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Notts County boss Kevin Nolan has reiterated the need to have momentum going into next season's League Two campaign and urges his out-of-contract players to "make me want to keep them".

With the exception of Adam Collin, Mark Yeates, Carl Dickinson, Michael O'Connor and Matt Tootle, every other player on the Magpie payroll will see their current deals expire this summer.

The club secured safety last Monday despite falling to a 3-1 defeat against Portsmouth, before the weekend brought a 2-1 loss at Luton Town, which left Nolan unimpressed.

"I just thought we came away from the things we have done which have brought us so much success," Nolan told the Nottingham Post.

"I said to the players that the next week will be all about getting back to those basics. Once we do that, then you see the better football.

"I gave them a bit of a rollicking at half-time, because in the first half certainly, we looked a team that had guaranteed safety and were going through the motions.

"That's now how I want to end the season. I want momentum going into next season's campaign. With a lot of the players out of contract they have got to make me want to keep them."

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I had wanted us to try to keep the majority of the core squad, even during the 10 games defeated run as I am sick of seeing Notts players coming and going. However, I think ideally it would be wise for Kevin Nolan now to build his own squad and then to make sure the players wearing the Notts shirt are those able to remain for a few seasons.

We need good players who give 100%, who care and I'm not sure we have enough quality right now.

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It's time to get rid of dead wood .. I'm sick of excuses .. the oldest football club and not only are we stuck in league two we fold the women team. So the players who don't want to play off you go... I think a new dressing room required simple

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