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Game 30 - The Shaymen (H)

Team: FC Halifax Town

Date: 28/01/2023

Where: Meadow Lane



What line-up should Luke Williams opt for? What will be the key areas for the Magpies to get a victory? What do you think the final score will be?

Have your say below, join in with the Pride of Nottingham match discussion.

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  • Halifax barely had a kick, very one-sided stuff. It was a bit frustrating we couldn't add to our one goal (some of the decision-making in the final third was a bit off at times), but the 3 points are the most important thing!

    It was one of those games that is hard to put into words. Notts dominated with Halifax not even wanting to make a game of it and it was the most comfortable 1-0 win ever. It was as though they were quite content to just not come away with a hammering. That being said, Notts could have hammered them. Offside goal (was it, wasn't it?), Ruben failing to square to Scott when he was in acres of space, great save from the keeper to deny JOB and Nemane having a blatant penalty refused when clean through! Ref was awful, along with most refs in this league, no surprise there then.

    Now onto Solihull, who are starting to get a few players back, but they should try and attack us more which will hopefully open them up to out quick passing counter attacks.

    Right from kick off Notts looked more up for the game, Halifax seemed happy to sit on the ball - they really didn't impress me.

    Jesse Debrah looked like a weak leak from the moment I saw him.

    Physical presence but not much football skill in him, we should've exploited him more, but we controlled the game well. I don't mind that the score was only 1-0, we had plenty of chances and their keeper did alright for someone who always wanted to catch the ball when going to ground. Yes, it would've been nice to test him more on target, especially from distance, but the way we moved will only build confidence with Notts.

    I thought Jodi Jones did okay when he came on, Adam Chicksen got himself into some great positions and crossed the ball very well.

    Macaulay Langstaff almost gave me a heart attack with his goal, as I have mentioned I thought he was going to miss or their defender make up for the terrible back pass. It wasn't the first one of those, but he made it count, even if he did take quite a lot of touches. It was a good game and result, I think some dwell on the way we won rather than how we played.

Fingers crossed that more of these fixtures will go ahead! As ever, send in your scores by 3pm on Saturday, remember your jokers and good luck...

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Hull City v QPR

Middlesbrough v Watford

Cheltenham Town v Port Vale

Peterborough United v Portsmouth

Barrow v Northampton Town

Hartlepool United v Colchester United

Altrincham v Boreham Wood

Dorking Wanderers v Solihull Moors

Something brewing at Meadow Lane!!!!!Β 

After the last round was largely decimated by the weather, let's cross our fingers and hope that more of these go ahead. All fixtures are on at the time of writing. Send in your predictions by 7.45pm on Tuesday night, and don't forget your jokers. Good luck!

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Exeter City v Barnsley

Wycombe Wanderers v Oxford United

AFC Wimbledon v Walsall

Crawley Town v Grimsby Town

Stockport County v Bradford City

Bromley v Dagenham & Redbridge

Eastleigh v Barnet

Oldham Athletic v York City

You know what to do - try to predict these fixtures by 3pm on Saturday! Remember your jokers, and good luck!

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Blackpool v Huddersfield Town

QPR v Swansea City

Bristol Rovers v Wycombe Wanderers

Portsmouth v Exeter City

Barrow v Salford City

Stevenage v Leyton Orient

Eastleigh v York City

Woking v Barnet

Game 29 - The Moors (A)

Team: Solihull Moors

Date: 24/01/2023

Where: Damson Park



What line-up should Luke Williams opt for? What will be the key areas for the Magpies to get a victory? What do you think the final score will be?

Have your say below, join in with the Pride of Nottingham match discussion.

As the title says, at your discretion, feel free to share how yours went.

Mine was good. I had a few days when I had caught a bug which annoys me because I don't like feeling unwell for multiple days. I spent most of the day doing stuff in the background, whilst watching TV in the living room.Β 

Some good films were on, but the strangest thing was the days you'd expect to see films shown, only to see repeats of old TV shows dominating the listings.

That's fine, we just fired up our Android box and loaded Jellyfin to watch stuff.

Christmas itself was pretty standard, aside from helping Jake build his first full PC build for his eldest sister Ellie. We watched a few things, then had Christmas dinner and then went to wish @GrannyPieΒ a happy birthday. It was nice to see GP and @super_ramΒ open up their gifts.

New Year we didn't celebrate it, I spent most of the day watching The Goldbergs. ????

I never had anything against Wrexham at all. They've been in the Conference for 15 years now, so surely they've done their time. It's a proper club with a good and loyal fanbase and the Football League is better with them in it. I don't even mind their owners - they're not in it for sportswashing, or to get their faces in the local rag more often, or to make some quick cash by flogging the ground - they're doing it for fun.

BUT I'm sick and tired of the antics of some of their fans online. Even posts about Meadow Lane, which are nothing to do with their club at all. are brigaded by arrogant, condescending Wrexham fans telling us how much bigger they are. It's just exhausting. I know the brief Munto phase brought the worst out of some Notts fans in 2009-10, but were they really THAT bad?

Or should I just spend less time online?

We seem to be lacking a match thread for this (blame all the rearranged fixtures), so I've made one.

Really disappointed with last night's result. We had lots of possession, but it was all too slow, ponderous and predictable. We also had some really dodgy moments passing it around the back (Baldwin played himself into trouble more than once), so the visitors' lead was no surprise. We looked a different side after the break, but quickly reverted to type after equalising. We didn't do enough to win against a hard-working but average team.

Looks like we've firmly handed the initiative back to Wrexham, if not (yet) top spot.

"Fidel" has signed up on loan to Gateshead for the rest of the season....... I wonder why?????.... Not a very glamorous move in my opinion!!!!!Β 

Here we are again then - if you want to have a go, send in your prediction by 3pm on Saturday and remember your joker!

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Bristol City v Birmingham City

Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic

Cambridge United v Morecambe

Fleetwood Town v Oxford United

Ipswich Town v Plymouth Argyle

Gillingham v Hartlepool United

Rochdale v Colchester United

Tranmere Rovers v Walsall

Despite the FA Cup being on, we've got just enough fixtures for round 26 this weekend. Send in your predictions by 3pm on Saturday please, and remember your jokers!

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Charlton Athletic v Lincoln City

Morecambe v Cheltenham Town

Crewe Alexandra v AFC Wimbledon

Harrogate Town v Colchester United

Mansfield Town v Barrow

Dagenham & Redbridge v Woking

Southend United v Solihull Moors

York City v Maidstone United

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