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Once again a full programme with plenty of interesting fixtures. I've highlighted a few and also made Notts County v Wimbledon my key game of the week. See what you think!

*Important games **Key Game

Saturday 23rd January 2016

*Bristol Rovers v Plymouth – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-1)
Cambridge v Hartlepool – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
Carlisle v York – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (3-0)
Exeter v Accrington – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (0-2)
Mansfield v Luton – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
*Newport v Dagenham & Redbridge – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-1)
*Northampton v Morecambe – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
**Notts County v Wimbledon – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
*Portsmouth v Oxford United – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-2)
Stevenage v Barnet – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-1)
Wycombe v Leyton Orient – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
Yeovil v Crawley – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-1)

Tuesday 26th January 2016

Leyton Orient v Newport – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
*Morecambe v Mansfield – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-0)

The first game I've highlighted gives 4th placed Bristol Rovers, on 46 points, a chance to get into the automatic play off places, while their opponents, top of the table Plymouth, will be hoping to add to their 55 points.

My second game is at the other end of the table where 20th placed Newport, on 23 points, will be hoping to pull away from 22nd placed Dagenham & Redbridge who have 19 points. Newport also play midweek, on Tuesday, when they are away at Leyton Orient which is another team still with playoff hopes.

The 3rd highlighted game sees Northampton, who are second with the same points as Plymouth but with a game in hand, playing 13th placed Morecambe who with 35 points still hope to get to the playoff places.

Next comes an obviously important game with 5th placed Portsmouth, on 44 points, taking on Oxford placed 3rd with 48 points.

My final important game is played on Tuesday when currently placed 13th and mid table, Morecambe play currently 9th placed Mansfield.

Yet again I feature Notts as my key game.

** Notts County v Wimbledon

Notts are now 16th with 33 points from 25 games and 7 points below 7th placed Wycombe, occupying the last play off place, on 40 points. Opponents Wimbledon are 8 places higher than Notts and with 39 points only one point outside the playoffs from 26 games.

Notts lost at Wimbledon 2-1 earlier this season 19/9/2015.

This is the first game at Meadow Lane for Notts with Jamie Fullarton at the helm. Can Notts build on last weeks win away at Crawley? Will JF continue with the attractive attacking style of play seen in home games under the previous manager but with some much needed defensive quality added to Notts' game? Is a promotion push still on? There are still 21 games (63 points) for Notts to play. Interesting!
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Joe Jones
Notts County winger Filip Valencic has criticised former manager Ricardo Moniz for barely selecting him and admitted that his winner against Crawley Town was “powered” with the anger he felt towards the departed Dutchman.
The 24-year-old Slovenian arrived at Meadow Lane in July, but made only two appearances in League Two before Moniz left in December and was replaced by Jamie Fullarton.
Valencic told BBC Sport: "With that shot I put all my anger in it because I didn't play. I thought I would be playing more, not every game, but I really thought I would be paying more.
"I have spoken with Ricardo a couple of times and basically what he told me was that I'm not ready for the first team so I kept playing for the reserves and waiting for an opportunity.
"When the new manager came he gave me the chance and I took it."
 
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Joe Jones
Notts County manager Jamie Fullarton has praised his players for sticking to his game plan as he began his managerial reign with a win at Crawley Town.
Filip Valencic's impressive second-half volley from just outside the box proved the difference between the two sides in Saturday’s League Two clash at the Checkatrade.com Stadium. 
The result saw the Magpies earn only their second away win of the season, the first one coming all the way back on the first game of the campaign in August.
Fullarton said: "It's a great three points, but it's only three points. Breaking records doesn't really come into our thought process. You've got to give credit to the players because they are the ones who take in the information then act upon it.
"I thought every man played their part, they were first class. It wasn't just the centre-backs, but I touched on it previously that defending is about the team, not any individual.
"It's not just the defence which stops you conceding goals, it's what happens in front in terms of making it difficult to play better balls into the box, therefore making the job easier for the defenders.
"From the centre backs to the centre forwards, we had a game plan and we stuck to it."
 
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super_ram
At last Notts win away again, for the first time since the opening day of the season, getting Jamie Fullarton's reign as the Magpies new manager off to a positive start at Crawley.
Here are the League Two results for this weekend:
Saturday 16 January 2016
Accrington- Postponed- Portsmouth
AFC Wimbledon 3 – 1 Mansfield
Barnet 0 – 0 Carlisle
Crawley 0 - 1 Notts County
Dagenham & Redbridge 1 - 2 Northampton
Hartlepool 1 - 0 Wycombe
Leyton Orient 1 - 3 Exeter
Luton 0 - 0 Cambridge
Morecambe 2 - 1 Yeovil
Plymouth 3 - 2 Stevenage
York 0 - 1 Newport
Today there were 4 home wins, 4 away wins, 2 draws and 1 postponement.
Sunday 17 January 2016
Oxford United 1 - 2 Bristol Rovers
League Two Update
The automatic promotion places are sorting themselves out with Plymouth and Northampton both winning and on 55 points from 27 and 26 games respectively thus opening a 7 point gap over 3rd placed Oxford who lost at home to Bristol Rovers who move up to 4th on 46 points.
Portsmouth's drop to 5th on 44 points as their game at Accrington was postponed.
Wycombe remain 6th despite losing at Hartlepool with 40 points.
Accrington suffered another postponement but still occupy the last playoff place with games in hand and 39 points the same total as 8th placed Wimbledon who have played 26 games, 4 more than Stanley.
It's becoming clearer at the other end of the table too. York stay bottom with 16 points from 25 games after losing at home to Newport who are relatively safe at 20th on 23 points from 25 games.
Yeovil also lost, away at Morecambe, and keep the other relegation spot at 23rd with 17 points from 26 games.
Hartlepool, at 21st, also have 23 points but have only played 22 games.
Dagenham & Redbridge are 22nd with 19 points from 26 games.
Stevenage, at 19th,are on 27 points and 10 points clear of a relegation place.
Looking at the rest of League Two we can see how close the positions are with 9th placed Mansfield on 38 points from 26 games but only one point outside a playoff place. 18th placed Luton have also played 26 games and have only 7 fewer points than Mansfield.
Notts are 16th with 33 points from 25 games and only 6 points fewer than 7th placed Accrington and a play off place plus a comfortable 16 points above the drop zone.
Upcoming fixtures
Only one midweek game in League Two this week. Accrington will be hoping their home game against Hartlepool, due to take place Tuesday 19th January 2016, will go ahead as scheduled as their last 4 home games, against Wycombe, Carlisle, Notts and Portsmouth have all been postponed due to a waterlogged or frozen pitch. Stanley haven't played at home since 14th November.
Notts' next game is at home against 8th placed Wimbledon on Saturday 23rd January 2016 with a 3pm kick off. This is followed by 4 games against teams currently below Notts including home and away to Hartlepool.
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Joe Jones
Notts County defender Haydn Hollis has praised new manager Jamie Fullarton, his staff and his teammates for doing their homework on the training ground, which paid off in their 1-0 win over Crawley Town.
Filip Valencic marked his full Magpies debut on Saturday with a wonderful volleyed goal at the Checkatrade.com Stadium to give the visitors their first away win since August.
Hollis told reporters after the game: "I thought we were different class. We defended brilliantly as a whole team. It felt great at the end to know you've kept a clean sheet and won the game. That's credit to the lads because they were the ones out there doing it. 
But you've also got to credit the manager and his staff. All week in training we have done training and shape. As everybody could see, it paid off.
"I felt comfortable and I love defending. Roy didn't have a save to make in the second half and people were putting their bodies on the line. I think Curtis got a cut on his head that needed stitches and that's what you want here.
"You want people to throw themselves in front of the ball and be brave. That's something we've got to continue for the rest of the season now."
 
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Joe Jones
Notts County manager Jamie Fullarton has described Filip Valencic’s goal in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Crawley Town as straight off the training ground.
The Slovenian struck a wonderful volley just after the hour mark at the Checkatrade.com Stadium to seal a first Magpies away win since the opening day of the season.
"It was a fantastic strike by the young man who has responded well to the information we have been drip feeding into him over the week," said Fullarton.
"We've worked on certain aspects of how we want to attack and it's one of those where you work on it, for many weeks and fortunately it has come off.
 "That pull off onto the full-back by Jon Stead, the timing of the pass, it all came together which resulted in a fantastic finish."
Fullarton reiterated the point of getting the defence organised, an element which had been missing under previous boss Ricardo Moniz but came on in leaps and bounds against the Red Devils.
"I was always confident about getting a result especially when you see the attacking force that we have," he said.
"Scoring goals is the most difficult part of the game at whatever level you are at.
"It's important that, when we have such quality going forward, then we structure and organise in order to prevent goals going in at the other end. And if you can do that, then it gives you a chance of winning football matches.
"Roy has hardly had a save to make and that's credit to the players who were in front of him.
"When things go well, football is an easy game. It's making sure that when we are under pressure, we have resilience so it doesn't cloud or make the game complicated.
"And in the first half while we looked solid in terms of shape and we did not look under threat from a ball in behind, there were not many goalscoring opportunities.
"I said to the players at half-time that I just wanted us to be more decisive and brave in the final third.
"What I want to see is that when we have the chance to express ourselves I want us to go on and do it. 
"In the second half we had that belief and a confidence to play which was a result of our shape and foundation. We created more chances and we could have scored more goals." 
Notts climb up to 16th in League Two following their win, putting them six points away from the playoffs.
Credit to Dan Westwell for the image
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Joe Jones
Jamie Fullarton’s reign as Notts County manager has got off to the best possible start as he masterminded a 1-0 win away at Crawley Town, courtesy of a stunning volley from Filip Valencic, who made his full debut for the Magpies on Saturday.
In one fell swoop the former Nottingham Forest head of development righted a number of wrongs present under former manager Ricardo Moniz – that is, an away win (the first since the opening weekend of the season, over five months ago), a clean sheet (the first since our goalless draw with Bristol Rovers in October), a strong defensive performance, and a goal from a player that barely featured under the Dutchman.
The Reds started brightly with Matt Harrold surprising Roy Carroll with a shot inside a minute, which the goalkeeper fumbled. Gavin Tomlin was then unlucky to have his shot from a tight angle on the right tipped over the bar, as the home team looked to make an early impact.
It was all Crawley in the opening half an hour, but Notts maintained their composure at the back as their opponents proved lacklustre in front of goal, although Ronan Murray had to come to the rescue when he cleared Sonny Bradley's header off the line.
County regrouped in the second half and went on to take the lead after 63 minutes when Jon Stead found Valencic, who did not wait for a second invitation and volleyed past the diving Darryl Flahavan.
The visitors became increasingly desperate in the latter stages as they bid to get something out of the game, but Notts remained strong and steady at the back as they run the clock down until the final whistle, which was met with jubilation by the players and the travelling fans.
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Joe Jones
Notts County striker Izale McLeod has claimed his side can still push for promotion, while he believes he can still reach 20 goals this season. 
The Magpies' top scorer, with nine goals, returns to old club Crawley Town this afternoon, having left the Reds for Meadow Lane in the summer for a fee said to be over £100,000.
But with new manager Jamie Fullarton in charge, McLeod believes a nine-point gap to the play-off places in League Two is not impossible to overcome.
"I still think I can get to 20 goals this season, but it's not just about me," he told reporters. 
"More importantly if we can shore ourselves up at the back, we can still really push up the league.
"It's still really tight and people outside of the club will think we are going to be mid-table. But we've got ambitions of wanting promotion. 
"Why not? We are not a million miles away. If we can get on a run we will be there or thereabouts."
 
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Joe Jones
Leyton Orient president Francesco Becchetti has been given a six-match stadium ban and fined £40,000 by the Football Association for aiming a kick at assistant boss Andy Hessenthaler.
He was charged after television pictures captured the incident after the win over Portsmouth on 26 December.
An independent regulatory commission decided on Friday the 49-year-old was guilty of a charge of violent conduct.
Becchetti, who requested a personal hearing, can appeal against the ruling.
The Italian, who bought the O's in summer 2014, had accepted his actions were improper but strongly denied it was violent conduct.
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Warren Feeney has been appointed as the new manager of League Two side Newport County.
Former Northern Ireland international Feeney, 34, was previously the Exiles' assistant manager and replaces former boss John Sheridan, who left to join Oldham Athletic on Wednesday.
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Premier League side Norwich have signed midfielder Ben Godfrey from League Two club York City on a three-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee.
The 18-year-old made 15 appearances for the Minstermen, scoring one goal.
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League Two side Northampton have signed versatile Millwall winger Lee Martin on a one-month loan deal.
Martin, 28, has made 69 appearances for the Lions since signing for the League One club following his release by Ipswich Town in July 2013.
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Stevenage have signed striker Aaron O'Connor from Forest Green Rovers on a one-month loan, with a view to extending it to the end of the season.
O'Connor has scored nine goals in 20 National League appearances for Forest Green this season.
The 32-year-old signed a one-year contract with Rovers in July following his release by Newport County.
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League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge have signed striker Oliver Hawkins from National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town for an undisclosed fee.
The 23-year-old has agreed a two-and-half-year deal with the Daggers.
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League Two side Accrington Stanley have signed winger Brayden Shaw on a short-term deal after a one-month trial.
The 18-year-old signed a six-month professional contract with Bury but was let go after failing to make an appearance for the first team.
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League Two side York City have signed Hull City midfielder Matt Dixon on an 18-month deal.
The 21-year-old made his debut for the Tigers in the League Cup first-round tie against Accrington Stanley in August.
Dixon was captain of the Championship club's under-21 side.
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Cambridge United have signed striker Ben Williamson from Gillingham until summer 2017 for an undisclosed fee.
Williamson recently returned from a loan spell with the U's, having scored three goals in eight League Two games.
The 27-year-old joined Gillingham from Port Vale in June, but failed to score in 14 appearances for the promotion-chasing League One side.
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League Two side Barnet have signed Leicester City defender Alie Sesay on an 18-month deal.
The 21-year-old Sierra Leone international came through Leicester's academy but has not made a first-team appearance for the Foxes.
Sesay, who can play across the back four and in central midfield, has previously had loan spells at Colchester and Cambridge United.
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League Two side Crawley Town have signed Crewe midfielder Chris Atkinson on a one-month loan deal.
The 23-year-old has made 16 appearances for the Alex this season but has not featured since mid-November.
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Hartlepool United have signed winger Nathan Thomas from League Two rivals Mansfield Town, with terms undisclosed.
Thomas, 21, had handed in a transfer request to the management and was cleared to move to Victoria Park.
He had made 21 appearances for the Stags so far this season, following a summer move from Motherwell.
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Cambridge United have signed midfielder James Dunne, who has been released by Portsmouth by mutual consent.
Dunne, 26, made one appearance for Pompey this season having signed from Stevenage in 2014, but featured in 14 games on loan at Dagenham & Redbridge.
 
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Joe Jones
Notts County have only ever played Crawley Town seven times in their history. The first ever fixture between the two was just over three years ago, on the 10th November 2012.
This milestone first meeting between the two, played at Meadow Lane, finished 1-1. Meanwhile the return fixture, played away on the 9th March 2013, ended as a goalless draw.
The record stands at three Notts wins, two defeats and two draws.
Crawley Town have been a non-league side for the majority of their history – just over 10 years ago, while Notts were struggling to survive in the old Second Division, Crawley had just been promoted from the Southern Football League!
Crawley have won plenty of silverware in their history, though the majority of it is amateur-based. This changed when they won the Conference National title in 2011 and the League Two title just a year later.
2010-11 was a record-breaking season not just for Crawley, but also for the Conference. The West Sussex club broke the points total in one season (105) and tie with other teams for most wins in one season (31), fewest defeats (3), and highest goal difference (+63).
Because of this season, alongside the funds they had to buy players and an unlikable manager (Steve Evans), they were known as “the Manchester United of non-league football”.
The town of Crawley is known for being close - just three miles in fact - to Gatwick Airport, the world's busiest single-runway international airport.
Famous people who have links to Crawley include Australian footballer Kevin Muscat (born in Crawley), Gareth Southgate (attended the town's Hazelwick School), English rock band The Cure (formed in Crawley, several of its members attended St Wilfrid's RC School) and Gorillaz lead singer 2D (a fictional character, his back story claims he grew up in the town).
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Chris Atkinson could make his Crawley Town debut when they host Notts in League Two on Saturday. The midfielder arrived on a month's loan from Crewe and goes straight into manager Mark Yates' squad.
His arrival was partly a consequence of the loss, to a broken foot, of Jimmy Smith, who remains sidelined.
Joe McNerney, owing to a knee injury, is Yates' other absentee. 
Notts will have Jamie Fullarton in charge for the first time when they resume action following a two-week break.
Fullarton this week made the short move across the River Trent, having been a coach at Nottingham Forest, to become the new manager of the Magpies, who have not played since January 2 after their game at Accrington last weekend was postponed following heavy rain in Lancashire.
Fullarton will have Alan Smith available, despite the experienced midfielder holding transfer talks with League Two rivals Plymouth. Liam Noble will be completing a four-match suspension.
Scot Bennett will be back in the squad after returning from his loan spell at Newport. It was hoped the defender would be able to feature last weekend against Oxford but international clearance was not received in time.
Bennett will be vying for a recall to the starting line-up along with the likes of Thierry Audel, Curtis Thompson, Jimmy Spencer and Ronan Murray.
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Joe Jones
Notts County manager Jamie Fullarton has emphasised the importance of preparation ahead of a game, both on his part and that of the players.
The new boss, who took over from Ricardo Moniz last week, has reportedly been arriving at Meadow Lane at 6am every day since his appointment in a bid to do his research and tailor the training to the opposition – in this weekend’s case, Crawley Town away.
Fullarton told reporters on Thursday: "We don't want to overcomplicate certain areas of the pitch. I've tried to make it as simple as possible.
"The role of the coach is to help players the best they can and implement a strategy to help win games. That's what we've done and we've had a really good response from the players.
"Everything we do during the week, it is important the players take it on board and apply it come Saturday. Within the division, you do your prep and look at the opposition.
"Crawley had a very good result against Cambridge at home last week and they have threat and strength in their strike pairing.
"I am aware of the away form and the only way we can change it is by hard work, what we do every day on the training field and then the players responding to that.
"I want to see intent and it is a key phrase for me. We can talk about effort and that for me is part of intent. But intent is application and showing what we have done all week.
"Understanding what is required from our preparation, allied with the effort I demand, gives you a better chance of success.
"If the players show that on the pitch and put in place what we have worked on, then I am happy."
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Joe Jones
New Notts County manager Jamie Fullarton will give the club’s out of favour players the chance to make an impression before deciding their next move.
Blair Adams, Nicky Wroe and Taylor McKenzie were all frozen out under previous boss Ricardo Moniz, and were sent on loan to Mansfield, Halifax and Wrexham respectively.
All three players are either back at Meadow Lane or will be back soon, and Fullarton is eager to give the trio a clean slate.
He said: "I will speak to them first because they follow the same line as every player and member of staff.
"All new managers provide a different environment – and I'm not saying it's for better or worse – but you get different reactions and different outcomes from previous regimes.
"It's important that before making a decision that I have the chance to speak to them about what their aims are, and vice versa. Then we will come to a decision."
Adams has proven a success at Mansfield, where won the supporters' player of the month award for December and has impressed manager Adam Murray.
Wroe, meanwhile, has returned to Notts this week, following his spell at Halifax where he was made captain and his performances are understood to have attracted interest from Macclesfield.
McKenzie is also back at Meadow Lane, having seen a similar spell end at Wrexham where he failed to play a single game.
 
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The appointment of Jamie Fullarton as Notts County manager is a coup for the Magpies, at least according to Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman, who claims he is now “fearful” of the team on the other side of the Trent.
The Reds boss has worked alongside Fullarton at Crystal Palace, Bolton Wanderers and Forest and regards him highly as a coach.
Freedman said: "They have got themselves a great coach. Notts County fans might not know Jamie, but if you ask anyone in the game what he is like, they will tell you that he is a highly regarded coach.
"I am fearful of them across the road now because, knowing Jamie, he will get that place moving and we will need to keep moving ourselves.
"It is a good appointment and a good job for him. I think Notts County fans will be surprised.
"He is a very detailed coach, he knows exactly what he wants. There will be no grey areas under him.
"He knows what he wants, in terms of his coaching. He speaks a number of languages, which is a useful tool that he has helped me with in the past.
"He is an educated man who knows what he wants. He wanted to go and manage and he has got that opportunity now."
Fullarton’s first ever game as a first-team manager will be on Saturday against Crawley Town away.
 
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League Two Preview Saturday 16th January 2016
We're back to a full programme again this week after last week's postponements and FA Cup fixtures and also with a new manager.
*Important games **Key Game
Saturday 16th January 2016

*Accrington v Portsmouth – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-3)
Wimbledon v Mansfield – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (0-1)
Barnet v Carlisle– Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
**Crawley v Notts County – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
*Dagenham & Redbridge v Northampton – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-1)
*Hartlepool v Wycombe – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (0-1)
Leyton Orient v Exeter – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-1)
Luton v Cambridge – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (0-3)
Morecambe v Yeovil – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
Plymouth v Stevenage – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (3-2)
*York v Newport – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-1)

Once again there are several games where the outcome will have a big influence on the future of teams in League two.

I've started with 7th placed Accrington, who have only played 22 games but have 39 points, at home to Portsmouth who lie 4th with 44 points from 25 games.

Next I've highlighted Northampton who share joint top spot with Plymouth who they beat 2–1 away earlier this week. The Cobblers will be expecting to beat 22nd placed Dagenham & Redbridge.

Hartlepool at 21st, will be hoping to follow last week's very creditable FA Cup performance against my team (Derby in case you didn't know) with a win against 6th placed Wycombe.

Meanwhile bottom club York have 16 points and will be desperate to beat fellow struggler's Newport who are 20th with 20 points.

Sunday 17th January 2016

*Oxford v Bristol Rovers – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)

However the game of the weekend (apart from Notts) takes place on Sunday between 3rd placed Oxford, who've played 25 games and have 48 points and Bristol Rovers at 5th with 43 points from 26 games.

Tuesday 19th January 2016

*Accrington v Hartlepool – Kick Off 19:45pm – Score Prediction (1-2)
Accrington (7th) and Hartlepool (21st) also play each other on Tuesday.

Once again I feature Notts as my key game.

**Crawley v Notts County

Notts are now 18th with 30 points from 24 games and 9 points shy of a play off place. Opponents Crawley are 5 places higher at 13th with 34 points from 26 games.

Notts beat Crawley 4–1 at Meadow Lane earlier this season 22/9/2016.

This is Jamie Fullarton's first game in charge and he will be hoping for a good performance and result to help him win over the restless Notts County faithful.
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Chris
I have no doubt in my mind what is required by our new manager Jamie Fullarton, yet I wonder what his assessment of the squad will be - will he agree with us fans that the squad is simply too big?
There's no dismissal that the quality of our defending must improve, it's simply not adequate and if there are any signings to be made during this January transfer window - it must be a centre back.
And I hope that he is sincere when he says that each player will be given a chance, as I feel another priority will be to establish a consistent starting 11.
Whilst it would be also welcoming to see a manager actually work on mistakes which happen within matches, so that the continuity of each player is actually worth their squad number, worthy of a starting position and importantly we may actually see lessons learnt.
However, I don't actually feel we will see any defensive additions, nor do I think we will release any players.
So how will Jamie Fullarton change our misfortunes with his limited experience?
I think the answer will be found with his first opening five games and how frequently he makes changes - will it be a learning period for the club? Absolutely, yet it's important that he hits the ground running.
For myself, I hope we prepare to start games a little more carefully - we see the defence relapse when we push and this occurs even during periods whereby you wouldn't expect it.
Can attacking football be a part of the remedy to fix the issues? Partly, yet our build up play also has to improve.
Our problems aren't just the poor defending, the switching off, or the lack of confidence.
It's also how we pass the ball around, how we look to connect our striker(s) and the frustrating formations which prevented them from having chances under Ricardo Moniz.
I hope Fullarton reverts to playing Jon Stead as a striker, whilst seeing that it is important to make use of our wingers - just as it is to see our centre midfield packed with energy, tracking and creativity.
If he can get the basics right, it would see a vast improvement and I also genuinely believe that he's lucky to have inherited such diverse squad - regardless of how big it is.
We clearly have a talented set of players and it's for him to render it, moulding it into its true potential.
Can he do it without support? Nobody knows, yet I can't be the only one who feels he requires an experienced assistant and someone to help him move forward. So there's plenty to digest around the club, to enable a brighter end to this season.
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