Well i was at the Luton game, and once again the defence is not my worry, let me explain once again a defence is only as good as what's in front of it, our midfield is powder puff, mr Vaughan giving the ball away yet again for their first goal, as he did against Derby and Leicester, for me he is too small and too old, imo.

Defence is a worry ..both Central and full backs...Luton had us stretched. Fitzsimons coming in for unfair criticism as Duffy and Brisley were not winning the headers that they would be expected too.

Yes, Vaughan gave the ball away again but some of the passes to him should not have been made. I have said before, we needed a midfielder a la Bish / O'Connor, Vaughan a neat player but too lightweight for a L2 bruising.

If a change in playing style is the aim, I have seen little in terms of coaching to really get us prepared for the season. At Luton, we were pretty clueless when in possession

You can not expect the constant pressure our back four go through with out conceding goals, they did fine until the second half when mr perfect gave the ball away (again), how many times did our midfield get us into Luton's half, Kane Hemmings might as well stopped in the dressing room for how many times he got the ball.

Edited July 29, 20188 yr by macpie

I think there is time for things to settle and improve, I am sure Kevin Nolan will be looking at each mistake and then think about how it can be corrected. Hopefully there is still time to sign another CB and a keeper.

8 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

Yes, Vaughan gave the ball away again but some of the passes to him should not have been made. I have said before, we needed a midfielder a la Bish / O'Connor, Vaughan a neat player but too lightweight for a L2 bruising.

I do think Vaughan will come good.

The players have appeared disinterested in the friendlies, if you look at the training pictures they look knackered. Maybe they are being pushed too hard?

Notts have always blamed the weaknesses on the wrong area for me.

We have strengthened all departments but haven't done so much with the defence, Brisley is the best centre back at the club. I would partner him with Hall but the defending needs to be responsible. They don't press or mark, just sit back.

I got a angry face emoji, for saying i was worried about our lack of goals in the PSFs, somewhere on Facebook. Oh well ne'er mind eh. COYP get ya scoring boots on. I think we should get a new goalie in too. 

It's concerning but until we have played a few games I don't think we should overly worry about losing to Luton.

I will have to wait until Notts have played between 6-10 games, form will come more to light but I am not overly worried. The same defence did well last season and without the quality further up the field.