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how he lost his voice is clear that the players are not listening, but its concerning because it looks like luke williams is running out of things to try. i just hope we can pick up and focus on becoming stronger in the new year. its difficult for sure.

i dont really care about him because the moment ian burhcnall failed at fgr, michael doyle was back at notts. hes pretty much shown no loyality to pompey by taking the woking job. i would understand more if it was a bigger or a former club but woking? if he can make it until the end of the season without being sacked it will be a good thing for him. he should do well as a manager provided he sticks and learns with a club, instead of always on the move.

i dont believe in plan bs, i just think that whatever we try right now it wont make much difference until we see committment made at the back and that possibly starts with not playing players as cbs when they are not. we were poor today, this spell hit us earlier in the season i would be worried about relegation. we have gone from being reasonably ok, to awkward, to extremely poor. fix the defence and we should improve.

i hate that my previous post sounded negative but i could sense this, luke has a massive uphill battle and i dont see how we can get back into the game without conceding a third. the reason most fans are disappointed is because we are better but everyone keeps making the same mistakes and there is nothing learned. richard brindley can work but hes better with two recognised centre backs imo. the first goal was bad, but it put us on the wrong foot to begin with and it lead to the second. its quite poor to think we are so easily gifting games to our opposition.

not long to go, i feel more nervous and the vibe i am getting i think its going to be one of those games we will just want to forgot. i hope i am wrong. it would have been nice to see some stability with the defence, i cant help but agree that changing every game is making it harder. we will see how this works out but i dont have a lot of high hopes in playing only one recognised centre back, with connell rawlinson being the only other on the bench.

@Fozzy makes some great points. we need to move on from conor keeley, look at other options and hopefully find someone suitable to improve the back three. i did think the mentioning at the fans forum that the club is not against looking at european teams as an interesting comment. maybe we will look at the dutch or french players who are available?

still plenty of time to grow but i love the desire of notts to go out and strike a deal with stoke. it says a lot about the club and i think within time lewis macari could become one of our most important defenders. i am pleased he sees notts as somewhere he can grow and i hope he does well.

i like that luke williams is always thinking about improvements, i know this will take time and i understand that currently we have something that with effort we can overcome but again its about time and having a bit of luck maybe.

its good to know that the clubs training hard, i dont doubt that and it will take time to sort out our defensive issues. it might not even be resolved if we sign a defender in january, but working towards getting better results is a must. we are in a good position and our earlier good work should not be undone with a dry patch. lets just try to navigate december the best that we can and rekindle that buzz in the new year.

i do think we need to be mindful about the squad we start with and the options that will leave us on the bench, an unpopular suggestion would be to leave jodi jones on the bench and allow adam chicksen to start. i think jodi can be a massive influence but his spark is usually bigger when he comes on. i dont think he deserves being benched, i just think we would get more from him if we did. he plays like he wants to prove a point, like hes sending a message for being dropped. we dont have many players like this and it makes it such a useful tactic. hopefully we do go back to giving steadier performances but harrogate being a team that can play in ways we struggle, it will make it interesting.

bigger than leicester city? from near relegation to league champions?? in the worlds best league. no way would girona be better. the spanish league is not the same standard as it used to be. it would be a great story if they did win, but comparing it to other clubs success seems silly to me.

first half i thought we did well. a little too much focus on passing backwards instead of going forward or taking their marker on, but we defended very routinely. walsall was not a great squad by any means, they just worked together and fought hard for their goals. if notts had got their act together sooner, i think we could have turned it around. defensively, walsall looked clueless but we never really tested that in the second half. jodi jones tried but it was all from crosses. we needed to attack around the box a bit more imo. i thought the changes made by luke williams made us very defensive. jim o brien and richard brindley are not two players i would introduce to a game where you want to fight back. jr morias coming on gave us some pace but we failed to get him involved. Very few balls was played to his feet which meant he had to work for it. our midfield was terrible, they couldn't press, win back the ball or make a simple pass. walsall did not apply any pressure for this to happen, to me it was all a lack of application, confidence and a weak mindset. luke williams should have kept dan crowley on for longer, i dont think he was injured and taking one of the players who can put someone through with a clever pass going off made no sense to me at all.

good player for us, he was one of them we really did not appreciate properly until he had left. it amazed me how fans wanted him back after some of them would call him. he did very well with luton. good luck to him in his coaching.

it looks doable, if the kop flag was centre and the rest was handled by fans lower it could work well. i think the biggest issue is motivation tho.

yes, i have always liked how pon shares a mixture of interesting things especially before other area which think they have the right to everything themselves. i like sharing ex player posts in the group and that prompted people to form a group coping two older groups. ????

its going to be interesting to see how walsall approach the game, i think they have struggled to score which could be a jinx for us. i just hope that we defend bravely, a clean sheet would be also night but not expected. provided we only concede good goals, thats all that matters and of course us out scoring them.

i believe that the players give their all even when mistakes are made, but knowing that they are working hard to cut it out will help us in the long run. i felt annoyed watching the shrewsbury goals live but i am back to wanting to see notts succeed. nobody makes mistakes on purpose, i know this. kyle cameron gives an honest take on it and i appreciate that.

i know, we can only wish for some of them to show their faces again.

seeing how kyle cameron has spoken and further words from luke williams, my frustration has passed and i just want to support the players in their transition to improve defensively. its not going to be instant, but at the same time does not mean our defence is not good enough, for heaven sake we are not in the bottom 3. we are much higher up, we need to be patient and be supportive.

welcome to the pride of nottingham, @TT1970. we are happy to see you have joined us.

how do you play it?

i felt frustrated by the goals we concede but i believe there are ways we can improve, i also like how luke williams has backed his players. should we as fans be a little more supportive once we calm down? we have players who are good enough, but as most of us agree on a solid centre back would strengthen things up come january. we just need to cut out the mistakes as much as possible and back the lads.

i am less worried about our defending because we are capable of controlling games and with our attacking options we should have enough about us to lead the game. i dont think we have any issues of scoring at home, so hopefully we can be 2-0 up by half time. this said i am sure walsall will test us, but i feel confident that we will be in control by half time. its the second half where i think they will make changes that prove to be the challenge. so hopefully, whatever happens we are able to put on a strong performance and ease the tension of fans with regards to the defending.

if we could get more use from jodi jones on a consistent basis, he would be up there for me but sometimes hes very restrained from what we know he can do. likewise with aaron nemane who for me has improved a fair bit from last season. dan crowley for me has been the standout performer on the pitch over every games so far. his foot work, work rate and ability really shines. its not a surprise hes been scoring quite freely due to this.