i have a new found respect for george abbotts strength and ability to take a tackle. 😍

You wouldn't think he was 19 by the way he plays... The way he's adapted to the physicality of the league, usually where a load of academy players struggle, has impressed me just as much as his on the ball abilities.

I think that Abbott has actually improved as a player since he came to Notts. I agree with others that Abbott has adapted very well to the physicality of League 2, & I think Spurs would be impressed by that.

His progress at Notts may have had something to do with Spurs agreeing to George staying till the end of the season.

Rumours were North Carolina FC were in for him but a yearly pass to the Newport Medieval Ship Museum swayed him!

he will end up only playing for 'city' and 'county' teams. 😛 

I’ll sprinkle some on next time I have an Hawaiian Pizza. 

Seriously Mrs. T says she puts it in curries which we make fresh every Friday.

Coventry City 3-2 Bristol City

Luton Town 1-0 Preston North End

Crawley Town 1-2 Burton Albion

Mansfield Town 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers

Reading 3-4 Stockport County

Grimsby Town 0-0 Chesterfield

Swindon Town 2-2 Barrow

Eastleigh 1-3 Altrincham(joker)

Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Rochdale

Halifax Town 2-1 Dagenham & Redbridge

Coventry City 2-0 Bristol City

Luton Town 1-0 Preston North End 🤡

Crawley Town 1-0 Burton Albion

Mansfield Town 1-3 Wycombe Wanderers

Reading 2-1 Stockport County

Grimsby Town 1-2 Chesterfield

Swindon Town 1-1 Barrow

Eastleigh 2-1 Altrincham

Forest Green Rovers 2-2 Rochdale

Halifax Town v Dagenham & Redbridge

The scores:

Coventry City 1-0 Bristol City
Luton Town 0-0 Preston North End
Crawley Town 1-1 Burton Albion
Mansfield Town 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Reading 1-3 Stockport County
Grimsby Town 1-1 Chesterfield
Swindon Town 2-0 Barrow
Eastleigh 1-2 Altrincham
Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Rochdale
Halifax Town P-P Dagenham & Redbridge

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The great and powerful DangerousSausage wins this round, with @ARLukomski and @cheeky~k8 trailing in his wake.

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That puts me in the top three, leapfrogging @Robbie and just 11 points behind @super_ram - who can stop the Sausage juggernaut? Elsewhere, @Megan_Elizax jumps three places into the top five.

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Our next round is on Saturday, so I'll post the fixtures on Wednesday as usual. I now invite you to marvel at my tremendousness and cower in awe at my inevitable victory (and possibly wonder whether this is going to my head a bit). Thanks for playing and see you next time!

@True Magpie I could not open the file.

The record shows Howard left our club and did a good job at Sheffield United. 

Is overall record as a player and manager speaks for itself. The vast majority of football fans like myself will remember him in a positive way.

Only a very tiny minority will feel differently.

"3 essentials for a pre-season tour... A football pitch, a pub, and a brothel Tony Cottee on pre-season tour with Howard Kendall."

@True Magpie A helpful hint allegedly

On 18/01/2025 at 13:52, True Magpie said:

The 1990s was a strange time to be a Notts fan. The ground was being modernised, and managers were coming and going. Neil Warnock brought back some pride, but he was sacked after rejecting Chelsea. Howard Kendall, the manager, was targeted by fans with chants about his drinking habits. There was no sympathy or well-wishing, which was disappointing. The sketch by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner is funny even today, but it still seems harsh to mock someone struggling.

To see Notts in what is now the Championship would be like a dream come true, and we had that in the 1990s. I wonder if we ever took a moment to appreciate it.

It was very much a different world, with "lad culture" very much prevelant and drinking till your head spins an accepted form of team bonding. That culture did a lot of harm to many people in football, and Howard Kendall was tragically one of them.

The Championship was also a very different beast - a crowd of 6,000 in the second tier was still pretty normal. It was a long way away from the miniature Premier League we know now.

I'm from the old school. I think that recognising your best players then playing a settled side is a recipe for success. Clough, Paisley & Ferguson did it with great success & they were the best.

Good players that play regularly together get to know their fellow players very well & as the team gels, performance improves.

As far as I'm concerned I don't think Cedwyn was going to succeed at this level. He was never going to be the first choice striker. He was never going to displace Macca, Jatta & Didzy.

Stuart tried him in a withdrawn role & sometimes on the wing but it just didn't suit him.

I am astonished with the assertion that Stuart is out of his depth.You can count the games on a few fingers where Stuart's tactics didn't work or the opposing managers tactics were superior on the day. That will happen sometimes.

Just look how he's turned the team around since the beginning of the season. He's helped choose replacements, he's moulded them into a team that is winning matches, just 3 points behind 2nd place.

Notts record this season speaks for itself. Ten clean sheets already,  2nd highest scorers in the Division, sixth best defence, only two teams have less defeats than Notts.

And this record has been achieved with up to eight of their best players out over the last 3 months. Let's give Stuart the praise he deserves.

While we're being nit-picky, I've never understood the point of inverted wingers and, like @Chris, I'd have liked to see more of Scott up front rather than in midfield or on the wing. However, in cases like his and Gordon's I tend to cut the manager a bit of slack as he sees an awful lot in training that we don't.

I can imagine what Sir Jimmy & Brian Clough would say about inverted wingers

I liked him in Game of Thrones.

In this day and age, contracts have clauses which lower a player's salary in the case of relegation and other aspects, such as agreements upon a release clause for a set transfer fee is a bit of a double-sided coin.

I am all for football to have a regulator, but it needs to be completely independent.

The Premier League, along with clubs who experience a yo-yo like existence - bouncing from division to the other will not want to see their finances being limited in any sort of way. The parachute payments will be difficult to remove from the game, although most of the time it seems clubs use the money to sign players to improve their squad - rather than it being to protect wages etc. 

Why pizza can be bad for your heart

Saturated fat

Cheese and meat toppings like pepperoni, salami, and bacon are high in saturated fat, which can raise your cholesterol levels. 

Sodium

Pizza can be high in sodium, which can increase your risk of heart disease. 

Calories

Pizza can be high in calories, especially if it's deep-dish or stuffed crust. 

Sugar

Some pizzas have added sugar in the crust, sauces, and toppings. 

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@Robbie pizza is like any other food it’s bad for you if you eat a lot, in moderation it’s fine, it also depends what toppings you have on your pizza of course.

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Pizza often tops the list as peoples' favorite junk food but turns out that it can actually be pretty healthy for you. Here's why.

Isn’t it funny how two different google searches can come up with totally opposing viewpoints. 

The fact is. Most people are lazy and will buy a Pizza already prepared from a supermarket or takeaway, that will be full of ingredients that are unhealthy for them.

Yes. It is true that if you make a home made Pizza and choose your ingredients carefully then the Pizza can have less harmful ingredients.

But the majority of people don't make their own unfortunately.

Appalling behaviour but a sign of the times!

The depths some fans stoop to is unbelievable.

Tragedy chanting is another example.

Sorry @Robbie, I totally stand by my assessment. The mistakes were bad but appreciate his offensive work was good

I wasn't at the game, but I listened to BBC Radio Nottingham's coverage and have since seen the extended highlights, which sways my vote towards David McGoldrick.

The poll is now closed. Thanks to all of you who voted.

I am pleased to announce that PON members have voted for David McGoldrick to be the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match for his outstanding performance against Accrington.

 Notts were excellent. Accrington were awful but a lot of that was down to Notts not allowing them to settle. Accrington are relegation candidates and are one of those clubs that if they do get relegated, they won't be back for a while. 

A very assured performance against a poor team. Abbott has visibly grown in confidence, and his goals just underline that. Good to get a look at some of the new boys and returnees in the second half. In particular, I think Whitaker was very conspicuous (might have just been the hair though) and he looked very sharp on and off the ball.

Let’s face we all want the best for our family and kids and who wouldn’t move jobs if they were offered considerably more money?

The thing that narks me is his comments in various interviews, he’s barely mentioned Notts, as far as I know he hadn’t put any statement out thanking the club, his former colleagues, owners, manager or the fans for the support we’ve given him. It would have sat better with the fans if he’d done that consequently I don’t think he’ll get a good reception when he returns playing for MK Dons. I’d love to know the thoughts of the Notts players.

It's not so much the money, it's the way it's been conducted and how little respect he's shown the club. He's a journeyman as @Robbie said, so there's no validation in his comments about 'exciting project' because he said it was arriving at us.

His ego is coming through, which is my biggest problem.

I’ve got to agree he’s been a brilliant signing, the clean sheets record speaks for itself however a goalie is the last line of defence, he’s got some great players in front of him who should also be commended on the clean sheets.

Alex was simply one of the best signings of last summer. To have a good defence a team has to have a good goalkeeper who can command his area & has the confidence of his fellow teammates.

Alex Bass has all of that. Ten clean sheets so far this season is a testament to how Alex has played his part in improving the Notts defence.

His comments really haven’t helped his cause in trying to convince people that in reality, he isn’t a very nice person. He’ll go to MK and within 12 months he will be looking for another exit because he isn’t getting everything his way, the man is showing precisely why he has the journeyman tag above his head.
I look forward to hearing the very warm welcome Notts fans will give him in April, he’ll have a stinker…

Good analysis from @ARLukomski

On re- viewing the Abbott goal, the only Accrington defender to spot the danger was Rawson

@Chris You Don't Mean You Think @super_ram Is A Robot from the Future Do You ?  Destined to Bring the Glory Days Back to Derby? Promotion to the Championship being his First Step?????

@Wheelbarrow repair man I have to say, I have my suspious.  

Frightening.

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Thanks @Piethagoram.Could have done with him today.

Is Steve Bloomer, the player you have a book on @super_ram? About him being Football's first superstar?? This exact book here - 

Steve Bloomer: The Story of Football's First Superstar by Peter J. Seddon (Hardcover, 1999) for sale online | eBay

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14 hours ago, Chris said:

Is Steve Bloomer, the player you have a book on @super_ram? About him being Football's first superstar?? This exact book here - 

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Yes , @Chris,it should be somewhere on my shelves.A very good read.

Barrow are certainly underachieving this season. It was almost a foregone conclusion that Barrow would be looking for another manager, sooner rather than later, so this news s not surprising.

They will certainly have to up their game considerably if they are going to have any chance of sneaking into the playoffs this season.

Frankly, I think it will be very hard for them, but we saw with Doncaster last season that a team can go on a good run.

They basically lost the best thing they had when Pete Wild left them. I suspect they might look at coaches/managers from the National League again, they aren't afraid of going for a younger up coming coach over a older 'been there done it' type so I'll be interested to see who ends up in the hot-seat.

Another American President, Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated for his second term in office tomorrow, has links to the Island of Lewis in Scotland.

 His mother was born in 1912 in Tong, about three miles from Stornoway, the main town on the isle of Lewis.

Donald Trump still has three cousins on Lewis, including two who live in the ancestral home, which has been rebuilt since Mary Anne MacLeod's time.

Donald Trump's mother: From a Scottish island to New York's elite

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Donald Trump's mother Mary Anne MacLeod grew up on the Hebridean island of Lewis.