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@Northants Pie Yes Gibson for me too

just watched the game on Magpie player. Atkinson seemed to win the ball fairly...Pools #18 and #26 should have both received straight red cards

@Northants Pie Defensive protection foremost but utilising pace of Collins and Campbell to support Stead. There is no stand out partner up front for Stead IMHO

What also will be interesting will be the players who are not on the bench today

JS to play Collin Tootle Laing Duffy Dickinson O'Connor Milsom Collins Aborah Campbell Stead

Hope the 1k gate revenue covered those costs. Perhaps @erindoors can advise if the gate revenue is shared with Hartlepool ( what percentage?)

https://stuartfrew.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/an-afternoon-with-jimmy-sirrel/ Thinking of Pedro as his son makes his full Notts debut tonight

wishing Pedro's son a good game... a full debut, hopefully the start of many

Loach, Audel, Laing, Hollis, Dickinson (c), Rodman, Aborah, Burke, Richards, Campbell, Snijders subs Collin, Hewitt, Smith, Wildin, Edwards, Milsom, Atkinson False number 9 then

Prize money of 10k per win in the Group stages, we need a few of those to make up for the misspend on Idle

I believe it may be defined as 5 players who have played in last Saturday's first team match ( so being starting 11 plus any subs that played)

Each EFL Club must field a minimum of five first-team players in the starting 11. Rule for competition

Collin Wildin Smith Dickinson Audel Snijders Aborah Richards Burke Campbell Oliver A team like this might fit the bill, to avoid unnecessary fines and have a chance of winning...Prize money on offer maybe too good to avoid despite reservations over this competition

Tony Tompos ‏@TonyTomposPT 12h12 hours ago When a 14 year old comes on for 30 mins in a youth team game and you know how special he is "One great positive from today was introducing 14-year-old Jack Bearne into the team. Jack is a fantastic talent, which I've known since I arrived at this club nearly seven years age. Watching him develop has been a pleasure. "He came on for the last 30 minutes today and at times he lights it up. He's a real prospect and I'm sure fans will see him feature even more for us in the coming games this season." Notts line-up: Searson-Smithard, Cobain (Anstey 60'), Dunn, Brownhill (C), Richards, McCartney, Clayton-Naute, Howes, Campbell (Robinson 80'), Osborne, Gibbons (Bearne 60') Read more at http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/notts-county-under-18s-chesterfield-under-18s-youth-alliance-cup-3274166.aspx#gYCkDzMDAY13zDdf.99

Nice behind the goal view....power of Stead's shot more visible from this angle than maybe from the television recordings

Quote As with any other business in the course of a potential sale, it is not unusual for creditor payments to be extended whilst discussions are ongoing with potential investors. Unquote ..not unusual?... Maybe usual practice for when one is suffering cash flow shortfalls, to stretch payment terms? How to tie a hand behind one's back before a new manager has even started? This quote is also worrying too.. Quote the need to find a genuine party with the right vision, skillset and resources remains their priority. Unquote So parties sign NDA's, presumably fulfilling the first 2 criteria in advance! So if a price is agreed, how come they fail to proceed? Very worried

Yates is a failure, full stop.

..how it wants to get there... Maybe our Head of Recruitment was the spanner in the works?

@notts-joe Top banana!

Just back. A team greater than the sum of its parts. As Elite highlighted, midfield was too soft at times, Atkinson was exhausted at 80 minutes. Audel has made Left Back position his own. Some atrocious final balls from Campbell and Hollis's lack of confidence on the ball might well prevent him getting a new contract if Cooper reverts to a back 3. Hewitt good going forward but defensively suspect again. A word of mention for the Pool's #33, Luke James...lively in the Rodgers mould, and maybe like Rodgers looks skilful but without a forwards shot on him

Like Jimmy when scouting a player, whoever was sat next to him would be bruised as Jimmy would dig in an elbow and say "aye, did you see that bit of skill"

I still vividly recall, when Howard Wilkinson arrived at Notts, Jimmy told him the side had skill but didn't want to put the effort in. Howard responded, "Jimmy, god I will make them work!"

The lessons Fullarton never learnt or didn't want to learn. Play creative players that give you time on the ball, giving the opposition something to think about and to push them back into their own defensive positions. So when you do lose possession, it's in a part of the field that does you less harm

At least when I checked the team on the twitter feed, coming in on the tram from Clifton, I thought that was as good a set up to be expected from a new manager. Maybe my only criticism as the game progressed, Burke should have swapped positions with Campbell. Very pleased to see Audel excel today but overall, we looked like a team and not a bunch of disinterested strangers playing for a manager no one liked.

Ratings Loach - 6 - Steady..had chances to release the ball earlier which became frustrating at timesAtkinson - 4 - Slightly better than Hewitt in that he did block some crosses but still unconvinced on his quality.Edwards - 6 - Steady Eddy.Hollis - 6 - Solid with the odd distribution lapse as usual. Perhaps should have done better with headerAudel - 7.5 - Man of the match Willingness to bring the ball gave us an outlet.Solid defence with fair share of winning headersAborah - 6.5 - Composure on the ball. Welcome back Oh Stanley!!!!.Noble - 4.5 - Poor, wasted dead ball delivery. Should have been more instrumentalThompson - 6 - Played with passionBurke - 5.5 - He needed to switch with Campbell...He needs to step up as he allows the others to put effort in.Stead - 4.5 - Too many loose lay offs gifting possession away.Campbell - 4 - Final ball atrocious. Pity as he puts in the effortSubsMcLeod - 4.5 - Idle by name, Idle by nature. Missing crucial chance, 150k should buy better.Murray - 5 - Not enough quality, missed great opportunity to release SnijdersSnijders - 5 - Not enough time to influence the game.