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Wasn't there questions asked about the attendance in Notts match at Bradford Last Season? Stating that there was No Way that many fans were present in the Official Attendance Figures. And the answer was that Bradford had added all their Season ticket holders the match figures regardless of those fans being there or Not?

England's Harry Kane became the highest scoring Englishman in the German Bundesliga when he he scored his 41st goal for Bayern Munich against Werder Breman. Despite his goal scoring record both in the Premier League and now Bundesliga, why are a lot of English fans still harping on about the Guy has never won any Silverware. He may not have won any team trophies (as yet) but he certainly has a good collection of Golden Boot Awards, and his Goal scoring prowess is certainly up there with the Best. It appears to me that should any England Star in Football (or any sport for that matter) become famous for any reason, because of their natural talent, the First thing the Main Stream Media (or Gutter Press) do is to set about knocking that Sports Star off the Pedestal they themselves put the Star on in the First Place. And this then trickles down to England fans who bombard Have Your Say comment sections with comments such has, Kane has never won anything with any Club he's played for. In Big Games he always goes missing. The same accusation was also pointed at Macca when he failed to score at Wembley, during Notts Playoff Final against Chesterfield. Let me remind those Fans Macca did score his Penalty, in the Shoot Out. Harry Kane is his Country's All Time Top Scorer, in fact in one HYS section one Fan Wrote only One Man in recent times who has kept Kane Quiet, is Gareth Southgate!! Which is True, by playing him out of position and also playing him, while he's Not Fully Fit. Kane has proven play to his Strengths and he'll score Goals, something he still managed to do, even with Southgate's Poor Tactics. Interestingly many Foreign Fans, Dutch, German, French and many others say they can not understand the Hate that comes Harry Kane's way, and that they would Love to have Kane in their National Side. And Kane Can Not Be Solely Blamed For England Not Winning Championship Finals, After All It Takes Eleven Team Members To Win A Match. So lets all Celebrate the success of an Englishman abroad and show our Pride as Harry continues to Cain Em in Germany.

Two Blondes walk into a Bar. You'd think one of them would have been looking where she was going. What about the Blonde who didn't know the difference between Vaseline and Putty. Her Window panes fell out. Why did the Blonde American Woman move from Washington to L.A? Because it was easier to spell.

Not yet being able to make it down the Lane, I have to rely on these reports and it seems the Magpies were a trifle unlucky and Tsaroulla had three good chances to put the ball in the back of the net. And as it's been stated had those chances fallen to Didzy Notts could still be sitting at the League 2 summit. However as I've said before it's a Marathon, Not a Sprint and Notts current position means Nothing now come the end of the season, is when it really Counts. Reading that Jodi hobbled off is a bit of a worry, due to the fact how important he is to the Magpies. But then again he may be able to be rested for the games against Burton and even Morecambe as I believe Notts have more than enough fire power to beat Morecambe. There's No point in trying to rush him back, should the injury prove to be more than a niggle.

Most players who remain fit and healthy will more or less Retire from the game in their mid 30's. However how long can a Manager carry on? Does he carry on for his Love of the Game? Does carry on because of his success, or Does He Carry on just for the Money? The appointment of Steve Bruce at the age 63 as the New Head Coach at Blackpool, lots of his critics will say the last for the Money, but interestingly, ( Yes the money is a motivation) but according to Bruce, he'd tried Retirement, and he didn't like it and a lot of Retirees feel the same. Awhile back I wrote a Piece entitled In Praise Of Dinosaurs (bet you'd forgotten) about Managers in their 60's and 70's who I felt could still do a job, particularly some like Neil Warnock, who's vast Experience I thought could help Stuart Maynard adapt to becoming a full time Head Coach. I think the idea was mainly Poo Pooed, so how long should it be, before a Manager will say Enough is Enough? Studying present Managers in their 60's it would seem Carlo Ancelotti is perhaps the most successful, winning the Champions League at 65. David Moyes also won a Trophy with West Ham while in his 60's an another successful 61 year old is Jose Mourinho and Alex Ferguson was still at the Top of the Management Game at 72. Speaking of Neil Warnock who at the Age of 75 is the elder statesman of Managers/Head Coaches on the active list he's still prepared to listen to offers from a Club, despite his age. However it would seem only Clubs in Dire Straights with the threat of Relegation hanging over their Heads, will approach likes of Neil Warnock. And perhaps the same can be said of his Fellow Ex- Notts County Manager Sam Allardyce who is 69. Of all the most successful Managers at 53 Pep is the baby of the bunch, so if he feels like it, he could still have another 10 years plus at the Top, the thing is will he want too? At Club level he's won just about everything there is on offer, how long before he turns round and utters the words Enough is Enough and retires from the Game? Jurgen Klopp seems to have had Enough and retired at the age of 57, perhaps Klopp may make a comeback as the German National Coach, is that all that's left for Pep? Success as the Head Coach of a National Side? Maybe England? So there's a few questions for my fellow PON Members to get their teeth into, so what do you think, when is it the Time for a Manager/Head Coach to call time on his Career?

I would like to think Macca will return to the Lane one day, maybe towards the end of his career around the time of his mid thirties. Then again he may not be pulling up any trees at Millwall, but all it needs is a new Head Coach to come in and all that could change, then again a move to another club could prove to be the charge he needs to get back into his scoring groove. After all there were all sorts of rumors that Macca was going to end up at Leeds, not long after he'd signed for Millwall, which was Debated on this site. And I still can't shake the feeling that sometime in the future Macca is going to end up playing for Luke Williams again. But back to Les in answer to my own Question, it does seem it was harder for a Striker to score goals when Les was at his peak, than it is nowadays. Defenders seemed a lot Meaner back in the Day. Another Question I'd Love to ask the man himself. If Les had gotten the Service that Macca did over the past two seasons during his time as the Top Notts Striker, how many more Goals does he think he may have added to his Total?

Let's just add a Little Bit of Spice, to the Above Question, by elaborating on it. Do you think it was harder to score Goals at the Time Les was at his Peak, or Nowadays in Macca's Era ?

After posing a Question about the Great Jimmy Sirrel. I've decided to ask one Regarding Notts County's all time Top Scorer Less Bradd. That being Do you think Les's Record of 125 League Goals, will ever be Beaten? I know Macca had a Good Go., in the two seasons he was at the Lane. Les of course scored 137 goals in 398 games for the Magpies. Tony Hateley is 2nd on the list with114 goals in 215 games. Jackie Sewell scored 104 goals one more goal than Tommy Lawton's 103 but it took him 193 matches compared to Tommy's 166. Finally rounding off the Top 5 all time Notts scorers Tom Keetley scored an Amazing 98 Goals in 110 matches. That My Fellow PON Members is one Hell of a Strike Rate. ( All Data from Google Search and Wiki Pedia) It does make you think how many Goals Macca may have scored, if he'd have seen out the New Contract he signed for the Magpies prior to his Move to Millwall. And you never know, he just Might, Might Return to the Lane One Day.

I think @Robbie that back in the Day Football was played by Real Men. There was none of this falling over an opponents boot and Rolling around in Agony in an attempt to get the player booked or sent off. Then once that's been achieved the injured Player is up and about running around like a Blue Arsed Fly. That's the Old Fashion Answer to your Question. Now let's look at it from a Modern Day Perspective. Like you say the Game is now much faster paced (most of the time) and the strain on a Players body as increased Dramatically and perhaps even with the Training methods employed today the Body can only take a certain amount of Punishment despite all the Nutrition and Medical and other Experts employed by a Club. Then of course there is the constant Demand for success, this puts players under constant Stress and Pressure to Perform Well and he may get into a Situation, where there is a greater chance of him getting injured. Take the recent injury to Curtis Edwards. I am Not saying this is what happened it's just conjecture. But there is an expectation at Notts that the Magpies (being a Big Club in League2) should be pushing for and obtaining Promotion. So just supposing Curtis saw a the chance of getting Notts a Penalty and that's why he went and challenged the keeper, possibly 8 or 9 times out of 10, he would have jumped over the Keeper but hoping to get a Penalty he carried on then fell awkwardly and now he as an injury, that will keep him out till Christmas or perhaps even longer. On top of all the Stresses and Strains both on and off the Pitch there is of course a Players Mental Health. One of their children maybe ill or a family member or best friend may have passed, all this will take a Toll on a player, and now with more games to play and the Modern Game being a Squad game, some players may have the worry, that should he lose his place in the Starting XI , how will he get back into the First Team? Ask most Players and will say that they want to play in every game. And a player used to being on the Team Sheet suddenly finds himself kicking heels and just being a Squad member his mental, state may become a problem which can only be helped if the player seeks help. That may also be a Reason why some Players turn to Alcohol or even Drugs. Confidence is also a factor. Look at Macca (who hopefully is Mentally Strong) trying to force his way into the Millwall starting line up, and once there will he take unnecessary risks in an attempt to stay there, which may also result in him putting himself in situations, where Injury is a Bigger Risk? Officials must also take some of the Blame, talented players such as Notts own Jodi Jones are going to be,( brutally in some cases) fouled time and time again during a Match, and if the Referee doesn't clamp down on bad play eventually Jodi is going to receive any injury, that could keep him out of the Notts Line Up for sometime.

So there I am at the Doctor's. Now then what seems to be the Trouble? He asked. Well Doc during the day I keep hearing the songs I'll never fall in Love again, The Green Green Grass of Home and Delilah. Ah says the Doctor You've got Tom Jones Syndrome Is that Rare? I asked He replied Well It's Not Unusual.

Ligaments problem Well that's going to take time, he probably wouldn't have been out as long if he'd had broken his ankle. Funny things Ligaments.

Of Whom am I speaking? Most PON Members will know or have an idea. Could Notts County's Greatest Ever Manager Jimmy Sirrel be a Success in the Modern Game? If he was alive today do you my fellow PON Members, think the Great Jimmy Sirrel would be able to Adopt to the way the Game is Now Played and bring Promotion to the Lane? Or do you think he was a Product of the Era in which he Managed and Modern Football wouldn't be his Cup of Tea?

@Robbie You can still get Caramac Buddy. I bought one from my local Bargain Buys store a few weeks ago, if you have a Bargain Buys store near you, go and have a look, you just might get a nice surprise. Things I Miss from when I was a Kid which you don't see very often in Shops. Mojo chews, Fruit Salad Chews, Black Jack Chews all costing one old penny for four Chews. Spangles, Lucky Bags, Sherbet Dib Dabs or fountains. Liquorice Sticks (they were that hard you could break your teeth on them.) There's bound to be more, but I'll have to think about them. This Topic could end up like your Quirky TV Series from the 60's & 70's.

@Chris The Munsters now there's a program I enjoyed, as you have said it was the Studio who refused to produce the program in Colour helped Kill off the Series. Several attempts were made to revive it under New Titles such as The Munsters Today and show the Series in Colour, but with a different cast, but it just wasn't the same, like many reboots or spinoffs of certain Programs It Just Died The Death.

Hoping Curtis makes a Good and Strong Recovery. The thing is in the past couple of seasons quite a Few Notts players have suffered with bad injuries. Matt Palmer, Cedwyn Scott, Tobi, Badj, Brinds Sam, John Bostock, and others. This could be down to Notts being termed a Big Club in League 2, and the only way the opposition can stop the Magpies is by Knocking Seven Bells out of Notts players. But there have also been injuries picked up in training, which didn't seem to be a thing in the past, by that I mean there were the occasional report of a player picking up a knock while training, but now even these injuries seem to be on the Rise. Regarding Stuart Maynard asking Officials to protect his players, is like him P*****g in the Wind Forget it Stuart, the standard of Refereeing at this level is poor, it seems officials haven't the backbone to clamp down, on dangerous play, the only answer SM will probably get it's all part and parcel of the Game. The only way for a player to take out a more Talented player is to Kick him and foul him constantly. That's why Jodi and players like him are going to be Kicked, from Pillar to Post.

@liampie The Crow is also a Bird associated with Death and in some cultures it accompanies their Death Icons. Charon the Boatman who ferries the Souls of the Dead across the River Styx has a Crow. As does the Morrigu an heavily Vailed Old Woman (to cover her Rotting Flesh), who Grants wishes, but be careful what you wish for, because it is said she Grants wishes but takes the words literally. For example it is said a young wife lost her Loving husband in an accident, heart broken she asked the Morrigu to return her husband to her as he was before he died. This the Morrigu granted however when the Husband came back to life, it was just before he died, and he spent his time Screaming and Crying out in Agony from the pain of his injuries which caused his Death. There was of course the Film the Crow, where Brandon Lee (Son of Martial Arts Expert and Film Star Bruce Lee) was accidently Killed on the Film's set. And there is a Native American Tribe Called the Crow People, who's name when Translated from their Language means, the People of the Big Beaked Bird.

It would seem many types of Bird are associated with Bad Omens and Death. Even the humble Pigeon. It's said in some Cultures that if a Pigeon lands on the Roof of your dwelling and starts it's Ruh-ruh-ruh call it's the sign of ill luck or Death approaching. Owls have also been tared with the Death Brush, but this is mainly due to their Hunting at Dusk and towards Night time. Some Owls also Roost in the Trees of Cemeteries and their calls are said to call up the Spirits of the Dead. In Medieval Europe Crows and Ravens were omens of Death and were believed to be Messengers between the Living and the Dead. And yet in Norse Mythology the All Father Odin Chief amongst the Norse Gods had two Ravens Huginn (Thought) and Muninn (Memory) who flew round the World of Man and listened to his talk and told Odin of Man's worries and with this information the God could help Man to Learn and Grow. It's also been Stated that should you find a Dead Bird in your Garden that is also a Sign of Bad Luck or Death. Thankfully we now live in a more informed World and these Superstitions are put aside by Most People.

Seven Dwarves in the Bath all Feeling Happy. Then Happy got out, so the Rest started feeling Grumpy. Then there was the time I Shot an Elephant in my Pyjamas . What he was doing in my Pyjamas I've No Idea.

@Chris Well there's something New. I've never heard Eleven Twelve and Thirteen points you 've mentioned, the only Rhyme I have heard about Magpies has only gone up to the Maximum of Ten. Well you learn something New Every Day. Whatever anyone's feeling about a Magpie you have to admit it's an Interesting Bird to Study.

While it's an enticing prospect @Robbie should the Magpies get to the Third Round, there's No Guarantee of a Big Club arriving at the Lane, or even a home Draw. So I don't think it matters if Notts have a decent Cup Run ( one would swell the Clubs Coffers) but I don't think it will Be The Be all and End All if it happens or not. Promotion must be the Magpies Major Target, if they get a Good Cup Run all Well and Good, if they don't it's Not The End of the World.

Several weeks ago I wrote a Piece about the Magpie, the Bird which now adorns the Club Badge of our Favourite Football Club Notts County. That topic touched on the Famous Rhyme about the Magpie, the Birds habits and it's life in General. In this second part I'm going to delve deeper in the Rhyme. One for Sorrow the title of the rhyme was originally much shorter and in areas where Magpie numbers were scarcer the Rhyme was said of other birds, such as Crows,( the Bird family which the Magpie is apart of) there were only seven and not 10 ten parts of the Rhyme. In a supplement by written by Samuel Johnson and George Stephens about the plays of William Shakespeare in1778 the One for Sorrow was even shorter, being One for Sorrow, Two for Mirth, Three for a Wedding, Four for Death. Interestingly there have been similar Rhymes such as Once a Wish Twice a Kiss, Threes a letter Four is something better, however this Rhyme was based on how many times a Person Sneezed. The One for Sorrow Rhyme didn't appear in print until the 18th Century. In the 16th and 17th Centuries the Rhyme came more to the fore during the Witch hunts of that Era. This was because the Magpie who is an highly Intelligent Bird and people believed the Magpie was thought to be Witches or their Familiar in Disguise. The Plumage of the Magpie was also a problem. With the White being for Purity and Holiness, while the Black marking stood for Evil and the Devil which Corrupted the Good White markings. It as also been stated the Magpie never entered Noah's Ark instead in sat on it's roof laughing at the World as it Drowned. In Scottish Folk Law every Magpie is considered Evil and it was Declared every Magpie carried a Drop of the Devil's Blood under it's Tongue. Finally when the Magpie Rhyme came into print in the 1800's along with the first 7 parts, 8, 9 and 10 were added. Eight for Heaven, Nine for Hell and Ten for the Devil's Own Self. Yet another shorter version read One for Anger, Two for Mirth, Three for a Wedding, Four for a Birth, Five for Rich, Six for Poor, Seven for a Witch I can tell you No More. To counter the curse of a Single Magpie (I stated this in my first piece0 Is to Spit on the ground or say Good Morning Mr Magpie how are the wife and kids, thus giving the impression of more than one Magpie and his Bad Luck. The Final way to end a Single Magpie's Bad Luck Curse, is to make the sign of the Cross and say I Cross the Magpie, the Magpie Crosses Me, Bad Luck to the Magpie, Good Luck to Me. Well there you have it part Two of the Much Maligned Magpie. Still Going To Follow Notts With Their Evil Bird Badge?????

Over the years I 've most watched most Bond films, but the only Daniel Craig one was Sky Fall. Invisible Cars, Wimpy Actors being given the roles such as, Q when the original Actor either retired or passed away. Mind you I didn't mind Judi Dench in Sky Fall, but I think the rest of her appearances as M left a lot to be desired. Poorly written scripts trying to carry the MESSAGE and as it's been stated by @Robbie over the Top AI Stunts put them all together and NAH James Bond it's Not for Me any more. Anyway how Old is James Bond Now? He must be in his 90's so he should be shuffling around in carpet slippers, baggy pants and a Cardigan with holes in the elbows. His teeth would be kept in a glass at the side of his bed and maybe he could still chase after Women, but now he Can't Remember Why. And what would his Evil opponent say to him Now? You Smell Of Wee Mr Bond.

Another interesting thing about Goldfinger, the theme tune was sung by Shirley Bassey, which in my opinion is up there with the Best Bond Movie Theme Songs. I remember Paul McCartney ( who fronted his band Wings at the time) Sang the title song in the Roger Moore Bond Movie Live And Let Die. And during a live Wings performance McCartney had placed a small explosive charge in his piano, so when he sang Live And Let Die and when a certain note was hit the Piano would explode, causing what he hoped would be an exciting and spectacular moment for the Crowd. Unfortunately the Explosive was much stronger than McCartney realized and he was blown across the stage suffering some injuries.

Net Zero? Never going to Happen, because China Russia and India won't stop using Fossil Fuels. Those countries along with others in Central America will keep pumping stuff into the Earth's Atmosphere and the only people who will Suffer are those in Western Countries like the UK, who's Governments persist in trying to reach an Unobtainable Goal of Net Zero, and being forced into paying More and More in Taxes. The Elites aren't bothered about Net Zero all they want is a Poor and Weak Population which they can Dominate and Control.

Then there was the Excellent Austin Powers, take on Odd Job. Random Task, something I found Incredibly Funny and very Clever.