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dan crowley is really coming into it now, hes such a good player that has a lot of technical pedigree and class that he looks way too good for league two. hes proving to be a magnificent capture, i am glad that he is loving it here at notts as it should help with his performances further. a happy footballer, is usually a good one on the pitch.

@super_ram i think we have made heaps of improvements and further time will see it continue, but we need to be more focused on how teams attack. rather than just the way we do it ourselves. a lot of the mistakes have been here for awhile and wont improve until we acknowledge the positioning issues, threats from the air etc. its nothing major though, just more intense work.

i thought kyle cameron was superb, he had a second effort similar to his goal which was unfortunately off target but the strike which found the net, it was beautiful. i enjoyed the reaction from him and how the away end went into raptures! it was very impressive.

ollie tipton, lewis macari, will randall and sam slocombe all in. ???? i do think some of these deserve the game time but i would be a bit disappointed, especially for ollie tipton who seems to be almost certain exclusive for these types of games. given the chance, he might have shown hes good in a centre back position.

we gave them all the space and time in the world for their goal, they looked threatening but nothing special on goal. i wished connell rawlinson had gone with the player who scored as he left so much space open, its hard to just blame him as we needed someone else to take his place but we need to be more organised in this situation. defensively i thought notts were the better team. attacking wise too, but both teams midfields put in a good shift. i felt frustrated by the amount of challenges the referee ignored. there was times when even they had a clear free kick and playing on made no sense, it happened more to us but i felt it spoilt the game. as did mk dons time wasting antics. they wanted the game to be slower so they could reorganise and just took to clear wasting time. some of the fouls also, how they went unpunished i do not know. i thought notts were class in the second half, we certainly had them on the rope after we scored but we could not find a way through their defence. i am very happy with the point, i do feel we could have won but mk dons are awful with wasting time.

second half was very good from notts, mk dons did whatever they could to slow the game down. poorly the referee allowed them to get away with it. time wasting like their antics needs to be punished when it happens. they did well when they played football, they gave a good account aside from all their time wasting [which was plenty].

i think both teams will make it hard for each other and it will go down to whoever is most clinical on goal. i am hoping we can at least come back with a point. i know some wont be happy with that but in the grand scheme of things it gives us a base and protects our winning streak.

its good to see dan crowley settling in, you can see it with his performances and he does seem to be getting better by the game. he fits so perfectly within our midfield, with matt palmer and john bostock behind him. that quality is a fantastic spine for our midfield with the quality out wide and with crowley notts will always create good chances.

i like that luke williams is acknowledging that the teams performance has put him in the running for the manager of the month award, its really down to both but the squad might not be so successful if it was not for his management. hes clearly a very good up and coming manager that puts a lot of things into the game, especially when he thinks about how his words influence the players.

lee hughes could not do wrong by our fans until we let him go, but the way he was deemed to be in adequate and then joined port vale. macca deserves just as much love as hughesy did, but i was disappointed by the amount moaning about him not scoring and suggesting he needed to be dropped.

its great to see macca in form, he looks sharp on goal in training. its also a joy to watch him celebrate by dashing in front of the kop to celebrate near the pavis with his iconic jump in the air. hes a great player, even when he does not find the net and deserves nothing but our full support.

i think we have enough depth to cover jodi jones whilst hes on international duty, i would like to see adam chicksen start but its good that will randall is now ready to play. that leaves the challenge open for him to fight for his place in the team. its also good to hear the comments on the loan signings, although i do think we will see them more in cup games than the league but at least we have cover.

mk dons are a good team, i think we should do well against them with the level of our performances having increased. its still very early days but the league is starting to take shape, its a good chance for us or them to show their dominance. this will make it a difficult game, as i think both teams will approach the match in a way where near try to rock the boat from the moment kick off happens. it might be a little so, as we feel them out but i do believe it will be entertaining.

hopefully, the goals and the words from luke williams, gives macaulay langstaff more of a boost. he does work so hard in games and i think we brought him into the game very well against accrington stanley. langstaff looked like he would be a constant threat and playing the ball to his feet does make a huge difference.

mk dons at their ground will be difficult. they always try to play championship style football, quite different to us. they have a lot of pace and a lot of quality in their team. it could be a very difficult game. our away form will hopefully start to match our home form. this would be a good indicator as to how we may do over the course of the season. honestly, i would take a point. i know i mentioned improving our home form but a draw would be a positive start, ideally we would go play well and come back with all three points but i think we will be quite evenly matched. with them making it hard for us. i dont think expect us to outplay them by much or if at all. dont take this as a negative or a lack of faith, i fully believe we will give a good account of ourselves but i think mk dons have been slightly better in overall form than us.

it was an impressive display, accrington also played well as a team and created good chances. although i stopped fearing after we went 2-1 up, as their finishing was not the best. luke williams is right about how the team showed a lot of toughness not to go back and allow accrington to control the game more. after our opening goal in the first half, i felt we sat back and became nervous but at 1-1, they looked content with a draw rather than wanting to win. we always looked likely to get into it in the second half and those two goals show the quality we have. macaulay langstaffs second brace which is incredible!

their manager seemed like he was not happy before the camera started rolling, but his points expressed does go against some of what he said. he failed to mention all the fouls they made on jodi jones, aaron nemane, richard brindley, macualay langstaff, david mcgoldrick. at times it was almost like they thought, the ref would not give them a yellow so taking a notts player down would give them a chance to stop us from being a threat. they did very little to stop us, i agree that we just slowed down and allowed nerves to get the better of us. accrington when they played football did look like a good team, but nothing special. for the budget i assume they have, it is impressive what they are doing but pretending to want to say nice things about his side, only to moan makes him seem a little daft and biased.

the photos before the game and early on, shows how things have changed at meadow lane. so many happy faces and long may it continue. our fans were great again. its good to see these back, keep going @Chris.

solid performance by notts, i dont think anyone in the post match part of the discussion were incorrect for expressing their strong belief in the team. yes, accrington made it hard but our quality shined when it mattered. accrington really need a more mobile striker, josh andrews did okay but for the most part he was isolated. the chances he had with his feet was not that convincing either but they did well as a squad. i am so pleased we managed to put on what was a great performance. i think jodi jones had a quieter game but it would be difficult considering the amount of times accrington took him out, the referee really was not fair towards jodi or richard brindley who got kicked in the back rather pointlessly. also, how jodi was given his final warning for the accrington players diving effort into his boot [low to the ground] was beyond me. i thought the referee was dire. glad he did not cost us the points.

i thought accrington stanley looked like a decent team, but with no disrespect intended nothing special. they are not a side i would want notts to allow to control the game, as we saw what happened after we took the lead and they grew into the game. i just feel our quality really shined, especially in the second half when we created chance after chance. langstaff had several efforts, so i am pleased he got two today, even though he was limping before his second. awesome performance!

@Fan of Big Tone i think most pon members are able to put mistakes past once the game has finished, some may need a day or two but usually common sense prevents it being long term. i was not bothered when dan crowley missed, but its the type of thing had notts drawn some might have been a bit critical of. i think enjoying the game first and foremost is important as thats what we pay to see, a good result is only a bonus.

its all very positive, its definitely coming along nicely. our home performances have been much better since the Lincoln City game. Luke Williams and the coaching staff are doing an amazing job, the players are also doing so well too. Everything that Williams says, we can see being put into the games or training. i am really enjoying the season so far.

its nice to think about but we need to focus on league two, we are still adapting but progressing nicely. its nice to dream about seeing the club playing at a higher level. i am just glad to be back in the football league and on the verge of being a very good league two team at that. those days of us being average or just moderately good seem long gone.

i have been watching a lot of pundit videos on football, along with vlogs and articles. our recent game against tranmere rovers was a very enjoyable game. not just because of how notts played but also how tranmere did, the game was very lively and i thought the atmosphere made it even greater. but i found myself asking are we being too critical at times? does it effect the fun of watching games back? dan crowley missed a sitter, after david mcgoldrick hit the post from his shot. it bounced around and somehow perfectly found its way to matt palmer. who put in an excellent pass for crowley who really should have scored but placed the ball wide of the goal post. this moment in the game had me very excited, almost on the edge of my seat because notts had put a lot of pressure to score a 2nd goal. reading back, seeing all the comments, i do wonder if we are guilty of being too critical and if it comes as a cost to the enjoyment? i am not saying its wrong to be critical, i am just asking does it ruin the enjoyment of that moment in the game when things that entertain us happen and then looking back we tend to put it under a magnifying glass.

i dont know why, but i really feel sam austin would do well against them if given the chance. something in my mind is saying that he will score and make it difficult for accrington, tho i dont see luke williams actually starting him even with cedwyn scott's injury, i think he will be on the bench and the formation similar to what we have seen recently. stone rawlinson brindley cameron nemane palmer bostock jones crowley mcgoldrick langstaff the team really does write itself, but i would be tempted to put mcgoldrick on the bench for austin, two reasons, firstly because when they tire he will be a huge threat and secondly because austin likes to find that space inside the oppositions half where teams put multiple players on to mark him. this is why i feel he could score, as he likes this type of game. only time will tell.