Today's match report.????

League table. Notts in 6th Place.

Our player of the match today is Leah Hardy.

Can't disagree with what you've said @Wheelbarrow repair man

A minimum of eight home players in a squad of 25 doesn't mean they'll be any home players in a PL eleven.

It would be better to have a minimum home player number on the field at any one time.

If it were me making the rules that number would be at least six, to ensure home players have the majority at all times.

I would also ensure that there is at least one home grown coach on any first team coaching staff in the PL. It may be an assistant first team coach or Head Coach so long as there is at least one.

I’d up it a bit, maybe to 10, I don’t think the English national team is in a bad place at the moment and our recent good showings in international tournaments show this.

It could potentially have a negative impact, if the number is too high you risk players just being named for the sake of filling the squad. Lots of very good young players get a season out on loan in the Championship and play proper competitive matches every week at a good standard. Surely this is better for their development then just sitting on the bench each week for Premier League teams. And, it also benefits the teams further down the football pyramid too. Like George Abbott, right now it’s a win-win for scenario everyone for Spurs, Notts and George.

I don’t think England will ever have a shortage of good players, it’s almost too popular in this country, so many kids play for their local grass-roots team and progress into academies and professional football. Personally, I think the good-home grown players will eventually get to where they should be, even if players don’t get the chance early on in their careers and have to take a slightly different route their talent will always shine through at the end of the day.

is it the italian leagues where they have stricter rules about overseas players? i think the number should be a bit higher, maybe 10 like @menzinho mentioned. but i would like to see it broken down into age groups, so x players 16-20, then more 18-24.

there is no concern about the quality of players coming through, but some youngsters are discarded after reaching a certain age and this is more common if their form is inconsistent. you can have the same happening to a big name, but the reputation tends to save them. i think having a focus on retaining players that are in age groups would give better young professionals a chance to establish themselves.

only undefeated efl team, another great stat and fact to accompany all the previous ones we have gained. it shows how well notts is being ran right now.

@Wheelbarrow repair man It would be also a great finish for Didzy if he could help get Notts promoted, but even if he doesn't, he's been a credit to this Club, for his leadership, his example to his colleagues & his performance on & off the pitch.

Very True @Robbie Very True. I Think Didzy as been the Nearest thing to a Leader on the Pitch for Notts this Season.

On 02/11/2024 at 08:52, Piethagoram said:

Actually, least we forget, Jodi Jones was magic before his injury

I was about to point this out, as I feel Jodi's form was bringing the best out of Dan Crowley. There was a period, whereby those two were very dominant in our team, very dangerous having them in our attack, and the injury to Jodi Jones seems to have impacted Crowley slightly - along with his own injury woes.

I still feel Dan Crowley has been immense this season, and would be my Player of the Season. At this point, at least.

If we spoke about "signings", then Jacob Bedeau has to be up there with one of the best recruited players, but you could throw Matty Platt and Alex Bass into the mix. It's a very interesting, and difficult thing to decide. It should make the Pride of Nottingham awards at the end of the season interesting.

Good afternoon, we had a walk up to our local war memorial for the 11am remembrance service, there was a really good turnout of townsfolk. All the roads were closed to traffic while the scouts, army cadets and boys brigade band march from the church to the memorial.

Our grandson Fred was marching with his scout group at another local town but we couldn’t get the car out to go and watch him, it’s nice to see the youngsters being involved.

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I use the dashboard for the vast majority of the time. I also use the unread area too.

I check out & read posts from the past that are relevant to today. 

If a post is interesting & well written, even if I don't agree with parts of it, I will still like it. 

If I particularly like a post I will love it.

I try to contribute to the site by reading as much as I can especially from members who may not get the everyday response as those who are on here every day.

The site has a good system as far as I'm concerned that rewards members that interact with others.

The more that one interacts, the more they are rewarded. Ie, reputation points, & achievement points.

The site is all about encouraging interaction & that's a good thing because more interaction will help the site grow even more.

My advice to @Wheelbarrow repair man & newbies is to read the posts from different members, because there are lots of good posts on PON & respond with a like or a reply.

It's not just about the new posts and the first couple of pages of the dashboard. It's about lots of hidden gems that are just waiting to be discovered again.

Check out some of the back articles posted by PON, & the blogs. Some very interesting stuff there too. 

my only focus is to support pon and members by giving my thoughts, sometimes things natural go a bit slower and if I started a discussion which did not get many responses i would simply try to encourage it. failing that, i would try to highlight it in the content you might have missed. tony and i have been doing this for a few months, few people react but it does not make it less important.

A topic could be seen by 100–1000 guests over time, with 2–60 members having seen the topic. Only to have one reply, I wouldn't say it failed because sometimes all it takes is a few people to respond to encourage others into sharing their views.

There are a few members who try to engage with every post possible, and in a meaningful way.

I don't have any focus these days on success, I see things as a way to learn, and I personally just want members to enjoy themselves. That for me is the happiest aspect, as I don't care about the amount of reactions I get to comments (it's nice), but honestly, I would rather see members named within the leaderboard or hitting good amounts of reactions. I think it's more about quality, and togetherness.

Don't take my comment about reactions the wrong way; it's just not something I focus on.

My success here can only be deemed on effort, leadership and quality.

It's something I need to step up, but I know people understand - which is a massive worry off my shoulder.

I definitely agree the National League North is below his level, I’d actually like to know why he dropped back into it with Scunthorpe though, were there no National League clubs in for him?

I don’t think he’d work as a striker, an attacking midfielder would probably suit his game more. That said, League 2 opposition is a world away from the part-timers in the NLN. He missed a large chunk of last season too through injury I think he needs a whole season, minor knocks aside, injury free otherwise it’s a bit of a risk for me.

i hope he can get back to playing in the national league itself, a lower league two team might take interest in him. yet at the current level, he should be shinning and i am pleased he is.

Unfortunately, his move to Aberdean was his shot of playing at a higher level, and whilst I think he still has the chance to have some time in League Two. It's narrowing down, to which I believe it might just be better and more enjoyable for him to be a part of salvaging Scunthorpe United woes.

He's a great player, very exciting to watch and when in form - he's hard to play against.

It's great to see him re-find this form, plus earning praise but an element of it comes with being settled. If Scunthorpe can maintain their current form and push to make a return to League Two, then his injury concerns might not cause his career further issues. They know the concerns, will most likely have a familiar feeling to how we did when he was here and view him as irreplaceable.

So, it is good to see him doing so well.

I usually refer to my team as Notts when talking to other Notts fans or people from Nottingham but if I was talking to e.g. a Manchester United fan and he asked who I supported I’d say Notts County.

typical football fans and notts, to find something to complain about that needs not. its not like we're being labelled nottingham. i get some might prefer notts county to just notts, but what a waste of energy to complain and make a fuss.

I refer to our fans, on social media as "Notts fans". Mostly, because it saves characters, and it can read better. I sometimes include Notts County further in the message(s), so I really don't see the fuss.

We are Notts, County, Magpies, The Magpies, The Black & White Army, NCFC, Pies etc.

Preference is one thing, but it's on par with political correctness and wokeness to take harms over something so trivial. This is when it comes to beyond moaning, and taking to using pitchforks or having a meltdown over it. The world has so many problems, but how we refer to ourselves as fans isn't one - provided it falls within meaning.

How about this one? Another corny one.

What's the best way to protect your house from bad football?

By purchasing a Guard-iola dog.

New emoji you say?  

Right this is my Last Footy Joke (that I remember) Which I Hope I Can Get Away With (Something Billy Connolly said on his First Parkinson Interview)

There was this Footballer who was the Leading Goal Scorer in the League he was playing in. Well he had a New Girlfriend, a Very Well Developed Young Lady (shall we say) Anyway they'd been going out for about six months and Nothing had happened in Bed. So one night the Young Lady decides she's going to get things started. Her and the Striker are laying in bed and she starts rubbing his Forehead.

My word she says what a Strong Forehead You've got.

Yeah, I've scored 15 Goals with my Forehead this season replies the Footballer.

Tracing her fingers across his Chest then down to his Left Leg she begins rubbing his Left Leg.

My Word what a Strong Left Leg You've Got.

Yeah, I've scored 15 Goals with my Left Leg as well says the Footballer.

His Girlfriend runs her fingers across his Belly then starts Rubbing his Right Leg.

Wow what a Strong Right Leg You've Got.

I've Scored 15 Goals with my right leg as well replies the Striker.

Getting very Aroused the Young Lady says Tell Me Have You Ever Felt A T*T?

Yeah the other Week when I Missed A Penalty.

Can't Fault Your Choices @Robbie.

Those three Managers /Coaches have Proven Records on how to Build a Winning Team from Practically Nothing, and have done it for more that just a Single Season.

Each's Legacy will be Long Remembered in the History of the Game. And each will be Remembered by the Respective Fans of the Clubs which they have taken to Football Glory.

They will also Share a Huge Satisfaction with their Career Records and Know that through Blood Sweat and Tears, they have lifted the Players they have Managed, making Poor Players, into Good Players, Good Players into Great Players and Great Players into Star Players. A True Fulfilment of their Footballing Life's Work. Unlike the Empty and Stale Feeling Head Coaches like Pep Guardiola will have Deep Down Knowing that all their Success was Handed to Them on a Plate.

There will be other English/British Coaches who will achieve the Same Dizzying Heights in their Coaching Careers and Still the F.A. Choose a Foreigner to Lead the National Side.

Can't disagree with what you've said @Wheelbarrow repair man but as we know, the powers that be don't think all those things make for a good coach nowadays.

When a team has the money to buy the best, those traits that we have agreed are what counts, doesn't score high on the score sheet of owners in my opinion.

I think they look at the marketability of a Head Coach first. Can he attract the best players, can he enhance the Club's reputation abroad & attract foreign support, can he attract even more investment for the Club from home & abroad?

I don't think those traits are the attributes of a good Head Coach/Manager, but what do I know?

Did You Know @Robbie, I Used To Be Werewolf? Affected by the Full Moon?

But I'm Alright NOOOOOOWWW!!

Sorry, Couldn't Resist I'll get my Coat.

6 hours ago, Robbie said:

A view of the Earth & the moon from the European Space Agency's Hera craft, en route to an asteroid.

Spacecraft watches lonely Earth and moon fade into the distance | Mashable

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Destination: An asteroid.

 

Did I give you permission to share a picture of me?

Just looking at the transfers in only two players have arrived since Klopp left, so the Liverpool squad is still extensively Klopp's.

Seems a good move by the new manager not to change too much. Let's see if he can continue the Klopp success.

Klopp won the PL title once & the Champions league, so will Slot be just as successful? That remains to be seen.

Bob Paisley won the league championship six times & European Cup three times, & fourteen major trophies overall over a nine year tenure.

What we have in common is better  than what we don't”

Choose to see it as good, & it is good. Choose to see it as bad, & it is bad.

LIVE EVERYDAY AS IF IT WAS YOUR LAST

BECAUSE ONE DAY, YOU'LL BE RIGHT.

Kamala's a B***h. Sorry Karma 's a *B***h ain't it Pep? For years Manchester City have managed to avoid Major Injuries to their Top players, and their Arab owners have spent vast amounts of money to bring in World Class players to literally buy Trophies in English Domestic Football, making the Premier League a Joke.  I wouldn't say City were in a Crisis, but it may be a Situation Pep has never found himself in Before, Now we'll see how Good a Coach he is. But then again he should have enough of a Strong in Depth Squad to overcome his sides Injury problems. So  I still expect the Blue side of Manchester to be in the Mix for Trophies come the seasons end.

@Wheelbarrow repair man It will be a challenge for Pep, it's very unusual for City to lose a match, so just one loss has got the media in a frenzy.

I think the choice of my title was more a kin to being a little facetious regarding the situation.

If Pep can't get City out of this "mini crisis" (three defeats on the bounce) questions will start to be asked by the media on whether Pep is up for a fight or not.

The Media are good at making a drama look like a crisis. It's the click & bait age for all said & done.

Scott played well in the National League playing in an attacking midfield role and he still scored a good number of goals. I think he's still capable of playing that role for us along with playing as forward too (good luck getting in a head of Jatta and Didzy there though).

But the injury has been a massive setback, even over pre-season he didn't score and he looked like a player that hadn't played for a year. And then in his competitive return he's not looked quite on it but that is to be expected with all the football he's missed. I think he just needs a bit more playing time and with our injuries to Jodi, Grant and Edwards he's got more of chance than ever now.

I don't think it matters too much where he plays, he's played enough in the attacking midfield role he knows what to do, he's just got to take his chance when he gets it.

i think its more the club wanting to make sure he makes the first team and therefore is insisting to play him in midfield, he can do well but he needs time after his injury. i dont fault his workrate, hes always working hard. i just dont see him as a midfielder as much, i think he should be played more as a striker. there is the chance he could do a similar role to david mcgoldrick but i dont think persisting with him being a midfielder is all that beneficial to him.

the first part of last season in league two, he was brilliant.

he must feel a bit lost without macaulay langstaff, they have been a duo for awhile and being played out of position, it must add to missing his former teammate.

I think that it is becoming a cause for concern that we have eight injured players on the treatment table. 

Whether it stems from rough treatment by the opposition, training methods or modern day footballers getting tired much easily nowadays.

It is not just happening at Notts but other clubs up and down the league have the same issues.

Eight players out of the squad is a very big number & a large number such as this brings the academy players into play too.

But the fit players available now have to step up to the plate & make a play themselves for a place in the starting eleven, once these injured player's return.

Happy Birthday Les. One of our own 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Les. A Notts County Legend and Icon.

I have really enjoyed watching all our new defensive recruits and Macari who seems to get a tad forgotten but he’s been playing very well this season too. We are stacked with options now and there’s no lack of competition which was really missing last season.

Beating Harrogate 1:0 was Notts's 5th clean sheet of the league season in 14 matches.

Alex Bass, Matty Platt, Lewis Macari, & Jacob Bedeau must be one of the best defensive units in the division at present, but it will be a tough job to keep Doncaster Rovers at bay this Saturday.

Can the super four continue to stay firm?

I’m delighted for Jevani, if I’m honest I didn’t rate him in the first few games I saw him play but fair do’s he certainly came good in the FA Cup game, let hope it’s not a case of “ one swallow doesn’t make a summer”.

Not sure that quote is right but you know what I mean. 

Jevani is going to be an important player for Notts leading up to the new year.

I hope that he will only get better for Notts.

Pete Wild would do a good job there

I don't think they survive this season. There's a reason why I put them in the bottom 4 of my League 1 predictions. Nothing up front and other teams have got better. You needed to get recruitment right in that league this summer and they haven't. They won't make steps forward again unless Roland Wycherley sells the club

We totally dominated the 1st half at Shrewsbury. Their team looked doomed then. Notts just handed them victory after half time, including another Slocombe clanger.

Is he there to show the new Head Coach the Man Utd ropes, as in you do it this way or it's the highway.

I've heard that Van Nistelrooy is staying too. Also did you notice they appointed a Head Coach, not a Team Manager, so it really does look that the new Head Coach may be tightly controlled regarding is remit.

Of course I might be totally wrong by my assumption, but if it were me, I would expect to bring in my own people like Stuart Maynard did at Notts. But what do I know.

@Robbie

I read that Van Nistrelrooy  was expected to leave when the New Head Coach arrives, because he was bringing his own staff in with him. Plus there were also a couple of players he wanted to bring to United from his old club in the January Transfer Window. But current Manchester United Players wanted Ruud to stay at Old Trafford, in some sort of position.

So what exactly  is Giggs going to do? Very Odd..

@Wheelbarrow repair man l looked on Google to see what Ryan Giggs is currently doing and he is down as Director of Football at Salford City, so I'm not sure what's happening.

And he was in the Dugout for Salford City for their win the other day against Shrewsbury in the FA Cup, so It all seems a little confusing somewhat.

But he does have huge ties to Man Utd, so anything happening there will surely interest him.

Personally I think this is a result of a very poor decision by the FA to abolish replays from the FA Cup 1st Round onwards.They didn't abolish replays in the qualifying rounds.

When teams in the lower leagues are struggling for revenue non league teams & even lower league teams could earn hundreds of thousands of pounds from TV revenue for a replay against a top side.

The first two rounds of the FA Cup don't even involve Premier League Cubs so why stop replays for the first two rounds?

It is a very poor show by the powers that be, who have decided that PL sides participation in Europe comes first over the most famous football tournament in the World.

The reality is the PL are the paymasters...the FA seemingly just follow their instructions

Well @Wheelbarrow repair man  we have a list of seven clubs so far, that have missed out on a lucrative replay, that could have earned them up to £100K in TV money. 

This list will only grow bigger as each round is played, & the money lost by an unfortunate club, will get much more as each round is completed.

Bit of a scandal brewing me thinks.

jevani brown gets my vote, thought he was class and is showing growth in our team sign his natural ability.

I've extended the poll to 6 pm on Monday 4th November to allow all members to vote.

Pleased to announce that Jevani Brown has been voted PON Man of the Match for his excellent performance against Alfreton Town.

Well done Jevani.

Good Morning. A dreary overcast morning once again here. Bit chilly this morning too 

Now the clocks have gone back we will experience the twilight effect days like this until the beginning of March next year when things will hopefully brighten up.

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