He has plenty of League One experience & his signature gives Martin Paterson plenty of options. I think that he will be much better defensively than Jodi Jones. Jodi is Jodi but I think that Longelo will be the kind of player that fits into Martin's way of playing.

i seem to recall @Piethagoram mentioning him, and as others have said he was their best player at wembley. i just hope he can improve with us and help us get the points needed to move forward. we need to give him time before comparing to his time at salford, we have a much stronger squad.

A good player on his day, but I have to admit he's always looked quite average in Salford's team. I do remember him at Accrington Stanley and Swindon Town; I think he did some promising things for Stanley but struggled with consistency at Swindon. He signed among them a wave of talent; I don't think he's quite reached his potential, and for that reason I can see why the club has monitored him.

I wonder if @medievalmickey remembers him? The club's recruitment generally does well, and I can't hold past judgment on him. I don't feel as excited about the signing as others do.

I am sure he will give his all; I just hope he can surprise me and prove to be one of those rough gems we polish.

Sunday took In-Laws to Paul’s Bottesford for Sunday lunch, can highly recommend, Monday visited with card and Andre Rieu tickets. Tuesday back at work as Lollipop Man ( School Crossing Patrol if prefer PC option) I absolutely love it, night trip to Doncaster

It’s great to see some new faces joining in the weekly chat.

@KingofCounty the project sounds interesting, good luck with it.

@nottsnutter well done being a lollipop man a very worthwhile job and I bets it’s rewarding too.

@Michael D Pie. hopefully once the houses are built things will settle down, I hope it doesn’t cause to much of a nuisance for you.

@Robbie weve had a lot of our roads resurfaced too, it’s good to get rid of the potholes.

@liampie its great to see you back on here, I know you get busy but don’t be a stranger we miss you.

@Chris I hope @super_ram is doing ok I miss the old sod 🤣, keep us informed.

13 hours ago, Michael D Pie. said:

I have never bothered with social media @liampie as you say too much of everyone wanting to influence and unsettle your life to live in line with theirs. WhatsApp and texting serves me fine, without all the dramas. 😇

its awful, just makes the world a worse place, i only joined to facebook to help chris and pon, it does my head in. i joined x before here, but even that is just toxic. i dont know why our fans have to fight and complain so much.

8 hours ago, Fan of Big Tone said:

@liampie its great to see you back on here, I know you get busy but don’t be a stranger we miss you.

i miss this place and you will see me around more, just finding more time to do things whilst i am younger that i might not get to do later in life. it helps as there is more to life than work.

Robert’s did well as did Cooper but my vote goes to Ness who I thought was immense at the back

One thing you can say about Martin Paterson's teams. They have a never day due attitude. It is going to serve them well in this division if they can keep it up.

My standouts against Doncaster are Ness, Cooper, Finneran & Roberts who made an instant impact when he came on.

I'm going to give it to Cooper who had another very good match in my opinion.

ollie cooper, such a brilliant player that gives his all and has a lot of quality about him. lucas ness and cal roberts was brilliant, james belshaw made a couple of important top saves too.

Amazing message.

If he isn't bitter, then maybe I don't need to be either but the wisdom of the sale? We'll have to see

I'm not bitter, he's helped us with two promotions and we got the best out of him. I just wished the circumstances were different, we obviously don't know if he is injured or not. I just think he could have been more involved in the pre-season, and left with us all wishing him the best.

i agree with chris, the absence just makes it feel like he could have left with all our blessings if things had gone better. i think we know hes a good player, but hes not always the best. i wished we could have kept him but if the money bromley paid were good then it does make sense. he came for free, and we are ambitious. jodi also seems to thrive as a clubs star player, something which in truth was decreasing here.

on his day hes a world beater and bromley should be better with him, i do wish him well and i am thankful for the memories.

A good, well-earned point from quite a forgetable match. They are a very ordinary, forgetable side.

I think we'd have won if it wasn't for the rookie blunder in the first half.

LWB position looks problematic tonight. JJ gone, neither Lipiuc nor Kouyhar look like the answer, so banking on ISS taking his chance when he gets it.

We’ll take a point away, in the end I thought it was a fair result and we remain unbeaten. Our goal was a great cross from Roberts who literally only just come on, he found Cooper who confidently stuck it in the net. A good goal.

We now move on to Huddersfield. YOUPIES!

A point was probably a fair result. Both sides couldn't hit the target. About 4 shots on target between the 2 sides?

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A big welcome from me @Sid James Welcome to our friendly community.

Hello and welcome @Sid James can you get the rest of the Carry On crew to join then we could do a film “Carry On County”.

Welcome to PoN @Sid James

@KingofCounty If that's the case and he is recruited by Notts, Martin Paterson will soon change that. It's his way or the highway.

Looks like he's not started this season. Is that why Salford have started the season so badly??

Straight swap for Jodi?

I big welcome from me @Project Pie Welcome to PON

@Project Pie please feel free to enjoy, interact and do your thing on here. Welcome to the pleasuredome. 🤠

Welcome @Project Pie

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The last piece of the jigsaw! Patto’s got the tools, let’s see what he can do with them. COYP!

I’m very excited by this signing, I’m really pleased and impressed the club have got this over the line especially with other clubs interested, it does show that Notts have a good reputation of looking after young loan players.

As others have said Kanu brings another dimension to our attacking arsenal, I can’t wait to see him in action.

Very optimistic re: Kanu. He is agile, energetic and scores goals…… Good luck to him, welcome aboard.

Finneran’s debut was spectacular. For a young, inexperienced and extremely “new boy” he showed skill, vision, composure & strength on the ball beyond his years. If he can maintain that standard he’s an absolute gem.

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Rory Finneran got my vote; he was superb from start to finish and very composed throughout the game, well beyond his age. James Gibbons played very well at the back, and I think prior to Cal Roberts going off he would have been in the running. Luka Smyth did brilliantly, but his goals are what I feel are earning him the praise.

He was unlucky at times and certainly still didn't look match-fit, but he gave his all. Without him we wouldn't have won, but that, for me, doesn't match his whole performance compared to others.

1–0 down we could have easily fizzled and allowed the game to get out of our hands; James Belshaw turned into a mardy Roy Carroll.

While I like a commanding keeper, he's not without fault for the goal we conceded, and his slow reaction to a header I feel should have been saved. It wasn't direct like Smyths; it was actually very poor defending and goalkeeping. Hindolo Mustapha just didn't work as a striker, but he dropped back into midfield after we allowed Smyth to come on.

Also, there is no calmness without Conor Grant, who massively helped us to take a more practical stance at attacking Burton. How many times did we rush our play prior to him coming on? Solid team performance, but credit where it's due, I feel.

Very hard to pick a MoM in this one but I've gone for Finneran. His vision, strength, control, and stamina were phenomenal. This was a difficult game, not because Burton looked like a good side, but because of their spoiling tactics. They were very physical - plenty of holding, off the ball stuff and other dirty tricks. Our newest and youngest recruit looked totally unphased and let his football do the talking. It is very early days, but he looks like an absolute gem. Yesterday had everything - a comeback after a poor start, a late winner, an opposition player deservedly red carded, the first goals from one new recruit, and a stunning debut from another. All in all, a very satisfying day out.

The poll has now closed. Thanks to all of you who voted.

We have a tie for the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match award.

Congratulations to Rory Finneran & Luka Smyth. Well done to both of them.

Heard some comments that thought he was rubbish, I have to fully disagree. I think it’s one of the best debut I’ve ever seen in Notts shirt, he was two or three passes ahead of the game, the way he glides in and out both left and right past players was a joy to watch, his vision to find that pass was on another planet, fully justified playing the full 94 minutes, we’ve got to make sure we get the best of what we can with him because we won’t have him more than a season. He will be in the team of the season 100%.

I seem to remember Jonathon Forte scoring a hat-trick on his debut and I thought we'd got prime Ronaldo in League 2!

Back to Finneran, it was really impressive debut. I think the biggest compliment you can give him is he doesn't play like an 18 y/o, he looked like he'd been playing for years! He seems to be really highly rated at Newcastle and he's already played for Ireland that tells me a lot.

Really pleased he's here for the season, especially with our injury prone midfielders, he's probably going to have a big part to play.

Another important point about Rory Finneran. I think he will be comfortable either as a central midfielder or an attacking midfielder. I think that Notts will possibly use him in those two stress of the pitch when required.

Watching him on Saturday he seemed to be comfortable all over the pitch and his long balls and short passing was very accurate. I think that Martin Paterson will use him just as he did with Tom Iorpenda.

Notts were as bad as they were in some National League days in the first half, Sums Bunton Abraham’s up, As bad as Notts were they only had one real attempt and scored. Second half Notts destroyed them and BA were done and puffing out their fat backsides. Garbage from Bowyer and the reason he is a still on a slide down the leagues. With a Stiker or 2 Notts will enjoy another great season

I wanted to make a couple of comments before the match, but I didn't want to anger the football gods. With the three points safely in the bag, here they are:

• Notts have beaten all of the current 91 league clubs. Only Port Vale share this. Conversely, we have been beaten by 90 league clubs - the other one is Burton. Losing would have given us the unique record of having beaten and been beaten by every other league club. That's a record I can do without!

• I should have been there yesterday but changed my plans due to illness. As such, it was inevitable that we would win.

We were a distant second best in the first half, but for all that Burton bossed the first 45 minutes, they posed almost zero goal threat. But we were disjointed, painfully slow and second to every ball. What a dramatic turnaround in the second half and a much-needed win!

Finneran looks an outstanding signing to me, his touch, control and passing is fantastic. Mustapha did his best in an unfamiliar role in the first half but was much more comfortable in the second - he looks quite rough, but if he can shake his habit of overplaying (common in academy players) we could have a lot of fun with him. And of course Smyth gave us a focal point in the second half and finally unpacked the Burton lock.

i dont think notts was all that bad in the first half, not compared to what a normal xi would have looked like in the same situation. we had no real striker, and burton were good. they played some good football but i do agree paterson had set us up defensively, it might have worked if burton allowed us more time on the ball but we do seem to find it hard against other teams who like passing it around. had we started with smyth i think the score would have been in favour of burton.

I feel sorry for Jatta, but maybe if this doesn't work his silly agent will be given the push? It's going to be tough for Casa Pia, and hopefully not all games will see them so easily outplayed. They do have a young squad and some very good players, but that doesn't mean it transpires into a good team.

Not a good start to the season for them. They have lost their first four league matches and are at the bottom of the League. Jatta just received a 5.9 rating from flash score for their latest game against Morelrense, which they lost 0:1.

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I hope they get this one sorted he sounds ideal.

I don't think he would want to come and sit on the bench, so that is a positive for me. He's a good prospect, who only has a year remaining on his current deal, I believe, and he looks to be the Lucas Ness/Lewis Macari type of player we bring in with the mindset of potentially striking a more permanent deal.

He did well for Walsall and is quite quick, so he would offer us something different during our injury concerns and worries over Luka Smyths match fitness.

I don't think he seems to be falling out of favour with Charlton as they stick him out on loan. I don't think it's them wanting to prove him, but rather not doing anything and releasing some of the wages. This is just my opinion, but I think League One is the level at which you want a player like Dan Kanu to be tested. This is why I felt surprised that he actually went to Walsall, who are a decent team but very Jekyll and Hyde.

There is a big rumour that he'll be signed by Notts in the next 24 hours. I won't believe it's true until we get an official announcement.

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Leyton Orient 1-0 Barnsley

Stevenage 2-0 Doncaster Rovers

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Colchester United 1-0 Rochdale

Grimsby Town 2-0 Fleetwood Town

Newport County 1-1 Tranmere Rovers

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The results:

@Megan_Elizax wins Saturday's round with 13 points, congrats!

Overall, @4everapie stays top of the tree, with @Megan_Elizax making a big jump into second and @super_ram sneaking into the top three.

Thank you all (plus Diesel the horse) for playing!

Dates for your diary:

• Round 4: Tuesday 1 September (fixtures online now - click here!)

• Round 5: Saturday 5 September (fixtures posted on Wednesday)

• Round 6: Saturday 12 September (fixture posted the Wednesday prior)

Injury list as of 31/08/26.

Players that are currently Injured.

1. Matty Platt..... Defender

2. Lewis Macari.....Defender

3. Rod McDonald.....Defender

4. Max Sanders.....Central Midfield

5. Jodi Jones..... Right/ Left wing.

6. Beck Ray Enoru...... Forward

7. Emile Acquah..... Forward

8. Dean Campbell..... Central Midfield

9. Matt Palmer..... Central Midfield

10. Scott Robertson..... Central Midfield

11. Luke Browne..... Defender

On a positive note, if most of these except Macari and Platt are back by Xmas that will give MP some selection issues.

Platt was sat behind me in Pavis yesterday and looks to be in good condition. From what I understand he's in rehabilitation training now which is nearish the end of his injury process.