Kevin Nolan eager for Notts County players to "stand up and be counted"

Kevin Nolan has urged the Notts County players to "stand up and be counted" over the coming weeks as the League Two campaign enters its latter stages.

The Magpies' form has taken a downturn in recent weeks, the last eight league games yielding four defeats and just two wins.

On Tuesday night, Notts fell to a 1-0 defeat at Cambridge United which saw their hopes of automatic promotion take another huge blow.

“They are not used to losing games so regularly all season,” Nolan told the Nottingham Post.

“Before the turn of the year we had only lost three whereas we’ve now lost four since the start of January.

“They are bound to be feeling the pressure when that starts happening because people start griping.

“People start having a go and it’s about being able to stand up and be counted.

“I will stand up and be counted because I’ve been through this in my career and hopefully I will help them come through it and be better people and players for it.

“It’s down to me to help take the pressure off and we are doing that week in, week out, day in, day out to switch them away from league tables etc.

“We just need to concentrate on us. It doesn’t matter what happens in February, it’s what happens in April and May.

“That’s when the real pressure comes. Hopefully we’ve had it and when it comes round again in April and May we will be ready and more experienced for it.

“We are a team in transition with lots of new players who have only joined me in July.

“They have done fantastically well and I am not taking that away from them or making an excuse, because I believe where they are is because they are good enough.

“At the minute they are just finding it a bit tough, but we all have to stick together to make sure we get back to where we were as quickly as possible.”

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