Robbie

Another grey and murky start to the day on Wednesday.

When all is said and done the problem with Football is money, two much of it belongs to the top six clubs & not enough gets filtered down the football tier. Until that changes in any mean full way. Nothing will change.

What we have in common is better than what we don't”

Well my fellow PON Members. That is the question. Can Notts get Promotion in 2025? Notts have made a great start & with a quarter of the season completed they sit in 3rd position in the table on 26 points, with just 2 losses in 14 matches. Notts have shown improvements in the defensive area that has seen them only concede 12 goals in the league, which is less than 1 goal a game on average. Notts have continued to demonstrate, that although they lost Langstaff before the beginning of the season, they haven't lost their potency up front, with 22 goals scored in the league up to now. Notts have all the all round attributes to make a challenge this season, & it is entirely possible that a team with 90 points could get automatic promotion, Notts are well on the way. I think it is possible for Notts to get automatic promotion this year. They do have some tough games coming up this month, starting at Doncaster. If they can get through these tough matches this month with a reasonable points tally, & get some of their best players back from injury in January, the promotion charge will be on. Thoughts?

Nice to see Jevani Brown make it in the FA Cup Team of the Week.

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@Wheelbarrow repair man l looked on Google to see what Ryan Giggs is currently doing and he is down as Director of Football at Salford City, so I'm not sure what's happening. And he was in the Dugout for Salford City for their win the other day against Shrewsbury in the FA Cup, so It all seems a little confusing somewhat. But he does have huge ties to Man Utd, so anything happening there will surely interest him.

Well @Wheelbarrow repair man we have a list of seven clubs so far, that have missed out on a lucrative replay, that could have earned them up to £100K in TV money. This list will only grow bigger as each round is played, & the money lost by an unfortunate club, will get much more as each round is completed. Bit of a scandal brewing me thinks.

Is he there to show the new Head Coach the Man Utd ropes, as in you do it this way or it's the highway. I've heard that Van Nistelrooy is staying too. Also did you notice they appointed a Head Coach, not a Team Manager, so it really does look that the new Head Coach may be tightly controlled regarding is remit. Of course I might be totally wrong by my assumption, but if it were me, I would expect to bring in my own people like Stuart Maynard did at Notts. But what do I know.

Pleased to announce that Jevani Brown has been voted PON Man of the Match for his excellent performance against Alfreton Town. Well done Jevani.

Friendly match for the B Team tomorrow.

The perfect job for Mr Warnock. But could they afford him?

Personally I think this is a result of a very poor decision by the FA to abolish replays from the FA Cup 1st Round onwards.They didn't abolish replays in the qualifying rounds. When teams in the lower leagues are struggling for revenue non league teams & even lower league teams could earn hundreds of thousands of pounds from TV revenue for a replay against a top side. The first two rounds of the FA Cup don't even involve Premier League Cubs so why stop replays for the first two rounds? It is a very poor show by the powers that be, who have decided that PL sides participation in Europe comes first over the most famous football tournament in the World.

It's a winnerable game if we play our strongest side. It should be a good attendance with a few thousand Notts fans going to the match. I think Notts have a good chance to get through to the 3rd Round.

Update. Sporting score their 4th & 5th goals. Notts 0 Sorting Khalsa 5