Crawley sign Rob Milsom

[tarquinbeech]

He wasn't injured for many of the games that he wasn't picked....

The problem is that, like Forte, we will never actually know if he was fit or not when excluded.

Nolo clearly had a set team in his noggin last season, and it worked up until the humiliation at Swansea....once the wheels fell off, he was scouting Europe for the Lone Ranger not realising that certain players, that he had overlooked most of the season were still on the payroll....he referred to Forte a few times as being injured "doing the housework" which I found odd and remarked about at the time ie he seemed to be extracting the urine out of a player who ultimately got us into the play-offs at least, and went on to score in his debut for top-of-the-table Exeter.

I still back Nolo to do a job long-term at Notts....but sometimes he can be mightily stubborn. Here is the Exeter manager talking about Forte...

Exeter City striker Jonathan Forte will be available to make his debut on Saturday after injury concerns.

The 32-year-old was forced off at half-time in City's final pre-season game with a suspected broken hand, but X-rays have confirmed no fracture.

"When you lose someone at half-time in any game you're worried about the outcome," boss Matt Taylor said.

"He's a tough lad, he wanted to play on last weekend, but the right thing to do was to get it checked out.

"He's trained all week with no problems so he's one of four good centre forwards and four good options I have at the top end of the pitch," he told BBC Sport.

[frenchmagpie]

and Exeter have scored 5 in 2 including 3 by new signings who have yet to gel plus a new manager.

[DelroyFacey22]

The problem is that, like Forte, we will never actually know if he was fit or not when excluded.

Nolo clearly had a set team in his noggin last season, and it worked up until the humiliation at Swansea....once the wheels fell off, he was scouting Europe for the Lone Ranger not realising that certain players, that he had overlooked most of the season were still on the payroll....he referred to Forte a few times as being injured "doing the housework" which I found odd and remarked about at the time ie he seemed to be extracting the urine out of a player who ultimately got us into the play-offs at least, and went on to score in his debut for top-of-the-table Exeter.

I still back Nolo to do a job long-term at Notts....but sometimes he can be mightily stubborn. Here is the Exeter manager talking about Forte...

Exeter City striker Jonathan Forte will be available to make his debut on Saturday after injury concerns.

The 32-year-old was forced off at half-time in City's final pre-season game with a suspected broken hand, but X-rays have confirmed no fracture.

"When you lose someone at half-time in any game you're worried about the outcome," boss Matt Taylor said.

"He's a tough lad, he wanted to play on last weekend, but the right thing to do was to get it checked out.

"He's trained all week with no problems so he's one of four good centre forwards and four good options I have at the top end of the pitch," he told BBC Sport.

Not sure if you watched that "housework" interview or just read it but it was fairly clear he was joking and said that him and Forte joked about it regularly (as he was regularly injured, and has been throughout his entire career)

[magpie_mania]

That's presuming he will be fit for that game... Which is exactly the reason it's taken him this long to find someone willing to take a gamble and offer him a 6 month contract. He's obviously a good player but unfortunately he's made out of glass and is injured every other week.

Are you seriously suggesting that is why he wasn't played?

The season before he played 42 games - hardly injured 'every other week'

[DelroyFacey22]

Are you seriously suggesting that is why he wasn't played?

The season before he played 42 games - hardly injured 'every other week'

That season is the anomaly in his career, not the standard.

[magpie_mania]

That season is the anomaly in his career, not the standard.

How many weeks was he unavailable last season due to injury?

[DelroyFacey22]

Depends who you believe I guess, I think he would have been out the door in January had he not been injured throughout that month specifically and needed to see a specialist though.

I know Durham seems to think Nolan will only play people he likes for the sake of it but he used Milsom when he first came in, I see no reason why he wouldn't have played him more if he'd been fit once Ryan Yates had gone to S****horpe but before then there would have been no reason to start him imo.

[tarquinbeech]

Not sure if you watched that "housework" interview or just read it but it was fairly clear he was joking and said that him and Forte joked about it regularly (as he was regularly injured, and has been throughout his entire career)

Yes I did see the interview Delroy, not just the once either, Nolo made his "Forte jokes" a couple of times and tittered about it....I posted on here at the time that I found it odd.....he also went on to admit that "Forte had proved him wrong" when he started knocking the goals in at the end of the season......wrong about what? Forte clearly wasn't injured but Nolo was out scouring Europe for a Nile Ranger lookalike!!....Nolo ended up playing Forte because he had no other option, he wasn't injured and banged in the goals that got us into the play-offs. simple as.

You have your opinions, I have mine....Nolo has his favourites IMO, and if you ain't in his good-books you might as well look for another club unless you like warming the bench.

[navypie]

Me too and I concur - Milsom and Husin were Notts best players. Not just my opinion but also of my 3 Italian guests, although they are season tickets holders at Milan so what would they know about football

I agree with you mate, Milsom was our best player followed closely by Husin. Like I have said before, we sat next to you that day. What I don't understand though is why your Milan season ticket holders are better placed to say who is a good player and who isn't. We all can judge what's put in front of us whoever we support.

[Elite_Pie]

What I don't understand though is why your Milan season ticket holders are better placed to say who is a good player and who isn't. We all can judge what's put in front of us whoever we support.

Very good point. It's like saying that the average Premiership fan is far more knowledgeable about football than the average lower league fan simply because they watch games at a higher standard. In my experience the opposite is true.