Guys can you help me welcome our new member @Phil4nic to Pon.

Saturday's Fixtures: 

Preston North End v Bolton Wanderers

West Bromwich Albion v Stoke City

Portsmouth v Plymouth Argyle

Wycombe Wanderers v Luton Town

Exeter City v Lincoln City

Stevenage v Cambridge United

On the back of the shark attack discussion I have posted, I wonder how many PON members have seen a shark alive with their own eyes?

I have seen several types of sharks out at sea, including Great Whites, Hammerheads and Bull sharks. It's scary to think how dangerous these sea creatures can be, most don't look friendly either.

This amazing tale has been resolved now with some interesting facts, the idea of a baby being abandoned in such a manner seems cruel but at least this has a somewhat happy ending. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/a-baby-was-abandoned-in-a-phone-booth-64-years-ago-now-dna-has-helped-explain-why/ar-BBMaoD8?ocid=spartanntp

What's the tallest and smallest animal you have seen with your own eyes?

Tallest:
Smallest:

I think this could be an interesting sub topic, as it will see how much exploring some fans have done.

Good morning all, I'm a bit late starting this thread today but I know you are all itching to hear what I am up to today aren't you? No? Oh well, I'll tell you anyway.

I've already been on a run, I was going to run down the canal but the fair is in town with the accompanying travellers, my normal canal run is very lonely and last time the fair was in town a runner got mugged on the canal which is close to the travellers encampment, I don't know whether the two are connected but I don't want to risk it to be honest. So I did a pavement run which takes me in an entirely different direction, I managed to do nearly 6 kilometres in 36 minutes, not my fastest pace but it is quite hilly so I'm pretty pleased with the time.

After having a rest and shower I am now settling down to do some computer work, then hopefully this afternoon I can go for a walk with Mrs. BigTone and then relax a bit.

What has everyone else got planned for today?

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2018/august/kewell-appointed-manager/

Manager: Harry Kewell

Assistant: Warren Feeney

With Darren Fletcher standing down from the board.

Rob Milsom returns from Crawley Town on an initial loan deal.

 https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2018/august/milsom-signs/

Personally I think this is poor and I am not a fan of this move one bit. Rob is a cracking player and guy but he only left in May and now hes back. Something not right here.

Inspired by @Fan of Big Tone Daily Chat Thread I thought I would ask the PON Community simply, Indian or Chinese? Also what is your order when having one?

Good morning PoN, we have an early wake up today as we’ve got the grandchildren coming any minute. They are off school on an inset day and we are taking them to a theme park called Twin Lakes in Leicestershire, it’s a treat for George’s birthday as he was 10 on Sunday.

I won’t be around much today so I hope everyone has a great day, I’ll pop on here tonight while I’m listening to the match on the radio.

Dont forget to tell us what you’re up to today.

So next up County take on Grimsby away in the checkatrade trophy will you be going.? 

Considering rejoining twitter as it seems the best social media to keep up to date with football, notts etc. But not always been a fan, wondering if it's worth signing back up to join the social media to connect? Is it worth re joining anyone else on twitter? 

So tonight we travel to Grimsby for the checkatrade trophy.

so I thought I would ask you lovely people of Pon for your score predictions and goal scorers.?

So i was watching master chef last night and I've had a thought (are there dark horses in this group) any one who can cook like a pro make us drool . any takers guys and girls 

Good morning PoN, it’s a patchy cloudy start here today, the temperature is a bit lower this morning.

Not much happening here, we are off to Lidl this morning to stock up then if the weather stays fine I’ll do some more gardening, I’ve let it get into a bit of a state lately so it’s going to need doing a bit at a time as I get exhausted if I do too much.

Anyone doing anything exciting? Let us know.

I said to @Magic magpie how bad the decision was, you could forgive the foul as a 50/50 challenge and give both players a yellow card. I know some will respond that Dan Jones went in with two feet but their player ran into him for heaven's sack, he also made the first contact and then made an absolute meal of the incident.

Honestly, if he doesn't win an Oscar or some sort of diving award I will be surprised because he's at fault too. I feel the sending off is really harsh, you can clearly see Jones has his hands in the air in the picture below.

If Kewell is to become the next manager of Notts what do you exspect from him.?

So only fools and horses is the biggest comedy around the world. Any one find themselfs using words from Del or Rodney or other cast members. 

“You plonker” 

“soppy old git” 

love it always makes me smile ???? 

All players based rating based on /10. 

Fitz - 0 - Had nothing and I mean nothing to do all game apart from have an attempt at saving three or four chances. First goal was not his fault that is fine. But the other two watching him attempt a dive is painful. He's just lazy and it looks like he's lost all confidence in his own ability. Shocking!

Hawkridge - 7 - After being out for a while I thought he had a solid game and would have given him MOTM if he had played more minutes. Good effort from him. Really valued his effort today.

Hewitt - 5 - Bang average performance. A standard performance from what you would expect from him. Few sloppy errors but that's Hewitt for you.

Brisely - 5 - Same as Hewitt. Improved from recent weeks. 

Jones - 4 - Good runs but sloppy deliveries and attempted one cross in the first half without even looking up. Lacking confidence again and it shows in his bang average performances at LB. Red card was deserved.

Boldewjin - 4 - Isolated and easily marked by the FGR defender, not his best performance and he needs to start creating more chances otherwise fans will start to get on his back. A day to forget from him. 

Vaughan - 7 - MOTM for me, happy with his performance and worked hard all game. For a man of 35 to play as many minutes as he is doing for the club, it is a credit to have him here and putting the performances in. Played a good captain today too as i spotted him a few times going to players and offering advice and support. Credit. Only bad thing to say about him is I think he could be more forward with his passes sometimes.

Milsom - 7 - He could fill the hole quite well. Played well and received the ball well with a good first touch. Needs to be quicker though and be more decisive with his actions and passes. More commitment needed from him. But happy to have him back and played convincingly today.

Alessandra - 5 - Missing really and didn't notice anything from him today. Hope he gets more of a chance but think Thomas would've been better suited today to exploit FGR's weaknesses. 

Dennis - 2 - Missing and drifted into play CM a few times. Never really did much running and such a shame that he picked up a knock. Him and Hemmings seem to struggle to understand each others game.

Hemmings - 7 - Effort was there and I think he really cares but just isn't getting the service required to be able to do his job effectively. Hope he can become the main striker in the team and become a real leader of men. Think he will thrive under Kewell.

Subs:

Stead - 7 - Good goal and is turning in to a really good impact sub. Got a lot of time for Stead and hope he isn't written off by Kewell because of his age.

Kellett - 7 - Good effort and carried the ball forward well. Should start next game for me as he offers so much more than the likes of Husin and Jones.

Husin - 3 - Diabolic deliveries and when confidence was building he killed it off with his inability to put in a good delivery. Think he had 3 corners and 1 free kick all of which was useless. Bench player at best. 

So below is the champions league draw for the group stage .. what’s everyones opinion.?n

Not the type of thing you read about every day, especially such an incident on the coast of Ireland.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/belfast-shark-attack-man-fishing-boat-serious-injuries-cork-a8519301.html

Could be a long day checking on here and twitter trying to find any news!

I been knocked down so many times
Counted out 6, 7, 8, 9
Written off like some bad deal
If you're breathing you know how it feels
Call it karma, call it luck
Me, I just don't give a

Bounce, Bounce Nothing's gonna keep me down
Bounce, Bounce Stand up, shout it out
Bounce, Bounce I play hard, I play to win
Count me out, count me in
I'll be bouncing back again

This ain't no game; I play it hard
Kicked around, cut, stitched and scarred
I'll take the hit but not the fall
I know no fear, still standing tall
You can call it karma, call it luck
Me, I just don't give a