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.

Did you know that the town of Bawtry was in Nottinghamshire before it was placed just inside Yorkshire before the Norman conquest?

Bawtry was originally a Roman settlement on Ermine Street, located between Doncaster & Lincoln.  

A small settlement developed around a wharf, & evidence suggests that St Nicholas' Church was first erected during this period. 

Around 1200, a new town was developed next to the old village.Bawtry grew as a river port & commercial center, exporting wool & other items overseas by the mid-14th century.  

Bawtry town center has been designated a Conservation Area to protect its historic and architectural features.

Just watched the highlights this morning and it looked like a bit of stroll in the end. Having watched a bit of the Tamworth game last night it’s easy to see how good teams can get knocked out in a one-off game. So that was very good night's work for us!

Brown has really settled into the team now, he’s taken his chance and has looked very good in his last few appearances. I’ll be interested to see how others thought Ness, Hinchy and Martin did against what seemed to be a physical team. Any signs of improvement/promise?

I’d like another home draw too but I think avoiding any team with a plastic pitch would be a good outcome!

It was a good result for Notts against a plucky Alfreton who's tactics worked in the first half very well.

Stuart changed the Notts shape in the 2nd half & Notts took control of the game.

Jatta is proving to be a fantastic signing for Notts, & he has clearly shown that he is a class player at this level.

I think that the Notts defensive unit did well once again, & I'm particularly pleased with how Martin & particularly Brown are both improving in every game they play.

Those two are going to be important to Notts especially while the injury list is so long. Hopefully, some of those injured players will have recovered for the match against Doncaster.

Sick of getting teams we played in pre-season ????????. We're going to end up getting Duisburg in the 3rd round

It's a winnerable game if we play our strongest side. It should be a good attendance with a few thousand Notts fans going to the match.

I think Notts have a good chance to get through to the 3rd Round.

Peterborough away is one of the toughest ties Notts could have drawn

I was looking forward to the third round...but waiting now for "concentrate on the league"

Back to it.

A third for Sporting.

Update.

Sporting score their 4th & 5th goals.

Notts 0 Sorting Khalsa 5

I’d guess Deliveroo, Just Eat & Uber Eats all operate in the same way. They will all take a percentage of their sale, no idea how much, but I guess in theory it is to cover this. But equally they could still hike the prices and make even more money because not many will double check the prices.

They kind of have to be on these apps now, it’s the new way, not many young people will go onto a restaurant's website anymore. And the concept of picking up the phone to order a takeaway... What is this 2008?! When I get a curry from our local restaurant my partner finds it strange that that I walk down to the restaurant and order it in there… But it means I get to have a nice walk, a little chat and most importantly a beer whilst I wait. So I know who the real winner is!

What a throw he has, blimey! It was also good to see Haydn Hollis in there doing his bit to put the goalie and defenders off. 

It’s a really impressive throw and I don't want to be a killjoy, but I'm going to be... Is it just me seeing a foul on the keeper? The striker throws his hand into the keeper’s head? That’s a foul. There's another angle that's missing that shows it more clearly and it's missing from that clip, I guess they are trying to not spoil the feel-good moment everyone wants.

Huddersfield still should’ve been able to come back from it though, they only needed one goal and if you can’t score one against a team two divisions lower than you I guess you don’t really deserve to go through.

A the end of the day the goal was given. I think whether it was given or not doesn't detract from the chaos that a long throw like that can do to defences.

Most defences just don't know how to deal with it because the trajectory of the ball from a throw in is different to a normal cross by kicking the ball. 

So Man Utd have their man. He was the only candidate that they interviewed. 

I wish him luck in his new position. He will definitely need it. Utd will have huge expectations that he can forge success for them.

It is also an eye opener that he hasn't been appointed Team Manager but First Team Coach.

Caretaker Head Coach, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, will now revert back to an assistant Coach.

So the continental style will continue to be practised at Man U. Probably a 3-4-2-1 that Notts also predominantly use.

The big six clubs in the land will all continue to have foreign coaches who they have all preferred in recent years.

There was a possibility that Gareth Southgate could have took the job but he wasn't approached.

Id be relegated if my form this year is anything to go by ????

I've never been so low down in the table.  Need to re find my form too. 

Getting giddy this year, and amazed haven’t scored many zeros yet ????

More on Jimmy and the Cup win.

I can imagine it was quite exciting to see the results slowly reveal themselves one by one after the final whistle. 

But honestly, I wouldn’t want to be the person typing in the scores. I can imagine that back then, it was quite a nightmare to update everything, especially in a live environment.

11 hours ago, TheSkipper said:

But honestly, I wouldn’t want to be the person typing in the scores. I can imagine that back then, it was quite a nightmare to update everything, especially in a live environment.

Imagine typing the wrong result and disappointing  all those fans who thought they’d won 9-1 only to find it was a mistake and they actually lost 0-1. 
 

If I remember right they sometimes did give the wrong score and would type a correction.

I do miss watching the results come in, I remember when @super_ram used to do the Football pools, and he would be listening to the results to see if he had won anything. It's also some of the better parts of games like LMA Manager, where they replicated the teleprinter and scores being announced.

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Under a cloak of secrecy, the court papers claim they arranged for an anti-Marinakis website — nottinghamforestfire.co.uk — to be set up, as well as a social media account, a YouTube channel and two mobile billboards that were driven around Nottingham before home games.

Court documents seen by The Athletic allege that in a series of articles, posts and videos about his ownership of Greek club Olympiacos, Marinakis was accused of being “the leader of a criminal organisation known as ‘The System’, through which he and others engaged in criminal and corrupt practices to gain control over national football in Greece, including fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, intimidation”.

The lawsuit alleges there were also plans to fly a plane over the City Ground, Forest’s stadium, with another anti-Marinakis message aimed at turning fans against him.

I've encountered various accounts regarding his alleged spitting on a match official, which resulted in a stadium ban. Whilst away, I heard Forest fans blindly supporting him and all sorts of things from he had a cough, to he was getting rid of phlegm. It wouldn't surprise me, he seems like that sort of person in my opinion who would overreact and do something stupid in the process. I am not sure if he has any case to stand on though.

I really hope so, that’d be a great boost. ???? 

Not surprised. It was surprising that he was given the captaincy in the first place. 

Hopefully being released from the burden of captaincy will help improve his game 

Losing 2 captaincies in a calendar year!

When I get some free time later, I will watch the video @Fan of Big Tone - as I am not sure I have heard about this story before.

Good luck to the lad! They've made a mistake showing us our shirt without the sponsor on though, where can I get one like that!?

Good luck to the lad. Good move for him. Hope he can make it big as a professional footballer.