Now we are talking!!!!!! Really really hope it happens...

Considering how short we feel in terms of goal scorers (and with the Jatta drama) I'd have been quite happy to have him, he scored more than all our attacking midfielders combined last season.

It's a key area of the pitch that is lacking right now, obviously there's still plenty of time to sign players but the more time they get in pre-season with us is only going to help them get up to speed quicker.

21 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

Patto mentioned after the Alfreton game, we effectively could not compete for signing Langstaff back. We missed out on Didzy seemingly over wages. We look likely to have a bottom 4 budget at this rate and also we have the conundrum of Jatta with a year left on his contract. Loan market to #Notts will be crucial come August

If the gossip is true, those two would have set us back 20,000 pounds a week. They were out of reach for most other clubs too. All the same, I expect our budget to be one of the smallest next season, and a chunk of that is being eaten up by Roos and Traore as well.

agents wage expectations likely to drop only at beginning of August, as season fast approaches

Notts perhaps missing out on Isaac Hutchinson. Reality will be we are seemingly destined for a bottom 4 budget☹️

Thought some of the youngsters advanced their cause, namely Reynolds for his shooting ability and Hazard

Good to have a friendly against Randers. Maybe we'll get Celdic next season.

17 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

Thought some of the youngsters advanced their cause, namely Reynolds for his shooting ability and Hazard

Do you reckon Reynolds will feature this season? I'm starting to feel quite sorry for him, he only plays for us in pre-season yet he must have some potential.

@StarkMallard When Notts look short of goals, Reynolds has a strike on him. So its a yes from me

Good morning everyone, it’s Saturday so park run day, except for me there will be no park run. I have been advised not to run because I have a small bleed on the back of my eye and high impact running could make it worse. I could of course do a park walk but it’s a 20 minute drive to do a walk which I could do from here, so that’s what I’ll do, I’ll do my 5k brisk walk from home.

Later I’ll be keeping an eye (my good eye) on the Notts v F*rest game via Twitter as I’m not going to be there.

P.S. nice to see @liampie posting again.

Good morning, on the LNER train to London, off to Wembley Stadium ready for Bruno Mars this evening 😀

Sorry to hear about your eye problem @Fan of Big Tone and it hindering your park run, maybe a reason behind it. An eye patch might help 👍☠️🏴‍☠️🦜 but please don't turn into a pirate, eye eye 🤣

I think the Newport supporter quite likes him 🤔

he looks a good addition, i like that we are signing reputable players from teams that have voted or given them senior roles in their teams because they should have the right character we need.

17 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

Though perhaps Notts get the paperwork muddled again(perhaps like the wrong Traore) , and we are signing Matt Baker from BBC Countryfile🤣

my dad actually joked about us signing him, but referred to him as being a blue peter presenter.

Good to see he was a player flagged up in @ARLukomski 's recruitment doc and going off that he looks like he'll be much more suited to being one of the outside CBs as opposed to being in the middle because I think someone who is more aerial dominate is more suited here.

The video from the is Newport fan is encouraging too, the fact he's very comfortable on the ball and pretty athletic means I think he'll be fine with us.

He looks physically stronger than Conor Grant and if he has similar technical skills, we could be onto a really good signing.

I think he's a no risk signing for Notts. He has potential & there is plenty of room for improvement. If he can't get into the first team squad, he will be loaned out possibly to a League 2 club.

if we play him and dont expect unrealistic expectations, i think he should grow in the role and prove to be a good signing. he seems level headed, he looks to have the ability but settling down is important. he needs to make notts his home, and we need to support him. i think its great that we have the depth in midfield. we will need it in league one.

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Ah, according to Viborg FF it's being shown on their official YouTube channel. Great day of football coming up on Saturday then!

I checked the Randers website but couldn't find any mention of a stream. We don't play them until the week after though.

i hope next season we lineup more local friendlies, and drop the overseas games to once every two years. i thought about trying to book time off from work to watch them, but decided against it.

Some cricketer. He once refused to give me his autograph, but it was a Notts County programme I thrust in front of him so I think I can forgive him. (got in free to a Nottinghamshire game after a Saturday match and saw a Derek Randall masterclass).

i am not that much into cricket but i know his name, and remember hearing it. its a shame to learn that he has passed on. i send my condolences to his family.

45 minutes ago, Graham said:

When the time eventually comes to say goodbye to Jatta - and who knows when that will be, I think Paterson will be looking for a replacement whose skills and strengths match Paterson in his playing day rather than a Jatta mark two. So, a clever and quick striker who works exceptionally hard, makes good runs and who presses well and has a physical presence. Langstaff would have been perfect but that ship has sailed of course. Whoever it is you can guarantee that very few of us will have heard of them. Acquah was signed as more of a hold up/link striker - more akin to Ndlovu. The Jatta replacement will, I believe, be a very different kettle of fish.

I don't think Langstaff would be a Patto player. Sure he's intelligent, but he's more of a poacher, more akin to the likes of Inzaghi etc but Patto has a reliance on strong players. I'd guess that Acquah is more of the striker that Patto wants to start.

I think it'll be quite telling if he's not involved against Forest. He's behind the rest in terms of fitness so he'll need to get minutes on the pitch. I've always thought Jatta was pretty happy here though, especially considering we've turned down bids in the past I'm sure he could've pushed for a move if he wanted one.

I don't think Notts would accept a bid of £500.000, only to make a little profit on him. I am sure there will be clubs interested in paying more. I also think the Reedtz might not want to see him competing against their own Danish club.

Personally, I can see the club holding onto him until January.

We have a tendency of reaching agreements with players, that once we can replace them the club will accept incoming bids that reach the evaluation we place on him. We have this every season since regaining promotion to League Two, and whilst I do feel Alassana Jatta does want to move on. I think, at last I hope he will see that we are in a position where he could attract bigger interest if we prove he's ready for League One or higher.

@Chris Some players "have it" in front of goal... Dennis looked a complete shadow from January onwards...Ndlovu is like a Tony Agana...holds the ball up well but cannot score.

It puts enormous responsibility on the other forward players to score.. and if you play Grant...it makes it even harder

i dont think there is much value in didzys wages, he does not score the goals by himself and its a team game. i am not saying he is not worth what he asks for, that is his decision but i do not see the value for a player of his age. his goal tally is more from dropping down a level and being an exceptional player at l1 and l2 level. i would rather pay an upcoming striker that has resale value, than a player who could retire at any stage.

i am not saying he is not a good player, i just dont think the money reflects good business.

If you're still not over this, you're near Retford and you fancy watching Matt Tootle kicking him all over the pitch for 90 minutes, you could do worse than to call by at Retford United this evening.

"Regarding the merger of ITV and Sky I’m not sure whether it’s a good or bad thing really but I guess it’s inevitable."

The real danger is that the ultimate shareholders (American) insist that more American content is put on to British tv, at the expense of local UK tv production companies.

That’s a good point @Piethagoram that would be a bad thing, I much prefer British made programmes than some of the American rubbish I’ve seen on other programmes.

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@menzinho The finances refer to 2024/2025 season. Port Vale had been an EFL1 club.

A reminder to all that Morecambe, FGR and Carlisle have slipped quickly from EFL1 to National League status very quickly.

There's no way on earth Salford should be spending as much money as they have been, compared to other clubs their spenditure is a lot more alarming. Whilst I don't like seeing how much the likes of MK Don's spend, they have a bigger fan base and better infrastructure overall.

Fleetwood's figure has my jaw on the floor, no wonder they have been getting a lot of scrutiny.

2 hours ago, Pies79 said:

Now sure anyone seemed to have a stand out performance but it is early days, I thought Palmer looked good and quite involved throughout.

Is Jones in Denmark?

He should be, he's been ill so didn't travel with the rest of the squad but was due to fly out today.

I agree no-one really had a stand out performance. In terms of the new boys Gibbons looked pretty solid in at RCB and I thought Lipsuic was lively going forward, a tad suspect defending at times, but not bad for someone playing out of position. It was a bit tougher for Cal, I think he's more suited to being on the ball than chasing it!

It's difficult to draw too many conclusions from this given the opposition and the players we were missing. We looked a bit more cohesive than during last year's tour as we had fewer trialists in the squad. I find pre-season friendlies a tough watch a lot of the time, but if MP is happy we should be happy. Looked like a decent mob of Notts fans too, maybe a hundred? It's hard to tell as they were quite spaced out.

Re Jatta, he's got a Gambian passport so he's going to have these issues wherever he goes. I don't think it's a surprise, it's probably the reason why he was given more time with his family in Gambia.

I obviously don't know how competitive Viborg played, as I didn't watch the stream but I think the final score doesn't leave any concerns. It's a run around, and the players are still getting their fitness levels back. To be honest, I thought they might score more as we tend to see how we do out of possession and I can imagine they do have a fair bit of quality in their team.

From the comments I have seen from those who managed to go over, Notts gave a decent account of themselves.

@Piethagoram enjoy the game, give them a cheer for us.

I’m off to do a park run soon, hopefully before it gets too hot, I’ll be checking Notts score later and later still watching England of course.

COME ON YOU PIES!

COME ON E-N-G-E-R-L-A-N-D!

Thank you @Piethagoram for the array of beautiful pictures from Viborg Cathedral, looks like it's definitely worth a visit.

This is something I would love to go visit in person, and have a look around. See how things have changed; even going on a steam train is a wish of mine. Though, I wouldn't want to see the old 90s green buses because I have nightmares about how horrible and uncomfortable they were.

I used to hate that the one line nearest my parents would always have the older buses, even when the other lines had new shinny ones. The older ones, in the right setting, would be brilliant to see in person.

It's getting everywhere, and I don't mean snakes!

The detection is most likely a good thing, even if it is wrong. At least snakes haven't found their way onto platforms and started jumping on to take a day trip or whatever. Though, I did read recently that mice and rats are repeatedly in higher volumes on planes which I would have thought airlines would have regular checks for. Snakes rushing across the lines doesn't really compare, but best to keep the wild life save.

I am not sure what I make of this; I hope for Rotherham United's sake they get the player he can be. I think we helped Aaron Nemane find a more consistent performance, which he never seemed to replicate at MK Dons. It's strange that he wasn't able to make a bigger impact, but I hope he does well for Rotherham.

He reminds me a lot of Saka, inconsistent but with spells of brillience.

The performance he gave against Chesterfield in the National League Playoff Final is the type of performance he should set himself more often, he was class that day and played a big part in tiring them out which led to us getting more into the game. Good luck, Nemane.

Good luck to Tom Weal, I hope he gets the move because he's a good coach and I think we were rash to let him go. He seemed a very friendly person, who had the respect of the players and his contributions to our promotion by giving help on where to dive and the penalty training was a masterstroke in terms of success in bringing us back. Everyone played their role, including Tom.

the new homepage looks brilliant, its to the point and showcases what we are about. pon is a great site and deserve more interactions from fans, i hope people start to see just how great it is and what goes into it by a single person. good job, gaffer.

The service status page now sends alert emails when something is going on, and I will be sure to maintain the page when things do happen.

Some new features will be in testing mode on the live site shortly, and others will become the norm like my ehancement to the desktop's navigation and the history section. =)

Stay tuned for more updates.

I have made some improvements to the performance of some resources which had issues after our migration, I have seen optimised them for the new server and fixed many bugs within them.

Hopefully, I will be able to get the history app live tomorrow. I have been expanding on it, and fixing issues that only came up when in the live environment. Locally, I am very satisfied with the app but very eager for feedback to make even more improvements.

On 04/07/2026 at 13:27, Robbie said:

Do we really want to take a risk on injury prone players again?

Jodi Jones😉

Mellon, 22, has had productive loan spells with clubs including Morecambe, Dundee and Oldham Athletic. He's a quick, hard-working centre-forward who likes to run in behind defences, and many see him as a player with room to develop further. So probably one for the future if we sign him.

The move is being discussed by journalists and supporters, but it remains at the negotiation stage, from what I've seen.

If we do complete the signing, he would add pace and competition up front, particularly if the Notts are looking to strengthen for life in League One.

The biggets concern is the injury to his hamstring, but he's a very bright young player and one who is technically very good. At 22, it seems less of a risk to take him on than someone nearer to 30 as the injuries start to impact you far more. Shoulder, back, and knee issues are quite common in sports.

Michael Owen had a lot more problems caused due to his sheer pace, that led to him struggling but I wouldn't say it impacted his career all that much. Obviously, Michael Mellon is a different player but I do think he would still be around Burnley had he not been so unfortunate. He's someone I rate, he's always performed well against us and his father was a decent enough player.

We are the type of team that can help players, and whilst some might think I have changed my tune. Cal Roberts is the example I started my point here with.

However, I am certain Cal will do well for us and if we have good options within the team we can offer him protection. He's a different scenerio to Mellon. I would hope there's truth in the rumours, but I do have faith we will identify the right players needed. It's just imprtant we don't think we can get away with being short in the striker department.

The transfer comes after two seasons at Millwall, where he has found it difficult to establish himself as a regular starter in the Championship. Although he showed flashes of quality, he scored only five league goals during his time there.

For Langstaff, the move to Salford is a chance to return to the level where he was so prolific. You'll remember his remarkable spell with us at County, when he fired us to promotion from the National League and then won the EFL League Two Golden Boot. Salford are aiming for promotion, and Langstaff has said that ambition was a major reason for joining the club.

This move is likely to be of interest to our supporters. A lot of fans have expressed that they're pleased to see him back in League Two, where many believe he can rediscover the goalscoring form that made him such a fan favourite.

Good luck to him, I hope he resurrects his career and becomes as prolific as before. 👍⚽️

True @Michael D Pie.. After two seasons warming the bench, the last thing he wanted would have been to drop into League 1 and end up on the bench again. This way he'll be an automatic starter, will be able to get plenty of games and goals under his belt, and he'll probably be in L1 after a year anyway. It's just a shame it had to be at that plastic club.

I wished it had been any other League Two, even Grimsby or Chesterfield would have been better. The thing which I don't like, is that if they have spent money, either on transfer or wages, to the point it matches Millwall. How on earth are they getting away with it? They have been cutting costs, sacked a good manager (albeit he's a k**b) and have lost quite a lot of money which I don't see them being able to recover in any legitmate means in my opinion.

That said, it would have been nice to see Macaulay Langstaff return to us but League Two is probably his level in all fairness.

Bless, 102 is a very good innings and I hope the legacy lives on for much longer. Rest in Peace.

I still think it is an excellent book, the back story to King was fascinating. From St George's Hill Weybridge ( perhaps one of the richest landowners private estates in the UK) to now a humbler dwelling in a Southampton suburb. I am still appalled that the Serious Fraud office didn't prosecute King for what had happened at #Notts. 

I haven't had the chance to read it, but I do wonder how much is fresh and not repeated from other sources/investigations. That said, I believe it was written by a Notts fan, and I wish him all the very best with it.