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@Robbie & @liampie. I think the atmosphere at an England vs Scotland Match live at either Wembley or Hampden Park would be Electric and I for one would like to see the Home Internationals Return, the thing is would they generate enough Interest and of course money for the F.A. and the Premier League, who I assume would take a large percentage of any T.V. Money. Regarding memories there is a video on You Tube in which Scotland got beat 5-1 by the 3 Lions. The Scottish Keeper's name was Alan Kennedy and after the match a Scottish Fan said They Shot The Wrong Kennedy. Now That's Harsh. Funny But Harsh. Do you also remember the School Boys International Matches which used to feature fairly regular on T.V back in the 60's 70's ? There you could see the up and coming talent of School Boys ( who were attached to Professional Clubs). Some of those games were amazing because the talent on show played with their own flair and talent, before it was knocked out of them when (and if ) they turned Professional. Which could be the subject of another topic.

My Mate Phil is one of those guys who enjoys collecting facts about all manner of things Historical, Nature Human Nature and at times he can be quite boring other times very interesting. For example, he asked how do you know Your Girlfriend is putting on weight? She Fits Into Your Wife's Clothes.

@Robbie SNICKO, what's that? Some kind of New Chocolate Bar? Seriously haven't the Football Authorities learned anything? VAR as proved to be a Major problem now this, which is going to cause even more trouble, and probably even more delays during a Match. I mean That's what Footy fans want isn't it, the Ref blowing his whistle every couple of minutes to stop the match to check if a player has done something wrong, or something happened in a build up to a Goal. And what happens if this "Technology" Goes wrong and decisions can't be made? Will the Match be Abandoned? Hi Tech? No Thanks.

@Fan of Big Tone Aye the wife was right (as always). I wasn't sure this being a Notts County site. If there would be much interest. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was an encounter I will remember for the Rest Of My Life. He truly was a remarkable and wonderful Man.

@Robbie It's not my only Brian Clough story. Not long after he passed away I was chatting to a Guy Jeff who I used to work with, Jeff was a Big Forest Fan and as a side hustle (that's what they're called now days) being a keen photographer Jeff used to take photo's of Famous People and events etc and sell them to Papers and Magazines. Anyway not long after Cloghie had been appointed the Forest manager Jeff turned up with his camera. And what do you want young man? I've come to take your photo Mr Clough. Not dressed like that, come back wearing a collar and tie a jacket and a decent pair of trousers and I'll consider it. There was a group of us listening to Jeff's story, and we all burst out laughing. That was Typical Brian Clough. We never did find out if Jeff got his photo has the knocking off buzzer sounded.

I'm not sure if this story would be of any interest. But the Wife said I should tell it anyway. So here goes. After clinching promotion to the Old First Division a Friend and I along with his Dad went along to the Old Baseball Ground to watch Derby play Newcastle. It was a hell of a job finding a place to park and eventually my Friend Dave's Dad had to park well away from the ground it's self. After the match which Derby lost 1-0, to I think a Malcom McDonald goal. Dave's Dad told us to stand next to a section of high fencing which ran down one side and protected a car park.. Stay there and don't move, while I go and find the car we were told. Anyway we were there for quite awhile when a voice from behind us asked. Are you two Yong Men alright? We turned and the Derby Manager Brian Clough stood there. My mate stood there opened mouthed and I managed to blurt out Yes thankyou Mr Clough we're just waiting for his Dad to bring his car round.. Are you Derby Fans? We both nodded. My team didn't play well at all today. But I'll get it put right for next Saturday. We stood there for a good five minutes under Cloughie's watchful eye chatting away as Kids do. Here's my Dad shouted Dave. His Dad had pulled up in his car on the other side of the road.. Right you young men off you go, and mind the road. We ran over to Dave's Dad's Car and I turned to wave. But the Great Man had Gone.

It was my Niece's birthday the other week. So I asked my sister what was she into? Oh Frozen Stuff. So I bought some Over Chips and Peas,

@Robbie You're right about Bellingham, he's something else. But like you say he's a marked man, and all the opposition Hard Men are going kick him from one end of the Pitch to other if they can.. Or they'll pull on his shirt stamp on him and bully him either to injure him or get some reaction out of him to get him Sent Off.

Well what can you really say? Another typical England performance under Southgate. Great First Half Poor Second Half, I know lets go defensive , if the 3 Lions play like that against a Good Team they're Gonna Get Battered. At least it's a Win.

You know I've always been a Big Dog Fan. In fact all my Family have dogs. Mind you I remember one time, I was bitten by a German Shepard. He later apologized. He said He'd drank to much schnapps at Dinner Time.

Well now a couple or so weeks ago I wrote a Topic about the Media nicking Fans comments off Websites such has PON, and making those comments into a story for their publication. Somebody from the Football League World picked up on Why Notts could sell Macca. It now seems the The Real EFL have done the same after myself and others commented on the chances of Swansea making a Double Bid for Macca and Jodi. It's a Shame these so called Journalists (and I use the term very loosely ) haven't got the Talent to write their own stories instead of Stealing Fans Comments and written Topics of said Fans. So it would seem the item is Clickbait and it's just Rumour and Hearsay, stolen from our remarks and comments on the PON Website.

@Robbie Notts I am sure will Fight Tooth and Nail to keep Macca. Richard Montague said as much in the Magpie Circle Pod Cast. However he also said it would have to be a really Good Offer to let Macca Go, which means Notts Do have a Figure in Mind and if another Club matches it, Macca will be on his way.

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@Chris Selling Macca now would mean perhaps getting the most Money for him. He is after all 27 and 29 with a year left on his contract and at any time should his goal tally Drop, say below 20 a season other teams will rapidly lose interest in him. Therefore £2.7 million plus addons my be a tempting offer and one to difficult for the Notts Board to turn down. I'd love Macca to stay at the Lane for the Rest of his Career but would that be possible? He'll have his own ambitions and should Notts fail to get Promoted this coming season and should Macca still be at the Lane, then a lower offer may come in and Notts may let him go for say £1.5 million thinking they could have let him go this off season for £2.7 million so not wanting to miss out on a decent payday he'd go for a lower price. But that is in the hands of Chris & Alex and who ever else has the say so on Transfers.

@Robbie You speak the truth about Williams, however we the Fans Have No Say on the Transfer of Notts players and if the Board think £2.7 million is enough then regardless of the Fans feelings Macca will be on his way. However like You I hope Macca stays at the Lane.

@Robbie I believe the main problem with why Football is played the Continental way is that with the Influx of Foreign Managers and Players. They arrive on these shores with the Continental Style Ingrained in them and seeing the success this system as brought to Manchester City under Pep and Chelsea under Mourinho, English Clubs have been keen to adopt this style assuming it will also bring their Side Success, therefore the British style of play has been put on the back burner, despite the way that style Dominated English and European Cup football in the 1970's and 1980's by Liverpool and Manchester United in the 1990's and early 2000's. Add to that European Cup victories for Forest Aston Villa with the British Style plus numerous English Team Victories in other European Trophy Finals playing the same way. But both Pep and Jose have never managed a Premier League club, without millions of pounds at their disposal, to buy the Best Players in the World, who mainly play the Continental Way. English Clubs have now adopted that way of playing convinced that style of Football will bring them success and sticking to it Come What May. Roberto De Zarbi at Brighton achieved a 6th place in the Premier League the season before last with the Continental Style, but last season saw Brighton slip to 10th, De Zarbi seeing the way football was played at the Club, wanted to change things around, however the Brighton Board remained adamant that despite the four place drop their Model is the Right way to go and in the end De Zerbi Left. It will be interesting to see if Brighton bounce back this coming season. It would appear that Notts have the same kind of problem. Under the current Notts "Model" which was successful under Luke Williams at National League Level and for a time at League 2 level before teams worked out how to counter the Notts style of play resulted in the Magpies poor finish to the season. Will Stuart Maynard be allowed to change things around or will he have to stick the "Model" Regardless? Interestingly Aden Baldwin stated on his move to Bradford he was looking forward to playing a different style of Football. Was that a remark saying he wasn't really Happy to play the Notts way? And did the the "Model" have any influence on Richard Brindley's departure?

@Robbie @CliftonMagpie @menzinho It seems that Swansea will offer £2.7 million for Macca, to join them. Is that enough to tempt the Notts board to part with their Star Striker? I think it might be, if the Rumour is True of Course. Then again there's No Smoke Without Fire as the saying goes.

@Robbie I've just put my answer in your England Best and Worse Managers thread. While answering a similar question of another PON member. Take a look Bud.

@DangerousSausage I think you'll find the reason why England have won nothing is the Team have Never Been Good Enough. Even the So Called Golden Generation failed to Win any thing. It seems when the Chips are down England tend to Bottle It. Some if Not a Large slice of that Failure is down to the FA and their choice of Manager. It would seem obvious that in the 1970's to 19180's the man for the England Job was Old Big 'Ed himself Brain Clough. But the FA had a pure Distain for Cloughie, that instead of offering the job to the right candidate who probably would have Won Trophies, they decided to go with Managers who were out of their depth when it came to leading the National Team. The Continental Style is what you see down the Lane trying to be copied, that is build up from the back and play Tippy Tappy Football. Continental sides can play that way, England can't but instead of trying to counter that type of Football with their own ideas, they try and copy it and fail Miserably at it. And before anyone says most Premier Teams play that way, most Premier League Teams have a Continental Manager and are full of Continental Players, who are already familiar with that Style of Play.

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To Right @Robbie trying to copy another style and failing at it, well that says it all Try out different things and if doesn't work try out another style, 4-4-2 4-2-4 4-3-3, play in a Diamond shape find out what ever style that suits, then play that style but also be able to mix things up now and again, keep the opposition guessing, don't be Predictable. That's the sign of a Good Manager.

@Piethagoram That's Ok it's your right to Disagree. One old style Manager namely Alf Ramsey Did Win A World Cup. How many Southgate Won ? Oh that's right ZERO.

@ARLukomski While I 'm not Doctor or medical expert it sounds like you may have a condition called DYSPNEA. Try looking the condition up on You tube there's wide range of helpful advice on there, it may help.

Another Manager perhaps worth a mention, is Sir Bobby Robson who was stated by many to be one of the Best England managers, of all time. He was the first England manager to get the 3 Lions to a World Cup Semi-Final on Foreign soil. Interestingly Robson while the England Manger offered to resign twice and on both occasions recommended Brian Clough to be his successor . Both times the resignation wasn't accepted due to the Fact the head of the FA Bert Millichip hated Clough. Robson only suffered 1 defeat in 28 Qualifying Matches for major tournaments, as the England Manager.

This just in, according to Wales on line Swansea are thinking of Making a sizeable bid for Macca. Despite Macca's appointment as Club Captain and a Step Up to the Championship the Swans manager Luke Williams is Confident that Macca could make the move. It is reported, but no names were mentioned that Williams has had conversations with players on the Lap Top. There were several mistakes in the story, one stating Williams signed Langstaff from Gateshead, which is false, as Macca had already been signed before Williams was appointed. I have stated in other Threads that I wouldn't be surprised if Swansea came in for Macca. He and Williams had a good relationship at Notts and the Swans Head Coach as every confidence in Macca despite the fact Langstaff would have to Step Up two divisions. Swansea are looking for a Striker and hope to secure any deal before the Closure of the current Transfer Window. So could one of the Magpies Top Three be on the move after all ?