Chris

He bounces around too much to really settle, though I hope he keeps up the form to warrant staying put. He's a good player, just loses his way with performances but that doesn't seem to stop him from making good moves. I wish him well, and it's nice to see this because he did have spells at Notts where he looked real quality.

Isn't that Jay Brown from Eastenders? 😂 Ollie Cooper is a good player, but we need to see if he puts that serious look into performing well with us. Don't get me wrong, I am delighted that we have signed him. I am sure he will give us strength, but we need to make sure that he settles and does his best to produce the goods needed to squash some of the doom and gloom around the club. It's a very good addition, but just like some might look down on signing a non-league player time will tell. It should be exciting with the squad we are buidling in mind.

Recruitment is a fast paced world, but slow movement doesn't mean that doors are never opened. I don't want the club to rush out and sign players because they feel the fans won't like waiting. We have had this with previous regimes where they put their thoughts and concerns above what is best for business. Last season there was a porition of complaints about the signings or lack of them, we really should have learned by now that the Reedtz appear to have options in terms of their policy on transfers. The start of the past campaign had concerns, and there was a spell where I did feel concern but I always felt that once things settled that the players were able to pick up form. We ended up sealing promotion, and winning comfortably with one of the best performances at Wembley from a team in the lower tiers. No club can truly say they are ready, not Liverpool nor Manchester United. There's a level of unpredictabity in football, and it's what makes it resonate with us fans. I feel content with the business, and how things have gone even during the quieter spells. I do wonder how we are going to fit all the signings in, but that just leaves me to think that rotation will be a big thing. I would rather the club have depth at this level, than hold back and assume the squad is strong enough. Notts must establish themselves in League One, our job is to be patient about it and support the team.

I doubt the comments are being read by the media team, though that doesn't make it right. It's a tough job, I can only compare to what I do for PON, as I have never done it for any football clubs but even in an indiependant role you can come across aggressive people who seem to find fault with you or blame you for what happens. There's always been an element of being knit picky and complaining, it happens with every club. There are things which I felt were better handled, such as clearer communication but this doesn't always stem from the media team. People higher up may make decisions which force their hands. Also, they can't always squash rumours but where damaging this is where I feel press conferences can be used to put out the fires spready in rumours. It doesn't help when people claim to be in the know; we had this with Alassana Jatta last season. Claiming he wouldn't be returning and that he was unhappy, how did they know? Though this malious type of communication doesn't seem to hold people off from trusting or buying into the next round of scienece fiction. Even if the information was valid, without acting in honour and reporting factual accounts, a dying art in journalisim you still need to handle the situation respectfully.

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Things are quite stressful at the moment, and I have some personal issues that have been preventing me from coming on. In the free time I have had, I've been working on securing work to help fund the site. The balancing act hasn't gone to plan, but I will get there. I have some important decisions coming up, and at a more suitable time I will open up about it with the team. I don't want anyone to worry, this isn't relating to PON. Today things aren't so busy. I had thought of going to pay Super a visit but I don't want to risk the heat or tiring myself out as I don't have anyone to go with. I'll try to post about my weight loss journey a bit more and add other things I am doing but nothing is all that exciting. It's quite mundane and boring.

I felt sorry for Noor Husin during his time here, he was thrown into the team but I did think he improved. It's just that the squad wasn't good enough, and his career seems to have stagnated in the National League. Good luck to him though.

I think he might also be the same son that did a wonderful documentary/interview with his father on YouTube. It explained how he lost his favourite drumkit, and his son managed to track it down. If I recall correctly, it got lost in shipment and it was customised to how Phil Collins prefers his setup. I believe this was when he was part of genesis. It's nice to learn that his son plays football, I do seem to think it was mentioned in the video.

I hope you are okay, and that it clears up soon. I had one with kidney stones and it's no joy, so please do make sure you are on the road to recovery. You sound very proactive in your retirement, which is great, but have a little time to yourself. Thanks for all your supportive messages, not just to me but to every member who posts in these daily chats.

These are serious charges, and I hope the punishment is fair. You can't just do what they have, and I find it shameful it didn't come to light sooner. There was a lot of talk amongst fans about what was going on, and I don't mean their own supporters. I think they should be transfer santioned personally, however, they will still sign players now and avoid being in a difficult place which barely makes it right after breaking the rules. I wonder how Derby County fans feel, since they had issues and faced strict punishment for how they signed players. Burton Albion for me is far more extreame, Deby's was a grey area and very heavy punished.

He grew with us and became someone I felt disappointed to see leave, now I don't know if he left because he wanted first team football or if Notts made the decision. I wasn't that impressed when he played in the pre-season friendly, and defensively I had concerns, but towards the end of our campaign I would have selected him. Not only was he good on the ball, making himself a constant threat, but he improved massively with defensive work. The issue is, his starting time could be limited and with Jodi Jones and Nick Tsaroulla it's difficult compitition to be against unless he slotted in elsewhere. Personally, I thought he was far more rounded than Jodi who struggles to defend and sometimes doesn't even bother. Tough, his talent to attack is second to none.

Very good fans, I would love to see Notts fans in the KOP do more but I don't think we are organised enough. At the Forest Friendly, there were multiple chants at times, and we really should be on the same page so the atmosphere is spot on. I mean, I did feel impressed but hearing 2 to 3 chants at the same time, with them equally dying off, just made me wish we could be more vocal in the right direction.

I hate the entitlement and negativity of some of our fans, especially those who demanded to see the team sheets or starting XI of both teams. It's a pre-season friendly, take the praise that our players got and turn it into excitement for the start of our League One campaign. West Brom Albion started a decent squad from what I have read, and even if they fielded youngsters some of them will be about our level or near. It's a good run out for the lads.

He gives us options in the middle and out left, so that's a good thing. Blackburn Rovers have a good academy, a lot of their youngsters find success in the ELF. Evans is the type of player that just needed a chance, and I think he did that well last season for Harrogate Town. There's a reason why their fans rated him, and I hope we can see him flourish in a competitive Notts squad. We have to have players firing on all cyniders and performing well, so the options we have will benefit us.

I hope he can find a good National League club that will stick with him, there's a few good choices in there and his record for promotion is strong. I just hope he doesn't end up at a team like Yeovil Town or Forest Green Rovers. There's some good clubs like Hartlepool United that could be a good fit. With his record and what he did for York City, I can imagine a fair amount of interest will be there.

It's nice to see Marc Bola doing well, Watford are a decent team and I had hoped we could have signed him back when he was here on loan, then when he became a free agent. I try to keep tabs on ex players, as I do hope the ones who represent us well have a good career at whatever level they find themselves. Bola will hopefully make it to the Premier League at some stage for whatever period he can, though the Championship is still a good level to be at.

I think it's the club trying to stretch their budget by removing the man that got them back to the EFL, the reasons I believe it's money related is because I can't see why they would get rid of him amongst a time they are losing key players. You would expect them to want to stay grouped and collective, so that they have a stronger chance of fighting to stay up. There's some Notts fans who are massively harsh on Stuart Maynard, but he's good enough to keep York City up. This decision to part ways for me seems like one of those internal decisions where the board or chairman has gone against the grain and thinks of money before football.

A fair amount of MK Dons fans that I know, do not really think Dan Crowley has warranted the fee they paid but have said to me that he improved last season for them but still believe he hasn't done enough to warrant a starting position. I think we ended up doing a smart deal, as he was sulking around Notts and being sloppy on the ball. When he gave the goal away against Salford away, although I do think he was fouled. It was poor play, and he tended to repeat the same mistakes. MK Dons spending is silly for a club at their level, you can match ambition with overspending in such a wreckless way. Their recruitment seems to be to sign good players from other clubs and expect the same result insantly.

This will be the highest level in terms of consistent quality that he has played in, but he has a promising outlook and at 22-years-old he has time to further improve. His time in the Finnish top flight will have given him a good level of experience, no doubt he will have played against some very good players but now is the time to prove that he can be a top striker. My son keeps telling me to watch a video of him on YouTube, but I haven't as of yet. I do know of him, as I recall the interest he had from other English clubs when I wrote on Football Manics. He's the signing that has me the most excited, as he seems to have all the ability that Jatta had but with more refined qualities.

I wish him well, myself. I don't reject ambition or the fact that players will grow and eventually want to test themselves. He might still have international ambitions which he will be running out of at 27, although nobody really can say for sure if he is good enough to break into that scene. He will however want to play at the highest possible level, and earning more will of course help him with his future. Playing time is always quite limited for professional footballers, so I hope he does well. I personally think he might struggle but the move will no doubt open other doors if this is the case. Hope he has good luck. I'm thankful to have seen his talent with us.

I am not really a fan of behind closed doors games, even though I know it is usually related to teams having trialists. Additionally, low turnouts could be a factor, but pre-season is a great point to get fans interested. Pre-season matches mean very little, other than fitness and seeing how the team is adapting. Notts played well, and I have heard we may try to change our formations depending on the opposition.

Notts clearly wanted a replacement, which shows that we won't just sell players without making sure we aren't leaving ourselves short. I wished undisclosed fees weren't a thing, as it does mess up transfer records and activity and I feel we as fans deserve to know what he went for. This said, I think he might struggle. They have a player from Benfica on loan, and aren't really expected to do all that well. I am not saying this to speak down about Jatta because he left, I think at any top flight level he would probably find it more challenging but I do wish him well. If he does well, that's great. Yet he's going to need to be more displined and return to putting effort in even when he struggles with his form. My issues are only with his agent, as I feel he was the reason behind all the antics we experienced and perhaps unsettled Jatta to the extent he wasn't always at his best with us. There were games last season where I wouldn't have had him in the XI due to his effort and form, however, we did need him and his talent could change at a single point in any game. Whilst I do wish Jatta well, I would hope he will learn from allowing some of the negative aspects of his time here to stall his career. He improved during his time here, no doubt that will be important as he moves on.

A lot of the Notts XI seem to be new academy players making their rans through our youth system, as I can only recall a handful of the names and I think the game will be important for them to re-start their focus on pushing for more development time. Certainly they shouldn't feel down about losing a pre-season friendly; it's all a part of learning.

Sorry if my previous post caused any confusion; I wasn't referring to PON, but all the hassle from elsewhere had emotionally hit me hard. I am feeling much better now, and I can only apologise. I am going to fix all the issues I can find today, and re-start compiling the stats for the history app which I need to re-import from my local install. Then any improvements will come off the back of carefully working on one at a time, ensuring that there's no issues on the live site. Content will be back, I am going through posts I have missed.

It's not PON related, but