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A nice article we'll put together. I think one of the things that Martin Paterson has brought to the club is on the preparation side when it comes to matches in league 2. I think that it is making a difference. One area where the team was failing was it's failure to respond to what our opponents were doing & their tactics, however Paterson has demonstrated his ability to be able to change things mid game to Notts advantage, & I think that good match preparation is the key to that change.

It's been a sunny but cold day here once again. Mrs R managed to get some washing done & hung out to dry. Looks like it's going to get milder again over the weekend.

Thanks for this info about Jack Hinchy's situation @theAnticlough . I think Notts should be looking to bring him back, but I suppose he couldn't be included in the squad because Notts have already named their squad. For me, he's as good as it not better than Norburn in the central midfield role. Jack has made 25 appearances for Notts in a season where Notts made the playoffs. Sitting on a bench or not even making the bench for Altrincham is not a good look.

Harrison Iwunze & Theo Robinson have joined Kettering Town on loan. Good luck to them both.

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Hope you both have a nice break @Fan of Big Tone We were promised some snow here but it didn't materialise although it has been cold all day. Hope that Notts have the pitch covered against the cold just in case.

The American spelling & obscure words certainly makes the game challenging. Apparently there are thousands of words spelt differently. I've noticed quite a lot of differences when doing the spelling bees.

Notts need to show more intensity from the word go against Colchester & put them under pressure. I'd play the starting eleven that took the field against Harrogate, but I would play Palmer instead of Iorpenda & put Iorpenda on the bench. We know that Martin Paterson can change things around if things aren't working in the first half. Hopefully that won't happen this time. I'm hoping for a convincing win on Saturday. A 3:1 win for Notts would be a great result & should keep Notts in the top four.

Good morning all. It's zero degrees here& it's forecast not to get above 3 degrees all day. Snow has been forecast for Yorkshire so there may be a possibility that we might get a dusting here. In warmer climes. The Ashes series starts tomorrow in Perth Australia at 02:20 GMT. The first of five Tests. I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be a very competitive series. Australia do have injuries with two of their important bowlers missing the first Test. Can England take advantage?

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Another player is midfielder Paul Dyer, who started his career at Notts as a youth player, who made 7 senior appearances for Notts between 1972/75 & then 144 appearances for Colchester between 1975/80.

Good one @super_ram that was a hard game. Don't think I would have got the purple.

Notts have been on the end of some horrendous refereeing decisions & they continue to happen., but unfortunately that's a part of football. Even though we have to put up with these questionable decisions I still wouldn't like to see VAR being introduced to League 2 matches. VAR makes mistakes too because at the end of the day, VAR still has to rely on officials making the final decision & we have seen terrible decisions made in spite of VAR . Scotland deserved their victory & I'm pleased that they will be going to the World Cup. Wales have a great chance of qualifying too, & they will play at home in their playoff semi final against either Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo or Republic of Ireland.

It's a very cold day here. I have been monitoring the temperature outside and it has just gone above freezing for the first time today. Looks like it will be a another cold night. We haven't had any snowfall here. The sky has cleared somewhat this afternoon so the temperature will be going back down very soon.. pleased that we managed to get the grass cut the other day.

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