doesn’t bother the players because come the end of the season, if we do win promotion, then we can shut a few people up.

β€œEveryone's entitled to their own opinion that's why football is so great. But like I said, we know what we're about and we know what we need to do.

β€œWe plan on taking that forward and trying to finish this season as strongly as possible.”

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