On Facebook I'm part of several satirical news groups that post stories with cracking (or c**ppy, depending on your perspective) headlines, with the stories themselves clearly filler from some local newspaper.

And then there are gems like this.

What's the funniest you've read? Bonus points if you can provide a clipping/screenshot!

there is certain players who can never do anything right it seems, haydn hollis, adam collin to name a couple never get much praise. do we hate on our own players?

i think we do and i think its time more people tried to be constructive rather than negative nellies!

Name: Wycombe 2-4 Notts County
Category: Match Highlights
Date Added: 2017-08-21
Submitter: Chris

Highlights as Kevin Nolan's men defeated Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park.

Wycombe 2-4 Notts County

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In another move that will pretty much end up alienating English football fans further, the draw for the third round of the EFL/League/Carabao Cup will take place on Thursday - at 4:15am BST.

This is because the draw will be made in Beijing.

Normally I'd leave it open to discussion and shirk from adding my opinion, but come on, this is ridiculous. It's a competition being played in England (or Wales, if Cardiff/Swansea/Newport play at home), where 99.99% of the fans going to watch the games will be based in the UK. What the hell are they thinking??

Notts County have had some great managers over the years (and many c**p ones, but we'll not talk about these!).

But besides from the top man Jimmy Sirrel and the other usual suspects who have done well with the club (Neil Warnock, Sam Allardyce, Steve Cotterill) what other gaffers who may not have had as much recognition do you rate particularly highly?

The "slug" celebration from Matt Tootle in Notts County's win over Wycombe has gone Twitter famous.

Honestly can't understand the meaning of it. I mean, I've done that before, but usually it's when I go through the front door at 4am on a Sunday morning eight pints and five double rum and cokes deep.

What on earth was this Notts County player doing during the celebration? 🤣 pic.twitter.com/x0sTGv6IrR

— Dave O'Grady (@DaveOGrady1) 19 August 2017

Collin 4 Yet another unconvincing performance. Seemingly, every time he takes the field, I never have any confidence that we will keep a clean sheet. Again failure to release the ball in the first half with 2 free players on the left. His kicks had an right wing swerve. Wycombe's equaliser was so predictable, he should have had someone on the line for Jacobsen's free kick. He has been around years, so you cant say Collin wasn't forewarned. 

Tootle 5 Comfortable 1st half but all change in the 2nd. Stuck to his task

Duffy 6 Lead the line well.               )

Brisley 6 never easy with the Beast. ) Duffy and Brisley knew what to expect  and generally were up to the task. However on 3 occasions the Beast  got into good positions unchallenged, so defensive failings remain

Jones 4 Despite his positive contributions, in terms of delivery, he was extremely fortunate to remain on the pitch. A straight Red would have been more than justified having followed through after losing the ball in the first half. Seem to remember O'Connor getting his marching orders last season at home for a similar challenge

Yates 5   )

Hewitt 5 ) When you are behind the goal, its difficult to gauge their effectiveness as a pairing. Effort yes, but lacking a real cutting edge today

Hawkridge 5.5 Always chasing and closing down. Took a knock to the nose in 2nd half, bloodied and had to be taken off after that

Grant 6 Overall play maybe justifies why he isnt in the Championship...but glimpses of individual skills when needed, especially at 2-2, creates openings to be exploited

Ameobi 7 Ability to be a target man and bring others into play. Rightfully lauded after the final whistle

Stead 4 Dreams of America fading fast

Subs

Forte 7 Perhaps Nolan has got him finally mentally right..Came on and made a difference through his movement along the line. Certainly got "stuck in" where it mattered

Alessandra 6 Not much time but got in to get the 4th following countless rebounds

Smith N/A

I think Newark Pie had described on Twitter my Chesterfield ratings as harsh... However one has to make the point that Nolan is making the team a sum greater than its individual parts. Early days, but one can see tactically Big Sam's ideas of pressing in the final 3rd, so you feed off the mistakes of the opposition. Hawkridge embodies this philosophy, not the greatest in skill but with a Warnockesque workrate. Nolan also noticeable for the 2 lines of 4 tactics, to compress space when not in possession

Ratings based on a mean of 5

Saturday's Fixtures:
Fulham v Sheffield Wednesday
Ipswich Town v Brentford
Bradford City v Blackburn Rovers
Oldham Athletic v Wigan Athletic
Exeter City v Lincoln City
Morecambe v Swindon Town

Who was your man of the match for Notts County at Wycombe Wanderers?

Game 3 - The Chairboys (A)

Team: Wycombe Wanderers

Date: 19/08/17

Where: Adams Park

What line-up should Kevin Nolan 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.

Based on 6/10 as an average, competent performance.

Collin - 6.5 - Saved us a couple of times and looked solid. Moaning about his distribution is harsh, he did the right thing at the right time.
Tootle - 6 - Looked sound defensively, didn't get forward a lot.
Jones - 6 - Better defensively, forward play and set pieces were mixed.
Duffy - 6 - Did what he was there to do.
Brisley - 6 - Better than at Coventry, hopefully he can build on this.

Hawkridge - 6.5 - Worked hard, good involvement for a wide midfielder.
Allesandra - 6 - Some good bits, but anonymous at times.
Hewitt - 6 - Won plenty of challenges but needs to use the ball better when in space.
Yates - 6 - A bit indecisive at times but still promising.

Ameobi - 6 - Great touch, always offered a target.
Stead - 6 - Average performance, but did keep their defence occupied.

Subs:

Grant - 7* - Gave us the touch of class we needed. I've deducted a point for his silly booking. He was lucky to escape a yellow at Coventry for a petty kick at the keeper. Cut out the petulance Jorge, because we need you on the pitch.
Forte - 6 - Got into some good positions, but let down by his first touch.
Walker - 6 - Steady for the short time he was on.

To be honest that was a pretty unimpressive but very welcome 3 points. I thought the performance of the officials was bizarre, they seemed to get a lot wrong and if anything their incompetence worked in our favour for once. I didn't see the first Ugwu incident, but a bloke near me was adamant he had elbowed Hewitt off the ball. The lino took an age to raise his flag, so I don't know how much he actually saw even though he was only a few yards away. Him and the ref had a discussion, then Ugwu was shown yellow. If it was a deliberate elbow then either the lino saw it and should have told the ref it was a sending off offence, or he didn't see it and Ugwu escapes unpunished. It was either a straight red or play on. The red card he did issue just before the break looked harsh in the extreme. I don't see how it was classed as denying a goalscoring opportunity at all. Maybe he was making up for his earlier error. I also thought that Stead was pushed to the ground when he was one on one with the keeper, which would have been a penalty and red card. Also the ref issued yellow cards for fouls that were softer than some he let go. Hopefully replays can clear a few things up. I have to admit leaving the ground with the impression that neither team will be involved at the upper end of the table.

Balint Bajner has joined Borussia Dortmund!

Before you all lose your minds (like the PON Facebook users did yesterday), it looks like he's rejoined Borussia Dortmund II in the regional fourth division, where he played before, so don't go looking for him in the Champions League. He'd spent the summer on trial there as well as in Kiel and Jena. It's been confirmed by the local newspaper.

Good luck to him, but I hope I don't see him lining up against Waldhof Mannheim next May.

I'm not sure if this has been posted already but still. Mansfield CEO Carolyn Radford applied for a seat on the FA Council last month. Instead of sending a CV and a cover letter, like a normal person would, she instead put her bid to music. Recommended viewing (if you dare):

The Premier League transfer window has been in the news this week (well, it's always in the news, but the behind the scenes stuff, I mean) as there are going to be discussions over whether clubs in the top flight should be forbidden from buying players once the first game of the season has got underway.

Now, the EFL is also looking to discuss a similar concept with its clubs.

A spokesman said: "The EFL Board and its clubs have previously expressed the opinion that closing the summer transfer window in advance of the season commencing would be an improvement on the current position.

"On this basis we will be tabling the matter for discussion with clubs in September.

"It will be important that all the consequences of such a decision are fully considered, as the requirements of our clubs are different to those in Europe's top flight leagues."

What do you think? Should clubs in the EFL be forbidden from buying new players once the season is underway? Or should it only be done by the Premier League,  who have the resources to cope with it? Let PON know.

Alan Hardy is looking at potentially changing the colour of the names and numbers on the back of Notts County shirts.

They're currently gold, but fans have complained that they're hard to see, while Hardy says black would cause the names to fade into the black of the shirt stripes.

So he's mentioned red, which the club has had in the past, but given it's a bit of a naughty colour round here, it's always worth checking.

So yeah, what do you think?

Pretty self explanatory - though I've added permanent to make it a little trickier and prevent a glut of "Jorge Grant" responses!

I'll be doing some graphics later, as I have various things which are needed for the site - also @magpiejue has asked if I would create her a new signature.

If anyone else would like something designing, even if it's not PON related let me know.

I was just wondering what peoples opinion would be on setting up a PON YouTube channel and uploading to this channel. I have also noticed some outdated podcasts on the "Media" tab. I dont know if they still happen or was wondering why they were stopped. Personally id love to sit down once a week and listen to topics about my club and discuss what we have done over the week. I also think it could get more fans to interact with the website. 

Thoughts?

They must be, as Notts voting for the inclusion of 'premier league' teams in the Checkatrade trophy allowed two young German players to get match experience for Everton last night.

Mr Hardy, please remember that next time England lose to Germany...

Continue the boycott!!

I have not got any statistics for this argument but just wanting peoples thoughts behind him. Jonathan Forte has had numerous spells with this club and has showed moments of class and others not so classy. I have heard from a number of Notts fans recently that they think hes passed it and is not even football league standard anymore. Personally i think he has a few attributes that are very helpful but has lost his eye for goal which for a striker is bad news. Whats everyone's opinion on him and do you think he has still got what it takes to score 10+ goals a season?

Thoughts?

EFL - The Blues (H)

Team: Everton U21

Date: 15/08/17

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Kevin Nolan 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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Name: Meet the Fans 17/18 - Chesterfield FC (12/08/2017)
Category: Meet the Fans
Date Added: 2017-08-13
Submitter: Chris

Pride of Nottingham spoke to a number of Notts County fans before the club's first home game of the 2017/18 League Two season, a 2-0 win over Chesterfield.

Meet the Fans 17/18 - Chesterfield FC (12/08/2017)

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Name: Notts County 2-0 Chesterfield
Category: Match Highlights
Date Added: 2017-08-13
Submitter: Chris

Notts defeat Chesterfield 2-0 in their first home game of the season.

Notts County 2-0 Chesterfield

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Game 2 - The Spireites (H)

Team: Chesterfield

Date: 12/08/17

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Kevin Nolan 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.

Saturday's Fixtures:
Birmingham City v Bristol City
Derby County v Wolerhampton Wanderers
Blackburn Rovers v Doncaster Rovers
Bristol Rovers v Peterborough United
Barnet v Luton Town
Mansfield Town v Forest Green Rovers

Good Luck!