The weekend is here, let’s chat about what your plans are for this weekend.

Today I will be looking for a holiday for Mrs. T and myself, we have had the all clear from the hospital that she hasn’t got a serious heart problem needing surgery and it can be treated by medication so we’ve managed to get travel insurance (at a cost) so looking forward to jetting away to the sunshine soon.

Tomorrow we are heading to London to see the musical our son paid for us to go to for our Christmas present, we are all going so should be a fun day out.

Sunday will be a day of rest. Phew.

Birmingham 3 v Notts County 3.    Division 2, 3rd May 1980 featuring Gordon Mair, Trevor Christie & Brian Kilcline

Brian Kilcline's first goal for Notts.

Incidentally, the attendance was over 33,000 at that match 

Whenever I check out the gossip column on BBC Sport or there's a transfer rumour on social media, there's multiple players being linked with a move to the Saudi League.

Some big names being linked to go there as well. Benzema, Lewandowski, Gundogan, Kante, Messi as well as already having Ronaldo in there, who I believe is the start of big name players heading over there for a nice pay day. 

I personally don't know much about the league myself but all I can think is players are moving over there for the big fat pay day that they are being offered. 

It almost feels like when the Chinese Super League started gaining attention and got linked with pretty much every single big name player in the world and offering them hefty wages to sweeten deals. 

The postponed Match against Sutton United has been rearranged for Tues 27th February 7:45pm.

So we know that Luke has gone and we wait for a new Head Coach to be appointed.

A New Coach brings new ideas, new tactics, possible changes in shape, style of play & changes in the team.

What would you like to see from a new Head Coach?

Will all the players get a new lease of life or might we see changes in the starting 11?

Jim O'Brien has been appointed interim Head Coach, according to the Notts website, for the time being. Thoughts?

In some German states, 6 January is a bank holiday to celebrate the three kings who visited baby Jesus. As we all know, they gave him gold, frankincense and prediction league points. Which brings us onto this round: send in your predictions by 3pm on Saturday, remembering your joker, and see how high you can score!

Burton Albion v Wycombe Wanderers

Exeter City v Carlisle United

Bradford City v Crawley Town

Salford City v Forest Green Rovers

Swindon Town v Colchester United

Altrincham v Barnet

Dorking Wanderers v Oldham Athletic

Southend United v Halifax Town

Mansfield have lost to Crewe today 0:1 at home, have now lost two games in the league this season. Barrow win.

Notts are still in touch with the leaders after today's games 9 points behind top spot.

I hate making scapegoats but watching the live stream yesterday I do think Aidan Stone could have done better with some if not all the goals yesterday. He did save a penalty though which is a feat in itself but I think Notts could do better in this department, having said that the defence obviously must share some of the blame.

Whats everyone’s thoughts on Stone.

Speculation is continuing on social media that Luke Williams to Swansea is a done deal, but yet to be officially confirmed.

If it's a done deal, a new Manager/Head Coach will have to be appointed.

What changes will we see once the new Manager/Head Coach comes in?

Will we see a different shape, tactics, the way we play, the same ethic of 'total football' or will we see changes, and what changes would you like to see from a new Manager/Head Coach?

For me, I would like to see the same ethic continue, but I'd like the team to be more cautious & defensive minded playing away & have a plan B when necessary.

Because a new person will be appointed there may be a delay now in players coming in, so the new boss can have input on new recruits.

This news seems to be coming from a reliable source, but I hope it's not true.

Notts County's 3500th league match.                                     

Third Division Match 1987.              Notts 4 v Port Vale 1.        Featuring a hat trick from Ian McParland. At the conclusion of the match there is an interview with Jackie Sewell & Tommy Lawton. Great memories.

Brief highlights of Division 2, Notts 3 v Southampton 2, Sept 1974 featuring Kevin Randall, Brian Stubbs & Don Mason

please do add at least a few words explaining your choice, as to make this interesting and not spammy. i think it will be interesting. i am curious to see what the pon members will choose.

mines the darkness - i believe in a thing called love

i have never been bothered that notts have been poor or average, its what i grew to like about the club. that we tried and fans had that connection with it. i like how fans look out for each other, those difficult times would be different without this. now that the club has the reedtz at the helm and luke williams as the head coach.

there is nothing better than watching and supporting notts.  ❤

Dear Pride of Nottingham members,

We have some exciting updates to share with you this month! The Pride of Nottingham is still undergoing work to improve our features and bring you even more great content. We’re thrilled to announce the return of the very first Notts County podcast, the PONcast. A skilled programmer is fixing an app we use for PONcast and to show the league, teams, and fixtures.

We’re also happy to report that our mobile navigation has returned. Guests will now see options for ‘home’, ‘activities’, ‘sign in’, ‘register’ and ‘more’. Members who are signed in will see the third and fourth buttons change to ‘create’ and ‘topicfeed’. We’re still deciding whether to keep the topicfeed as the fourth option, so please let us know your thoughts and suggestions. The 'more' tab shows the complete menu. You can access your notifications and personal messages. You can also set your mood and see your PON rank. It displays how close you are to reaching the next level.

We’re pleased with how the site is going and would like to encourage everyone to invite a friend using our invite system. We’ve been regularly hitting our daily post goal and the content has been fantastic. Please continue to add your own discussions, but remember to check the dashboard first in case someone else has already posted on the same topic.

Finally, we’d like to take a moment to thank @Piethagoram, @Fan of Big Tone, @CliftonMagpie, @TheSkipper and @liampie for regularly adding new things to talk about. We would like to express our gratitude to all members who have shared their valuable opinions. Your thoughts and responses have been crucial in helping PON evolve, and we look forward to further enhancing our platform with your input.

Thank you for being a part of the Pride of Nottingham community!

Just imagine if our defence was up to it, Where would we be in league 2 now?

How will you be celebrating the New Year (or not)?

We don’t do New Year parties, we beer have really except for small family parties, this year will be no different, tonight we are having one of my favourite curries Lamb Rogan Josh it’s expensive to make but so delicious. Then we’ll see how tired we are and if we want to stay up to see the New a year in, we used to open the front and back door to let the new year in and the old year out but we don’t usually bother now.

Will you be celebrating? Is so how?

Stone - 2 - We need a new keeper if Tiernan isn't up to it.

Brindley - 2 - Shambolic. Not up to the standard.

Baldwin -  4 - One of his more chaotic performances.

Cameron - 4 - Perhaps the better of the backline, but hardly a ringing endorsement. 

Nemane - 4.5- Good goal. Nothing offensively beyond that, crap at the back as per.

Jones - 6 - All the decent crosses came from his side.

Bostock - 4.5 - Wasn't at his unplayable best today.

Austin - 5.5 - Can't really fault him. 

Crowley - 6 - Well marshalled but toiled away. 

Langstaff - 7 - What a player.

McGoldrick - 5 - Off it today. 

O'Brien - 5

Sanderson - 5 

If anybody is under the illusion that we don't need at least one defender and a new keeper - show them that highlights reel.