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Nothing but a win will do today. Conditions won't be ideal with rain and wind forecast. This would be my side to face Salford.. Bass, Macari, Platt, Bedeau, Tsaroulla, Palmer, Abbott, Austin, McGoldrick, Crowley Jatta. Subs. Scott, Ness, Slocombe, Hinchy, Gordon, M Cisse, Brown. A draw won't be good enough. To reduce the current criticism of Stuart and the team it has to be three points today.

It's Matchday.

Burnley 2-0 Watford QPR 1-0 Preston Blackpool 2-2 Stevenage Northampton 2-1 Charlton ???? Chesterfield 1-1 Wimbledon Morecambe 0-1 Bromley Hartlepool 2-2 Yeovil Town Wealdsone 1 Dagenham 1

David talked about the dissapointing result against Salford, & his determination to put things right on Saturday. David agreed that the match against Bradford on Saturday is very important. According to David, the players are fully behind Stuart Maynard & that all the players are determined to put things right, & get a much needed win for the Club, going into this vital Xmas period.

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Merry Christmas to Chris, his team, all my fellow PON members & all those who visit our site.

On a serious note, another English Club taken over by an American Billionaire is another nail in the coffin for the English game. There needs to be a cap on spending to stop certain clubs buying success.

I think I'll just keep to the walking, but I'm sure younger people will find those 11 suggestions useful.

Hear Hear.

I think that introducing playoffs had a big influence in the game. Many more Clubs now have a chance of success in making the playoffs. Take this season in League two. Sixteen teams have a realistic chance of either getting an automatic promotion place or making the playoffs. That fact on its own gives the fans of those clubs a much higher expectation that their club could get success, & with it possible promotion. Even those committed fans who go to all of the home & away matches may demonstrate their frustration & be critical of the Manager/Players much more than in the past, when expectations weren't so high. And of course another factor is social media where fans can vent their frustrations online too, which wasn't available for them in the past. People are just less tolerant & more inclined to criticise others nowadays than the people of the past. That phenomenon is not just reserved for football, it can be about anything.

Every language goes through a linguistic evolution over time. I would have thought the German language is no different. Lots of languages have influences from other languages. The full stop, and semi colon are familiar to the majority of written languages, why not the apostrophe? If you listen to the Indian languages such as Urdu, there are lots of English words incorporated into that language. English, has become the World language of choice, so there is no surprise that English influences will spread into different European languages, such as German. I also think social media will push linguistic evolution around the World at an ever increasing rate. You even hear the occasional English word in Chinese, Japanese & Korean when they speak.

And Stuart was behind getting those better players in and removing players that weren't good enough . Whereas Luke kept those players that proved to be not good enough for league 2. The next half a dozen matches will be important for Stuart I think. If he comes through it with a reasonable record & think the owners will stick with him.

The loan period being extended is good for Ryley & good for Notts. Seems he doing an excellent job for Kidderminster. Hope he can help them get promoted.

@Chris Luke Williams had League experience & although he got us promoted from the National League, he did leave Notts in a mess when he went to Swansea, & Luke didn't have a load of injuries to contend with like Stuart has had.

The two assistant coaches have worked with Stuart some time. They came over with him from Wealdsone. I think that Stuart and his assistants came over as a package. I think you find that alot now when there is a change of Head Coach or Manager, his assistants come with him We don't know how rigid, the owners, want to be in enforcing the style of play that they believe in. Is Stuart allowed to deviate from that style of play depending on the opposition or not. I think that's an important question to ask, because it seems to me that the owners want Notts to play out from the back no matter who they play. As I've said before, there needs to be some flexibility in style to combat every different team in league two, depending on lots of things, pitch, weather, & what Notts players are available on that particular day.

Listened to Stuart's Maynard's Pre Bradford Press Conference that was held this morning. He talked a little bit about the dissapointing performance at Salford & why the Notts performance was very poor. He talked about the state of the pitch at Salford & the excellent performance by Salford, who used the pitch to their advantage, & executed their tactics well. Stuart talked about the disapointment the players felt, & how they wanted to change things against Bradford.He also hoped that the Notts fans will get behind the team on Saturday. The question was asked if any more injured players were going to return, and we learned that Robertson was the closest to returning, maybe next week Edwards, Jones & Grant would be looking to return in January, however Stuart was keen to say that those players will need time to get back up to speed, to be able to play to their best again. We also learned that Notts were also looking at other players to bring in during the January window, but he didn't expand on that. I didn't think that Stuart looked so confident in this interview than he has of late. Maybe he is feeling the pressure a little bit. I do think that the Bradford game will be very important for Stuart to get a win.

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UEFA/FIFA might secretly want a unified British team but it will never happen. why? Because if they insist on pushing that, they would need to push for an EU united team, so both will never happen.

@Chris You've made a good case with your excellent reply. There are some good Managers available at this time, & I'm sure that the Reedtz brothers, being as organised as they are, will have a shortlist in preparation for a move if form doesn't pick up. I just hope that it won't be necessary & the players will respond & fight the good fight for Notts & Stuart over the next few weeks.

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I agree with lots of things you say @Chris but not regarding Stuart Maynard. He's had up to eight players out which includes four of his best players, including the best player in the lower two leagues out for an extended period. The players that have come in have done well to keep Notts just three points off the playoffs under Stuart's leadership. In my opinion, all those calling for his head fail to think about the problems a new manager would bring half way through a season. Sometimes changing a manager does work but a lot of the time it doesn't. In my opinion, the best time to change a manager is in the summer, when there is a chance for the new manager to get to know the players and work with the recruiters to bring in the new players that he wants. Changing in the summer, the team would become the new Manager's team. Changing mid season, the team would still be the previous Manager's.