@Robbie Mixing it up is the key... and knowing when to.  As we have tightened up at the back we seem more ponderous in build up, like we can't spot when 'it's on'... mind you I thought we were the same when we played Wrexham at home under LW.  We just passed side to side in front of their defence, when there were openings as clear as day to those of us sat behind the goal.  I don't think we have great decision makers and don't think clearly under pressure - hence all the individual errors.  I don't think that is something you can coach though, you need leaders on the pitch who can do the thinking for others, which we lack. 

I've heard of arguments, fights between players and coach and all sorts. These things always come out when things are going wrong and fans want a manager out.  I am not convinced as we would have seen more evidence on the field.  I haven't heard that they are dissatisfied by his methods, but this is more credible since he doesn't have his 'b' license (I think) so it may be more basic than they are used to.,.. but again, all we have is hearsay.  

Thinking about things, the lack of the appropriate coaching license is the strangest thing about the appointment.  I don't understand why a DoF wasn't brought in, or he wasn't brought in under a different Head Coach to gain experience.  I don't have a problem with him coming from Wealdstone, or that he worked for BT, but a lack of coaching qualifications is a little odd.

@Ohh Tommy Johnson Didn't think there was an issue over a coaching licence. He has to have UEFA A to become a Head Coach at a professional football club. There is UEFA C licence, then step up to UEFA B that gives licence to coach amateur clubs & assistant coach at professional clubs, but surely he has to have the UEFA A licence to be Head Coach at a professional club.

Also, I was just looking at his win record at Wealdsone and it was only 30.6% over 147 games which doesn't fill me with confidence.

I'm not normally one that fully buys into stats as they can be very subjective but there was a stat that's been popping up more recently on social media that Maynard now has a worse percentage than that of Fullarton after the same amount of games. 

It's a tricky one because under Luke Williams there was already a decline happening. Maybe Williams could have turned things round but the run could have also continued so there is a slight benefit of the doubt in the way of Maynard but the more the games go on the less I have optimism over him leading this team. 

I don't believe we should be looking to get rid of him before the end of the season unless something drastically goes wrong and it's clear to see that he is well out of his depth to take this club back on the rise. There's no longer the high scoring games which we've seen much of this season so that's a positive I guess but the attacking side has also slightly suffered as a result. 

Some of the things that are killing us in games are still the same old stuff that was happening under Williams with shoddy defending. Maybe when Maynard gets his own brand of football and players in the team come the summer it might be a whole different story. 

We've gone over this question and others similar to it time after time and we all have our opinions and what we consider what is Wrong at the Lane and how it should be put Right. But the Final Decisions will be made by Chris & Alex and possibly other Board Members. Will Stuart Maynard Stay or Will he Go? Will Macca Jodi and Dan Crowley be Sold? Will Players not up to League 2 standard be Released from their Contracts? Will a Director of Football be appointed next season? I would hope that all of these questions and Decisions are already being sorted behind the Scenes.  Do you know what would be a Good Thing?  If someone at the Club came on to this site and read  Real Fans views and what  their worries are regarding the Club. Because as I read comments on PON by my fellow Magpie fans it's clear they only want what's Best for Notts County Football Club and if their words were to get back to the Owners it would give them pause for thought.

@Wheelbarrow repair man Trew and Hardy tried that.  They both got sucked into discussions and arguments which ended up badly.  I don't know how they could come on here unless it was incognito (in which case who knows, they may already do that).

@Robbie He has a UEFA B license then. You get a grace period of a couple of years to get the A license, but must demonstrate that you are working towards it.  Of course that's another draw on his time in addition to all the other things that are going on.  It can't help.

On the stats at Wealdstone, I think you need to take context into account.  It would be like us playing in L1 with our current team,  I guess.  He had Wealdstone punching above their weight, so 30% probably isn't that bad. 

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Ohh Tommy Johnson that's basically what I meant someone to come on here as a member or incognito and then Report Back. My Bad.

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Yeah win percentage isn’t always a great way of viewing things, it’s all relative. He managed to get a part-time team in a pretty much full-time league, having just recently been promoted, to mid-table. All things considered he actually did very well at Wealdstone, but maybe the step up has just come to early for him.

The Reedtz Bros have stated they are here for the long-term and they definitely have the clubs best interests at heart. We've always had a competitive squad and they’ve spent a of lot money improving and building new infrastructures at the stadium. Our better players won’t be sold just because someone bids for them, I’m sure we turned down offers for the likes of Wootton and Rodrigues because they thought them staying was more beneficial. I’m 99% certain we will only sell a player if their valuation is met.

Our owners are human too, they’ll make mistakes and fans have to accept sometimes that’s going to happen. It’s about how you deal with the set-backs and I don’t think they’ll be panicking too much because the summer transfer window is a big opportunity to strengthen us and address the defensive issues. If we sign some good defenders and even add 1 or 2 new attacking players we can only improve! The question will then just be is SM the right man to take us forward?

@KB1862 difference with fullarton mate is maynard has helped us not to concede and the performances have been still quite decent, its unfortunate that there is not a lot he can do. fullarton was out of his depth and just went about making it all about him. he seemed to have no relationship with the players, with an attitude that he was better than what he was.

the reedtz wont sack him any time soon, where not in a point where it makes sense for them to do it. not with how few games are left to go.

i think they will give him a chance to start the next season, its not like he has a lot of influence or say on who the club is looking to bring in. he can only work with them and try to get the best out of them. managers, just like young players sometimes need time. this season will be vital experience for maynard, if he can work with the club to make sure we are more solid at the back and built that way from the goal, defence upwards than he will have a better chance of doing better. the club would make a mistake if they did not try to bring in more suitable players for this level.

It's the defenders keep making the mistakes,no matter how much they are swapped around.

@super_ram That's the problem that doesn't seem to go away.

Maynard in his pre Swindon press conference reiterated that the team was working hard on the training ground to counter the mistakes, but I don't think that can be done on the training ground.

The mistakes have continued to cost us matches and I think the only way Notts are going to deal with it is to recruit new players that won't get flustered and can cope much better in pressure situations.

@Wheelbarrow repair man

This table is very revealing when taking into account the results since the beginning of 2024.

Notts are firmly planted on the bottom of league 2. It just represents how big the slump in form has been.

 

Robbie

Lets hope somebody or someone has brought this to the Attention of the Brothers and the Head of Recruitment and they finally come to realise that things at the Lane need to change and change Quickly or that table may be a Prediction of the way things will be at  the end of 2024/2025 season for Notts County..

I've always been quick to defend Stuart Maynard but the diabolical mistakes in defense by Notts today were brought about by the tactics on a bobbling pitch. 

The selections today didn't make sense with Ashley-Hamnond and Jatta not being selected from the start.

At his post match press conference Maynard is still talking about improvement needed and being let down by silly defensive mistakes when we seem to be getting progressively worse. He just seems to be in an alternative reality at the moment.

That's now nine defeats in thirteen matches under Maynard with just two away wins. We don't know where the next win is going to come from.

We are in full blown relegation form, and stuck at the bottom of the league with results from the start of the year. It is not good enough and the Notts fans deserve better.

Maynard really needs a positive result on Monday.

 

Can you Honestly see Notts getting a Result Monday Robbie? I can't the Atmosphere is going to be TOXIC really the only thing Maynard can Do Now is to Fall On His Sword (as the saying goes) and WALK. Because Notts Fans will make their Feelings Known, but Not Only is Maynard going to get Stick certain players will also feel the Fans Wrath. And as if stated on other Platforms the Coach has Lost the Dressing Room and players don't want to play for him that really is The End. For these last few games, put Jim O'Brien back in the Dug Out (if he wants to of course) the players respect Jim and under his leadership they might Put In Some Kind Of Performance and if Notts go down at Least  hopefully they'll go down Fighting.

I don’t want to get to end of the season thinking the sensible thing the club should’ve done when Swansea approached us was to lock LW in his office, smash his phone and let him out after Swansea had appointed someone else!

But it's looking that way, 6 games left now and Swindon was one of our easier games there…