Well, having fluffed the first of my prediction league selections, I thought I would share this, hoping for a much better outcome.

Last season the bet from a few of the natives up here, was that they would do us and finish higher in league.

What a happy day I had this May collecting all of those pints.

It did however somehow mess with my already cotton wool brain, by enticing me to make another...

This season then, the bet is that Notts will finish higher in our league, than the cumbrians will finish in league 2.

First thing the next morning I was regretting this thinking, crikey its a no brainer, of course I am going to lose...

The table looked good for sooo long, and then along comes Curly Wurly...

COYP... or her indoors will have a dicky fit at the size of my bar bill

 Notts County have revealed a significant drop in the amount paid to agents over the past year...
 
Notts County can confirm that the club spent £21,686.67 on agents’ fees during the period 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2014.
 
In accordance with FA Football Agent regulations, the club are required to make the amount spent on agents’ fees public each year.
 
The fees for the current reported period cover seven transfers and represent a marked decrease in the amount spent on agents’ fees by the club in the same period last year, which totalled £77,910.
 
Notts County Chief Executive Jim Rodwell said of the latest figures: “I think this shows considerable progress in our mission to streamline running costs at Notts County.
 
“As this large reduction in fees clearly demonstrates, we are doing our utmost to control costs whilst maintaining our competitive edge on the pitch by recruiting wisely.”
 

Thoughts folks?

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I was interested to hear one caller on Radio Red's Matchtalk Programme say he had taken his son to watch the Accrington match and he sat behind the dugouts, (which is where I normally sat but wasn't for this particular match), he said he was appalled by the foul mouthed language that both managers and their assistants used in the dugouts particularly when speaking to the 4th official. He said he wouldn't want to expose his son to that kind of language again and the managers should be ashamed.

I have noticed this too and have wondered about the wisdom of letting my grandson hear the language but I don't think he is really old enough to understand yet.

What do others think, should managers set an example, not only to the players but also the young fans who look up to them? Or is it a part of everyday life that youngsters should get used to these days?

It's Mrs. H's birthday today and we were going to have a trip into town and have a meal but we realised it was the Christmas lights switch on and would probably be very busy so we decided to go to our local Thai restaurant and have a meal.

We started the night in Wetherspoons and had a lovely pint of Blakes bitter, a very dark bitter, which Mrs. H. particularly likes and then went on to the Thai Restaurant. Mrs. H. had a Red Thai Curry and I had some kind of chicken dish which had been cooked over a charcoal fire and was really nice. Its; the second time we have been to this restaurant and although we aren't really used to Thai food I must say we really enjoyed it.

Total cost £3.45 in wetherspoons and £44 in restaurant which included a starter and a bottle of house red, not a bad night out.

Happy birthday Mrs. H.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3hiBlophxA

Don't waste your time watch all of this but 3 minutes is good!

Please join me in wishing one of our star members a very happy birthday.I hope you're having a really good day @PTID1862 :birthday:

As requested, here is a quick run down on the trip out.

We dropped the kids off at my parents for the day/night and zoomed up to Buxton. Absolutely lovely place. Never been before , but will definitely go back. Old Spa type town with wonderful buildings wherever you go and no more so than the hotel, The Palace, which we stayed in. Quite a contrast to the hotel we stayed in at Dublin last November which was The Gibson next to the Eire O2. That was built for luxury fo the 21st Century so everything was perfect and so modern.

The Palace was like stepping into the set of Downton Abbey! Very grand and well, old!

Lovely place to soak up the history and the things like the wonky stairs add to the charm of the old place, but for me I prefer the more modern approach and the Palace must be due a refurb soon I would think.

The Opera House (Buxtons version of the Theatre Royal) was lovely. Again a traditional theatre with the full cherub and gold leaf decoration etc..

The 3 ladies themselves, fascinating Aida, were brilliant. Their satirical humour matched only by their wonderful singing voices made for a laughter filled evening. Might go and see them next year as the our has been so successful they've extended it again to continue to Easter 2015. Not bad considering they've been playing sold out theatres every night of the tour since it started in Autumn 2013.

( Must be hard being on the road for hat amount of time considering we are talking about ladies of the mature variety, not a pop band!)

Would highly recommend it to and and all, but be prepared for fruity language.Amazing how three ladies in ballgowns with wonderful singing voices can make you feel so at ease with the expletives they use!

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

I am sure all fellow Pride of Nottingham members would love to join me in wishing our Garry, Many Happy Returns, for his birthday.

34 Years young is Garry, and born up here in the "old Grey Town" that is Kendal.

Happy Birthday Garry. 

So, losing to Accrington means we are out of the FA cup at the first hurdle and wont be hosting Yeovil in R2.  However, some consolation is that we play them on Saturday back in division three action when we look to build on a season that overall exceeds expectations, regardless of early cup exits.

So, connections?

Connor Clifford bizarrely springs straight to mind, a Chelsea graduate, courtesy of Ince who also failed to convince...

Anymore?

The crowd was quite lively, it was bursting with life once it got closer to kick off. Spoke to many fans yesterday, again I spoke Joshua and his grandmother. I am pleased to see young fans like Joshua enjoying Notts, as they're our future and it sort of reminds me of when my Grandfather got me involved.

Family club! It makes me PROUD.

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I've read some comments which have concerned me about how some of our fans view Yeovil, they've earned their right to play in this league and I do not feel for a second that they're punching above their weight. They are a very good side on their day, I fully expect them to turn it around and progress back towards mid table.

Adjusting back to League One isn't easy, Bristol City, Coventry, Barnsley and so many others have struggled to adapt.

It's an hard league! The problem Yeovil are having is scoring, they made a mistake by selling Paddy Madden. Jordy Hiwula isn't a bad player, he's on loan from Manchester City and can be a tricky player - Liam Davis, Joel Grant, Kevin Dawson, and Sam Foley are players who I'd make Notts aware of for starters.

If Notts play to the way we know they can do, I don't see Yeovil being much of a problem but they will play similar to how Accrington did. Physical, playing to their strengths and not allowing the ball settle.

Key players for us will be our wide men, Yeovil's defence is the weakest area but they have a decent keeper in Artur Krysiak. Our strikers will need to make runs which will draw Yeovil's defence to follow, which I see allowing our midfield into the game. I expect players like Gary Jones, Liam Noble (whoever plays CM) to get the chances to score.

It's about time we stuffed Yeovil and if we play our cards right, I could see us scoring 3.

That probably won't happen though.

What formation would you play? Are Yeovil punching above their weight? Score predictions? Thoughts?

http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/notts-county-half-season-tickets-on-sale-now-2095206.aspx

Seem like great value, especially as the match-day program is still included.

In the Kop, it works out at £16 per game. It's worth it if you currently don't buy a program if you can make 10 of the last 13 games, and if you normally buy a program it's worth it if you can make at least 9 of the last 13.

If you can afford the upfront cost, why not give it a go and support the boys in black and white!

I've started watching the missing, its about a little boy who's been kidnapped. Some may feel its sort of like Madeline McCann - Its very good.

It stars James Nesbitt.

I generally like his work, anyone else seen it or watching it?

Its currently on the IPlayer, all 4 episodes to date. No idea how long the first two will remain but I recommend it.

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I must admit when i heard that Roy Carroll had signed for Notts County i was shocked and surprised. After seeing him in action for his former teams and the fact he couldn't control his demons i was not happy. Being a big Bart fan myself you could say it was sour grapes. But after all highlights and  games I've watched and what i heard at the weekend 2 games in 24/48 hours Im slowing changing my mind. I will admit i was wrong and would like to see Roy Carroll stay next season.

Saturday's Fixtures:
Rotherham United v Birmingham City

Watford v Derby County

Bristol City v Preston North End

Chesterfield v Barnsley

Burton Albion v Luton Town

Hartlepool United v York City

Hi everyone - quick note to say hello from Coventry - new member - born and bred Hucknall but now living in Coventry - and DID I enjoy the weekend!!!

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Welcome to PoN @Deegs.I hope you join in posting and enjoy your time here.

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Which means that he could well haunt us on the 28th December when we play them at their place.....

For those who aren't bench members and don't get the email, here is a message to the fans from Shaun. Click the image to make it readable.

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One well-known theory as to why the human race has not been visited - at least knowingly - by advanced civilisations from other plants is that, as a a race, we are not yet worth visiting. We have not yet evolved, the theory goes, to sufficient intelligence for it to be worth their while.

A trip to Meadow Lane makes this view hard to contend with. Any alien for whom the first glance at the human race was down at Meadow Lane would draw the following conclusions about earth:

- that the laws of physics regarding light are different here: fans 50-100 meters away from an incident are exempt from the law that results in physical objects appearing smaller the further away they are; given this, they know instantly the truth about an incident on the pitch, whereas the referee, the expert in this sort of thing, and who is standing perhaps just five meters away, IS and ALWAYS IS wrong.

- that there is some odd physical law which says that if a player of a certain shirt colour appears to be hurt, he is definitely faking it. However, if a person of the other shirt colour appears to be hurt, he is definitely not faking it. Again, the fans who instantly and vociferously adjudicate on such incidents, are always correct.

- continuing this point, that it is reprehensible and evil to feign injury in the case of the opposition, yet curiously acceptable in the case of the home team when you are clinging on to a 1-0 lead in the 85th minute away from home. Our alien, assuming the human race to be capable of fairness and objectivity, might wonder why, when our team do it, we don't equally shout at them for it.

- that predictions about the earth's eventual demise - destroyed by its own inhabitents - are pretty much on the money, if perceived intelligence of its dominant species is anything to go on. One example might be fathers and grandfathers sitting next to sons and grandsons, happily giving "wanker" hand gestures to visiting players and fans, calling the referee expletives. Our alien might be surprised that this is the example we set to our younger members.

- that "we always get **** refs." After some cursory research as to what this phrase means, our alien might think that this assertion contravenes the laws of logic. If the referee is different every week, and yet the crowd make this comlaint every week, the only constant is the crowd - and their subjective, irrational conclusions - rather than the referee. If our alien is away of the concept of irony, he might consider this ironic.

And so on and so on. The fact is, we played attrociously today. We insist on lofting the ball even though it almost always results in giving away possession. Meanwhile, our opponents play and pass their way out of their zone, with balls to the feet. We barely gave their keeper anything to think about, and we were undisciplined.

We got what we deserved. We couldn't string passes together; loose balls were meekly given back to Yeovil or hit out of play. It was like watching a Sunday league team at times.

Shaun Derry said recently he thought we were overachieving. And a good thing to, because we definitely are; on the form of three of our last four games, we are in a very inflated league position.

As a Notts county fan I'm getting used to things not quiet be right for us but this season i have a funny feeling we will go up. 

After last season great escape and an entire team over haul i can see we are slowly turning in to a team that could cause some other teams a upset. Just think the legendary pies in the championship facing Derby if they don't go up the team from the other side of the trent forest maybe even the foxes and every Notts county goal keeper kasper.

Would you be an extra in a film? The catch being you had to pay for it.
 
There is to be a sequel to Mike Basset England Manager, but they seek fans donations to fund it.
 
Various levels of finding are available - http://talksport.com/football/mike-bassett-interim-manager-trailer-england-boss-back-141110123769

Would you/wouldn't you, and is this something you think we will see more of?