DangerousSausage

You defend as a team, and in his second season we didn't. We weren't working hard enough off the ball and we had a liability in goal. No wonder he lost his confidence. But the season before he'd shown himself to be a steady enough defender, and will hopefully do well at Alfreton.

When i first moved, I was mostly limited to reading, but live commentary, streams and highlights are much easier to come by than in the past. I really enjoyed the NL stream, and I'll definitely treat myself to an iFollow subscription next season. With online communities like PON, you can stay in touch and share your thoughts wherever you are in the world, this is one way that the Internet can bring us all together. Oh, and I particularly like crowd footage and photos posted on YouTube and elsewhere, it brings the matchday experience much closer. Thanks to everyone who shares ????

@TheSkipper the text of your post and the title don't match up. I'll respond to the title - the rest is a MUCH longer discussion! I don't travel away often, but the best was probably at Lincoln in early 1998. We were gunning for our ninth consecutive win and were really starting to pull away from our rivals, so we took a strong following - about half of the crowd was made up of Notts fans and the atmosphere was great. Sincil Bank is a great little ground too. We won 5-3 after going 3-0 up and then letting Lincoln come back and equalise early in the second half, just to keep things interesting. The worst (Wembley 1996 apart) was a trip to Cheltenham in about 2006, it was Gudjon Thordarson's only season in charge, we were plummeting down the table and couldn't buy a win. Cue a spineless 3-0 defeat setting up a final day showdown against Bury. Luckily we stayed up thanks to results elsewhere, but that day I thought we were going down.

All the best to you and your wife @Fan of Big Tone. It shakes you up no end, but it's good that it was identified and she's getting the best care. My weekend? I should really be getting some things ready for my forthcoming visit to Robin Hood country, but I'm just too lazy.

He has no trouble finding these jobs, but never stays anywhere for long. As much as it pains me to say it, the common denominator is him. He's either really bad at getting along with his superiors, or is not very good at choosing his clubs.

Yes @4everapie, he says they did want to keep him (which is logical as he was a regular). I hadn't read the interview when I wrote my first comment.

While he has a right to a private life, it's clear that this wasn't a relationship between equals. If one word from a more powerful person could end your career, how easy is it to get out of it? It's quite easy to imagine a situation where you feel you HAVE to say yes, however enthusiastic you were at the beginning. That's why relationships like this are dubious and a potentially sackable offence, especially for someone who has cultivated a squeaky-clean image. A part of me is dreading Gordon's tell-all interview ???? Just try not to speculate too much please!

It took us 131 years to get around to testing the delights of National League first time around. I wouldn't mind waiting another 131 years for the next time!

The interview on the OS was quite illuminating. It sounds like it was effectively a done deal even before the season was finished. He says it was his decision to leave. And there's this: To me that sounds like he's here to replace Taylor and provide competition for Chicksen, which was non-existent last season. So not necessarily a Nemane/Rodders replacement. The few Sutton fans I've seen online do seem to rate him, albeit with caveats like "on his day". Let's see what magic the coaching staff can work on him.

Also new school here. I've got a Spotify subscription and get a lot of use out of it as I listen at work. I've also got a sound bar at home I listen on. I've still got all my CDs and have saved some of them to my computer using a lossless format, but most of the time I just stream them as I can barely tell the difference and its easier.

Definitely, it'll be interesting to see if Chesterfield can follow us next season and what the league will look like now that we and Wrexham are out of it. I always kept an eye on it anyway, but my interest will probably wane a bit after a few years.

That's a good, proper old-fashioned name. Will Randall. No idea if he's good at football though. The only thing I know is that he was released from a Sutton team that didn't light the league up last season, despite being a regular and their joint top scorer. But maybe he wasn't interested in a new deal as a contract from Notts was in the offing? He's a versatile player with experience of League Two, and LW knows him. I trust their judgement and hope we get the best out of him!

Good news! This gives us a solid option hl between the sticks. He could do with competition though.

It's not really a Real/Barca situation. Before Klopp turned up, BVB were fighting relegation, and they've only won the Bundesliga five times in total (twice under Klopp). One issue is that most of the clubs that traditionally chase Bayern along with them have fallen by the wayside. How competitive would the Premier League be if it were just Man City and Spurs and Brentford fighting for the title, with Man United, Liverpool and Chelsea in the Championship? The Bundesliga is a bit like that right now. Dortmund tend to buy in young players, but there are plenty of other clubs renowned for their youth work. One is Freiburg, who finished fifth in the Bundesliga and whose under 23s just finished second in the third division (a league higher than Bayern's, and as high as B teams are allowed to go). But they're a small club who will never realistically compete for the title.

I do it every day, but it's frustrating. Either I get it quickly and I'm disappointed that it's over for the day. Or I spend ages on it and need five or six guesses, and then I'm annoyed.

The official figures are on the first PDF attached to this link: https://www.thefa.com/news/2023/mar/31/publication-of-payments-and-transactions-310323 We spent 68,000 on fees over the year, which was slightly less than Oldham and Chesterfield and less than half as much as Wrexham (163,000), but more than all other NL clubs. Eight League Two clubs spent more than us, most of them only slightly more. Stockport were waaay in front (236,000) and were the only L2 team to outspend Wrexham. I'm not sure how this compares to the Trew era, but I remember us spending heavily on agents back them. We've also developed a habit of signing players from NL and NLN clubs, so you'd expect lower fees. I'm expecting the squad to be strengthened, but not a wild spending spree. You can only spend something like 65% of your turnover on wages in L2, so I doubt there'll be a huge increase. But if the agent fees are any guide, we're probably already operating on a very competitive budget for L2, and the EFL money coming in won't harm things at all.

Slow down, it's still May! ???? Most of our squad will still be on the beach. If they're still nowhere to be seen this time next month, then they probably are waiting for something better, but it's too early to judge. I've heard that Bostock left Doncaster because he was angling for something better - turned out to be their loss and our gain. Cameron and The Man signed from a team in the same division as us. So it's swings and roundabouts - we probably will lose a player or two, but we'll also be in for players out of contract elsewhere. I trust the recruitment team to keep developing and improving the team. We've still got to adjust to life in League Two again and Stockport are a year ahead of us in that respect @Ohh Tommy Johnson. And they've got loads of money. But without League One football, they're hopefully a less appealing prospect.

I'm not sure joining Stockport would be lacking in ambition @Ohh Tommy Johnson, they're clearly going places. But it would show that the player sees them as a better bet than us, which would be disappointing. We should bear in mind that any offer was probably submitted before the bank holiday weekend, when they still had a chance of going up. Their defeat against Carlisle won't have helped their chances of nicking our players. But this is all paper talk and really isn't worth worrying about.

Haven't Truro always aimed big? I'll believe it when I see it.

I'm not surprised Nemane is attracting interest. His pace would be tricky to replace, but it might be an opportunity to bring in a more natural wing back as we were quite lop sided at times. It would be great if Rodders stayed, but if now we've got a ready-made replacement. I'd be disappointed if Cameron left for a rival, but we don't know that yet. He probably has got offers on the table, but Stockport can no longer offer L1 football. Many players are on holiday right now, and after that they'll want to sit down with their agents before signing a contract. For some it'll probably be a formality. Others might want to wait and see what offers they get, but that doesn't mean they'll take them. Sausage says relax!

@BromPie, if you like your Indian food and you're heading to Edinburgh again, give Kebab Mahal a try. It looks (and sounds) proper dodgy, but the food in there is genuinely brilliant. I'm going to have to go to Edinburgh again. Fantastic city.

Stockport are ambitious, will strengthen further and will be among the favourites for automatic promotion. So if we're going for two in a row, this might not be the greatest result for us. I bet the away travellers are relieved there's no to trip to Cumberland though!

I read this line first and thought you meant a nightclub ???? have a great time. Skeggy looks bracing @Chris! But I miss being able to just go to the coast for a day trip. As for me, I spent much of Saturday watching the drama unfold in the Bundesliga and third division (which is quite fun when it doesn't directly involve you). Yesterday we went to a medieval festival at Münzenberg Castle, which is to the north of Frankfurt. Had a cracking day there until the hay fever got me. There's even a Scottish beer stand!

I'd watch it, but it's on DAZN and I'm not made of money! I've got family who are Barnsley fans so I'd have to go for them, but I've got no ill will against Wednesday either. May the best team win. Barnsley have got a good traditional away end behind the goal, and Wednesday's ground is nice and old school. Both of them would be a great away day in the not too distant future. Would be great to see Notts compete at that level again.

Agreed @KB1862. In the Premier League there has often been artificial competition created when clubs receive a lot of investment - Chelsea and Manchester City have risen to the top and shaken up the old older that way, and Newcastle may be next. One effect of 50+1 is that it's much more difficult for clubs to gain enough outside investment to challenge Bayern financially. So you have a situation where they're massively outspending the rest. Also, the Bundesliga is slowly filling up with clubs whose only objective is to stay in it. Heidenheim, Darmstadt and Augsburg are there on merit, but they won't be challenging for honours any time soon. After Bayern, the clubs with the most German titles are Nuremberg (they had the most as recently as 1989), Dortmund, Schalke, Hamburg and Stuttgart. Only two of those will be in the top flight next season, and Nuremberg are grateful to still be in the second. So where is the competition coming from?