Very classy posts thank you ????

Nice to see the fans come out in Mansfield for the open top bus parade today. Thousands of fans came out and lined the route.

Promotion to league 2 is great for the town of Mansfield and for the County too.

Not gonna lie but I didn’t bother with that today. It baffles me why any club would have an open top parade for finishing 2nd or 3rd and in typical Stags style they gave up 2nd place to Wrexham! 
 

Still I’m glad others disagreed with me and came out to support them. 

I don't think that's the same James Walker that played for Notts.... 

@Robbie Sorry mate, but you did write as "Chicksen: I would give him a one year contract" implying he was out of contract

4 minutes ago, Piethagoram said:

@Robbie Sorry mate, but you did write as "Chicksen: I would give him a one year contract" 

Thanks for pointing it out. 

I’m with @ARLukomskiand @Piethagoramon this, but think we may have to look at loaning out some of the two year contract players as cannot see us mutually cancelling them all. I really fear for the clubs thinking if we offer Baldwin a contract, on his day he is good enough but he must have at least a dozen assists for the opposition.

I also can’t see us bringing in at least 12 new signings so think we will be using most as squad players. I can see us bringing 8 players in maximum to be honest and any more would depend on first teamers such as Macca leaving.

Stone has to go, he’s poor at claiming crosses, doesn’t talk and isn’t a great shot stopper either. He’s just not built like a modern day rangy shot stopper, he’s a bit short and doesn’t have a great leap, I would even keep Slocombe above him, he is that poor.

Can see Chicksen and Cameron definitely staying for another year as squad players.

@Robbie

Keep a Look Out for a Certain Mr J Jones looking to buy a Brand New Trophy Cabinet.

52 years ago today I met Mrs. T at the Palais in Nottingham and asked her out for a drink, a very wise decision.

It's going to be a lazy day I think. No chance of a walk today. I'm keen but not that keen to get wet again.????

@Robbie it’s forecast to clear up around 4pm so it might be fit for a walk then but I’ll be watching the red dogs get thrashed by Man City (hopefully) on the telly. 

The trouble is @Fan of Big Tone that there are Magpie Fans that will dive on this and use it against Maynard and if Notts don't hit the Ground running next season then Pressure will start building on Maynard to Go. Many Fans have stated on this site the "Model" way Notts play is wrong for League 2 and Despite Maynard's tweaking the above table speaks for it's self. And next Season the Well it's not Maynard's team but Luke William's excuse will be gone. After this past season results plus the increase in season ticket and admission prices it will be interesting to see what kind of Drop in attendance or Not will happen down the Lane.

Yes I’m sure you are right @Wheelbarrow repair man some fans will jump on anything to prove their point that Maynard is not the man to take us forward but whatever you or I or any fan thinks it will be the owners who decide and they seem to have faith in him for now so it’s no good us bleating on about his record because it won’t change anything, let’s see what happens in the close season and for the first 10 games, if things go badly I’m sure the brothers will act accordingly.

@Wheelbarrow repair man

@Fan of Big Tone

I think that after that performance any doubts about what players to be retained and those players to be let go, who's contracts are up on 30th June may have been finally answered.

Ratings on top of article

I would go with @Super_Danny_Allsopp as a more accurate analysis

Forgot Austin - 5

Sorry but I wouldn't give the players a rating for this match, because the whole team didn't turn up in the real sense.To lose to the bottom side the way they did was inexcusable.

A win would have lifted the Club and the supporters by finishing the season on a high.The way they finished was the way they started the season

Some of those players on the team sheet won't be on a Notts team sheet next season.

He certainly gets around doesn’t he?

Sorry Don't Care he made a callosal mistake at Notts by stating It's My Way Or The Highway. Which he may have got away with if he'd been a decent sort of manager. Owner at the time Alan Hardy got  something right for once by getting rid of him Early Doors. And he didn't pull up any trees in any other of his English football Coaching positions. Yeah Coaching in Japan might just be about his level. He certainly wasn't Going To Make it  at the Lane. He seemed to get both Players and Fans backs up Not something you need from your Head Coach.

Kewell was probably appointed partly due to his excellent reputation as a player, but excellent players don't always make good managers or coaches. We've seen it in the past and we will see it again.

Funnily enough, I was quite encouraged when he was appointed but soon got dissilusioned with him.

I wish that bloke nothing but failure in all that he attempts. 

Ooh, yes please. 

Another Club Struggling because of Poor Ownership. Who Vets these People (Is it the EFL OR FA) who want to own a Club and Why aren't they doing their Jobs Properly?

@Wheelbarrow repair man

"Acquisition of Control & Owners & Directors’ Test"

"In any potential ‘takeover’ or acquisition of control as it is formally known, it is the responsibility of the Club in question to inform the EFL of a proposed change". 

"Once the League has been made aware, the process of making the necessary checks against the requirements of EFL Regulations will then begin. The Regulations ultimately set the criteria regarding who is permitted to own a Club, or exercise control over it, and whether they meet the requirements to do so."

https://www.efl.com/governance/acquisition-of-control-the-owners-directors-test/

The tests that are undertook by the EFL are obviously not thorough enough are they.

Morecambe is not the first club to get into trouble like this, and they won't be the last either.

@Wheelbarrow repair man

Just looked on transfer market website for Notts County.

Out of the squad of 27

Three are loan players contracts expire  31 May 2024

Seven players contracts  including 4 defenders expire this summer 2024.

Twelve player's contracts including 3 defenders expire summer 2025

Three player's contracts expire 2026

Two players contracts expire 2027

So we will await the retained list out of the squad of 27

Now there's another idea for a New Topic Robbie. Name all the current Squad and the length of their contracts and we can all go over the Pro's and Con's of each Individual player . Reckon it will produce a good Debate.

I agree @Wheelbarrow repair man 

Will wait untill after the final game of the season.

Very poor show from Barnsley sacking a Manager with one game to go.

If they saw the writing on the wall it should have been done earlier so that a new man could get to know his players and how they play before the end of the season.

Now a new person has to be recruited then start from scratch after a summer break, and wait till the start of next season to be able to find out what his best team is.

How can the Barnsley powers that be think that the team will make a blinding start to next season when they don't even have a new man at the helm yet?

For some added context, Barnsley have looked dead certs for the playoffs at least, but after a string of defeats they need to win their final game to be sure of a spot on the top six.

All the same, this is a panic move aimed at saving their season. The idea that the players were deliberately throwing away their chances of promotion in protest against the head coach is absurd.

Jon Stead remains as a coach

I don't see that as a negative statistic at all, it demonstrates to me that Langstaff is getting into positions to give him a chance of scoring. He is also getting supplied in a good position by his colleagues too.

Macca has scored 28 and missed 29 good chances, that's a 49% success rate In my book that is an outstanding scoring rate.

There are many variables regarding those missed chances, last gasp blocks, outstanding saves, hitting the woodwork, and a last ditch tackle.

Notts have an outstanding forward line plus attacking midfield players, the fact that they are creating so many chances and scoring a good percentage of those chances just backs that description up.

I wonder why the Person who did the graphic didn't go into Greater detail? After all as Robbie as Stated there are many different reasons Macca didn't take his chances All top scorers miss chances. Lee Hughes scored 59/60 goals for Notts and you can bet he missed a fair few. Even the Great Les Bradd would tell you he's missed some sitters in his time. And do you mean to tell me that a Club from higher up the Football Pyramid who's interested in Macca is going to lose all interest in him because he's Not taken 29 chances? Or is that what the person who's produced this Data is hoping for? If that's the case, they're quite right Nothing to see Here Leave Macca at the Lane.

Florist were hard done to, but that statement is a total embarrassment and completely unprofessional. Claiming that the official is corrupt is also surely libellous. If the VAR wanted to benefit Luton, surely he'd have given a penalty to engineer a draw?

Florist's owner is an accident waiting to happen. Another Portsmouth in the making. 

I don't think it's the Owner DangerousSausage, it's the Owners Son, who seems to be getting more and more influence in the Running of the Club.

@DangerousSausage

I get what you are saying and the fact that the statement was posted just a few minutes after the final whistle was crass, to put it mildly, but it has certainly ruffled a few feathers at the FA and PL 

It may not in the end change anything and Forest may finish up with a big fine and censure from the PL.

It will be interesting what the transcripts from the VAR conversations regarding the penalty incidents say.

What I've read on social media is that Forest will be allowed to hear them privately, so the World will have to wait on what comes out of those VAR conversations or yet again, the public will never know.

But we'll probably know by the Forest reaction.

Scandalous. Gateshead adhere to the rules, but couldn't provide proof until after the 1 March cut-off date. It has no relevance to next season at all.

And a special gold star goes to the National League, which announced that Solihull had a bye before, after consulting THEIR OWN RULES, realising that Alty should actually have the bye and Solihull have to play. And all this 48 hours before the playoffs begin. What a shambles! 

Proof DangerousSausage if proof was needed that the  controlling bodies of British football need to be totally reorganized and people at the top need to be removed and replaced with people who have an understanding of the Modern Game and have the Fans interests at Heart.

Spot on @Wheelbarrow repair man they have not just messed up a 46 game season for Gateshead, they've made things very awkward for Solihull too.

I blame the EFL and the NL for this. 

Surely, with every team in the NL playing for promotion to the EFL, each club must be eligible for that promotion if it occurs. That should be agreed before the season starts.

Looks like things might be settled in the courts once again which isn't good for football.

What a Shambles.

A well put together article @Wheelbarrow repair man and you put your case well.

The owners philosophy on how they want Notts to play football is well known, and they appointed Stuart Maynard because he believes in that footballing philosophy too.

Neil and big Sam were both successful with their style of play at Notts and they will always be regarded as legends who guided Notts to great success.

Unfortunately, I don't believe their style of playing fits into what the present ownership wants to see. 

Of course,  Notts have to ensure that they don't get predictable with their play, with the tippy tappy side and back movement that has generated mistakes and has proved so costly this season.

We have to remember that the same Notts defensive players that have let in 98 goals this season, were one of the best defensive units in the NL.

Unfortunately, a step up in level exposed many shortcomings, that I'm sure good recruitment of players are are either league 1 or league 2 level, can fix things for next season. 

Although it may be a good idea for some, I just don't believe that bringing in either Neil or Sam at this point to help Stuart would work and could prove counter productive.

I can Not really take Credit for a vast majority of this article Robbie has I am quoting things both Sam and Neil said in the Podcast and I've only added my own thoughts which are relevant with what I think is wrong at the Lane. Regarding what type of Football should be played at the Lane if it's Not Working next season will the Brothers or more to the point Richard Montague allow Stuart Maynard to change certain things or Stick to the present set up come what may? Even if Notts end up in a season long Relegation Battle? And as was stated by Sam and Neil, young Managers can't play any other way, but the passing side to side backwards and forwards between defenders and the Goal Keeper. Even if Notts look like being stuck with this type of Football there are many ideas from Sam and Neil that Stuart Maynard can adopt, which wont interfere with the playing style. 

Examples Man Management Luke Williams had it in Bucket Loads, as stated he improved all his players, which is something Stuart Maynard needs to attain even if he needs to take a course in it. Also be willing to mix things up, something Williams refused to do. There have been times Maynard has attempted to do this the trouble was he kept changing things around the Victories at Newport and Bradford prove this he tinkered with a winning formula and the Magpies lost their following matches. A Good Goalkeeper is needed boy do Notts need a good Goalkeeper. If Tiernan Brookes isn't that guy he still needs to be in the Squad as back up. next season, sending him out on loan again will only destroy his confidence. Man Management skills. Maynard doesn't come across as the hard type of Manager. No that's wrong  he doesn't come across as a Strong type of Manager. This is My Team and I'm in Charge, because if he doesn't Toughen Up  he isn't Going To Survive. Be your Own Man Stuart Not A Yes Man.

I don't know why people think that the appointment of a Director of Football in the Warnock/Allardyce mould would upset things at the Lane. After all learning from a Master manager would help Stuart Maynard No End. They would help him toughen up, they would help him with his Man Management Skills. Even if Notts don't appoint a Director of Football, which seems highly unlikely you can't tell me adopting some of their ideas isn't going to Help  Stuart Maynard become a better Head Coach.

@Wheelbarrow repair man

I get what you are saying.

Let's just see how things develop in the summer.

Looking on the bright side, Stuart has 3 wins out of 4 and a win on Saturday would be 4 wins out of 5 which would be Notts's best run in 39 matches including the last 19 of of Luke William's tenure.

In the form table over the last 5 matches Notts are in 7th place so we are starting to see an improvement even with the current team, that clearly need strengthening.

When changes come in the summer, and with time to work together on the training ground after a summer break, I am optimistic that we see a much tighter defence next season.

With Matty Palmer back to partner Robertson in midfield, that in itself is a mouthwatering prospect, even without the new players.

Thanks for replying @Piethagoram, I was beginning to think I was talking to myself in this thread it doesn’t seem very popular, perhaps folk don’t want to chat about everyday things. ????

Saturday afternoon I watched my first team on Rams Tv plant one foot back in the Championship.The opposition,Cambridge United,are still fighting relegation and put up one hell of a fight in the second half but my Rams hung on to another away victory.Nevertheless it was an extremely nerve wracking time and although sat comfortably at home I found myself continually kicking and heading the ball imaginatively every time danger threatened.By the end of the game I was absolutely exhausted.My old mate ,Gordon, was listening to the game in his house in Alfreton on Radio Derby and he said he was the same.It took me all day Sunday to recover.I must learn to relax while waching games..

2 hours ago, super_ram said:

I found myself continually kicking and heading the ball imaginatively every time danger threatened.By the end of the game I was absolutely exhausted.

I’m glad it’s not just me who does that @super_ram 

Ashby-Hammond 7

Macari 7

Cameron 6.5

Baldwin 6

Robertson 7.5

O'Brien  8

Austin   6.5

Crowley 7

Nemane 6

Jones 6

Langstaff 7

A solid performance today by the team, dominated Colchester for long periods. Should have been a larger win. The team looked better balanced with an extra midfielder.

Pleased the team got another clean sheet. 

That's now 3 wins in 4 for Maynard.

He also has 2 clean sheets in 4 too.  

Stumps on the 3rd day.

What a day for the Notts batsmen.

Notts 418 for 2, lead by 157.

Clarke not out 209

Young not out 156

Day 4. The expected rain has come.

With heavy rain falling the Umpires have decided to abandon play, so the result is a draw.