Below is a link to an article I wrote about problems that occur with England as a whole.

https://writeupkb.wordpress.com/2020/09/02/england-pressured-to-succeed/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Using a squad based on World Cup winners, build your best XI.

Rules are -

They have to have won the World Cup

Max. 2 players from each Nation

Mine is below..

It's nearly six months on from the cancellation of last season and it feels like the world is falling apart. But we do at least have the PON prediction league to keep ourselves busy until the other horsemen of the apocalypse turn up.

For the uninitiated, I post a number of fixtures before every matchday, and participants post their predicted scores. They are then awarded 3 points for a correct scoreline or 1 point for a correct result. In addition, each player can name one joker for each round, in which the points will count double. It's just a bit of fun and EVERYONE can take part! It's not a closed group, so feel free to join in. At the end of the season, the glorious winner gets to write their name in history in the fabled PON prediction league roll of honour, and can win pride, honour and a lock of my hair (optional).

As things are a bit different this time, I'm open to your suggestions. The Football League season starts a week on Saturday (12 September), a month before the Vanarama League kicks off. This gives us the following options:

a) Do eight fixtures per matchday from the Championship, League One and League Two starting from 12 September, incorporating the Conference when that starts on 3 October.
b) Revert to the old format - do six fixtures per matchday from the Championship, League One and League Two and leave out the Conference entirely.

Thoughts?

If you are interested in taking part in the prediction league, simply answer this thread and I'll give you a mention (and a notification) when I put the first fixtures up.

Discussions are taking place about having fans back in football grounds. Obviously nothing is certain yet, safety comes first and it all depends on how the pandemic goes. However, a limited capacity seems realistic.

However, for clubs from step 3 downwards (so every level below the NL North and South), the number of fans allowed in won't be based on their ground capacity, but on the minimum ground capacity for their division:

(https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1296082796386156544)

So in other words, all teams in the Northern Premier League will be able to let in 300 fans from tomorrow and 600 from the end of August, regardless of how big their ground is.

The idea of the same thing happening in the NL is absurd, as our ground is much bigger than those of many other teams; a crowd of 2000 at Meadow Lane would be much less problematic than it would be at Wealdstone.

And yet...

(https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1296447903217713153)

So it sounds a lot like we'll be restricted to the same capacity as every other NL club (600), despite having a much bigger, all-seater ground. I doubt I'll see the inside of a football ground for a good few months, but that's not really the point. It seems to fly in the face of all logic.

Couple of twitter accounts spreading this rumour. Obviously take it with a copious amount of salt.

Can't say I've heard of him, playing in the 3rd league, perhaps @DangerousSausage knows him?

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2020/august/ruben-rodrigues-announcement-070820/

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2020/august/jake-reeves-signing-180820/

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53696424

So it seems that clubs in the lower divisions are getting their acts together and introducing a wage cap. 2.5 million for squads in League One and 1.5 million for League Two, with players under 21 to be exempted.

It seems a good idea, but the devil will be in the detail. The limits do seem rather low (I remember Notts spending more than 2.5 million in L1, and we had a wage bill of 3 million when we got relegated from L2). On the one hand that obviously good. On the other, the better-supported clubs like Portsmouth would be transformed into profit-making enterprises, making them irresistable for all manner of shysters.

When it comes to Notts, I wonder if we're already spending more than the 1.5 million for L2 (as we went spending double that when we went down it seems likely). Would we be forced to have a fire sale if we went up?

What do you all make of it?

Pace, stamina and youthfulness the way forward for Notts too?

https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/joe-mcdonnell-quits-notts-county-4422726

English Notts County suddenly participates in the race to sign the former Malmö academy midfielder Erik Andersson, currently in Trelleborg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Andersson_(footballer)

Thoughts on the new kit?

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2020/august/home-kit-launch-050820/

For me, I like it more than last seasons, but still not ‘right’ I’m my eyes. Don’t know what it is. Maybe a proper collar needed?

The clubs captain Michael Doyle has extended his contract with Notts, hopefully we’ll learn news on the assistant manager position which I feel would suit Doyle.

Thoughts?