Chris

Welcome to Meadow Lane Mr Nolan, hope you bring your fiery passion and 110% dedication. If your attitude passes off onto some of the players (I won't name any, we all know they're gentle petals) it will massively but really if certain people want a fresh start come on board now and help Kevin. This will either be a very good decision or, well I won't say it. Good Luck!

I think this one is a must, the players have to battle and show their worth. The optimism needs to be on the up permanently, so if we can win or draw - it would be a good start. I expect Mansfield to be direct, play scrappy stuff and just try to insert power over our players. Time to show who's got a spine and any sort of passion for this club lads! Not confident by any means, yet I feel the atmosphere will be better. Only time will tell. Sorry, I forgot to amend the settings for this (it's automated). Had a lot on recently.

The rebuilding can officially start now, its hopeful that we can really get behind the club and make a difference now. I do wished we could have before, however the majority of fans know how difficult things was. Good luck to Alan Hardy.

Should never have lost 4-1, yet when players can't work together or try to present the fans that deserve it - you will always see the pastry crumble and the pies won't be there. It's beyond disappointing at this stage.

This is really dire stuff, I hope we as fans can play our part - we need to try to do something. Yes its on the field that matters, plus Hardy needs to pull several quality rabbits out of his hat but we can either melt (and sink) or sink fighting. There's no doubt the players are awful and lack a spine to motivate them. This result should convince enough people that we are in major trouble.

Plenty of praise for Osbourne, especially early on but having three players on the goal line is beyond parking the bus. This is really desperate and depressing stuff.

I have probably seen him play, and his name rings a bell but to be honest it isn't one of the youngsters I have heard much of (in fact I don't recall any comments). I'm quite nervous at this point. COYP

There's been some criticism about Hardy tweet that I have seen on social media. Even if we field a youngster, how would it impact things? It's not like we are throwing a world beater into the mix or someone who is returning from an injury. Yes, they may think it could be a vulnerable area but this will ultimately test the lad. They may make a mistake by focusing on this area, he may feature on the bench or simply not start (one of those sneaky tricks). I really don't have a problem with it personally, you'd be surprised about how the opposition find things out before games anywho. Let's hope someone else is given a chance to shine so that one day they may be a world beater (even if it's just within our division at the time).

Can we get some score predictions folks? Keep adding your thoughts, some very good comments above. What do you think @Piethagoram? C'mon have your say. My prediction would be 1=1 or 2-1 to them, depends if we crumble or stand tall (for once).

Okay, for the sake of backing Smith - lets pretend they're good enough (or should I say 'care' enough?). Is the defence good enough Al? Sorry, I retract my question.

This will be somewhat harsh but I worry about if he would pick himself, however surely as the manager it would make him enforce our own squad of players more? That's right... Alan Smith, player, coach, manager and now super captain.

Technically, this is a game we should at least get a draw from but I want Alan Smith to go for the win. They're not much better than us, yet have managed to win 2 games recently and picked up a draw - there is a defeat within that mix too. I really don't know, I think Alan would probably be wise packing the midfield more than the defence. 4-4-2 doesn't even seem to work for us, so perhaps we should get the full/wing backs to support the midfield and go for the legendary three centre backs? We need to think of something which would allow us to represent a professional football team. I hope Campbell gets a chance to feature, he seems one of our only threats.

Good news regarding 'experienced manager', hopefully the new managers assistant will have similar wealth of knowledge. We need a duo who can get out out of this mess.

I'm tired and sick of the uncertainty around Notts, AH needs to find a fan favourite and someone able to fight relegation. Certain players need to go now - we can't just point the finger at John Sheridan. Once the takeover has resolved completely, that's the time to restart.

I think I've been watching too many crime documentaries because I'm starting to see keywords, which makes me think Sheridan is hinting at other things within his messages. Why would they fear playing because we are losing? As a player you become motivated to overturning this if you are worth your salt, if you fear that and playing - well I suspect the basement clubs will come calling. Seems more to the way things are being suggested, as another example the use of the word 'vulnerable' - also the suggestion of not thinking of it despite being the manager. Compare these quotes with others recently released, you could quite easily think John Sheridan is being somewhat cryptic about things going on.

I'm not so sure its easy as the above, he does have criticism to face but some of it is very unfair on him. I think its best to focus on turning our season around by doing the right things, he knows the depth of the squad and I am sure he's certain of players who have repeatedly let us all down based on poor performances. Its time to play the right players, for them to step up and hopefully then we won't experience issues which we have prior. Stop the losing streak.

Good luck Mick, best of luck away from the circus that is NCFC.

There's nothing to wonder, its various of reasons as to why the gates have reduced. Sadly people want to come to see a team win or in with a chance of winning, Notts doesn't quite match the bill in this department but some can't afford it. Others have concerns, alternative reasons - yet I agree with the above. Lets just focus on stability and trying to enjoy the football.

Buddy, I'd rock it if just for a laugh.

At least AH won't lack a sense of humour or flare, I think we don't need any pipe dreams or blown up belief of where we are or can be. We should take things as they come and I largely agree with his view point of Notts, as its rational and practical - rather than rash and illogical. More importantly, I think he will be patient and see the smaller signs of progress that others simply can't. Considering having dealt with the ongoing negotiations (when he was the only serious buyer) - I think that experience will be vital and speaks volumes very early on. Thank god someone saw the light and sold up.

What a brilliant gift for all of the real Notts fans who have been worried about our clubs future. I'm pleased Alan got the deal he wanted, I hope we can finally move forward and away from the era of uncertainty.

This makes for bizarre reading, its almost like the Twilight Zone - I just don't understand the point of it. A manager wouldn't openly criticize the chairman or club.

Give him 20 minutes, just a run about - there's no point rushing him. He's vital towards us moving forward again, rather than going backwards and considering the potential tie in the F.A Cup, we will need to balance our priorities because the league is very important but the cup could pay the player. I mean be beneficial!

The uncertainly is clearly a problem, as is not having someone else of the mouldings of Jon Stead. It would also seem to point out that the takeover talks do not help, but its very easy to point the finger and not accepting matters. The debts which don't ever seem to paid on time, it's just a self destruct button which anyone with sense or whom cares would avoid. Can we not just focus on the football?

You know what? It's time that everyone takes a share of the responsibility that things aren't working. Its not all the players fault, there's a lot of needless matters cropping up and its only obviously that the squad doesn't match the work rate we require to do well. This would fall upon management, so hopefully people can quit playing the blame game and just get on with turning it around. The longer this behaviour continues the holes will be dug, the harder the resolution will be in order to resolve and clearly we will be making it harder on ourselves. Wake up and accept it Notts!