Super_Danny_Allsopp

Stone - 5. Beaten far too easily at his near post for their second. Brindley had quite cleverly limited the strikers choice by position himself across the goal. The only place their striker could go really was near post, he did and stone still couldn't stop it. Rawlinson - 5. Nothing he could do about the first, but the second was all about him. Either step up in time or don't and follow your man. The worst thing you can do is step up far too late, which is what Rawlo did. Brindley - 8.5. He was abysmal against Sutton and rubbish against Lincoln. Whatever he put in his Weetabix Saturday morning, it worked. Positional change seemed to suit him much better, which is a little bit strange as he's a right back. Cameron - 6.5 - Much improved. Nemane - 6 - Can't defend, that pass was a shocker for their first, but he can really attack. Crowley - 9 - Technically a joy to watch, but also got stuck in and ratted about, which is great to see. Palmer - 6.5 - Less noticeable than usual, but tidy all the same. Bostock - 8 - Some incredible passes, picks up nice pockets of space at times. Finish was outstanding. Jones - 8.5 - Constant threat, ability to beat a man and quality crosses. Mcgoldrick - 7 - Links play really well. As soon as he went off we surrendered possession as we had no out ball to get us further up the park. Some things he tried didn't quite come off today. Langstaff - 6 - quiet day. Austin - N/A - not sure why we brought him on to play long balls to him and Lansgtaff, it surprisingly didn't work and therefore unfair to rate Austin's performance. Scott - N/A TAR - 6 - Came on to challenge their defence aerially. Did a decent job. Chicken - 6.5 - Was odd to see us surrendering height by dubbing Rawlo off and Chicksen on, but it worked as they couldn't cut in from their left as often. JOB - 6 - steadied the ship, including a classic JOB yellow.

Yeah, or Tipton I guess. The height issue isn't brindley's fault. Not being able to fight to win a ball or the inability to pass to a teammate, is.

The weak link defensively, which we all suspected, was laid bare today. Brindley, atrocious. There's nothing positive to say about that performance. Like he's playing on autopilot, with serious software defects. Stone, abysmal. What goes through your head to make a challenge outside the box with your hands in that situation, god only knows. Fitzsimmons-esque in being glued to his line for their first. Slocombe isn't be the best keeper for this level, but he's better than his supposed replacement. There were many bad performances today, but the above 2 stand out for being completely inept

Dallas has signed for L1 Barnsley. Quite a strange move for me that, both for club and player. Has had 2 or 3 very good seasons at NL level, scoring 1 in 2, but had previously failed at L2 level so there was always a question mark there. Seemed inevitable that Dallas would get another chance at the Football League, however had expected that to be at L2 level. You have to hope it goes well for him and he doesn't end up a bench warmer and out on loan in January.

Those with short memories will have forgotten that the EFL are as bad as the NL board. Consider genuine football fans? Of course not. Clubs like Salford aren't a typical / genuine football club in terms of fanbase. That's why they want to move it, because Manchester United will be at home at 3 on a Saturday, meaning nobody will come and watch Salford. Moving the game, they hope they'll get a few of the Man Utd fans before Saturday, whilst not really giving two hoots about Notts County fans. They'll know we can't retaliate, because they don't take any away fans anyway and a move would only hurt our own fans' attendance.

Dallas has consistently scored pretty much 1 in 2 at national League level, including at teams that will not create as many chances/ dominate games... Such as Weymouth and Solihull. That's a good record for anybody. Any national League team would be looking at him and going, yeah, he's gonna get 20+ goals in a season. I'm sure every NL club wants him, realistically Chessie and Oldham can afford/entice him. Would a league 2 club look at him? Of course they would. 23 year old striker, 20 a season in the league below, plenty of potential. It's not a surprise that Grimsby and money bags Wrexham-lite Gillingham are taking a look.

Went to preorder an away shirt yesterday as I'm out the country at the minute, only to see their sold out ????. Typical notts I'm afraid, don't learn year on year.

Many times during our 'dark years' in L2 we could barely muster 3.5k for midweek games and 4.5k for Saturday gamed. Now we'll have circa 6k season ticket holders, it really is an improvement and reflective of the work have done to better our style of play.

I don't think it was necessary the drinks selection that was the main issue. In the Kop, the issue is mainly the waiting time. You have to leave by 35 minutes and drink very quickly to have any chance of seeing the start of the second half. A secondary issue is the fact that the beer they serve you is piss-warm.

Decent looking home shirt ruined by a red box plastered on the front of it. Won't be getting it unless there's a way to remove that box without damaging the shirt. Will get the away shirt.

I wasn't at the game. Have seen the highlights however. Few points to mention: Mahovo wasn't great against Nuneaton. I was surprised that he continues to get the nod when the better youth performers on the night - Reynolds and Gill, were shunted to the B team. He's nowhere near ready - a loan to step 3 or lower IMO Slocombe saves 2 of those Stoke goals. Worrying. You can't play that high of a line with Cameron, Brindley and Mohovo/Chicksen. There's absolutely 0 pace there. There's a reason we struggle without Baldwin at the back and his 'recovery tackles'. We need a CB with pace, as cover across all 3 positions, or starting on the right ahead of Rawlinson. It was obvious for many fans before, and if Williams hadn't agreed, I think he may have seen 1 or 2 things against Stoke that may change his opinion.

Slocombe - 7.5 - Not at fault for their opener. Did his job well and made the right choice again and again. Chicksen - 7.5 - Another goal. Can't say I quite made it out in the Kop. Solid at the back and good positions going forward. Doesn't skin a man, but that isn't his forte. Cameron - 8 - Thought he was excellent. Barely a foot wrong. Baldwin - 5 - Wayward passes, making wrong choices, bad touches... it's going to happen with the role he plays. Chicksen - 7.5 - Another goal. In the right position at the right time, again. Solid at the back and good positions going forward. Doesn't skin a man, but that isn't his forte. Rawlinson - 7 - Love Rawlo. Warrior. TAR - 6 - Decent going forward, but was run ragged by their winger. Palmer - 5.5 - Gets away with 'bad' (as in below par for him) performances sometimes. Didn't get away with it here, was terrible in the first half. Improved in the second. Bostock - 6.5 - Poor in the first half. Improved considerably in the second. Rodrigues - 6 - A little bit off it tonight. Tries all the risky balls and majority didn't come off today, but didn't shy away and kept trying the balls. Think he hit the post, too. Scott - 8 - Rats around and does a lot of stuff that goes unnoticed. Scores - again. Could've been an assist - couldn't tell from the Kop. Langstaff - 8 - His goal looked superb, but again would like to see the replay. See he was attributed the fourth - not sure how much of a touch he got on that. Jones - 7.5 - Thought he was threatening again. Some questionable defensive actions, but you expect that when you have a winger in a defensive role. Austin - 7 - Good contribution off the bench. Vincent - 7.5 - Thought he was excellent off the bench. Great touches, desire.... everything you want.

I initially thought their goal came from a Baldwin error, he misses his header and allows an easy finish to their striker. Having seen the highlights, however, it's not his fault and he's effectively marking their only 2 men in the box when we have 4 'defending' in the immediate vicinity: It's a counter-attack from a corner. Bad pass from Bostock, but not one we shouldn't recover from. We do a good job in getting numbers back defending, but I think it is Palmer who should be picking up his man and Ruben (?) helping him out. Midfielders and attackers though, don't always have the 'defenders brain' and see the danger incoming. Rawlinson certainly does see it, and is indicating as much. Rodrigues is more concerned with returning to his normal position and Palmer is ball-watching: By the time the cross comes in, Ruben is too late and Palmer is massively out of position, perhaps trying to close down the pass to midfield when that's easily already covered by Bostock: The reaction by Rawlo is pure frustration at the lack of defending basics: Stick with your man and don't get attracted to the ball. Rodrigues pointlessly barely moves with his hand in the air claiming an offside where there clearly isn't one; Palmer is chasing shadows. .

We're not fantastic away but we're getting to the point in the season where games become must-win if we're serious about play-offs.

I'm not sure who that is but a lot of these accounts seem to have 'Greta Thunberg syndrome'; that is, they complain, moan and squeal about everything - but offer 0 solutions on anything.

Same account encouraging the panic-buying:

Yup. Know a few people personally that are unhappy with the way the vaccines are being pushed (me too) and that's their (initial) reason for not getting one. The enforcement thereafter has then pushed them further down the rabbit hole and now they are verging on conspiracy-land, even though some of the negatives/concerns about the vaccine are true, a lot of the claims are nonsense. I know a few countries will and are trying to enforce it at workplaces. No jab = no job. That will coerce a few to get it, but not a lot. Plus, the freedoms it violates and the precedence it sets are terrible. It's a strong indication that the government can take your job if you don't sign up to something they are pushing. Vaccine today, but what tomorrow? Dangerous.

One look at David Schneider's twitter and you can see the type of account. Boring, repeated attacks on Boris Johnson with any weapon they can get hold of (Covid and Brexit the most common). I'm no fan of Boris but these type of accounts and people are generally unhelpful. You imagine David Schneider stood in the middle of a field, in the countryside, by himself, with a mask on, 'to save the NHS'.

Barnet's results have picked up recently; they've beat Torquay, Woking and Maidenhead and drawn with Boreham Wood. By no means a given that we beat them, they are not the same calamity Harry Kewell side we pasted on the opening day.

To try and get a judge on the pandemic and how it evolves it is necessary to filter out the extremes. The extreme to one-side is the anti-vaccine, 'covid doesn't exist', government conspiracy types. On the other side is the place for the hysterical; lockdown forever, social distancing forever, gross over-estimation and exaggeration of hospitalisation/death forecasts. I follow John Campbell on Youtube. He looks at the situation in the UK and globally, presenting stats and offering his opinion. He is quite level-headed and practical about things: https://www.youtube.com/c/Campbellteaching

What's happening throughout continental Europe with regards to mandating (or quasi-mandating) vaccines is abhorrent and illiberal. Unfortunately the people who consider themselves 'liberal' are the ones who are for this type of government enforcement.

Chances of today's game being on? 20%?

Yeah, because China are well known for being transparent. ????

I have a feeling that Bromley are getting the rub of the green at the minute; I've watched a lot of their highlights and many of their goals are scrambles that somehow finds its way in. No doubt their a good side, but they will have a period where that doesn't stick. Not saying they're a bad side, just a bit unfortunate we got them while their going well.

Pretty much how they got their goal against us: long ball into the box, win the first header then scramble.