Chris

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@Piethagoram I felt a little like @liampie today. Super has no clue I've done this already, I'm on my own and resting from being cooked slowly overnight. Wordle 860 3/6 ⬛????⬛⬛???? ⬛⬛⬛???????? ???????????????????? I would say this one was less luck, but more a very wise guess and, no I came on here after finishing. ????

Lucky, I would say but Super did say it was a difficult one.

???????????? That certain someone insisted that I went before him, he's been safeguarding his phone and although he ended up completing it before me. He's refused to post it, so you can imagine his reaction when I showed him my results "Okay, big head". ???????????? Wordle 859 3/6 ⬛????⬛⬛⬛ ????????⬛⬛⬛ ????????????????????

As you can see, I had to ..... after the second guess was incorrect. Still beat a certain someone. ???????? Wordle 858 3/6 ⬛????????⬛???? ????????????????⬛ ????????????????????

@Fan of Big Tone That's his issue, he complained about my comment here but Kate said he was questioning me. ????????

It looks like we may have navigated our way through the recent form, hopefully, we have because we have it all to play and really if we hold our own - teams will only find us harder. It sounds like a good game from what I've heard, read and see from tweets. ????

I had the Spanish inquisition, but as you see, I got two right and one in the correct place. I went with the only word I could think of at the time which turned out to be right. Someone ain't happy. ????‍♂️???????? Wordle 857 2/6 ????⬛⬛⬛???? ????????????????????

Honestly, it was a very random guess! The two letters I had made it a bit of a challenge. Wordle 856 3/6 ⬛⬛????⬛???? ⬛⬛????????⬛ ????????????????????

Wordle 855 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛????⬛???? ⬛????⬛⬛⬛ ???????????????????? Someone not a million miles from me claimed I knew the word, just from seeing a grids of green, yellow and black squares. ????‍♂️ My first 3 guesses, I thought I were being clever. ????

I think @CliftonMagpie should start posting them randomly, without warning, and make sure each new round is posted at a different time. I quite like the idea of full on chaos. More than @Fan of Big Tone may end up setting a deck chair within this "Guess Who" forum game. Throw in some bonus points, and it should play out quite nicely.

Their form has massively dropped off, yet ours hasn't been that perfect but unlike normally, we have still managed not to lose much ground near the top. Only moving to 2nd, which isn't something that happens for us often. When I look at the tables and recent scores, I have this feeling it will end up as a draw. Either team has the capability to win, I would favour us more, but it depends largely on how we play. If we don't defend well or if the midfield doesn't do their job, then Gillingham won't struggle to create chances. If Gillingham tries to make it hard to use the flanks, we need to be more creative with our passing around the centre of the park, moving and making space - see how it opens without relying on taking it all the way back to the keeper. I believe Aidan Stone will return, it seemed a tactical decision to start Sam Slocombe against Mansfield. A defeat I feel would lead to some unrest and really, I think we need to take whatever outcome happens on the chin. I do hope we see an improved performance, where those who attend feel the players gave everything.

We started the game very well, I thought the games' outcome would be so different despite Mansfield looking good on the break. The reason Notts lost the game simply comes down to how we started to fail to manage the game. At 1-0 up, we became very content with having a narrow lead, too content. It took away our urgency to get the ball forward and, to create further chances. It became a very slow and patient game, which really suited Mansfield because they grew into the game. I would also say, Mansfield wanted it far more than we did. I think nerves started to creep in, and we made things a lot easier for them. The amount of times one of our players played a very simple pass but did so straight to a Mansfield player, I lost count of this, and it formed part of the issue. Defensively, I thought Connell Rawlinson and Aidan Baldwin did very well. I need to see the highlights again, but I felt disappointed with Richard Brindley. I think he could have got closer for Mansfield's opening goal. The marking process was extremely sluggish and lacked efficiency. People were criticising Sam Slocombe, but there was zero urgency from any Notts play to make space for him to distribute the ball. Hence why we started knocking it around the back, such a lack of creative ideas, or he would smash the ball up to David McGoldrick who I felt would struggle to win the ball simply because Mansfield always had 2 to 3 more players around him. Whereas we just seemed to sit in the middle of the pitch without pressuring or trying to open space. I feel very disappointed in the performance. Our midfield simply wasn't the best it could be, even John Bostock made several poor passes and would lunge into tackles without much though. His yellow card, it was a very silly foul. However, once he came off. You could see the difference, Jim O'Brien just didn't fit the game all that well. I think as a team, we failed to handle Mansfield, who were a very decent team. I am comfortable in saying, they deserved the win and played much better than any team we have faced so far. The glimpses we had of making a game out of it really ended once we conceded our 3rd goal. The service in our attacking play, wasn't great at all. The reason why I feel so disappointed is that we could have played so differently had we not settled for so long on the 1-0 scoreline. That a lone can be dangerous as it is, people may say, well, Mansfield made it hard to attack. We didn't make the space, nobody thought to get that fluid movement going. Aaron Nemane made an effort, but unfortunately, he didn't perform at his highest level. I just feel like these games are what we should be doing much better in.

I feel quite nervous, which is something that I haven't felt so much at home for a while. I see they beat Grimsby Town today 2-1, quite alarming when I started to search "Swindon Town" in Google, a pop-up option for searching 3-1 came up. I realise this is our scoreline from when we last played and Google is aware I search things related to Notts but it better not be a warning sign too. ???? When they are the team where our last time in League Two ended, I very much want us to win, and I would feel disappointed if we lost or even drew due to defensive mistakes. I don't want to see any of them, however, I'll cross the line if it does. I think we should be alright at Meadow Lane. Most likely, it may even be a draw but whatever the outcome is I am not going to let it change my belief or stop complaining about things. I suppose we will have to wait and see, yet I am mindful of a potential further setback.

Well, I missed the first three goals as I had been to my dad's. I put the radio on my phone once I did get back, then noticed the score and messages from some of the group team members about scoreline. In football, when your side wins games, and you are playing well, sometimes you forget that it is totally unpredictable at times. Yet you are given an almost false sense of security and I would never have imagined that this would have been a nine goal thriller, with defensive mistakes which could be befitting in a comedy sketch about football. Unfortunately, this highlights how much better we need to be defensively. On the plus point, I don't think it's a case of the 'bubble bursting', I just feel as if we played a very good team who wanted to win just a little more than we did. Had we defended better, the outcome may have been much different, but I don't think we should dwell too much. I think we have been doing fantastically well and games like this just make you reflect a little more, we have a squad that can do well, and we need to see it in all areas of the pitch. We can't always rely on winning games by one more than the opposition, yet at the same time I don't think we need to overly worry. Full respect and credit must go to a very good Colchester United team, their fans won't be as bothered about the four goals they conceded even with their false league position. They will most likely just want to see more consistency with their own performances, which is what I am hoping we can go back to doing. If we defend stronger, we are capable of beating any team in this league. That's not me being biased or overconfident, but it is me saying that we need the right approach and not make such awkward mistakes that prove costly. Jodi Jones sounded quiet in the first half, perhaps guilty of not covering his defensive duties but what a goal he scored. It was absolutely fantastic, whilst I mentioned him, I don't think we need to call out the players individually. I just want to note that it's a team effort and my point was more to mention his contribution towards fixing a slight area he perhaps could have done better. Certainly, there are defenders in our squad that switched off and proved that to be more costly. Isn't that football, though?

3-1 to Colchester. Noah Chilvers 10' Jayden Fevrier 31' Arthur Read 38' Sam Austin 21' It sounds like Colchester United are attacking very well, with us perhaps making it a bit too easy. Hopefully, Luke Williams will try to lift the players and demand more from them.

If we can play with that threatening intensity where our attacks bombard and seem relentless, Colchester United will find it difficult to prevent us from scoring. I think they will hope that their own midfield can do enough to break things up. As defensively, that is their issue, and they are quite capable of doing well themselves. But the reason they're not doing as well is simply down to them making too many defensive mistakes. It should prove to be an interesting game, one where I would feel comfortable if we can manage to score early on within the first 25 minutes whilst ensuring we are tight and reliable at the back. I don't think we will witness another goal thriller; one or two goals might be enough to secure the win. Ultimately, we may be denied this by a very much improved Colchester United who hold us to a 1-1 draw. Provided they don't score more than us, it's fine. I know people won't want points to be dropped but in the grand scheme of things remaining unbeaten is more important than the winning streak we are on.

I just watched the interview David Horseman, the Forest Green Rovers manager, gave after the game. He mostly comes across well, but there are some bitter signs for me where he seems to be trying to defend himself more than telling it how it is. "We're not far away, this is supposedly the best team in the league." They did play well, but in the first half they weren't very effective. With incredible determination and a reservoir of untapped energy, they exceeded all expectations. The difference in the first half was we created the better chances and proved ourselves to be clinical on goal. Forest Green didn't have me remotely concerned that they would score in the first half, in comparison to the second half where they came out looking like they wanted to win the game. He uses the word "arrogance" in what he wanted to see from his team, that's never a positive sign from a manager, and he realises his slip in wording when he quickly tries to change his tune. He doesn't finish and adds a deflective comment after he says that there were words said at half-time but insisted it was from him. It's like a school boy trying to explain why he's done something naughty to a headmaster. It's way he keeps adding throwaway comments about how he felt they played, trying to reinforce to the interviewer and listeners that he believes it. Yeah, Forest Green Rovers are the best team to play us so far at Meadow Lane. Yet to complain about missing chances and trying to talk ours down, along with our quality, it really shows a lack of awareness from him and says more about him trying to explain why he can't win a game. I don't think they murdered us in the second half, but they showed a real force in pulling the game back. They did very well, but the deflective comment of them having 7 injuries further backs up my comments. Especially, since earlier in the interview he speaks about them needing to find players, so they can be better. We can see the making of a very good Forest Rovers, however, they did play well. He noted, which seems like a slip, that his side hasn't played as well for 90 minutes. This was part of their issue, as they weren't great attacking in the first half or much after we scored our 4th. I don't think anyone would say FGR were poor, but they didn't do enough to draw or win in my opinion. Had they played like they did in the second half, but for the whole game and they still had lost, I would feel lucky to have 3 points.

Don't worry, you've given plenty of time for people to catch up like @super_ram. Nobody will mind you missed a day, just have fun posting.

@Fan of Big Tone: I was told this also after the game and by a friend that's a steward. I don't know how serious it was, but hopefully news will come out about how they are doing. A flashing ambulance was stationed by the Family Stand, specifically on the Jimmy Sirrel Stand side.

I think a few could realistically do a job here, they looked very good as a team. Reece Welch is a special talent though. I think he's the lad that tried to wind up Jodi Jones though, which was a bit daft. I might be wrong.