Chris

Portsmouth 1-2 Blackburn Rovers Wrexham 0-1 Watford Burton Albion 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers Peterborough United 1-1 Northampton Town Stockport County 3-0 Stevenage Cheltenham Town 0-1 Harrogate Town Chesterfield 2-2 Barnet Crawley Town 0-1 Oldham Athletic Joker

Leyton Orient 2-2 Luton Town Lincoln City 1-2 Barnsley Northampton Town 0-1 Huddersfield Town Stevenage 1-3 Cardiff City Barrow 0-1 Tranmere Rovers Cambridge United 0-2 Chesterfield Fleetwood Town 0-0 Salford City Harrogate Town 1-0 Accrington Stanley Joker

Millwall 1-2 Southampton West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Swansea City Burton Albion 0-0 Leyton Orient Huddersfield Town 3-1 AFC Wimbledon Chesterfield 1-0 Swindon Town Walsall 2-0 Bromley Joker Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Southend United Yeovil Town 3-1 Boston United

Derby County 1-0 Watford Ipswich Town 2-1 Wrexham Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Bradford City Mansfield Town 1-1 Huddersfield Town Crawley Town 1-0 Accrington Stanley Joker Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Chesterfield Eastleigh 0-1 Hartlepool United Morecambe 0-0 Yeovil Town

Ideally, we would be getting youngsters involved in first team football earlier, but I suppose that relies on interest and people actively trying to network our young talent. It's a good move for both; any exposure early on is an insight. I hope they come back and are able to see what their careers might hold, even if it does end up away from us.

In 2014, Kwesi Appiah arrived on loan from Crystal Palace, a promising talent who came from the Non-League only to end up playing back in the Non-League, mostly due to his lack of application. A very, very talented player, but stubborn as a striker and never pushed his true potential. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwesi_Appiah

My focus is turning to the engagement side; things have gone too quiet, and I don't like it, but I am not worried. I know that when content goes out, that is a big attraction, and I noticed a nice submission, which I am going to push today. That said, I will be sending out weekly newsletters as I am in the process of building the template. It will be good to have that communication out there, but it won't be all links and hoping people click to read; I will be sharing my thoughts and having guests join in. It should be something members enjoy and, in time, look forward to reading. So, despite things being fairly quiet, I am making the best of the situation. My keyboard is so far behaving, but there are a few broken buttons, and I am not sure why. I have looked; it seems they have died at the keyboard level. My youngest daughter is currently referring to me as the "wind," as we fell out over her stabbing me with her hands in my neck and pretending to cut my head off. 🤣 It's a Henry VIII thing. She'll come round in time, but it does hurt when she catches me where my neck skin is very flexible.

I am not worried that they beat Walsall, 2-0, despite them having been away at the Bescot Stadium. It was a good result for them, and I am sure that they will be one of the better teams we will have faced so far at Meadow Lane, but our atmosphere can be a lot more impressive. We are in good form at home, and all it takes is one of the chances to kick-start us, so I am hopeful we will be direct and straight to the offensive in order to put the U's on the back foot. This might sound controversial, but we are not the same without Matt Palmer, whereas people tend to go on about Jodi Jones, who is a brilliant player when he is playing well and focused. However, we have learned to cope without him, and this isn't something we have shown many signs of with regard to Matt Palmer. Ollie Norburn is okay, but he hasn't established himself yet; however, he can do well. Tom Iorpenda is a decent talent and can unlock play, but neither of those are what Palmer brings. He's calm, focused, and, most of all, great at setting the temp. With him in the team and us playing well, we can control and dictate play, whereas without him we tend to struggle. I think the game will be close, but I am thinking we will pick up the points. My prediction would be 2-1.

Introducing PON's Lightweight Fluid theme. This is designed to help members, with the navigation moving from the top to the left side. The theme will see some tweaks to improve the UI as we go along, but I am pleased to say all members have the option to choose it. With the side navigation, it gives a clearer look into the pages that the Pride of Nottingham has to offer. To accompany the alternative means of finding content, such as our dashboard, topicfeed, all activity, and various content streams, which you can even customise to your desire. The community index page becomes a beautiful, fluid design, which brings all the content into a single location. Much like the dashboard, items are spotlighted and featured, but in the right sidebar, you have the power to toggle off various forums. This means you can personalise your experience and focus on what really gets you communicating. However, I strongly encourage members to browse and go outside of their habits; please don't cut off a section, never to read the topics inside, because you never know what they might miss. We are a community that thrives when people feel at home to share things, and despite us being a Notts County fan site, we are foremost a community. How do you use the fluid theme? Scroll to the bottom, look for "Theme" in the footer, and press it. Now, please get posting. I mean, enjoy!

The issue is that it's becoming almost as fictional as "Catch Me If You Can" and the whole Frank Abagnale, Jr, story. I watched Panorama ages ago where they tracked down Russell King, but most of the stories on Munto are becoming quite fictional, and people are taking liberties to embellish what actually happened. I can't say Sky's is, but this is my general thought.

It was a very frustrating game, but that said, I don't think either team played badly. Harrogate might have been fortunate to capitalise on some horrific defending, and to concede from trying to defend is both ironic for us and a highlight of just how much more aware we should be in key stages of games. You can say it was a fluke deflection, or just that Notts were unlucky, but who was paying attention? Kelle Roos couldn't do much more, considering it put Harrogate clean through, and all this, "Alex Bass" would have saved it. I am sorry, we need to move on and accept Roos is a totally different keeper. Notts had chances to win the game, and I won't mention the number of appeals for a penalty. I think Tyrese Hall had a good effort and should have done better in the first half, but shot straight at James Belshaw. We had 13 shots; only 3 of those were on target, and maybe on a different day we would have scored more, but we have to make the chances count for something. Harrogate wasn't all that great defensively; their time-wasting antics were as blatant as day is long. Even Belshaw became a wind-up merchant, but that will be overlooked because he supports Notts.

It's hard to imagine Notts without Scott Robertson in the team, since he joined he really has become a permanent fixture in the squad, and although he has had spells out of the squad through injury and occasionally being rested or dropped. There is no denying how important it is to get a player like him committed to the club for a longer period of time. Obviously, it doesn't mean he will see out the contract as a Notts player, but it shows the importance the club sees in him to extend the deal beyond a year or two. The deal will give Robertson peace of mind and allow him to focus on his football.

I think we may see Macaulay Langstaff back at Notts, but I think he will still have a few seasons trying to establish himself at Championship/League One level. It might be worth it for him to find the right League One team to achieve this, as gaining promotion with a team would make it easier for him to settle back into the challenge of playing at his highest level. However, I don't think Peterborough United are the right team. I don't think Luke Williams will have it all that easy, and his position may quickly come under fire. Swansea fans didn't really rate him, and when this type of success comes from a manager who only has experience with a team like us, well, it quickly becomes a case of "he's not good enough." I wish Williams well; Peterborough are massively underachieving, but they have some major issues which are embedded deep within the team. I don't think Williams will be able to do it alone; he will need the fans support too.

Nominations like this, it's always a sign of progress and promise. I am pleased for both Martin Paterson, and Alassana Jatta. I think Martin Paterson is the type of person that would scare off any potential voodoo or curse, I mean, just his stir alone is enough to know he's not to be messed with.

A significant portion of the internet suffered downtime, as the global infrastructure of Cloudflare suffered major networking outages. I have been watching this closely, and I believe we are over the worst of it, but I am mindful that existing issues in other regions of the world could mean further downtime. As always, the best way to stay updated with site-related issues is to bookmark and visit our status page. https://status.prideofnottingham.co.uk/ Please note that since I built this system myself, there are still existing bugs, which I try to resolve at night when my time is more free. Our status page was unaffected during the outage and is reliable for updates. Subscriptions to event notifications and the search function are in progress, but I have no ETA on the fixes.

I am having a difficult time with my laptop's keyboard; I think I need to replace it, and that leaves me wondering how I will be able to do the related tasks. I have a detailed setup now on here, and it includes a lot of apps that make my workflow easier. These past few weeks, I have been implementing ways to be more organised, and now this. 😒 To top things off, this morning I have been doing server-related chores, and then when I came to come on here. I learned that Cloudflare are experiencing a major outage, which has affected a lot of the internet with downtime. Ironically, it includes "x," which was very quickly prioritised over other clients and smaller sites. It seems we are back, but I might need to borrow my wife's laptop in the meantime.

Aye, I thought of that. I thought Forest already had a fan zone, so I first thought this was a joke or a wind-up. Yet you could see Forest's logo throughout the newly built bar, and the fence put in place is red. I wouldn't have thought it would be a good idea. The bar is built, from what appears. I first thought the Navi had decided to build a new bar.

Best Harrogate Town player for me was: Ellis Taylor, 22. He looked like a very good winger and had good delivery on him, both from crosses and set pieces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Taylor It was something I noticed, just how their wider players gave them something when we were tight in midfield. Early on, we gave them little space, and it was a case of both teams winning and losing the ball. Harrogate did well to get the ball out wide, and that opened up the play. Levi Sutton also stood out to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Sutton Very disappointed with just how much of a wind-up merchant he played, he's never been like that in previous games or for previous clubs when we have played against him, but I wouldn't take him.

If Matt Palmer had played more than just the second half, I think he would be up there because he massively helped us to get clicking. With all due respect to Tom Iorpenda, we clearly missed Palmer in the first 45 minutes. Scott Robertson was class throughout the game, calm on the ball, and bridging the gap that was missed by Palmer's absence in the first half, to showing that magic he has alongside someone who brings the best out of him. He looked strong on the ball and worked hard. He's notably improved since he came back, and he gives us a solid presence with his consistent performances. Yes, this is what I said to @super_pie. Early on for me it was Lucas Ness and Keanan Bennetts. Discussing with Jake, Nick Tsaroull and Scott Robertson was added to the mix. This was around the 30 minute mark, which is usually when I start to look for who has that 'drive' in their performance. Early yes, but the signs are there.

Shock horror yesterday, when Jake (@super_pie) noticed that the bar opening up across from the Navi is going to be Forest's fan zone. A bit bizarre of a placement for it. It was even confirmed by one of the bouncers of the Navi, that the cleared out area to the side is where it's going to be. I am not all that bothered, but I do think the location is daft and I fail to see how it will be any better than 'The Nest'. Surely, there's closer land that could be put to better use?

I believe the club has gone with this as a means to generate more funds for January; it comes across as a cash grab, and considering we are still in a cost-of-living crisis where a lot of our spare finances go, it's just a very unwanted move. The design is also not appealing, and I fail to see how it would be any better than the home or away shirt. Obviously, some fans do like it, and I have already witnessed some cocky behaviour about wearing it, meaning you are 'die hard' but really, if someone likes it, that is their choice. It doesn't take away from the fact that the club has come up with a rushed and poorly executed plan. The first teaser I saw had the old single magpie as the badge, and I felt curious as to what it would look like. If the shirt was more a nod to nostalgia and to a past shirt, featuring the single magpie badge, I could see more of a point to it. Despite it being a blatant cash grab and poorly thought out.

At this point, he would be a luxury at the expense of what is currently working within the squad. His arrival would come at the cost of someone else's place, and I would rather Notts focus on improving the younger players we have. Someone of David McGoldrick's age and experience really should be fighting for his place and position in Barnsley's team.

Scott Robertson is quickly becoming as important to the squad as Matt Palmer is; yesterday, for example, we desperately missed Palmer in the first half. Robertson is a brilliant player; he works so hard, and in time he should be exactly what Palmer is to us. Right now, they are the midfield pairing that we need to win games. These two work so well together; it seems unlikely that they wouldn't be starting together at the beginning of the season, especially with the arrival of Ollie Norburn. Norburn should be pushing his experience as a contender to be starting, and I think he's okay, but for me, he's more of a rotational player. Tom Iorpenda, for me, is the more exciting option, who could come in for either Palmer or Robertson. Conor Grant moves brilliantly; he's intelligent on the field and wins the ball back in situations where it could create a lively encounter. He does struggle at times to pick his pass, and yes, his finishing could do with work, but he's one of those unappreciated players that can move between the channels and into attacking positions in front of the opposition's D, and it just takes someone else to make the run for him to assist. The main thing is we have options and players who can do different things. I overheard a fan say, "Grant is exactly the same as Sam Austin," and to some degree I can see the similarities.

I agree, if Barry Cotter has been sent back I would be somewhat disappointed because all he needed was a run in the squad to get his fitness levels up. He was in and out, and that seems to impacted his performances but there's clearly a good player there. Whilst I think we have good options in his position, and perhaps he would fall behind, I think he would still be worth keeping but if he was to go back I would understand it. I would still be disappointed that we never got the most out of him, and his pre-season friendly goal against Cardiff is a clear sign of his quality.

Burton Albion 1-3 Blackpool Luton Town 1-0 Rotherham United Joker Accrington Stanley 2-0 Bristol Rovers Cambridge United 0-1 Barnet Grimsby Town 1-1 Chesterfield Braintree Town 0-1 Truro City Hartlepool United 2-0 Wealdstone Woking 0-0 Boston United