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Joe Jones
Notts County owner Alan Hardy has urged families across the region to head down to Notts County during their community day on Saturday.
The Magpies host Forest Green Rovers at Meadow Lane this weekend as part of a special day which will see a wide range of activities take place.
Among them will be games, face painting, the chance to look at an ambulance and fire engines while there will also be singing choirs.
Tickets for the game are just £10 for adults, while under-18s’ tickets are £5, under-12s’ are £1 and under sevens can go free.
“It promises to be a fantastic occasion and we have so many wonderful activities for children and adults to take part in on the day,” Hardy told the Nottingham Post.
“Whether you are a family of football fans or not, come down and experience what we are offering.
“We hope to create a carnival atmosphere in what is a big game for us. And who knows - if you are not a football fan, we may convert you into one!
“We have pulled out all the stops to make it accessible to everybody and with the team at the top of the league and looking to get back to winning ways, it’s going to be an exciting day.
“We have had a tremendous amount of interest and I cannot wait for what should be a splendid occasion full of atmosphere.
“I am also hoping that Forest fans will come along to see how the likes of Ryan Yates and Jorge Grant are getting on given they have played a major part of our success so far.
“There are no Championship games or Premier League matches to watch, so come and pay us a visit and help play a part in our bid to get back to winning ways.”
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Joe Jones
Notts County have announced that club record goalscorer Les Bradd will donate £1 from every sale of his forthcoming book to the beneficiaries of Thursday's CEO Sleepout.
The legendary Magpies striker began his 11-year stint at Meadow Lane 50 years ago this week following his £1,000 move from Rotherham United.
Over the late 60s and throughout the 70s, Bradd thrilled the Black and White Army as he notched up an amazing 125 goals in 398 appearances in the famed Notts shirt.
In Far Post: A Striker’s Tale of Scoring Goals and Breaking Records, Bradd takes an in-depth look at his own career and gives an exclusive insight into his relationship with club legends like Jimmy Sirrel, Tony Hateley and Don Masson.
And the 69-year-old has confirmed that a cut of each book sale will go towards CEO Sleepout, a charity championed by Football In The Community that will see executives sleep outdoors overnight to raise money in the fight against homelessness and poverty.
"To see the effort that everyone at FITC has put into making the sleepout a success has been heart-warming" Les told the official Notts site.
"Last year was a fantastic event as business owners across the county met and raised money for the homeless. I knew I wanted to support the event in any way possible.
"I hope the sales of my book can in some way support the lives of those most in need within the city."
On general sale from Saturday, you can pre-order your copy of Les' book today at lesbraddbook.co.uk or alternatively, you can visit the Meadow Lane club shop.
In addition, Les will be signing copies of the book in the club shop on Saturday at the following times: 9.30am-10.15am, 1pm-1.30pm and 5pm-5.30pm.
Notts chairman and owner Alan Hardy is taking part in the CEO Sleepout - you can donate to his cause here.
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Joe Jones
Two months into the season and Notts County are flying high. Top of League Two, joint-second highest goals scored on 21, joint-third lowest goals conceded on 11 (and just over half of those came in our two "blip" games).
What makes it all the more impressive is that there have been some really tough games in August and September - very much make or break. And credit to Kevin Nolan and the players (and Alan Hardy) it's been a case of "make".
August gave us two teams relegated from League One - one a bitter local rival - and a solid team boasting the very awkward Adebayo Akinfenwa. September, meanwhile, gave us the remaining two relegated sides, the Prawn bogey team, and two more East Midlands rivals.
And despite this run, Notts got through these months in fantastic fashion.
Now, into October. On paper, this month is a lot, lot more straightforward. The first three teams (Forest Green, Barnet and Crewe) are all in the bottom six at present, before the long-haul Carlisle away day and, to finish off the month (once we get past the meaningless EFL Trophy game with Mansfield), Newport at home, a team that, to their credit, has begun the season well, but remain short of quality.
The key words here are "on paper". Fixture-wise, this month will need Nolan to really put his "no complacency" mantra into practice. And my view is that the first two months of the season, where the manager has seen players out of the starting XI or even the squad for dropping standards, will have served as good preparation for the next four weeks.
Maybe the defeat at Field Mill could also prove to be a blessing in disguise. The whole of September was outstanding and, in a way, us fans got a little "used" to winning. Maybe the players ended up taking the foot off the pedal in terms of mentality and, lo and behold, the Stags had our pants down. A rude awakening, but one that will jolt the team back into the right frame of mind.
Already there's talk on the forum of FGR being a team that we "are going to slaughter". Based on form, league standing and player quality, it would seem the case, but already we have lost half the battle by thinking this way. Remember, Mark Cooper is an ex-Notts manager and historically they have got their own back on their former employers.
Arguably the biggest sub-plot of the weekend's game, that of Liam Noble returning to his old stomping ground, seems to have been put on ice given that FGR have ruled him out sans return date due to medical issues, but if he does end up playing, there's that age-old "former player returns to haunt his former club" which fate almost always springs up (hell, we saw it ourselves when Terry Hawkridge bagged his first for Notts against, who else, Lincoln).
So in a nutshell, an easy month on paper is very much a potential pitfall, so Nolan will arguably be given an even sterner test this month - motivating a player to be 100% against a Coventry or Exeter is not as difficult as getting the same percentage against a Barnet or Newport.
Over to you boys - don't get complacent, or the amazing start we've had so far in 2017/18 will end up being an irrelevant memory like all the great starts we've had in recent years.
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PON_News
Juventus's summer transfer business ended with a reinforcement in midfield, Blaise Matuidi, who came from Paris Saint-Germain and chose number 14, and a defender, Benedikt Howedes, who came from Schalke 04 and chose shirt number 21.
Following the closure of the transfer market, our competitive fixtures started: in the Italian Supercoppa final, Juve lost 3-2 to Lazio, with a Paulo Dybala brace not enough to win.
Dybala, aka "La Joya" (the jewel), is playing his first season with the number 10 shirt. "It's an honour," Dybala, who started the season very well, told the press.
Serie A started with Juve-Cagliari and finished 3-0 for us Bianconeri. Juve then won again in the next two league matches against Genoa and Chievo.
Up next was the Champions League group stage, with Barcelona, Olympiacos and Sporting Lisbon in our group.
The first game was in Catalonia, where Barca beat us 3-0. At Camp Nou, Mattia De Sciglio was injured and will be out for about 40 days.
After that game we won the three successive league matches, against Sassuolo, Fiorentina and against Torino, once again proving Turin is a black and white! We then won our second CL match, a 2-0 victory over Olympiacos.
On the 7th day of Serie A we draw 2-2 with Atalanta, goals by Federico Bernardeschi (first goal for Juve) and Gonzalo Higuain.
At present, Napoli are top of the league table by two points. However, Dybala is top of the goalscoring charts with 10 goals.
On October 14, we will head to the Allianz Stadium in Rome to face Lazio.
Meanwhile, off the pitch, the authorities decided the future of our president, Andrea Agnelli.
Andrea, accused of selling tickets for matches to 'mafioso' organisations, was banned for one year (disqualification), plus a 20,000 euro fine and a 300,000 euro fine for Juve.
The Juve players who are currently injured are Sami Khedira and Claudio Marchisio, who will return shortly; Miralem Pjanic, who is to be evaluated; De Sciglio, Howedes, who should be available in a couple of weeks, and Marko Pjaca, who suffered an ACL injury in March and is on the mend - within a month we could see him at last.
Juve are also expecting the return of Douglas Costa back to his best and, with the international break, he has time to rest.
Our next goals are to return to the top of the league and progress in the Champions League!
Thank you to Leo from Daje Juve for this article. Follow them on Instagram by clicking here.
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Joe Jones
Kevin Nolan has hit out at a "ridiculous" festive fixture list for Notts County this season.
The Magpies must travel to Morecambe on Boxing Day which is then followed by a trip to Swindon Town three days later.
Notts were also handed midweek trips to Exeter City and Yeovil Town this season, causing much inconvenience for the Black and White Army.
“It’s ridiculous from the EFL,” Nolan told the Nottingham Post on Tuesday.
“They need to get the fixture list right. We are going to Morecambe and Swindon over Christmas and that’s scandalous. It’s a bugbear for me.
“If it’s local and away from home then at least the fans have the chance to go if they are off and enjoy an away day.
“Everybody loves Boxing Day fixtures and we don’t want our fans travelling four hours.
“It’s like Exeter. People shouldn’t be getting in at 4am or 5am in the morning from a game.”
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Joe Jones
Alan Hardy has described Kevin Nolan as "a star of the future" after the Notts County manager was nominated for September's League Two Manager of the Month award.
The 35-year-led the Magpies to six victories out of seven in the month, including memorable successes against local rivals Lincoln City and fellow high-flyers Exeter City.
A superb month for Notts, only marginally soured by a 3-1 defeat at Mansfield Town right at the end, saw the club enter October at the top of the table.
“He has done an incredible job and the start to the season as I said last week has been absolutely staggering,” Hardy told the Nottingham Post.
“I’ve no doubt in my mind that Kevin will be a star of the future and the way he has led the team since he came here back in January has been magnificent.
“The form over the last month has been absolutely outstanding and he totally deserves this nomination.
“To win six out of seven games is a hell of an achievement and I couldn’t be prouder to see his team and the players sitting at the top of the league.
“It has surpassed all expectation and long may it continue.”
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Joe Jones
September 2017 is now over, but as foundations go, Notts County have laid some great ones over the month, with a huge six wins from their seven games.
So who have been the standout Magpies players in September and how do they line up?
Pride of Nottingham, alongside a selection of Notts County fans, have come together and, following much deliberations, drawn up a September starting XI.
So to all those picked, well done and keep up the good work going into October and for the rest of the season!
Goalkeeper: Adam Collin
Left-back: Dan Jones
Centre-back: Shaun Brisley
Right-back: Matt Tootle
Left wing: Lewis Alessandra
Left midfield: Rob Milsom
Centre midfield: Jorge Grant
Right midfield: Ryan Yates
Right wing: Terry Hawkridge
Striker: Jonathan Forte
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weymouthPIE
A lot has been said about the policing and stewarding of Notts supporters at Mansfield on Saturday. Now I'm not for one second going to claim that our fans are all angels, although find me a club that doesn't have it's fair share of idiots, but year in year out when we go to Mansfield we get treated like absolute dirt, and it's becoming a joke.
When we go to Mansfield, we're banned from the town centre and pubs. When they come to us they get free roam of the city. There was a pub near the station actually advertising itself as being open to Notts fans, yet when Notts fans arrived at Mansfield station police blocked the route towards the pub and forced us straight to the ground.
I saw families with young children trying to make their own way to the ground, being told by police to wait and being forced to join the police escort to the ground. For what reason? Who's going to start a fight with a mum & dad and two young children?
I know football is tribal, and that's what makes it so special. I don't like Mansfield one bit, but I think 99% of us are quite capable of walking to a ground without feeling the need to assault somebody for wearing a different football shirt to us.
When we got to the ground it was supposed to be a full search policy before we were allowed in. Some people were not searched at all, some were searched in a completely over the top and somewhat degrading manner. I wasn't searched, yet my overnight bag was virtually emptied. Any need?
You then get crammed into a small caged area behind the stand which is nowhere near big enough to accommodate that many fans. You've got young children and disabled people being squeezed in amongst that.
You've then got completely needless heavy handed stewarding inside the ground, stewards trying to snatch flags from fans. I saw a steward physically grab a fan by the neck for taking photographs of our fans!
Then coming out of the ground we're again herded like cattle back to the station, and then East Midlands Trains in their infinite wisdom lay on a train made up of 2 coaches to transport Notts fans back to Nottingham. We were crammed in like cattle, and you had police shouting at us to move down the train, even though we barely had room to breathe! If I had been on that train for much longer I would've been sick.
We got hammered on the day and deservedly so, so this probably sounds like sour grapes, but come on, why do we get treated like animals? Not just us at Mansfield, but football fans in general. By no means am I saying it's like it was in the 70s and 80s, but it's far from good. Treat people like animals and they will behave like animals.
It's 2017, surely they can now differentiate between normal football fans just going for a day out with their mates to watch their team, and complete idiots who are there with the sole intention of causing trouble.
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Joe Jones
Somebody wake Billy Joe Armstrong up!
It's been a pretty eventful September for Notts County, who have conquered all before them in League Two... until the final hurdle anyway.
But hey, still top of the league, so it'll be a month remembered largely for the right reasons.
In this article, Pride of Nottingham recaps all the biggest stories from Meadow Lane and elsewhere in the Magpie world that happened in September 2017.
September 1
Notts County made no late acquisitions in the summer transfer window but Alan Hardy revealed that the club moved for three young higher-league players on loan as deadline day loomed.
September 2
Notts County got their month off to an ideal start with a clean sheet and three points from a tough League Two fixture, winning 1-0 at newly relegated side Port Vale in Burslem thanks to Lewis Alessandra's goal.
September 3
Kevin Nolan said Shaun Brisley was okay after the defender suffered a blow to the head in Notts County's win over the Valiants.
September 5
A fundraising drive begun to design and install a plaque outside the Nottingham hotel where a meeting was held to create Notts County Football Club.
September 9
Notts County stretched their unbeaten run to six matches in all competitions following a 2-0 victory against traditional bogey team Morecambe at Meadow Lane.
September 12
Notts County edged up to second in League Two following another workmanlike performance in a midweek 1-0 win over Swindon Town.
September 14
Kevin Nolan revealed that a "ruckus" took place between himself and Rob Milsom over the Notts County midfielder becoming sloppy in training.
September 15
Kevin Nolan played down Shola Ameobi's hamstring injury suffered in the game over Morecambe, suggesting that he will not be out of action for too long.
September 16
Notts County's unbeaten run was stretched to eight games - not to mention a four-match winning streak in League Two and four clean sheets in a row - thanks to a 1-0 win at Crawley Town.
September 20
Notts County announced that manager Kevin Nolan signed a new three-year contract with the club.
September 23
Notts County's amazing form showed no sign of letting up with a fifth win on the spin, a 4-1 hammering of local rivals Lincoln City at Meadow Lane.
September 26
The crunch clash between League Two's top two saw Notts County cement their hold at the top of the table with a frankly frightening 3-0 win at Exeter City.
September 27
Notts County and Mansfield Town announced that the end-of-month derby would see the introduction of a new trophy contested between the two sides in honour of former Stags physiotherapist Matt Salmon, who sadly passed away aged 25 earlier in the year.
September 29
Fresh from the deal struck between Pride of Nottingham and BettaBytz Computers, PON announced an exciting new partnership with Notts Driving School.
September 30
Notts County's superb month finished on a sour note with a 3-1 defeat at local rivals Mansfield Town.
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Joe Jones
Notts County’s 10-game unbeaten run has come to an end as two goals from Mansfield Town forward Danny Rose condemned the Pies to a 3-1 derby defeat at the One Call Stadium.
Rose pounced on a miscued headed backpass from Magpies captain Richard Duffy to guide the ball over Adam Collin, before adding a second from close range.
Duffy’s own goal then capped off a miserable afternoon for the visitors, although Carl Dickinson did salvage a late consolation via a free kick.
Here is what the Notts boss, some of the players and several fans had to say following the game.
Kevin Nolan
“I don’t think it was the tempo of the game that we struggled with, they just hit it high and long and we didn’t deal with it as well as we have done in previous games.
“They harassed and they got in and around us and made a nuisance of themselves.
“They had quality when they needed it too. Danny Rose was really good and Alex MacDonald also stood out.
“When they did get the ball forward they did make something happen.
“But I have no qualms with the result. Sometimes you just have to walk away and say fair play and they were better than us on the day. And that was what happened.”
Players on social media
 
 
The fans (from the Mansfield match discussion)
Elite_pie: The start to the season we have had has been brilliant, and way better than I thought possible so Nolan and the squad deserve a lot of praise for their achievements so far. But I'm still full of anger and disappointment at the pitiful display we gave yesterday. Of all the places for the run to end, you just knew it would be there. When the inbreds started chanting "You're an embarrassment" I was 15 minutes ahead of them. I was thinking we were an embarrassment as soon as the third went in. It's becoming an annual humiliation, we seem to save our most inept display of the season for when we go there. It's the one game I want to win above all others, but yet again we handed them the points gift wrapped on a silver platter. This was a chance to put a hefty 12 point gap between the clubs and put serious pressure on Fatty Evans. Instead we've given their stuttering season a big boost. Even though I feared the worst, given the circumstances going into the game we blew it big time.
Liampie: One game does not change or undo the good work being done. I just want to forget it and hope that it was nothing more than a one off.
Chris: I wasn't impressed. I'm not saying this to be biased in any way, I've held back sharing my views so I could write my thoughts as clearly as I see them.
I think the occasion firmly went out of the window before the kick off. The police didn't seem bothered, almost like it was an inconvenience for them to be attending the game (not all, but the majority I saw). I feel this, and certain stewards and barring on the impact before hand, there was one steward who was trying to have fights with fans before the getting into the ground.
Mansfield looked brighter, they didn't seem nervous but I do think Field Mill was intimidating.
Our players didn't look like a side that had been in decent form, in fact they didn't look like they knew each other. Richard Duffy was awful! but he wasn't the only awful thing yesterday. Mansfield was woeful on goal in the first half and resorted to diving at every opportunity, the referee for me really ruined the game. There was one free kick whereby a Stags player burst down the flanks and just dropped himself, there was no Notts player near to him but the referee still awarded him a free kick. It was baffling in truth!
I do feel Mansfield played better, though if they call that a good performance god help them. It wasn't, they won because we simply was good at all and there was no 'team' visible from the Notts perspective.
The score would probably be fairer at 2-1 but we made our own mistakes to grant the win to the Stags.
Stewards were awful, they looked for trouble and there was a lot of biased behaviour. I can't accept we was poor, that we lost due to this and I can credit Mansfield for stopping us from playing - yet the club seems a disgrace when they hire people firmly looking to start trouble.
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Chris
Notts County saw their six-game winning streak come to an abrupt halt with a 3-1 defeat at local rivals Mansfield Town.
The in-form Danny Rose grabbed a second-half brace before a Richard Duffy own goal killed off the game for the Magpies.
Carl Dickinson, meanwhile, grabbed a consolation for County two minutes into added time with a superb 25-yard free-kick.
Despite the loss, Notts remain top of the table and will have a week to prepare for a home encounter with struggling Forest Green Rovers.
Pride of Nottingham was at Field Mill to watch Notts take on Mansfield and took photographs of fans.
See if you've made it in this weekend's Faces of PON!

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Chris
Heading into the Nottinghamshire derby yesterday, I had a sense of uncertainty about the game. I always knew it would be a tight match, one which may be physical and difficult for us to get hold of.
The starting line-up on paper actually seemed very good, minus the odd changes which I would have personally made myself - mentioned already within the Pride of Nottingham scouting report and more recently the tactical talk piece I write.
Yet it was clear even from the kick off that we seemed quite unsure how to deal with Mansfield, despite having a few spells where we looked alright.
At the back we simply didn’t, I counted at least four chances which the Stags wasted within the first half and a part from Shaun Brisley everyone in defence seemed to be napping.
It was like all the talk leading into the game actually meant nothing, and I refuse to believe that Mansfield controlled the game that well that they stopped us playing – for me it just like we arrived thinking it would be easier than it was.
It’s disappointing because many of the players spoke about being ready and keen to do well in the local derby, however this wasn’t the case.
Yes, it’s a bad day in the office and we were beaten by a fairly decent Mansfield – yet they were not special.
They didn’t impress me much at all, in fact I was annoyed throughout the game for how easily they went down or just plain dived.
Even the referee was frustrating, yet even a different match official wouldn’t have made much difference.
Simply yesterday Notts reverted back to the opening game of the season against Coventry City.
I feel now pretty much the same as I did when I wrote my article about how Notts got it wrong against the Sky Blues  – however I wasn’t that disappointed because in my heart I knew it was the first game of the season and we were up against a tough side.
We invited Mansfield to play us, we allowed them to hit us and defensively we were just very poorly organised.
It’s very difficult to win a game when your defenders simply cannot cope with doing the basics, and I feel massively let down by each one of them – as we arrived top of the table and in good stead to turn the recent fortunes that we have had at Field Mill.
Any defeat I can accept, and as I told fans who asked me for my thoughts, I am confident that we can bounce back.
But there’s a big but: if this Notts County squad wants to achieve something special this season, we must go into these types of games at least trying to avoid giving the game away.
Yes, we are bound to lose, and there was always that nagging feeling that it would be Mansfield to end our undefeated run but we shouldn’t just lay back and take it.
I’m sorry, there was little to no fight yesterday! That’s the most disappointing thing for me, as the warning signs all came within the first half and despite the decent chances Mansfield had – they wasted sitters! A good side would have sunk them, not missed.
I personally think Kevin Nolan should have made a change at half time, yet we clearly missed Dan Jones because Carl Dickinson was terrible but second to Richard Duffy who was asleep for all three goals – just like he was at the Ricoh Arena.
These types of games are the ones you want to see the fight, and we know we can do it!
Scunthorpe United, Wycombe Wanderers are games which highlights this, Mansfield invited us to play them after scoring their third and we looked fairly capable of scoring from there on.
Had we have scored a little earlier, some pride might have been restored but hearing the offensive songs sung by their fans really rubbed salt into the wounds.
It’s like we struggle to raise to expectations when we fans give a great amount of backing, yet we need to come good against Forest Green Rovers – this can’t be the end of the good times within the 2017-2018 League Two season.
We have shown how good we can be as underdogs, and perhaps there’s been a bit of luck but as the favourites we really should do better.
There are some good games coming up which might allow us to forget Mansfield, and as I say I do believe we can bounce back but we also have to strive to avoid losing like we did yesterday – as it could be the thing which haunts us at the end of the season.
I really don’t want us to be punished by a poorer goal difference, so let’s get the defence looking good and we can build from there.
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Joe Jones
Notts County saw their six-game winning streak come to an abrupt halt with a 3-1 defeat at local rivals Mansfield Town.
The in-form Danny Rose grabbed a second-half brace before a Richard Duffy own goal killed off the game for the Magpies.
Carl Dickinson, meanwhile, grabbed a consolation for County two minutes into added time with a superb 25-yard free-kick.
Notts remain top of the table despite their defeat, however, acting almost as a kind of reprieve as Kevin Nolan sets about regrouping his charges.
The club have posted the match highlights, so should you wish to see them again, here they are.
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ARLukomski
Notts County’s 10-game unbeaten run came to end in a 3-1 defeat at Mansfield Town on Saturday.
Danny Rose made the most of a miscued headed backpass from Magpies captain Richard Duffy to guide the ball into an empty net, before adding a second from close range.
Duffy’s own goal, with Rose once again playing a part in the build-up, then put the Stags three up in a miserable afternoon for the Notts fans.
While Carl Dickinson found the net in stoppage time with an impressive free kick, it proved a mere consolation.
ARLukomski, a Notts vlogger and Pride of Nottingham contributor, discussed the fixture ahead of kickoff, gave his thoughts as the game went on, and talked about the performance and result after the final whistle.
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Chris
Notts County saw their six-game winning streak come to an abrupt halt with a 3-1 defeat at local rivals Mansfield Town.
The in-form Danny Rose grabbed a second-half brace before a Richard Duffy own goal killed off the game for the Magpies.
Carl Dickinson, meanwhile, grabbed a consolation for County two minutes into added time with a superb 25-yard free-kick.
Here is Chris's analysis of the game at the One Call Stadium.
Was the result fair?
I can’t disagree, though I think the score line is flattering because I don’t think either side played really well at all – but Mansfield were clearly the better side of the two competing at Field Mill yesterday.
How did Notts play?
Notts played like a side that wasn’t aware of how to play, they looked unfamiliar with each other and they failed to get grip of the game. It’s difficult, as I did think we played alright in spells in the first half. Second was just awful, and I’d have made changes before it had even kicked off. The fault for me was at the back, there was little to no organisation and we failed to deal promptly with the Stags.
How did Mansfield Town play?
They played well, with some good football being expressed by their players but I honestly wasn’t very impressed overall – I don’t think this was due to Notts being extremely poor, its more related to their negative tactics and repeated efforts to fool what was a very poor referee.
Did our tactics work out?
No, not at all. It was Coventry City all over again but on a worse level this time a round.
Before the match the line-up looked as if Kevin Nolan was spot on with his selection, with many fans saying ‘he’s going for it isn’t he’ and it would have appeared to be the case. However, Carl Dickinson was a weak link at the back and Richard Duffy I felt was extremely poor.
I would have risked playing Shola Ameobi from the start, and I hate to say it perhaps against Mansfield we shouldn’t have tried to force the passing football so much.
But from the back, we were very ineffective – the midfield did try but seemed sluggish and unprepared. Our striker force stood no chance at all for these reasons.
How did the referee perform?
I didn’t rate him, I felt he gave an unfair home advantage and missed several blatant dives. He also tended to award every little issue that Mansfield players complained about, which sort of ruined the flow of the game.
He wasn’t very quick to award anything to Notts at all, and there were times where he clearly missed incidents – but I doubt a better referee would have changed much.
Who do we play next?
Forest Green Rovers! Pardon the pun but we literally have to slaughter these. I fully expect Notts to be able to bounce back, but we have to go into the game being more prepared and more able to compete if things don’t go our way.
How should we play them?
We have to be cautious at the back, I would hate for us to play poorly against these and totally underestimate them.
It’s clear on paper that Forest Green can leak goals, they have a decent midfield but they haven’t strengthened wisely for life within League Two. Notts must play higher up, we need to force them back in my opinion.
This would allow more ground to be found within the middle of their pitch, and would allow us to play a better passing game.
We missed pace against Mansfield, so for me Dan Jones needs to return if he is fit after suffering a hamstring injury against Lincoln City. I’d like to see Lewis Alessandra and Terry Hawkridge occupy the flanks and Robert Milsom and Ryan Yates in the centre.
Mansfield fan comments (from Stagsnet)
Yaxhamstag: Cracking atmosphere, match day experience is so much better than it has been in the past, so congratulations to all concerned at the club. Danny Rose was awesome, I thought the defence was solid, my one disappointment was our midfield (MacDonald excepted) as I thought given our purchases they would show a bit more quality on the ball....hopefully that will come. As for Hemmings, I thought he worked really hard and is just unlucky at the moment. He could/should have been credited with the second goal and would have had a tap-in if the third hadn't been an OG. Pleased he got a good reception when he came off and we should continue to back him. Once he gets one, he'll be fine. I also thought the one minute's applause was brilliant and moving. Top stuff all round.
Chip63: Absolutely a great result today. Well done all you have made my day. Don't take the pish too much on the way out. Top of the league your having a laugh.
Woodclanger1: Great result without even having to move up a gear by bringing Mellis on. They looked well drilled but very ordinary and limited to hoof it. We were no great shakes especially the first half in midfield but Butcher certainly stepped it up in the second half. Mirfin and Pearce solid again and the hard running of Rose and Sterling up front made them look very cumbersome at the back. Great day to be a Stags fan.
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