On 4/18/2017 at 21:30, liampie said:

he seems to do better and be more consistent when he is not selected week in and out. might this be his way forward?

A solid backline is almost always the same back 4 week in, week out. Swapping and changing doesn't aid a defence, there is much more emphasis on knowing how the man next to you will react, an understanding of who will close down and who will drop off, a general consensus when to step up and when to drop back. 

This doesn't apply so much to the forward positions, where it can be more individual. 

I always rated Krystian Pearce as a defender, though his wobbles towards the end of his career at Meadow Lane is similar to Hadyn Hollis.

He seemed very capable and I believe Mansfield fans rate him quite highly, as I seem to recall @Dan saying that he had improved the Stags defence and that he looked a decent defender for Notts. Sometimes lower tier players lose their way, managers can help with this regard but I would always welcome Pearce back.

I have a sneaky feeling that Pearce will get at least one player of the season award for us.

2 hours ago, Super_Danny_Allsopp said:

A solid backline is almost always the same back 4 week in, week out. Swapping and changing doesn't aid a defence, there is much more emphasis on knowing how the man next to you will react, an understanding of who will close down and who will drop off, a general consensus when to step up and when to drop back. 

This doesn't apply so much to the forward positions, where it can be more individual. 

this can all be sorted in the training and tactics.

a solid back line should be able to rely on any of the defenders available to make the first team, not just the ones who play week in and week out.

also, i dont think swapping for the sake of it is worth while but at times players will become injured, require rest or just deserve to sit out a game or two. its unfair to drop someone who is being consistent for someone else who had not.

I do not fault his attitude but his ability is questionable, if Notts are to improve we need to release players like Haydn Hollis.

If you released him, I guarantee that within the first 5 games of the season the fans will say "We need a Haydn Hollis type player". It was the same when they hounded Bish out, I said then that they would only realise how much they'll miss him now that he's gone and for every season since people have been begging him to come back to Notts. And he's played at a higher level than Notts nearly every season too.

21 hours ago, Dan said:

If you released him, I guarantee that within the first 5 games of the season the fans will say "We need a Haydn Hollis type player". It was the same when they hounded Bish out, I said then that they would only realise how much they'll miss him now that he's gone and for every season since people have been begging him to come back to Notts. And he's played at a higher level than Notts nearly every season too.

Honestly, I won't, I really, really won't!! If I ever did, I would fully expect to be sectioned!

On 4/20/2017 at 17:15, Dan said:

If you released him, I guarantee that within the first 5 games of the season the fans will say "We need a Haydn Hollis type player". It was the same when they hounded Bish out, I said then that they would only realise how much they'll miss him now that he's gone and for every season since people have been begging him to come back to Notts. And he's played at a higher level than Notts nearly every season too.

Some might, I wouldn't.

He's a good lad and a decent player on his day, it just does not happen in many games. For every good game, he makes several mistakes in others.

he did well against forest and was my man of the match against wigan.

i think he will be more productive and reliable under kevin nolan.