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the issue is the owners would not win if they spent all the budget on the squad, because people would soon want what other clubs have. notts had one of the best fan zones early on, beneath the top leagues and that is something we should be proud of. that had been a huge hit, its always busy on match days and must be generating a good whack of money for the club to use in other areas. maybe the club is focusing on these side projects as means to afford better players? i dont think they would put anything at the cost of the team or promotion. i have also heard more praise for how we are improving the infrastructure than i have heard anything about it should be spent on players.

morecambe only hired their manager because of the new owners being of the same religion, i hope it does not delay our ex youth team coach who i wish well. i do think morecambe are doing the wrong thing right now tho. i just hope i am wrong.

probably requests for more funding at the cost of no further development to the tram lines, just more unreliable transport.

there is a lot of things that we need to factor in and improve as we try to gain promotion, its very difficult to do it without the backing of knowledgeable coaches, money and the right signings. someone told me the other day they spent over £200 to watch a premier league game, i am not sure i could afford that at a single price even though i have savings. so notts had to do whatever it takes to first keep us a family club, keep football pricing competitively and to spend money in more than just on the pitch. yes that should be the priority over other avenues but leaving no stone unturned means we should move in the right direction.

as far as new grounds come, i do think everton has a nice stadium and it looks like its had the seats arched back to keep the sound in. a lot of modern grounds get it wrong, but i think this is one of the nicest and i do hope the fan noise is kept inside.

that is what i thought, so my hopes coming into this was not as high as those who thought it was about mp.

are we playing to our strengths yet? martin paterson spoke about how he wanted the players to do this, and not only do we look out of shape at times. we still dont seem to have key players fit enough to play for 90 minutes. 5 games in we are seeing improvements, but most seem slow and counter productive with how we fail to defend. we struggle with headers when the defence dont have time to prepare and we dont defend as a team like we have previously done. the pressing to win the ball back or to get the secord or third ball back is missing.

the improvements are there, but we need to see out games better. i dont know why we are so likely to concede other than roos does not build confidence. i do feel like notts are stubborn enough to believe all our problems will be worked out as things improve, but that just makes the expectations of promotion seem unlikely because we are settling for whatever the outcome will be instead of trying to change it. 5 games in we know we are better than this but it seems slow, and the team seems to prone to dropping off when it matters.

i thought there was great sparks from jodi, until he was clattered. rod mcdonald looked comfortable, but matthew dennis got my vote.

taking off jodi, barry cotter and nick tsaroulla seemed like a big mistake. we replaced them with two very inconsistent players so far, and i dont think keanan bennetts its someone to bring on when you have pressure and need capable defenders. the subs turned the tide and made the disconnection show, the performance until then i would say was better but we fell flat after the changes. what disappointed me the most was how lucky the Bromley goal was, we never get that type of luck but a draw does seem a fair result.

Norwich City 1-0 Middlesbrough Sheffield United 1-1 Millwall Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Lincoln City Mansfield Town 2-2 Leyton Orient Fleetwood Town 0-1 Oldham Athletic joker Gillingham 2-2 Crewe Alexandra Halifax Town 2-1 Forest Green Rovers Sutton United 1-1 Scunthorpe United

come on, lets beat 60 votes if we can. if you are reading and dont have an account on pon, just register and vote. you get bonus points for posting an introduction but you can keep your vote private. nick tsaroulla earned mine and i think its going to be impossible to beat him.

it was a very good performance, with improvements to make but that will come with more confidence. i thought we did very well to create chances and the quality of them made it difficult for shrewsbury town. very pleased with the win, i hope we can move forward from here.

its great to have nick tsaroulla back, hes a very good player and one of the standard outs from last seasons recruitment which all very much looked great additions. i am more confident personally in will jarvis than i am with kellan gordon. i hope gordon proves himself, but i dont think he was brilliant last season and he has been poor so far this campaign which is why we miss someone like tsaroulla because hes very direct.

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if tom iorpenda could defend he would have got a lot more praise as he did not do that badly going forward. matt palmer is my man of the match, with sonny aljofree being the second. i thought rod mcdonald did well with stuff in the air but not so much with defending passes he should have booted away.

i am on my dinner break, its quite nice out and the breeze helps. it feels a lot nicer than yesterday, just about to have some sandwiches and snacks for my pack launch. i did not want to go eat out today.

Preston North End 0-2 Leicester City Swansea City 1-1 Sheffield United Leyton Orient 1-2 Stockport County Reading 3-0 AFC Wimbledon joker Barnet 0-1 Walsall Tranmere Rovers 0-0 Gillingham Aldershot 0-2 Boston United Hartlepool United 1-0 Braintree Town

i would have thought one of the top six teams would have thought about trying to make it a loan to buy move, he could do well with somewhere like spurs or chelsea. though i do agree with @Chris, that a return to aston villa would be magical. maybe when his contract runs out? i dont know how long is left on his city deal. imagine moving for 100 mil and then resigning to your former team on a free, that would be the ultimate way to stick it to pep. plus the experience gained whilst away could further help villa with their ambitions. though its a big signing for everton and i just hope they look after him, because he has the magic to produce goods for any team.

yeah, it would be nice to pick some points up against barrow. they have adapted well to life in league two and do know how to shut down teams. at the same time they can go to the other end and score goals, so it could be a really tricky game for us. i am hoping we take a look at the squad and see who is 100% match fit, and choose to start them. we can use the subs to impact quality into the team, i am sure we can be good enough to select a more fitter based team that can give their all without it making us weaker.

it does not matter at this stage, but those who say the club should have stumped up what he wanted. didzy should not have said he wanted to retire here, that he did not want to be the clubs highest earner. i am sure the club offered him what they felt they could afford. personally, i think he did not have faith in us getting promotion this season and that could be part of why he moved on. i am glad hes doing well for barnsley.

sorry, @Robbie. i could not make the game due to work and i did not listen to it either. that is why i have not voted. 😥

i hope people do read this, even if they find it overwhelming. its full of useful things to know, but it does take a lot to digest. i have read the opening post twice, so i do get that we can now choose our own preferred style. before the upgrade, there used to be a toggle settings for the community forum page that would change the layout. but having more options within the topics and how they are listed is very nice.

i would let harry griffiths go in goal and i would rest some like barry cotter, maybe jodi too. see what some of the loan players can offer and hope that they can put together a good performance. all the new arrivals to midfield has us a bit disjointed and i know fans are expecting us to be thrashed but you never know. i dont expect us to do particularly well but we have to try. i know some might feel deflated after yesterday, but we just keep going.

great pictures @Chris, well done. 👏🏻