DangerousSausage

I saw the comments he'd made a few days ago and meant to make a thread about them. When a manager throws individual players under the bus in post-match interviews, it's an act of desperation and the writing is on the wall. And that was just six games in! It's probably a blessing in disguise for FGR as they were messing about with a celebrity manager while safety got further and further away, a bit like us with Harry Kewell. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67995450

Interesting appointment. The owners obviously wanted someone who is up and coming. He's just taken Wealdstone to their highest league position in over 30 years for two seasons running, and was on course to do it again. But of course you can only go so far with a part-time team in a largely professional league. If any of their fans have complained about him, I haven't seen it. I've only seen positive comments, and the few on their Facebook page seem gutted he's left. It's also important that he could bring his coaching team with him. Hopefully that'll help him make the switch to professional football. Obviously I wish him luck, and I'm glad we can start looking forward again. Most importantly of all, though, is he our first manager with a tache since Allardyce?

I've never used it as it's simply too expensive - from Frankfurt you can get to London via Brussels. I looked at a connection in November (a quiet period) and it would have cost me over €1000. Just for me. I ended up booking Lufthansa flights for a quarter of that. No longer using the stations in Kent also renders it useless for people who might have used it regularly. Having to negotiate your way through London is a deal breaker for many. There was talk about a direct connection from Frankfurt, but to do so they needed a separate area for passport controls, which was just not feasible at such a busy station and the demand wouldn't have justified it. It would all be such a lot easier if there were no passport controls, but unfortunately they're here to stay.

We didn't make this loss in League Two, we were in the National League during the reporting period. That is significant because there is little difference in wages, but in League Two the club makes a seven-figure sum from TV money, grants and more. A lot of the other stuff is little better than guesswork to be honest. Any interest on the loans due to the owners would be academic, as they'll simply try to get as much of that money back from the next owners when they sell the club. The last two owners did the same thing.

It's prediction league time again - get your predictions in by 3pm on Saturday, and remember your joker. Good luck! Bristol City v Watford Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion Exeter City v Cambridge United Stevenage v Barnsley AFC Wimbledon v Crawley Town Barrow v Crewe Alexandra Eastleigh v Oldham Athletic Ebbsfleet United v Hartlepool United

I think it'll be too late for any new head coach to implement anything @Chris, but maybe our next man will be in the stands? It'll be interesting to see whether the new keeper will get the nod now he's got his feet under the table. We gave Stockport a really good game at their place just a few weeks back, and with home advantage and if everyone is at their best there's every chance we could come away with points.

Surely Warnock is just fan talk, he's a legend but he wouldn't be the right choice for us now for all sorts of reasons. He'd be an awkward fit as a head coach.

Yikes! More proof, if any was needed, that running the operation we were in the National League was NOT sustainable. It's a good job the owners plugged the gap and kept us in the manner to which we are accustomed, otherwise we'd have had to make big cuts and may well have ended up treading water like so many former League clubs down there. Hopefully the numbers will look a little rosier with the bigger crowds, TV money and other things we get as a League club, but we're a loooong way from being sustainable financially. The statement isn't very detailed, so we can only speculate about some things, but I'd guess the 38k was the fee received for Ian Burchnall. But it's also possible that some of it is for IB, and the rest is a sell-on fee for Cal Roberts? If you're interested, it's the latest document at the following link: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04789632/filing-history

Welcome to the community @True Magpie!

Ice is the worst thing. Where I am we've just had a severe weather warning due to it raining, dropping below freezing and everything freezing solid. There is black ice all over the place and the streets around my house are like an ice skating rink. Look after yourselves!

If a club pays more than 200% of its turnover on players' wages, it's an accident waiting to happen - the rules are there to prevent owners gambling on success and then vanishing if it doesn't work, leaving a mess behind. I mean, they've still got Harry Arter on their wage bill. Flouting the turnover rules put them at a significant advantage to other clubs that adhered to them. It's plain that they're not a well-run club in general and it wouldn't take much for things to start going south. If they end up in League One again in the not-too-distant future, we've got to make sure we're there to greet them.

The walk of shame isn't quite so bad if you've got company!

I wish he wouldn't share that @Robbie, somebody might find out! We're on course to score 100 and let in 88. Insane. As @Chris says, even our defenders are attack-minded. That's not a fluke, it's a strategy, but we need to strike the right balance and it probably won't be as simple as signing one or two players. That said, it's about entertainment and the last few years have been an absolute privilege in that respect.

Ray Trew used to claim that the womens' team would pay for itself, but I always thought that was optimistic. At the time we actually had the biggest attendances in the WPL (helped by the fact that they played at Meadow Lane and not a non-league ground), but there's no way we'd have been able to keep up with the big guns now. That said, the way the team was disbanded overnight was a disgrace and left many players without a club. Like you say, it's great that we've got a proper women's team now.

Good question! I enjoy Pointless. And Fridays didn't feel complete without Anne Robinson's Weakest Link. Alas, I live in Germany now, but luckily for me it means that Who Wants To Be a Millionaire in its original format is still a thing. Apart from that, quiz shows are usually four-hour extravaganzas hosted by a man in a frilly chequered suit who strokes female contestants' knees.

Huddersfield Town 1-1 Plymouth Argyle Millwall 1-3 Middlesbrough Northampton Town 1-1 Wigan Athletic Reading v Port Vale - abandoned Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Lincoln City Accrington Stanley 1-2 Gillingham Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Newport County Eastleigh 0-1 Southend United --- The lack of home wins, and Wycombe's pathetic failure to hold onto a 1-0 lead, means this was a low-scoring round. Congrats to this round's winner, @ARLukomski! And it's cool how @4everapie seems to get 4 points every week... @ARLukomski - 7 @cheeky~k8, @DonnyNotts, @Robbie - 6 @4everapie, @Dan, @Fan of Big Tone, @gtownjohnno, @super_ram - 4 @william1984 - 2 @DangerousSausage - 1 (thanks again Lincoln for ruining my joker!) @Chris, @magpiejue, @Megan_Elizax - nul points --- That leaves @ARLukomski eight points clear and @cheeky~k8 back in the top three... ARLukomski - 153 gtownjohnno - 145 cheeky~k8 - 129 4everapie - 128 Fan of Big Tone - 124 william1984 - 121 DangerousSausage - 118 super_ram - 117 magpiejue - 115 Dan - 114 nottsnutter - 112 Megan_Elizax - 102 liampie - 98 Chris - 96 upthepies - 90 DonnyNotts - 85 Joshua - 80 allardyces tash - 67 KingWilliams - 66 TheSkipper - 58 CliftonMagpie - 49 thommo - 49 OoooooTommy - 45 NottsCountyKev - 41 JIMBO - 40 jimbob - 38 Nocturnal-Magpie - 38 AmericanPie - 36 KB1862 - 22 Robbie - 22 George L - 6 Canadian - 4 --- If you like, join us again from Wednesday, when I'll be posting Saturday's fixtures. Thanks for playing and take care!

Kjaergaard's odds seem to have drifted slightly. I suspect this might be another case of someone having a punt on a random Danish bloke. He does fit the mould in that we would be his second club and in terms of our style of play, but we should remember that the Danish third division is nothing like ours - only their top flight is fully professional. I have a feeling it'll be someone nobody here has considered.

POTS so far: Jodi Jones Best performance: Doncaster (A), albeit against poor opposition. Swindon (H) was impressive too. Best opposition: Mansfield, by a mile. Worst opposition: Doncaster, awful team. Best away day: For me personally, Meadow Lane I can't really comment as I haven't travelled away, but Grimsby always looks fun (if bracing). Who I'd appoint: One of the Irish blokes.

Curse you, Lincoln City ????

This is very true. The back three have been criticised a lot, but you're supposed to defend as a team. They've been left hanging by their teammates too often this season. Witness Stone frequently playing short passes to Baldwin when he had a Grimsby player right behind him. We've prioritised players who are comfortable on the ball and good going forwards for years. It was a calculated risk that worked and got us back into the Football League, but we're going to have to re-learn the art of defending if we're going to mount a serious promotion challenge at this level.

True @Fan of Big Tone, but I'm also pathetically grateful we didn't lose after letting in five! The first half hour was absolutely shocking and it looked really bleak for a time. And I've learned not to get too excited when we take a one goal load... Time for a lie down!

We're getting marinated. It's like Sutton away all over again. We're incredibly lucky it's only two so far.

Huddersfield Town 0-2 Plymouth Argyle Millwall 3-1 Middlesbrough Northampton Town 2-0 Wigan Athletic Reading 2-1 Port Vale Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Lincoln City (joker) Accrington Stanley 2-1 Gillingham Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Newport County Eastleigh 1-1 Southend United

Just to point out in case anyone missed it, that story is from when Burchnall left. I don't remember him at all, but our approach back then might explain why he's being mentioned now. The odds aren't really changing much, a lot of the names have just been linked with us in the past.

This is cool! I'll have a look at the new structure when I'm on my PC. Regarding the prediction league, I was thinking last week that it would probably be better as a subforum to Granny's forum. I probably wouldn't put it in a Notts section as it isn't really Notts related. Will moving the form affect email reminders? As for sports, I think an"other sports" subforum would do, as they rarely get talked about and having too many inactive forums would clutter things up. We could always tag the corresponding sport in case people want to search it.