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Hi all, back in 2010 I purchased 1 of 100 commemorative bottles of whisky celebrating 100 years at Meadow Lane. It's in the loft for the grandchildren. Has anyone else got one, there were 100. Has anyone opened it? Is it a decent dram? I've done a search online and there's no record out there.

With Notts having such a professional set up behind the scenes at Meadow Lane, it can only assure teams like Spurs, that their assets will be properly looked after. With all respect to other League 2 teams, who may lack the set up at Notts, the physicality of the league is a deterrent when putting players out on loan, and can be a concern. But as evidenced with the way Abbott has transitioned seamlessly into the Nott playing system, we can benefit from loaning gifted players from premiership teams who are safe in the knowledge, their asset is well looked after. As the article indicates, albeit speculatively, our track record of assisting premiership teams can only bring mutual, win-win benefits to Notts in the long term. Yes of course, it would be better to have long term players playing, but remember, the Notts playing system comes first, and whoever is playing that position is there because they can deliver whilst in that role. Bringing with them what it is that the premiership team has identified in them can only benefit Notts. https://tothelaneandback.com/2024/09/28/callum-olusesi-could-head-out-notts-county-loan/

Millwall could be signing the likes of Ian Rush, Lee Hughes and Rooney, but they wouldnr be scoring goal. Millwall do not have the creative production machine to get the ball to the forwards. As evidenced with Macca. Goal scorers, even the most intuitive of deadly finishers, need feeding with goal scoring opportunities. Without them they don't score. This is the problem Millwall have. It will remain until they start feeding strikers. Millwall fans are moaning that they do not pass to Macca. That they don't play into his path nor adapt their play to suit him.

But minus £300,000 signing on fee from Millwall.

I'm suggesting the £2.5 million will be reached. £750k up front payment. Millwall pay Macca £300k up front signing on fee, which also accounts for the after tax wages that Notts are liable to Macca for, which means we are not taxed on that money. When Macca plays so many games for Millwall, Notts get another pay day. when Macca scores so many goals for Millwall, Notts get another pay day. Most importantly, when Macca is sold to a Premiership outfit, or gets there with Millwall. Notts have another significant pay day. This is how some football deals are structured now. Also the brother are very circumspect and don't share what is rightly sensitive data. Notts will have several significant pay days to come. Q

The price was mooted at £2.5 million. Then £750,000 cash transfer. Notts would be liable for the remaining three years wages to Macca. This was paid by Millwall as a signing on fee. When Macca scores a certain amount of goals Notts get another significant pay day. When Macca is sold to a Premiership club Notts will have a significant percentage of any fee. Macca left because he wanted to. Can't fault the lad. Good luck. I believe he will play for England. Jatta wll be doing impressions of Tommy Lawton this season as Jodi Jones peppers the box with his passes. We move on.

Worksop Town kitman Ewan Coleman leaves to join Notts County (worksopguardian.co.uk)

yes I agree play offs is the minimum, automatic next then ultimately title winning. Last season we scored the most and conceded the most. We have a new defence and got rid of our goal machine, which leaves the questions: Will the new defence do what it has been brought into do? will we score goals? We have held on to the Assist Machine JJ so in the numbers game we will score goals The defence have been brought in for what we lacked last year and on paper it looks good. The future is unwritten.

I was at that East Fife game. The only ground I've ever been to where there was a huge electrical power station down one side instead of a stand.

So who will be the captain?

Too much smoke out on the internet, for the ML to Millwall not to be true. First the speculation of £2m to £2.6m cut to £700,000 seems way wrong. I expect this will be clarified today, if he is indeed going to South East London. Recently, the rumours of Will Evans visiting the club stands up, if Notts knew ML would be leaving. Evans could be a good replacement. But, its going to be a case of wait and see. I am surprised at him going to Millwall to be honest. Not the best footballing team in the Championship to have an interest in him. But, its going to be a case of wait and see.

Good job England aren't scoring many goals...

I can't see Macca joining Millwall. Millwall lack pace in driving the attacking phase, struggling to play through teams. They play a bit like we did when we struggled on the later part of last season. Continually passing around the back with no obvious options in the midfield. The transition from the defensive line to midfield is then stagnant. The ball is eventually worked back to the goalkeeper, who launches it forward. A common theme in such scenarios like this is that Millwall eventually plays the ball long. However, such long balls can reduce passing accuracy and gift possession back to the opposition. Subsequently. He will be fed less than the Scotland front line in Germany 2024. So he won't go to Millwall.

I was surprised that he chose Carlisle which will be some of the longest away games in the football league. Notts always have the fact they are East Midlands based, on the M1 which is a selling point for some. Then again, the cynic in thinks, because the news of Notts' interest in TT was via media speculation, it only underlines the notion that Agents release information about interest, offers and counter offers - speculative or fake - to the media to make serious parties increase offers, bids alongside terms and conditions. we could all do with an excellent agent. Like TT.

I do not know whose job it is to make a decision, but may I suggest Notts play Movin’ On Up by Primal Scream before or after each home game. A well-known song with gospel connotations that has worn well since it was first released in 1990. The lyrics epitomise Notts County and the journey we are on as we Move On Up, with the owners commitment to getting into the next league, and the next… The lyrics reflect the transformative love that we supporters - old and new, young and old - have for our ancient team. I really think it could become something. A statement of intent. Please listen Primal Scream - Movin on Up (Lyrics) (youtube.com) Lyrics I was blind, now I can see You made a believer out of me I was blind, now I can see You made a believer out of me I'm movin' on up now Gettin' out of the darkness My light shines on, my light shines on My light shines on I was lost, now I'm found I believe in you, I've got no bounds I was lost, now I'm found I believe in you, I got no bounds I'm movin' on up now Gettin' out of the darkness My light shines on, my light shines on My light shines on my light shines on (My light shines on) my light shines on

Notts have a policy of ensuring our players see out their contracts, as evidenced with Reuben. We have invested heavily in a new defence and goalkeeper, after the old defence failed last year. why would we sell our best player? why when his goals lead to promotion? I think this reveals the true strength of the data driven recruitment. something that the likes of Luke and Swansea do not possess. It shows Luke and Swansea do not possess the ability to target and source players, only a connection to what Luke once worked with. In agreeing to let Swansea speak to and be bought out by Swansea, would Notts not have put a Clause in the contract that he could not sign our players? Also, as highlighted by most posters, it is about selling adverts on newspaper sites.

@Wheelbarrow repair man Afternoon, no I have no connection with anything, I'm just a simple Notts fan. But I do know it's not just about the Bros. Not just about Football Radar. There are others within the Consortium, who I do not know and I won't speculate. At the time when Hardy sold Notts, it was to a Consortium. That consortium is part of an investment group which has acquired a majority share of Danish Superliga side Viborg FF. Am I correct in saying there has also been a recent Italian investment? What I do have is a belief in what they are trying to do. I'm a naively glass is half full kind of person. They have a process, they have a formula, and that is translating into progress. Its not Man City Oil State wealth buying up the best of everything or US Hollywood doing what they're doing with back to back promotions in north Wales. But its specialist knowledge. Knowledge that the likes of Wrexham or City would have to buy from the likes of Football Radar. There's something distinctively continental about the operation at Notts. Cerebral, intellectual and grounded, distinct and separate to the fur coat and no knickers of some football owners. Owners who seek spend money like Elton John and work with big names, reputations with headline grabbing signings without the basics, ending up in relegation like Birmingham City to League 1. So, to answer your question, I know nowt special but I have faith and I'm looking forward to the new season.

As stated in enlightening posts above, team such as Brighton, Brentford and Bournemouth evidence that it is possible for teams like Nott to survive in the Premier league. In the case of Brighton; to qualify for and play in Europe. When first asked about their ambitions, the brothers said to win promotion back into the EFL. When most recently asked, it is to win promotion to League 1. That is how they operate. As stated in earlier posts, they will need very deep pockets to get into the Premiership. The Consortium that they represent does have very deep pockets. They continue to make strategic investments into other continental football teams. Notts represents their biggest investment and ambition. By sticking to the mantra of let’s get out of this league, will hopefully result in us targeting the Premiership. I think the fact we are having this conversation without laughing shows how far we have come since the various eras over the last couple of decades. Where a good season was defined by winning a relegation dog fight via a 1-1 draw away at Oldham on the last day of the season. Now we are disappointed when we don’t win promotion. The brothers and the consortium they represent have set their stall out. They have made their money from using data-driven analysis to predict the outcome of football matches. They are not a Petrol State. They are footballing intellectuals who have a desire to invest the wealth made from football into our club. Whilst using that very same data-driven analysis to have a style of play and a recruitment process; all whilst striving for the club to become financially self-sufficient. So, sit back and enjoy the ride. Let’s focus on getting to league one and striving to be self-sufficient. But bear in mind, should we ever be able to target getting into the Premiership, the pockets are deep.

Yes it does appear that the term Manager is increasingly changing to that of head Coach. But football is an increasingly changing world. The old school of blood & guts of Sirrel, Shankly, Clough and Allardyce has moved on. The intensive nature of running a football club is now compartmentalised. Where once the main man would supervise all areas of football management, there are now specialist people running certain areas, including that of recruitment. Where once managers built their own squads for team to play football their way. If it succeeded, fine. If it didn’t, sadly too often in our history, it required a trunk and branch renewal. Often there would be costly sackings of managers, the appointment of a new manager who would rebuild a squad for a team to play his way… and repeat… and repeat. The way Notts are structured is enlightening. Successful, cerebral-minded-business people who have made their money using data driven analysis to predict the outcome of football matches, have invested that money in buying Notts County. A team which has seen the whole spectrum of success from back to back promotions, through to almost disappearing, at the hands of gamblers, gangsters and businessmen, some with the best honest intentions in good faith. Where previous owners empowered managers to once do the old way of buying players, most recently evidenced with Alan Hardy giving Nolan a free hand to buy players without a Director of Football or established playing style. Despite the best of intentions, it all ended in tears and its back to square one and repeat as above. The brothers bring a plan. Data driven analytic football. Agreeing a style of play. Securing a Head Coach who seeks to play that style of play. Secure players who can and want to play that way. Should – as evidenced in Burchinall and Williams - our manager be teased away, the style of play continues. It is all about keeping the engine working, about replacing the part, not the entire engine. Part of this covers the recruitment. Wide-angled and embracing multi-faceted, data-driven football that has unearthed players such as Rueben, Macca, Scott, Jones and Jatta. Our future is about continuing this. The brother’s track record shows they will make sure the players will honour their contracts. Not selling key players. So to answer the questions outlined above, Notts will secure managers who not only agree with and buy into the agreed style of operating but excel in the roll of extracting the best from the best group of the players available via the recruitment team. Luke got great players playing brilliantly at NL league level. Last season was a learning curve in learning how to adapt and survive. I believe our players had abandonment issues when Luke left. I believe these players struggled with his departure and performances suffered. This will be Stuart’s first start to a Notts season. I believe he can extract the best from our players, to recover from the disappointments of last season and consolidate. If I’m wrong and he fails - then as spelt out above – it is not a disaster. Not a back to square one. It is about keeping the engine working, about replacing the part, not the entire engine.