Game 20 - The Gulls (H)

Team: Torquay United

Date: 23/01/2021

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Neal Ardley 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.

Hi everyone, here's the next batch of prediction league fixtures - if you can fit it in amongst your busy social calendars, of course Kick-off is Saturday at 3pm, so I'll need your submissions by then, and you have one joker each!

QPR v Derby County

Gillingham v Rochdale

Ipswich Town v Peterborough United

Portsmouth v Hull City

Leyton Orient v Forest Green Rovers

Port Vale v Walsall

Chesterfield v Wrexham

Dagenham & Redbridge v King's Lynn

So the NL's version of the mickey mouse cup johnstone paint trophy or whatever it's called, is the FA trophy (I think)

As with the JPT, nobody cares until they get close to the final and a potential trip to Wembley. However with no fans in attendance, it hardly seems worth the effort. Add on to that the hectic schedule we face because on postponements, then it becomes a pain in the backside. 

Is anybody going to watch this? I have no interest, but we've been so starved of Notts action that I was thinking about changing my mind this morning. However, apparently Stockport's pitch is stuffed, so I will probably wait until right before KO before purchasing a streaming package, if I do at all.

Hoping for a good performance, lovely passing motion, fluid movement, Notts 90% possession, their keeper has the game of his life and they score a complete fluke... straight in from the corner, keeper no chance, their only shot of the game from their only corner....

and Notts are knocked out. What a shame. 

For 2 weeks:
https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-two-week-suspension-to-n-65013

What a complete shambles that is. Suspended? What exactly do they think will change in the next 2 weeks? Clubs like Dorking have said that it is 'not safe' to carry on. You can bet every penny you have that it'd be safe enough should the government have kept giving them money. Most of these clubs that were suspending their seasons with or without NL gratification are clubs around the relegation spots... what a surprise. 

I fear the National League won't be far behind. 

Slocombe 6 - Commanded well. Had one iffy moment but sound

Brindley 7 - Kept Whitfield quiet for large parts of the game. Great performance

Rawlinson 7 - Excellent defending and very cool with the ball at his feet

Lacey 7 - Like Rawlo, kept their usually potent frontline at bay 

Kelly-Evans 7 - Got forward numerous times and linked up well with others

Doyle 8 - Superb with the ball at his feet and helped us playing through the middle

Reeves 7 - Started well but takes way way too many touches when he doesn't need to and passes it backwards when he doesn't need too

Boldewijn 5 - Lost the ball too many times and his decision making was a bit erratic. A few good runs forward

Rodrigues 7 - Continues to be a brilliant performer. So much went through him. But please just shoot more

Effiong 7 - Grafted and gave Kyle Cameron nightmares in the 1st half. 

Wootton 5 - Positioning wasn't great but did what he could. How he hasn't scored that late on I will never know. It's unmissable

Sam 6 - Linked the play up nicely when he came on and put two inviting crosses into the box

O'Brien 5 - Didn't really do much when he came on but set up a great chance late on for Kyle

Miller N/A - Subbed for Brindley late on

Tom Walker and Matty Wolfe's loan deals are expiring on 3rd Jan.

Do you want to keep either of them for the rest of the season?

Personally I don't think we've seen the best of Walker, but with Roberts hopefully fit mid Jan I'm not sure he'd get much game time. As for Wolfe - given he's played 1 FA Trophy game -I don't think Barnsley will let him come back!

I think we'll need another CM to provide competition for Reeves/Doyle (they aren't getting much at the moment), someone actually good enough (in NA eyes) to displace one of them.

Yeovil Town can confirm that our upcoming games against Notts County and Solihull Moors have been postponed.

This is due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Yeovil camp. The club has now entered an isolation period which will end on Monday 25th January.

Measured responses, though do fear for youth set up next season if we fail to get promoted

Aldershot Town
Ricky Miller - Free Agent (ST) - Free

Barnet
Liam Daly - Gloucester City (CB) - Undisclosed
Ben Richards-Everton - Bradford City (CB) - Free
Themis Kefalas - Queens Park Rangers (CB) - Loan

Boreham Wood
Junior Morias - St Mirren (ST) - Loan

Bromley
Charlie Wakefield - Wealdstone (W) - Free

Chesterfield
Jack Clarke - Aston Villa (CM) - Loan
Marcus Dinanga - Stevenage (ST) - Loan
Alex Whittle - Gloucester City (LB) - Free

Halifax Town
Lewis Mansell - Accrington Stanley (ST) - Loan
Jean Leroy-Belehouan - Sheffield United (CB) - Loan

King's Lynn Town
Alex Kiwomya - Chesterfield (W) - Free

Notts County
Inih Effiong - Stevenage (ST) - Loan
Calvin Miller - Harrogate Town (W) - Loan

Solihull Moors
Nathan Cameron - Free Agent (CB) - Free

Sutton United
Rhys Browne - Wealdstone (W) - Free
Ben Margetson - Cardiff City (RB/CB) - Loan

Wealdstone
Maxime Kouogun - Free Agent (CB) - Free

Torquay United
Rob Street - Crystal Palace (ST) - Loan

Yeovil Town
Reuben Reid - Cheltenham Town (ST) - Free
Alex Bradley - Lincoln City (W/CAM) - Loan

You can't predict much in this life - when will things return to normal? And will we ever play a football match again? So have a go at these fixtures instead. Kick-off is 3pm on Saturday, so I'll need your predictions in by then, and don't forget your jokers!

Blackburn Rovers v Stoke City

Bristol City v Preston North End

Plymouth Argyle v Crewe Alexandra

Rochdale v Wigan Athletic

Leyton Orient v Morecambe

Newport County v Salford City

Maidenhead United v Yeovil Town

Wrexham v Dover Athletic

I am sorry, I feel that he could have done a job for us

Alan Hardy

@Bigalanh5

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Biggest Mistakes; 1. Not sticking with KN 2. Sticking up for ourselves against Forest 3. Not buying Yates and Grant for £100k

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"Not buying Yates and Grant for 100k"... a whopper of a mistake ..

Any ideas?

What if... 

What if we had one big club in the same city? Outside London of course.
For example:
Aston Villa in Birmingham
Sheffield Wednesday in Sheffield
Everton in Liverpool
Notts County in Nottingham
etc...
 

I will try to explain what I mean. Look at Bristol - big and important enough city in England but they don't have really strong team. If they put all their resources into one club Bristol Rovers as the oldest in the city they could get more benefits. Is not it? Leeds and Derby have one club and those clubs are more successful than Bristol's.
So what do you think, is that good idea to have one big club in the same city? 

i just wanted to wish @GrannyPie a speedy recovery, we all miss your presence on pon and facebook. get back to whacking people with those walking sticks of yours.

Alongside the FA Cup, there's half a league programme going on too. So here are the latest prediction league fixtures! Kick-off is Saturday at 3pm (apart from the Ipswich match, which starts at 5.30), and don't forget your jokers!

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

Ipswich Town v Swindon Town

Port Vale v Grimsby Town

Salford City v Colchester United

Scunthorpe United v Bradford City

Altrincham v Sutton United

King's Lynn v Halifax Town

Bromley v Chesterfield

welcome to pon @LadyAngelina86  

A bit of drama has emerged from the latest press at Meadow Lane, with the NEP's very own Leigh Curtis tweeting this.

Wes Thomas is entitled to self isolate, I cannot see him returning to action whilst he has concerns about his family. This leaves us with Elisha Sam and Jimmy Knowles, both of which could do the job if they're up to it but Sam looks like he would benefit more from the game time.

Notts needs to look into what options are out there.

Eastleigh have called their game off tonight against Stockport due to a positive Covid test in the Eastleigh camp.

Surely that means they will call off our game on Saturday against them, too. 

I haven't seen many opinions on this, in fact, I only noticed due to going through the NEP site in order to see if there's anything out there that we can discuss.

Ricky Miller is a good player at this level, however, at 31 and on paper I'm not bothered.

I would prefer Notts to find someone between 25-28 myself, someone with legs and able to contribute to Football League success if we're able to get there. If we want a Non League fighter, I think there's again better out there.

https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/notts-county-transfer-ricky-miller-4848625

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhys_Oates

Strong runner and effective

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavan_Holohan

Must have played with Stanley at Waterford, neat footballer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Magloire

On loan from Blackburn

And so we enter another year, in which The Sickness will be no more and Notts will return to the League in front of 30,000 triumphant fans at Wembley. Failing that, get yourself some points in the prediction league. Kick off is at 3pm on Saturday, 2 January, and remember your jokers!

Millwall v Coventry City

Swansea City v Watford

Hull City v Charlton Athletic

Swindon Town v Wigan Athletic

Leyton Orient v Salford City

Mansfield Town v Port Vale

Chesterfield v Solihull Moors

Woking v Aldershot

Merry Christmas to all