Who was your man of the match for Notts County against Coventry City?

Haven't done this for a while, but here are my thoughts:

Collin 6 - Had surprisingly little to do in the way of saves, but generally looked assured.
Tootle 6.5 - Most of their attacks were on the other side, but played his part in a sound defence.
Duffy 8.5* - Excellent, led like a captain should and didn't put a foot wrong. Held us together at the back.
Brisley 7 - As usual kept things simple, good in our box and good in theirs.
Jones 5.5 - The one weak link in the side. Far too hesitant and struggled to contain the threat they offered on our left.
Virtue 7 - Nothing spectacular, but worked hard and got into some excellent forward positions that we didn't really utilise.
Hewitt 7 - Did what he's there to do, gave us that crucial physical presence in midfield.
Noble 6 - Not a lot worked for him today but got stuck in.
Grant 6 - Poor in the first half, but stuck at it and played his part even though his best bits were defensively.
Forte 7.5 - The Forte we want to see. Looked up for it and made the most of his chances. Just keep it going.
Ameobi 6.5 - Made sure their defenders didn't have an easy afternoon, should have done better with the chance he had.

O'Connor - no rating, but great to see him back. No time to make a big impression, but a really good bit of keeping possession late on just when we needed it. It's a big ask, but I think he might still play a part this season.
Hall n/a, but a good substitution when they were throwing high balls into the box.

Absolutely buzzing tonight. This was the sort of game that could have gone either way but we were back to the Notts we saw in the first half of the season where guts, effort and desire (a massive plus in a tight League 2) meant that we won more games of this type than we lost. Just keep it going lads, if we make the playoffs you will have done yourselves credit as a team.

Watching the very good Team Talk programme on Notts TV the other night they had Craig Westcarr as a guest and he was described as one of only 6 players that had played for all three Nottinghamshire teams.

I can think of another two, can anyone name all five?

Monday's Fixtures:
Ipswich Town v Millwall
Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday
Peterborough United v Northampton Town
Southend United v Gillingham
Crewe Alexandra v Port Vale
Stevenage v Barnet

Ronaldo's goal against Juve was featured on the German news today. It was very nice but you can go overboard. I saw a better one than that a few years back in Mannheim... can anyone top this?

(For the anoraks out there, this match also happened to be Emre Can's senior debut.)

New figures released by the FA show that Notts County are paid the fourth-highest amount of money in agent fees over the last year, the total standing at £76,426.

Indeed, four Midlands clubs make up the top four - Coventry City top (£113,620), Mansfield Town second (£85,940), Chesterfield third (£80,477) and then Notts.

What do you make of this news?

With the season coming to an end, the EFL have announced most of their yearly award nominations, as well as naming their teams of the season.

Unfortunately, Notts County haven't got one player in the League Two team of the season, nor have any players been nominated for the player of the season award.

Here is the League Two POTS shortlist:

Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe), Mohamed Eisa (Cheltenham), Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley)

And this is the team of the season:

Do you buy/receive Easter eggs? We only buy for our grandchildren one large one each and some small ones for an Easter egg hunt. We don’t buy our grown up son one and we don’t receive any.

Our daughter in laws family always buy the adults Easter eggs too, she buys one for her mother and her grown up brother and receives one from each of them.

What’s the tradition in your family?

Who was your man of the match for Notts County at Accrington Stanley?

Game 41 - Stanley (A)

Team: Accrington Stanley

Date: 02/04/18

Where: Crown Ground

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.

Ross Fitzsimons!

I know some people are fed up with hearing KN say this but to be honest I agree with him. I’ve been a supporter for over 50 years so I’ve just about seen everything. We’ve had a fantastic season when we went into the top three expectations were raised and now some people are showing their disappointment and frustration that we’ve dipped in form but I can’t understand the constant criticism on twitter and Facebook. 

For me I’d be elated if we finish in the top three and go up automatic, if we went up via playoffs would be fantastic but if we slip out of the play offs and don’t go up I will still be thinking what a great season we’ve had.

The run in will be difficult we need everyone onboard including the fans to help get us over the line, so let’s all get behind AH, KN and the team and make that final push but if for whatever reason we don’t make it lets applaud them for a great season and be grateful for how far we’ve come.

Good Friday Fixtures:
Brentford v Sheffield United
Cardiff City v Burton Albion
AFC Wimbledon v Fleetwood Town
Rotherham United v Peterborough United
Lincoln Cty v Exeter City
Mansfield Town v Accyington Stanley

Our goalkeeper gets a lot of stick on social media so I thought it would be nice to give him credit for the great one handed save he made yesterday against Wycombe to keep us in the game.

I know goalkeepers are paid to make saves and I know he has made mistakes in the past, he may not be your first choice keeper but at the moment he’s Nolan’s so as I say credit where it’s due it was a great save. Agreed?

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

As the title suggests anyone know what kids activities there are in the family stand tomorrow or have they been cancelled / stopped now?

I ask as it's not published on the website like they have done in the past 

On this day in 2005, Stefan Oakes hit an absolute screamer from 40 yards for Notts County in a 3-1 win at League Two leaders Yeovil Town, which was rounded off by goals from Glynn Hurst and Mark Stallard.

Here is the strike in all its glory!

Game 40 - The Chairboys (H)

Team: Wycombe Wanderers

Date: 30/03/18

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:
Bury v Wigan Athletic
Charlton Athletic v Plymouth Argyle
Fleetwood Town v Northampton Town
Crawley Town v Cheltenham Town
Exeter City v Swindon Town
Wycombe Wanderers v Port Vale

Game 39 - The Spireites (A)

Team: Chesterfield

Date: 25/03/18

Where: Proact Stadium

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.

Notts County have published their season ticket prices for 2018-19 "with adult prices frozen, huge savings for young adults and an exciting offer for juniors".

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2018/march/season-tickets-2018-19/

What do you think of the prices and offers? Will you consider renewing - and if so, will it be early bird or later on? Share your thoughts!

I don't like to think we have but I am so annoyed after today. I feel like I've accepted us not going up. Where do we turn this around?

Fallouts and backchat are happening

Lost 4 of our last 7

Where do we go from here?

Sky Sports twice tipped Notts County for the League Two title over the course of the season, which we have discussed on the forum.

With just eight games left, they've downgraded their prediction in what I would assume is the last predictor of the season, and the Magpies are now tipped to finish fifth.

This is what they say:

The stats-based Sky Sports Predictor is tipping Accrington to go on to win Sky Bet League Two this season.

Accrington's incredible rise has seen them jump above long-time leaders Luton at the top of the table, and the predictor is backing them to go on to win the title and promotion.

The Hatters and Wycombe, who currently sit second and third, have been tipped to hold onto those spots, while the play-off places look set to be filled by the current incumbents of Mansfield, Notts County, Exeter and Coventry.

And here is their final look table.

Thoughts on this latest prediction?

This was my view sitting on the half way line just behind the dugouts, although we were under cover the snow was blowing into the stand, it was bitterly cold too.

I think we will go up in the automatic but it will depend on if Wycombe win their game in hand. If they loose that I think we will get that last automatic spot. But I think County have turned a corner and have got momentum back that they had at the beginning of the season. Hope fully not the playoff route that won’t do us any favours the automatic I think is our route up.