Piethagoram

A good performance by Notts, superb penalty save by Mair

Permit me, a little personal side note to this game

"Funnily @Piethagoram mentioned choosing Brooks due to penalty saves for his 5-a-side team. "...thanks for that @Chris From the last 2 pre-seasons, I do think Brooks has a bright future. I am never confident of Sam saving a penalty...but Brooks has something about him, that he can outthink a penalty taker. After Brad Young, is Mair now deemed not good enough? Our recruitment models seem to be working fine, with the exception of goal keepers

"What line-up should Ian Burchnall opt for" ????

Maidenhead under lined their current good form. Charlie Adam was a good dead ball specialist but our defence handled it well, with some good headed clearances Some theatrical performances by the home side to emphasise fouls, left a sour taste A well controlled performance from Notts

In a match where, my gut feeling, Notts had towards 70% possession....our inability to defend when the opposition breaks quickly says a lot. Simple things like tracking runners, we were no where near good enough. When you look at other teams at the top of the table, their defenders are far superior to ours. We made a team containing Christian Oxlade Chamberlain look good... and we didnt really put him under any pressure. Ruben missed 2 golden chances but we had no answer to Aldershot's time wasting theatrics, some of which may be Oscar nominated. The dismissal of DKE seemed a complete farce. The referee was no where near the level required, failing to give a 2nd penalty when Namane was brought down. We are too one paced, trying to build up the pitch. We need to be looking to break quicker and use the pace of Nemane

Should have scored. Defensively we looked all at sea at times. Other teams would have punished us

Still very worried defensively. Better teams would have punished us.

Lesson reinforced from the Dagenham game, Rawlinson can't play the centre half roaming forward with the ball from the back, as his passing is not good enough to play "BurchnallBall"

Same starting 11. Just need to sharpen shooting skills in training