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We need to improve in 2nd half & we can win this - they were sharper and provided more support. We look isolated in possession. Jones is offering very little so far & Tsaroulla’s done nothing going forward either. If we play through Hall & Robbo and the wide men start playing, we’ve got a chance. Oh, and bring Dennis on asap too, can’t afford him to be sitting on the bench too long.

Slack defending there - too many ball watching & Drinan left unmarked!

Strong enough side, looking forward to this - COYP.

Hall! 4 mins into stoppage time. Great stuff.

Dennis on - which is a bonus. He’s got to be the unluckiest bloke in the squad to be left out, as top scorer, of course. Sorry, forgot to “submit” this earlier. Have to say, I prefer Chicksen as a match summariser than full back tbh. I know he has his fans on here but I was never convinced. His performance on the microphone has been articulate & measured, very impressive.

This is a great outcome for him and Notts. All offences prior to him joining us and he wasn’t involved in the games - fair enough. Excellent news all round really.

Bad news - hope he makes a speedy recovery and can return to us. It sounds serious but at least he’s had an op.

Agreed, nobody should be entitled to play irrespective of performance, attitude and fitness. Those in possession should have earned it and maintain the required level of consistency - if others are looking sharper/better then they deserve a shot at the first team. Simple really.

There is a glaring inconsistency - both between and during games. Whatever the philosophy and plans are, we struggle to put a coherent performance together. We seem incapable, yet, of producing successive positive displays. I cling to the hope that the extra steel & grit we are showing can be harnessed to more fluent and creative football. If enthusiasm and passion count then MP has tons of both - getting the players to respond accordingly appears to be a trickier, but critically important, factor.

Dennis injured & no Traore in the bench…………I suspected we might struggle without pace and a replacement striker amongst the subs.

Oh dear, bad start to 2nd half! This will be an even tougher 45 mins…….

“Nothing for the highlights programme….”, just about sums it up. Poor game it would seem.

Not the greatest start - so far…… Stallard not impressed.

Interesting - good selection from MP in my view, apart from leaving Traore out of the squad entirely after last week’s effort. That’s only a minor matter but leaves us short of a striker (and pace) should we lose a striker, particularly if early in the game and/or we need some extra mobility. I’m less concerned about Jones, genuinely don’t think we missed him last week. In fact we were more fluent and cohesive without him. COYP. Let’s have this one.

He’s earned that accolade. Highly impressive start to his Notts career - long may it continue.

Bizarre response. If that example is supposed to offset the other 160 years of our history - and that of the other 90+ Clubs - then I’m still not convinced!

Not surprised or concerned by his departure. Timing is good, we have an opportunity to either change strategy or simply change the personnel involved. Managers/coaches and players on the pitch are far more significant than this role. I have far more faith in Paterson than some arbitrary “recruitment” guru tbh. Football managed to cope admirably without these “made up” roles for long enough. The manager carries the can, he should call the shots.

I thought McDonald was solid, commanding display despite a couple of lapses. Iorpenda was busy and posed them problems for an hour, showed some neat skill. My vote went to Palmer for an energetic, determined and robust performance. Back to his neat & tidy best on the ball and far more likely to pass forwards under MP than either Williams or Maynard. Terrific performance.

Solid performance and hard fought win. We’d have drawn, or even lost that last season. Whilst never really igniting any spark, we plugged away and produced the sharpness we’d lacked to get the early 2nd half goal. Excellent individual displays from Palmer, McDonald & Iorpenda. Very robust and gritty contributions from Tsaroulla & Norburn in the 2nd half too. Grant & Robertson showed some quality when they cane on as well. Maybe not the most fluent performance but a well deserved and hard fought win & clean sheet. Good stuff from the team and the manager today.

Well, ahead of today’s game with Fleetwood - at least the pitch is fit! Hopefully, some of our returning players will soon get an opportunity to get in some game time. I go along with MP, having the likes of Ness & Robertson back plus Jatta returning from suspension is similar to acquiring “new” signings. COYP

Thought there may have been a few “outs” but wasn’t expecting anyone coming in tbh. Jatta staying put is a bonus, albeit temporary it would seem. The return of players like Robertson, Ness & Hinchy is also a plus for my money. We do seem light in respect of strikers and gk cover. Traore seems to be struggling to adapt to L2 & now it looks like Jarvis is injured. We’ll need to address that in Jan surely? The sooner Luker is back in the picture and Robbo & Ness are “up to speed”, the better. The numbers are there, it’s the overall fitness, quality and balance of the team that are under scrutiny at the moment.

He looked more than useful in the early stages last season. Energetic, combative and tidy on the ball - pity he got injured. Clearly, he was not in MP’s plans do good luck to him, think he is good enough for L2 level football tbh. He could well end up back in Scandinavia but wherever he ends up, someone will get a decent player in my view.

Even better - Gordon scores. Notts in front on 63 mins.

That’s a great start - Dennis levels the score early in 2nd half. Now, come on Notts, let’s have this.

Sounds absolutely dreadful tbh. Still not convinced by Jones in this “new” role. He seems to argue with officials, opponents etc & he’s far too easy to wind up. He got credit for 2 or 3 assists v the Shrews but, to be fair, one was a serious gk error and another a goalmouth scramble so I don’t believe he had as any really significant contribution, no more than anyone else could have made for certain. Stall has just mentioned, we are getting neither of a clean sheet or a 90 min performance! That’s a major part of our problems tbh.