Saturday's Fixtures:
Bristol City v Ipswich Town
Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford
Doncaster Rovers v Sheffield Unted
Gillingham v Barnsley
Hartlepool United v Yeovil Town
Portsmouth v Bristo Rovers

 

Just a bit of fun guys n gals....................a copy and paste from "The Sack Race" website......hahahaha

If you thought that Leeds owner Massimo Cellino was a managerial madman, you've seen nothing yet. Over in Italy Palermo's President Maurizio Zamparini has just incredibly made his EIGHTH managerial change in the last THREE months!

Right, lets attempt to cipher through the plethora of gaffers who have been ruthlessly dumped at the Stadio Renzo Barbera so far this term....

1. Palermo began the season with Beppe Iachini in charge, however he was sacked on 10th November.
2. A day later the Sicilian club appointed Davide Ballardini who lasted just two months in the dugout.
3. The Rosanero then attempted to appoint Guillermo Barros Schelotto...but it turned out he didn't have the correct paperwork so while the club tried to sort the paperwork out...
4. ...Bosi filled in...
5. ....then Giovanni Tedesco...
6. ...only for Bosi to bag the job on a "permanent" basis after Schelotto had his paperwork denied.
7. But, after a debut 3-1 defeat Bosi was savagely axed, with owner Zamparini opting to bring back the man who started the season in the dugout...
8. ...Iachini! Returning three months after he was sacked.

How long Iachini will last is anyone's guess!

York is around 70 miles from Nottingham so it's a short trip for Notts this week. There are several fun and interesting places to visit in the city. Take a take trip back to York's gory past in the York Dungeon. Alternatively you could visit the cathedral to pray for a Notts victory. Right that's my bit for the York tourist board finished, no they didn't pay me.....honest. 

York are dead last in the table. 24th out of 24 teams. They have 20 points (16 less than Notts). They have scored 29 goals (11 less than Notts) and conceded a whopping 52 goals (6 more than Notts).

Their record in their last 5 games is won 1 (Stevenage at home), drew 1 (Carlisle away) and lost 3 (Newport at home and Yeovil and Northmapton away). 

Their squad isn't much to write home about. They have a couple of decent players. Luke Summerfield on the wing is decent Michael Coulson up front is good on his day. They have a problem scoring goals. They have tightened up at the back though and that makes them hard to beat. The only team to score more than 1 goal against them in their last 5 was Northampton. 2 1-0 defeats tells its own story. 

York play a 4-4-2 formation. They will have to make one change as their right back was sent off against Northampton. They are quite defensive and concentrate more on stopping the other team scoring than trying to score themselves. 

I think this is a tricky game for Notts. On paper, you'd say away win without too much hesitation, but York are hard to score against. They'll sit back and make it difficult. Notts have found a winning formula away from home but York will play like the away team so Notts may have to change tactics. I think it will a game that Notts dominate but find it hard to break York down. I'll go for 1-0 to Notts. Should be a fascinating game though. 

Euro 2016 is coming up and I was curious as to everyone's opinions on who should play? I don't feel we know or best team and that doesn't give me hope since we keep chopping and changing, teams like Germany and Italy have been playing the same team for years.

Would you go for youth or experience?

Signed until end of season, in starting 11 today. 

http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/magpies-swoop-for-highly-rated-winger-2952486.aspx

Has anyone seen the story on Sky News about the team that was sent to play away, lost badly.....then it was discovered that all 11 players were "imposters"....incredible.

I'm being serious guys.

.............I knew that result away at Salford was dodgy!!!

After celebrating Sir Charlie Palmer day by watching both Notts goals v Rushcliffe, on YouTube....I went the whole hog by watching us beat Ascoli 2-1 at Wembley (goals from Legg, long throw-in directly into the onion-bag!! and a bullet header from Devon White)....then the 3-0 humiliation of Spurs (cracking first goal from Agana).....then McSwegan's hat-trick as part of the 4-1 thrashing of Derby............those were the days huh?

One thing you notice watching all these games...is the fact that we never seemed to stop chasing the ball and throwing our bodies in....ok, we might not be able to get away with some of those tackles now, but the attitude was tremendous!

Now we spend our days discussing whether we can reach the play-offs of the 4th division or beat York City....grrrrrrr

ps I still cannot see why the last "goal" from Legg v Ascoli was dis-allowed, as it was actually deflected into the net from an indirect free-kick....c'est la vie

Would you welcome either as signings or perhaps both of them?

Jason Banton is a player who seems frequently linked - He was mentioned when we struggled in League One last year and if Twitter is to be believed he's training with us, along with the former Rams defender Miles Addison. I can't claim to know a lot about the pair - Miles seems to be quite inconsistent, whilst to a degree so is Jason but he's a player who does have spells where he seems on fire (in terms of performances).

I'm overly sure what they offer us though, discuss... 

Saturday's Fixtures:
Burnley v Hull City
Charlton Athletic v Bristol City
Sheffield United v Wigan Athletic
Southend United v Colchester United
Newport County v Barnet
Wycombe Wanderers v Luton Town

If I go with friends to see Notts, I always sit in the kop but depending on the numbers I do not always sit in the same place. I only ever do when I am alone or with family. The area is normally filled with the same people, I wonder if you always sit within the same area?

How many fans do you speak with within that section also?

Sorry I haven't done this for a while been a bit busy but anyone saturday is the trip to York City so it's that time for the guessing game 

Players /Coaches /Managers / Staff 

Well it's been a busy week here up on the Altiplano (no, not the famous Mexican jail currently housing El Chapo!!)

Firstly I have my first baby sheep, born here on the Hacienda. Complete surprise, didn't even spot the mother was pregnant.

Here she is about 7 hours old.

To celebrate the new arrival, Miriam and I went out for the weekend......and ended up climbing Mount Cerro Quemado......we drove the 15 miles from the Hacienda at 4,500 feet, to an old abandoned mining village at 9,000 feet........then climbed the last 1,000 feet to the top......crazy Tarkers, it took me a week to recover!!

We spotted some of the ancient Huichol Indians doing the same on the mountain trail, an annual 300 mile pilgrimage to their ancestral Wirikuta lands to thank the Gods on the summit, then back down to the valley (in my pic) to collect the "legal drug" Peyote. This they use in Shaman ceremonies to contact their ancestors and speak to the Gods.

Here is the mountain overlooking my land

.....and the view from the top 10,000 feet......and I hate heights!!.......that is the Altiplano below me and the Pacific in the distance.

Huichol Indians on the way down chatting to Miriam....(I think they were telling her that I shouldn't take pics, apparently I was "stealing" their spirit?)

...I've had enough.....3 hours walk back down to the bar.......bye Miriam.........grrrrrr

I have spent the day so far with my family, Ava (my youngest) has been drawing and reading. Jake hasn't moved from the PS3 where he plays FIFA as Chelsea (booooooo).

Myself, I've been relaxing whilst playing with them but I have also been looking at games via Steam.

I miss RPG turn based games, rather like Vandal Hearts - which is for me one of the best story based games ever and vastly underrated by people who crave Final Fantasy (Don't get me wrong, I like it especially 7 and 8 - but it comes overrated). I'll probably find time to do some writing at some stage.

What did you do instead of the watching the game today? Curse that rain!!

Welcome to PON @manchesterchris, hope you enjoy yourself on here! Seems we have a bit of a contigent in the north-west.

Fancy telling us a bit about yourself? Fell free to get involved, this is a friendly community

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/media/232487/somebody-out-there-is-making-a-film-about-the-life-and-times-of-jermaine-pennant.html

Neil Warnock is odds on favourite to become our third manager in this most crappy of seasons. If anyone can keep us in the Campionship, he can.

.....if this is honestly the best Republican candidate that they could find!!

Here is Trump's victory speech from last night...........not sure if the guy is certifiably insane, or whether it is me?...............but if anyone lets this guy anywhere near that "little red button", if and when he gets into the White House, then I am heading for the underground bunker!

Can you imagine the "diplomacy" between him and the other fruitcake in North Korea?

"I bet I can nuke you first"

"No, I bet I can nuke you first".....nahnahnahnahnah......BOOM

how many matches do you go to per season?

i attend almost all the home games, if i miss any it will be due to work. so i would say 17-20.

Just thought I'd post a link to this, looks more fun that just walking out in protest!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35464102

It looks like prices are a problem in Germany as well.

who else can notts afford to release?

if the rumours are true about us supposedly looking into other players, surely we should continue to release some players if its affordable?

Happy Birthday @erindoors, I hope you have a wonderful birthday.

Pride of Nottingham would like to wish you many happy returns - who wants a piece of PONcake?

I thought it would be good to have a thread where we can share funny videos we find online. As long as all the protagonists are fully clothed there's no harm done!

Here's one I spotted today to start off with. In the 90s video games were the next Bad Thing in the media, corrupting the minds of the next generation. What would become of these poor children when they grow up?

Now we know.

Just noticed @super_ram's side has taken it upon themselves to sack Paul Clement - I think this is a complete joke, I know there forms dipped but I still argue they're overachieving.

What do you think?

http://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/article/paul-clement-to-leave-derby-county-2946021.aspx?fb_action_ids=10153907667204104&fb_action_types=og.shares#lLjBLOHbtUV5xpZA.01

Question: PON follower 'Wayne Merrin' has raised an opinion on attracting younger fans to Meadow Lane.

"Wouldn't it make sense that to generate a larger crowd AND revenue, that children under the age of say 10 years old are let in free (with paying adult)?

This could generate the next generation of supporters at Notts."

So who is considering going to a festival this summer? I've got Creamfields lined up... four days and nights of pure dance music!! BOOM!!!

This gonna be me in August

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7udU74aFdc