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it really depends on how we start and how the opposition does themselves, but it is a must win game. i think notts has to be careful and its important to avoid playing like we did against salford. teams you feel notts should do better against often sees us struggle. i can see the game being similar to the morecambe game where its largely uneventful and even at the end of the game. i would hope its not a draw but i can see it, newport are never a simple team at their ground.

I think we are more relaxed away from home. It is a must win game for us given recent home form

Newport County are a difficult team to play at home; their ground just makes it feel more comfortable for them, and it's not an easy place to play 'pretty football'. Newport also fit the mould of being a team that is happy to bully, waste time, frustrate, and just do anything within their power to stop teams playing. They are fully capable of mixing how they play, so I would hope that between Matt Palmer and George Abbott we can control the midfield battle. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if we struggled to get shots on target but retained the usual higher amount of possession. We need to be direct and dangerous, but steady at the back. If Notts can make good movement, maybe it will prove different, but I just feel this is one of those games where Newport will either sit for the draw or shock us on the counter-attack.

Notts have eight cup finals to the end of the season & it starts away to Newport County. Other teams around Notts keep losing. I can't remember a league being as poor as this one has been this season. Just when you think a team is going to put a run together they unexpectedly lose. Bradford & Colchester have been the only teams to have put a decent run together during February & March. Despite the Notts poor form, they are still in with a shouting chance of getting automatic promotion. Unfortunately, help from other teams isn't going to last & Notts need to start winning starting on Saturday. Somehow, I feel more confident with Notts being away rather than them being at home.

Newport County are in a dangerous position and have everything to play for. They won’t mind earning just a point, even if it’s at home. It would be much more encouraging for them to stop a visiting team like Notts from leaving with all three points. I believe they are quite comfortable being out of control and will likely want their opponent to do all the running. This means they might hope to tire us out, defending with their backs against the wall. In this situation, Notts just needs to stay persistent and hope that the quality within the team is enough to create more problems for Newport than they cause us with their tight defensive play. This is why I wish Notts were more of a threat from set pieces and in the air. I think Newport will try to limit any space we create on the ground. They know how to frustrate and stop teams that play attractive football, but handling genuine quality is a different matter. A well-executed free kick, corner routine or even a long-range shot could be the decisive factor.

the opening goal from the free kick from reece james was class, i did not know he was capable of taking them or placing them so well into an area no keeper would be able to save. it was the perfect opening goal, and i think the performance was quite good. a couple of moments such as the near miss when jordan pickford called for the ball but the defender continued and it led to latvia shooting wide but acceptable.

he is a game changing player who could help lift scunthorpe back to the efl, when hes in form hes just on a different level and was always a joy to watch when he played for us. hopefully his injuries are lessening and he is managing to find this consistency through staying injury free.

maybe they should have waited for him to get the axe? unless shrewsbury were desperate to avoid paying compo and let him go without a fee.

people also try to make out that they dont have enough money and want to sell the club, when it seems the billionaire who joined them in the ownership of wrexham is just future proofing their ambitions of reaching the premier league.

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An effective manager for lower-league teams. I feel Shrewsbury have made a sensible appointment to replace Gareth Ainsworth. I can understand why Gillingham wanted him; it hasn't worked out with Shrewsbury this season, but at Gillingham it should be smoother to transition into what their potential is.

Cal Roberts is a great player; it's a shame his injuries have impacted his career so much, but it's great to see him doing well. Scunthorpe have had a lot of problems in recent years; how they splashed the cash when they didn't really have it impacted the club. I hope with Robert's form, things are picking up for them and that he can help them gain promotion back to the EFL in the near future. It would be nice to see him playing at that level, but it's more important to just see him enjoying football.

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Great to see he's back on form and having a good season. However, for me it's tinged with a little sadness that he's playing at that level - he looked an unbelievable player at times in the NL and I'd have loved to see how he'd get on in League Two or higher.

This is a very strange one. Shrewsbury are bottom of League 1 & look as though they will be back in League 2 next season. Very strange for a Club to appoint a Head Coach who was about to see his present club on the way to being relegated. Gillingham must be seeing something in him that most of the rest of football lovers don't. It has been confirmed in the last hour that he has become Gillingham first Team Manager. I wish him luck with his new position. Very clever move from Ainsworth, jumping ship before being forced to walk the plank.

I'm pleased that Cal Roberts is doing well for Scunthorpe after all the injury problems that he has had in the recent past. It looks like Scunthorpe are set for promotion from the National League North & Cal is playing a big part in their resurgence. It will be nice the see Scunthorpe back in the National League & hopefully they may be challenging for Football League status next season, so long as they achieve promotion. Lots of Notts fans like myself we're sorry to see Cal leave Notts but as our owners always say, everyone has their price & Cal was no exception. It didn't work out for him at Aberdeen but he is thriving at a lower level with Scunthorpe. I may be wrong, but I do feel he would struggle with the physicality of playing for a League 2 club like Notts.

It was a reasonable performance from England tonight against a Latvian side that were content to get 10 men behind the ball and make it difficult for England. Latvia only managed one shot on goal in the whole match such was England's dominance. In the first half England's build up play was ok, but time after time the final ball wasn't good. It took a fantastic free kick from around 25 yards out from James to break the deadlock, that went over the wall & into the top right hand corner of the goal after 35 minutes. In the second half England's passing was much slicker & they managed to get behind the Latvian defence for Kane to tap in from a cross after 70 minutes, his 71st goal for England. Five minutes later Eze cut inside on the left & his shot was deflected into the net off a Latvian defender. This was a goal on his debut for England. So a comfortable win in the end for England & 3 points to begin their World Cup qualifying campaign. Tuchel will be pleased with the win but I'm sure he'll want that final ball to be much better.

A win for England England 3 Latvia 0

GOOOOOAAAAAL EZE England score their third goal after 75 minutes.

GOOOOOAAAAAL KANE There's the skipper at the back post to double our lead after 70 minutes. England 2 Latvia 0

Half time. England lead.

GOOOOOAAAAAL JAMES Direct free kick over the wall & in.

Kick off.

Tonight's England team to face Latvia.

I probably won't have the time to watch the game live, but I will try to keep an eye on the score. @super_ram: fingers crossed the stand for your new TV will be set up in time for the game, as I know you will be watching. I expect updates from everyone who manages to watch the game.