Saturday's Fixtures:
Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End
Stoke City v Leeds United
Luton Town v Peterborough United
Rochdale v Fleetwood Town
Macclesfield Town v Oldham Athletic
Newport County v Exeter City

Mine:
QPR 2-0 Preston North End
Stoke City 1-2 Leeds United joker
Luton Town 1-1 Peterborough United
Rochdale 2-3 Fleetwood Town
Macclesfield Town 0-0 Oldham Athletic
Newport County 1-3 Exeter City

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2019/january/jim-obrien-signs-080119/

Full article here ^ !!!

What do we think? Good signing? Straight into the midfield? Alongside Vaughan?

According to bbc radio Nottingham Martin O’neil Is the Favourite to become the new forest manager. 

Jamie Turley has signed with conference premier side Leyton Orient till the end of the season subject to fa and NL approval. 

I’m sure we all wish jamie the best and thank him for his time with us. 

Cheltenham Town - In: Cameron Pring (Bristol City) (LB) - Loan, Tyrone Barnett (Port Vale) (ST) - Free

Crawley Town - In: Ricky German (Hendon) (ST) - Undisclosed 

Exeter City - In: Ryan Bowman (Motherwell) (ST) - Free

Forest Green Rovers - In: Junior Mondial (Whitby Town) (LW) - Undisclosed, Shawn McCoulsky (Bristol City) (ST) - Undisclosed 

Grimsby Town - In: Sebastian Ring (Orebro SK) (LB) - Free

Macclesfield Town - In: Manny Idem (Aston Villa (GK) - Free

Morecambe - In: Paul McKay (Cardiff City) (CB/CM) - Loan

Newport County - In: Vashan Neufville (West Ham United) (LB) - Loan

Northampton Town - In: George Cox (Brighton & Hove Albion) (LB) - Loan

Notts County - In: Ben Barclay (Brighton & Hove Albion) (CB) - Loan

Oldham Athletic - In: Mohamad Sylla (Sannois Saint-Gratien) (CM) - Free

Swindon Town - In: Ben House (Ipswich Town) (ST) - Loan, Canice Carroll (Brentford) (CB) - Loan

Tranmere Rovers - In: David Perkins (Rochdale) (CM) - Undisclosed, Harvey Gilmour (Sheffield United) (CM) - Undisclosed, Ishmael Miller (Free Agent) (ST) - Free

Rob Milsom has completed his permanentt move from Crawley Town to Notts County and becomes Neals Ardleys third signing of the transfer window. 

Although the deal for the move was thought to be finalised a few months ago just waiting for January to cross the T’s and dot the i’s. 

Milsom has become Notts County’s midfield maestro under Kewell and Ardley. 

For the full story click the link below 

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2019/january/milsom-deal-permanent-110119/

So Neal Ardley has revealed in a interview then Enzio Boldewijn could return this Saturday away at Yeovil. 

The winger has been out since last November with an injured knee which required surgery. 

Ardley revealed a few weeks ago that Enzio was nearly back in full training and ahead of schedule.

Im happy that Enzio is on his way back but I still have a fear or two about him returning to action a month and half early.

I really hope that he’s not being rushed back to soon. 

For the full interview click the link below 

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2019/january/ardley-pre-yeovil-170119/

which players and formation is key for survival?

i think notts should drop the 3 centre backs personally, they seem to play too deep and i fail to see how exactly it strengthens up the squad. defensively i feel we still look an easy target with set pieces and crosses, this is something which has been obvious all season but the same mistakes keep happening. i would go back to 4-4-2 myself.

then have it so one of the mids probably o'brien drop to support a 4-1-3-2 with him acting as an anchor for the back four.

jon stead, enzio boldewijn, matt tootle, david vaughan are all players i think are important for survival, its just how to get the most out of them. if kane hemmings is out for the season this would be a big blow but i do feel nathan thomas [if instructed well] could be a useful tool. he just needs to stop going for goal himself or wasting chances, just smarter play from him.

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So Notts have Yeovil next away from home our away record is awful but can we get anything out the game a draw maybe a win.?

Fitzsimons 5 beaten by looping backward header for 1st, totally exposed for 2nd so no blame there...some good saves in between

Barclay 5 Still wonder if he is the "best available" in the loan window rather than a straight make weight swap for Hall

Duffy 4 Customary dive, but this one tried to win a penalty. Vocal but not much else

Bird 7 maybe the only positive to come from this season. How the hell Kewell sent him to Grantham, reflects on Kewell's cluelessness. Steady and bruising. Unlucky with header against the bar

Hewitt 2 When you are being outjumped by Dicko, says all you need to know. Missed open goal in first half...one can never have any confidence with the ball at his feet. Just not good enough

Evina 5 works well with Bird, only creative leaning was down his side

Milsom. 2 too static, looking to lay off immediately rather than take responsibility. Shocking

O'Brien  4 shows some drive but theissue is no forward movement to give real options

Vaughan 3 Out muscled many times, a few good passes but one cannot say he is ever effective.

Alessandra 6 at least showed som close skill. I'm never really impressed with him but willing to eat humble pie today, at least showed something

Stead 3 If Bradford are interested, get rid now, Out jumped, or no real challenges for the ball. No goal threat

Subs

Thomas N/A showed some pace but in wrong direction

Boldewijn 4 why wasnt he put in Hewitts position to expose Dicko's lack of pace? wasted

Dennis 4 nice lay offs but another likely relegation on his cv

Mgr

Ardley 3 another goal conceded from set piece...cannot defend corners so why no players on posts? True, we had ample % possession in the match but with little to show for it. No cutting edge

So Ryan Schofield made his Notts County debut on Saturday against Cambridge the Huddersfield goalkeeper is on loan with Notts till the end of the season.

unfortunaltly Notts lost 1-0 to Cambridge to a dipping effort that went over the jumping goalkeeper. 

Thoughts on Schofield’s debut ? 

Jim O’Brien has asked the fans to not write Notts County off just yet in a pre game interview with the Notts County website. 

The  midfielder has said that past experience has taught  him it’s not over yet and county can inprove league position as Notts head to Yeovil hoping to improve there points and league position. 

To read the full interview with Jim O’Brien clink the below. 

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2019/january/obrien-pre-yeovil-170119/

Just seen on bbcrns that It looks like PH is going to join Nathan Jones at stoke , thoughts on this community, will he be missed ? Has big Al had time to learn much from him ? Has he had much of an impact? 

Notts have completed the loan signing of Huddersfield goalkeeper Schofield on loan till the end of the season. 

For the full story click the link below 

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2019/january/ryan-schofield-signs-100119/

- It all starts in January 2018. Ryan Yates is recalled. We never replace him and Nolan changes the formation for no reason at all. Our gap to the play-offs is wiped out.

- We don't bring in a injury free pacey striker. We should have known what we were getting with Mason Bennett and his injury record. He lasted 2 weeks.

- We eventually bottle promotion and finish in the play-offs. We lose them and we're in League 2 again for 18/19.

- We throw away the style of play that got us to 5th place. All we needed was fine tuning and a little bit more work on passing. Not a complete overhaul to a team that will pass out from the back.

- We get rid of the leaders in the squad and don't replace them. We also don't improve the defence or midfield. No battling midfielder and quality centre-back. Lincoln bought Shackell. Mansfield bought Sweeney and Preston. Just saying.

- Derby and Leicester friendlies did us no good. Hardy goes on about them being the two biggest clubs in the East Midlands. Bridges burned more. 

- Players have no pre-season and are unfit. Yates still not replaced. Still got no leaders. Key positions still not addressed. Overspend on players making our financial position even worse. Nolan didn't stick to his morals of a strong defence, being hard to beat, competition for players and their being characters in the team. Hardy interfering also with first team matters. We are setting ourselves up for a disaster

- Next appointment is wrong. Kewell falls out with the majority of the squad. The squad is bloated with over 30 players. 

- Kewell sacked. Ardley comes in and doesn't turn things around. Hardy arguing with fans on Twitter constantly. Has a loan from his parent company with 4% interest on it. Our financial position hasn't got any better. We've got no infrastructure or training ground. His egotistical and "I'm always right" attitude has worn thin with the fans. 

Mismanagement on and off the pitch coupled with shocking recruitment, no idea of how we want to play, no infrastructure, no training ground and players who don't care is a recipe for disaster.

Game 29 - The Glovers (A)

Team: Yeovil Town

Date: 19/01/19

Where: Huish Park

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.

So on this day 18th January 2009 where was County in the league.? 

Who remember this season.? 

Based on a mean of 5

Schofield 5 Difficult to judge on his League debut. Barely troubled, one good save in the first half, beaten by powerful header

Barclay 5 Gives the impression that Brighton take Hall back on proviso we give one of their other centre halfs a go. Nothing spectacular / average

Duffy 5.5 Always give a vocal performance

Bird 5 Some poor distribution first half but he does tackle. Should he have been marking Cambridge's goal scorer? Need to see the goal video

Hewitt 4 Not a full back, not even a wing back. Offered nothing offensively and cambridge targeted his lack of aerial ability

Evina 5.5 Some really good overlapping runs first half but one is never certain for the quality of the final ball

O'Brien 6.5 Better first half, faded in second but at least he offered some drive in central midfield

Milsom 4 Is fitness a real issue? Seem to go missing for long periods

Alessandra 4 A ten minute purple patch in the first half , but then goes anonymous... One begins to see why both he and Thomas were relegated with the 'pool

Dennis 5.5  One real turn and shot from a tight angle but little  else of note

Stead 5 Not given anything from the ref, consistently being held...but in truth offered nothing in terms of goal scoring threat

Subs

Thomas 3 What a waste of a free kick when we needed it most

Etete 4 Found it hard to make an impact

Why no 3rd sub? Unbelievable given the lack of impact by this team

Saturday's Fixtures: 

Ipswich Town v Rotherham United

West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City

Barnsley v Bradford City

Sunderland v Luton Town

Bury v MK Dons

Swindon Town v Lincoln City

Mine: 

Ipswich Town 1-0 Rotherham United

West Brom 2-1 Norwich City

Barnsley 2-1 Bradford City

Sunderland 2-0 Luton Town 

Bury 2-0 MK Dons (joker)

Swindon Town 1-1 Lincoln City

So Notts have acquired two new players defender Ben Barclay from the Brighton seeing Ben Hall return to the Amex. 

Then Notts acquired exspirenced midfielder Jim O’Brien with the gaffer heaping on praise saying he never stops. 

keston Davis returned to his parent club and ended a season long early by Mutual consent. 

So my question is so far in the January transfer window are you happy with the business that Notts County have done.?

So Notts are away to Yeovil on Saturday .Who’s making the journey to Yeovil to see the magpies in action.

So the transfer market is open but we know that Notts are over spending on players we have the biggest team in league two and one of the biggest wage bills for me in order for Neal to sign we have to let players leave either release or sell. 

Im just hoping it not Jamie Turley whom I’m told his contract runs out this month. 

Which players would you be happy to see leave meadow lane in January in order for Neal to bring in fresh players in.?