I see that our "friends" across the river were a bit peeved when the fourth official gave a hand ball against one of their players which resulted in a penalty and the player being sent off. This is very interesting because I didn't know that a fourth official could do that, how can he see a penalty standing on the half way line when the ref and his assistant who were much nearer missed it? As it happens video analysis proves the decision to be the correct one.

What do you think, should fourth officials become more involved? They get enough harassment from the managers as it is, I can forsee more if this becomes the norm.

Saturday's Fixtures:

Birmingham City v Nottingham Forest

Sheffield Wednesday v Wigan Athletic

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

Swindon Town v Fleetwood Town

AFC Wimbledon v Cambridge United

Shrewsbury Town v Burton Albion

The final three are James Rodriguez, Stephanie Roche & Robin Van Persie

Which would be your top 3?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCGIzmTE4d0j0nkpgKtNWlu-IYEDGti_i

I just heard this on the radio and I cringed, "Jose Mourinho and Brian Clough are cut from the same cloth".

Now I spent many years disliking Brian Clough in my younger years, I hated his arrogance. Though I suppose this was based on by the fact the only person in my family who thought anything of him was @super_ram. My grandfather appreciated what he did but he didn't like him because of his smugness and attitude.

I dislike Jose Mourinho for pretty the same reason, yet I have grown to appreciate and like Brian Clough (I've matured I suppose).

I do not think that these two people are cut from the same cloth, Neil can be an idiot sometimes when he speaks. You just can't compare the two in my opinion, one played football and had a brilliant goal scoring record and became a manager known for his wheeling and dealing (yes he probably over spent) but what he did with clubs was impressive.

Jose Mourinho is lucky to have been able to manage gifted sides, yes he's a good manager but I don't think he could win the league with Stoke City let alone Nottingham Forest.

Rant over!

Dortmund are bottom, are they too good to go down?

Great interview this with a young man (and don't forget his Dad!) who has the World at his feet as long as he can step up and make the grade.

Dad is a real enigma. A marmite kind of guy, love him or hate him. I l enjoyed watching him work, but revelled in his style and presence!

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/30133344

We've just had one of the babies we mind admitted to Derby Royal Infirmary with bronchitis, and it goes without saying we hope h gets well soon, but an interesting conversation was had with his grandma this am. She is based in Kirkby, like us, but the parents of the boy live in Draycott and mum travels to work near us so uses us as minders. Gran was saying how disgusted she is with the care at DRI and it generally seems shabby and horrible.She wants him moved to Kingsmill.

Just getting peoples experiences of the local hospitals and their feelings towards them.

From our perspective we couldn't try for a better hospital in Kingsmill i we wanted. The buildings were built on the failed PFI idea, but it is superb and like any modern NHS facility should be, The care for our son has been second to none.

Now I obviously came from the centre of Nottm (hence being a b&w) so know Queens and City equally well, but I don't feel as confident in them, in terms of care of facilities.

Opinions and thoughts?

Having a look at the beeb website, I noticed it says our fixture is postponed...
 
Is this right? please tell me they have made a blunder.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one

Are we going to see more tactical fouls in the area, it looks likely if they do away with the current system of punishment under the triple jeopardy discussions going on, see article...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2857922/If-taking-likes-Sergio-Aguero-Yaya-Toure-penalty-area-smart-option-football-guilty-foul-play.html

Thoughts?

This past month we asked several team and general members to add nominations for our motm.

After collecting opinions and the nominations, we open the floor to voting which 16 members joined in and cast their votes. We're at the stage where we name the members who are runners up, plus the overall winner. Thank you to the community members who took the time to vote and add their nominations.

61 posts have been by the winner, he joined us on November the 10th and claims the Member of the Month award for his first actual month on PoN. @Northants Pie will hold back the press!

Please take time to congratulate @DangerousSausage

Well Done buddy! You will have to take the floor at some point after preparing your speech! Richly deserved.

Silver/2nd place goes to @super_ram who's been around ever since the dinosaurs - Well Done!

Bronze/3rd place goes to @Northants Pie - Well Done NP! Your youth team reports and posts are greatly appreciated.

Well Done to all the members who was nominated and to all those who have joined in, don't forget it's taking part that counts. Each and every visit makes a difference, as does your contributions. This upcoming month should be more trickier to name, so I hope you folks will make it even harder by continuing as you have been.

YOU PIES!!

The Saxophonist Bobby Keys who toured with the Rolling Stones for over 40 years has died at the age of 70, I am very very sad to hear this, I'm a big Stones fan and have been to 3 live shows in which Bobby has features, he was truly a great talent.

Here he is at his best.

>http://youtu.be/VVvtx-ClkBQ

Well done to @PTID1862 for getting to 1000 posts. Well done me old mucker!

Just got back from this and it was a very good night. I arrived outside and phoned @notts-joe as arranged because he had my ticket. The phone went to answer machine so I stepped inside the door and was spotted by Joe thankfully so I got in ok.

Joe had saved a table right at the front near the bar and stage and we went and sat down with @super_ram who was already on his sixth pint (only joking @GrannyPie go easy on him )

It was great to see them both and have a chat before the speakers started. They were Paul Hart, Les Bradd, Dean Yates, Mike Edwards and Greg Abbott, they all gave an interesting talk about their footballing careers but the star of the show was Greg Abbott who gave an off the cuff talk more akin to a stand up comedian, he was very funny and had the audience laughing including the time when a Carlisle fan threatened to torch his house with his wife and kids in and said he hoped they died, Greg even managed to make this very serious subject funny. If ever he loses his job in football he ought to consider a career in comedy.

There was a raffle which none of us three amigos won but you can't have everything. Joe was darting about here there and everywhere with his media duties taking photos, videos etc

All in all it was a great night and I hope successful evening for the Academy. I'm sure @notts-joe and @Super _Ram can fill in any details I have missed. Thanks to all concerned.

Having beaten the league leaders Hull City 2-0 on Saturday, Notts youth team defeated mid-table Grimsby by the same scoreline this afternoon at Arnold and moved up to second place in the league table – just three points behind the leaders.  

Notts were ahead after only three minutes when a cross from Colby Bishop was fired home by Rico Fyfe.  Notts doubled their lead on seven minutes when a Grimsby defender handled the ball in the penalty area and Colby Bishop coolly slotted home the penalty.

The rest of the game saw Notts in control and trying to extend their lead with only the occasional attack by Grimsby.

A very good performance by the young ‘Pies whose upturn in both performances and results could be linked to the arrival of Paul Hart – or it could be just a coincidence.

Is anyone else following some of the vines on this Chap.

Cracks me up everytime. This Compilation is one of the best

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOqbImGJ_6A

What a brilliant execution of a very difficult piece of skill, the lack of distance to get this right is what makes this especially good for me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30268966

So, onwards and upwards once more.  Donny Rovers next up in the Sherpa Freight Van Trophy (old money), a team in this division who embody and define "yo-yo" along with Peterborough United.  Could be a win, draw or defeat - complete unknown at the moment, so for the next week lets put the game to on side and think on the players / staff who have represented both clubs.

My opening trio are;

Paul Barnes, Paul Heffernan, and a real wildcard, Gavin Worboys.  I distinctly remember Warnock paying £100k for him - and never even gave him his debut!

Brilliant to see the fans putting together an event like this, it will really be a good night. I have my ticket and at £3 it's a bargain! Plus a chip butty.. haha!

Okay, so @grannypies phone's been playing up, it's at the stage she isn't really using it much.

Myself and @cheeky~k8 have a chat, we both agree that buying her a new one for her birthday/Christmas present would be a nice idea. Since both myself and Cheeky regularly chat to her within the day, we felt a new handset would allow us to do this better whilst being easier for granny.

BIG MISTAKE.

The phone arrived the other day, being technically minded I decided to remove all the unwanted apps from the device. However, once the phone restarted they reappeared! Now this annoyed me!!

I decided to look up, a suggestion for the handset was perform a factory reset.

DEAR GOD NO!!!!

Something so ***dy straight forward, just a simple factory reset and the phone goes pear shaped!!

I tell myself it's not that bad, I can fix it. I'm also the sort of person who doesn't quit, so I know after some time I will have succeeded. TODAY IS THAT DAY!!

The past x days I tried various ways to fix the system and the IMEI of the handset which had become corrupted, yet finally it's all over.

Literally I've tried various flashing methods, apps, PC programs, restoring. My laptops full of these things now! Haha! Though all this was worth it, especially when I hand over the phone knowing Granny will not have any problems. A word to warn people, don't factory reset smartphones without backing up the handset before hand! (even though I did) make sure that the phone doesn't corrupt them.

So, what are you getting your loved one for Christmas? A new mobile?

Anyone hunting for any bargain deals tomorrow on Black Friday?

Let us know what you plump for and how much cash the retailer alleges  you may have saved!

I'm going to order a Kindle HDX for the wife for Xmas. At £100 notes you can't go wrong as it is such a big difference to the kindle e-reader she has always had. Half price is worth it me thinks!

Welcome to Pride of Nottingham, @mexicanpie.

It is good to see new members joining, have fun here browsing the topics and posting your thoughts and ideas.

Just noticed this in the red rag and with us all getting in the Christmas spirit, I thought we should start a collection for @PTID1862 

I'll start off by chucking in £1. 

Any more offers?

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Drayton-Manor-Park-s-Magical-Christmas-winter/story-24874637-detail/story.html

A nice piece on the Notts County website about Zeli Ismail, he has a lot of good things to say about the club, management and supporters.

Best of luck to him as he recovers from his injury and maybe we will see him down the Lane in the future, who knows.

http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/injured-winger-zeli-ismail-has-returned-to-his-parent-club.-2115300.aspx

Time to vote folks after the 1-1 result.

Please vote for November's Member of the Month!

One Vote - Please choose who you feel is the most deserving, if you're in the running please vote for someone else and hopefully this will be fun! Voting ends on the 30th and 7:00, not long after the winner(s) will be announced.

Help share this, so we can get more votes and lets let the community decide!

Special mentions!

@Canadian says "I'd like to Give a Special Mention to @DangerousSausage, Seemed to have grasped the goings here on PON. He brings some good Perspective to the Table". @tonyhateley also gave a special mention to DS - "DangerousSausage (great newcomer)".

I praise @magpiejue - You always engage with us on FB, you help make a difference on the site and promotes our articles. A true all round member who's help only rightly deserves to be highlighted.

@liampie says "@PTID1862, hes introduced a lot of wit, fun and discussions to the community. hes someone i think shines the good things about pon and what we are trying to achieve as a community".

@PTID1862 says "@pie_in_shanghai because I really love the Magnets threads".

@GrannyPie says "@Blackville - It's nice to see another young member contributing".

Thank you to everyone for your contributions! Good Luck!

Please do vote and leave a comment to let us know you have done. You Pies!