Even though the Notts team had a disappointing loss at home to Grimsby, & have only earned 4 points from a possible 12, I remain optimistic that Notts can still challenge successfully for promotion & here's why.

We have three of our best players, Palmer, Norburn, & Jatta getting close to full fitness & will return soon.

Notts still have to play 5 matches against teams currently in the top 10, so Notts can still gain lots of points, (up to 15) at the expense of their closest rivals.

Notts still have an 8 point cushion between themselves & the team in 8th place, so at the very least, Notts are still looking good for a playoff place. Which gives them another opportunity to achieve promotion.

Notts are still just 1 point adrift of the team in 3rd place in League 2, so they remain very much in the mix, & it is still in their own hands to finish in the top three. What are your thoughts?

You get officials like yesterday and players that dramatically throw themselves down making a squealing noise that con said officials, we don't stand a cat in hells chance. Perhaps one of our training sessions should be conducted at theatre school. 🎭

As I get older, I do understand more why some fans seem more 'half full' than 'half empty', I feel quite rational when it comes to what I observe and I try to keep things in mind when times are tough. I wouldn't class myself 'happy clapper', though isn't that what a fan should do when times are tough? I mean, I try to put this out there that during previous regimes we wanted a squad that wanted to win, love the club and respected the fans.

The Reedtz family has instituted this with every managerial appointment: players come in to give it their best shot. Some aren't good, but very few do not care or don't apply themselves.

I felt very worried about relegation out of the Football League, but like many other teams it's done us more good than any previous reset attempts. That's a big reminder that there's always something to remain optimisitic about.

Look, I am one of those fans who support the club, but I will support the players too in their efforts. They come and go, but we remain and if that means we don't hit the expectations I can accept it. Seasons always have their ups and downs, so when you have what we do now we really need to stay humble. Trust the process, try to encourage and so far we haven't had a bad season really since Alan Hardy left.

And there's nothing wrong with ambition, but I can't allow that cause problems for long term success and so I think there's always a balance.

I'd consider myself to be a cautiously optimistic fan but right now I feel pretty positive because I think at this point we have over-achieved this season.

We had an indifferent start not helped by Jatta missing the first month of the season (and now he’s been out for over a month), Palmer has been out for close to 3 ½ months and Roberston can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to being injury free. We also had a goalkeeper for half a season who was terrified of stepping out from under his crossbar and we've had no No.10 with the quality of Crowley or Didzy. Yet here we are 1 point off an automatic place!

I’m pretty amazed to be honest, in terms of finishing the season now it's a bit of a basic response but we've just got to keep doing what we've been doing. We've got much more resilience to us this season and that gives us a good chance of getting over the line.