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Play Off Semi Final - The Gulls (A)
Team: Torquay United
Date: 12/06/2021
Where: Plainmoor
What line-up should Ian Burchnall 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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This season feels like it's gone on for ages but we've reached the play-offs at last.
Just thought I'd ask you all, what are you worried about and, what you can take comfort in, with our team and maybe with the potential route to Ashton Gate.
For me, I think we can see positives in the fact we are moving the ball a lot quicker and the players have bought into the way Burchnall wants to play. We're very fluid and don't really stick to our normal roles in our formation, meaning it can be difficult for the opposition to man mark or track their man.
Allowing Ruben a free role to create and support Wootton, causes teams all sorts of trouble. O'Brien is being used a lot better in my opinion, being allowed to make them runs into the box from deep. Reeves is playing a bit further forward and his through ball passes and long range shooting ability is has helped us. Calvin Miller has been superb on loan and his direct running is a thorn in the side of opposition teams. Mark Ellis can also bring it out of defence if he wants to.
However, my biggest worry is, in games we go through spells where we dither about, make silly and stupid decisions and we panic. As IB said yesterday, we need to trust ourselves more and not rush into launching it when we go through these spells. Another thing is our clinical edge in front of goal because, we should have been ahead before they scored yesterday and we probably should have won by more against Weymouth. You won't be allowed to get away with that in the play-offs.
We've also got to be ready and want it more, and to clear it out our box when crosses come in, because we can be suspect to them sometimes.
So why wasnt their keeper sent off, or even booked for bringing down Ruben?
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Pride of Nottingham Member of the Season 2020/2021 26 members have voted
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Pride of Nottingham Signing of the Season 2020/2021 25 members have voted
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1. Who has been the best signing of the 2020/2021 season?
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Jake Reeves4%1
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Ruben Rodrigues52%13
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Calvin Miller0%0
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Mark Ellis40%10
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Elisa Sam0%0
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Adam Chicksen0%0
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Pride of Nottingham Player of the Season 2020/2021 26 members have voted
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1. Who do you feel deserves to be named the Pride of Nottingham Player of the Season?
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Luke Pilling0%0
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Richard Brindley0%0
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Mark Ellis7%2
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Ben Turner0%0
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Alex Lacey0%0
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Calvin Miller0%0
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Jake Reeves3%1
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Jim O'Brien0%0
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Michael Doyle3%1
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Kyle Wootton38%10
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Cal Roberts0%0
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Pride of Nottingham Goal of the Season 2020/2021 22 members have voted
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Pride of Nottingham Game of the Season 2020/2021 20 members have voted
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Notts 2 Solihull 0 (27/1/2021)5%1
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Notts 3 Dagenham 1 (19/2/2021)25%5
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Notts 2 Yeovil 0 (20/3/2021)0%0
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Woking 2 Notts 4 (5/4/2021)5%1
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Notts 3 Sutton 2 (4/5/2021)20%4
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Barnet 1 Notts 4 (8/5/2021)0%0
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They were once the #1 team in Bradford...and one can say the same applies to #Notts in Nottingham
It is somewhat essential that we get back to the EFL this season, its not going to be easy
EFL teams, seasons finished are already conducting transfer business... Will we be left scrapping for whoever is left?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrudin_Kuduzović
and I do now remember him playing... thx to @DangerousSausage for jogging the memory
He is currently a coach in Trier
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This would make a great quiz question:
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I've been pacing myself this week, trying not to get too excited too early in the week. It's Thursday so the excitement is bubbling. I should come to the boil around 15 mins before kick off lol. This is a massive game. Absolutely massive. It's an opportunity to get back to the FL. We don't belong in the NL, we are a league club, full stop. To be fair, Chesterfield are a FL club and belong in the FL, but this about Notts. Let Chesterfield look after themselves. It will be a game filled with tension and expectation. The pressure on both teams will be immense. I think it will go to penalties. Notts to win. I can't and won't contemplate defeat. Let's do it for the fans in the stands, the fans at home and especially for those who are no longer with us, what a fitting tribute that would be. I'm getting a bit emotional now.....
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Just realised that we don't have a thread to discuss the goings-on in the league we (hopefully temporarily) call home. Well now we do.
- Barnet now have NINE players plus their manager in quarantine. Did they spread it to us, or did we spread it to them? They played their FA Cup match anyway, and won 3-2.
- American investors are sniffing around Woking and talking about taking them into the Football League. What could possibly go wrong?
- As mentioned in Jason Turner's email, NL clubs are to receive 10m of funding - 95k a month for proper football clubs, and 84k a month for the tin-potters. Our Jase isn't happy with this, as it doesn't take actual crowds (the absence of which this money is supposed to be compensating) into account.
- Stockport have won four on the trot and are now top of the table. Am I the only one who finds this ominous?
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Slocombe - 6 - He needs to be saving their first goal. I know it comes fast, but it is from so far out and it's at a comfortable height. Great save against Tyson. No idea what he's doing at the end.
Rawlinson - 4 - Where is the Rawlinson that used to step out of defence and dribble? He's disappeared. Who has replaced him is a slow, ponderous CB that doesn't look comfortable. Takes an age to pick a pass and they are often read. Defensively, what is he doing against Rowe for their 2nd? It's about 7 v 1, go and close him down!
Ellis - 7 - Won a lot of headers both offensively and defensively. Just seems to pop up in those vital moments with another great goal. That would normally earn him a much higher score, but his stepping up to catch Tyson offside was dodgy to say the least. Should have been punished and wasn't. 10 for heading and offensive threat, 4 for his Arsenal back line impression. Averages out at 7.
Chicksen - 8 - Thought he was fantastic. Calm, collected, technically very good. Makes correct decisions defensively time and time again, confident under pressure. Great performance.
Miller - 6.5 - Constant threat in the first half, but final ball was lacking. Faded in the second half.
Brindley - 6 - That right hand side was weak in the first half. The change the manager made improved that, and Brindley was better in the 2nd half. Dodgy moments defensively, sometimes seems to glide through games without intensity.
Doyle - 6 - Controlled the ball and passing was good for the most part. Often in positions to shoot but rarely does. When he does shoot, however, you quickly see why he doesn't usually bother. When they get past him defensively, you see his lack of pace, which is how they get their second as Doyle loses his man.
Reeves - 6 - Wasn't his best game. Gives away a stupid foul to give them their free-kick in the first half. Made some good runs forward and should have a penalty.
Enzio - 6 - He was anonymous for large parts of the game and seemed static. Improved when moved to the right and beat his man a few times on the right to put in some promising balls.
Rodrigues - 7 - Toiled away, spun his markers, decision making lacking.
Wootton - 8.5* - MOM. Thought he was fantastic. Real poachers goals and in just the right place. He is always the first man following shots in, a really good habit. Won his fair share in the air and tried to link play.
Knowles - 3 - Think he touched the ball twice and gave it away both times. Largely anonymous and is too weak to be effective. You have to wonder about Knight and Sam if Knowles is preferred to them. The change helped us be more attacking, but Knowles offered nothing.
DKE - N/A
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Game 46 - The Lilywhites (A)
Team: Bromley
Date: 29/05/2021
Where: Hayes Lane
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I don't know exactly what to expect from Chesterfield, but I'm glad we're not playing Bromley. They are a tough side to face.
Actually, I would not be surprised if Bromley get through to the final. Very well organised and although Notts should have been well ahead by H/T. Bromley have that resilience in defence
Bromley are the dark horses for sure. They managed the game brilliantly yesterday. Their consistency is impressive. They don't panic.
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Slocombe - 8 - Made some excellent saves
Chicksen - 7.5 - Stellar.
Ellis - 7 - Did well aerially.
Rawlinson - 4 - Looked a bag of nerves and knackered. Made odd decisions.
Brindley - 5 - Looked knackered. Beaten often down the left.
Miller - 6.5 - Electric, final ball lacking.
Doyle - 5.5 - When defending, often sits/hides behind the wingback and not marking his man, allowing them to cross easily. Overran at times.
O'Brien - 6 - Decent.
Reeves - 6 - Decent.
Rodrigues - 6 - Decent, needs to work on shooting.
Wootton - 6 - Toiled.
Subs:
Enzio - 3.5 - We were worse as a team when he came on. Constantly offside, bad touches, strange decisions. Poor.
Sam - 5 - Has the potential to bamboozle defenders, however often bamboozles himself in the process.
Griffiths - N/A
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What do you remember most about the 90s?
As a child born in 87, I grew up appreciating the 80s a lot more than the music at the time. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed tuning into Trent FM and Dr Fox for the chart countdown with my brother. Yet it's only until my late 20s I truly grew to appreciate the music I grew up hearing at the time, especially when out. Funfairs would blast some absolute classics, it's not quite the same now with the drowning awful bubble popping managed lyrics that most modern artists come out with.
One band I loved as a kid was Supergrass, a band which often gets overlooked when you talk about the 90s and even when mentioning BritPop.
Blur, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Suede, Pulp etc.
What band(s) was your go-to choice for the genre? I could name others, like Space but I tried to narrow it down.
I preferred Blur more over Oasis, but I did like their songs. Ocean Colour Scene always gets me singing especially if "The Day We Caught The Train", my grandfather got me into this song as he played it in his car a fair bit - along with Train's "Drops of Jupiter" but that doesn't have much to do with this topic. It's more a small antidote to mention that I didn't actually know who sang The Day we Caught the Train until I heard it coming home from a school trip. Back before you could hold your phone up-to a speaker and let it tell you, I managed to track it down and later downloaded it on the internet using a lime based file sharing software (I do own a copy of the album though now).
Briefly touching upon Supergrass, I think they were massively ahead of their time and although they did well - I do think they tend to be vastly forgotten.
"Caught by the fuzz, well I was, still on a buzz" ????
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Game 45 - The Terras (H)
Team: Weymouth
Date: 22/05/2021
Where: Meadow Lane
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I just can’t quite believe the transformation from a few weeks ago. We could’ve won 6-0.
Brindley and Chicksen part of back three bombing forward, it's mad to see! Brindley carries the ball so well and Chicksen slots some lovely balls through for Miller. Reeves and O’Brien making late runs into the box. Wing-backs playing high. And Rodrigues and Wootton linking up well. It’s proper attacking football.
Great that we’re in the play-offs now too. Got to solidify that 5th place but whoever we get we’ll have a real go at them.
Ruben Rodrigues stole the show in my eyes, he was absolute class and started off looking to break a very poor Weymouth side down.
They played like we do when we have no clue, defensively poor and no creativity to get in in goal. However, I do feel our midfield bossed them but we could've won by a much higher scoreline.
Superb team performance but Rodrigues would be my Man of the Match.
i thought i had commented on this on the way home, it felt like a true performance by notts and one which sent a message that we wanted to secure the playoffs. the hard work has not finished but what a fantastic team performance. i thought miller was class, he got stuck in and made a right nuisance of himself but i do think rodders made the biggest impact. hes keen to keeping his scoring going. 
Conceding in the first 40 odd seconds was criminal. Why was no-one marking Wright? The one guy that’s made a living from heading crosses in… Not switched on at all. And then we last about 1 minute longer from kick off in the second half. Not denying the character from the team, but we made that game hard.
Lets be honest, Torquay didn’t cause us that many problems – I thought they’d attack a bit more, (maybe they would’ve if they hadn’t scored so early) we caused ourselves problems. Even though we created some decent chances, that old achilles heel of defending our box was our downfall again.
I agree the bench was weak, but we’re stacked for defenders and our only other attacking options would’ve been Knight and Sam. Hindsight it's easy to say one them should've been on for a defender...
I’d have been surprised and obviously very happy had we actually got promoted this season – but we never really troubled that top-spot this season. I’m still positive for the future, some new additions preferably some that are quite tall and good at heading and a few more gems like Rodrigues. Two seasons, two top five finishes – we’re not far off. I’m quietly confident we’ll do well again next season but you've pretty much got have the perfect season if you are to get that top spot.
I was expecting more from Torquay (for them to come out and play) but thought they were poor and conservative, and I know I'm saying that after they've put 4 past us. Chesterfield and Torquay essentially did the same thing - set pieces, counter attack, else defend. Torquay at least had a bit more class and weren't cheating/wasting time from minute 1 like Chesterfield.
I expect the winner of Stockport/Hartlepool to go up.
I think Torquay did their homework, happy to allow us to attack but break in a creative way. They had the advantage over Notts with the quality of crosses/set pieces, hitting balls into areas Notts can never quite deal with properly.