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StarkMallard
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Sounds like I missed a treat then. I'm sad I couldn't go but on the plus side I was plied with free pork pies! I'll be in town again in August and this time everything will revolve around the football By the sound of it this performance was a marked contrast to our last home game of last season, a 5-0 spanking by Carlisle. Hopefully that's a good sign.
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Congratulations on your promotion and thanks for the three points earlier in the season! Glad you enjoyed your day. It was a practice run for our celebrations next season
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I'm looking forward to unexpectedly stress-free end to the season. But "serenity" in football soon grows boring - let's have a promotion fight and some positive stress! On a side note, the "and it's amazing" bit of the title reminds me of those clickbait articles you see on Facebook. Maybe this is the way for PON to go? "Kevin Nolan spoke to the press – and you'll never guess what he said next" "Kevin Nolan spoke to the press – and it was amazing" "Seven things Kevin Nolan has in common with Donald Trump" (might be getting slightly carried away there)
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Colchester are one of those teams I dread seeing in the prediction league as they're so inconsistent. They've won four, drawn one and lost five of their last ten (our own form is 6-2-2). If we keep doing what we're doing this is a winnable game. @notts-joe Adam Campbell has had plenty of chances to prove himself. From what I've seen he's hard working but one dimensional, but he is still young.
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I feel sorry for them too. I hope they can get rid of their owner and bounce back soon. Great choice of picture by the way!
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Good read. I'm not a fan of drinking beer with my breakfast, but I'm partial to a couple before the match should the opportunity arise. "Hooligan" is an overused word and can mean virtually anything. In Germany it still means something specific - those individuals who organise "meets" with other clubs' hooligans for a fight or who ambush away fans. That's not what you're describing. By all means enjoy yourselves and support local breweries!
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Winning with 10 men for nearly the whole match is fantastic! After the red card I revised my expectations down to be honest - to get anything at all out of that would have been a bonus. Overcoming the odds to win shows we're made of sterner stuff now. No way are Orient or Newport going to make up an 11-point gap in the last 8 games. They need to win half their remaining games just to catch up with us. Also nice that we've established a cushion over Cheltenham.
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We're going to win this and take another step towards safety. If we keep picking up points at home the rest will fall into place. COYP
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OK, I see that now. The first time I paused it and it does look like he's holding Hewitt, but it's very blurry. Well, if I had to watch it several times in slow-motion to work it out then I can see how the ref might have missed it. There's no guarantee we'd have got anything out of the game even if it had stood. It's a pity, but it's all about the next match now.
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The Hartlepool fans seemed to have us down as an easy win, "there for the taking", etc. If we were playing an opponent that had picked up 17 points in the previous 10 games I'd give them a bit more respect than that, regardless of league position.
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How classy was that finish from Ameobi? Haven't seen such an assured finish from a Notts striker since Hughes was at the club.
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Good to see a new name posting, and you're right too @ELL100T. If we carry on picking up points we could make quick progress. But that's a big "if". We can already see how big the win at Orient was, defeat there and we would have been in the relegation zone right now instead of enjoying a five-point cushion. Stevenage might be ordinary but they are fifth for a reason. They're effective and we've got to be effective too.
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I remember the stuff about "sweating the asset". That was all sound enough. The more money the club makes from executive boxes, the bigger a budget we ultimately have to play with. I remember his first press conference being reported quite negatively, but I suppose you have to see it in its right context: a few months before we thought we were on our way to the Champions League! Ultimately RT did put a lot of money into the club, but because of poor planning we saw little benefit from it. AH does fill me with optimism. No big promises, which is good. He also understands that you have to generate morale among staff and actively court your customers. Sounds pretty obvious but both were clearly missing before.
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Excellent piece. It does feel as though the baggage accumulated during the Trew era has been shed. One thing though - I'm pretty sure that Ray Trew didn't walk through the door promising the earth. In fact, at first he dampened expectations. The nonsense about Premiership strikers signing tomorrow started a bit later. I think he got too closely involved and carried away and many people are worried about Alan Hardy falling into the same trap a couple of years down the line. But hopefully he'll learn from the Trews' mistakes.
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The comments under that report are more interesting than the report itself! Plenty of sour grapes there It's a good sign when opposition fans are moaning about you instead of offering you sympathy.
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Excellent result, I would have been made up with a draw to be honest. We're still only 2 points off 22nd but the cushion to Orient is nice. Let's get out of the relegation scrap once and for all so we can start planning for next season.
