Alan Hardy has just announced via twitter that Notts have completed the second signing of the January transfer window.

Alan Hardy has said that the identity of the player can’t be revealed till this afternoon (not Alan or Notts county’s choice)

Congratulations to John stead who scored his fiftieth goal in a Notts County shirt in our 3-3 draw.

Congratulations to captain steady a true magpie.

how does notts improve the away form?

its obvious that the away form this season has been shocking, it seems the players cant perform away from home and i wonder why. the squad can play well at home but it seems more of a task to perform on the road. one or two goals seems to be a enough to sink the confidence of the camp and then there is little fight.

what can neal ardley do to improve this? do we need an away team/formation?

https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/notts-county-end-keston-davies-2387642

Lovely jubbly. There's one gone. Let the clear out commence 

Notts county have confirmed the second signing of January in the way of Scottish midfielder Jim O’Brien.

Notts have secured Jim’s services on a permanent deal and for free. 

The experienced midfielder comes to Notts after his departure from Bradford. 

Click the link below for the full story.

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/obrien

Stat attack .. I’ve just seen that Mansfield and Man City are the only teams in the top four leagues to not loose a away game... 

what this can’t be true .... Mansfield of all team

Welcome to pon @Colin Lindley

Pon has a lot to offer and some great members, young and old, in the community.

Guy can we welcome our new member to Pon @Laurie Baczynski .. great to have you with us.

Current Points = 21

Remaining Fixtures:

Cambridge (H) = 3

Yeovil (A) = 1

Newport (H) = 3

Lincoln (H) = 0

FGR (A) = 0

Mansfield (H) = 1

Tranmere (A) = 0

Port Vale (H) = 3

Cheltenham (A) = 1

Carlisle (A) = 0 

Morecambe (H) = 3

Exeter (H) = 0

Stevenage (A) = 3

Northampton (H) = 1

Crewe (A) = 0

MKD (H) = 0

Crawley (A) = 3

Grimsby (H) = 3

Swindon (A) = 0

Total Points = 46 points

All predictions based on current form and other teams home/away form. This is scary people that we might even fall short of the 50 pts mark which would mean relying on other teams around us dropping points. I have had the next two games as 4 points but if we lose both games or can't get at least 4 points then we can consider our relegation imminent. 

So this weekend is the fa cup 3rd round with league 2 and none league sides still left in the fight along with the premier league giants Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea  and other such teams. 

So who’s going to lift the fa cup season.?

Can we take any positives from the 3-3 draw with Colchester.? 

Game 27 - The U's (A)

Team: Colchester United

Date: 05/01/19

Where: Colchester Community Stadium

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.

It’s no secret that since Neal Ardley arrived at Meadow Lane both players and fans have taken to him as one of our own. 

Under Neal the squad has shown some fight and signs of improvement, but every time it looks like Notts are back on the right road they slip and suffer defeat. 

This was the result on Saturday, after a goalless draw with Bury, tails were once again up then the defeat to Oldham lead to more frustration ,none more than the gaffer. 

Since his arrival Ardley has been honest about his players in defeat and win and shown fighting talk and real passion for the club. 

After the weekend defeat at Oldham he gave his post match reaction to the Notts county website showing more frustration saying the response in the Oldham defeat wasn’t good enough. 

He also said it’s frustrating because he wants his squad to give the Notts fans the performance they deserve. 

Below is the link to the full post match with the gaffer. 

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2019/january/ardley-post-oldham-010119/

Alan Hardy via his twitter account has told a fellow magpie that we have Made our first signing of the January transfer  market tonight the identity of the player  wasn’t released but it will be released tomorrow via the clubs website. 

Thought guys and girls whom could it be.? 

Notts have made there first signing of the January transfer window as Notts look to bolster there defence by signing centre back Ben Barcley from Brighton till the end of the season but it see’s fellow loanee Ben Hall return to the seagulls who is likely to miss the rest of the season due to injury.

full story in the link below  

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2019/january/barclay-signs-hall-departs-040119/#.XC9P1qFMZOE.facebook

What presents did you get? I thought it would be fun if we shared a picture of our gifts.

So following today’s result and the fact that Cambridge and Yeovil are three points and five points respectively ahead of us and the fact the fixture list has us facing Cambridge then Yeovil in the next two games.

my question to you guys and girls is can Notts take six points off the next two games.?

So with January here means one thing the transfer window is wide open and for Notts it can be seen as a blessing seeing Notts bottom of the league fans are wondering if Neal Ardley will make use of the window and bring players ins in.

But for this to happen the rumour is players  have to depart the club and last night I saw a picture screen shot from twitter saying Terry Hawkridge could be on his way out of meadow lane to Harrowgate Town if wages could be agreed. 

With fans giving there opinion on players who they think need to leave meadow lane this is one player I hadn’t heard many fans say they thought his time was done. 

Terry is liked by many magpie fans the winger  is always ready to help fans weather be Charity games or just stopping to speak to fans to giving fans his shirts.

Hawkridge arrived in 2017 the 28 year old has 34 appearances and 3 goals in his time so far at meadow lane. 

But is Hawkridge’s time up at meadow lane.? 

Would you be happy to see him go if he does leave in the window.?

Guys and girls can you help me welcome our latest magpie to Pon @Hea66. 

Welcome hope you enjoy your time with us.

Guys and girls can you help me welcome our latest magpie @Ellie_Pie10 to Pon. 

Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham @George, I hope you enjoy being a part of our Notts County community.

To start with, this is a weird game to rate as many players were up and down during the course of the game.

Fitzsimons - 6 - came off his line a bit more than usual, not at fault for the goals.

Evina - 4 - OK but not really good enough for this level. nothing particualry good or bad

Jones as a defender -  minus 10 - always out of posstion, never closed anyone down, can't be bothered to try to stop crosses.

Jones going forward - 7 scored, put in some good crosses. The move to left midafiled was a good idea but 70 minutes too late

Duffy - 5 - unlucky with their second, made a couple of good defensive headers - mosned less than usual

Barclay - 6 - a good start but got caught inposession a couple of times

Bird - 4- partly responsible for Jones' problems as he should have covered across more to his left. Didn't communitacte with his fellow defenders on the left or in midfield. Worth sticking with though.

Vaughan - 5- some good passes but was a bit of a weakness on the left hand side of MF until moved into the middle.

Kellett - 5 - ran around as usual with a few good touches, but not as good as against Bury.

Milsom - 6 - covered his fellow midfielders quite well and was the only one to try and hold the ball during the first 20 minutes of the second half.

Stead - 6 - scored, but his passing has gone downhill from last season

Dennis - 6 - scored and was his usual busy self

Turley - 5 - looked better as a full back when we went to a flat back 4

Thomas - 1 - waste of a wage. Looses the ball, hides when we are in possession.

Alessandra - not enough time to get a rating

Ardley - 5 - worked out that the wing backs weren't working and went to a FB4 but too late for me.

Stadium - 6 - looses marks for being identikit and free of atmosphere, gains marks for tea costing £1, free programme, good view and easy to park and get to and from.

The day before the Cheltenham match in November I decided to enter battle with our online ticketing system so I could beat the queue at the ticket office. I tried all three of my bank cards and failed - each time the system loaded for what felt like an eternity before issuing an error message. As a last resort I tried my dad's credit card (with his consent) with the same result. I gave up and bought my ticket at the ground instead.

Why am I telling you this? Today my dad's credit card was billed by the club for 20 pounds for a ticket I never received! I'm embarrassed to say the least. Not only was no ticket sent, I never received confirmation of any kind. I've written to the club and hopefully they'll sort it ASAP. Paying once to see that rubbish was bad enough!

If any of you have tried to use the old Medoc ticketing system but had the same problem with payment, I urge you to check that no money was withdrawn for tickets you didn't receive.

A game of goals. Poor defence from both sides resulted in a 3-3 draw away at Colchester. While most fans would have taken a point at the start of the game ... they would not in the fashion of how the game panned out.

Szmodics gave The U's the lead after just 8 minutes but then Notts went through the gears and hit 3 past the sorry home team.

But in typical Notts fashion nothing is ever easy so we concede late in the first half and then what seemingly is a dive concede a penalty which was 100% going in before the ball was even kicked.

A good away point and with some results going our way it means next weeks game against Cambridge and the following week at Yeovil is 6 points we must take.

Alan Hardy in a recent interview has declared that Notts County will suffer a £3 million pound loss this season.

What are your thoughts guys and girls.?