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Prediction League    Prediction league round 13 - 12 October

So onto round 13 of the prediction league (or round 12b if you're superstitious). No Championship this time, but the other leagues are all in action. Kick-off is at 3pm as usual, jokers, etc., blah :)

Oxford United v Doncaster Rovers

Rochdale v Accrington

Leyton Orient v Walsall

Swindon v Plymouth

Exeter v Forest Green Rovers

AFC Fylde v Sutton United

Stockport v Dagenham

Barnet v Woking

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Match Talk    Match Discussion: Game 17 - The Gulls (H)

Game 17 - The Gulls (H)

Team: Torquay United

Date: 12/10/19

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?

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    • Things are looking quite promising, the team performs on the same wavelength and I honestly feel that they have finally clicked.

    Notts looked very lively and up for it at the beginning, for me - all this talk of Tarquay being difficult to beat and the home record being lost dueΒ  to it might have been something which fuelled them.

    I want to say Tarquay played well as a team.

    I disagree with comments about them being 'poor' or 'substandard', I felt they did well, but fell to a brilliant strike by Richard Brindley who has been a quiet underrated performer in my eyes. His opening strike was just lovely!

    Notts also played as a team, however, they performed at a much higher standard.

    It was very entertaining, with a lot of quality moments. It just feels like we have a team which will fight, work hard and play together as a unit.

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    you can see the team are heading the right direction, i think ardley has done well with all the nonsense from those who did not learn from the dismissal of nolan.

    it was great to see the players fired up, they looked like they wanted to score as early as possible.

    i think dennis should be starting on rotation, he looks fired up but we need to keep him like this. he will get goals and change the outcome, between him, thomas and tyson i think we have the squad to really dig deep.

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    It was a good game no doubt about that.

    Torquay wasn't bad, Notts played good football and we are looking more like league contenders now. If the results keep coming at home, with improvements being made away from it, this season could really start.

    Great result, the cleansheets right now are massive.

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Jimmy Sirrel Stand    Report: Barcelona star Gerard Pique β€˜failed with shock bid’ to buy Notts County this summer

From the Daily Mail / The Athletic:

Barcelona centre-back Gerard Pique sensationally swooped to buy Notts County in the summer but failed with a last-minute bid.

Pique, in association with his Kosmos Global Holding group, was in talks with former owner Alan Hardy about buying the club in July and was said to be attracted by County's prestige and value, according to The Athletic.

The 32-year-old was keen to turn the youth system into a hotbed of homegrown talent, but Danish brothers Alexander and Christoffer Reedtz bought the club instead on July 26, such was the necessity of a quick deal with a High Court date over an unpaid tax bill looming.

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Match Talk    Scouting Dossier : Notts v Torquay

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

#20

Showed more in the first half with close skills and turns

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Match Talk    Opposition View : Notts v Torquay
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Match Talk    Scouting Dossier : Dover Athletic v Notts

Kevin Lokko

Man of the Match for Dover

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

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Match Talk    Dover Ath v Notts Andy Hessenthaler's view

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Jimmy Sirrel Stand    Match ratings vs Dover

Slocombe 8 - Distribution good and made two excellent saves

Brindley 6 - Bit asleep in the first half. Got slightly better in the 2nd

Rawlinson 6 - Did well coping with Inih Effiong. May have been at fault for the 2nd goal

Turner 6 - As with Connell, dealt well with Effiong and passes the ball well. Sometimes caught nappingΒ 

Bakayogo 7 - Got well down the left. Defended stronglyΒ 

Osborne 6 - Did ok first half. Got better as the half went on. Substituted second

Rose 6 - Penalty tucked away nicely. Works hard but too many times he goes back with the ball

Booty 7 - Always looks for that forward pass. Was our best hope of unlocking the Dover defence. Comfortable in possession

Boldewijn 7 - Ran forward with the ball and bought the play into Dover's half. A constant threat.Β 

Thomas 5 - He gets into good positions but should have had two goals. His miss in the second half is embarrassing. If he could finish he'd be in League One

Wootton 5 - Worked hard and bought the ball down well in the first half. Second half largely ineffectiveΒ 

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Subs

Shields 6 - Bag of energy. Constantly trying to make an impact on the game. Played wellΒ 

Dennis 7 - Wasn't a great performance when he came on, then the 88th minute arrived. Scenes

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Granny Pie's General Discussion    DO NOT open this thread

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Granny Pie's General Discussion    Who is your favourite player from the last 5 years?

I was having a think last night, we have used a lot of players over the last 5 years, we've had players we've loved and forgot about (Stanley Aborah who?), players we loved and now dislike, (Liam Noble) and many, many players who have come and gone in between. We have had good loan players like Jorge Grant, Mackail-Smith to name a few. So my question to you fellow PON users is, who is your favourite player from the last 5 years? And to make things interesting, 1 permanent and 1 loan signing.Β 

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So scratch your brains, have a think and let me know!

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Match Talk    Match Discussion: Game 16 - Daggers (H)

Game 16 - Daggers (H)

Team: Dagenham & Redbridge

Date: 08/10/19

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?

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Match Talk    Match Discussion: Game 15 - The Whites (A)

Game 15 - The Whites (A)

Team: Dover Athletic

Date: 05/10/19

Where: Crabble Athletic



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?

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Jimmy Sirrel Stand    Liam Noble moves to Morpeth from Hartlepool
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Prediction League    Prediction league round 12 - 5 October

The famous PON prediction league continues this weekend. So get your scores and jokers in by Saturday at 3pm!

West Brom v Cardiff

QPR v Blackburn

Wycombe v Peterborough

Gillingham v Southend

Walsall v Salford City

Crewe v Exeter

Sutton v Stockport

Chorley v Aldershot

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Jimmy Sirrel Stand    tom crawford and regan booty

does anyone else think that these two could form a better partnership in midfield than that of michael doyle and jim o'brien?

they seem like two players imo that notts could gamble on. we know that crawford can score goals at this level and both appeared to perform for the enjoyment wanting to express themselves. i am surprised that ardley has not given crawford a start just to see what he can do. i dont think you can overlook every option when you want to succeed so maybe ardley will learn this?

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Jimmy Sirrel Stand    Former Notts player wins League Two award

Former Notts County player Luther James-Wildin has won the League Two Goal of the Month for August, receiving 45% of the public vote for his superb strike against Macclesfield Town.

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https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2019/september/luther-james-wildin-goal-of-the-month-sky-bet-league-two-efl-english-football-league-saturday-20th-september-2019/

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Match Talk    Notts v AFC Fylde ( the away view)
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Match Talk    Match Discussion: Game 14 - The Coasters (H)

Game 14 - The Coasters (H)

Team: AFC Fylde

Date: 28/09/19

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?

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    • A good performance would show signs that the clubs adjusting well after being written off, I think after last season the new signings have arrived wanting to prove a point and the club finally has a squad now.

    I would just like to see Notts attack the wider areas of the pitch.

    If Enzio doesn't improve, he needs dropping. You can't justify having a player who can have one magical moment, or scores a worldly goal over someone who can assist for longer. It's getting to the point where he does need to shine, I hope this is proven wrong but he's one I don't think deserves to start.

    Watch him score now!

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    I'm hoping Dion Kelly-Evans and Nathan Tyson are available to return.

    These two gives Notts a lot of attacking options, plus pace. Dover will be expecting us to go for it, so they might counteract this by defensive. It could be a scrappy sort of game.

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Jimmy Sirrel Stand    Let's talk about the National League

Has the despair and disappointment settled yet?

I was just re-reading the brilliant article by @Simon ClarkΒ and his thoughts about the National League. I would encourage you to give it a read if you haven't already done so.

Nobody wanted to see Notts relegated, or for the club to lose its title. I do have to say I am surprised by the standard of football, it seems better than expected but the officials are somewhat weaker I feel.

To say I am enjoying the trips I've made, wouldn't be entirelyΒ honest.

I have enjoyed the change, I think the clubs in a good transitional period and if this continues I do feel it will go a long way to resolving the years of mess that Notts County has found itself in. I also believe that the season for us hasn't quite started and that in a few more games things should become a little more livelier. Don't get me wrong, relegation still hurts but we have a club that is adjusting well.

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Jimmy Sirrel Stand    are we do a mediocre season?

are we do a mediocre season?

i think with all that is going on and has happened since the clubs relegation from the football league, we are doing somewhat better than i thought. i feared that we would be nearer the foot of the league and for things to be like what is happening at chesterfield. it makes you wonder tho, as the majority of the vocal complaints come from the same mindless drones who always believe themselves to be the one who is right. it makes you wonder how they would get on supporting a team worse off.

i do get that some will want notts to be improving but it takes time, i would take a season where we have some good wins and the rest is grinding out results and draws. it dont seem that bad considering how poor notts was last season.

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Match Talk    Scouting Dossier : Notts v AFC Fylde

Nick Haughton

http://www.afcfylde.co.uk/player/nick-haughton/?doing_wp_cron=1569710166.7311658859252929687500

Very comfortable on the ball, with a good turn

Danny Rowe

Showed why he was on Notts's shopping list under Nolan

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Jimmy Sirrel Stand    Pre-match pub for away fans

Hi everyone. I've just signed up to PON, having read a number of the interesting articles on here in recent months.

On Saturday I was travelling back from Bromley to Preston by train (every match I attend is an away match for me) and struck up a conversation with a Barrow fan returning from a day out in Ebbsfleet. He organises all their away travel, which is very much self-funded. Sometimes they have enough fans to hire a minibus or even a coach and for other matches they travel by train. A group always travel by car too. I promised that I would provide him with contact details for a suitable pub that would welcome him and probably 50-60 of his fellow away fans (they expect to be bringing a coachload down) within, say, a 20-minute walk of Meadow Lane. I gather that he usually makes personal contact with the landlord or landlady some weeks prior to the match and always ensures that the fans are well behaved and respectful of their surroundings. I actually was very impressed with him. They would arrive about 12:30 and stay until 2:00 or 2:30 depending on location and enjoy, as so many of us do, a proper pub serving decent beer, rather than a pub that is part of a chain such as Wetherspoons and their like.

Having not lived in Nottingham for over 40 years, could someone please recommend somewhere that I could suggest to them please? It would be great to be able to ensure they had a brilliant experience of Notts' hospitality before leaving pointless on their long journey home. Actually do spare a thought for Barrow fans. Unlike Carlisle fans, they have to travel for one hour before even reaching the M6 and so probably suffer some of the longest journeys of any supporters in the EFL or National League timewise.

Many thanks,

LancsPie.

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Match Talk    Ratings Notts v AFC Fylde

Mean of 5

Slocombe 6.5 A match winning save but saddled with some woeful distribution

Brindley 6 Not able to get into position to deliver his crosses

Bakayogo 6 Athletic but not quite delivering in forward positions

Rawlinson 5 Switches off too much for me, never comfortable in possession

Mccrory 8 MotM how the match sponsors chose Slocombe??? McCrory didnt connect from a good corner move in the first half... powerful header from Bird's flick on

Boldewijn 4 One great sliding tackle , perhaps the first in a season and a quarter,,,,, anonymous again, needs a right motivational talking too, performances are not acceptable to the talent he has

Rose 6.5 Took on the defensive midfield king pin role successfully

Booty 5 Good corner for Bird's flick on but continual failure to pick up the second ball frustrating

Wootton 6.5 Cannot fault his workΒ ethic , just wasnt well supported

Thomas 7 Class finish for his goal

Osborne 7 A player that can get shots on target is a real plus. Tired and got subbed

Subs

Dennis 5 runs well but understanding with Wootton needs working on

Shields 5 Nothing special

Bird 7 shows his jumping skills to flick on..should be ahead of Rawlinson on the team sheet

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Prediction League    Prediction League 19/20 round 11

It's time to dust down your crystal balls again as we're onto round eleven of the famous PON prediction league. Just predict the scores below by Saturday 3pm, you get one joker each!

Derby v Birmingham City

Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday

Southend v Accrington

Oxford v Gillingham

Cheltenham v Crewe

Swindon v Newport

Yeovil v Bromley

Wrexham v Ebbsfleet

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Jimmy Sirrel Stand    Training facilities sorted for the remainder of the season

Training facilities sorted for the remainder of the season ????

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