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@Robbie Think it might be a wee bit to early for Stuart to name his starting XI, I assume you're talking about when the League 2 Season Starts? He should have an Inkling after the Preseason matches and it wouldn't Surprise me if he didn't tinker with the Line up during the First 3-4 matches of the New Season. The only sure Starter is our New Keeper Alex Bass.

@Piethagoram Regarding Swansea agreeing Not to poach any Notts Players, Wouldn't that be Illegal? There could have been a Gentleman's Agreement in Place. However I Still Can't See That Being A Reason for Swansea Not Pursuing Macca or Jodi, as any Verbal Agreement wouldn't Stand Up in any sort of Legal Proceedings. Derby Sunderland Birmingham Swansea Wrexham were all Rumoured to be after Macca at one time or another. Sunderland were a Very Strong Contender to take Macca back to the North East. Birmingham were also a Strong Possibility at One time. The Interest of Derby Swansea and Wrexham was perhaps mere Wishful Thinking. I'll be Honest with you I thought the Millwall Offer came Out Of The Blue. But then again maybe Not because when it became Knowledge the Lions were interested in Macca, the Deal was quickly Done and Dusted. So it would seem the Move had been in the Works for a Fair Time and the Appointment of Macca as Club Captain was only a Ruse to Keep Fans Happy, I mean Why make a Guy Club Captain Only to Sell Him? It may have been (and this is Only My Opinion) the Deal was concluded early on but was kept from the Notts Fans, for Fear of the Effect it may have had on Season Ticket Sales. I Don't Know I'm only Guessing.

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@Chris If Notts get Promoted this coming Season I expect to see a Similar Exodus From the Lane. Better more Experienced Players Coming In. Players such has Jodi Jones and Dan Crowley should be offered Extended Contracts like Macca was. I think Jodi is in the Last Year of His Contract . However that isn't something I'm sure of.

It would seem Alassana Jatta is carrying on from were he left off Last Season by Scoring Goals. Wealdstone won't be Much of a Challenge Compared To League 2 Sides but Scoring Goals In any form of Match, Will Do His Confidence The World Of Good

@Robbie When was the Famous or Infamous Remark by Richard Montague stating IT Would Take A Massive Offer To Take Macca Away From The Lane? Funny Enough and I Think I touched on it Before, when Jatta was Signed I Wondered Then If The Club Were Going To Sell Macca and had Lined Jatta Up As His Replacement. To Be Honest I Thought Macca Would Have Ended Up With Luke Williams At Swansea. Maybe Along With Jodi. But It Would Appear That Only Millwall Were Prepared To Meet Notts Demands. Which Will Be (Hopefully) A Massive Chunk Of Any Future Transfer Fee The Lions Get For Macca When He Moves On From The Den. I Don't Think Macca Will Be At Millwall Very Long, I Think They Bought Him In The Hope Of Selling Him On To A Premier League Club After What They Hope Will Be A Successful Season in South London.

When Jurgen Klopp Left Liverpool He Declared He Wouldn't Manage Another Premier League Club. So That Surely Includes The England National Team?

Well this is a Question That Needs Addressing. Where will the Mighty Magpies Finish come the End of this up Coming Season ? If all the Players can stay Fit and Healthy and all the New Players can Adopt to the Notts System, then CHAMPIONS. The Notts Squad Looks Good on Paper, but as we all know that means Nothing Nor does having 70%-75% of the Ball each Match. I Expect Notts to Gain Promotion this Coming Season, whether Automatic or Via the Playoffs anything Else In My Opinion will be a Failure. Now my Fellow PON Members What Are Your Thoughts?

With Scott Jatta McGoldrick Crowley and occasionally Jones and Nemane scoring the odd Goal then I think Notts are Fully Covered in the Striking Department. And of Course Junior Morias is on standby, if he's going to get a Chance of Playing.

@DangerousSausage You can Also Add Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard To Your List. Because along with Rooney none have really set the Head Coach Positions they've had alight have they? Yes I know Gerrard Won the Scottish Premier League but in a Two Horse Race ( with Celtic) it's Not Very Difficult to Win when your Main Rival is Rebuilding and there's just you two with the Best Financial Backing.

@Robbie I Honestly can say I can do without any type of (Un) Social Media Platforms in My Life, and Becoming a Mindless Zombie who needs People to Click a the Like Button on their Comment just to get a Rush. Apologies to you I wasn't saying that you're a Mindless Zombie, just people who Never come off X of Facebook Tik Tok or Whatever and only Live for other people to say nice things about them. if I Get Angry at a Remark or Comment I Stay Silent and Step away for a Few Days until I've Cooled Down, Despite the Fact I could Quite Likely Rip that Persons Argument to Pieces. It's Not Worth It. It's Best to Debate people when You are Cool Calm and in Control of your Feelings. There are things I consider Taboo, one of the Main Things Keep Politics Out Of Sport and Off This Website. You May Have Guessed That. Sorry I'm Rambling and Going off Topic. I'm in Full Agreement regarding the New England Head Coach Position, I've already made my Feelings Known. It doesn't Surprise Me Southgate is Getting all this Praise, but once the New Man is Appointed, Gareth Will Be Forgotten About He'll Be Old News. Because That's The Way The World Works, Always As Done Always Will Do.

@menzinho Crawley and Stockport played similar to the way Notts Play, Ok has I'm only really interested in the Magpies I can't Agree or Disagree with your statement. However what Did those Two Teams do Different to Notts ? After all they got Promoted and Notts Didn't. Was it Because their Head Coaches were allowed to Mix things up or change Tactics to counter the threat from which ever Opposition they faced that week. There were a Couple of Excellent away Performances by Notts Winning 3-0 at Newport (who were on a Good Run at the time) and 3-1 at Bradford (I may of got the Results mixed up) anyway it was commented on PON and other Notts Fan Websites or You Tube channels, how well Notts played and how Stuart Maynard had Mixed things Up. However following those two Results Notts lost their next 2-3 matches by going back to the "Model" laid down by I assume Richard Montague, because I wouldn't have thought Stuart Maynard would have changed a Winning Formula, unless he was told to Play the Notts Way. I am in full agreement with you regarding the injury to Matt Palmer which had a massive effect on the team and system So you would have thought tactics would have been changed to combat Matt's absence. In My Opinion they weren't. Notts Defensive Woes were Never really sorted last season, things were Slowly Falling Apart before Luke Williams left and bringing in Stuart Maynard (who at the time was a Part Time Coach) was a decision which placed Enormous Pressure on the New Head Coaches shoulders what with him having to Prove he can do the Job Full Time and get Positive Results, which only came on a Few Occasions. And why were the Magpies Defensive Issues Only Tackled in the Current Off Season. When a couple of Short term Loans / Contracted Players may have helped out till the End of 2023-2024 Season.

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I think they've got the Kyle Walker choice Right on the Button, He Did Have a Decent Tournament. At 34 though it will Probably Be His Last. So it's a High Note For Him To Go Out On. Just one thing I thought Erudite was a Glue. Oh Hold On that's Araldite.

It will Impact the U.K Eventually, because it seems Once the US Adopts something the UK Mostly Follows Suite. However there are Certain things Thankfully the UK Dose Not Do that are Common in the U.S.A. The Right To Bear Arms is also Written in the American Constitution.

A Scotsman running the England Team? Yeah Right. The Guy would never be able to return to his Native Land Again. No Foreign Coaches. A German or An Argentinian, could you Imagine the Headlines the Gutter Press would come Up with if the England side Run by either of the two Gentlemen named should the 3 Lions Fail to Win Every match considering the History of their two Countries have with England/Britain. Lee Carsley. No there's a World of Difference between Managing the England U 21 Side and the National Team, and working under Southgate, would that mean the Same Dreary Negative Boring Football England Fans would have to Put Up With No Thanks. Graham Potter. A Maybe but leaning towards a No. Not Enough Top Level Experience. Eddie Howe. Doesn't Matter if the F.A. have to Pay Newcastle Compensation. Get the Guy signed Up Now. He's a Battler a Manager who has a Proven Fighting Spirit can get the Best out of All his Players and Make them Believe in themselves and make them Play at a High Level Match after Match. This Guy Knows what it's like having to Produce a Winning Team on a Shoestring Budget. When The Going Gets Tough Eddie Howe Gets Going. One other Manager Tom Williams as Failed to Mention Sean Dyche. A Manager in the Howe Mould. That's What England Need Right Now A LEADER someone to Get the 3 Lions over the Line to Finally Win a Major Trophy. I Think either Howe or Dyche Could Do It.

The Tippy Tappy Football came to the Fore during Luke Williams Tenure at the Lane and because it was successful in the NL it has been adopted as the Notts "Model". The Problem is this sort of Playing Style doesn't fit in League 2 Sure Notts went on a Run and at one time Even Topped the League. But once the Notts Tactics had been worked out by other Teams, look what Happened. If the Results since January had been reflected over the season, Notts would have been on 41 points and Back in the National League. I Would Hope that Stuart Maynard is given Free Range in Running the Team the way he wants to (without interference from any of the Higher Ups) and he is allowed to Change things around on the Pitch when it's Called For and he's Not Forced to Stick to the Model regardless. A couple of the Notts Players who have left the Lane stated they didn't like the way Football was played by Notts. And people have said that New signing Matt Platt may have problems Adopting to the Notts Style of Play. I Quote that from a piece written saying that Bradford have the Better Player ( at the moment) in Aden Baldwin because Matt can struggle with the Ball at his feet. But We Will See.

But if You're Not Going To Give The Kids A Chance, I Ask Again What Is The Point Of Notts Having An Academy? Maynard isn't Going to flood the Notts Starting XI with Youngsters. If a Player isn't ready at 17 at What Age will he be Ready? The Head of the Academy must have an idea who His Rising Stars Are, surely he must speak to SM and say give this Kid a Run. Give the Lad ago and see how he performs. It will come clear very quickly if the Kid has got it in him, to progress further. James Sanderson should be an Ideal Candidate for a Run in the first team. An Experienced Player could take him under their wing, point out things such as Positioning, and other skills he'll be expected to Learn , the only way the Kid is going to Develop Is Under Match Conditions, Playing First Team Football at the Lane, and NOT Sent Out On Loan Repeatedly.

@Robbie Spot on Sir, everything you've stated in your comment is correct. The Sam Cunningham Post listed above fails to Mention the Fact that despite Southgate's Record He's Won NOTHING.!! He also Failed to Mentioned the Fact Southgate Got England Relegated in the Nations Cup. It's Amazing how England are Celebrated for coming Second. I Guess that's the One Thing England and Britain is the Best In The World At Coming Second or Third. And what would have happened if England had Won the Euro's? I'll Tell You. The Main Stream Media would be Fawning Around Kissing Southgate's Arse, Praising Him to the Heavens, Putting Him and the Players on a High Pedestal, But Once They Lost a Game or Put in A Bad Performance against a side Lower than Them in the World Rankings. Out Would Come The Knives, and We'd be presented with Headlines Calling for Southgate to be Sacked, and certain Players Never being allowed to Pull On An England Shirt Again. You only have to Look at The Lionesses, when the Girls Won the Euro's everything was Great. Media and Fans were full of Praise, they have a Couple of Iffy Results And It's the End of Women's Football. That's the Problem with the Gutter Press Do Well and You're Up There, the Thing is then They Look For An Excuse to Knock You Down Again.

Thanks @liampie, That's why I haven't heard of it in the 60's -70's my Wife hadn't seduced me into being a Notts Fan at that time. In fact I'd Never even met her. I was Young Free And Single.

@KB1862 But Notts haven't had any Academy Players coming through, they may play the odd game or get to sit on the Bench but that's it. The Fee either Tiernan or Lucien if there was a Fee involved would have been very little, whereas if those players had spent time in the Notts first team and if either or Both had caught the eye of a Club higher up the Football Pyramid their Transfer fee would have been Much Higher, and a Grater Benefit to Notts. Therefore by not letting their Young Talent shine by playing them in the First team Notts will receive Little or No Cash when they Move On.

@KB1862 Then there Doesn't Seem Any Point to Notts having an Academy then? If they don't have the Facilities or Capabilities other teams may have then closing down the Academy would save the Club Money. As it's been stated by @True Magpie there needs to be a Coach who is Brave enough and Willing enough to give the Youngsters a Chance. One Guy who would have fitted that Role would have been Jim O'Brien, he always seemed ready to Help the Younger Players (he was a Fan of Tiernan Brookes) when he was at the Lane, now that Expertise is at Sheffield United.

I Don't Think Jurgen would want the England Job. I'm Pretty Certain He'll have a Year or So Sabbatical Then Go On and Manage the German National Side.

The thing is @Robbie if things do Go Wrong on the Pitch then Stuart Maynard will be made the Scapegoat and Lose His Job, While Montague retains his and waits for the Next New Head Coach, then tells him what's expected of him and how the "Model" must be followed thus tying a New Head Coaches hands regarding trying out a New and Better Approach.

@Robbie The Worrying thing is, the F.A does still have that massive influence over the England Head Coaches Job, from choosing who should lead the National Team and quite possibly the way the team is set up , it wouldn't Surprise me if Southgate was told to play a certain way, and him being the Good Chap he is, (alright a Yes Man) does as he's Told. Going back to another of my Topics the First England Manager Walter Winterbottom, was never allowed to Pick his own Team, that was left to a committee, could something like that still exist, even in this Day and Age? And something I've quoted before, from Brian Clough, the F.A. doesn't want me as England Manager because they're Frightened I'd take over and Run things Properly, and I would. Look at Big Sam's tenure as the England Manager was he starting to do things his way? And a worried F.A Set Up the Media Sting to get Rid Of Him? If you watch any of Big Sam's interviews he comes across as his Own Man and that sort of Attitude wouldn't sit Well with Those In Power. In all Honesty I think the Final decision of should he Stay or should he Go will be taken by Southgate himself I don't think the F.A will put any Pressure on him, because he's their Darling and he doesn't Rock the Boat, just follows their Instructions.