Robbie

The problem with our defence has gone on for the vast majority of the season. Since the home defeat to Mansfield, Notts under Luke Williams, played 14 games but suffered 8 defeats & accrued just 18 points from those games. For anyone else that statistic could have had some owners looking at dismissing the Head Coach. We owe Luke Williams a lot for what he did in getting Notts promoted, but even he could not solve our defensive frailties. We all need to get behind Stuart, because he's trying to do something about it

A great week for Harriet Dart at the Transylvania Open. A great run to the singles semi final and with Tereza Mihalikova, runners up in the doubles too.

Line up for Nottingham Panthers at the Motorpoint Arena tonight.

That was a great attendance Friday night.

It's been a great week for Heather Watson.

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Game day. Panthers v Clan.

A very revealing Statistic. It also demonstrates that if we had kept our form, we would have been right up there challenging for automatic promotion.

Just failed my abseiling exam. I let myself down badly there.

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What Notts still have going for them regardless of the problems in defence, is the second best, and arguably, the best attacking force in the league. Every team that we meet will be very weary of how Notts can tear opponents apart on their day. We saw an improvement in our defence against Barrow and Mansfield, if we can play with the same commitment and team spirit we showed against Mansfield in that first half,we can still cause any side problems including Newport. It will be no surprise to anyone that the key area that will decide this match, will be if the Notts team can successfully defend on Tuesday. I would change the defensive line to a back 4 with 5 in midfield & Macaulay up front, Crowley & Jones supporting Macaulay from midfield. I would rest Nemane & McGoldrick & replace with Macari & Austin. I believe we should be more defensively minded for this game, because it is vital we get a result here. A win would be fabulous but a draw would be fine

@TheSkipper I agree. I would go further and rest Didzy and Nemane on Tuesday and play a back 4, bring Macari and Sam in and have 5 in midfield and leave Macaulay up front on his own. We have to get at least a point on Tuesday.

Panthers lose a thriller in Fife.

A wet start to Sunday for eastern districts as rain slowly moves northwards Fog patches slowly clearing to sunny spells elsewhere, but with showers arriving from the west

Agree @RetroPie some are blaming Stuart, but how can it be his fault? Luke had half a season to sort it and didn't. The players are just not learning from their mistakes. I see changes coming against Newport on Tuesday.

England beat Wales in the six nations.

Agree @JohnTheBost I'm not going to target any individuals why we keep conceding goals like we do, but it is a team problem, and I anticipate changes for Newport. We have to defend and attack as a team. Players have to cover where gaps are left when on the attack. We have to start challenging attackers further up the pitch.Those who are not working hard enough need to be rested. I want us to shut up shop against Newport and hit them on the break. We've just got to stop trying to score 5 or 6 every game. We need to ensure we don't concede first.

Weather for Saturday evening. Showers and longer periods of rain around at times to end Saturday

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