A new formation and giving some other players a chance is very important its been mostly the same players all season.

I hope Ardley watched the players train today, he needs to start preparing and getting to know them. First thing he should do is watch them train and see what he can do to encourage more from them.

First thing? Find time to speak to the players who have captained the club and ask them respectfully what they believe the problem to be.

Listen, take on board what was said and then approach the squad over training.

@BromPie speaking to the experienced players and club captain would be a good decision. It's new territory for Ardley!

Hopefully the focus is straight to viewing videos of the last 10 games, this way Neal Ardley can see what worked and what didn't. It gives him the chance to go out and sort things on the training field which I agree with.

I will be surprised if there isn’t a “behind closed doors” game organised for Saturday. There is nothing like a game situation to gather much needed understanding of who can do what.

His first task must surely to get Notts their first win over Mansfield away for god knows how long? Big ask though. ????

He needs to plan which games he thinks he can realistically get the points required for safety and then build the team around this idea.