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I think it will be Altrincham who has decided on the length, he has done well for us at times but hasn't showed enough improvements. In all fairness, you look at him in the squad and think it's a position we could be better allocating to someone else. I also think there's better younger options that we could bring in, Hinchy is 22 and needs to be playing on a weekly basis to improve further. Wiki says, he's only got 37 league appearances, which is nothing for a player of his age. Good luck to him, I hope he flourishes and does gain confidence, but I think he will be one player highly likely to move on in the near future on a permanent basis.

Barnsley doesn't look to be all that interested in the competition, but this doesn't take anything away from Notts winning. We played a much changed squad ourselves, and it shows the strength we have on the bench and in rotation and that must give hope that once our form becomes consistent that we will be able to start climbing up the League Two table again. Lincoln City and ourselves, I think will progress from the group unless Barnsley decide to take it a bit more seriously. It's good to know that we can do well, making such changes and know that the players coming in look just as good as those who have been rested. It says much more about us than Barnsley.

It is a very good win, no doubt a much stronger squad on paper lost the game and football is never all that predictable. Some interesting points, Murphy Cooper is their usual starting keeper and not Kieren Flavell who is their third choice keeper. Only three regular starting XI made a start, in Caylan Vickers, Davis Keillor-Dunn and Jonathan Bland. Murphy Cooper is absent. Tennal Watson, Jack Shepard, Josh Earl, Nathanael Ogbeta, Luca Connell, Adam Phillips, and David McGoldrick. It suggests to me, they were saving legs for league matches. Jacob Bedeau, Ollie Norburn, Tom Iorpenda and Alassana Jatta are our regulars, with Lewis Macari recently coming into the fold, and I suppose Norburn could be classed as regular although since Scott Robertson's return, but he has been consistently in the team. It's good to see Maz Kouhyar, Lucas Ness and Keanan Bennetts coming in and doing a solid job Jayden Luker and Tyrese Hall, looked very comfortable alongside each other, which for youngsters to play that well against a good League One team even if they are weakened says a lot. It was a very good win, in a competition with little importance, but it is a useful tie to try to motivate players for the league. I hope the better performers retain their place in our XI vs. Oldham. Like Tyrese Hall. Inconsistent and poor defensively, he has had fewer opportunities since other players have performed better.

Steve Cherry signed for Oldham Athletic in his later years, but wiki doesn't have any appearances for him, but he joined them in 1999. To be clear, I got this from having read his book, I just wasn't certain about his appearances and I didn't find it by looking at Wikipedia.

I wished Notts were a lot better at set pieces, we never seem capable of scoring from a corner and people attribute this to Matt Palmer, but I think some of his corners are very good, just nobody attacks them. Teams like FC Midtjylland have turned them into a strengthen, and it is possible that they work hard in training to achieve at a consistent standard. The art of taking good free kicks, inch perfect corners is a fading aspect in English football, especially at League One and Two level.

Who is he to decide which club has significant importance, or is to be attributed with the word Elite? I highly doubt that many would consider teams based in Birmingham, especially City, to be among the elite. Elite is the highest of the high, and when he talks about the pyramid without the underdogs and the overachievers' football tends to be less exciting. It has to be a level playing field, where relegation and promotion are enjoyed across all the tiers of English football.

A European finish will do me just fine, but the top 3 would be excellent. You know what they say about cream.

I hate to say it, but Crewe move a lot more than we do for set pieces and that is just asking for someone to be manhandled. I wished Notts would defend in front of the opposition, and remembered to keep the ball in front of them when defending. Once it goes beyond, it will always favour the opposition and Crewe's first goal was disappointing because nobody had the back post. None of the players actually watched the ball, or it's path, just the player they felt needed marking and that can always leave one person free. The penalty was disappointing, but I can overlook it. Notts has to keep moving in a positive direction, ensuring a good level of performance as a team and the same level of effort when creating chances. Notts had plenty of chances to win the game, so it's not all doom and gloom, but it is 3 points lost when it should have been ours to win.

I know some fans are still disappointed by the way we were defeated to Crewe, but at least we played well and they didn't outclass us. That says something, because they are a well-organised team that can score freely if they are allowed to control the narrative of the game. Notts looked the far liveliest with plenty of good chances, which came from the hard work. We looked like a team capable of winning, whilst Crewe hung onto countering for the majority of the second half, this performance and some of the more recent ones makes me believe that Martin Paterson is starting to get a standard level from the players. The way we have played since Crawley, seems to have given the players the self belief that creativity doesn't need to be overthought or limited. That playing, making movement and taking on the opposition will reward them with good chances. If we focused on the results, Paterson would be under more pressure I feel but when you take into account the pre-season, opening games and how we have returning players from injury it does all seem to lean towards more optimistic point of view. The only thing I will say, I do believe an experienced manager would be able to get the best out of this squad, even with the earlier setbacks and poor performances. However, I do think Paterson is learning.

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Further education, especially beyond school, does present you a chance to reflect on where you are going, and how your thoughts change with further maturity @KingofCounty. If you get a job where you can learn, and enjoy it. Then that is worth equal consideration, but don't rush to make a decision. Don't make the mistake of thinking college or even Uni would be the same as your school years. Working life can be a drag, people end up being misplaced and hating what they do. I am working on my dream job, and I enjoy being a journalist. So, I am lucky that I knew at an early age I wanted to write for a living. Balance the things you enjoy, compared to the things you would like to learn, and make a formal decision. Hello, @menzinho. I can see you typing!! 🤣 👋

Had one of the many chances Notts had gone in, I think the performance would have a fairer reflection as I think Notts did play well. I left disappointed we had lost, but more based on the circumstances rather than the way we played. Our midfield played very well, I think defensively Rod McDonald was good but Lewis Macari and Jacob Bedeau do need to step up. Tyrese Hall gets my vote, as I liked his attacking mentality and how he was intimidated by Crewe's defence. It's a shame one of the chances he had didn't go in, it might have put the focus on what was one of his best displays for us. He was involved quite a lot, compared to beating Crawley at home where it was mostly Jayden Luker who got him into his scoring chances.

He misread the corner and tried to come out to punch it away, but realised that his commitment was too early and questions have to be asked of the defence as to why nobody was at the back post. Why everyone followed the movement of the Crewe players, without reflecting on the height of the ball or where it was heading. The cross itself, it was perfectly placed in front of goal, and re-bounced quite high to an open space where Crewe exploited very well, for me there were too many Notts players just watching on in a position in front of the ball as it came in goal wards. Defensively, Notts needs to get in front of the attacking players and behind the ball. This said, I have felt like Roos has been improving, and he does seem adequate for this level, but we need to defend his weaknesses better. Crewe took a corner, where Roos perfectly collected the ball, and he intercepted a cross very calmly where he distributed the ball providing Notts a chance to counter. Alex Bass would have reacted differently, and there's no doubt we would be better off with him, but it's time to start avoiding Roos's weaknesses and defensively better protecting the goal. We don't win as individuals, but as a team. Conceding goals is just the same.

I am not sure how any fan couldn't see this as good news; it's an excellent move by the Reedtz to further show their commitment to the club. No owner(s) would write off such a debt if they weren't hoping that it made the club healthier. The fans who are conspiracy theorists and are suggesting hidden motives are those who never seem to be happy, and I do wonder if they would prefer owners who didn't stand by their word? Everything the Reedtz have said up to date has been about making Notts sustainable, or as close to it as possible; they aren't leaving us stuck in the 90s, they are working on making sure the whole club is more modern. The phrase "can't do right for trying" springs to mind.

It's not really progress when buildings are replaced with spaceship or Minecraft-like designs. There's not much inspiring about modern, soulless architecture.

The core of the squad should be fine, but there are players who will need to be moved on. Midfield places must be filled with quality rather than numbers. At League One level, I do not think we could cope with the amount of strikers currently being used. You also need two experienced goalkeepers who can win matches on their own. There are many improvements that must be made, but I believe when the club is ready we will not be battling to stay up. A finish in the lower to mid table feels more realistic. From that point it all comes down to keeping the key players and sorting contracts early. There is still plenty that can be improved, but yesterday’s defeat came from a simple mistake rather than poor play. Notts put in a good performance, I just wish Matthew Dennis had not got so caught up in battling with the opposition in such a risky area. That level of shirt pulling has to be cut out, but as Notts fans we know promotion is never straightforward.

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Good luck to him. He seems happy and clearly cares about what he's doing. His journey in football might have started with playing, but coaching could be where he truly belongs. He’s still young, so if he wants to return to playing, that door isn't closed. Even so, coaching gives him a chance to grow in a different way, and it might lead to new opportunities he hadn't considered before.

Wouldn't it be tempting to give a sports betting book, like what Biff had, to someone like Derek Pavis? He could have invested years of funding into Notts, making us a more established team at the top level. You never know, he could have done what Jack Walker did for Blackburn Rovers. It would have rewritten much of what I had experienced growing up supporting the club, but no doubt other achievements might have come our way such as a League or FA Cup win. Maybe even a Premier League title or two.

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