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  1. Decent game, and not the usual end of season stuff where points aren't that vital to either side. We just about deserved it and the goal was quality - great ball from Noble, good composure from Hewitt who looked up and picked out Stead, who finished with aplomb. Good stuff from the back four, but we looked distinctly lightweight in midfield. Several times Hartlepool just strolled through the middle with barely a challenge and a better final ball would have seen us in trouble, but Eddie and Hollis stood firm. At least we can go to Mansfield with a bit of hope.
  2. My player ratings from today: Loach - 7 - Did what he had to do well. Hewitt - 6- Better than his last few games at right back. Edwards - 7 - Stuck to the basics and won everything. Hollis - 8* - Barely put a foot wrong, looks a different player with Eddie alongside. Audel - 7 - Strong in the challenge, got forward at every opportunity. Aborah - 7 - Played a big part in us keeping possession much better. Noble - 6 - A bit out of it at times but produced the bit of quality that decided the game. Atkinson 6 - Covered a lot of ground and battled well. Valencic - 5.5 - Not bad, but struggled to get into the game. Stead - 6 - Offered a target up front. Campbell - 6 - Tried hard, always looking for the ball. McLeod - 5.5 - No real chance to impress. Sharpe - n/a Hardly a vintage performance against a nasty side clearly intent on a 0-0 draw, but we kept going and won the sort of game we have been losing lately. Cooper has certainly got a bit of organisation into the team, still a long way to go but at last things are looking up.
  3. That last paragraph is an excellent summary of our problems. We are such an easy team to score against. Our full backs don't prevent crosses coming in, our central defenders don't offer a challenge when those crosses do come in. The midfield allow opponents to run or even walk past them at will. Further to that, we don't create chances and score any more. Any team that is lacking quality but are organised and hardworking (most in this division) will be too good for us, because organisation and hard work is something we just don't have. We are very, very lucky that D&R and York seem even worse than us.
  4. I've also been impressed by Wildin in the reserve games, but was a bit unsure about throwing him in the deep end to early. However, after watching Hewitt get torn apart by a moderate Exeter side last game I'd now be inclined to give him a go. We have allowed teams to get crosses in far too easily all season, and none of the many combinations we've tried in both full back positions have worked. As soon as we are safe, I would like to see Wildin and Rhys Sharpe given an extended run in the first team with an eye on next season.
  5. Allow me to revel in my moment of glory! Not only did I get the 0-2 score spot on, but my 4,950 attendance prediction was only 102 short of the mark. Next week's lottery numbers available for a small fee!
  6. No Aborah today - apparently he played for the U-21 side this morning. That won't help the atmosphere, I can see things getting pretty nasty if we go a goal behind.
  7. I'm usually a lot better at predicting attendances than I am the scores, in fact I guessed at 3,189 on Tuesday and the actual attendance was 3,147. I think recent events will actually give the gate a bit of a boost on Saturday rather than a drop, with some going along to protest and some just to see what kicks off first hand. Rovers usually manage a decent following by League 2 standards, so I would be very surprised to see a sub 4,000 attendance.
  8. I'm afraid I can only envisage another defeat here. Barring some miraculous kissing and making up the expected absence of Aborah will mean a very unpleasant atmosphere. The anti-Fullarton feeling will be evident from the start, and if we go a goal down things could turn really nasty which won't benefit the players at all. Rovers are in poor form away from home (lost 4 of the last 5), but even 'poor' may well be too good for us at the moment. Prediction: Notts 0-2 Rovers. Att. 4,950
  9. As I understand it this claim relates to the first couple of days of Fullarton taking charge. I find it hard to believe that Fullarton would tell any player "I won't be picking you" that soon.
  10. Fullarton is clearly quoted in the Red Rag as saying about Aborah "He's asked to leave the club directly and via email through his agent". That's a very clear and serious statement to make. If it's true, then Aborah deserves no sympathy. If it's not true, Fullarton's position is untenable. Rather than sending ambiguous tweets which actually say nothing, Aborah needs to tell the fans that what Fullarton has claimed is the truth or a lie.
  11. Thoughts on the latest shambles: Loach 7.5* - not entirely convincing early on but two greats saves rescued a point. Atkinson 5 - beaten too often by a tricky left winger. Hollis 6 - defensively ok, passing awful but had few other options Hewitt 6 - did ok. Adams 5 - never looked comfortable all game. Thompson 4 - awful from start to finish, just seemed to run around a bit. Milsom 5 - a few tackles but nothing creative. Campbell 4.5 - reasonable first half, dire in the second. Banton 6 - looked a threat in the first half, never got the ball in the second. Stead 6.5 - tried hard but had very little support. Murray 4.5 - ran around a lot but no impact. Noble 5 - never really got involved. Mcleod 5.5 - looked like he wanted to get involved but no service. Burke n/a Fullarton 2 - the longer the game went on, the more lost Fullarton looked. Hopelessly out of his depth, please someone just get rid of him asap. A bright first 20 minutes when we were denied a stonewall penalty and Stead should have scored. All downhill after that, and the second half was a huge embarrassment. We were hopelessly outplayed by the team adrift in 92nd place, and actually bossed by a midfield containing Joss Labadie!! It really doesn't get much worse than that. Fullarton has subjected the home fans to 270 minutes of the most pathetic football I've seen in 45 years. He has to go before he kills this club. This is as low as I've felt since the pre-Munto McParland days.
  12. History has taught me that whenever Notts are odds on favourites at home, it pays to back the opposition. The worrying stat is that Daggers have gained 16 of their 20 points so far away from home. We have struggled to manage a shot let alone a goal at home under Fullarton, so I don't have a good feeling about tomorrow. Hope I'm wrong, but I think D&R look way overpriced at 7/2.
  13. When these 'Team v *****' threads crop up, I try and include Aborah but struggle to field an effective midfield around him. I don't like him in the deep role because for all his fancy stuff he has little real impact on the game, but to include him further forward needs a holding midfielder. Swerts would have been my choice before, now Smith is the only alternative. Other than that the option is to play one up front, which is very negative for a home game. A four man midfield with Aborah, Thompson. Campbell and Noble is just too easy to play against.
  14. This is a pretty depressing thread full of negativity. Unfortunately after Saturday I'm going to have to follow suit. Luton 3-0 Notts.
  15. My view of the complete shambles we’ve just witnessed:Carroll 6* - a few decent saves, looked dodgy with his desire to punch rather than catch.Atkinson 5 – never looked comfortable, regularly sliced open.Hewitt 5 – never looked comfortable, regularly sliced open.Hollis 5 – never looked comfortable, regularly sliced open.Milsom 5 – never looked comfortable, regularly sliced open.Campbell 4 – a passenger for much of the game, created nothing.Thompson 5 – ran around a bit , lost the ball too oftenBennett 4 – looked hopelessly lost in midfield.Adams 5 – a few good moments but as many bad ones.Stead 5 – tried but got no sort of service.McLeod 5.5 – offered what little goal threat we had.Noble 5.5 – brought on far too late to change anything. Murray n/aThat was as bad as it gets, and the scoreline flatters us hugely. Bizarre team selection, hopelessly ineffective formation, but Fullarton can only take half of the blame for this mess. The players need to take a long hard look at themselves, as they were completely outfought from start to finish. Did we have a midfield? I didn’t notice one. It was as if Wimbledon had two extra players on the pitch – always a man in space when they had the ball, always closed down by two or three of their players when we had the ball. They must have won 90% of the challenges, it really was men against boys. The fact that the ref needed a guide dog didn’t even seem to matter.
  16. A lot depends on team selection and the way we approach the game. I'm concerned that we'll be a bit too negative and struggle to score, plus we still don't seem to have a settled defence so will do well to keep a clean sheet. I'm expecting a big change from the Moniz style, and a duller game unfortunately. I hope I'm wrong, but I can see a 0-1 scoreline.

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