An interesting article. 

I believe that when so many players come into a club, it will take time for the Head Coach to decide who is best eleven is.

And it always takes time for players to gel together as a team. I'm sure the results will improve as the players become accustomed to one another.

Trouble is, Head Coaches & Managers soon come under the spotlight when the results aren't forthcoming.

Professional Football is a results oriented business, & Head Coaches/Managers will only be given so long to deliver.

However, in the long term, I'm sure the Nordic owners will do good things for Burton, & their financial  investment will be rewarded.

It’s no surprise that Burton are struggling with all the departures and changes they have made. I don’t think they will be relegated from League One, but they need to start showing signs of improvement. It shows how fortunate we are to have retained many of our best players. Even though we have sold some, in football terms, that would be considered a success.

welcome to the pride of nottingham @Shannon Daly.  

Hello, welcome to the Pride of Nottingham @Shannon Daly. We look forward to seeing you on the site.

Welcome to the Prde of Nottingham, @Shannon Daly. We hope to see you join in when you feel like it, it would be good to see your thoughts being shared.

I've just discovered this.

When I was at uni I used to work on open days. One of the most fun tasks was doing guided tours of the university - each time about 10 to 15 people would gather, and I'd take them around the campus, giving them crucial information such as where the cheapest beer is and "this is the longest teaching building in Europe". I'd do a bit of small talk with the students and parents, and it was obviously better when they asked questions and got involved rather than standing in bored silence.

One day there was a familiar face among the parents - none other than Neil Warnock, who was there with his daughter. He was polite and good-humoured throughout, despite me sending him to the wrong building at one stage. If I recall right he was pretty engaged and asked lots of questions about the uni, although I really wanted to talk about football. He could probably tell I was a bit starstruck

Entertaining stories. I have nothing to add, but I want to encourage other members who might to consider joining in and adding more value to this. The Billy Connolly story sounds like he was trying to be amusing with the “are you lost” comment. I have seen some celebrities in person, but never had the chance to speak to them.

Here’s a tale for you 10 years ago we went to Dubrovnik and saw a chap dressed in Croatian costume selling lucky charms for 1€, a young looking Mrs. T. Bought one off him and had her photo taken.

Fast forward 10 years and we visited Dubrovnik again where we met the same chap still selling his lucky charms, we showed him the picture of himself with Mrs. T and he was delighted “my old friends” he said in broken English. We took another picture of him with a not so young looking Mrs. T.

The lucky charm had doubled in price to 2€  

9 minutes ago, Robbie said:

@liampie

I've tipped Cisse & Reynolds to be on the bench on Saturday. They both played well on Tuesday.

it would be good to see some of them named, but it could be a wait before we see them come on. i think chesterfield might be the wrong game for some of the youngsters but this is off topic. i do think it would be nice to see one or two named.

8 minutes ago, Fan of Big Tone said:

Trust you @liampie 

what can i say? my vote my be persuaded differently if i could see the votes first. ????

We have a tie breaker 

Nick Tsaroulla takes the lead????

The poll is now closed.

Thanks to all of you who voted.

I am pleased to announce that Nick Tsaroulla has been voted PON Man of the Match v Northampton.

Well they’ve had it too good for too long, they’re due a fall from grace. It’d be quite amusing to see the rats deserting the sinking ship.

All this hassle doesn’t look good for English football. You can’t have teams being charged with breaking rules but still allow them to get away with it. It creates a mockery. What is the worst Man City will face? A fine? A transfer embargo?

Hello, welcome to the Pride of Nottingham @daverobinson222. We look forward to seeing you on the site.

Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham, @daverobinson222. I hope you enjoy being a part of our Notts County community,

Hello, @daverobinson222. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I hope to see you join in with the community and PON.

Hello, @Jackie May. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. Enjoy the site.

Hello @Jackie May. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham, it's a site well worth your time and visits.

Hello, @Jackie May. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I hope to see you join in with the community and PON.

Welcome to PON, @Kate Kilgore.

Hello, PON is a great site full of content and things to have your say on. Welcome! @Kate Kilgore

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Hello @Pica, I see you've chosen the Old English word for Pie as your user name. Anyway a Warm Welcome to PON. I'm sure your gonna enjoy it on here.

Hello and welcome to PoN from me too @Pica.Please join in when you feel like it and enjoy.

Hello, @Pica. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I hope to see you join in with the community and PON.

Hello, welcome to the community here at the Pride of Nottingham @Izzie Dyer.

Enjoy, discuss and come back when you can.  

Welcome to Pride of Nottingham @Izzie Dyer! We’re thrilled to have you join our community. Dive in, share your thoughts, and enjoy connecting with fellow Notts fans.

Hello, @Izzie Dyer. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I hope to see you join in with the community and PON.

Welcome to Pride of Nottingham @Beechams! We’re thrilled to have you join our community. We’d love to hear more about your journey as a Notts fan. How did you become a supporter, and what are some of your favourite memories with the club?

Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham, @Beechams. I hope you enjoy being a part of our Notts County community.

As you see, we are delighted to have you on our site.

Hello, @Beechams. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I hope to see you join in with the community and PON.

Can never understand why a young goalkeeper with potential talent was let go by Notts.

He certainly seems to be doing the business for Gateshead.

I think Notts have made a big mistake by not keeping him on the books, even if he were loaned out to get match time.

No Disrespect to Sam Slocombe, but Notts should have held on to Tiernan Brookes. Yes we have an Excellent Keeper in Bass, but the way Notts Luck with injuries is going I would sooner have had Tiernan as Backup rather than Sam.

Maybe he had enough of loans and wanted first team football? Can't blame him especially as Gateshead seem to have a good structure about them.

Well I’m glad I was watching on the telly rather than attending, it’s a filthy night and Notts didn’t do much to engage the small crowd. Did we have a shot on target? I can’t remember seeing one.

Positives: Fringe players got minutes, Tsaroulla was our best player and young Madou Cisse looked lively when he came on.

Brown had a chance to impress but I didn’t see anything from him that made me think he should be in the first team, I thought he was poor.

Well done guys.

Match highlights.

Notts v Northampton.

Coventry City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday  
Watford 1-1 Middlesbrough  
Mansfield Town 1-2 Blackpool  
Rotherham United 0-0 Reading  
Accrington Stanley 3-0 Morecambe ???? Joker  
Swindon Town 4-2 Harrogate Town  
Eastleigh 2-1 Forest Green Rovers  
Halifax Town 1-1 Tamworth

The results:

Coventry City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday  
Watford 2-1 Middlesbrough  
Mansfield Town 2-0 Blackpool  
Rotherham United 2-1 Reading  
Accrington Stanley 2-1 Morecambe
Swindon Town 0-0 Harrogate Town  
Eastleigh 1-3 Forest Green Rovers  
Halifax Town 3-2 Tamworth

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Congratulations to this round's winner @thommo! Good showings from @Blake and @nottsnutter too.

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Overall, @super_ram continues to lead ahead of @ARLukomski...

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The next round is on Saturday, so the fixtures will be posted tomorrow. Thanks for playing!

Ooh I’ve moved up a place.  

School boy errors but we've seen plenty of them at Notts last season 

Every league tier in Europe have strong teams and weak teams, I don't think that it is entirely down the the standard of the leagues as a whole.

It's just a case of some poor teams that can't compete with the richer teams. We see that here, & I'm sure it's the same across Europe.

It doesn't really say anything about the standard, anyone can have a blackout and do something really stupid. I've seen some amazing own goals this season though.

The third division is where it's at anyway

There are some votes for both Dan Crowley and Kellan Gordon, but it’s hard to disagree with the result. Well done to Dan Crowley!

Well done to Dan Crowley; he definitely deserves to be named Pride of Nottingham’s Man of the Match. I hope we can get back to winning ways at Meadow Lane, but Crowley is a big part of our success.

pleased that dan crowley got voted as the man of the match for pon against port vale.

From what I’ve seen, Jason Sandersaon is a promising young player. I’d like to see him given 15 minutes of playtime when the timing is right. I hope this will continue under Stuart Maynard. I believe he has a bright future if we can keep him or properly integrate him into the team.

I wonder if we will see James Sanderson feature against Northampton tonight?

@Robbie

I would be surprised if he wasn't, this young man has shown he can be a good addition to the First Team Squad, and the way the Notts Injury list is growing, it wouldn't be a surprise if he didn't line up the the Starting XI on a more regular basis.

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Former Chesterfield FC manager James Rowe asked masseuse if she was wearing “Frenches or a thong”, trial hears

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A jury has heard former Chesterfield FC manager James Rowe sexually assaulted a masseuse, telling her his "groin” needed attention before placing her hand on his privates.

Link works OK for me

£150,000?? surely it dont cost that much to repair that damage.

anyone want to start a football pitch repair company with me? if that is the price to have a small area fixed, imagine how much you can get to have the whole pitch done. if they are doing it all, i think its wrong to ask people to donate to achieve it when its only a small part.

@liampie Trouble is, the whole pitch may have to be dug up to prevent that sort of damage spreading to other areas of the pitch.

Looks like there's a problem with the entire drainage of the pitch. It's going to be difficult to relay a new pitch or section of pitch this time of year. 

Wimbledon will have to lay turf instead of seed.

I think that Notts have improved regarding players up front being able to defend when required.

I think that Stuart demands that trait from his forwards. We have seen Didzy making a last ditch clearance off the line & Jatta heading away corners.

As far as Nemane was concerned, he was great going forward but not so defending. I maybe understand why he was released.

I believe Notts are becoming a better all round side this season compared to the Williams era.

As I said in another topic I think the biggest difference this season is that Notts are not so predictable as they were last season, we can go long when necessary or we hoof the ball into row z when there is imminent danger instead of trying to play out from the back all the time. Corners can go long or short, we sometimes use long throws, all these things make us unpredictable and hard to play against. In spite of the two home losses recently I believe we have improved and I have every confidence that we'll be up near the top at the end of the season. Hopefully that doesn't come back to bite me on the bum.

Have we progressed? Absolutely. Have we progressed enough? I’m not so sure. I still see us as being a two or 3 players short, and they’re all towards the top end of the pitch. We miss that ability that Ruben had, to play great little through balls around the box.
We can and should be playing another forward at home and we need to test the goalkeeper’s more, took often we try to walk the ball in. We need to take more risks in order to break down the opposition, it’s currently a little too safe.

Why can't they just put some money in trust for these players until they reach 21 so they will be more mature to deal with a large sum of money?

They could still pay these young player's a reasonable gratuity until they reach that age.

Trouble is, other clubs will be touting for these young players & are in direct competition with each other & the player goes to the highest bidder 

Still plenty to be played for, and seeing the team finish as high as possible is only a good thing in terms of seeing their growth. Improvements this season have been very good, so I am encouraged by that.

 I must pop and see the ladies one day.

Last word from the Manager, Adam Dunleavy.