Ricardo Moniz: 'Two-faced Notts need sorting'

Ricardo Moniz has praised Notts County for not giving up against Newport and ‘deservedly’ winning the game 4-3, even though their ‘two-faced’ aspect needs to be sorted out.

The Exiles struck twice in the opening 10 minutes through Mark Byrne and Alex Rodman, but the Magpies were level by the break through Liam Noble and Izale McLeod.

The former Crawley man nodded in midway through the first half to put Notts ahead, but Newport levelled with just six minutes to play through Scott Boden.

Just when it seemed like it would be honours even at the Lane, Noble popped up six minutes into injury time to clinch a thrilling win.
 
Moniz said after the game: "We can be brilliant or we can be horrible. In the first 30 minutes what was going through my mind was that we must show some fight because that's all you can do.

"You want to reach out to the players because you cannot give up, even if it had become 3-0 which it could have happened. 

“We were totally lost, but we had to restore the organisation of the team and they were powerless when we began to put them under pressure

"It was such a big win for us. The players were unbelievably happy, but everybody will be saying how come you have these two faces?

"The inconsistency is the story of the season. We are trying to get a little bit nearer to sorting it. But it was a deserved win." 

Notts are now 14th in League Two, five points behind the playoffs.