2 hours ago, Wheelbarrow repair man said:

I think that Programme is Aptly Named it is POINTLESS.

Well I like it anyway.

Nev and his mate got to the head to head but we’re knocked out so they come back again on the next one I watch I hope he talks about Notts again.

@Fan of Big Tone

Each to their own imagine what a Boring World it would be if we all liked the same thing. Hope you enjoy it and Nev and his Forest mate do well.

I know you’re all dying to know how Nev and his Forest mate got on in the latest episode of Pointless.

Well sadly they failed in the second round mainly due to Nev’s Forest supporting mate who gave answers with high points meaning Nev had to get a low points answer to get through, he managed it for the first round but not the second.

This leaves them with one more appearance to try and win the trophy and the prize pot.

Come on Nev you can do it, ditch the Forest supporter.

A challenging totally set for Notts by the Falcons, who finish on 198 for 6 from their 20 overs.

Another defeat incoming.. Hales as gone just now.... Anyone know any 2nd 11 players that are ready to step up to the 1st 11!!?!!!!!!! 

Another defeat Notts 102 all out lose to the Falcons by 96 runs.

I think it is a good squad. 

The team will most likely be  built around Bellingham with the standout players being Foden, Walker, Rice, Saka, Palmer,  Kane & Stones

Disappointing not to see Jack Grealish in the squad.

I think we are good enough to get to the Semis, but I always worry about Southgate's negativity when it gets to the latter stages of a competition.

@Robbie

Must admit I was surprised by the omission of Notts Old Boy Grealish.  Thought he had a decent Cameo against Bosnia, That assist he did was amazing.  I mean why play the Guy if you're not going to pick him? Even if he didn't Start a match he could have certainly play the part of a Super Sub, how many times have you seen a player come off the bench and have a match winning effect on a Game? Mind you I think he's in Pep's Bad Books because he hasn't been playing for City in their Big Games. And if I'm Honest it wouldn't really surprise me to see him leave the Etihad.

It would seem while a good selection of Fans are happy with Southgate's Squad there is still a Big Worry from Fans that the England Defence doesn't have enough Experience. Well time will tell  if Southgate's gamble will payoff or Not.

Well the the Crowd seemed to Enjoy it from watching this snippet. I still think he'd have been a Good appointment as Director of Football at Notts.

Thanks for the Upload @Piethagoram.

I'm so glad for what Neil did for Notts during his tenure here and he will always be a Notts legend, but time has moved on and bringing him back to Notts now would be a backward step in my opinion.

On #Notts, replayed videos on stage of Play Off finals and talked a bit about them.

Video of Council House reception too... see what we missed on our recent promotion

Talked of Scarborough pre season trip... Drapes and Tommy complaining that despite being picked for England U21, they were given the room with bunk beds

Also video shown of FA Cup QF at White Hart Lane. It contained crystal clear view of Gazza's elbow on Harding. Warnock said he was ****ing annoyed, it was a straight red but then talked about refs seemingly protecting the big clubs

On first meeting Pavis, they knew on both sides, they wanted each other... Pavis would come along on scouting trips... like watching Dean Thomas at Northampton.

On other clubs, I hadn't realised Warnock was at Burton Albion with the likes of F*rest old boys Ian Storey Moore, Sammy Chapman, Paul Winfield?

Derbyshire Telegraph had rung up Warnock for comments on his release from Chesterfield as a player. The unfortunate part, was that Chesterfield hadnt yet told him!

What was obvious, he relied on good coaches, never seemed to take a coaching session... he would wander around and then just pull players aside to tell them...what you have just done in training, do that on Saturday! Warnock admitted he was all about man management.

In audience were Ben Robinson, now former owner of Burton Albion. Ian Storey Moore too.

Half way through the innings & the Worcestershire Rapids are 69 for 6, after 10 overs. Ollie Stone has two of those wickets

Rapids finish on 154 for 8 after their 30 overs.

Notts Outlaws need 155 to win.

Can they get their first win of the campaign.

Unfortunately, Notts Outlaws have fallen to their third successive defeat this term, this time against Worcestershire Rapids.

Notts could only muster 134 for 7 in their 20 overs & lost by 20 runs.

A big effort is needed in the next two matches at the weekend if Notts are going to have any chance of qualifying for the knockout stages, because they are falling behind the leading teams in this league.

I have no insight as to whether he's highly rated or not but I hope he can help to improve our keepers.

This is interesting at the end though; “We’re very happy with the backroom staff we have in place and we’re all really looking forward to pre-season.” And then it gives a full run down of the non-playing staff.

Ian Hutton hasn't been replaced, does that mean no strength and conditioning coach (fancy term for fitness coach I believe) for next season?

I think most Notts fans won't know much about Steve Collis, it seems that Stuart Maynard wanted at the club and perhaps at the cost of Tom Weal. I have found a lot of comments since Weal's departure to be very disrespectful.

However, I wish Collis well with his role and hope that we do see improvements within the keeping department.

When I first glanced  at this , I failed to see the word Coach. I need some New Glasses.

Excellent first post @Scotty

Excellent read @Scotty 

1 hour ago, Robbie said:

I wonder if Notts CEO Joe Palmer has this function as part of his duties?

I would believe his involvement in the signings and recruitment is quite high.

It wouldn't surprise me if he's not the person handling much of the first contact with potential signings, I recall being told Jason Turner was very involved with this area. Richard Montague duties are a little unknown to me, he might be more active with this role.

I was sad to see Tobi go.

I'm sure he will do well at Rochdale. 

tobi did better last season when he played than he did our promotion year, issue is he was quite clueless at defending and could not head a ball. i liked him but we made the right decision to let him go. good luck to him at rochdale.

Spot on @liampie.

I didn't see anything in Tobi during his first season; his injury may have impacted that, and I do agree that he looked better last season. Yet, he looks more like a winger than he does a wing back. He provides no contribution in defence. I do think he does have the ability to put in a good cross and has a nice turn of speed, yet his control, passing, position play are majorly lacking.

Good luck to him at Rochdale, I hope he can kick on with his career.

When the smaller clubs in the Premier League are forced to sell their best players to remain on the right side of the FFP rules, they shouldn't sell to the top six PL clubs, they should sell to teams either in Europe or Worldwide. 

If the top six are starved of the best talent, the PL would slowly become more equal once again.

On the 'Two Pints Podcast with Will Mellor and Ralf Little', they mentioned the 115 charges hanging over Manchester City and I feel like they had it bang on the money. Ralf Little said that they won't ever be punished for these charges to which Will Mellor responded that it would be unfair for City to go unpunished while Everton and Forest have both faced punishment for breaching the rules. 

I'm in agreement with both points made and I think the only time City will finally be found guilty of their charges is when they introduce the luxury tax ruling meaning that all they'll have to do is a pay a fine and it'll be done rather than seeing them face a points deduction which would really affect them. In short, punishing the lower teams and allowing the elite to stay at the top. 

The thing that annoys me about these situations is the fact that they are so blatantly allowing the elite to run the show and get away with anything and everything and they aren't even hiding the "corruption" anymore. 

Update.

Aston Villa have proposed to increase the amount of money clubs can lose under PSR rules in the Premier League over a 3-year period from £105m to £135m. This is set to get the green light in today's meeting.

What some pundits are saying on social media, is that if City win this Court action, it will have big implications for the PL, because it will allow the rich clubs like City & United to become even richer, & the competitiveness of the rest of the PL clubs would be dealt another big blow.

"English football is close to collapse as Man City blow it up in a legal move as significant as the European Super League saga".

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13494529/Manchester-City-win-case-Premier-League-headquarters-Etihad-OLIVER-HOLT.html

The majority of Premier League clubs are behind the PL regarding the suing of the PL by Manchester City.

The PL say they are going to vigorously fight the challenge from Man City.

I think @Robbie that United will say Ratcliffe only has a certain percent of ownership and that the Glaziers are to proper owners of United, that could be a way they Wrangle it.

Hopefully that Scandinavian group doesn't include a Certain pair  of Danish Brothers?

Bewildering, I'd have thought facilities could be found closer. Obviously not?

That must have taken a lot of patience..

Lets be honest. Notts was just a stepping stone for Ruben, a player of his calibre wasn't going to be left in the Footballing basement of the National League or League 2 . The biggest Regret for the Owners must have been he went on a Free Transfer. I think he was offered a new contract before Transfer Window of 2022/2023 and he refused to sign it. That being the case he should have been Transfer Listed that January and Notts would have benefitted financially from his Sale.

@Wheelbarrow repair man it's a pity that he didn't sign a new contract but I think Notts were right to keep him up to the end of his contract.

It paid dividends when he was in the right place at the right time to score our equaliser in the playoff final, that gave us the chance to win on penalties,  which we did.

I think Notts got their monies worth out of him, but it is a lesson for Notts for the future which I believe they have learnt from.

Macaulay was given a long contract last summer, so that this time, Notts can cash in if he goes. Now Notts need to get Jodi to sign a nice long contract too.

@Robbie

I agree with some of your points, however it always struck me that Ruben didn't really want to be at Notts,  he only wanted to use the Club as a window so he could show off his Footballing Skills and hope another club higher up the Footballing Pyramid would come in for him. As I understand it he was ready to leave the Lane before Ian Burchanell  left and it was  Luke Williams who convinced him to stay. And you really don't want a player who's all Me Me Me in the dressing room. Football after all is a Team Game. 

A few Years ago my eldest Son actually visited the Auschwitz Camp. He declared it is something that will stay with him for the Rest Of His Life. Even now after all the years that have past since the Camp's Liberation, there is a feeling of Evil in the atmosphere. After he told me about it, he said Dad everybody alive today and future Generations  must make sure a thing like this, Never Happens Again.

7 minutes ago, DangerousSausage said:

 @Robbie, 

About the Champions League, I think UEFA have managed to turn their premier competition into a version of the UEFA Cup, and the next changes will make it even more bloated. It's all about guaranteeing that the biggest clubs don't miss out and get as many games as possible. 

I totally agree on this..

I don't know why they didn't keep the UEFA Cup, the Cup Winners Cup & European Cup in their original format. Lots of money would still have been generated.

But of course UEFA want to ward off more talk of a Super League breakaway.

That's why they have increased the number of clubs in the Champions League.

@Robbie

You're so right Mate, 36 teams in the Champions League, will devalue the competition in fact really they'll have to rename it. How about the European Super League? That's what UEFA is trying to do, bring in the Super League via the Back Door. As you've stated before UEFA aren't going to give up this money spinning idea , the Super League will come about one way or another and the 36 team Champions League is just another attempt to get it up and running.

And what will happen? We'll get the moaning and groaning from the Premiership, The season's to long our players are tired playing all these extra games it means more chance of injuries to our players.  And of course the FA with bend over backwards to accommodate the whining winging Premier League Prima Donna's and the rest of the English game will suffer.

Until the 72 clubs of the EFL have effective equal voting rights with the 20 in the PL league, nothing will change regarding the steady unstoppable path to an eventual Euro Super League.

There has even been talk about the Championship morphing into a PL 2 league, that would split the football league power base even more firmly into the FA Premier League's corner. 

The Bears are all out for 149 after 19.3 overs.

The Outlaws need 150 to win.

A disappointing result for the Outlaws as they are bowled out for 127 from 19.2 overs and the Bears win by 22 runs.

Notts have now lost both their first two matches and remain at the bottom of their league.

In five years time Notts will hopefully be in league 1, in a good financial state, resolutely sticking to their long term financial principles.

Hopefully Notts will be challenging in the top half of the table, playing attractive open football that will continue to attract a good following.

I would hope to have seen the Club invest in the ground improvements needed to get the ground capacity back to 20,000 with more refreshment kiosks and additional toilets.

I think the Club need to install additional turnstiles and improve the present ones too.

This coming season, we need to aim for the top 3, then 4 years consolidation in EFL1

New toilets, decent electric hand driers, automatic self scan turnstiles...a bonus

At Best midtable to lower reaches of League 1. Worst case fighting to get back into the EFL.  

I just hope that Notts stay on a Firm Financial Footing. Fans Match Day Comfort is Improved.

Five years is a long time in Life let alone Football many things can and will happen, lets just wait and see.

In the Sky news article @Wheelbarrow repair man a football club coach described one single SNUS pouch ss equivalent to smoking 4 cigarettes at once.

In the sky article it mentions that players taking it have ignored club bans, so it looks like individual clubs have tried to ban it's use but without success.

If it is not illegal to take, I suppose it will be hard to ban, but surely they could ban it's use in the confines of the workplace, just like cigarettes are. 

And what about the junior section of clubs. What are the clubs doing to prevent it's use by academy and junior players?

It appears by all accounts that SNUS usage is going to be a growing problem in football.

@Robbie

I've read the Sky report and it's says more or less what the BBC article said. It would appear that Snus should be Banned outright by the FA and any player should run the risk of also being Banned for using it. 50% players using it want to stop so an outright Ban can only be the way Forward, you'd think wouldn't you? Those players affected should then be given all the necessary  Help in combating their Addiction.

Agree @Wheelbarrow repair man

Snus should be banned for a variety of reasons. 

1. To protect junior players full stop.

2. To protect senior players from the harmful & long term effects.

3. To stop the use of Cnus from spreading throughout sport in general 

4. To stop the use spreading to the general population any more than it has.

So I believe it should be banned full stop by the government, or at the very least, to ban all sports persons from using it.

15 hours ago, Robbie said:

A goalkeeper who a good all rounder, can command his box, is a good distributer, good at dealing with crosses, & a good shot stopper.

You missed out good organiser and communicator. Goalkeeper’s see danger before any other player on the pitch, a good organiser can cut out some of it before it’s too late.

I'm sceptical about rumours like this. Is the club genuinely interested or is his agent trying to drum up some bids?

I'd prefer a keeper in the twilight of his career, who's played higher, can organise the defence and give it composure. That doesn't mean a young keeper can't be our man, but as Super Dan says our success rate hasn't been brilliant in that area.

Why? Notts don't need to take  a young keeper on Loan.  Tiernan Brookes should be in the Squad next season. our head of Recruitment kept banging on about how Notts need to bring their own Talent through, and sending young Brookes out on Loan, only to have him replaced by an on loan Keeper of the same age is farcical, and isn't going to help Tiernan's development in any way, now is it?

Steady Eddy, I hope he does well.

My wife once saved him a lot of money, we were at a Lifeline “do” and he was on the next table, he got up and a wad of money dropped on the floor, she spotted it and told him, he was very grateful but he didn’t even buy her a drink. 

Good luck to him! He'll be linking up with Neil Warnock as well then.

A Good Strong Player for the Magpies. Good Luck and All The Best Mike.