I've seen a lot of talk about relegation on this board. As infuriating, perplexing and depressing as our choice of manager is, I don't think we should be worrying about going down.

Right now we have 30 points, 9 shy of the play-offs and 13 clear of the bottom two. The bottom two have won six games between them and will have to improve significantly to even get to 40 points. With almost half the season to go, we already have 30 and consistently beat teams outside the top 7 at home. The situation isn't like last season when we were clearly the worst side in the division for a big chunk of the season; this time there are a lot of teams worse than us.

I'm depressed that I even had to look at the bottom of League Two again to be honest, I hoped we had left those days behind us. And as poor as Derry and Moniz were, we would probably be in a happier place had we held on to them and allowed them to learn from their mistakes. But in the rather likely event that Fullarton fails, he'll be gone in the summer, barring a disaster we'll still be in the same place and we can but hope that the powers that be at our club appoint an experienced manager and allow him to do his job.

Let's keep all this in perspective anyway. In 1.1 billion years the sun will be 10% more powerful than it is today, causing the oceans to evaporate and ending life on Earth. We will all be dead and Nottingham and Notts County will be no more (although Mike Edwards will probably still be wandering around the ruins of Meadow Lane expecting to get a game at centre half).

How many here gamble via betting?

I very really do now but I do like basketball for betting, which I once managed to work out a system a few years back with contributed £250+ to Christmas. I stopped betting via betfair after I started getting a lot of deals etc - yet I have tried taking up regular betting via bookies.

I'm just not good at it. LOL

The bookies today stated Jamie Fullarton has all of a sudden gone from nothing to 4/6 to odds on for the job.

The bookies are apparently reported running scared as someone this morning went in a placed a massive amount on him the bookies think inside info has bein leaked.

so either someone knows something about him bein appointed or someone has to much money but the bookies think inside info has bein leaked 

I can't think that it could be put any more sympathetically than this by AWM03 on the Mad forum. I hope s/he will forgive my copying of their point of view.

According to Uncle Colin the new manager has been chosen and will be announced on Monday.

Will the club do the honourable thing and give season ticket holders a refund on the remaining games? I have feel I have been cheated and lied to, next manager must have league 1-2 experience , blah blah blah, what  a fookin joke

Name your top 5 favourite ex Notts players, and why?

It includes Lee Clarke and Nicky Eaden, according to some sources.

Well at this moment I'm not to sure hense why I'm asking your guys views there has been such a ahhh season so far frustrating at times. So I'm going to reserve my answer till i hear your guys views

It's FA Cup 3rd Round weekend but because of our inept display at Salford, we will be in league action this weekend. We drew 1-1 at home against Accrington in August. Notts played very well and should have been 4 or 5 up before Noble got sent off and the inevitable late goal to level the game. 

Stanley are absolutely flying this season. Instead of being the relegation candidate many thought, they are pushing for a playoff place. They are 7th in the table with 39 points (9 more than Notts and they have 2 games in hand). They have scored 38 goals (1 more than Notts) and conceded 26 goals (a whopping 18 less than Notts). Again it's easy to see why Stanley are 7th and Notts aren't. 

Stanley have lost 2 of their last 5 games. They lost against promotion chasers Portsmouth and Northampton. Given the opposition, this is no disgrace. They won 3-2 at Mansfield in their last game. 

Stanley are an exciting team to watch. They play a 4-4-1-1 formation. They mix pace and power with 100% commitment. Notts could learn a lot from them. Jason Mooney in goal has been superb this season. Their defence is solid. Matt Pearson at RB is one to watch. He's getting better and better. Conneely & Crooks in CM are excellent. Crooks especially. He'll drive forward at every opportunity. Josh Windass plays just behind Billy Kee and he has been a sensation. Stanley will do well to keep hold of him. Billy Kee is flying. He's joint top scorer with 10 goals. These 2 have to be kept quiet. 

I have huge admiration for Stanley. They may have a small budget but they have a fantastic manager in John Coleman and they have a wonderful club spirit. They are in a much better place than Notts right now so I'll go for a 2-1 home win. 

Assuming you had a magic wand, who in your wildest dreams would you want as Notts manager? The only caveat would be that they are alive and kicking.

For me it would be Diego Simeone at Atletico Madrid. What he has achieved in the last few seasons, on a comparable shoestring to the likes of Barca and Real Madrid is IMHO nothing short of brilliant. He has built a squad of players who are organised, disciplined and will quite frankly run through brick walls for him. Also the fans love him, he's passionate and really cares about his players and the club. He has also proved their La Liga title and Champions League final were not a flash in the pan as his team continue to challenge strongly for both this season as well as the Copa del Rey in Spain.

The only negative would be him getting David Beckham sent off in the world cup finals but maybe we can put some of that down to our David's youthful petulance at the time!

The friend system has been replaced by the new 'follow' method, it's pretty much still the case of add your friends but with the neat twist of gaining notifications when they post certain content.

Now, this can be annoying so I warn you.

When you click to follow someone via their profile, make sure select which content (if any) you would like to receive notification on. Believe me, this can get very annoying if you are constantly alerted that x y and z have all started twenty new posts or post x times. People who are used to Facebook will know exactly what I am getting at, so be sure to select the right settings and if at first you don't succeed doing this - simply click the green 'Following member' button.

In the screenshot I am attaching, you will see two tick boxes.



Until 'Receive notifications for all new content posted.'

It will then display the follow options, so you can get the notifications in which you would like - or simply deselect it if you are not bothered about receiving any at all.



Hopefully by sharing this, it will promote the feature and help avoid members receiving notifications which they are not interested in.

Coaches /players / managers

I'm not going to lie iv looked and I can't find any sure you lot will all be able to find some .

.............in the last 24 hours!!

Personally I think it is all down to the new PON promo.........well done Joe, and I am glad to say my Joining Package arrived today up here on the Altiplano, courtesy of Bandito Air....cheers.

ps the 4-pack of Double Diamond was out-of-date, not really a problem as I would drink Romanian Bat-pee if it was in a can.

pps the free Notts Matchday shirt was a perfect fit....though I was unaware that we are once again being sponsored by Home Bitter?......I obviously missed the briefing?

ppps the last free item "How to make extra cash from beating the bookies in the Sack Race using inside info"....excellent read and I will be trying out the tips using my 365 account.......not heard of the author before, Mr Trewster?

Tarkers

Please join me and welcome our latest new member @Mac the magpie.I hope you can join in posting and enjoy your time with us.

Has joined Plymouth according to twitter.

Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham @shuey pie, thanks for taking the time to join us and I hope you enjoy sharing your views on Notts + anything else you may notice that we discuss.

Would you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Welcome @Garwood!

I have approved your account, it seems that you was stuck in the validation process - sometimes the e-mails go stray but I hope you notice and then manage to take part in the community. Thanks for joining us!

welcome @ncfcog to pride of nottingham, see you around.

Who do we want then?

Who is realistic and what type of manager do we need?

Current odds...

Mark Cooper 5/4
Mick Halsall 8/1
Richard Dryden 10/1
Ian Barraclough 10/1
Russell Slade 12/1
Dean Suanders 12/1
Gareth Ainsworth 12/1
Chris Powell 16/1
Graham Alexander 16/1
Lee Clark 16/1
Gary Bowyer 16/1
Ian Holloway 20/1
Paul Ince 20/1
Andy Awford 20/1
Paul Dickov 20/1
Phil Brown 20/1
Gary McAllister 25/1
Tim Sherwood 25/1
Alan Irvine 25/1
Alan Curbishley 50/1
 

For me it needs to be an old fashioned organiser and motivator like Martin Allen was. Baraclough or Cooper will do me.

Now the bullet has been bitten @tonyhateley you need to give us a straight answer. He's gone so that's done with. Who do we choose to take the hottest seat in football?

Just posting this link to put the number of Managers at Notts over the years in perspective!!

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/genclerbirligi-sacks-coach-yilmaz-vural-after-just-five-days-in-charge.aspx?pageID=238&nid=93174&NewsCatID=362

I'm sure you wont mind if I take a moment just to say thank you to all the new members that have joined PoN in he past couple of months.

A community is only as good as it's members and I think we have continued to build an even stronger one with our recent additions.

Please feel free to post as regularly as you can because being Notts fans, there is always something to talk about!!!

The bookies have it all wrong I'm sure 

Sheridan odds on 5/2

Chris wilder from 20/1 to 4/1

Mark Cooper drifting out to 6/1 from 4/1 

Baraclough as drifted further away as to Darren purse and chris Powell 

But odds on Sheridan and wilder behind him unrealistic I can only dream tho 

Welcome to PoN @Elite_pie. Hope you enjoy all that the site has to offer.

Feel free to have a good browse around.

Those of you who did it last year may remember that we had a seperate prediction competition on a seperate website for the FA Cup, if I remember rightly @[member="Dripsey3"] set it up?

Anyway with it being first round weekend this weekend I won't be doing the reguar one but I have set up an FA Cup prediction league here: https://facup.predictthefootball.com/minileague/overall/5147/2015

If your not already signed up you will need to sign up, and then league code is 448451. The league is called PON FA Cup Prediction League. Think the scoring system is slightly different on this one, there is a page on there telling you how it all works