first half was a very good 45 minutes, but even though i think notts could have put the game to bed then. i do think its sometimes how games go and their pitch is one of the worst i have seen this season. i thought it was good how it did not make us sluggish, but i could see them growing in strength and the disappointing thing is allowing them to claw themselves back into the game and then to losing in a game we should never have been in that situation. fleetwood played some good football, but i think we were a lot more lively and looked the better team.

we just struggled to adapt to how fleetwood changed things in the second half, and some of our own players did not ask enough questions.

On 18/01/2025 at 13:00, Fan of Big Tone said:

Just me then.

Not my cup of tea.

I caught @cheeky~k8 watching the last series, oddly, I was downstairs as the news was on and it announced the winner before the show started. No idea why it made the BBC news, not sure why they teased the spoiler, and why give the result away before watching. A very odd tactic; still, I find these sorts of shows impossible to watch. I just don't like false people, or shows that like to create drama out of the "Big Brother" textbook of shows.

Worse of all, I am starting to sound like my dad!!!

i have not watched it, i dont watch a lot of tv. usually its just the dramas and documentaries that interest me. i know the show, but i dont like the host.

I'm sorry but I've said this before. With less than a third of the season left I just don't see the advantages of sacking a Manager/Head Coach so late in the season.

It is so hard for another Manager/Head Coach coming in. Why don't these clubs just appoint someone with coaching qualifications to come in and assist the Head Coach and maybe bring new ideas to the table.

I think it is so important to have someone that knows his  players at this critical part of the season. It can make all the difference.

Its harsh on Shaun when the owners sold their best player to Luton in January transfer window

george abbott would be my man of the match, so he gets my vote.

2 hours ago, Robbie said:

A belated thanks for letting me know. By the way you spelt Abbott wrong but  never mind, we all make mistakes. 

Believe me @Robbie I’m a master at making mistakes, I was probably thinking of Abbot Ale I haven’t had a drink for 3 weeks and it’s affecting my brain. 

The poll has now closed.

Thanks to all who voted.

I am pleased to announce that by a large majority, George Abbott has been voted the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match for his outstanding performance against Fleetwood. Well done George.

3 hours ago, CliftonMagpie said:

Happy Birthday, @super_ram. Share the cake amongst us! Hope you had a good birthday.

3 hours ago, NiftyNick said:

Happy Birthday @super_ram. 🎉🎈

40 minutes ago, Robbie said:

Happy birthday @super_ram Hope you've had a great day.

Thank you all.Yes, It's been  a lovely day all round. Nice to chat with friends and relatives ,and not forgetting the visit from @Chris and family with the amusingly wrapped presents.

Bit late in the day, as I am just back from Fleetwood...Happy birthday @super_ram

15 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

Bit late in the day, as I am just back from Fleetwood...Happy birthday @super_ram

Better lat tham never  @Piethagoram Thank you.Hope you enjoyed the match One point is better than no points.

Good morning it’s the first day of March and it’s another lovely sunny start to the day but it’s cold first thing with a bit of frost.

It’s matchday too of course and the same as @Robbie I’m desperately hoping for a good performance and a win. Safe travels to those who are going to support the lads.

COME ON YOU PIES!

Another lovely spring morning here with plenty of sunshine.

Out early in the garden breaking down branches of the American lilac I trimmed down the other day 

Also removed all the leaves from the patio floor. I've now come in for a bit of test before resuming some garden work.

Then it will be sitting down to listen to this afternoon's match on Radio Nottingham.

Morning all, I hope all those who travelled to the match returned safely, or are you stopping over sampling the delights of Blackpool?

Its another lovely day here the sun is out and the sky is cloudless, I think I might have my first foray of the year into the garden and do a bit of tidying up, I’m not a keen gardener by any stretch of the imagination but I try to keep it tidy if my back will let me.

Have a lovely day whatever you are doing.

Fireworks used to be just around the 5th of November when I was young,Then it was New Year.Now it's on a regular basis ,at least around where I live it is.3 nights this week and after 10 o'clock.

i think its stupid when fans know clubs will be fined, they risk being banned and in the rare circumstances cause other people issues. it's only right to ban them, personally they should be made to pay for the finest issued to clubs.

I don't worry about football finances. I think the Reedtz have a good understanding of what it takes to get us up the leagues, and provided we maintain control over the money going out and the debt, I personally think we'll be better off than a lot of other clubs that are considered bigger and richer. The thought of us being able to profit from departing players is only part of the good signs.

i used to worry about the finances but i dont think the reedtz try to hide things and are investing in the club, if improvements were not being made and we looked like we was barely getting by that would be a concern but i dont see that. i think we are in safe hands and things will improve with time.

An interesting aside, employees increased from 274 to 340...when Man U in the news for staff redundancies.

25% increase, seems high for an EFL2 club? 

Such tragic news, he still had plenty of years ahead of him.

Rest in Peace...

It's very sad news about Matija Sarkic. Rest in Peace.

What a long way our club have come when we are being shown as an example of how a club should be run.

Another inevitable sacking. Worse possible time in a season for a new Head Coach/ Manager to take over. 

Who ever it will be is on a hiding to nothing. Just thirteen matches to turn their season around. And it's very tight between the bottom three.

I personally think that it is a wrong move by Tranmere & they may rue their decision at the end of the season.

Yeah, it’s a tough one I can see both sides to the argument but I get that losing to Accrington is extremely deflating, it’s a massive loss. If you can’t beat an equally poor team, at home, where is your next 3 points coming from?

They’ve been averaging a win a month, but it’ll be zero for this month and that recent loss also extended their winless run to 10 games. Knowing all that I can’t exactly say I’d have any faith in Nigel Adkins to keep them up, you’d basically be reliant on Morecambe and Carlisle to keep losing.

Its been a windy and rainy day here today. Totally different from the previous day's spring like weather.

Pleased that Notts won yesterday. They probably didn't deserve it on the play but wins like this one can prove vital at the season's end.

Good news for the Notts women too. They scored five goals in a 5:2 win over Worcester City.

Last week, I went with @cheeky~k8 to a physio appointment, but unlike normal, it wasn't for me.

Tuesday, it was a strange day. First part felt rather empty, though I was looking forward to going to Wilford Cemetery. I also felt encouraged to go see Notts even though I wasn't really wanting to be around people. My friend had done the crossbar challenge and had won executive box tickets, which were for the Colchester game. We took a Uber up to the cemetery, spent a while with Granny Pie, my grandparents, and my aunt Jean's (young baby) when she passed away. Then a short walk to our daughter's grave, which brought some laughter from Jake/Ava's antics. 😛

After we went to the Wolds Pub for a family meal. None of us were feeling all that great; I felt quite rough with the bug I am still trying to shake off.

I had lasagna and shared a bowl of chips with Ellie.

After eating, we spoke a little about memories and Jake making kettle sounds as a baby. To which, Granny would often tell me to leave him alone when I joked about it, but would always ask Jake if he had put it on for her. 😂

The Colchester game was frustrating, soulless, and disappointing. I enjoyed the company, very thankful that my friend had Jake and me join him. I enjoyed the match as much as I did the chicken & mushroom pie that had been pre-ordered weeks before the postponed game. I never got it! They said they had run out of them, which is baffling when you pre-ordered. Pretty typical of Notts, and quite poor on their catering front. I've worked in places that would be ashamed if this had happened, but I did enjoy my box of chips. Jake, on the other hand, had a chicken balti pie and hated everything but the few pieces of chicken it contained. Others who were supposed to have potatoes in theirs had none; some didn't even contain gravy!!!

@Piethagoram: I think we could get a fair amount of fans who want Pukka Pies back!!!

Tranmere are usually a good lot, who respect football and I am glad to read this.

A little off subject, but...

I felt a bit disappointed by how some of our fans turned Mick's death into something disrespectful, Jake (@super_pie) showed me some comments on Notts' Facebook page, and honestly, there was no need for them.

Notts did pay respect to Mick, the half-time segment was a good listen.

I realise many might have missed it, due to drinking, socialising, trying to stay warm, etc. Yet it was still done; it might have been an idea to record it, and put a video tribute up on the club's YouTube channel.

Suggesting the club didn't care, rushed it, or disrespected Mick, I feel is the wrong view.

Clubs must obtain EFL approval for memorials and moments of silence. I also recall being told rules about why it had to be done before the game, but honestly, I think Notts just wanted to pay their respects. The backlash to some petty comments about it being postponed, and announced for Tranmere might have come due to the club managing to line up more for the memorial. I don't know if more people, family, etc, attended the game against Tranmere, but I would imagine the club reached out to them.

The biggest disappointment is how I got the feeling some fans just took the frustration of losing to Port Vale as an excuse to blow off steam about this subject. It's embarrassing and disrespectful. Unpopular view, I imagine, but I speak with sense and freely cringe at some of our fanbase.

23 minutes ago, Chris said:

I felt a bit disappointed by how some of our fans turned Mick's death into something disrespectful, Jake (@super_pie) showed me some comments on Notts' Facebook page, and honestly, there was no need for them.

Thankfully I haven’t seen any of those comments on Facebook but I do take less and less notice of social media these days. I don’t know why people would want to turn Micks sad demise into a weapon to criticise the club. It’s very sad and shows disrespect.

I don't read social media because there is always a minority who like to be negative and share opinions that make little sense. That's why I don't use X or Facebook, though I have an account to keep in touch with family via Messenger. I know full well what the pathetic portion of our fan base can be like; it's always the usual suspects.

Who can forget the slug celebration. 

Great EFL goalkeeper, with a few years in the Premier League, but by far outshone most in the Championship. A bit hotheaded, but quite funny too. I remember watching a cup match where two pitch invaders came on, one of whom was acting aggressively, and Kenny just kicked him to the goal line. 😂

I think he would have also been better off staying with Sheffield United instead of joining QPR. His career really did reach highs and then lows.

I wonder what his management style is like? If he gained anything from Neil Warnock, combined with his no-nonsense playing style, I wouldn't want to upset him. Great keeper!

Less than two hours before this latest poll closes. Don't miss out.

@Chris  @True Magpie @cheeky~k8 @KB1862

@CliftonMagpie

The poll has now closed. Thanks to all who voted.

I'm pleased to announce that Alex Bass has been voted Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match for his match winning performance against Tranmere.

Well done Alex.

Sorry, Robbie, I didn't make the game due to being unwell, and I haven't seen any highlights. Keen to get back into doing what PON needs, so I apologise for missing this.

The 3 points was probably the only good thing to come out of that game, other than the performances of Bedeau and Bass. 

Fans had the right to be annoyed by our opening 45 minutes. The lack of urgency continued from Tuesday's game. A lack of running into open space, quick tempo combined with an inability to take a good first touch (from any player) and complete 3 successful passes, made for one of the worst opening 45's of the season. Tranmere should have been 3-0 up.

I remember away at Port Vale, when I shouted for the team to press, someone stood 2 rows in front of me responding "There's no pass on that's why." Funny that because that should be more incentive to press, forcing a turnover. Vale then just went straight through our midfield. The same happened yesterday, when Tranmere had no pass on, we didn't press and then suddenly they were in our half. 

We were marginally better after the break, but still lacking. Funny that the first time a player ran with the ball into open space we scored from it. Bringing Traore on freed up Chaz a bit more. Would start Jatta, Traore and Whits against Fleetwood. Johnson had a better game than he did on Tuesday and it's good to see him wanting to bring the ball out from the back at every opportunity. 

Performances need to improve. Results are papering over them at the moment. Maynard has said before that performances are important. Fair play to him for calling out how bad it was. I look at us not doing the fist pumps at the end and there I see the players realising how poor it was and that they know the mentality that's needed. However, I then watch us during games and we've got zero urgency, no ruthlessness. It's more of a "that'll do" mindset and when you're going for promotion, you can't have that as a mindset. There has to be more of a will to win, dominate and be ruthless.

Bass - 9 - Kept us in it, some very decent saves. Berated our lacklustre play.

Johnson - 6 - Decent today.

Platt - 7 - Wins a lot

Bedau - 7.5 - He's a defensive monster.

Gordon - 5 - Incapable of beating a man, but puts some quality balls in - only Jatta to aim for normally.

Jarvis - 3 - He's not a wing back as he can't defend. Takes stupid risks at the back and didn't seem up for a fight.

Palmer - 3.5 - Completely lost the midfield battle.

Abbott - 3.5 - As above

Grant - 3.5 - Still no idea what he does.

Whittaker - 6 - He was one of the few to at least try in an attacking sense. For the most part, nothing came off, until it did.

Jatta - 6 - Starved.

Tsaroulla - 6 - Improved us.

Traore - 6 - Looks exciting in the small flashes we've seen him. 

Edwards - 3 - That fall to the floor when the pass to Jatta was so obviously on - is unforgivable. 

Alex Bass 8

Zak Johnson 6

Jacob Bedeau 7

Matty Platt 6

Kellan Gordon 6.5

William Jarvis  6.5

George Abbott 6

Matt Palmer 6

Conor Grant 5

Charlie Whitaker 7

Alassana Jatta 7.5

Maï Traoré 7

Nick Tsaroulla 6.5

Jack Hinchy 6

Curtis Edwards 5

Player of the match goes to Lily Stevenson. Well done Lily.

WPL Division 1 League table after today's matches. Notts go up to six place after their win today.

You match report👇

I don't read papers anymore, but it's a good headline..

Can remember going down to the news agents every Saturday at 6 : 30 pm to buy the Football post. Those were the days. 

I’m glad he’s got another club, time will tell whether we’ve got the best deal or not.

Baldwin was a bit of a strange one, at times he looked outstanding, but as Stallard said he always had a mistake in him, and often an infuriating one too. And he definitely needed new boots! I'm glad he's staying in League Two, but maybe he can gift us a goal or two for old time's sake

Nice to see Baldwin doing well. Their style probably suits him.

Both players are very good, but we will never know who is better. It's all down to opinions, and there isn't one right answer. I personally enjoy watching them both, especially during their prime. However, I don't think I can choose who is better based on their time in the Spanish leagues. It would have been interesting to see them compete more closely for a longer period, though.

On 20/02/2025 at 22:43, Fozzy said:

Absolutely, Maradona’s skill was just on another level and you cannot argue with his ability to raise average teams to greatness, he was definitely the most skilful that I have seen

Absolutely, people tend to discredit him in this type of conversation due to him playing in teams that have won less than that of Messi or Ronaldo but you can't judge players too much based on team performances. However, as you mentioned, he raised average teams rather than the other 2 mentioned already playing in great teams. 

Maradona manged to showcase how skilful he was on pitches that ripped up at his feet and having defenders trying to hack him down. That was the goings on during his time. Imagine if he was around during Ronaldo and Messi era where the tackling isn't as hard as it was, defenders aren't able to hack you down and pitches are smooth to play on.

On 20/02/2025 at 22:43, Fozzy said:

I suppose the article though does state “Complete” player and you would find it difficult to argue against Ronaldo.

Messi is the more skilful of the two but when you compare individual attributes, Ronaldo is definitely the more complete player when comparing them. 

On 21/02/2025 at 14:17, TheSkipper said:

It's all down to opinions, and there isn't one right answer.

I agree with this. Some prefer Messi while others back Ronaldo. They both have their positives and negatives but they have both been a joy to watch with the "rivalry" and have both achieved greatness during their careers. 

There is no fact about one being better than the other, it is as you said all about opinions. 

A very disappointing and disjointed performance against a poor side. It was plain to see that we had important players missing, and the ones we've signed to bolster the squad haven't properly been bedded in yet. Saturday must be better, otherwise the top three will quickly be out of reach.

Gordon was tenacious and the better of the two wingers. If I won a competition to play for Notts, I would stumble around a lot like Edwards did on Tuesday night - he looked a decent signing before his injury and clearly needed the match practice, but I'd have taken him and others off sooner. 

the annoying thing is how brightly notts started and how quickly we rendered the advantage of having the ball in our favour. the result is not the end of the world, just as much as the performance but i was disappointed. conor grant did well, as did kellan gordon but there was not enough quality from others. i thought curtis edwards was poor, he has not seemed the same since he returned and i could not help but think he should have been on the bench. its not just edwards, george abbott had a quiet game by his standards and i keep seeing him getting involved with opposition players which is just ugly to see. one of these days he will see a red card for it, so he needs to get on with the game and kick bickering or lashing out at players.

defensively was the weakest area, notts missed jacob bedeau and i thought zak johnson and rod mcdonald were very poor. hardly marking their man but did improve nearer the end of the game. just disappointing really, as we started so well.

i know our goal came out of the blue but for about 5 to 10 minutes, it looked like we wanted to get a second and we never had that mentality after. just wasted chances and a lack of creativity.

Is that post intended for the Tranmere thread @Super_Danny_Allsopp?