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good luck to the womens team, i hope they feel happy with how the season has gone and manage to claim a victory to seal off the amazing progress they have made.

went for a bike ride earlier, locked my bike up near wollaton hall and went for a jog around the the lake. its nice that we are finally getting nicer days back to back. i am at home now, and just going through the forums. hope everyone is also enjoying today.

@Fan of Big Tone has his holidays, @Piethagoram appears to enjoy nature and visiting places where he can get to grips with nature. i enjoy going for bike rides when the weather is nice, i also enjoy regular walks but not so much when its cold. aside from work and football, i dont do a lot and i am stuck in a very routine way of life. its a good thing, as i dont like making changes if i can because its harder with being autistic. i do think its good to explore other things though, so i wonder if the community feel like sharing what they do outside of football?

roll on when football does become regulated with the finances and teams have to start taking into account what is spent more carefully, i would hope it leads fans to be more appreciative of the club when it does well and show better support when times are tougher.

its nice to know russia can do some good, its a shame these days they are more like germany was back then and only care about those in power. this is a very sad anniversary though.

i think we have a good squad regardless of where the budget puts us. there are players who would need time, and others that would easily make the step up. as a team notts would need to be stronger as a group. i feel there could be improvements made, if we could score more goals from open play and without relying on being as direct as we are right now. then that would help. most people would be patient enough i think, but it would be a challenge. my concerns about promotion is if we start off like mansfield did and be up within the promotion area, only to drop off and the doom and gloom mongers start to be more vocal when really it would be an overachievement. mansfield start this season is a vital sign as to how important early form is and how teams newly promoted can struggle in spells. i can see us being similar if we were to get promoted.

bradford park avenue signed a couple of notts players after they had left us if i remember right, lewis knight being one. we signed him from them and never really played him enough to get the most out of his ability. his pace was lightening quick, such a shame because i thought he looked promising. i dont know a lot about bradford park avenue but it would be nice to see a club of their history higher in the leagues.

anyone else disliking all these early kick offs? its nice at times because you spend the evening doing something else, but then it seems to be more each season. its a good chance for notts to put this poor form behind us and to start something positive, being more clinical on goal would be a big boost. not that i think crewe will be an easy game, far from it but it is one where winning holds more importance the longer our form remains poor. crewe are only just in slightly better form, but notts has to have that fight and winning mentality.

i am off work for the rest of the week, i decided to have a bike this morning and i really liked to get out. i used to do it quite often but with the cold weather being around for longer i did not bother. now i am home, wondering what to do with my time. i dont think i could cope if i were tone, i need things to distract me but having time to be idle just does not suite me. tho seeing nice places does sound nice, what places can i visit is beeston that are nice?

some people are in a rush to do things like this, without doing the proper checks and i find it very disrespectful. its happened over here, you get people keen to post the news for reactions and it turns out they were wrong. its sad...

i have not seen anything about giving feedback about this at any point, did any other members? i dont get why it has to be the top of the kop that gets the safe standing, it would be better lower but the club does what it wants. i am not against those who stands but i am curious if this effects me. no email, just the status so time will tell.

the players need to take the criticism right now on the chin, just try harder to be tighter at the back and make better judgements when it comes to passing. i felt impressed with the workrate and effort in the first half to win the ball back. it is a little annoying to see us pass back, but sometimes it is understandable. i think notts fell into the habit of doing this to much against chesterfield and where as sam slocombe is being blamed. it was hardly his fault, yes he had a moment which he made up for with a brilliant save with his legs but the decision to pass the ball back to him, full well knowing he keeps being pressed and is not the most confident at passing is just a silly mistake. i think going into the second half, all the positives of the first half performances just drifted. we had spells, but it took us longer to suss out chesterfield and it favoured them. notts looked good attacking, but lacked options in the box and was very wasteful on goal.

if david mcgoldrick feels he can still perform to the level we have seen this season, and notts adds more quality around him and take into consideration there is a need for someone like him to fill in when he cant play, then i am all for giving him a new one year deal. last season i would not have said this, but he has earned it with how much he has self driven notts to wins.

i am starting to think every bad spell notts has it sucks the hope of finishing in the automatics, and then we go on a good run and it renews that hope. i dont think we are consistent enough, i believe notts has the depth and quality but it comes down to wanting to win. pushing for goals and defending well, not losing control of matches and generally struggling to convert chances that are created. right now i think playoffs is more likely, but i am worried that if we persist with this form we may just end up slipping out of them too.

i am a little annoyed by it, why do we keep recalling him and never giving junior morias a proper chance. i almost expect him to be sent out on loan in a few days time, just as we start to think he has a chance. imagine being morias with how notts have prevented him from playing, and basically signed a player to not actually play much at all. i really do hope he gets a chance. its very odd behaviour by notts.

well done george abbott, pleased to see he earned the votes from us fans.

i think he looks a good prospect and can improve further, but its down to notts to make sure we get the most out of him. i would give him a longer deal, we cant expect all young players to be consistent but he does work hard. we need to push that and get the best charlie whitaker can be.

to be fair, we looked in a good place when the january transfer window wrapped up. i think its always a setback when you lose staff and coaches who work so closely with the setup and whilst i think the saunders can easily be replaced i dont think the club should have rushed to appoint joao alves but its not his fault. he will be the easy target for why stuart maynard might not have the support or experience by his hand and in a way, i think the club has made a decision which is more negative to a manager learning efl football in only what would be his second season (which is not even a full second term). clubs dont like to admit when they are wrong, but they should look at giving maynard the best possible assistant. i am sure alves will make the grade one day, but we need someone who can advise maynard when he needs it like in times like this. there was rumours yesterday that neil warnock might be approached in some form of support role, but i think thats people who put 2+2 together and come up with 5. i think we need to stick together and help secure a few back to back wins, as that would be the biggest boost to morale.

david mcgoldrick, all of our smart play came through his creativity and drive to get notts into scoring oppatunities. he did some great passes, and made it hard for chesterfield.

notts should have made the second half count and there was moments i felt we could but we just lacked that cutting edge on goal. bringing conor grant on was a good decision, and i can see why he does not always start because he can fade in and out. he made a good impact and i dont think the side is struggling due to injuries, more because they are not putting attacking practices into the play. i thought barrow did well to sit back, but play when the opportunity came. you can see that they are a good league team but we had every chance to turn the game around and we just failed. i left feeling frustrated but with the game in hand, plus the results going in our favour. i think winning a few games back to back would help, but we need to start taking the chances we get because the results in other games wont always go our way. just a bit more urgency at times and better movement seems enough to give us a bit more opportunity to create something more clean cut.

i like the changes to limit guests and i hope it encourages people to be more involved, it just takes people to read, comment and get to know members or if they choose to remain private they can but the site is a great community. we are much better off without politics.

if we had two jacob bedeaus i think we would be unstoppable and for me, he was the man of the match. as nice as it was to see lewis macari back, he is not quite back to his best,

to be honest, i think matt palmer tends to be overlooked simply because of how good he is. how quiet he can be is also something which hinders him from being noticed because fans will notice those who are taking bolder actions. its why alex bass can have a superb game, but its only those matches where he stops a team from winning or drawing that gets him voted as the man of the match. i think we can take some players for granted and palmer is one of them. we were lost last season without him, hes such an important part and i dont think being named as the man of the match is everything. you want players to do their role and do it well, which palmer does but its an interesting question.

Favourite Player Right Now: jodi jones Most Consistent Performer So Far: matt palmer Rising Star in the Squad [Not Including Loanees]: charlie whitaker Most Improved Player Recently: rod mcdonald Best Player in Each Position: alex bass, jacob bedeau, jodi jones, matt palmer, jatta Who is your all-time favourite Notts County player and why? probably lee hughes or neal bishop, simply due to the memories of their time here. If you could have dinner with any current Notts County player, who would it be and why? i would be to anxious, but if i had to choose i would say kellan gordon because he seems to express a lot of understanding towards autism, disabilities etc. i would have said adam chicksen as he is very positive minded. What's your favourite Notts County chant or song? i had a wheelbarrow If you could relive any moment in Notts County history, what would it be and why? the chesterfield playoff final, it was a great experience and even though we were lucky to have won on penalties the game had everything a big match like a promotion game needed. very exciting and special. What's the furthest you've travelled to watch a Notts County game? carlisle? its a tricky question of the top of my head.