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i am in the homeward stretch of finishing work, which today has gone by very quickly. i did not have a break, due to how busy work was and i am not that bothered because it meant that others would finish on time. i think team work is important, and a 15 minute break being used to help is not a big deal even tho i think i am one of few who would. at dinner time, i walked into the city centre and eat at the kfc near the market square. its very annoying with all the bike delivery people buzzing around and paying little attention to themselves or anyone else. very ignorant!! i have some time off coming up, as i have take my holidays that are remaining. so, i will be wondering how i can still be productive during that point but i should be on here a lot more. please let mark know, i am sorry to read about his partners nan @Chris.

i always felt very much appreciated by granny pie, i came here on the back of being hounded on twitter by some fans who would mock and be unpleasant. the opposite to pon and all it took was for me to learn about the site, join and take part for me to find a level of acceptance i have never known. the chats i had with granny was always good, i should remind myself to drop a message to you more. i know, i feel lucky to have known her but i was never going to call her by first name. she was always granny pie to me and the only time i felt it was acceptable to say anything different was in goodbye. she had my highest respect and i liked to tease her a bit with it. just a bit, every time granny pie thought i might say her first name i would insist otherwise.

the annoying thing is how brightly notts started and how quickly we rendered the advantage of having the ball in our favour. the result is not the end of the world, just as much as the performance but i was disappointed. conor grant did well, as did kellan gordon but there was not enough quality from others. i thought curtis edwards was poor, he has not seemed the same since he returned and i could not help but think he should have been on the bench. its not just edwards, george abbott had a quiet game by his standards and i keep seeing him getting involved with opposition players which is just ugly to see. one of these days he will see a red card for it, so he needs to get on with the game and kick bickering or lashing out at players. defensively was the weakest area, notts missed jacob bedeau and i thought zak johnson and rod mcdonald were very poor. hardly marking their man but did improve nearer the end of the game. just disappointing really, as we started so well. i know our goal came out of the blue but for about 5 to 10 minutes, it looked like we wanted to get a second and we never had that mentality after. just wasted chances and a lack of creativity.

smart finishes but tranmere should have done better, their keeper could have done much more so i am thankful we managed to seal the 2 goals to win. i felt for alex bass not to retain a clean sheet but i thought the performance was better than colchester. some of the link up play was really encouraging, we had efforts in spells before taken the lead and you just want to see the team take the chances which come. i think notts did that well today, it might not be a great performance but as a team it was decent enough.

i left very much impressed by alex bass, but i did feel charlie whitaker showed hes going to be a big part of the future. this season could be a major part of his development and i thought his performance was very good.

wishing the womens team all the best, i will be keeping an eye on this topic come the game.

there is a good chance young players will be able to get first team experience and where there is that exposure then talent will be found. scotland has had bursts of it in recent years, so the uk does have talented players which league one and two teams are looking to invest in.

Coventry City 3-1 Preston North End Portsmouth 1-1 QPR joker Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Leyton Orient Northampton Town 0-1 Bristol Rovers Grimsby Town 2-0 Fleetwood Town Port Vale 1-0 Salford City Rochdale 1-2 Barnet Tamworth 1-1 Southend United

i used to worry about the finances but i dont think the reedtz try to hide things and are investing in the club, if improvements were not being made and we looked like we was barely getting by that would be a concern but i dont see that. i think we are in safe hands and things will improve with time.

@Robbie its been very windy here, probably the most i have known for awhile. my next door neighbour calls it mary poppins season when its like this. on and off down pours of rain, almost like its april. thanks, i will be better soon.

its sad, i never watched it because i thought the quality lacked but some of the shows which highlighted nottingham were promising. i think if it was around for another 5-10 years it would be a lot better, which is a shame because i think it does offer a lot for people 40+. i am not of the generation that sat around the tv all day, i do watch a fair bit but never enough to really commit. i can understand why a lot of people would feel disappointed in this decision and as said before me, it would have helped journalists, videographers and a lot of students.

i believe certain cinemas have a scheme where they allow residents of care homes with disabilities access to screenings. yet i think this is brilliant, people should not miss out on the experience just because they are disabled and things like this helps to be inclusive. it must be horrible for some not to be in a position to see the latest films and living the same day. this must make a huge difference to the lives it supports.

i have caught that bug again, i feel tired, my head hurts and its making me very sluggish. i managed to do my shift but i felt sick throughout. i am going to rest soon because i dont want to miss tomorrows game. i hope everyone else is okay. @Robbie what have you been upto? i hope you are well.

we just took our feet of the pedal against colchester especially in the second half, i would hope we try to not rely on the defence to cut out the mistakes we played ourselves into because tranmere will be more of a threat i feel. i can see it ending as another draw, unless we are brighter on goal and more creative. i would like to see mai traore start, i think bringing him off from the bench does not help him to get his speed up. we could replace him later on if needed, but match fitness will come with game time.

its a bit of a concern when we have so many out during a key stage but i hope we can manage. david mcgoldrick is a big miss, i am pleased jodi jones is not serious. we could do with scott robertson, but hes out pretty much for the rest of the season and i think we do miss lewis macari.

sorry been a bit busy and forgot to vote.

we volunteer, most of us do it just to help the site and chris. i offer support, but i am happy to assist with moderation. chris kept asking me over a period of time, and finally agreed because i wanted to do more to help. nobody ignores reports, we want everyone to get along and that not always be possible but my fellow team mates do a good job robbie. it might be disappointing or frustrating at times but nobody is against you. you bring a lot to the community and i want to encourage that, but please can we try to just get along. i dont think its wrong to want the best, but the bickering with politics needs to stop and we need to continue treating everyone as we would without that stuff. nobody should take things personally, but its hard. if something personal is said, we need to try to avoid further hurt and just take a step back. its good to report things, robbie. it helps chris and most people do choose to ignore things. the report system does work, sometimes it might take time for action but sometimes there is no need. once chris sees this, maybe he will have thoughts on the report system. lets do best by pon and continue to grow as a community. we all have the power to make the best experience for all involved.

i am just wrapping up work, a quick drive home to wash and get changed. then a quick look to find something to eat before getting a bus to meadow lane. i dont like parking near the ground on week days. im looking forward to watching the game.

i miss her, i enjoyed talking to granny pie a lot. she would always tell me to use her real name but i did not until i wrote goodbye to her. i am thinking of everyone, esp super and chris.

it will just be how we manage the minutes in the game as stuart maynard says, we need to be braver to make changes before we do go down and if in the lead handle it better. we can protect our leads, but we can gift goals. port vale look quite ropey from what i have seen from their highlights, i hope we can put into practice some set piece routines because i think it would pay off. i do feel the same though, but sill quietly confident.

does nobody think its weird that john eustace has left a team 5th in the championship for a team struggling at the bottom? i hope for derby and @super_ram the decision works out but it does seem weird to me. if eustace is feeling like he has done all he can with them, and therefore sees derby as a challenge i would get it. i feel its good for derby, but questionable on eustaces side.

i think they wanted the wealdstone job, unfortunately managed to convince notts to mutually agree release of their contracts and now they are jobless. the interview just plays around things, he wanted to be a manager but why quit during the season and without having a job lined up? i am sure notts allowed them to go because they felt it would help the saunders brothers.

the focus has to be on the game plan and how we can execute it, even if we have to change our tactics in game because port vale are forcing it. i am hoping we will have news of david mcgoldrick, as for jodi jones we can wait a little both will be a loss whilst out but jodi needs extra care.

the thing which league teams need to understand that relegation could be like many before, a way to allow them to get the club focused on doing the right things. you dont end up in relegation fights without reason. only smaller clubs would be concerned that it might not see them turn out this way, i think the majority would become instant big clubs tho.

@Robbie made me aware of it, and it was being sorted by @Chris as @Fan of Big Tone posted. say that in real life. both teams are in good form, neither have lost and that gives the game higher stakes. i am hoping it forces the game to be focused on attacking, openly and both teams giving it their all but i do think it might be a game where both cancel each other out. i really do feel this will end in a 2-2 draw, if not that it still a draw. its better than being defeated, so i would take the point. @menzinho has mentioned about how we have done against top teams and it will be a game which might start allowing more fans to believe we can get automatic promotion.