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Rumours were North Carolina FC were in for him but a yearly pass to the Newport Medieval Ship Museum swayed him!

🫣 Nooo! I say the rest of the EFL needs to get some good recruitment of their own! I think that’s more than we got for Langstaff, every player has his price so I’m just hoping no-one matches that this January. My guess would be as we’ve just lost Crowley we would be reluctant to lose another key-player so soon. But if a club offers silly money, the worry is that it is going to be hard for us to turn it down.

Yeah I quite like how no-one knows who we are signing now. I’m not sure how in the know Paul is though as he had no real idea about Crowley and that transfer happened the next day after his podcast! Generally speaking, whenever a player is linked to us it turns out not to be true. As for Langstaff, like @Mapperley Pie said he started last night so it would be strange if they suddenly thought he wasn’t going to be part of their team. And they do have a new manager now so he might suit him more. Strangely @liampie there are two other strikers who used to be at Notts currently in the Championship. Colby Bishop, but he is a big part of the Pompey team so it can’t be him. Kion Etete, who we sold/lost to Spurs when he was 17, plays for Cardiff and he wasn’t in their squad at all last night 🕵️‍♂️

MK only managed 4 shots against Fleetwood as well. That’s 1 win in their last 8 games now for them too. The Bros did say we never sell to a promotion rival… 🫢😏

Great news, indeed! 🙌 I had a small suspicion that Spurs would've been tempted to loan him to a League 1 club for the rest of the season, given how well he is doing. I think the guaranteed game time he'll get with us (due to Robertson's injury) will have helped our case. He has become a vital part of the team and we really do need him for the second half of the season.

Having done a bit of digging they definitely weren’t at Accrington… No idea what the reason was but there’s no way Stuart Maynard told them, “I think you both need to scout this Wealdstone v Hartlepool match” on the same day Notts were playing. There's almost nothing to be gained from it, so it makes think something is not quite right here... Just when everything was seemingly going well, this January has rocked up and decided to give us some unneeded challenges. I guess we just have to wait and see how this all plays out but given how Stuart always talks about “the management team”, if it were to happen and they do depart, losing two coaches mid-season is far from ideal.

They basically lost the best thing they had when Pete Wild left them. I suspect they might look at coaches/managers from the National League again, they aren't afraid of going for a younger up coming coach over a older 'been there done it' type so I'll be interested to see who ends up in the hot-seat.

A bit like when we had Jim O'Brien, Didzy will be a leader regardless of whether he's wearing an armband or not. I'd have no issue if he got it and I get it makes total sense. But I think you can potentially give a player a bit of a boost and added responsibilities if you give it to another player that perhaps isn't as influential yet. I agree with the shout about Jodi, I think all the players like and respect him but Platt would be my choice. He's vocal in the team, comes across as a positive and driven guy and at 27 has plenty of experience now.

Brown missed his chance after that confidence boosting win against Alfreton where he was excellent, he should've been able to kick on after that. Considering the injuries we had in attack you can’t say he didn’t get his chance but 0 goals and 0 assists in the league in a team like ours is bad. I think Martin got a slightly rough deal having to play and cameo at wingback, not only did he have to adapt to a new team but a new position too. I hope he gets a deal somewhere, dropping into the National League wouldn’t be a bad thing he just needs some consistent game time. I think he’s a promising young player and I hope he gets another deal soon.

Not surprising scouts are watching Jatta @Piethagoram, to be honest I imagine a scout, after watching Notts would want to sign several of our players! I think we’re safe this Jan but if he keeps scoring and playing well this season we are likely to get a few testing bids over the summer. Given that everyone else bar Salford won that was a vital 3 points, there’s a little bit of a gap developing between the play-offs and midtable now, this potentially is very handy for us. That Abbott goal was special, even better than the one against Cheltenham for me. The level of technique, the distance he travelled to get to the ball, watching it all the way, get one bit of that wrong and it’s probably not a goal. If that is not goal of the season I will be gobsmacked.

The article from the BBC a good little read, interesting to see he says the first 3 months was a huge learning experience for him. I always thought the job he did at Wealdstone was excellent, to keep a part-time team in a full-time league was really impressive. But Notts was always going to be a challenge, not only becoming full-time for the first time, but also dealing with the step-up in quality. He had a tough start, coming in to replace probably the most popular manager (head coach) from the last 20 years was never going to be easy but he's definitely settled here now and this season overall has been good. We've put ourselves in a really good position to have successful end to this season, I think a play-off spot is something the squad is capable of achieving, albeit we are hoping for more! He's got a lot more right than wrong, but I never understood the inverted wingbacks I thought it was a massive hinderance for us and in that little run of poor results I was frustrated at how slow we played/passed the ball. Our recent form is good now though so I hope he can end his first year with a win.

Tough one, sadly there lots of candidates to pick from. 2004-2008 the League 1 relegation season and the League 2 relegation season are peak times for really bad players for me. I’ll go for Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain, felt like he got sent off almost every time he played and in his few, winless, appearances.

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We certainly have the options in terms of who replaces Crowley for this game. Edwards and Grant seem the more obvious choices but who knows, if Evans or Whitaker have really impressed in training they could go straight in. We are not short of attacking options now which is a good thing. I think Jodi will start too and I'd keep him out wide for now, it's were he preforms best in my opinion. Accrington are down the bottom for a reason, we've certainly got the quality to beat them. Not sure why our record there of late is so bad though, last 5 visits over the years have all been winless. It's not like it's an intimidating place to go, hopefully we can put that right on Saturday!

Very good, I guess they were going to show it before the Grimsby game on Sky. I think they film some training sessions in house as well now, just so they can review it and see how to improve. I'm sure they've mentioned they use the drone for this too. There's also a training video on the club website from earlier this week too, a chance to look at some of the new signings in action. I noticed Jevani Brown was missing from it though 🤔

I have no insider knowledge but given how they are currently trying to sign a load of new players as well it suggests to me something like a possible transfer ban and fine as the more likely worst case scenario from the current case. Their lawyers will know the most likely outcome and will have been advising them. No way they tie Haaland down if they think they are playing in the National League next season… I just can’t see them getting kicked out of the league anyway, City would fight the verdict, it would go back to court the whole thing would just drag on for years.

It is definitely a blow to lose Crowley but I don't think it will totally derail our season as we still have a lot of very talented players at the club. Grant and Edwards are the obvious choices to come straight in, but from what I've seen in their limited appearances neither really play in the same way. Edwards looks to be all action, possibly doing more off the ball than on it and Grant is a touch more subtle, he tends to be more about the flicks and link-up than constantly wanting to get on the ball and dictate the play. I would say Didzy is probably the most similar player, in terms of technical ability and how he likes to involve himself in the build up always looking to get on the ball. If we want a like for like replacement, I think he can take that role. In Whitaker and Jarvis we have two new players who could potentially ease those worries too, but as they haven't played for us yet their current quality and how impactful they can be is unknown. I guess the club are hoping one (or both) of them can have a major impact though and we'll soon find out just how good they are. Then you have to say Jodi has seemingly timed his return from injury rather perfectly, he's going to probably thrive off being one of our key players again and should provide plenty of goals and assists. We're also a lot more solid at the back this season so that has taken the burden off needing to score 3/4 goals to win a match. In a way, you could argue losing Bass in goal would've been more detrimental to our season.

Gutted and disappointed, it’s a real shame how this has unfolded as we’ve strengthened MK massively and that’s a big no-no for me. Clearly they’ve spent silly money to get him so at least we are gaining something out of it. No-one knows how much he (or his agent) pushed for the move but if he genuinely can’t see out 6 months more with us than it’s for the best he goes. He was hardly trapped here though, and that’s why I’m disappointed. Is 20 more games in a team where he gets a lot of freedom and that plays to his strengths really that awful? After this season he would’ve had the pick of League 1 clubs if he wanted to go. Notts have given him a massive platform to shine after his career tailed off. I find it a slight stain on his character that he couldn’t stick around. He’s gone there for the money which I get but also, Dan, you could’ve done so much better. On a purely football basis, when you look at how we performed against MK, how can you say they are more likely to get promoted than us? I’ve got no issue when players like Ruben and Macca move up the leagues, they deserve and earnt that chance but to just bail half-way through the season to join a team in the same league, I don’t get it. For one of Jarvis or Whitaker to step up and perform as well as Crowley is a big ask, there’s a touch more pressure on them now. I hope come the end of the season we can look back at this moment and it not be a defining one.

There's zero chance any of the teams in the Welsh League win it so it's pointless for them. It would only benefit those 4 teams playing in England and that doesn't seem fair to me. Why do all of a sudden these 4 teams get a chance to play in Europe? If they want to play in Europe than they can do it like everyone else by either; winning a domestic cup or finishing between 1st-7th/8th in the Premier League. Equally, I guess they could always switch leagues and win the JD Sports Cymru Premier 😈

Again, sadly I think there’s something it in. Just surprised it’s MK… He should be stepping up to League 1 in all honesty after us. They must be paying him loads, it’s the only reason I can think he’d go there. Really hope it doesn’t happen but given we’ve just signed two attacking midfielders; it feels rather ominous.

His stats from his time playing in the Premier 2 or whatever it's called are very impressive. Again, he's clearly technically very good but he's never played proper league football before. I can see it going two ways; he'll get into the first team and just excel like Abbott or he'll be like Patching when we were his first club post academy football and he'll struggle. Finger crossed it's the first way! I hope the 6-month contract doesn’t come back to haunt us though. If it doesn’t work out it’s ok but then why would you sign someone if you’re so unsure? He’s clearly talented so my worry would be if he does really well, he’ll alert all the clubs above us and will be able to move pretty easily…

Pete O’Rourke was the only journalist with info about Langstaff to Millwall in the summer, which made me doubt it, but that turned out to all be true. I think there must be something in it and it turns out Charlie is following a number of Notts players on Instagram, bit random otherwise ain’t it?

Is he the tallest player in the squad at 6 ft 5”?! There’s a good little interview on the club website as well, very humble not talking himself up either saying that he’s come here to develop. He’ll get a chance to play with the injuries so I hope he does well.

I don’t have any tattoos I don’t mind them, very much each to their own. That said I do think I massive tattoos/lots of them usually look ridiculous. I'm with you though @Fan of Big Tone I just know in say 10/20 years time my opinion of what I like is likely to have changed so getting something permanent on my skin just doesn’t appeal to me. When I went on holiday, parentless with some friends for the first time, we all thought it would be a good idea to get a tattoo at about 1 in the morning, as you do... Luckily one of my friends had a touch too much to drink so I was able to volunteer myself to take him back to our room! Those that remained went ahead and all regret it to this day. Some of them have been edited or lasered off. I’m glad I never got one.

Pretty sure Richard Butcher got into double figures and was our top scorer that season too. I can still vividly remember the goal he scored against Wycombe to secure our safety in League 2 in our last home game of that season.