By Blink1862
This upcoming season Notts must not forget the importance of playing at home, as last year’s abysmal record will no doubt prove, yet high-flying football clubs build their promotion form based on how they do in front of their own fans.
Therefore, we must reflect this within our bid for promotion back to League 1 and find the right balance of players in order to do so.
I have been to a number of games whereby the build up to the match adds to the interest of the game ahead and some clubs really do fortify the use of their home crowd who attend. This is something that, in my personal opinion, Notts fail to do.
So, it’s not so easy for the club to just ask for the backing of the fans because they have to do something in order to warrant it. Having the squad warm up and train in front of the crowd is a way to get the players to lift the moment, yet it is on the field when and where it truly matters.
Watching games at Meadow Lane can be extremely awkward, even against sides which are supposedly weaker than us.
Having the right players will make a massive difference, as would players who represented themselves within the local community and around the actual supporters. It would go a long way, as the support is part of the key to the success and if we can go back to the days whereby we moved the ball forward, I am sure this would have supporters encouraging play by singing or making noise and not just repeatedly shouts from the guy behind informing fans nearby x player is a pile of (well I won’t say it).
Only five of the 23 home games at Meadow Lane were won last season. 16 games in, Notts had already achieved the lonesome figure away from home. It was afterwards where form just went completely out of the window and it lead to our relegation back into League 2.
Notts must put the relegation behind them; they must look to reuniting and firmly getting the victories, which will pave the way for fans to return to see the mighty magpies, rather than the attendance lowering each season.
For a club which operates on the income generated by its supporters, they must not forget that home victories are what ultimately draws any interest into the football club.
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