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wise words of advice for the next owners and a great read! -
i think between osborne and crawford, notts just needs to find the right experience to help bring their development out. its all about confidence for me. pierce bird thrived coming in when being given a chance. it did not help that he did not have a player who settled in the role alongside him but there are a wide number of underused players that should be given a chance. i dont rate oxlade-chamberlain though. he seems to be all pace and no skill.
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Pride of Nottingham's Liampie has spoken to fellow Notts County fans Melvyn Watson, "Magpie Moomin" and Joe Maskrey about their thoughts on the season just gone. Q1: Do you feel Neal Ardley should remain as Notts County manager? MW: “Stability is required at NCFC so I believe we should keep NA as manager, he is a wheeler dealer in the transfer market and has good contacts, he is passionate about NCFC. Not being able to show authority with senior players that he did not sign, his substitutions showed a fear of not losing.” MM: “I don't feel Neal has bought anything to the team - I would prefer big Kev to come back.” JM:"Yes keep him in charge, as he took Wimbledon out of that division, so he has proved he can do it." Q2: Relegation to the Vanarama National League means that Notts are no longer the “Oldest Professional Football League Club”, firstly how did relegation feel for you? And secondly are you saddened to see the club lose the title? MW: “I was totally gutted the way we were relegated, certain players did not feel the pain as much as the fans, regarding losing out title, I think it will devalue the saleable asset of our club but when we get back in the league, it will be regained.” MM: "I like all Notts fans were absolutely gutted to see us go down and although Forest are claiming our title its only on loan for one season.” JM: "Gutted for us to be relegated, but knew it was coming. Yes, also gutted to see us lose the title." Q3: Notts took over 2,000+ fans to the Swindon game, do you feel the support can continue within the Non League? MW: “We will still get 3500 to 4500 fans at home and take the same usual fans to away games as we have superb fans.” MM: “yes we will have big support in our non league campaign because when your black and white your black and white for life no matter what league we are in.” Joe Maskrey "I feel the fans will still go to matches in good numbers, IF they still support us." Q4: When the takeover finally completes, do you want Alan Hardy to remain as the clubs chairman? MW: “I believe if Alan Hardy remains in any capacity at NCFC the supporters will desert our club, he needs to never enter Meadow Lane again after the sale.” MM: "No to AH he is a spent force we need change through out the whole club top to bottom.” JM: "NO WAY! Hardy should leave, and hand the baton to another chairman to take us in a fresh and another direction." Q5: In summary, how would you describe this past League Two season and what can the club learn from it? MW: “This season has been a nightmare for all NCFC fans, so much hope at the start of the season, the running of the club and the recruitment from the off was very poorly done, I do not believe the manager at the time did not have enough input on who was kept and who was recruited, as for having 3 managers in one season again was the downfall of our club, the chairman was playing with our club and had no idea how to run a professional football club. The new owners need a person with experience of running a club and have the authority to hire the manager and players he wants as well as restructuring the staff at the club and make a priority to get a recruitment person in ASAP, cut the playing staff down to a maximum of 25.” MM: “what I have learned about the last season is that the only people who care about Notts County football club are the fans, owners/managers/players just don't have anywhere near the pride or passion that us fans have, they are there at the end of their careers to take a wage. How many times have you read comments like if they played with the same pride as the fans singing loud and proud week in week out we would be in the Championship.” JM: "This season has been a disaster! The club can only learn from this. Changing management so early in a season was a big no no, so to learn from that is KEY. When the new owners take over, they should know where NOT to go wrong." Share your thoughts about this news story on Pride of Nottingham by signing up to the website, visiting the forum and joining in the chat with hundreds of fellow Notts County fans. Fancy showcasing your brand or business on Pride of Nottingham? Click here to find out more about sponsorship and advertising opportunities with us. -
great pics again @Chris, well done for supporting a charity game and working to promote it. -
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well done chris ???????????????? -
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im getting more nervous about what if swindon do play youngsters and they want to impress their manager, notts just has to go for it.
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think the focus needs to be on putting the ball in their net and keeping it out of ours, the way we play does not matter. the results do, so i hope cambridge can do us a favour and win the game.
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the team has done well to keep it there, i just wished they had picked a few more points up to make it easier.
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hope this got through to them.
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passionate @ARLukomski
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great fan pictures @Chris and well done to @Magic magpie with the additional ones he took. ????
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i dont know what to expect other than to be disappointed, i just hope when i leave things can start to make sense. its been a terrible season.
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it does not seem good enough. ardley takes stead and cms off all the time, he replaces them with people too defensive minded and i think it sounded lucky that we can away with any points. if he keeps us up, those wanting him gone now will love him tho. its stupid. hes playing a dangerous game. two games remaining and both are must win.
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ardley has the players with their backs to the goal, its hard to see how they will score. he makes the wrong decisions in the games and is not vocal enough to get them to focus. i think his task is harder only due to himself.
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if notts does not get a win, i dont think the last two games will count for much. they have to do more on the pitch and just work hard for each other, not themselves.
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the main thing is the clubs existence, players come and go. relegation happens, i hope that we survive but if we dont i will still be here next season.
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both teams was unimpressive tbh, notts never looked able to score and a good side would have slaughtered us if they played well. two well worked goals but very lucky.
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sad and annoyed to see the lead take away, all we ask is for the players to fight and hopefully there is time for that. 1-0 to crewe.
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im getting a bit nervous now, i just hope that they can put on a display. the away support has been spot on this season and with the players at every step. some fans may have voiced their feels incorrectly at times but some of this can get down to passion. just have to hope on saturday.
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big game, must win and there will be a lot of pressure. notts must go there and prove a point, a positive sign would be to control the game and win. i would take a scrappy 1-0 tho. coyp!
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have they picked up yet? i would feel much more content knowing that some of our fans would write the game off.
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so happy right now for our fan base, hope my nerves are wrong!
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massive result but i dont want saturday to disappoint. its setup nicely now, brill win.
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i think it wll end up as a draw or loss, i just dont think the players can fight for a win. i dont want to be neagtive but we dont seem to be very good at scoring and it always seems every game when the players switch off.
