Game 39 - Spitfires (H)

Team: Eastleigh

Date: 17/04/2021

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Neal Ardley opt for? What will be the key areas for the Magpies to get a victory? What do you think the final score will be?

Have your say below, join in with the Pride of Nottingham match discussion.

It will be interesting to see if or how much Piece Bird has developed... He's been a regular for them recently.... I reckon he was worth another season here... 

Another ****, negative half.

Ben Turner will be sent off soon as he tries to bring down anybody that turns him, which isn't difficult. Wootton terrible. Knowles can finish and nothing else. Reeves passing is ******* dire, he is dropping back into the back 3 (!!!) to pick the ball up and play on top of Turner. Neither Reeves nor Turner can pass, so the result is the same.

Doyle on, Reeves off. Enzio on, Knowles off. Turner off, Ellis on.

Please. 

I can’t remember the last time I spent pretty much the whole stream shaking my head or rolling my eyes.

How are we worse at the back with 3 centre backs now? And what is about Rawlinson looking like a completely different player when he’s part of a back 3? Can’t believe we persisted for 75 minutes with the 5-2-3/3-4-3 whatever it was, it clearly wasn’t working. We were better when we switched to the 4-4-2 but the crossing was atrocious.

The most annoying thing about today, Eastleigh didn’t even need to get out of 1st gear to beat us today - they barely attacked us yet they came away with three points. That was absolutely rubbish.

Edited April 17, 20214 yr by menzinho

What an absolute dismal, disgusting performance.

Looked as though none of them cared. If anyone on the player ratings gives above a 0, then you need to have a word because that probably sits as one of the worst I’ve seen for many a year.

Roll on the end of the season so we can clear out most of these players and start again. Feels distinctly like the relegation season for me. No one caring and the quick 10 minutes of occasional forward play at the end is supposed to pacify the fans.

Notts really ought to be refunding the streaming money to fans after today.

It will be interesting to see if or how much Piece Bird has developed... He's been a regular for them recently.... I reckon he was worth another season here... 

Notts are no longer in the playoffs. Shocking. Looks like another season in this league at the very least. I hope we don't do a Kidderminster....

Why do we insist on playing wing backs when we have no wing backs at the club? Either they can't defend or they can't cross. Some can't do either. The squad has obviously been set up with a 4-2-3-1 in mind, so we might as well play that if we're to avoid playing round pegs in square holes. Mind you, if no-one's going to make themselves available to receive the ball or make runs it doesn't really matter what we play.

I thought about buying the stream, but the sun was shining so I thought I'd get some vitamin D and do some weeding in the garden while listening on the radio. Good decision. The weeding was much more fun than the "football".