Match Thread vs. Carlisle United 12.03.19

[SwalePie]

Bit late with this one...
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[Thin_Man]

I only have the BBC Live Text as a source of info. Any secondhand commentary will be appreciated.

[60YearsAPie]

Hemmings 1-0 Notts

[americanpie]

I only have the BBC Live Text as a source of info. Any secondhand commentary will be appreciated.

Don't get too excited Thin Man, but Notts sound to be playing quite well.....although they have a driving wind behind them!

1 - 0 COYP

[JoePass]

Hemmings 1-0 Notts


Fully deserve it, all over them.

[Thin_Man]

Hemmings 1-0 Notts

How are they looking on the pitch?

[Warnocks Legends]

Hi thin man, listening to radio Nottingham we are all over Carlisle with corner after corner and finally we squeeze one in. Fingers crossed, the guys have battled hard so far and Mr Ardley has spruced up the team

[Thin_Man]

Don't get too excited Thin Man, but Notts sound to be playing quite well.....although they have a driving wind behind them!

1 - 0 COYP

Wind-aided goal?

[Warnocks Legends]

No not wind aided just constant pressure from corners

[americanpie]

We're off the Bottom:D

[Elite_Pie]

No not wind aided just constant pressure from corners

Wow, when could we last say that?

[pjace]

Wind-aided goal?

Hemmings latched on to a Liddle back pass

[slack_pie]

Battered them. But I have a feeling the second half won't be so easy. If collin is struggling with the conditions, I'd imagine schofield will too. Hemmings playing well.

[Warnocks Legends]

8 corners? 8 shots on goal? 1 goal, one team dominating play ! No not the opposition but Notts

[Florida Pie]

Watching on Ifollow. I don't want to be negative, but we had an extremely strong wind behind us, the sort where goal kicks go straight up, then go back towards the goal. It's going to be the Alamo, second half. I hope we can defend the lead, but, as we all know, defending is not our strongest quality.....

[Warnocks Legends]

Awww Florida please don't ruin my 15 mins of pure unadulterated happiness, living the dream, it happens rarely these days!

[nw6pie]

Watching on Ifollow. I don't want to be negative, but we had an extremely strong wind behind us, the sort where goal kicks go straight up, then go back towards the goal. It's going to be the Alamo, second half. I hope we can defend the lead, but, as we all know, defending is not our strongest quality.....

This. We’ve played really well in the first half, but even if we were 4-0 up I’d still be concerned playing into this wind. Carlisle have nearly scored two own goals from balls curled toward the 6-yard box and Collin has struggled from all of the corners from the left-hand side.

Carlisle elected to play into the wind in the first half. Let’s just hope it drops for the second half, otherwise the ball won’t leave our half.

Hemmings has played well, as have Rose, Doyle and O’Brien (who’s playing further forward). The big test comes now.

[irish_pie]

Well I never expected that... I know they are missing quite a few players tonight but that is a much better performance... won't matter a thing unless we can hold on... Yeovil loosing to Port Vale is going in our favor... Morcambe showing playoff form lately so I think they will run well clear... ***** 45mins coming up... come on boys

[Big Bob]

Where's Mikhail Smith?

[irish_pie]

Where's Mikhail Smith?

Just noticed that myself Bob...

[irish_pie]

We have had so many decent chances tonight... come on boys keep it going..

[Big Bob]

Just noticed that myself Bob...

Well we're winning so who cares lol

[GranthamPie]

I've never known such a Jekyll And Hyde team in all my life.... wtf did this performance come from?

[jscarr]

Lets just hope Nathan Thomas doesn't come back to haunt us

[irish_pie]

Morcambe hammering McDonalds tonight... Vale still 1 up over Yeovil... to say this would be one of the most important results in recent history is some serious understatement.

[LEPiePie]

Penalty Notts

[irish_pie]

We have had 11 corners to their none... that's nuts

[irish_pie]

Penalty Notts

Come on boys.... please...

[LEPiePie]

2-0!!!!
Hemmings on a hattrick

[irish_pie]

The minute we make it 2-0 Port Vale go 2 up against Yeovil!

[Big Bob]

Get on that f'in onion bag

[Simon the Pieman]

How good is this. Who needs Stead?

[LEPiePie]

Can anyone elaborate on why we got a yellow card in the penalty?

[Warnocks Legends]

Surely the best performance of the season ? Sounds like we are controlling the game even against the wind. COYP!!!!!!!!!

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Well Done Kane Hemmings. He’s got his brace so can he can get a hatrick?

We need to just see this game out and more importantly keep a clean sheet for a confidence boost.

All those 150 souls who have braved going up to Cumbria deserve a decent performance. Hearing them loud and clear over the Radio.

[jackal2]

I've never known such a Jekyll And Hyde team in all my life.... wtf did this performance come from?

It came from deploying a formation that suits the players you have.

[JoePass]

Well Done Kane Hemmings. He’s got his brace so can he can get a hatrick?

We need to just see this game out and more importantly keep a clean sheet for a confidence boost.

All those 150 souls who have braved going up to Cumbria deserve a decent performance. Hearing them loud and clear over the Radio.


Really good performance, 13 corners to 0.. great one touch football, didn’t expect this.

[irish_pie]

Hemmings finally earning his keep... unreal performance.. I wonder has Duffy got anything to do with it? I know he ain't no great shakes but his experience could be invaluable to young Stubbs beside him.

[Thin_Man]

It came from deploying a formation that suits the players you have.

Been meaning to ask that. What is the formation?

[LEPiePie]

Lets not get ahead of ourselves 20+ minutes left.

[irish_pie]

Looks like they are just taking pot shots from outside the box now... hold tight boys..

[slack_pie]

I've been critical of hemmings pretty much all season, but fair play to him today.

[crazyfists]

Brilliant Notts, come on and see this one out.

THE GREAT ESCAPE STARTS HERE.

COYP.

[irish_pie]

Brilliant Notts, come on and see this one out.

THE GREAT ESCAPE STARTS HERE.

COYP.

Fingers crossed eh Crazy :)

[LEPiePie]

1-2 :(

[jackal2]

Oh oh. Carlisle struggling like hell and we give them a goal on a plate. Silly Schofield!

[Big Bob]

Oh sh1t

[Warnocks Legends]

What a bloody idiot!!!!!!!!!!

[Simon the Pieman]

W**k*r

[Warnocks Legends]

Pressure on now , you couldn't make it up

[slack_pie]

**** me. I was trying to work out how this could possibly go wrong and there you have it. He's been a disaster waiting to happen since he arrived.

[Warnocks Legends]

Come on Notts get it back together , pleeeeeease

[JoePass]

Unbelievable Jeff.

[Big Bob]

W**k*r

What a bellend

[LEPiePie]

Trust someone called "Hope" to score for them

[Warnocks Legends]

Come on Notts ,see gotta dig Schofield out of this , he is all over the place

[crazyfists]

*******s, another individual mistake. Still I'd of taken two - one with ten mins to go.

[irish_pie]

Just heard it on Sky Sports... sounded like a total disaster... lets hope we have the guts to hold this now.

[slack_pie]

Can't see a scenario where we don't concede another.

[irish_pie]

Sounds all Carlisle now :( come on you pies...

[irish_pie]

Bird comes on for Enzo... Shut up shop time... we were coasting until that mistake.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Just heard it on Sky Sports... sounded like a total disaster... lets hope we have the guts to hold this now.

Why do we always shoot ourselves in the foot somehow? We just can’t help it.

Ryan Schofield will learn a very big lesson from this apparent howler and will be a stronger keeper for it.

It is now upto the rest of the team now to make sure they stay composed and carry on the way we were and insure that it does not cost us. We simply can’t afford to leave Carlisle without 3 points.

[slack_pie]

Why do we always shoot ourselves in the foot somehow? We just can’t help it.

Ryan Schofield will learn a very big lesson from this apparent howler and will be a stronger keeper for it.

It is now upto the rest of the team now to make sure they stay composed and carry on the way we were and insure that it does not cost us. We simply can’t afford to leave Carlisle without 3 points.

Will he? He hasn't learnt to deal with crosses yet, despite plenty of practice.

[Thin_Man]

BBC tells me it's at 87 min. How much injury time?

[LEPiePie]

Our game seems to be 3 minutes ahead of the others. But I imagine we will be trying to hold on to the ball (waste time) a bit so that will add time on.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Will he? He hasn't learnt to deal with crosses yet, despite plenty of practice.

If he’s doesn’t he won’t go far in league football. I also agree about crosses. He needs to learn and work on developing the confidence to come for crosses and command his box. Being right behind the goal at Cheltenham this was clear to see.

[LEPiePie]

Into stoppage time

[LEPiePie]

Vale 3-0 Yeovil

[irish_pie]

Into the second minute of injury time now... down to the fingers.. my nails are long gone!

[Big Bob]

Into stoppage time

How much stoppage time?

[jackal2]

If he’s doesn’t he won’t go far in league football. I also agree about crosses. He needs to learn and work on developing the confidence to come for crosses and command his box. Being right behind the goal at Cheltenham this was clear to see.

Not many players can claim to have been harshly judged this season, but I still think Ross Fitzsimons copped the blame for playing behind a diabolical defence and midfield which would have exposed any goalkeeper. Schofield is bigger, but I've not noticed that he's any more dominant.

[Big Bob]

Come on lads I'm on my toe nails now

[LEPiePie]

3-1!!!!!!!

[jackal2]

Yeees! 3-1! :D

[irish_pie]

Yesssssssssssss......... 3-1... Alesss

[Thin_Man]

Yes!

I can go home now. I've been at work.

[Dunce]

You beauty!!!!!!!

[crazyfists]

Come on you super ***y stylish pies!!!!

[irish_pie]

My god damn heart!!! feels like we just won the league the way I feel right now!

[queenslandpie]

Oh f'in yes!!

Major lifeline for Notts you beauty. If and its IF we can get a result on Saturday its game on.

[Big Bob]

Yyyyyeeeeeessssss!!!!!!!

[LEPiePie]

Ft get in!

[Warnocks Legends]

Omfg!!!!!! Yes come on boys wow you deserved this one!!!!!! Get in there, who could of predicted it

[JoePass]

Superb win...

[irish_pie]

What an amazing result... Ardley has got a tune out of these boys tonight... I said it earlier but I wonder did Duffy's inclusion have anything to do with it... fair play to the 150 pies who braved that weather... absolutely delighted for them also.

[Warnocks Legends]

Sat here listening to the radio and all I can hear is " we love you county we do" and " the Great escape " pure pure delight

[Notts78]

Sat here listening to the radio and all I can hear is " we love you county we do" and " the Great escape " pure pure delight

Proves what we are capable of.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

What an excellent result. The almost perfect performance apart from not keeping a clean sheet, but who cares we got what we needed and that was the three points. Job done!

[JoePass]

Not a big fan of Duffy or Vaughn but they were brilliant tonight. Hemmings was top class

[Thin_Man]

I just read about the Carlisle goal. Am I going to be extremely pissed when I see the highlights?

[Simon the Pieman]

Well done lads. Have to say everyone including Duffy, Vaughn, Allesandra all played well. How good does this feel?
Off the bottom too.

[SwalePie]

We're off the Bottom:D

Miracle!

[jackal2]

What an amazing result... Ardley has got a tune out of these boys tonight... I said it earlier but I wonder did Duffy's inclusion have anything to do with it... fair play to the 150 pies who braved that weather... absolutely delighted for them also.

I'm going to keep repeating it because I believe it, but the switch of formation is key. This isn't some fluke. You can't keep playing a two-man midfield with a 37-year old and a 31-year old often getting outnumbered. After the Lincoln and Mansfield games, opponents sussed out where our inspiration was coming from and smothered it by packing the midfield, so you have to match it up. David Vaughan's another fossil, but his best games for Forest came playing within a three/five man midfield where nobody got outnumbered or overworked. It's also the case with Boldewijn, Mackail-Smith and Alessandra (and Hemmings when he plays left side) that they are all players with a goal threat who prefer to cut in than get chalk on their boots.

[navypie]

Absolutely battered them. Hemmings MOTM by a country mile. Rose, Stubbs, Duffy and Vaughan ( I know ) were brilliant.

[navypie]

I just read about the Carlisle goal. Am I going to be extremely pissed when I see the highlights?

Yes, but didn't matter in the end.

[Elite_Pie]

Absolutely buzzing with this result, but with one nagging doubt. This is typical Notts, just when many of us were resigned to relegation, the buggers give us hope again!

[MancMagpie]

GET THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!

It's been a horrible day. Me and my Dad planned to go to this game, but he had some bad news and his cancer has come back so we decided to stay at home.

It's made everything a little bit better. Brilliant performance, watched it on ifollow.

Why did nobody tell Schofield about Hope lurking for their goal? Oh well, doesn't matter now, and I'm drunk!

COYP!!!! WE CAN DO THIS!!

Big respect to all the fans who went up there x

[BigFatPie]

As usual, Notts dangle a little carrot of hope when you think it’s all gone. *******s.

[nw6pie]

What a brilliant, brilliant performance. We even survived a comical goalkeeping error from Schofield (although I can’t believe his teammates weren’t shouting at him not to roll the ball out with their forward hiding behind him).

Fully deserved win, unrecognisable from recent weeks. Kudos to two players who have been whipping boys this season - Hemmings and Vaughan. Hemmings, in particular, was excellent playing as the lone striker.

Horrible challenge on O’Brien in the last minute that should have been a straight red. He limped off, let’s hope it’s not too serious. You Pies!

[MancMagpie]

Duffy and Stubbs all the way now

[irish_pie]

Dear god but how important does tonight's results mean now going into Saturdays game... Morcambe in decent form now too... NA simply has to play the same team and formation as tonight... one hell of a team performance and some of the guys that have been frozen out done themselves proud.

[Notts78]

Absolutely massive game on Saturday... more of the same please.
Hopefully Mac n Yeovil draw!

[navypie]

What a brilliant, brilliant performance. We even survived a comical goalkeeping error from Schofield (although I can’t believe his teammates weren’t shouting at him not to roll the ball out with their forward hiding behind him).

Fully deserved win, unrecognisable from recent weeks. Kudos to two players who have been whipping boys this season - Hemmings and Vaughan. Hemmings, in particular, was excellent playing as the lone striker.

Horrible challenge on O’Brien in the last minute that should have been a straight red. He limped off, let’s hope it’s not too serious. You Pies!

How did that bloke not get a red?

[irish_pie]

GET THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!

It's been a horrible day. Me and my Dad planned to go to this game, but he had some bad news and his cancer has come back so we decided to stay at home.

It's made everything a little bit better. Brilliant performance, watched it on ifollow.

Why did nobody tell Schofield about Hope lurking for their goal? Oh well, doesn't matter now, and I'm drunk!

COYP!!!! WE CAN DO THIS!!

Big respect to all the fans who went up there x

So sorry to hear about your dad Manc... I know all about it buddy... I hope he recovers very soon.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Well done lads. Have to say everyone including Duffy, Vaughn, Allesandra all played well. How good does this feel?
Off the bottom too.

Plus we have closed the gap from 7 points to 4 points (albeit 5 points due to goal difference).

It will all be in vain though if we don’t carry this on and take this into Morecambe on Saturday. The only one thing that troubles me is tonight the pressure was off as most of us were resigned to relegation after Saturday.

It will be on again come Saturday and that game against Morecambe remains a must win.

[navypie]

Thought Thomas had his best game for Notts when he came on!!

[jackal2]

Hopefully Mac n Yeovil draw!

Indeed! we need a win no matter what, but a draw or a Macc win would be the ideal outcome to stop Yeovil gaining any confidence.

[MancMagpie]

So sorry to hear about your dad Manc... I know all about it buddy... I hope he recovers very soon.

Cheers Fella

[MancMagpie]

Thought Thomas had his best game for Notts when he came on!!

XD

[irish_pie]

Thought Thomas had his best game for Notts when he came on!!

Brilliant Navy :)

[Glad2BeAPie]

Have we finally found a team selection and a formation that works

[nw6pie]

How did that bloke not get a red?

Yep, unbelievable decision. Shocking challenge.

Stubbs and Duffy were brilliant at the back, as were Rose and Milsom (Rob produced a shocking challenge of his own in the first half). Would have been a travesty if we’d lost, and I’m delighted for Schofield that his cock-up didn’t cost us (although it gave me a few more grey hairs).

Now let’s go on a winning streak and get out of this mess.

[MancMagpie]

Wait a minute. Ardley just said that he received an email from a fan.......was that the one somebody wrote on here the other day? He siad it made a difference and it was well written

[LilCrazyKim]

Wouldn't be Notts if they didn't toy with us like this would it?

[irish_pie]

Wait a minute. Ardley just said that he received an email from a fan.......was that the one somebody wrote on here the other day? He siad it made a difference and it was well written

Could well be Manc... Crazyfists wrote it i think, it's just been bumped up in the thread

[MancMagpie]

Hope O'Brien is ok.......fuuuuuuuk that was a horrible challenge

[countygump]

Wouldn't be Notts if they didn't toy with us like this would it?


No, they just love to torture us. Well done Notts, brilliant win. Now do it again Sat and maybe, just maybe, we can start to believe again.

[drillerpie]

What a brilliant, brilliant performance. We even survived a comical goalkeeping error from Schofield (although I can’t believe his teammates weren’t shouting at him not to roll the ball out with their forward hiding behind him).

Fully deserved win, unrecognisable from recent weeks. Kudos to two players who have been whipping boys this season - Hemmings and Vaughan. Hemmings, in particular, was excellent playing as the lone striker.


Schofield made what I thought was a really good save not long after his meltdown. He is still finding his feet but he's great shot stopper.

I have been critical of Hemmings and didn't see tonight's performance coming - as good a lone striker performance I've seen from a Notts player in a long time.

Vaughan was indeed another positive, I said on another thread he might play well with two minders next to him and he did.

Lots of positives tonight, only one negative was that it seemed a large, lush green pitch which helped us play football in the second half - not sure we'll get that every week but that's to worry about later!

[jacobncfc]

Watched on ifollow and thought we were really good. Adapted to the conditions much better and thoroughly deserved to win.

Hemmings was outstanding and a clear man of the match, but props to Duffy as well who has his critics but to me is a solid and dependable lower league centre back who should never have been dropped. He was excellent, and Stubbs looked a lot more composed with him alongside doing the organising.

It's hard to know what we actually need points wise to stay up because Yeovil are so weird. Realistically I think it's now two from Notts, Macclesfield and them. Since taking 14 points from their first 7 games and going top, they've been genuinely appalling. To the extent that if both Notts and Yeovil replicated their form from the previous nine games over the nine games left, we'd overtake them. And it doesn't exactly feel like we've been in sparkling form ourselves.

[Big Bob]

Was CMS injured or dropped?

[Notts78]

Was CMS injured or dropped?

Injured.

[MancMagpie]

I don't necessarily still see it as 1 of 3....Cambridge haven't been picking up many points recently have they? There's always a 'surprise' package at the end of the season.

[Big Bob]

Injured.
I see. Thanks

[mark45]

Injured.

Sick.

[sidders]

Come on, chaps., get real. We're still favourites for the drop. It's any 2 from us, Macclesfield, Yeovil.
I did forecast this win, but will this same team turn up on Saturday?

[jackal2]

Come on, chaps., get real. We're still favourites for the drop. It's any 2 from us, Macclesfield, Yeovil.
I did forecast this win, but will this same team turn up on Saturday?

If Ardley plays the same team (as far as possible) in the same formation, there's every chance.

[Eastcoastultra1977]

Have we finally found a team selection and a formation that works

Message to Neil Ardley.......This time,don't change a winning team unless necessary, like you did for the Newport home game.It ****ed everything up.Don't bring Stead back FGS !!

[jackal2]

Message to Neil Ardley.......This time,don't change a winning team unless necessary, like you did for the Newport home game.It ****ed everything up.Don't bring Stead back FGS !!

Aside from the tactical arguments about 4-3-3 suiting the players we have, confidence is a huge thing and those players will be coming off the pitch tonight believing in the shape and style they played. Stick with it, and only experiment if we get well into the game with Morecambe and it isn't working.

[JoePass]

GET THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!

It's been a horrible day. Me and my Dad planned to go to this game, but he had some bad news and his cancer has come back so we decided to stay at home.

It's made everything a little bit better. Brilliant performance, watched it on ifollow.

Why did nobody tell Schofield about Hope lurking for their goal? Oh well, doesn't matter now, and I'm drunk!

COYP!!!! WE CAN DO THIS!!

Big respect to all the fans who went up there x


Good luck to your dad Manc, hope he sorts it out..

[nw6pie]

Good luck to your dad Manc, hope he sorts it out..

Echo those sentiments. Best of luck to your dad. My own dad has had three different types of cancer over the years and is now fighting fit at 87, so I hope your dad pulls through and you all stay strong.

[Elite_Pie]

Just seen the goals, and what a howler from Schofield. However, their player was lurking in the background like a pantomime villain, and surely one of our defenders should have shouted "he's behind you". Superb finish from Allessandra for the third (cough). I think even Nathan Thomas could score a one on none!

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/league-two/11663682/carlisle-1-3-notts-county

[uysapie]

Just seen the goals, and what a howler from Schofield. However, their player was lurking in the background like a pantomime villain, and surely one of our defenders should have shouted "he's behind you". Superb finish from Allessandra for the third (cough). I think even Nathan Thomas could score a one on none!

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/league-two/11663682/carlisle-1-3-notts-county

Thanks, brilliant skill for the third(?)!!

[SlockyNCFC]

Still buzzing that we won, but Ardley implied in his post match interview that Jim O'Brien could be out for a while after that awful challenge at the end. That worries me, as we simply don't have anyone we could bring in to midfield to do his job to anything like his standard :blue:

[Elite_Pie]

Still buzzing that we won, but Ardley implied in his post match interview that Jim O'Brien could be out for a while after that awful challenge at the end. That worries me, as we simply don't have anyone we could bring in to midfield to do his job to anything like his standard :blue:

Elliott Hewitt, come on down (just to give his haters something to talk about)!

[slack_pie]

Not a big fan of Duffy or Vaughn but they were brilliant tonight. Hemmings was top class

Absolutely. Those three were our best players, believe it or not. Duffy put in a solid, grown-up performance, Vaughan used the ball well and was full of running (!), and Hemmings played an absolute blinder - fair play to all three of them.

[slack_pie]

Wouldn't be Notts if they didn't toy with us like this would it?

I know... I think this is the third time I've resigned myself to relegation only to be given a slither of hope. I know it sounds negative, but I find it easier to carry on in the relegation-is-a-certainty mindset. I mean I actually enjoyed the game last night because I thought it didn't matter either way.

Bloody hell. COYP.

[navypie]

Just seen the goals, and what a howler from Schofield. However, their player was lurking in the background like a pantomime villain, and surely one of our defenders should have shouted "he's behind you". Superb finish from Allessandra for the third (cough). I think even Nathan Thomas could score a one on none!

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/league-two/11663682/carlisle-1-3-notts-county

If Allesandra's goal had been in the play-off semi final last season he would have been flagged offside.

[nw6pie]

Just seen the goals, and what a howler from Schofield. However, their player was lurking in the background like a pantomime villain, and surely one of our defenders should have shouted "he's behind you". Superb finish from Allessandra for the third (cough). I think even Nathan Thomas could score a one on none!

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/league-two/11663682/carlisle-1-3-notts-county

Couldn't believe that none of the Notts players warned Schofield about the lurker behind him. That goal has already gone around the world on Twitter.

Worst thing about the Allessandra goal was that I was never entirely confident he was going to score - kept urging him to take it even closer to the goal before shooting. Either that or stopping it on the line and heading it in, like you did as kids.

BTW, one for the record books: Nathan Thomas did record a shot on target last night, and also several that are still on their way to the moon.

[sidders]

Couldn't believe that none of the Notts players warned Schofield about the lurker behind him. That goal has already gone around the world on Twitter.

Worst thing about the Allessandra goal was that I was never entirely confident he was going to score - kept urging him to take it even closer to the goal before shooting. Either that or stopping it on the line and heading it in, like you did as kids.

BTW, one for the record books: Nathan Thomas did record a shot on target last night, and also several that are still on their way to the moon.

Mysterious football found on Filey sands this morning. I'll bet that was one of them.

[Old_pie]

Couldn't believe that none of the Notts players warned Schofield about the lurker behind him. That goal has already gone around the world on Twitter.


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This. It was obvious that their player was circling around in the hope that he might get his prey, and it wasn't like it was a sudden action as with Crosby all those years ago. Where's the communication? Or maybe the outfield players thought that if the ball was kicked up and then straight back that player would be offside. Stupid all round on NCFCs part.

And surely after the Crosby incident goalkeepers are taught to look around first?

[Old_pie]

Elliott Hewitt, come on down (just to give his haters something to talk about)!


Elliott Hewitt, come on down (just to give his haters something to talk about)!

Isn't he effectively out for the rest of the season anyway with an injury needing surgery? I thought Ardley had said as much at one of the recent pre-match interviews.

[MancMagpie]

Actually think Aless did quite well there. Think the initial 'shot' was actually an attempt to just blast the ball forward so he had room to run, rather than carry the ball and get caught.

[durhampie]

Just seen the goals, and what a howler from Schofield. However, their player was lurking in the background like a pantomime villain, and surely one of our defenders should have shouted "he's behind you". Superb finish from Allessandra for the third (cough). I think even Nathan Thomas could score a one on none!

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/league-two/11663682/carlisle-1-3-notts-county

We were all shouting at him, but obviously he couldn't hear us with the wind and rain gusting in his face..

[macstop]

We were all shouting at him, but obviously he couldn't hear us with the wind and rain gusting in his face..

Durham was you sat behind me and my partner, cause i can remember us all screaming at Schofield, but like you say he could not hear due to the weather.

[51Magpie]

And surely after the Crosby incident goalkeepers are taught to look around first?

I'm sure you're right, and mostly they do. You see them routinely looking back first over one shoulder and then the other. I've just seen the replay of last night's incident and to me it's ungentlemanly conduct. Hope is really hanging around for ages, hiding from the keeper's eyeline. I wouldn't be happy about one of our players being sneaky like that. Dion Dublin's goal courtesy of a Shay Given roll-out was OK to my mind because it was a spur of the moment thing. Dublin's momentum had taken him off the pitch, and Given put the ball down just as he was trotting back past him. Knocking it into the goal was just a reflex.

Having said all that, I remember Tony Hateley once obstructing a keeper's clearance by standing right in front of him. Then he just dobbed the ball out of the keeper's grasp with his hand and hoofed it into the net... and the ref gave it. Things were different in those days.

[drillerpie]

I wouldn't be happy about one of our players being sneaky like that.

I'd be delighted, because firstly we need all the goals we can get and secondly because is shows a level of ingenuity and application which has been lacking all season!

[durhampie]

We were sat about 4 rows from the back next to the aisle. Horrendous night but a great performance macstop.

[51Magpie]

I'd be delighted, because firstly we need all the goals we can get and secondly because is shows a level of ingenuity and application which has been lacking all season!

Good point. Mixed feelings then...

[for*sttown63]

Congratulations to all the brave & 'hardy' souls that made the trip last night....it's about time you were rewarded!
Now,any chance of ratings please?? :D

[durhampie]

10/10 All of them.

[sandpit]

How easy was that then,play like that and you have a chance,Notts mastered the conditions with and against the wind,too easy all the game,good luck if you can avoid the dreaded drop after that performance.

[macstop]

We were sat about 4 rows from the back next to the aisle. Horrendous night but a great performance macstop.


Yes the performance was on par with the FGR away, if not better being as the weather was so bad, now let's hope we can continue that against Morecambe.

[bridpie78]

Yes the performance was on par with the FGR away, if not better being as the weather was so bad, now let's hope we can continue that against Morecambe.

This is Notts i think we all deep down know whats going to happen on saturday against Morecambe :blue: they give us a little hope then dash it away the next game i hope not this time!