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I do believe that if he is fit Nick should be a regular in the Notts side. I also agree with @Chris that Nick in combination with Will Jarvis on the left wing would be an excellent combination. I do hope that Martin will give Jarvis an opportunity.

Nick also used to work well with Jodi on the left wing too. Martin has plenty of options on the left & right wings. Having good players on the flanks is an essential ingredient for opening up defences & I hope Notts make the most of it in the games to follow.

I'm a big believer in Tsaroulla and enjoy watching him play.

End product has been bad though in his Notts career so far. You fear it could be one of those cases where he puts it all together at his next stop, the moment he leaves. That would be infuriating.

Let's hope the assist on Saturday is the start of him realising his potential with us.

I like the way Tsaroulla takes players on, he is better than Gordon who doesn’t seem to have that ability. Totally agree his finishing has been poor. Surely though with some help from the coaches, he should be able to improve this part of his game. If he can he would be a real threat in the final third.

Huddersfield Town 1-0 Doncaster Rovers

Luton Town 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Stockport County 1-2 Bradford City

Colchester United 2-0 Cambridge United

Gillingham 2-1 Chesterfield

Harrogate Town 1-0 Barrow

Altrincham 1-0 Hartlepool United

Woking 1-1 Wealdstone

Huddersfield Town 1-0 Doncaster Rovers

Luton Town 2-1 Wigan Athletic

Stockport County 3-1 Bradford City Joker

Colchester United 1-1 Cambridge United

Gillingham 1-2 Chesterfield

Harrogate Town 1-1 Barrow

Altrincham 0-1 Hartlepool United

Woking 2-1 Wealdstone

Huddersfield 2-1 Doncaster

Luton Town 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Stockport 2-1 Bradford

Colchester 1-0 Cambridge

Gillingham 1-1 Chesterfield

Harrogate 1-0 Barrow

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Woking 1-0 Wealdstone

It's nice to see that Morecambe FC are starting to rebuild their club by appointing a new Manager. I'm sure that Ashvir will be very busy with trying to rebuild the Morecambe FC squad before their first game at home to Altrincham on Saturday 23rd Aug.

Morcambe FC have already had the first three of their National League matches postponed, so they will have some catching up to do. I wish them luck

credit to @ARLukomski

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The Pride of Nottingham Man of the match thread is a great vehicle where the fans of Notts can vote for the player that impressed them the most after the match.

It is also a good vehicle for the PON community to get together & support & recognise the effort of individual players whether the match result is a win, loss or draw.

I think it is important to award a player for his individual performance because i believe that it will help to encourage, motivate & bring lots of positivity to the players & the vast majority of the Notts fanbase.

I’ve said before that there’s a simple solution and one that I’ve adopted and that is I don’t read any fans comments on social media, I look at posts made by the Notts media team but I don’t read the comments underneath and I never comment myself.

If I want to comment on the match or vote for a man of the match I do so on here where by and large the fans are mostly reasonable with their comments. I do hope that this place doesn’t get like Twitter or Facebook.

It's the rise of social media's "every voice is counted" culture. It's easier to gain traction by saying something more shocking and vitrolic than the last. It's the main reason I left most social media but I felt somewhat at a loss when I left Twitter due to comrardarie you build with other fans. That's been rectified since joining a couple of different forums, but it's certainly evident that the dispondancy fire grows quickest.

I think with that, alongside the recent peroid of underperformance for Notts (minus getting promoted and the Munto - early Trew years), it's easier to be a bit bitter and self-loathing than it is to be optimistic - as to protect you when we (inevitably - see I did it too!) fail.

I try and be optimistic and failing that, a realist, as I've grown up with "Notts are ****" with the man who bloody took me there in the first place!

I think it's a fair discussion, and it is interesting to see the different thoughts.

The club seems to react a little slow to the obvious things, which make the biggest difference, only trying to correct them after the fact. With Alassana Jatta being out, surely it would have made sense that we had someone in addition to Matthew Dennis? Mai Traore is being thrown in attacking midfield, and as a striker last season he struggled, so it is clear that he needs time.

When Matt Palmer got injured in our first season back in the Football League, we tried to address it with the signing of Dan Gosling, which on paper looked good, but it became apparent why no other club had signed him before we did.

Stuart Maynard losing his assistant and coach is a big blow to what fans call for him to have: an assistant. But the club promotes within, and that ends up seeing Joao Alves leave when Maynard is sacked and replaced. So, the club brings in more support and changes the coaching focus. Hire a doctor to help with injuries and prevention, but there is so much dissension going on.

Among any signings in midfield, which wasn't the issue in the previous season but now requires them all to settle within a team that already had a good spine, the new players have a higher preference for being played.

It seems bound to hinder a newly appointed head coach who mostly has experience as an assistant. Who is appointed beyond 4 weeks of the sacking of Maynard and then has to get to grips with a pre-season tour in Germany, where Notts are obviously going to be the whipping boys to two very good second-division teams?

It's going to take time; we need to be supportive and patient.

Lots of good points @TheSkipper

I agree it has been a fair discussion on here - and by and large the posts have been sympathetic and supportive of Martin.

There's no point denying that he's under pressure though, just the facts of footy life

Some fair points there @Scotty. We had a taste of how much attacking "threat" we pose without McGoldrick and AJ at Wimbledon in the playoffs. We wouldn't have scored if we'd still been playing now. On the other hand, MP has a fit Jones to call on, unlike most of last season.

The question in many people's mind is whether MP is getting the best out of the players and whether he knows what to do. I'm pessimistic on that score. Look at our set pieces - we've got JJ, who can put a fantastic ball in, and now we've got Cotter with his long throw. So where are the set piece routines from the training ground? Everyone seems to be making it up as they go along.

But it's very early and a win could help settle us down. The owners like to give people a chance, but they're also ambitious and have just sacked a head coach who took us to the playoffs. On the other hand, they stood by Ian Burchnall in spite of his really poor start and he eventually turned it around. I think if we're not in the top half at Christmas they'll pull the trigger, or possibly much sooner if we end up in the bottom four.

Is it still summer?Proper miseable weather here today.

1 hour ago, super_ram said:

Is it still summer?Proper miseable weather here today.

Miserable here too @super_ram it rained in the night and it’s remained cloudy and spitting with light rain all day.

Matty Platt & Jaden Luker has joined the injury list after going off injured against Barrow. So six key players are injured.

Scott Robertson.

Lucas Ness.

Mai Traore.

Will Jarvis.

Matty Platt.

Jaden Luker

He didn't look to hopeful on Luker and we're probably not gonna see him for a number of weeks now which puts us in a more difficult spot because...Grant.

@Wheelbarrow repair man, Nick Tsaroulla had complications from what ruled him out last season; this has meant he needed time to recover, and I believe he had surgery.

Forward Takiah Parkes signs up for her third year at Notts.

A new signing for Notts. Experienced defender, Hayleigh Sutton arrives from Sutton Coldfield Town.

Manager Adam Dunleavy added: “We are really pleased to get Hayleigh over the line & welcome her to Notts! Hayleigh is a player we've had our eye on for a while, with bags of FA Women’s National League experience in this division & the one above, including a promotion from tier 4. 

A fresh face before tonight’s game.
We’re delighted to welcome talented midfielder Chloe Greaves to the club

Hello, welcome to the site @Davy500. I am a casual poster, daily reader and I hope to see you joining in with things in the near future.

HI ya @Davy500 Welcome to PoN.

Hello, @Davy500. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham!!

It's brilliant to be welcoming you, I hope you visit regularly and get involved. The PON community flourishes with fans sharing their thoughts.

Hi @Rexhootza & welcome to our Pride of Nottingham community.

Hello, welcome to the Pride of Nottingham @Rexhootza. It's good to be greeting you to the community here.

Hello, @Rexhootza. That's one hell of a username! Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham.

We are pleased to have you with us, and I hope you join in. Why not tell us about yourself to start things off?

Hello, @Terence Terry. I just wanted to welcome you amongst all the new faces that are coming to the site. I hope you join in when you can.

Hello and welcome to PoN @Terence Terry Please join in when you feel ready.

Hello, @Terence Terry. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham!

Don't be a stranger, please do let us know a little about yourself and I hope you do join in with discussions which are of value to you. We are a friendly bunch, we love to discuss Notts amongst other things.

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Shrewsbury have picked up 1 point from their 3 games. They haven't scored in the league yet. They did manage a goal in their cup game away to Grimsby.

This is a game between 2 sides who are low on confidence. I think Notts are under slightly more pressure as the expectations are that bit higher.

Can't be any worse than the last time Shrewsbury came to Meadow Lane... 😰😱

We need something to give us some encouragement, I'd even take a goal in the first half at Meadow Lane - we've not had one of them since February! I really do think we need to be more positive and more on the font-foot from the off. No more 5 at the back, push the wingback's high from the start and try to pin Shrewsbury in. We've gone behind in every match so far this season, that really doesn't help, scoring first will lift the crowd and the players too.

I’m praying for a win against Shrewsbury if we lose I can see things getting really toxic and an atmosphere I’d really rather not be part of.

I don’t think he pushes himself enough because of his mental health, but the main thing is his happiness and the joy he gets from playing football.

Carlisle should have allowed him to go with a free mind, as that would have been in keeping with what we did. Good luck to him, he’s far better than that level.

He scored for Southend Shields on Saturday. Pleased for him.

Has the HC checked to see if Roos is colour blind.......!!!!!

There's a Saying Doing The Same Thing And Expecting A Different Result Is The Height Of Stupidity. Nuff Said.

DO YOU THINK NOTTS WILL GET AN AWARD AT THE END OF THE SEASON?

The one and only, Matt Palmer. Easy, and I didn't have to think long about it.

The poll has now closed. Thanks to all of the 50 members who voted in the poll.

We had a close poll this time with Nick Tsaroula & Matt Palmer vying for the top spot, however I'm very pleased to announce that Matt Palmer has been voted the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match for his performance against Barrow. Congratulations Matt.

Well done to Matt Palmer, that's two Man of the Matches so far.

I wish Barrow's was under different circumstances, because some might feel it's solely due to how poor the others were, but I do think he's been one of our better players in the three games we've played. I really hope he can continue that impact and help kick the others into upping their own game.