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Has anyone tried this out yet? I missed Saturday's match so I'm giving tonight's match a go instead. Seems decent value for 4.75 during the beta phase, and it'll be a godsend for us exiled fans. No harm in giving it a go.
I hope there'll be some kind of subscription on offer though. A tenner a week to watch football on your laptop is quite steep.
What is Father Christmas bringing you? In my case I'm hoping for more than the usual four points! These games kick off at 3pm on Boxing Day, and remember your jokers! And if I don't post again till then, have a great Christmas everybody!
Hull City v Blackpool
Rotherham United v Stoke City
Exeter City v Portsmouth
Wycombe Wanderers v Bristol Rovers
Carlisle United v Bradford City
Rochdale v Hartlepool United
Altrincham v Halifax Town
Southend United v Bromley
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Game 25 - Latics (H)
Team: Oldham Athletic
Date: 26/12/2022
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?
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Job done by half time...cue on rack
Even without Macca I thought we’d be ok today given Oldham haven’t won away all season. Scott’s no slouch, he’s got a great goal scoring return this season and today showed he’s not about to be outdone by his mate.
I feel like I’m just repeating myself, but we are a well-oiled machine now, dominating and scoring at will. I’m just trying to ignore Wrexham/Chesterfield and enjoy this team. Only 1 loss so far this season and we could have 60 points before the year is out. Insane.
Complete opposite for Oldham though, I remember when their new owner was like “Who are Dorking?” on his first interview. I think he thought they’ll be fine in this league but they’ve seriously underestimated it and have found that out the hard way. They’ll do well to stay up.
Great result, and good to see us putting the match to bed early on. Is there any news about Langstaff? I take it this game came a little too soon for him.
We've got plenty of goals elsewhere though - Scott is also on target for 20 goals for the season...
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And we go again. Get your predictions in by 3pm on Saturday, and remember those jokers. Good luck!
Coventry City v Swansea City
Preston North End v QPR
West Bromwich Albion v Rotherham United
Charlton Athletic v Bristol Rovers
Cheltenham Town v Lincoln City
Barrow v Swindon Town
Tranmere Rovers v Crawley Town
Walsall v Crewe Alexandra
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Game 24 - The Tynesiders (H)
Team: Gateshead
Date: 13/12/2022
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?
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Injuries a concern, hopefully nothing too serious. Referee was abysmal, but 3 more points and top for Christmas. 
According to the club, the injuries to Langstaff and Chicksen aren't serious and they'll be back in action sooner rather than later. A big relief. Thanks for nothing referee.
As for the game, chances were few and far between in the first half despite dominating the possession, but the goal came just at the right time. Things opened up in the second half, and overall it was a comfortable win.
Our next match is on Tuesday, with Wrexham playing their fixture on Wednesday. That gives us the chance to go seven points clear and pile the pressure on Wrexham.
At the very start, Notts had a bit of a shaky start at the back.
Gateshead had a perfectly good opportunity which I felt incredibly surprised that their player didn't even hit the target, instead snatching his shot wide across the goal. Seeing that, I thought to myself that we would need to be more careful and hoped that it was a sign of their finishing.
I can't say they impressed me, their defence seemed woeful and clumsy.
They used the pitch quite well, passing and creating space, but it always seemed like they had no clue what else to do - even when the basics was to pull a shot away. The only thing they did well with was being dirty, breaking up the play with needless tripping and putting bodies on certain players.
I thought Nemane played quite well, I just wished his crosses were a little more polished, but he had a few efforts on goal.
Their number 2, Tinkler punching Cameron and getting away with it royally p-d me off.
Notts played quite well despite the groans and moans audible from some, they didn't let the tactics of Gateshead distract them and the patient play led to plenty of chances.
I also thought Bostock looked a quality addition when he came on, although Francis did perfectly fine before. Yes, he did some rash things early on, but I think he's someone who will improve with more time - I also think he misses Doyle's mentoring.
@menzinho One of the groundsman was probing areas for results throughout the build-up to kick off. It didn't look like anything worried him during any pitch inspection, but I did notice him returning to areas and breaking the ground up in some of the spots he probed. Notts has done generally well with this regard for quite a few seasons, so I never tend to worry about the pitch condition.
This summer we would usually be looking forward to the World Cup, but we'll have to wait until November due to FIFA's decision to award it to the footballing hotbed that is Qatar.
As everyone surely knows by now, the regime in Qatar isn't the most savoury one; an army of foreign workers has been called in to build the necessary infrastructure and the construction of the stadiums has come at a tremendous human cost. Like the 1978 tournament, the 2022 World Cup will be an example of sportswashing - a dictatorship using sports to boost its reputation and distract attention away from human rights abuses.
This begs the question of how football fans here should react (it would have been nice if UEFA or the national FAs had done something, but that ship has sailed). The most obvious would be a boycott, but given the sheer pulling power of the World Cup that could be doomed to failure. Otherwise, the tournament could be used to shine a very bright light on the Qatari regime and to make the attempted sportswashing of the regime's reputation blow up in its face. I'm not sure exactly what form that could take though.
It might all sound very political, but this tournament is mired in politics anyway now. Personally I'm not sure I can stomach watching it, but I know many more will. Thoughts?
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Polish your crystal ball and guess the results of these eight Proper Football Matches (not some silly tournament in the desert)! At the time of writing, all of these matches kick off at 3pm on Saturday, although it is possible that the odd kick-off time will change. Oh, and don't forget your jokers. Good luck!
Middlesbrough v Luton Town
Stoke City v Cardiff City
Bristol Rovers v Port Vale
Lincoln City v Wycombe Wanderers
Newport County v Doncaster Rovers
Salford City v Walsall
Halifax Town v Barnet
Maidstone United v Altrincham
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Game 23 - The Magpies (A)
Team: Maidenhead United
Date: 10/12/2022
Where: York Road
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?
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I think Notts are hoping to be in control of the game more by holding the ball in midfield, but it's games like this when you realise that defensively we need to be better. Great victory, vital 3 points but after going up 3-1.
We need to learn to close games down and avoid needing to chase a winner.
Langstaff is an incredible asset to us.
I’ll take a win and 3 points everyday of the week, but we made that harder than it should’ve been.
Was there a touch of overconfidence at half-time? I’m sure Luke would’ve told them to play like it’s 0-0 but recent away wins, one’s where we were rarely troubled, must have been fresh in the players’ minds.
The good thing though is this team has goals in it, especially our main man Macca, 21 goals now. Unbelievably good.
We are staying up!
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Slocombe 4 : Memories of Dorking rekindled.
Adebayo Rowling 5.5 Maybe the state of the pitch affected his forward runs
Brindley 5 : Always confident of taking the ball out of defensive situations but final pass from that, always seems a bit panicky
Baldwin 4.5 Some long passing going astray and a tendency for a critical error, a la Rawlinson
Cameron 7.5 Mr "Assist".
Chicksen 5.5 I never really appreciated his talking and shouting instructions throughout the game
JOB 6 Sometimes his through runs do not get spotted
Palmer 7 Mr Consistency
Ruben 7 Great goal though seemed to tire towards the end
Castro 6 It was a cross but the curve on the ball fooled Maidenhead, a good goal
Langstaff 8 That winning goal worth the extra points. Sheer class
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Just watched it..... Quite enlightening... Lots of relevant interviews but as expected they were quite diplomatic.... Will the answers ever be revealed!!!!!!!
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Game 22 - The Iron (A)
Team: Scunthorpe United
Date: 03/12/2022
Where: Glanford Park
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3 points. +3 to the goal difference. Wrexham drew. All in all, a good day's work.
Top of the league, and one more win till we're safe from relegation 
but seriously, we could quite easily have ended up like Scunny after going down. They've got it all on to stay up.
Usually, when Notts goes one down - that 'here we go' feeling starts to sink in. I don't think I have had it so far this campaign, I felt Notts would get back into the game if they created chances. It seems we certainly took them!
The 4-1 result was probably flattering for us, but the goals were all very well taken.
Jim O'Brien getting on the scoresheet is nice to see, hopefully, he can continue to prove the doubters wrong that he's past it. Just like the here we go feeling, I never doubted Jim.
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The prediction league is back! Send in your predictions before the earlier time of 12.30pm on Saturday (remembering your joker) and you might get some points. So without further ado...
Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday
Shrewsbury Town v Lincoln City
AFC Wimbledon v Grimsby Town
Gillingham v Salford City
Leyton Orient v Bradford City
Barnet v Wealdstone
Gateshead v Aldershot
Maidenhead United v Dorking Wanderers
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There's not been much said from my end, things have just quietly been done and, to a degree, I haven't forced the same level of commitments I have shown in the past seasons. I care immensely about this community, the Pride of Nottingham and of course Notts County.
I have mentioned that things have been difficult, both mentally and physically. Which I do not want to go into further because there's really no need, aside from saying the past few years has been challenging for us all. This said, if I don't discuss things about PON itself - then moving forward won't be as easy. Simply because the standard I set myself hasn't been consistent.
There's not much I plan to do before the New Year.
But, I will be focusing on slowly putting out content and of course finding that balance required to maintain such a community.
I am extremely grateful to see that members are continuing to post, this wouldn't be the first community to fall silent due to a lack of direction. But, it's not been the case. My approach for 2023 will be to keep it simple, as there are aspects of the Notts community that I miss, and I want to find time to reimmerse myself back into it.
I want to have things that keep me busy, focused and excited. It's a shame that we're having a great season at a point where I haven't had my A game but, I do stress PON isn't about me - it's about Notts fans and us as a community.
Publically, I feel I need to discuss things and hopefully this will act as some means towards that.
Keep safe everyone,
Chris
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