Here's a view of what the general census of the Crewe Alexandra fans think.

Before the Game

sankeyred; Said "I think were playing these at the right time,another away win 1-2."

crewebacca; Said "Given the current form of both teams we'll hammer 'em 1-0 C.O.Y.R."

BenAlexl Said "Tough one this not beaten County in the last nine meetings, but we are looking stronger in all departments so I will go with 1-2 COYR."

alexmick; Said "Another tough away encounter, although they are all difficult in this very competitive league. Having not won away at County since 1997, perhaps this Alex outfit, with our new look forward line can do the business tomorrow and make headway on the teams just above us. I will go for a hard fought 2-1 victory, with goals from Ajose and Grant."

Crewe99; Said "I'd go with us getting a point today. Not one of our favourite opponents so if we keep adding to our total, I'm happy.

Gone with the same team that won last week."

Aftermath

Ryancrewefan4ever; Said "Ness has just hammered one in to make it 1-1, sounds like were just edging it so far."

alexmock; Said "Not too far off picking up that valuable point today, as their goal was a very late one. I see that they had a man sent off for a second bookable offence. Grant, once again the man to receive the rough treatment."

itwasin; Said "I think Vale have cleaned up a bit since Micky left,however let's hope Vale don't take quick free kicks or corners as Crewe get caught out to often in this department,not to mention late Goals!"

SuperCrewe; said "Another decent performance, game could have gone either way, but for the first time in a few week the result went against us.

Yes Ajose had a couple of chances that he didn't take , but he's a livewire of the like we haven't seen since the Nicky Maynard days!

Lots of optimism, and for me not a question of whether we can avoid the drop, more a case of how high can we finish !"

GSmith; Said "Was at the game yesterday and saw behind me, fans fighting. A lad had a go at a fan for snapping a seat off, so he started on him. And what look like his dad joined in and said he was going to slit the lads jaw. All this because a crewe fan had a go at another person for snapping a seat off. Massive heads gone."

Notts Fans - Aftermath

View what our fans thought - Here [Video]

Which comments stand out to you and why? What are your thoughts?

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The things players/managers say but actually mean.... [in this game put what they actually mean!?!]...

Example

Steve Davis - "We have got to be braver" - "We lost a close fought game and were unlucky to leave with nothing."

Steve Cotterill - "Our playing budget probably isn’t as big as a couple of teams in our league. Everybody will say ‘I don’t believe that’, but it’s a fact." and "We have been able to cherry pick our players but if we go into the Championship we would be struggling with what we are on that’s for sure."

Means "Compared to TOP Championship teams we have peanuts despite the fans being thickle and getting above their stations quoting the wealth of the chairman as if it's our playing budget." and "We have to spend careful, I am a bargain buy manager and clubs hire me to look at the cheaper end of players on a limited budget. We may bottle League One if we gain promotion fans will be in for a rude awakening."

Shaun Derry - "People need a sense of 'realism'." - "I want to play down promotion and I think the fans and media should."

Over to you... What do managers say but really mean? It doesn't have to be 100% true just what you think they mean but can't say.

Before I explain this, don't get me wrong I like Liam Noble but I think others should remain in place. It just seems unfair that he comes straight back into play, I would personally save him as a substitution but I admit he could be missed as that 'driving force' within our midfield.

Leigh Curtis has put his thoughts up as the general cliche when a player is missed.
 

In the aftermath of Saturday's defeat to Bristol City, Notts County manager Shaun Derry was predictably asked about his plans for the chaos known as the transfer window.
 
He said centre forwards were his priority and why wouldn't they be having conceded himself that his team were struggling to find a cutting edge.
 
But while Internet forums and social media have been rife with rumours about Joe Bloggs moving to Meadow Lane, the best deal of the window has already been concluded.
 
It won't grab as many headlines as a new signing, but the fact the Football Association's disciplinary department no longer has Liam Noble locked up in manacles is just as important.

This part I think stands out as a good start, yet I could be being picky about the title. Leigh is right about the importance of Noble's return not being overlooked.
 

The midfielder is free to play against Crewe this weekend after serving a five-game ban and for Derry – to pardon the cliche – it will be like having a new signing at his disposal.

I don't exactly agree that Noble should walk straight back into the squad.

Whereas I would probably leave Smith out for this game, mainly for the fact we need legs and people able to get the ball into decent positions (which Smith can offer when he plays well) I just think we have alternative options. I'd also like to see Whitehouse again because I think he looks a moderately useful player.

I also hope this isn't to be the best news within the transfer window as suggested.

His article - Here

Opinions? C'mon folks.

Another new member to welcome, hello @Captain Sticky I hope you enjoy being part of our friendly community.

Easy game right? Let's not go there.

Crewe Alexandra have put together some decent results which in turn have lifted them up from the dreaded drop zone. Key results include winning those who never lose 'Bristol City' but they have also draw to sides in contention for promotion. In truth they can play some good football, although they do have an inexperienced squad. Some very good players are within their team (albeit unknown/underrated).

Also, if anyone made use of their academy it's them. Several players have made the grade, part of the struggle for them from what I recall being mentioned when I last spoke to the Railwaymen's fans.

We need to use this game to find our feet and get back some consistency, if the squad train hard I see no reason why the loan players cannot offer us something but if we are disjointed in the game I can this being used against us. I would love to write the game off and predict an easy win, yet I think they'll make it extremely difficult for us (either that or we will).

My heart tells me we can win, though my mind says this will either end up 1-1 or 2-2. I'll go with 1-1.

I just hope to see some direct play whereby hard work shines and we see a glimpse that we are together. Chin up, heads high... C'mon YOU PIES!!

Thoughts?

Here are the crowd photos from todays game against Crewe Alexandre.
>https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153747127500961.1073741865.158954730960&type=1

Click here to view them.

Here we go folks, even the highlights look far better than many of the results games. I think you can highlight from the goals who pushed Notts forward yesterday and it was a great team effort.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Ef7pY3a3U

What's your thoughts on the Pen? Daniels finish? Did Noble deserve to go?

Discuss...

Most are child friendly, but a few may be classed as risky, but that's more down to your own dodgy interpretation of it :)

http://theviralfizz.com/18-of-the-most-unfortunate-photos-ever-taken/1/

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What a beautiful day, we've still got grand kids till tonight, we were going to go swimming but they wanted to go geocaching. So we are going to look for some of their dad's geocaches, it'll get us out in the fresh air and a bit of exercise too.

What have you got in store today?

Is it any good?

Keeps asking me to download when I log in. Happy to if I get the same experience as from the net as I usually access from my phone.

Anyone have feedback good or bad

With a family run firm, over a compulsory purchase order, which would see the club redevelop White Hart Lane.

This article could be read in a way that suggests supporters of the club have already, tried to enforce the move for Archway Sheet Metal Works. The company has, as is reported received bomb threats, and had their premises gutted by a "mystery fire" in November...

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/15/tottenham-hotspur-high-court-stadium

After the match had finished I took to once again collecting the views of the fans, have a watch. If you have a YouTube account please do subscribe.

>http://youtu.be/14ZV1qpwonM

Thoughts?

I often look at opposition forums after we play teams. What is worrying is that a lot of teams list us as 'one of the worse/the worse team we've seen this season.' Initially, when we were beating teams, it wasn't so much of an issue as we could put it down to bitterness. However, now we are losing (even 4-0), teams are still saying this about us.

It seems to be a common conscientious, we are a poor team.

Shaun Derry says a lot about 'consistency' in the club, however a lot of his signings are for the short term. Far too many are the wrong side of 30, they may not even last another season, beyond that, we are knackered. Discounting those the wrong side of 30, our side looks like this:

Speiss
Dumbuya - Hollis - McKenzie - Adams
Thompson-Noble- Wroe - ???????
Murray - Bishop/Spencer(if fit)

That's a team that is destined for League 2. McKenzie is pretty much untried, Speiss the same, Hollis isn't earning much praise this season.

We desperately need to sign players of quality, who may be here 2-3 years. At the moment we have stop-gaps, and although they may be good, they won't last. Loan signings are only an answer short term. 

Scunthorpe lost both keepers to broken arms in the first half, what are the chances of that??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30757600

This Saturday's fixtures:
Watford v Charlton Athletic

Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

Doncaster Rovers v Barnsley

Milton Keynes Dons v Sheffield United

Cambridge United v Newport County

Plymouth Argyle v Luton Town

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Mr Ginola has announced he intends to run for FIFA presidency, standing against Septic Bladder.

As things stand he would be unable to run, as he still needs to satisfy certain criteria.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30843034

Hissing D predicts...

It will be bloody cold down there so dig out those long jons and hand warmers so all extremities are snug and warm!

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  Saturday
  

  Another cold day with sunny spells, and most places experiencing a mainly dry day. Some isolated wintry showers will be around though, especially during the morning and through northern counties.

  
  
  
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  A high of 3...how do you do a degrees sign on a computer?????

  
  
  
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  and low of -1

  
  
  

Ok, then folks looking forward to our Saturday fixture against The Railwaymen...

Who do we have then that connects the two clubs?

Recently, Danny Haynes who unfortunately failed to shine with either...

My shouts here;

Febian Brandy

Alan Sheehan

and

Luke "offside" Rodgers

Over to you....

One of my pet hates when driving on motorways is when large lorries decide to pull out to overtake another lorry thereby reducing the motorway to one lane or non if it's a two lane motorway, then they proceed to take a really long time to complete the overtaking manoeuvre which results in a long tail back of frustrated drivers behind them.

Or worse still after pulling out and trying to overtake for 5 minutes they realise they can't get the speed necessary and have to drop back behind the lorry they were trying to overtake.

If the lorry in front is only doing a few mile an hour slower can't they wait and drop their speed accordingly.

Perhaps @PTID1862 has a view on this, I believe you drive lorries and also cars so you have seen it from both angles are some lorry drivers being inconsiderate or am I just a grumpy old man?

Seems he may have got his mojo back, scoring twice last night as Atletico defeat Real over two legs to reach the quarter finals of Spanish Cup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30843425

A big welcome to @Seven_Pie who is a new Pie, only been following our fortunes a few months....

Tell this nosey lot a little about yourself.

Without cheating!!!!

There are four current football league clubs never to have played at Wembley, how many of them can you name?