Two of our bogey teams in the National League were Bromley and Boreham Wood, one is top of League Two and the other top of The National League. Is it time for a re-think?

Yeah, that was pants. We looked bang average, very little urgency or creativity. The only positive is that the powers that be can't be complacent in the January window, it's clear to everyone that we need reinforcements in key areas if we're to compete at the top end.

These are some hot takes:

• Jones is cooked. I'd accept almost any bid for him - the AM test was a complete failure, he's roughly got one move which is to get down the left and turn 180 and try to pull a foul. It will sound disengenous, but I thank him for his service and we can move on.

• We largely have a squad of "squad players" - Tsaroulla, Bennets, Gordon, Platt, Norburn are all maginal impact players that do a job - we, as obvious as it will be day in 12 hours, are missing vast amounts of creativity.

• Ness as a forward screams to me that it's either a calcultated effort to shout to the board to back him, or MP isn't tactically brilliant as his pre/post assessments normally suggest he could be.

• Jan is a massive crossroads - Given MP is probs on a 1 year and will likely be dismissed if we don't go up, will the board back him with all that on the table? His brand of football isn't beautiful (although my life supporting Notts is now tainted with Williamsball syndrome) and this is the first match apart from early doors that I've walked away thinking is it actually MP that's at fault.

We're above where the squad should be, but our lack of creating clear cut chances, even during our good run of form from mid-September onwards, is still a massive issue. (Barnet, Swindon first half, Cambridge first half, Bristol Rovers, Colchester, Chesterfield, Barrow, Salford, Gillingham, Tranmere first half).

We've got absolutely no clue how to create chances. Ball retention is terrible, our passing has no pace to it and we've got no idea where we want the ball to go or who we want it to go to, when we're in possession. So instead, when nobody is in space, we just launch it long to Dennis or Jatta who don't want it being played long to them.

Our wing-backs make my blood boil sometimes. Dither, dither, occasional step over, turn back, turn forward, turn back, pass back, go again.

Absolutely agree @ARLukomski ball retention is poor. It seems like we’re playing panic football. Few have the composure to control the ball and pass. It just seems it’s head it kick it as far away as possible like a hot potato! I don’t know why Roos continues a long clearance trying to find Jatta, it never comes off. It feels like the team is playing with fear. I agree @piedestrian we have a group of squad players. I don’t think any of this is knee jerk reaction, a number of positive results have masked some poor performances.

Just found the courage to watch the highlights and their goal confirmed my suspicion at the time that Roos should have come for it. When the initial ball is played over the top, Roos is outside his six yard box, but instead of coming forward a few yards to claim it, he retreated. Accrington’s goalscorer basically took his touch literally four yards in front of where Roos was originally stood.

That being said, I’d like to know why our three centre halves were all within a few yards of each other? What was Platt doing and why was Macari so far over to the left?

We should have hammered a side like Accrington but yet again we play the same boring side to side football, hoping to get a cross in from the wings which is nearly always terrible.

We’re desperate for the return of Palmer and Robertson so that we can push Iorpenda up into the 10 role as neither Hall (still can’t work out what he brings) nor Grant are effective enough.

Notts seem to lose the tactical battle against opponents at Meadow Lane more often than not.

Opponents just sit back and allow Notts possession & just challenge Notts to break them down. They then bide their time to either take advantage of a Notts mistake at the back, or hit Notts on the break when they can.

These opponents also tend to bully Notts with their physicality, they also employ the dark arts, by slowing the game down, fouling by pushing, pulling & time wasting.

Since Notts were promoted this problem has remained a big factor with Williams, Maynard & now Paterson unable to solve it. Paterson still has an opportunity, but I think the problem will persist unless Notts can recruit strong & skillful players who will have the skill to unlock these opponents defensive tactics.