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So the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup is done and dusted, and Notts County will face either Premier League strugglers Swansea City or Championship high-flyers Wolverhampton Wanderers at Meadow Lane!
Happy with the draw? Share your thoughts!
FA Cup - The Bees (A)
Team: Brentford
Date: 06/01/18
Where: Griffin 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.
Not the worst draw now we've won it ah? Kinda typical really.
A lot of those who have moaned and bashed this tie will be hoping we draw United or a big club next, I hope for our sakes they don't jinx things and we end up with a less than impressive draw because Brentford wasn't that bad at all.
Fantastic win, I'm delighted we secured the win without being forced into a reply. I knew it would be tight! Well done Notts.
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Typical that my internet gave up on me, meaning I couldn't follow it on the radio. It worked fine after!
I for one would like us to draw a genuinely big club in the next round, or F*rest. Preferably at home. Sure, someone like Shrewsbury would give us a better chance of progression (although we'd still be outsiders), but going out to a team like that would be pretty anticlimactic.
stead scored a wonderful goal, brill win.
i wonder how far we can go? i hope we can make the next round at least.
Kevin Nolan has confirmed that several Notts County fringe players are likely to leave Meadow Lane on loan.
He mentioned Haydn Hollis and Curtis Thompson - do you think these are the only two that should leave, or do you have anyone else in mind?
Let's hear your thoughts!
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Happy new year! Let's hope 2018 is a successful year for Notts and a happy and healthy year for us all. Looking in the history books, it is the 20th anniversary of Big/Fat Sam's promotion season and the 60th anniversary of our relegation to the third tier under Tommy Lawton.
On a personal note, I'm moving to Darmstadt next month so I'll be a little bit closer to Meadow Lane!
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Sky Sports has officially tipped Notts County to win the League Two title this season!
They've run all of the teams through "a system called Elo, originally set up to rate chess players. It takes into account form, who your team still has left to play, and how well a team has done in previous seasons."
This is how the Sky Sports Predictor see the final L2 table:
What do you reckon?
Personally I think it's flattering to be held in such esteem by the biggest sports outlet in the world... but at the same time, let's hope there's no "Manager of the Month" type curse at play.
Kevin Nolan is the best manager to tell the players: "yeah that's nice, but no. Ignore and just crack on with your job."
But we as fans can gloat... especially considering who's in last place and how far down Mansfield are!
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Fitzsimons 7ย A second clean sheet, some good saves. Just one missed cross but overall, a keeper that gives an impression that he is hard to beat
Tootle 6.5 Defensively positioning excellent
Duffy 6.5 Steady. Took a professional booking for the team
Brisley 7 Reads the game well
Jones 7 Gives momentum for offensive work
Yates 6.5 a more subdued performance in front of a watching Graham Alexander
Hewitt 6 all the energy as usual, just wished he had a more controlled pass at times
Hawkridge 5.5 Caught a few times being too slow in decision making. Makes up for in terms of effort.
Grant 6 Could have killed the game but keeper made a good save. Again drifts in and out of the game
Alessandra 5.5 Losing possesion too often
Stead 7 Had a good chance in first 3 minutes but made up for it for an exquisite finish in the second
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Subs
Noble 6 a yellow card welcome back but was good to see him back
Smith 6 "The General" looking so much fitter
Walker 6ย
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Who was your man of the match for Notts County at Brentford in the FA Cup third round?
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Game 27 - Red Devils (H)
Team: Crawley Town
Date: 06/01/18
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.
New Year's Day Fixtures:
Bolton Wanderers v Hul City
Sunderland v Barnsley
Charlton Athetic v Gillingham
Rochdale v Blackpool
Accrington Stanley v Morecambe
Luton Town v Lincoln City
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ased on a mean of 5
Fitzsimons 7 So great to have a keeper to come out and claim difficult balls. Held nerve in the last minutes
Tootle 6.5 What a difference a year makes. Worked very hard
Duffy 6 a needless booking but kept his head. Some good blocks
Brisley 6.5 Solid as usual
Jones 6 Didnt get as forward so much but held position well
Yates 6 played astutely
Hewiit 5 too many wasteful passes despite his running to cover the midfield. Needless booking
Allesandra 5.5 a good first half but seemed to slow in the second
Grant 6 another match passes him by but when you need a few seconds of quality, he does provide it
Stead 6.5 took a battering but stood up well. Smashed the penalty well
Forte 5.5 wasted a great chance. Not one of his better performances
Subs
Saunders 5.5 still have doubts if he can physically cope with L2
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Who was your man of the match for Notts County against Port Vale?
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Game 26 - Valiants (H)
Team: Port Vale
Date: 01/01/18
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?
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No idea at the minute cos some players are injured but I feel like Duffy and Forte may return as Brisley had that knock at Crawley but still managed to play the next game against Lincoln. As for Ameobi he plays 2 games then gets injured. Fitzsimons, Tootle, Brisley, Duffy, Jones, Alessandra, Hewitt, Yates, Grant, Stead, Forte
If not then: Fitzsimons, Tootle, Brisley, Hewitt, Jones, Hawkridge, Walker, Yates, Grant, Stead, Alessandra
Despite my selection I'd honestly I'd rather play Bird at CB than Hewitt. Hewitt is just not a CB. He really isn't and I hope Nolan realises.ย
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Difficult game, particularly given Vale's great recent form and County's lengthy absence list. In the circumstances I'd be happy with a draw.
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Think our home record will be tested , seem on the up do Vale , injuries could be a problem really would like Duffy back Pope is a handful he would target Hewitt or and the youngster Bird ย isn't ready I don't think , a draw I think in what is a tricky game .
Saturday's Fixtures:
Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers v Scunthorpe United
Milton Keynes Dons v Peterborough United
Carlisle United v Coventry City
Wycombe Wanderers v Mansfield Town
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Game 25 - The Robins (A)
Team: Swindon Town
Date: 30/12/17
Where: County 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?
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I consider this to be the hardest tests for Notts, yet I think if we keep our heads up and more importantly constantly focused we should be fine. They are a good team, nobody should question this but in recent weeks we have seen a different kind of magpies.
We just need to ensure that any chances are turned into good ones and ultimately taken.
The defence should be perfectly fine, provided they focus on the basics and actual pick up on their marks.
Swindon are a good side , play good football , for some reason it's not happening for them at home , so here's hoping that continues today , after being thumped by Luton they have much to prove , but if we start the game well , a good high tempo and are blessed with an early goal it could be a difficult afternoon for the hosts , going for a win for the pies 2-0 , COYPย
One of them days today when nthing really went right for us. It was a very lathargic and leggy performance, we had no spark today. Swindon didn't outplay us, but they made themselves tough to break down, and we played into their hands a bit by just lumping it long to Stead all game who had little to no support. It took us until injury time to actually test their keeper.ย
Don't think there's any reason to panic, to be honest it was a very scrappy game with very little quality on show, and we just couldn't quite find that cutting edge today.ย
I'm sure Kevin Nolan will be looking into reinforcements next month. See a lot of people begging for a striker, and there's no doubt we could to with one, although sadly there's about 22 other clubs in this league thinking the same thing.ย
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Who was your man of the match for Notts County at Swindon Town?
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Not related to Notts County but this guy definitely deserves a shoutout... Gordon Banks, who won the 1966 World Cup with England, turns 80 today!
Many happy returns Gordon!
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Over the years Morecambe have emerged as a sort of barometer of Notts County's standing.
This was a post I put on Facebook on this day (28 Dec) two years ago, for a game that eventually finished 2-2...
Of course, 11 months and 3 weeks ago we lost 4-1 at the Globe Arena, and this time out, we won 4-1 at the Globe Arena.
Morecambe were also the team we beat to officially seal promotion to League One (that was another 4-1!) in 2010, and they were the team Sol Campbell played against in his only game.
However, my favourite barometer of County's success would be to not play them for a long, long time (except in the cups) because we'll be several divisions higher than them.
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Boxing Day Fixtures:
Cardiff City v Fulham
Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Wednesday
Bradford City v Peterborough United
Wigan Athletic v Shrewsbury Town
Chesterfield v Crewe Alexandra
Port Vale v Coventry City
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Some transfer talk from the Nottingham Post today:
Notts County are not in the chase to sign Ricky Miller with the Peterborough forward attracting plenty of interest from other League Two clubs.
Meanwhile, Notts will allow Curtis Thompson and Haydn Hollis to leave the club on loan after the pair failed to nail down a place in Kevin Nolan's first team.
Thoughts on these reported developments?
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Notts County continue to impress in League Two and, although there's still half the season to go, I can imagine many fans would now be reassessing their expectations for the season, with safety all but assured.
If we now were to look upwards rather than downwards, how many points do you think it would take for a team to gain promotion this season?
John Watson has made this point on Facebook:
So, looking at the points totals required for the last 11 seasons (06/07 to 16/17, Source Sky Sports) it throws up some interesting facts.
For the last 3 seasons 3rd place in L2 has required 85 points to secure it, the lowest over the 11 seasons for 3rd is 78 points, max is 88. The average to secure 3rd is 83.
Applying the same maths to 7th place the lowest points total required in the last 11 seasons was 69, highest was 78. Average is somewhere between 71/72.
Turning to the current seasons, and typical of Notts, shows currently 3rd down to 9th spot covered by 3 points.
3rd down to 14th, is covered by just 7 points as I write this, which suggests the points total required this season to secure automatic or playoffs is likely to be higher.
My view is we will require around 87 to secure 3rd (which would be the highest since 88 was required in season 07/08) and around 77 to secure 7th.
What do others think?
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Online site The Sportsman has listed Notts County's revival this year as one of their Highlights of 2017.
Here's an excerpt:
What a remarkable 2017 for Notts County, a club transformed by a new owner and a manager in Kevin Nolan who appears destined to reach the top flight once again.
As the one-year anniversary of a takeover and Nolanโs appointment to the managerial hotseat approaches, the turnaround over this calendar year must rank as one of the most impressive any club as seen.
And itโs why, in a year of England striker Harry Kaneโs world class goalscoring exploits, the epic British and Irish Lions drawn series in New Zealand and Englandโs Six Nations title, as a Notts County fan the day new owner Alan Hardy walked into the door and proceeded to bring Nolan with him, is the only sporting occasion that can only be the moment of 2017.
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Hi all,
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Hope you all had a good Xmas, here is a Morecambe fan's take on your win at the Globe
http://d3d4football.com/d3d4-boxing-day-match-reports-game-week-24/
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thanks
James
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Game 24 - The Shrimps (A)
Team: Morecambe
Date: 26/12/17
Where: Globe Arena
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.
Well done lads, terrific away performance. I was a bit concerned that we were sitting too deep and inviting them onto us in the first half but I needn't have worried. What's also encouraging is that four goals came from midfield today and Liam Noble will be eligible from the new year. Stead might not be putting them away at present but at least we're not dependent on him for goals.
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Brilliant result, I was a bit concerned about our lack of striking power when the team was announced, but four goals away from home doesn't happen too often.ย It was good to see some of the fringe players like Jones, Hunt and Walker get a positive 90 minutes under their belt, we willย need a strong and competitiveย squad going into the second half of the season to meet our target.ย Well done to all, especially Kevin Nolan, the changes he made once again came up trumps.
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A strange game really. We never seemed to get out of 2nd gear (not that we needed to) and just sort of plodded along in the game and the scoreline seemed like an inevitability by the end.ย
A point to note though that Morecambe were especially poor, probably the worst I've seen this season. They can't play like that every week because they've had some decent results against some good sides, but yesterday they were abysmal. Steven Old was rubbish at the back, as he was 10 years ago when I watched him in the A-league. 50p head. His mate didn't help either, it seemed that Stead was allowed to take balls down or win headers with very little resistance, we didn't see him flailing on the floor for most of the game as we usually do. Then to mention the gigantic gap between defence and midfield that they gave us free access to. Jorge Grant andย Alessandra had all the space, and their midfield didn't seem to keen is closing it down and their defence definitely weren't about to step up.ย
After watching that, you can see 100% we made the correct decision letting Adam Campbell go. It was a typical Campbell performance we saw yesterday, and we'veย seen it oh so many times before, lots of running about, some neat touches, but ultimately 0 impact on the game and couldn't finish in a brothel. You have to worry for the lad as if he can't make it at a team like Morecambe, he will drop out of the league.ย
Some pleasing things for us were the defending which was generally solid - only a wonder goal prevented a clean sheet. Hewitt, Yates and Walker all looked really clever on the ball. I don't know why we don't try and keep the ball on the ground when we're obviously the technically better side, as we were yesterday. There were some periods of nice play, but some seem scared to make a mistake. You're 3, 4 to none up, away from home and 75 mins on the clock? Get the ball on the deck and spray it about a bit.ย
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Who was your man of the match for Notts County at Morecambe?
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Yesterday was not only Christmas Day but also @GrannyPie 's birthday.With all the excitement of the day I forgot to post her a birthday wish ,so here it is-Happy birthday @GrannyPie hope you get a belated present from Notts today!
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