Worth remembering that on this day a century ago, Britain declared war on Germany to begin The Great War. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars, and millions of young volunteers, many of which were barely old enough to drink were lead like lambs to the slaughter to their deaths. You cannot imagine what those boys went through in the trenches of France and Belguim, it must have been horrendous.

I wonder if quite as many people would be willing to sacrifice their lives for "Queen and Country" these days? Somehow, I doubt it.

So many lives lost pointlessly. We're all the same really, no matter what colour our skin, by what name we call God, or what our flag is. Surely it's about time we all learned to get along?

R.I.P to all our fallen heroes. And thank you.

      At last the new season is almost here,but where will Notts (and Rams,Rotherham,Shrewsbuty,Walsall,Swindon and any other members favourites) be come next May?

     I don't know where to start with Notts,a virtually completely new squad.SD has brought in a mixture of experience and youth that hopefully will blend and give Notts fans something to cheer about  other than avoiding relegation.

  I don't see a relegation battle, more like mid table safety but Notts could surprise a few teams

   Rams-top 8,hopefully automatic promotion but play offs again more likely.I would be more confident with stronger central defence.

   @BradtheMiller-Please give us your view.I think lower mid table(banana skin for us tomorrow)

   @medievalmickey,@sadlad,@friendlyshrew,and anyone I've missed,your views please

I will be travelling up to this on Wednesday with the wife & kids & just wondered if anyone has ever been before and what can we expect?

Will you be going? How many fans do you think we will be taking? The club have already sold over 400+, fans can also pay on the day. What do you think the overall attendance will be?

Let's see who can get the most predictions and the most attendances for the 2014/15 season.

You Pies!

Ps. Match Thread - Here.

All the very best of luck to all Pies fans for the coming season from your favourite Millers fan!!!!

BTW Very decent replacement for Bart. A worry free season awaits you guys methinks, unlike us......gulp!!!1

They've managed to come up with a design which I think will make those who hate ours for this season fall in love with it

Can see what they were trying to do

Wow... This is quite something, all I say is @tonyhateley eat your heart out! This is quite the prank.

>http://youtu.be/ahuutnPLl7E

Well done @Dana Shoup, I see you have won £50 on this weeks lifeline.

Rams have just recorded their highest points total for a season and in doing so also scored the most goals in the championship.They beat Brighton home and away.So why am I nervous?

Good luck to @BradtheMiller with your play off games.

It does seem really strange that companies are having to take them to a winding up petition to be paid. This for a club that apparently have millions and are looking forward to get into the premier league etc etc.

With our tumultuous past it keeps ringing too many alarm bells, why some of their fans, most notably the Nottingham Post keep bleating on about how their future is looking upwards is beyond me, their fans deserve to know the truth and it seems that only the media these days can find out the real truth behind whats going on but again the Post chooses not to??

I don't wish them any harm, i truly don't, it would be really good for both clubs if we were in the same division, although they seem to have more than their fair share of absolute tubes for fans like we do to a far lesser degree but nevertheless they should be told the truth behind the bankrupt rumours etc as I heard somewhere that with the latest winding up petition from HMRC for £1.8 million that the total of petitions granted now total 7 since April which can only mean one thing surely?

It will be interesting if anyone has heard anything else regarding their financial position etc.

http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/court-lists/list-companies-winding-up   

Number 100 on the list

Jake Cassidy signed from Wolves until Jan. Excellent signing imo. Good target man to play off and can find the net regularly when playing confidently.

five years to the day since some bloke who once managed England and Man City showed up at Meadow Lane promising us the world on the back of more money than this club had ever seen

 

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I can remember that morning clear as day. We were moving house, and I came downstairs at about half 7 that morning, and sat with Sky Sports News on still half alseep, while they were going mad over Sven joining a league two side. It honestly took a good half hour for me to realise what was being said!

 

It was just surreal. Yeah, I know in the end it all turned out to be a massive con job and it damn near killed us. It was scary, but I still look back on that incredible 12 months with a smile.

 

Five years eh? How time flies!

and three years to the day, my third niece was born....love my mini Princess Sofia

Yes, yesterday was Ava's 3rd birthday.She's Notts-joe's and K8's youngest and Grannypie and my youngest grandchild.Along with William84 and Harrys_Mummy we all went to the Millers Barn to celebrate.We sat outside in the lovely sunshine and had a lovely meal and a few drinks .Jake(Superpie),Ellie,Harry and Ava had a great time playing in the kids area.Great to see the grandkids enjoying themselves so much.

five years to the day since some bloke who once managed England and Man City showed up at Meadow Lane promising us the world on the back of more money than this club had ever seen

I can remember that morning clear as day. We were moving house, and I came downstairs at about half 7 that morning, and sat with Sky Sports News on still half alseep, while they were going mad over Sven joining a league two side. It honestly took a good half hour for me to realise what was being said!

It was just surreal. Yeah, I know in the end it all turned out to be a massive con job and it damn near killed us. It was scary, but I still look back on that incredible 12 months with a smile.

Five years eh? How time flies!

We are hearing that Notts County are closing on a deal for former Bradford midfielder Garry Thompson.

That's taken from SKY Transfer Center. 

Not sure he's the answer to our winger problems. 33 years old. League 2 is where he has done his work. Wait and see I guess. 

I see Mike Edwards is back training with us, does this mean he will sign a contract?

Good thing or bad?

Probably been too long since I've posted on here, been buisy helping out at Weymouth FC, working, and watching the summer sport (Cricket). Hope everyone's having a nice summer

Anyway, I know this might be a bit of a long shot, but i was wondering if anyone on here has the away shirt from the 2008-09 season which they'd be willing to sell me? The claret and blue halfs one:

Been after one for a while but they never show up on ebay or anything.

Preferably a medium/large, short sleeved version.

If anyone on here can help out, or knows of anybody who can help out, I'd really appreciate it

Just thought I would post and let you know, that Steve has just announced his retirement from internationals. No big surprise really as he is 34 years old, and in my opinion was poor during the world cup. Hopefully we start bringing in some more new flesh rather than all the old squad

Now that Bart has gone I for one can't wait for Fab to be our number 1 next year, I also can't wait to see more of this...

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ymgfC6PcM 

and this

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnXO56r_A4A

What's most peoples take on this chap?

From reports and interviews, it seems he may have a word to say in re: starting 11.

I know it's pre-season, but let's hope he can make a name for himself

The Ipswich rumour seems to be gathering pace, especially with the Nottingham Post reporter tweeting the deal to be completed today.

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Understand Bialkowski deal could be completed today.

Last September Steve McClaren took  over from Nigel Clough at my club.I wasn't very happy at the time but I'm very happy to be to be proved wrong SO FAR .Rams were comfortably placed in the championship and,with 2 or 3 loan signings and a little tweeking of the formations and playing style went on to narrowly miss out on promotion to the promised land.About a month after SM's appointment  Sean Derry became Notts manager but his, and Notts,  situation was much different, with  Notts in freefall and facing almost inevitable relegation.SD's approach was similar to SM in that he brought in some good loan signings and tried to get an underperforming team back on track.SM failed to get promotion but SD secured safety on the last day of the season at Oldham .So near ,yet so far for us,jubilation for you                 .                                                                             During the close season The Rams have managed to secure longer contracts for most of our players but SD has seen his playing staff decimated,.I am very happy with the way things are progressing at the Ipro,especially as it looks like Thorne will become a permanent signing.I will be even happier if we can sign a good right back and cover for our centre forward. Meanwhile SD has made some promising  signings but also suffered the setback of losing a player for the coming season.                                                                                                So what about the match today. On paper  it should be no contest -The Rams just missed promotion,the players know each other and should carry on where they left of last season.Notts pulled off 'The Great Escape' but have virtually a completely new team,still getting to know each other so  SD has a real job in his hands                                                                                                                                                                            Pre season friendlies are about match fitness and experimenting,so the result doesn't really matter but performances do.I just hope the weather doesn;t spoil things and no-one gets injured.....and  no one falls out with me.I  am going by the way.                                                                                                                                         

I really hate seeing players dive, it winds me up and can really spoil a game.

A moment ago, I watched a video on tv showing the moments during the world cup. I took to youtube to see if I could find any, as some was really amusing. I found this instead! Enjoy

>http://youtu.be/Ioyt2zzm530

Howdy. Squads are finalized on June 5th. I guess we should see if there is enough interest and the format. I play one league where you predict all the games before the tournament begins. I play another where you predict each day. Each day is a lot of work, we could use the playoff league format.

Let the discussion begin....

Fairly high rated player, good response from the Notts fans. I am hopeful we see some permanent signings in midfield but this would certainly be a start.

Thoughts?

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Notts-County-striker-Jimmy-Spencer-ruled-season/story-21455535-detail/story.html

Absolutely gutted, key player.