Chris, attacking football is the way to win games

MP...need to focus on defence too

No outside investment being sought

Joe Palmer ...sustainability.... need extra income other than existing income streams

How close the club to be self sufficient...wages going up every year...manage the financial gap

Training pitch....gym really important on site, helps with preparation to avoid injuries

Pitch...fungus...needs to be re-grassed, difficult fungus to manage

Charity...launch for historical "charity" of items relating to #Notts

Chris ..Chris + Alex in for #Notts for the very long term

Thanks for the updates @Piethagoram 👍

Just watched that from start to finish.

I don't think fans could ask for much more from a forum. I thought it was great. Two full hours almost, such a wide range of topics and questions, without dodging the difficult ones.

One thought was how useful watching that would be for our rivals. We seem to have such good governance though, so hard to copy some of what we do and how we do it.

Chris and Alex also repeated what MP said recently that we have kept the club's playing philosophy - attacking and possession-based, but obviously making adjustments, 'tweaks' as necessary. Dunno why podcast numpties have to keep telling us otherwise.

I did enjoy the fans forum & it was good to see loads of questions to the panel. . I thought that Martin Paterson acquitted himself very well & after the forum had ended I was encouraged about the prospects for the season ahead.

I particularly liked the updates about the improvements regarding the training facilities at Highfields, the good news about the Padel Courts & the Nest generating welcome revenue for the club. The continuing upgrades around the Meadow Lane Ground.

And the great News about the introduction of Notts Heritage 1862, a supporter led registered charity that will care for and promote Notts's unrivalled history as the world’s oldest professional football club.

The Reedtz brothers once again confirmed that they are committed to the club for the long haul & want to see the club continue to climb the football pyramid while ensuring that the club continues to do so in a sustainable way financially.

I thought MP was able to put his own perspective across quite well, though his "jokes" fell rather flat.I perhaps have more respect towards MP than at anytime before.

What strikes you is how different MP is to the rest of the panel, temperamentally. We need what he brings. Maynard probably fitted in more in terms of temperament but being too uniform like that won't help to keep players and fans interested and motivated.

As long as it's controllable (by the provider :) ) , the club needed that injection of nervous energy a la Mad Dog which MP brings.

@Piethagoram Andrew Whitaker is spot on

I need to set aside a couple of hours to watch this, I wonder if they mention the monorail?

Well that’s disappointing I clicked on the link for the fans forum that @Piethagoram posted and it’s no longer available, they didn’t leave it on long.

The fans forum is on the Notts App @Fan of Big Tone

7 minutes ago, Robbie said:

The fans forum is on the Notts App @Fan of Big Tone

@Robbie I’ve looked but I can’t see it. Can you give me a link? I think it might have been taken off.

Found it now on the website.

What I took from the Fans Forum (for what it's worth) is Martin Paterson's take on the start to the season. He said it was ok. He seem to point to the last three or so games as to a turning point, that were playing more like the way the owners want. I would agree with that. A point was made by one fan that the team that played against Crawley had 8 players from last season and that seem to make the difference. It would seem from his reply that he agreed. It looks like he has been giving certain new/loan players the chance to show what they can do, but they haven't taken that opportunity. I think he is getting very close to knowing his best eleven. You get the feeling that the likes of Cotter and Aljofree are on borrowed time. I think we will see more of Luker and Hall with just one up front. From the game against Barnsley, I'd like to see more of Ness, Bennetts and Jarvis, at least being involved on the bench.

Yes @McPie those points stood out. Actually I don't think MP got his phrasing quite right on that - I'm sure Aljofree, Norburn, Cotter and maybe others have been trying and it should be perfectly natural for players to come in and out according to form when the squad size is 25+. We can vent on places like this, but the coach should be a wee bit more diplomatic. He said it right later - anyone not performing well is under pressure. That's just a small detail, the forum and whole panel were great last night, MP especially, who spoke very well on the team.

One point that got my interest is the Bros still mulling over what management structure they want. That tells us there will be no appointment any time soon, if what the actual post is hasn't been decided yet :) Hopefully, there won't be any fans banging on about giving recruitment to MP - it's not going to happen. The choice is a) Head of Recruitment b) Director of Football or c) some other structure we haven't seen before. Personally I hope it's a) MP doesn't need a boss between him and the bros but could do with an equal in that other dept, either a Montague figure or Montague himself (I still haven't given up hope of him coming back).

In hindsight, a good question to have asked MP would have been ... should Jodie have been left to start in his wing position, at the beginning of the season?