Breaking news just coming out: Derby County have this evening sacked manager Nigel Clough.

I for one am stunned, I didn't see this coming at all. To the best of my knowledge, he still had the backing of the fans and after spending a few years re-building the club, sacking him so early in a season when there appears to be hope of a play-off push it very odd indeed.

Be very interested to hear what @super_ram makes of it all

I've learned to respect him a lot, I think he did a fantastic job at Burton and Derby (both local clubs). I did feel he moved up a little too quickly but no doubt the championship is suited to a manager of his ability, I feel he's unlucky to have been sacked (as we've already discussed).

Now I've tried giving CK time and whereas I won't directly bring negative comments, I would hate to miss a debate.

Would you take on Nigel Clough as Notts Manager?

Honestly, I've grown tired and I feel we're losing more than we can afford too. CK's long vision plan could be far away - He might never resolve the defensive issues we have but he's got us for the time been being able to attack and break, on a more solid day we might have perhaps won and go forward for more but there's areas which need working clearly.

Yet for me, I'm tired of seeing Notts go through the phases and I'm concerned that we will lose more support if we don't handle the situation.

Nigel Clough can handle budgets, he's pretty decent with youngsters (Will Hughes tends to thank him a lot), He knows good players and he see's how he wants his teams to play. By all accounts he isn't that bad with his tactical choices and personally I would like to see him at Notts.

If we lose against Crewe.. How long until the players go back to their less than inspiring performances and we see a situation develop where heads drop again.

Thoughts?

Not impressive, quite the annoyance for actual fans and whoever runs this account deserves to have it banned. It's clearly not a parody, it's been setup in mind to trick people and it's not acceptable in my opinion. For anyone wondering what I am going on about? Well someone or some people, have set up a fake twitter account which matches the official clubs.

They put this up..

#BREAKING Notts County have this morning regrettably accepted the hand written resignation of first team manager Chris Kiwomya #Notts

Full Link

Leaving aside the football I've had a lovely weekend. Yesterday we went on a river cruise to celebrate our friends 50th birthday, what a fantastic day for it too. The sun was shining and it was idyllic cruising slowly down the river having afternoon tea on the boat. When we got back we picked up our two eldest grandchildren (we get to see them twice monthly thanks to a court order- long story) and brought them back to ours for a sleep over.

Today we were all up bright and early to support my son (their uncle) as he attempted the Robin Hood Half Marathon. Recently a stomach bug has swept through the family he has been ill his youngest son Freddy has been ill and then last night George (his eldest son) was up all night being sick. It wasn't the best preparation for a half marathon but he did really well and finished the course in less than two hours, we were so proud of him.

We managed to spot him amongst the multitude at the half way stage at Highfield University Park where we gave him a cheer to encourage him then we caught him again as they went round the lake (we took a short cut) our Grandchildren loved it seeing their uncle run with all the other runners. We stood near a drinks stop where the drinks are held out for the runners and they grab them as they run past and the kids thought they were all a bit naughty throwing their drinks bottles on the floor and not taking their litter home. Bless em.

After the runners had gone past we had a long time on the play park with the children and an ice cream before coming home and having one of Mrs. H's lovely sunday roasts. Perfect end to a perfect weekend.

The kids have gone home again now, tired but happy, we've opened a bottle of wine, we're also tired but happy.

What's everyone else been up to, anything nice?

Sorry I'm late putting this weeks games up, been buisy and unwell.

This Saturday's fixtures:

Sheffield Wednesday v Doncaster Rovers

Watford v Wigan Athletic

Preston North End v Swindon Town

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Sheffield United

Fleetwood Town v Exeter City

York City v Portsmouth

Good lck everyone

It's an interesting fixture, a side which beat Sheffield United (1-0) rather convincingly I have been told by a good source up north are a little concerned by our visit. The way some of their fans have communicated with me, you'd have though they was in our position and us in theirs!

Carlisle is an untest ground for me, I'm excited about making the journey.

Notts - MUST show the same conviction and passion in this performance, as the one they did against Tranmere. I think away will be a different one to master, as I strongly feel the crowd helped on Saturday (among other contributing factors). I wouldn't mind a slower game, aslong as the passions there. The skill and tricks, well are nice but I want to see a step at a time but I won't moan if the likes of Andre Boucaud insist on splitting their defense with an incising ball forward - Just a case of doing it when someone can run!

Carlisle - I'm not sure, many seem to have this down as an easy game. It would be so much easier if we had Zoko, we'd be guaranteed a goal! Okay, Perhaps not but I still think we should have kept him. There squad will be wanting a win, I don't see them being overly kind to us and possibly cut throat style game.

Just hope it's a game where boys turn into men and believe! Man into Manager! COYP!

Your thoughts?

Tomorrow we have been invited to a friends 50th birthday cruise. It is a cruise down the river with afternoon tea. Sounds lovely.

It will be even more enjoyable if we just happen to be passing the donkey sanctuary at about the time that Fword fans are trooping out having been beaten by Derby. Here's hoping, I might give them a few "you pies" at the top of my voice safe in the knowledge that short of swimming they can't get to me.

If any of them jump off the bridge in their anguish I won't be diving in to save them.

Hi Joe

I think your pm box is full, I tried to send you a message but it said I can't.

Is anyone surprised by this?

Today's the 5 year since the death of our most legendary manager Jimmy Sirrel, I'm saddened that it seems to have bypassed some and although his memory lives on. I strongly feel that legends never die!

R.I.P Jimmy

Joe seemed to think that a change of manager could be on the cards following your recent results.

Had you lost and this had happened you might now be seriously considering our (STFC) previous incumbent.

Or  ..... maybe The Rams feel a change would improve their home form.

Just a couple of thoughts for you to mull over.

I haven't been able to get on here very frequently whilst on holiday but it looks like it's been very quiet with Joe and family being away as well. It's time I came back home and livened things up a bit but you will have to wait another week.

I see the PON facebook page seems to be a lot busier, how can we get some of those folk on here and chatting? It worries me that everyone seems to be on the facebook page and very few on here, it should be the other way round.

Anyway come on guys, give the forum a chance and forget facebook, you know it makes sense.

How important are these two young players to us? Do you want to see us attempt to extend their loan periods?

I've only see them play together at Tranmere, where no doubt McGregor was quieter than normal. McGregor deserves an extension by his performances so far, I think it's important for youngsters to enjoy their football because skill etc becomes natural when you do. Learning wise, he's in a good situation as we're starting to build from the bottom and it will help him on some many levels (I'm not even going mention how much he can help us - It's obvious).

Grealish dominated Tranmere, he looked like a player well in his prime and different to McGregor. Grealish appears to be more dynamic and experienced with passing, he just needs to improve his finishing and if this happened he could start bagging a few goals.

I don't agree with the Waddle comments - He doesn't look or play like him. Waddle never had pace and his ability was related to crossing/passing - A very overrated player in my opinion.

Both McGregor and Grealish have so much promise and both need looking into extending asap.

What do you think?
 

After a quiet few weeks, things seem to be picking up on here again. So it'll be nice to see a few more people joining in here. You can look at the other threads for an idea of what its about but basically, I post six fixtures every week and you just have to predict the score for each match. You get 3 points for a correct score, 1 point for a correct result.

This weekend's matches:
Blackburn Rovers v Huddersfield Town

Blackpool v Leicester City

Peterborough United v MK Dons

Walsall v Rotherham United

AFC Wimbledon v Burton Albion

Torquay United v Cheltenham Town

Deadline is 1:30pm on Saturday

Good luck everyone

Well here I am back from two weeks camping in our little camper van, the house seems enormous!

We had a lovely time, we spent some time in Wiltshire and Hampshire before catching the ferry for the Isle of Wight where we spent a week at Whitecliffe Bay a lovely spot, the weather was on the whole warm and dry apart from one night when we had a gale and lashing rain.

We took a heater with us in case we got cold at night but never used it. We did a couple of ten mile walks and some shorter ones which invariable just happened to have country pub en route so had some nice pub lunches too. Lots of real ale on the island Super_Ram:thumbsup:

After a week on the island we visited relatives before making our way home, the first thing we noticed is how much colder it is the further north we came, the IOW seems to have its own micro climate, it's a lovely place and I can heartily recommend it for a holiday.

Well it had to happen sometime so today before the match I went on a Joe hunt, i didn't have to look far because as I wandered into the MLSB there he was with his two children.

When I approached him I think he was a little taken aback to see the famous Tony Hateley.

Seriously it was great to meet you in person at last Joe and it turned out to be a lucky omen for notts too.

Someone flew a remote control helicoptor with a camera attached to it over Meadow lane. Fantastic views of the stadium and surrounding areas. Take a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Y4P1GPDyk

The troops have been rallied, we've had a positive messaged shared by our Chairman - Regardless of individual views or the fact that CK appears to have the backing. It might not be what everyone would like, although we have to make the best of our current situation and the only way forward is by thinking clearly.

I certainly don't think much will change if things don't start to pick up, there becomes a point where actions will and must be taken. So really, until this point let's support the team we love.

Tranmere have some quality in their side, although they have been inconsistent themselves.

The thing which worries me is the fact that they can score freely, they can create and control games. We need to see an improvement - The marking certainly needs to be much better and if we can take some of the pressure we create ourselves we could control the game.

I don't see a win personally, I see a 1-1 draw on the cards.

What about you?

For those who haven't received this message, here is Ray's rallying call.

I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Joe and his family a lovely holiday, I hope you have a great break and the weather holds for you.

After all the hard work on this site you deserve to have a rest and recharge your batteries. I hope Super Ram finds a few real ale pubs to sample, I can see him and GrannyPie now in their "kiss me quick" hats.

Have a good one folks and if you can keep in touch let us know what you are up to.

Here are the groups for Spurs, Wigan, & Swansea

Group K

Spurs

Anji (Sold Willian and Eto to Chelsea) (Russian)

Sheriff (Moldova)

Tromso (Norway)

Spurs will stroll through this group. Anja have sold all their best players. Tromso are only in it cause Besiktas got thrown out for match fixing. Sheriff will be tough away but cannon fodder at home.

Group A

Swansea

Valencia

Kuban (Russian)

St Gallen (Swiss)

Swansea have a good chance of advancing. Valencia should win the group. Kuban are a bit of an unknown quantity. They are the biggest threat to Swansea. St Gallen did beat Spartak Moscow to qualify so they could be a dark horse.

Group D

Wigan

Rubin Kazan (Russian)

Maribor (Slovenian)

Zulte Waregem (Belgian)

Rubin are by far the best team in the group. Wigan shouldn't fear either of the other 2. Zulte will be their biggest threat IMO. Maribor are seasoned competitors so can't be ruled out.

I'm pleased to welcome 4 more new members,Chinola,Mapperley Magpie,magpie77 and Heropie1862.Please feel free to join in on any forum topic.

Hi @patsman1,

The username seems to ring a bell, how are you?

Welcome to the community here at Pride of Nottingham! I hope you enjoy your time here and if you join us a little later for the Match Chat, I will see you there. If not, I hope to see you around our community.

You Pies!

Leyton Orient have had a very good start to the season, ex Notts manager Russell Slade (currently Orient boss) will no doubt be eager to do well on Tuesday to continue his teams streak.

It's a game myself and quite a few others don't expect anything from, however you have to think on the bright side otherwise it would be pointless even going, so with that said you never know. We might break their start but how many more games can we lose? 1 point in 6 is the opposite to our opposition.

If Notts are to get anything out of the game, I firmly believe we will have to be calm and slow in building but at all costs we will have to hold possession.

We can't just whip the ball to the win and attack games like this, we need creative play and surely I am not the only one who believes our dynamics are to flat. We should be attacking through the middle/centre of the park and in those terms we can't, we should push the balls to the flanks. We should also be far more dangerous from set pieces but it seems we as a club are unsure how to use them correctly.

More importantly, they have to push on and not leave open space. Marking at Orient will be vital and if Chris wants to keep his job, he will need to drum our mistakes into the players and make sure he tries to change in game if things aren't working.

I would hate to see us axe another but it's bordering a joke. Dean Yates said it was a shambles and it's saddening but true. COME ON NOTTS!!

Thoughts?

where is everyone?

do i have pon to myself?