Carlisle is still recovering from the recent flooding so this game has been moved to Deepdale, home of PNE. So is it actually an away game or a game at a neutral venue? Let the debate begin. Notts have the advantage of actually playing at Deepdale recently so that might go in our favour. It's going to be strange for Carlisle. Our former manager Keith Curle is in charge of Carlisle, the second former manager we will face and it isn't even Christmas yet! Mind you, at the rate Notts go through managers, I'm surprised we aren't playing a former manager every week.......

Carlisle are 6th in the table. A lofty position for a team many had predicted to struggle this season. KC has done an excellent job. They are on a 4 game unbeaten run. They have 34 points (5 more than Notts). They have scored 39 goals (6 more than Notts) and conceded 37 goals (2 more than Notts). The 37 goals against is the 2nd worst in the division, only York have conceded more (44). They are still the FA Cup after a whopping 5-0 defeat of Welling in the second round. All in all, it's been a fantastic season so far for Carlisle. 

Carlisle play a 4-5-1 formation, fairly defensive on paper but in reality they seem to believe attack is the best form of defence. Their defenders may not be able to defend but they certainly know where the net is. They have scored 12 goals between them so far. Danny Grainger plays LB but is a real threat with set pieces. Their midfield is nothing special. Gary Dicker is decent enough. Their front line is the real threat. Jordan Ibehre has 10 goals in 14 games this season. He will probably start. If things aren't going well, expect Carlisle to bring Derek Asamoah off the bench and revert to 4-4-2. 

The law of averages say Notts have to win on the road at some stage and this is the game we'll do that IMO. It's not really an away game, it's more of a neutral venue. Both teams score for fun but can't defend so 3-2 to Notts in an absolute thriller from start to finish is my prediction. Notts winning it late on. 

you all know the drill ????????????

Players Coaches Managers links to Carlisle United il start us off with 2 easy ones 

Adam Campbell made 1 Apperence before being recalled 

Liam Hotheaded Noble talented player just abit mad at times.

Pride of Nottingham Mascot 'PON Magpie' has caught up with @Captain Sticky to find out his views on this weekends fixtures. Be sure to discuss this beneath and if you haven't already, check out the view from Carlisle United fan 'Douglas' by visiting the link attached below.

How do you think Notts can improve on their away form and did Tuesday night show positives signs?

Continue with the hard work I'm confident it will click soon. Tuesday was a great result. Noble aside should/could have been 3 points though.

Which players do you feel have been consistent for Notts so far this season?

Hewitt. Great find shame he missed Tuesday night. Solid performances.
Sheehan. Sign him up enough said.
Campbell. Amazing work rate and starting to add in goals.
Aborah. Forget Salford he's been great for us.
Stead. Played out of position sometimes but puts a shift in and his quality shows. Great assist on Saturday.

Do you think beating Carlisle will be difficult?

Yes, up for it but unsettled.

What line-up would you choose?

442. Carroll. Hewitt Audel Edwards Sheehan. Burke Thompson Milsom Campbell. Stead McLeod.

Read up on our 'Opposition View' from a Carlisle United fan. - Here

Folks,

Please do share a picture of your Christmas tree, decorations etc. Let's get PON into the spirit!

Along with the social media sharers, I plan to feature the very best on our home page - which will be fun to see. So, lets be creative and not shy about sharing! Go on...

Simple topic who would you sign in January window.

Me and @notts-joe we're discussing if the funds are avalible for Sheehan to snap em up and take it straight away.

But if certain players like Atkinson wroe McKenzie or Adams and Bennett were to not want to stay at the club and funds were avalible.

Who would you try to bring in who has impressed you this year that you'd try and bring in what key areas would you want to improve who would you also realese who isn't near the first 11 

I forgot about this story from our recent holiday. We were looking around the various souvenir stalls on the sea front and came across a stall selling football wrist bands with the name of football teams on, so I was having a look when the stall holder came over and said in pigeon English:

"You like, you buy?"

"Have you got Notts County?" says I, looking at all the usual Man Utd., Chelsea Arsenal etc.

"County? Derby?" says he showing me a Derby County wrist band.

"No, Notts County" I said.

Whereupon he produces a piece of paper and pen.

"You spell, here" he says pointing at the paper.

So I write in big capital letters NOTTS COUNTY.

"There you go Notts County, very popular in England" I said handing him the piece of paper.

"Ok, I have some made, you come back?"

"Maybe next year", I said laughing and he shook my hand as we went on our way.

So for God's sake if you visit Madeira at any time please buy one of the wrist bands from this chap, I feel a bit guilty as he will probably have a job lot made and no one will buy them.

At least if @super_ram goes to Madeira he won't be disappointed.

Adam Campbell is my choice. Can't wait to see the 2nd half of the season from him. 

Link down below 

http://m.nottinghampost.com/loan-Alan-Sheehan-wants-stay-Notts-County-faces/story-28380834-detail/story.html

This is great news that Alan wants to stay and is happy at the club hope we can come to a agreement 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34670192

It was an interesting interview with Sheez last night, he said he was proud to achieve 300 league games and especially doing so playing for Notts.

He's lodging with a friend at present and said it wasn't ideal and he would love a permanent move.

His loan ends in two weeks, do you want him to stay, or would you be happy for him to go back to Bradford

In my opinion Notts should move heaven and earth to keep him. What do you reckon?

Luton Town have sacked manager John Still after four straight defeats, with the club 17th in League Two.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35121874

Today is @cheeky~k8's birthday. Happy Birthday I hope you have a lovely day.

We went to see our Grandson George in his school play yesterday, it was a little disappointing as he was stuck at the back and didn't have a costume as he was supposed to be a Christmas shopper.

The basic story was that a spaceship had gone into space and crash landed on a planet and was stranded, the spacemen met some aliens and told them that they would be missing Christmas, the aliens didn't know what Christmas was so the spacemen described it, Santa, presents, christmas shopping etc., (this is where George came in for his brief appearance at the front of the stage and looked at his shopping list). The aliens were sad for the spacemen so lent them their spaceship so they could get home.

There were lots of kids dressed as aliens, spacemen, stars etc., and poor old George and one or two others had no costume. He did sing the songs with gusto though and seemed to enjoy it.

I suspect he was put at the back because his behaviour hasn't been very good just lately, he has discovered swear words from somewhere (sigh), I must stop taking him to see Notts.

It's Freddie's play next week and he's a shepherd so at least he gets to dress up.

If like me you can't wait til 12 to see the goals jus go on google and type Wycombe vs Notts county goals sky they have them up.

But anyways after just watching the goals Campbell looked dangerous fouled for the penalty and milsom a delivery in the box was fantastic and a good finish by Campbell.

Milsom seems to have a engine like Thompson someone who will bomb up and down and won't tire which could be very effective with Campbell or ahead of him .

Anyways enough rambling there goals I'm not convinced about the first goal it's almost like someone lost there runner an he had a simple head in could of been avoided.

The second one for me is almost from a team of desperation and out of ideas so they jus pump it in the box now this is were I'm a bit annoyed jus slightly.

I understand Carroll has been a amazing keeper and passionate about the club etc etc.

But for me if he's decided to come for that ball which he did he has to get there simple as that he comes out doesn't get there and it loops over him if he stays on the line they don't score at all.

Im not blaming this all down on Carroll before anyone even tries to suggest that or twist my sentence etc.

Its just a similar goal to Northampthon ball goes in box he comes off line to get it realises he isn't going to there ball loops over him goal.

All I'm saying is both goals could easily of been avoided but hey a point is good with 10 men and 2 goals will do confidence very good.

We also look like we have some injection of energy in the team with Milsom Thompson Campbell Noble when he's not getting sent off .

So hopefully we can put the pressure on Carlisle who won't be use to playing at deep dale and we can nick 3 points 

Just read a article dated 9th of December by the Wales argus as I searched to see latest news on Scot Bennett.

Intresting read what I found to Scot Bennet 

NEWPORT County AFC could face a battle to keep hold of key defender Scot Bennett when his loan spell ends on January 2.

The 25-year-old has been a revelation at the heart of the Exiles defence since joining on loan from League Two rivals Notts County in October, helping them off the bottom of the table and to a 10-game unbeaten run.

The Dutch coach was in the stands to watch Bennett in the FA Cup victory over Barnet last weekend and says the move has clearly done his confidence the world of good after a slow start to his Magpies career.

“Scot played a very good game at the weekend,” he told the Nottingham Post.

“I went to see the Barnet game to analyse Newport, who are a good team.

“They are on a very good run at the moment and Scot has been a big part of what they have achieved.

“Obviously he cannot play against us this weekend, but clearly he is playing well.

“It will be very good for his confidence and I am very happy for him.”

Bennett played just four games for Notts at the start of the season, following his move from Exeter City on a free transfer in the summer.

When he was shipped off to Rodney Parade his prospects at Notts County looked bleak but Moniz’s comments this week appear to offer him a way back in.

Speaking to the Newport County programme in October, Bennett admitted the move from Exeter to Nottingham had not worked out.

“I’ve never been at a football club where so many people had come in,” he said.

“It was a bit of a kick in the teeth really because one of the reasons I signed there was we were told it would only be a small squad.

“I look back on it now and if I’d known what would happen through the pre-season I don’t think that would have been the club I would have went to.

“I didn’t go to Notts County to sit on the bench – I’ve been and done that and I felt it was time to move on again.

“When the chance came to play for Newport I didn’t even look at where they were in the league.

“It’s about game time and it’s a new experience with a new group of lads and I jumped at the chance.”

But Bennett’s young family are still in Nottingham and he would welcome a second chance at his parent club.

“The hardest thing was leaving my twin boys back at Notts County as I’d just moved them up there,” he added.

“If I go back to Notts County and I’m playing then great.

“If I end up back here or move elsewhere then I’ll look to perform to the best of my ability and hopefully that will stand me in good stead.”

Yes....it's that time of the week when I ramble on aimlessly from my hacienda.

Back in the early 70s, I was already in a relationship with my future 2nd wife.....she was a smoker, I had never touched the "evil weed ", not once, even at school, when everyone else was sneaking off to the bike-sheds.

I moaned at her continually (there is nothing worse than living with a smoker if you have never smoked yourself), so as a joke, she bought me a pipe for Xmas, 1972?

I proceeded to take the challenge, filled it with Clan.......and for the next 30 years I proceeded to pay for an NHS hospital on my own, via the ridiculously high UK taxes on tobacco!!

Yes, I loved it, that pipe (and several new pipes over the years) became my constant companion.....there was one in my home office, one in the car, one in my Barbour coat-pocket and one at my work.

Now, for any smokers out there, you get a feeling of invincibility as the years roll by, by 50 years of age one or two of your friends or workmates have died, even famous footballers, politicians and tv personalities............but I was never sick or ill.....NEVER......it was weird.

What I did notice was a slight shortness of breath, and the most worrying, black phlegm every morning for an hour or so.

One day, my number 7 son came to me with a business proposal.....go 50% with him, on a load of imported Chinese vapers.....they were new at the time, nobody was really selling them...a niche market.

After parting with a sizeable cheque, 3 large boxes arrived................mainly CE5s, Ego-T batteries, chargers, spares.....and thousands of different flavours.

They took a bit of getting used to, the "throat hit" is totally different but the nicotine hit was superb, especially using 36 mg.

Within a month, the black phlegm was gone, shortness of breath had disappeared and my sense of smell and taste was incredible.......even the car, office, house....everything smelt fresher.

We made a bit of money but the Vaper market became too complicated, too many new models, new flavours etc......so I took the last dozen or so cheap CE5s....and ultimately ended up in Mexico.

Now for anyone that has ever used these......they are pretty simple to use, fill up the plastic tank with juice and hit the fire button....great for a week or so, but the batteries go flat pretty quickly (I always had 2 spares on charge) and the life on the batteries isn't great, maybe 2 months?......plus after a week, you get less and less of a vape. There are lots of Youtube videos and how to try to clean the coils, but they are basically a sealed unit and it is cheaper to throw them in the cupboard and buy new ones.

Even here in Mexico, I used up my spare 12 units in 2 years, and as they are not actually "legal" here (big tobacco and the government are still making a fortune here even at £1.50 a pack), I ended up paying ridiculous money for black market replacements.

So, 6 months ago, I took the plunge.

After a few hours watching Youtube vids of Re-buildable models.....I bought a pack of goodies from a Vape shop in the USA......my liquids were seized at the border but the hardware got through.....I lost about £100 on the liquids but found a local guy who is supplying me "under the counter" juice...no probs.

My hardware is an Archon Cloudchaser RDA Clone (rebuildable dripping atomiser)....3 brass posts, large dripping well, interchangeable mouthpieces.....I am using 6 wraps of 26 gauge Kanthol on a 1 electrical screwdriver which gives me 1.5 ohms on my new ohm/battery tester.

I matched it to a SkeletonKey Mod Clone with top-of-the-range Sony 18650 batteries, fully charged, gives me 3.7 v and 2100mAh.

Total cost, including delivery, was maybe £150......but I never have to buy anything again....everything is totally rebuildable.

THE THING IS A BEAST......it actually frightened the life out of me the first time I fired it up. It came with dual 1 ohm coils that give 0.5 ohm in parallel.......a huge cloud of vape, pretty hot, spitting and crackling......after my first hour, I removed one of the coils (10 minutes under a microscope) and putting a thicker cotton in, I sat in heaven under a palm tree.

This thing is beautiful....it is bit like driving a porsche after having a Ford Anglia for 2 years.............no comparison.....pure luxury.

Over the last 6 months I have only needed to rebuild the coil once after I tightened the screwhead too much....it took me 15 minutes max. I put a new cotton wick in once a week, 5 minutes...the Sony battery lasts all day then straight on charge overnight..............pure delight, well worth the money.

Name: Wycombe Wanderers 2 Notts County 2
Category: Match Highlights
Date Added: 2015-12-16
Submitter: notts-joe

A trip south on a Tuesday night for Notts. Hopefully it's not raining.

Wycombe are 10th. 2 places above Notts with a game in hand. They are 2 points ahead of Notts. They have scored 24 goals (7 less than Notts) and conceded 19 goals (a whopping 14 less than Notts).

Wycombe's last game at Accrington was postponed. They lost 3-0 at Bristol Rovers in their last league game but did win 2-1 at Millwall in the FA Cup in their last game.

Wycombe are strong at the back. Matt Ingram in goal is one of the best in L2. Their right back Sido Jombarti is rock solid. Aaron Pierre is one of the best CB in the division.They have a well balanced midfield. Marcus Bean is the general. Gary Thompson has started every game and has done well for them after his release by Notts in the Summer. Michael Harriman on the right is a real threat but he can also defend. They don't have much of a threat up front.

Wycombe adopt a 4-4-2 formation. They are a patient side who keep the ball. They can score from anywhere. Concentration is key to beating them.

Notts are poor away from home and Wycombe are one of the better sides in L2. A positive result would be outstanding for Notts, a real momentum builder. If Mike Edwards starts, Notts have a real chance, no steady Eddy and I'd be worried. Their strikers are average and Eddy would eat them up. I'll go for 2-1 to Wycombe. Thompson getting 1 and a bit of payback for Notts letting him go. Their winner coming some time after 70 mins. It's almost inevitable at this stage, conceding after 70 mins.

Tim Peake blasted off from Kazakhstan this morning and is currently en route to the International Space Station, where he will spend the next few months. He's the first Brit to go to space since the USSR took Helen Sharman with them in 1991, although there have been a couple of British-born Americans since. I've always found space travel absolutely thrilling; when I was a kid I went to bed with a book about the universe every night. When we got round to learning about space at school, I knew it all off by heart!

Here's a live feed for those of you who want to follow it:

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/science-environment-34985274

Izales celebration was so him how he scores and all of a sudden shhhes the haters.

I really felt for the bloke taking all the stick and for the players cause yea I hate not playing well but I've never booed or chanted what a waste of money .

Cause I know the bloke is a goal scorer but it always seems of we ain't winning its the strikers fault cause he has a 150k price tag but I hate to say it if you don't get the right assistance or creativity it's useless.

We could have Messi Ronaldo and they'd be useless away from home just up top on there own holding it at em. 

Saturday we found out what Izales strenghs are and played to them perfectly and he rewarded us all.

Just hope people think twice now before booing him or chanting what a waste of money or before booing the team 

Well England are through, 10 out of 10. Spectacturlarly boring, but I prefer that to the fiasco we had under Steve McClaren.

Yesterday evening we followed the Netherlands - Czech Republic and Turkey - Iceland matches. The Holland match was very compelling - they needed to win to have a chance of qualifying, but went 2-0 down in the first half before the Czechs had a man sent off. A win would have counted for nothing anyway.

When Turkey took a free kick with just a few minutes remaining, the Dutch had pulled it back to 3-2. It could still have gone very wrong for them. But they buried the free kick, sparking jubilation in the Sausage household (Mrs Sausage would definitely fail the cricket test). Better still, that sends them through automatically as the best third-placed team. The Dutch will be staying at home, and they only have themselves to blame - shocking that they couldn't even muster third place.

That means that 20 of the 24 teams have qualified, with the remainder to be determined in the play-offs. Here's an overview:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34496764

Please join me in welcoming our latest new member,@Graham Oates,to PoN.

All you ever seem to hear at the minute is rumours latest one is apparently Alan Hardy business man who own Paragon Interiors I believe it is intrested in buying the club. 

Or others believe it's outside investment as I believe they did sponsor us years and years back again it's been all over the place.

who knows not suggesting anything just letting people know as anyone else heard anything 

I'm liking the look of this Chicken Vindail bubbling away in the pan. I love a curry on Friday night.

So what's everyone else having/had.

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I was in the house and heard a cat outside crying, I opened the door and there on the street saw four grown men in Forest shirts playing football with it.

I was about to ring the RSPCA when the cat went 1-0 up.