DangerousSausage

It was a bit like a cup game, Wrexham are just on a completely different level to the other teams in this league. Rodders and Langstaff struggled to get any time on the ball, and the home team had players with the nous to anticipate the little through-balls we play outside the box that otherwise result in chances. We often live dangerously by faffing around at the back and this time we were made to pay. What was Bajrami thinking with the backheel for their second? But despite all that, the second half was pretty wild and the Welshmen were lucky we let them off the hook with the tame penalty. They're a quality side, but with a bit more cleverness on our part they'd have been beatable.

Birmingham City 2-1 Stoke City Coventry City 1-1 Watford Fleetwood Town 1-1 Bristol Rovers Port Vale 2-0 Oxford United Colchester United 0-2 Crewe Alexandra Tranmere Rovers 0-0 Swindon Town Bromley 2-0 Boreham Wood (joker) Wealdstone 1-1 Solihull Moors

I thought he was a quality footballer, but he's turned into something of a journeyman. Didn't think he'd wind up playing in the Conference North and the Welsh Premier during the best years of his career.

Your reminder - these matches kick off on Easter Monday at 3pm! @ARLukomski, @gtownjohnno, @4everapie, @barnet11uk, @DonnyNotts, @cheeky~k8, @jimbob, @KB1862, @steve61

* REMINDER - ROUND 41 IS ON EASTER MONDAY AND IS ONLINE NOW! * The results for round 40: Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Norwich City Blackpool 1-3 Cardiff City Bristol Rovers 1-0 Charlton Athletic Lincoln City 2-0 Cheltenham Town Gillingham 1-0 Doncaster Rovers Harrogate Town 2-2 AFC Wimbledon Barnet 1-1 Bromley Oldham Athletic 2-2 Altrincham --- Tricky results this round, but our winner is @4everapie! @4everapie - 7 @super_ram, @Dan, @jimbob - 5 @ARLukomski, @magpiejue, @DangerousSausage - 4 @DonnyNotts - 3 @Dripsey3, @Megan_Elizax, @nottsnutter, @liampie - 2 @Chris - 1 --- Only minor changes this time, but the race for third is hotting up ahead of my inevitable triumph. ARLukomski - 213 Dripsey3 - 210 magpiejue -182 DangerousSausage - 181 gtownjohnno - 181 4everapie - 180 super_ram - 175 Dan - 169 Megan_Elizax - 165 barnet1uk - 156 DonnyNotts - 150 GrannyPie - 145 nottsnutter - 142 jimbob - 141 Chris - 103 liampie - 39 KB1862 - 21 steve61 - 7 --- Round 41 is on Easter Monday and is up and running now! Go over there and post your predictions, or I'll guilt-trip you with a budgie again!

We need to do what we did in the first half of the game at Meadow Lane, keep the ball and impose our game on them. They can't bombard us with crosses and long throws if they can't get the ball off us! I can't deny that I'm nervous about us having an inexperienced keeper for this one, this game will be a very different proposition to the last two and he'll be a lot busier. But maybe having a penalty specialist won't be so bad If Rodders can walk, he will play. I think he was rested on Friday with a view to tomorrow. In Scott and Jones/Austin, we'll be able to bring real quality off the bench if we end up chasing the game.

Wrexham are receiving a lot of coverage in the US, and people there are being fed a one-sided narrative about a two-horse race. This article is an attempt to rectify that a little bit. It's a good read, and Connel Rawlinson will be delighted to find out he's now our captain As @Chris says, there aren't many clubs out there with a story to tell that is as interesting or as downright bizarre as Notts. I've got mixed feelings about the US coverage of the National League to be honest. I think a lot of people over there who have "discovered" Wrexham would be better off focussing their interest on their local teams.

Easter Monday and the clash of the titans is upon us. It's a day we've been feverishly anticipating for weeks now - round 41 of the PON prediction league! Send your predictions in by 3pm on Monday and remember your jokers! Birmingham City v Stoke City Coventry City v Watford Fleetwood Town v Bristol Rovers Port Vale v Oxford United Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra Tranmere Rovers v Swindon Town Bromley v Boreham Wood Wealdstone v Solihull Moors

I will work out the points for this round later on, once I get my abacus out. In the meantime, round 41 should be live by the time you read this!

That went pretty well for us, didn't it? Even watching the live stream, the tributes to Jason Turner were very visible and superbly done. On the pitch, the difference in quality was there for all to see, but that was to be expected. We should really have scored for - Langstaff could have had a hat trick today. But the best thing was Wrexham's result. If we follow this up with a win at their place, it's in our hands.

This is Lenny. He is the Official Budgie of the PON Prediction League. Lenny is a little bit sad today because some of you haven't sent in your predictions yet. Send them in before 3pm tomorrow (Good Friday) and put the smile back on his budgie face! @Dripsey3, @gtownjohnno, @barnet11uk, @DonnyNotts, @cheeky~k8, @KB1862, @steve61

I think Wealdstone are one of the few part-time teams in this league. They might be nothing special, but they are punching well above their weight and can no doubt give us a game if we're not on it. We just have to carry on doing our thing and hope for a good set of results to take us to Easter Monday.

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Norwich City Blackpool 1-1 Cardiff City Bristol Rovers 0-2 Charlton Athletic Lincoln City 1-2 Cheltenham Town Gillingham 2-1 Doncaster Rovers (joker) Harrogate Town 0-0 AFC Wimbledon Barnet 0-1 Bromley Oldham Athletic 1-1 Altrincham

Fun fact: it's called "Good" Friday because there's always a PON prediction league round on this day. Here's this year's. Send 'em in by 3pm on Friday, remember your jokers and good luck! Blackburn Rovers v Norwich City Blackpool v Cardiff City Bristol Rovers v Charlton Athletic Lincoln City v Cheltenham Town Gillingham v Doncaster Rovers Harrogate Town v AFC Wimbledon Barnet v Bromley Oldham Athletic v Altrincham

The results: Norwich City 0-1 Sheffield United West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Millwall Charlton Athletic 6-0 Shrewsbury Town Derby County 0-2 Ipswich Town Colchester United 0-0 Newport County Northampton Town 1-1 Stevenage Bromley 4-0 Solihull Moors Scunthorpe United 0-1 Torquay United --- This round's winner is me, on a staggering 11 points. Quiver at the might of my football genius and stand in awe at the tremendousness of my 11 points. @DangerousSausage - 11 @Dan - 8 @ARLukomski, @Megan_Elizax - 7 @jimbob, @Chris - 5 @4everapie - 4 @Dripsey3, @magpiejue, @super_ram, @GrannyPie, @nottsnutter - 3 @gtownjohnno, @liampie - 2 --- It's absolutely neck-and-neck at the top - @ARLukomski is on top once again by just a single point. And @Chris passes 100 points! ARLukomski - 209 Dripsey3 - 208 gtownjohnno - 181 magpiejue -178 DangerousSausage - 177 4everapie - 173 super_ram - 170 Dan - 164 Megan_Elizax - 163 barnet1uk - 156 DonnyNotts - 147 GrannyPie - 145 nottsnutter - 140 jimbob - 136 Chris - 102 liampie - 37 KB1862 - 21 steve61 - 7 --- The next fixtures will be this coming Friday - Good Friday - and I'll post them in a few minutes. See you in a minute

Norwich City 2-1 Sheffield United West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Millwall Charlton Athletic 2-0 Shrewsbury Town Derby County 0-2 Ipswich Town (joker) Colchester United 0-1 Newport County Northampton Town 1-1 Stevenage Bromley 0-0 Solihull Moors Scunthorpe United 0-2 Torquay United

This round kicks off tomorrow (Saturday) - get your predictions in! @ARLukomski, @gtownjohnno, @barnet11uk, @DonnyNotts, @cheeky~k8, @jimbob, @Chris, @KB1862, @steve61

Whatever happens this season, we need to keep the summer changes to a minimum. A smattering of fresh faces keeps everyone on their toes, but we should avoid a situation where we're replacing six or seven first-team players. Looking at that list, I could imagine that O'Brien is considering hanging up his boots and I wouldn't be surprised if Vincent is looking at moving for more first team action. I'd offer all the others a contract. A couple might well receive an offer they can't refuse - Rodders clearly loves the club, but will certainly have offers and might be tempted by a League One club. Can imagine that Chicksen and Cameron have admirers too. That said, I don't think all of them will leave even if we don't go up.

A very fair interview, he was justifiably annoyed about the first goal, but he didn't rant and rave and kept a sense of perspective. You can understand why the brothers liked the cut of his jib.

This is a bolt from the blue and genuinely shocking and tragic news. My condolences to everyone who was close to him.

Are you a football genius or an April fool? Predict the following matches and let's find out! Send 'em in by 3pm on Saturday, and remember your jokers! Norwich City v Sheffield United West Bromwich Albion v Millwall Charlton Athletic v Shrewsbury Town Derby County v Ipswich Town Colchester United v Newport County Northampton Town v Stevenage Bromley v Solihull Moors Scunthorpe United v Torquay United

Alty were always going to pose more of a challenge than on Saturday, and they did give us some nervous moments at the back. We rode our luck a couple of times but were comfortably in control in the second half and the win never looked in doubt. Great penalty save by Mair, funnily enough I always thought he was going to save it - it wasn't badly taken but it was the perfect height for the keeper to reach. Great stuff. Now we have a Saturday off ahead of Wealdstone. Then we cross our fingers that Oldham can maybe nick something from the Welsh team before our showdown at Easter.

Are Wrexham mainstream news there then? We don't have the Hollywood factor, but we've got a great team together and an excellent coach. There's an official National League stream now if you want to take in a match or two, I use it myself. Sometimes you even see the goals

The results: Fleetwood Town 2-1 Lincoln City Peterborough United 2-0 Derby County Grimsby Town 1-1 Walsall Mansfield Town 0-0 Sutton United Stevenage 1-3 Salford City Altrincham 1-0 Southend United Boreham Wood 0-0 Eastleigh Wealdstone 0-2 Barnet --- This round's top scorer was @super_ram, who got three scores exactly right! @super_ram - 10 @Dripsey3, @jimbob - 9 @Dan - 7 @gtownjohnno, @DangerousSausage, @Megan_Elizax, @nottsnutter - 6 @magpiejue, @4everapie, @Chris - 5 @GrannyPie - 4 @ARLukomski, @DonnyNotts - 3 @barnet11uk, @liampie - 2 --- Like in the Vauxhall Conference, it's relentless at the top - @Dripsey3 has scored nine points for the third round in a row and reclaims top spot. Dripsey3 - 205 ARLukomski - 202 gtownjohnno - 179 magpiejue -175 4everapie - 169 super_ram - 167 DangerousSausage - 166 Dan - 156 Megan_Elizax - 156 barnet1uk - 156 DonnyNotts - 147 GrannyPie - 142 nottsnutter - 137 jimbob - 131 Chris - 97 liampie - 35 KB1862 - 21 steve61 - 7 --- The next round is on Saturday, so the next prediction league fixtures will magically appear in midweek. Thank you for playing and I'll see you all then!

Great performance, wonderful football, comfortable win. It was one of the most one-sided games I've ever seen to be honest. Langstaff has written himself into club history and has equalled a club record that has stood for 90 years. Surely it's a matter of time until he becomes the first Notts County player ever to hit 40 in a season - quite a feat. And to think I was worried when Wootton and Roberts left I thought O'Brien had an excellent game pulling the strings in midfield too. Scunny were really, really poor and I can't see them staying up. I was expecting them to at least come with a game plan an try to cause us problems, but apart from trying to exploit our high line and beat the offside trap (which they didn't manage once) there was just nothing. They gave up in the second half. I feel sorry for their fans, that display was a slap in the face. Stockport also ended up in the NLN and are now in a better position than both of us, so hope springs eternal for them.