Game 6 - The Mariners (H)

Team: Grimsby Town

Date: 03/09/16

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should John Sheridan 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.

I've noticed on Social Media, the tides turning against Stanley. I know Elite on here has expressed hos own reservations and even I am now doubting Stanley's contributions.... but having said that, I don't think he is being helped by those around him. O'Connor was anonymous yesterday and didnt step up to a captain's duty. Rodman just drifts in and out and his ability to put in decent crosses remains questioned.

So perhaps Jamie "He who should be named" was right all along..... However, I would still rather have Stanley than Smith's limited mobility. What really holds Stanley back is his lack of real shooting ability.

http://www.player.nottscountyfc.co.uk/latest-news/970c89dc-a652-483c-8c41-fde0e5e0ff6d

Interesting interview

Collin 5 - Still undecided about him. Thought he could have gone down better to try to save 2nd. Doesnt release ball early enough to start attacks
Tootle 5 - OK but was unimpressed
Duffy 5  OKl
Laing 5 - Started very poorly but improved
Dickinson 5  good shift
O'Conner 3 -  expected so much better.Yes shocking penalty
Rodman 5 - Poor first half, and not a great crosser of the ball
Aborah 4 - A Ray Wilkins in disguise. Too many square passes but O'Connor didnt help him. Dreadful mistake for their 2nd
Forte 6 - Forgettable first half but much improved in second 
Stead 5 - Not at the races, wasted good chance in first half
Campbell 4 - Headless chicken syndrome again

Subs:
Audel 5 - better going forward with obligatory defensive lapse
Oliver 6.5  - Legs and flick ons. What Stead was lacking
Collins 6.5 - Pace positioning shooting and understanding, everything Campbell strives for but lacks

Saturday's Fixtures:
AFC Wimbledon v Chesterfield
Millwall v Bradford City
Oldham Athletic v Shrewsbury Town
Crewe Alexandra v Doncaster Rovers
Luton Town v Wycombe Wanderers
Yeovil Town v Blackpool

Noticed a couple of comments about it on another topic , so thought wonder what others in the community thought , my view is that it's poor , not one for change at the best of times so when I encounter it , I'll give it time to impress , but this football show is not good , didn't enjoy it last season and can't see me enjoying it , more a case of endurance , so I see our limited highlights , what do you think ? 

EFL Trophy - Monkey Hangers (H)

Team: Hartlepool United

Date: 31/08/16

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should John Sheridan 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.

http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/notts-county-aaron-collins-wolverhampton-wanderers-wolves-3284639.aspx

Party now in Modena maybe!

Balint Bajner (44) has signed for Modena in the Italian third tier #NoBajnerNoParty

After the nightmare draw in last season's Champions League, it's same again this year:

Barcelona, Man City, Celtic and Gladbach. First game at Manchester on Tuesday Sept 13th, if anyone wants tickets let me know asap.

FILIP Valencic CONTRACT WITH PS KEMI

07/27/2016
24-year-old Slovenian  Filip Valencic has made a 1 + 1 year contract with PS Kemi. 

http://www.nottinghampost.com/john-sheridan-keen-to-move-on-notts-county-players-who-do-not-figure-in-his-plans-for-next-season/story-29555571-detail/story.html

With John Sheridan "keen" to move a few on, who do we expect to leave?

I wouldn't be surprised if we see a couple of youth players such as Gibson go out on loan. Graham Burke is a player I want to do well but he seems like De Silva in that he has bags of talent but seems more of a luxury player, he can watch games go by coupled with the fact he can be lazy but I feel he may be one of the players we end up letting go. Izale Mcleod, goalscorer on his day he can tear teams apart in this league but again he can be lazy and had a bad end to the season however it's worth noting he did NOT have a pre season last year and maybe that's why he ran out of steam towards the second half of the season, can't see him leaving due Forte being injury prone, Stead picks up yellow cards, so we need that other proven striker, hopefully he will come good this season. We've still got Rob Milsom but he is always injured so that could force the end of his Notts days.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/aug/29/noisy-neighours-leganes-atletico-madrid-real?CMP=share_btn_tw

an interesting read

Well as the title suggests I'm still exploring PoN after a few months of joining . Not a prolific user of social media , as I've no doubt mentioned before lol. 

Was reading an article by JJ from 2013 a few mins ago about our old goalkeeper Raddy Avramovic , and brilliant it was to , so just wanted to give a huge pat on the back to you all at PoN and say keep up the good work you do , and all you contributors the same its a great site , and to finish just by saying a word of encouragement to newer members , explore and enjoy , I can say for sure you'll really enjoy it . 

Would love to hear your thoughts .

Game 5 - Red Devils (A)

Team: Crawley Town

Date: 27/08/16

Where: Broadfield Stadium

What line-up should John Sheridan 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.

Satrday's Fixtures:
Barnsley v Rotherham United
Bristol City v Aston Villa
MK Dons v Peterborough United
Port Vale v Scunthorpe United
Cambridge nited v Luton Town
Exeter City v Portsmouth

Doesn't look very good for ex-Notts Shaun Derry.
 

Izale McLeod has left the building:

http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/notts-county-izale-mcleod-3270974.aspx

He did score 10 goals, but surely he'll go down in history as a massive let-down. Will be interesting to see who comes in now, we're a bit short of options up front.

Notts County have published their periodic piece where CEO Jason Turner discusses a number of points at the club, including the results so far, incoming and outgoing players, where the team will train this season, the reserve team, shirts on sale in the club shop and much more.

You can read it here: http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/jason-turner-notts-county-3259402.aspx

So... what do you think about what he has to say? Let PON know!

Do you watch any non-league football when you're not following Notts? What's your favourite "other" team? Have you got a favourite non-league ground?

I used to watch Retford United a lot, saw them rise from the Central Midlands League to the Evo-Stik Premier. I spent more time than was good for me standing on a grassy embankment in an exposed field. I also got the chance to visit places like Alfreton, Eastwood and Nettleham and stand in a rusty bus shelter the main stand at Harworth Colliery. They now play in the North East Counties League and are being slightly hampered by their habit of giving the opposition a five-goal head start.

I stumbled across this well-written review of our start to the season on the Leftlion site. It's worth a look. (Click the text to open the link.)

He's also right that very few people feel that this could be "our year". A win or two at the start of the season might have kept the fantasy alive, but it's already clear we have a lot of catching up to do.