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I've been battling against my hay fever today, the pollen count has dropped a bit but for some reason today really got to me. My throat has swollen a tad, my nose is running and my eyes are all puffy. I think taking the dog for a long walk (by accident cos I got a bit lost) just exasperated it! I'm hoping a night and morning tomorrow locked indoors will calm it down ???? I'm not planning on venturing too far this weekend, I'm meeting a few friends Saturday evening and then I'll watch the Euro Final on Sunday at my dad's. He's making a Spanish Casserole pre-match, I think it's chorizo, butter beans and peppers something one of the TV chefs made - I'll help him out as he's notorious for doing things his way and not following the recipe!

I feel like I'm going to spoil the party a bit here by saying I've got no real strong feelings either way about Gordon signing! The article on the official site suggests he's going to be more of a squad player with all the talk of adding "depth" and a few comments about his lack of awareness and general ability defensively are a tad worrying to me. I was kind of hoping Nemane’s competition would be a touch more solid defensively, so I guess we’re going all out attack again next season!

Jatta has only played 10 games and scored 5 goals, when you consider he was settling in for most of it that's very good. It took Ruben a while to get into his stride, the early signs for Jatta are very encouraging. Nothing against Scott, I think him Jatta should work well together, but I can see him playing a deeper role too. Jatta as the main striker for me!

DeadlyDidzy? Though if you do use are current player you’ll be changing again in a few seasons. I think keeping it as Macca is ok too, it’s very soon but he’ll be looked back on as one of the great strikers for Notts. You could go done the more legendry strikers route, anyone on here remember Lawton and Sewell? Them were the days back when it only cost 2 bob to watch the county, there were no stand and when it rained you got soaked through but that didn’t matter cos you could get a proper brew at half-time to warm you up (is that convincing?)

Yeah, just didn't work out for him, a move that suits all really. He won't down in the annuals with the worst ever signings alongside the likes of Sol Campbell and Casper Sloth. He saved himself by actually playing a handful of games but he's probably in the Second Volume though, I think Virgil Gomis is the last entry in that one...

I think sometimes refs give a lot of leeway because by awarding a penalty, they are almost giving the team a goal. There are lots of penalties that are awarded that I think are unfair and harsh and these would be in situations where the chance of scoring is very low – the crime doesn’t fit the punishment so to speak. Harry Kane’s was similar in that he had ballooned his shot over the bar before Dumfries makes contact, the chance had already gone really. Then you add in the challenge from Dumfries wasn’t that forceful (no-where near as painful as Kane was making out by rolling around on the floor). So I absolutely see and agree why people say it was harsh, but I guess by the current laws it is a penalty.

Genuinely thought he'd stick around for the season so it's a blow to lose him. I agree and hope Scott can fill the void his friend has left. Macca's a fantastic player and Millwall are lucky to have him, he'll go down in the history books as one of the great strikers for Notts!

Yes I think promoting Palmer to the role of captain seems the sensible choice. There's probably only a couple of players for vice-captain I can see Didzy taking the role although I think he'll set the standards and be a leader regardless. Maybe giving it to one of the new boys after pre-season would be an option?

I know the club spoke about finding a USP for our academy as we have to compete with the likes of Derby, Leicester and Forest, but producing players for other teams seems a tad counter-productive! Again, I don't think I've ever seen him play so I can't comment but I know the club had high hopes for him. Hopefully not a case of one that got away but I wish him all the best. Curtis Thompson was the last academy player to actually progress and play over 50 games for us and that was over 10 years ago now. I know it's not easy, as we get raided by the big boys whenever we produce anyone of potential stand out quality, but we do need to see some players progress soon otherwise it's a waste of time and money...

I find it weird no other media outlet picked up on the move, "football insider" that did actually get it right posts tons of stuff about potential moves and not all of it is accurate. Anyway, good luck to him, genuinely deserves a chance to play at a higher level and when a club comes calling that can likely triple your wages you'd be daft to turn it down. He only scored 71 goals in 97 games for us, his replacement will get 80 in 97 won't he...

I agree with @KB1862 I think because we have Jatta and Scott (I'll even throw in Morias cos I like him!) we're in a relatively good place in terms of strikers even if Macca was to move. That's not to say it wouldn't be a massive loss because it would be. I've always said I was quietly confident about him staying and giving him the captaincy just confirmed that to me, I don't know whether to believe the rumours but part of me thinks something is going on with Millwall... It might seem it and it's not always an easy task to find replacements but so far the recruitment team have done a pretty good job whenever we've lost one of our key players. You could say Wootton was replacement was Langstaff, Reeves was replaced by Palmer, Roberts by Jones and Rodrigues by Crowley... So no-one is irreplaceable but I'll still be gutted if he does move.

I don’t think it was about him not being good enough, although some fans might say he wasn’t. He made it known that he wanted to leave after the changes to the captaincy. Maybe the board and coaches could’ve sat down with Kyle and cleared the air so to speak to get him back on board, but then again maybe they saw his reaction as someone who wasn’t committed to the team next season and agreed moving him on was for the best. I was happy enough with him as part of our squad for next season, he was desperately crying out for some competition in his position and he was going to get that next season. It’s a shame but given his statement I feel like Notts did the right thing. If he doesn’t want to be here it’s for the best he’s playing elsewhere. Oh and Derek Adams will want a word with you about Scottish Football being a better standard, this was his post-match interview last season???????? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67667758

No idea how they’ve been able to report a fee, I can’t imagine anyone official has actually told this guy. Zero chance it’s come from Notts and even from Millwall, that would just be incredibly unprofessional. Got to be guess work surely!? I hope the whole potential transfer isn’t true and no-one else is reporting anything yet, so that gives me a bit more hope. Pete O’Rouke has posted a few things now, so if he is well wrong people will start to pay less attention to what he posts. I did see in the article it said; “Notts County had been keen to keep Langstaff at the club, but they have been under pressure to sell him for a while as his performances have gained many admirers”. We know we're under no pressure to sell so that’s just a load of rubbish.

It's spot the trialist time again! ???? I'm intrigued to see if we've had a few training with us since the team started back, I'm sure they'll be one or two. Not sure the game itself will be the most enthralling given it's the first game back. No-one will really be playing at 100%, and I think it'll be more geared to trying a few things out too so it could potentially be quite a low-scoring. As long as their are no injuries in these early friendlies, especially concerning Scott and Palmer it'll have been a success!

I didn't think there was much between Spain and Germany either. Spain looked really dangerous going forward with the pace and skill of Williams, Yamal and Olmo. But the sitting back and taking off all their attackers at the end of the game cost them, that German goal felt inevitable towards the end. I thought they'd go on and win it after that, so credit to Spain for battling back and getting that late winner in extra-time. Portugal v France has not been as entertaining that's for sure, feels like I’m just watching patterns of play with a defensive mentality from both teams. This game needs a spark… And I can't see either Mbappe or Ronaldo providing it!

I agree with @ARLukomski I don’t think Cameron was a nailed-on starter next season so I can understand why he wouldn’t be the captain going forward. Macca and Palmer when fit are guaranteed starters. But I’m surprised by his reaction to be honest, I’m not aware of how exactly the change was made, but I’m going to assume it was done as professionally as possible. So there are two paths you can take after; moan and be bitter or see it as a challenge a kind of “I’ll show you’ve made a mistake here gaffer”. You don't need to wear an armband to still be vocal and lead on the pitch anyway – Jim O’Brien and John Bostock being the most recent example of this. He’s picked the easy option in my opinion. We need everyone to be on the same side and if he’s not 100% committed it’s best he’s moved on. We could’ve already seen his last appearance as his contract is up at the end of the season. Shame it’s come to this, but hey-ho that’s football I guess.

It’s very hard balance, I think everyone wants to see more academy players in the first team but I don’t think fans would want it at the expense of a competitive team. This is where you have to trust the coaches who see these players every day, if they feel they are ready then they have to be brave and give them a chance. I don’t think Tiernan was the answer, right now, to our goal keeping issues. He was also injured a bit last season and in his short spell with Rochdale it’s hard to find many comments about his time there. But if their fans had desperately wanted him to go back, we would have known about it. He’s still young though and needs the game time, maybe another season out on loan just didn’t enthuse him - we can’t send him out on loan forever! It’s a shame, I hope he does well at Gateshead, he could well return one day in the future…

Another potential outgoing? This time it's Kyle Cameron heading north of the border... https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/st-johnstone/5031118/kyle-cameron-st-johnstone-notts-county/

Clubs were always going to be want to sign Macca, but actually being able to do it is another thing. We are in a very strong position and clubs that seriously want him will have to pay a high price. I don't think the figure is right either, they'll only be a handful of people at Millwall with this sort of info so it's incredibly unlikely a random twitter account has access to it!

I don’t think the scheme is a bad thing as it does at least offer fans who go regularly a chance to save a bit, I agree it’s pretty pointless for the casual fans though not only will they lose money but these are ones who’ll take more a financial hit now. It could potentially deter last minute purchases, I guess the attendances over the season will show us if it's been a success or not. I get that the club can justify the price hike, by saying it brings us in-line with the other clubs. But just because everyone does something, it doesn’t mean it’s always right… We could’ve gone the other way and been a tad cheaper. Create a big marketing campaign about Notts being one of the cheapest places to watch league football. It would’ve been an easy sell, you can just brag and even have a little dig at Forest, especially given what’s going on with their prices hikes. It’s mad they have to pay £99 for a membership to get guaranteed access for a home ticket and you don’t even get a discount on that!

We've been surprisingly quiet in terms of posting bits and pieces about the players returning for pre-season... Last season we had lots of videos and pics but it's been very quiet so far this time round. Anyway I noticed a pic from the club website and couldn't quite tell who this was... Is this someone new? It’s not Alex Bass, it’s not Nick Tsaroulla and I don’t think it’s Matty Platt. The last person with the No.12 squad number was Tiernan, but I don’t think it’s him either… Am I wrong though? He looks familiar so have I missed someone completely obvious?

He was great for us in those early seasons in the National League, but once we gradually transitioned to a back 3 I don’t think playing as the RCB played to his strengths. Especially the way we play now and how high our wingbacks play you have to do the job of a full back at times too, it’s not easy. Hopefully he’ll have another club lined up and will be joining them soon, I’ll be interested to see where he goes.

Yes, I too have cleared my schedule for Sunday evening and planned to do a veggie curry in the slow cooker so I can just watch the England game - hopefully I won't regret it, I think we'll get through but I'm not sure it'll be convincing! A pretty quiet weekend for me though, I'm meeting a friend for lunch on Saturday and then if the weather is good I'll get out in the garden and tidy up a few bits and pieces. I'm growing some chillies and peppers this year, they've done quite well up until now but in the last few days they've looked a bit drab and some of the leaves are falling off so I'll be investigating that ????

Just kind of following on from this, it’s funny when I hear a few opinions about Macca and they almost down play how good he is because he scores so many from close range and because we create good chances. I guess it generates a sort of illusion that anyone could do what he does. But he’s always in the right place, his ability to create half a yard and anticipate where the ball will land is no fluke. He’s just got it, it’s natural for him. We’ve had countless strikers over the years who you could spend ages and ages coaching and they still wouldn’t get the goals Macca can. I've seen a few more stories today, one saying Macca is "expected to leave before the window closes". Maybe he will but I wouldn't be as confident as some of these journalists are. No mention of Macca being asked of course, in the last actual interview with him he said how proud he was to be named captain and how he's looking forward to leading the team next season...

Minority spoil it for the majority, but sadly that’s the case for everything these days. I don’t think anyone would dispute that a small number of the fans from all nations who have gone are d’heads who will cause trouble and get into fights but the majority will just be there to support their team. I guess writing a piece about 90% of the fans just going to watch the football and behaving is what you’d expect so it's kind of pointless to do. But I get that it would be nice for these papers to report the good things about the fan experience too.