Morning all, pinch punch first of the month and all that.

How are we feeling after last nights defeat, I didn't go but opted for a bbq'd steak a few beers and a couple of glasses of wine, I was keepin tabs on twitter though.

Feeling a bit fragile this morning maybe a glass too many. Ah well today's another day, I've got some gardening to do, there is a big hedge at the side of our property that belongs to next door but they are showing no sign of butting it back so yours truly will have to do it, it's a conifer so if not cut it will soon become unmanageable.

Have a good day whatever your plans are.

hello @Floridamagpie, welcome to pon. please do let us know a bit about yourself and if you can send over some of your sun, that would be appreciated. see you around pon!

Just speaking to @Joe Jones on FB, he broke the news. So, sad!

I loved him as a bad guy, as a person and as a wrestler - Link

R.I.P Rowdy Roddy Piper

What do you make of Loach and his time with us so far? He looks good training but awkward in games. I'm not sure why but I think we will be relying more on Carroll.

I am really wondered why people are so obsessed with Craigh Mackail-Smith? I mean, any other player he would be getting slated by now for not having made a decision but the thing that annoys me the most is how people are making him to sound to be like our next masirah. He is a very good player, who is perhaps too good for league two but come on, get real people.

If he don't sign for us, watch him end up being plagued by abuse either at games against us or via the twitter trolls.

Can anyone explain it? Why do some fans obsess?

Thank crunchie it's Friday, I imagine this is what a lot of you are saying today for me every day is much like another since I took redundancy from work.

Today is a bit chilly out there but nice and bright. No children to look after so we've got another free day, not sure what we are doing today I fancy doing a bit of fishing so might go a bike ride and take my rod.

Can't decide whoever to go to the match tonight or not, I'm not a fan of friendlies but it's only a fiver for over 60s so I might just decide to go at the last minute.

Let us know your plans.

Hello folks, and welcome to the 14th episode of Pride of Nottingham’s PONcast, Notts County's number one podcast.
 
In today’s instalment we begin by discussing the departure of full-back Jordan Cranston and the rumours surrounding Billy Daniels’s role at the club.
 
We then move onto the 3-0 friendly defeat at Grimsby Town and the new Notts County kits before moving onto the Lady Pies’ upcoming FA Cup final against Chelsea.
 
Finally we discuss some of the latest activity around the Pride of Nottingham community, including the arrival of PON the Magpie, and the brand new reward scheme at Meadow Lane.

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Okay, I've just done this in just over four minutes - I didn't fully name each player however. I manage to score 30 though, which is annoying because I feel I know the remaining two but whatever I input it won't accept but then I may be wrong.

Name your amount and the time you give or complete the game within.

30 - 4:23 is mine.. GO!

LINK

The OSA are planning a trip to it, if you're interest book your place whilst they're available. - Here

I am hearing this is proving to be very popular.

It's great to welcome another 2 new members,@magpieboy 44 and @The Prophet.Please have a good look around our site,join in and enjoy.

Anyone got the link to the football league dream team can't seem to find it anywhere

Any ideas who the two possible players are with Guy?



@DangerousSausage @Super_Danny_Allsopp @nottsfever

Hello and welcome to @SuffolkMagpie I hope you enjoy visiting PoN and manage to join in the topics when you can.

Passed away at 66. No age now days.

Great player and good manager of people. (In other words when I worked there he had a reputation for being a ball breaker!!!)

Sad loss to Nottinghamshire and the cricketing world.

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Stuart brothers has taken Ralph Shepards job at Notts, whilst I don't doubt his media ability it does seem a strange appointment to me.

Thoughts?

We have to strengthen the squad in vital positions, we need people who can score the goals and avoid the goals. It's very simple; it's at the front and at the back.

A centre-back has always been my wish, but we haven't been able to find the right one as yet but I would like at least three in. We know that. It's not a surprise.

Potentially, this could mean a striker too. It seems our squad isn't quite finished being built.

Could we negotiate with Justin Hoyte, so that Mawouna Amevor could move into a more central position? Perhaps even Brian Wilson could add further strength?

A natural, sold CB would be good but I don't think we require many more signings myself.

Guess these stadiums, how many can you get? Share your score below.

I got 4/10

Link

Just a quick plug for the prediction league ahead of the new season, it all kicks off in three weeks time - and that's just between tony & super_ram It's always good fun, plenty of laughs and gets a fair few new members posting, so do join in. According to @notts-joe, there might even be a prize on offer this season!

If you've not played the game before, I will post six fixtures every week - two from each league in the FL, and you simply have to post your score predictions for each game. If you get the score correct you get three points; if you get the right result but not the score you get one point, and obviously if you get the result wrong you get nothing.

To make things a little bit more interesting, I'm introducing the "joker" prediction this season. Basically you have to choose one of your predictions as your joker, and if you get it right you get double points on that game

So keep an eye out in the week leading up to the game at Stevenage for the firsst round. Generally fixtures will be posted a couple of days before the games, and the scores and table are normally updated on either a Saturday evening or the Sunday, depending on where I've been on the Saturday

On the official site Jordan Cranston has officially left the club.

Good luck for the future Jordan

Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham @Orrere, I hope you enjoy being apart of our community and settle in well. Thanks for taking the time to join us here.

anyone know any fans who may be interested in helping us to reach this mark? its brill to see people joining and especially more taking part.

invite your friends/family, so we can keep growing our community here.

coyp!

Good morning everyone.

It's a cool cloudy morning here. No kids to look after today so the day is ours to do what we want.

We may go for bike ride later but first I am going to try and do some computer work if I can and BT have sorted out the problems I have been experiencing with their Broadband.

Tonight we will be going to our SOBS support group, we haven't been for a while but we want to continue to go to support other people who have been bereaved by suicide, the group was a great help when our son died and we want to give something back.

On that cheerful note I will wish you a great day, please join in and tell us what you are up to today.

A warm PoN welcome to @Riverleeno.

A warm welcome to you @Nottsfan76, I am pleased to see another pie join our community, I hope you have fun here, when you get used to the place, it really is great. Look forward to seeing you post more, and it will be good to have more involved in the prediction league.

COYP

Hello @Gemcorma, welcome to the Pride of Nottingham.

Would tell us a little bit about your background? Such as how long you have been a fan for? I hope you enjoy being apart of the PON community, I hope to see your input on our site. Thanks for joining us!