Chris

In 4.5, or maybe 4.3, there was a link on the forum index. That would change based on what the default stream was, but a lot of things have been streamlined. There are elements I miss, but hooks are returning and there's always the hope that they'll be able to be returned. My favourite change is the text editor. The previous editor was CKEditor 4, and it was very clunky. When it was first introduced, it was outstanding for the time, but things have become a lot more lightweight and better in terms of functions. I am still working on areas, but I am happy with how far we have come. I'm just glad there weren't any major, major issues. It went remarkably well. When I upgraded a test environment, I encountered heaps of issues, but that is to be expected with betas. I'm always open to feedback, and I only want members to be happy.

I had an issue with my laptop, so I decided to reinstall the latest update to Windows 11. It made no difference, so I undid the update. Same issue, I had already checked online for any fixes, and had roamed the Microsoft support forums. It turns out my antivirus, Kaspersky, had some weird issue, and uninstalling it resolved the issue. Never before have I had issues with an app randomly preventing Windows from operating correctly. I only troubleshooted it because I had turned my internet off. If I hadn't done that, I probably would have had to freshly install Windows 11. Whilst that was going on, I watched a couple of boxing matches on Channel 5. There's something wrong with modern boxing based on what I witnessed.

I'm really pleased by how the upgrade has gone for PON. 😁 I encourage members to use the status to let us know what you are doing. Like you would with Facebook, BlueSky, X (Twitter) etc.

At 22, I wouldn't be against us trying to sign him, but I don't think a loan would be suitable. At 22, he needs to settle in a first-team environment, and if Burnley were prepared to let him leave permanently, it could be a good coup for us. That said, it might trigger those wiki fans who believe the stats on the pages say more about the player than giving them a chance in real life. We might be seeking more experience, mind you, what with the signing of Matthew Dennis.

It's about time @Fan of Big Tone, that you fit me into your suitcase. 😉 I hope you and Mrs T have a wonderful time on the cruise. The Ireland part sounds like a nice way to finish the cruise, not so sure about Liverpool despite all the culture and music scene. I suppose if you haven't been, seeing the connections to The Beatles would be nice. I trust you brought your ear defenders along!!

There seems to be an issue where the custom CSS decides to go missing. I have taken a manual backup and have so far managed to get round the issue. I am not exactly sure what caused it, but please keep an eye out for things.

If I act quick, I might be able to get my name on the list of candidates by tomorrow. I think the board will be narrowing down their selection, and I don't think it's a bad thing that they are not rushing the appointment. I do hope we end up with someone with EFL experience, but provided whoever comes in can get the best out of the squad and unite us fans. Then the season will only be another rollercoaster of a ride, a favourable fixture start and a good beginning to the campaign, and we'll wonder why we were even fussed. At least the Reedtz don't pick based on the flavour of the month, or whoever is desperate enough to accept the job.

It would be nice to plant a few more flowers in my front garden. Cheeky has done well with the bedding area in front of the house. We have an Acer tree close to the corner of our front fence which is getting bigger. I have always been tempted to put flowers around it, and make it more of a feature. They are a real nightmare, I think Cheeky tends to put off them due to this too. It's a headache when they won't come off, it's why we ended up leaving the ones in the front. Though from time to time, Cheeky does say she wishes they were gone. Her dad once tried to remove them, and gave up due to how awkward they are. That's rust and years of being set in place for us, I think in some cases they are best left because of the damage they can do when trying to remove them. If we ever used ours, they would need to like the sun a lot because we face it from early morning until around 5pm. Doing any gardening in the summer can be a real drain, when the sun is at its highest heat. Though, I do wish we could do something with them. On another point, I have wanted to install lights to the front of the house for some time. We had to make our gardens really private, due to issues with the neighbours, but I do go for the occasional late-night walk and think the house would look better lit up. Flowers and plants make a massive difference. I don't like how hedges are being removed simply because people can't be bothered to maintain them. Likewise with trees, many tall and old trees have been cut down in recent years, and I can't understand why anyone would want their property to be so open.

They're in for another defender from Kilmarnock, supposedly, at least from what I read. I thought Curtis Tilt looked like a strong leader at the back, but I wasn't impressed with other aspects of his game. When we have played against him, I have always wanted to see a player just take him on, as he tends to be indecisive at times. Organisation-wise, he's very good and should be a good signing.

The father of my brother's friend, who used to own my home. He was obsessed with hanging baskets, it caused quite a lot of damage to the brick walls. We still have two holders stuck to the front of our house, which refuses to move. I had thought about sanding them back to the metal and repainting them. However, Cheeky isn't keen on hanging baskets. I quite like them, and find it to be quite interesting to see someone start from the beginning, as mentioned by @Robbie. I sometimes wonder if Cheeky doesn't think they will grow if we did them ourselves, and that the ones she doesn't like are those already pre-arranged. The back of my house must have had like six different hanging baskets at one point. After I cleared the jungle from the overgrown garden, those were one of the first things Cheeky wanted removing as it did damage the break work. I patched parts up, so it doesn't look that bad. At the bottom of our garden, Cheekt has some flowers at the side of our garage and a raspberry plant.

Ah, that's because it's linked with the home and article system due to it being a page. Oops, that's a small oversight from me. I'll focus on the articles now, so we can fix that up.

I think it would have been the dev, Shahed, fixing it. It seems to work fine for me now. Can you confirm?

I'm a little surprised I managed to wake up at 9am. With me working on PON earlier than I intended, it meant I could finish the main part in the early hours of this morning, roughly around 3am. Yesterday, I managed to go see @super_ram. It was nice to catch up with him after my family break. I can't wait to return in October. Especially because he will be joining us. The break has done me a lot of good, but I won't go into that. My focus is to continue with the work now, which is required from the upgrade. I really do hope everyone sees the improvements and comes to like them. Thank you, @Fan of Big Tone and @Robbie for helping with the early stages as I sought to gather feedback.

I'm pleased to say the site has been successfully updated. However, it's not without some hiccups. I will be trying to get more parts functional, but with the changes being quite big, I need to fix custom parts, templates, and further general maintenance. The home page and article system will remain down until later today, as will the store. These are two areas where I can't just patch things over from testing; I need to spend a significant amount of time fixing and sorting them out. In addition to this, the dashboard page is missing some widgets, and does have an issue with the left side bar not scrolling. I will be speaking to a third-party dev in regards to fixing that. I have a fair amount of theme-related changes, however, I hope everyone likes the new design. The light/dark version will return, as will the old theme everyone is used to. Please bear with me as I fix things. I am working as hard as I can to make sure that the site is back to 100% functional, without any missing features or custom areas.

I think we have a far more chance of creating chances for Matthew Dennis to score, a lot of goals that aren't wonder strikes tend to be easy tap-ins, or at least quite straightforward. I wouldn't read too much into his wiki, as he's young and players like Dennis need to settle. I have faith in the recruitment team, and as the first signing, I am happy with it. This is a good opportunity for Dennis, as Carlisle is a long way from London, and his previous spell at MK Dons shouldn't be held against him. I hope some fans can reserve their judgement and just give him a chance.

I understand the worry within our fan base, but not so much the doom and gloom. It just feels too early for it, but Notts has this element of looking on the grim side, and whilst it's not me. I do realise how the unknown can bring concern. This said, I am a little baffled with the criticism directed towards the Reedtz. I don't think they have done anything wrong. A lot of fans wanted Stuart Maynard gone, and I personally think it's a good thing that they are not rushing to make an appointment. They have generally done well with bringing in the right people. So, I trust their judgement and guidance. We have a good foundation, and are maintaining a solid squad to move forward. We are not having to do complete rebuilds ahead of every campaign, and there's a lot of quality within our squad. The right manager might also be able to get the best out of players like Kellan Gordon, who does well but struggles with consistency. Whilst I acknowledge the disappointment of David McGoldrick not renewing his stay. I praise the board for reviewing his wages and realising that a portion of it could be better spent. I think 5 quality additions which are first-team candidates, not backups or rotational, but signings that could fit our starting XI would be a massive boost. Our first two seasons in League Two have shown improvements, whilst some might not be happy with the level of progress. Football should never be rushed, the club's future shouldn't be risked, and balancing expectations along with realistic ambitions always does come at a risk. However, we are investing wisely, and I think that should bring some hope moving forward. Will Jarvis and Jodi Jones will be interesting to see, I think Jodi will get his confidence back. Their ability to be direct could throw an unknown element of creativity back into our team. They are not easily predictable and are skilful enough to change things, which, with a more attacking-minded midfield, should be a significant improvement. The main thing I would say is we can't focus solely on one area. We can't settle for two key players. A good keeper to rival Alex Bass, another quality wing-back, some more strong leaders, and not relying on two strikers would be a smart move. 5 quality players might not be an easy task, and I wouldn't want us to throw the playing budget at achieving this, but we could be looking at bringing some players in for fees and signing good free agents to balance things out. The rest of our squad can be made up of the talent within our youth ranks. Their time might be limited, but having 2 on the bench at times would give them an opportunity, so I do feel quite optimistic about the season ahead.

I am curious if members feel it's too late for us to host our annual awards? I make no excuses, I haven't been on the ball, and despite May being busy with several birthdays, my anniversary, and of course my family's week away at the east coast came at a time when I have been stretched for time. However, I should have taken some of my spare time to ensure this was done. If members feel like there's still time, I will put every effort into ensuring it happens. Yet, I do apologise as I love seeing how votes turn out and acknowledging the various parts of our season. Including members who contribute to the community. I understand that most, if not 98%, of those who read PON will, but I do deeply apologise because I set the highest standard, and again this season I have fallen short. So, I do apologise for this. If the awards are too late, I thank Robbie for posting about the Man of the Match polls conducted by him for every league game. It highlights truly who deserves to be named the Pride of Nottingham's Play of the Season. There's going to be some sudden changes to the site, but I will try to make this as smooth as possible. As I have been working on ensuring a major upgrade will go smoothly. I had thought of making PON offline for a few days, however, I don't want to discourage people from posting. So, my aim is to close off sections and disable others as I work to get the site to as it should be. Ideally this wouldn't take so long, but with the changes at core level it does mean some resources and custom parts are unfortunately stuck in limbo. The update will ensure a much better performance, along with a lot of modernisation, and I do believe after a period of time everyone will come to prefer it. The new editor, it's awesome. I love how flexible it is and it will make my editorial job a lot easier. Which means better focused content, and providing the best that PON can deliver. I would like to thank everyone for their contributions during the 2024-25 season. My heartfelt thanks goes out to @Dan and Rich from Chud Photography. Thank you for being awesome, and supporting PON with your photos.

@Pies79 I wouldn't say so, players are currently on holiday and managers will be having free time too. The only people currently talking are agents, who will conduct business in the absence of their client, to negotiate potential deals in their best interest. I write, "best interest", but I am not sure most agents are beneficial to the game. Some of the deals we are seeing being confirmed probably happened before the season was over, just a case of waiting for the window and the player's licence to be passed over. I wouldn't worry so much about not having a head coach in place, as we generally recruit players at board level and then they are coached. I have no idea how much say the head coach might have when it comes to signings, but I would imagine they would be more inclined to say "I need a pacey winger", or "A solid centre back, with height." And the club will have already compiled a document on these areas.

I had hoped that Oldham Athletic would come up. I had been speaking with a council worker at Skegness who noticed my Notts shirt and during our conversation, he asked who I wanted to come up. I have a soft spot for them, ever since I collected the first Premier League sticker book and I really liked their old badge. It had slipped my mind, due to travelling back, but I bumped into @ARLukomski, which was a really nice surprise, and he told me he had been to watch the game. When he told me Oldham had won, I was pleased because I think they are most certainly an EFL club and I hope they can survive next season.

I think the clubs are just trying to sort out the outgoings, so they know how to clearly approach the new arrivals. This summer's recruitment will be crucial for maintaining a positive atmosphere. I know there's a lot of moaning right now, but the signings made can ease this. I am more mindful about continuing our impressive home attendances, even though it makes me anxious. As for Junior Morias, I feel sorry for him. I thought he looked decent enough when he was given time, he had pace but his height never really prevented him as a striker. I am sure he will sign for a National League club, and go on to score. He was never going to get a fair chance, which is a little concerning when the likes of Mai Traore don't look to be exactly good but does get time, and cost us far more. I also don't feel Morias would have wanted to miss out on playing, or collecting a wage. His loan spells highlight he could score some very good goals. It unfortunately his time hasn't worked out, but I don't believe for a second it's because of a lack of effort from him. I wish him all the very best with his future.

I recall name but not so much about him as a player, usually the people who have short stays tend to have interesting stories. It's a nice encounter, I'm glad you managed to chat with him @Dripsey3.

Are you getting a little excited by any chance, @Piethagoram? Ricardo Moniz with the right support and recruitment could do well at Meadow Lane, though I am hoping for someone more EFL experienced. Good luck to him wherever he does end up.

That game Jevani Brown won, he was incredible and by far his best performance for us. Unfortunately, it was against Alfreton Town if my memory serves me and when Matty Platt has been exceptional, he's completed against others. 😞

There was a lot of things said by David McGoldrick when he first arrived, such as wanting to retire at Notts. He also spoke about not wanting this to be a last pay day, or to become the club's highest earner. These comments wouldn't reflect well if he decides to join up with Paul Warne. His injury might have him considering retirement, which is a real possibility. He wasn't the best in his debut season, bright start but fizzled out. Actually, he became very poor and I did say at the time I would have released him. However, he was fantastic this past campaign and highlighted how good he can be with quality around him. In one hand you have all his comments, in the other you have what he's done in his short time since returning. Honestly, I didn't think we'd get more than two seasons out of him and I do wonder if injuries are this stage is taking their toll on him. However, he's not bigger than this club and all the negativity, including the Talk Sport article on this subject is the "real embarrassing" part. Every player has their price, Notts are trying to stay competitive and I don't think we could continue to allow David McGoldrick to be our highest paid player. His role in the squad could be reduced, we could see his form drop or his ability fade as aging players do, or he could have had another impactful season. I guess the balance is how much did he wants to retire at Notts, how much he really meant his comments about final pay days etc, and what exactly the Notts offer looked like. I doubt they would have offered him a lowball deal, and if that's true I can respect McGoldrick for not accepting. Yet, there's an element of what his next move might be that could bitter his return.

I hate to say it, but it might be a blessing for Aston Villa. Leicester City winning the Premier League wasn't the best outcome in the long run for the club, wage increase demands and rushing natural development undid their efforts. Whilst Villa are unlucky, at least they can continue to keep building. Teams are always in a rush for success, without thinking of the downsides which often outweigh the positives. Yes, the decision sucks but they are finally achieving and I personally would hope it continues without focusing away from the Premier League.