Thomas and Denis have gone and who has Dear Leader replaced them with? Effiong and Sam. Are either of them natural or opportunist goal scorers? Neither pair well with Wooton so why are they here? Ardley is not setting the team up to play to our attacking strengths but to prop up our weak midfield. And he's failing at that as our ponderous build up is so easily countered by a rapid burst through by two or three enemy attackers outpacing a disjointed defence to a ball lobbed forward.
It must be so easy for a manager to tell his players that Notts haven't the quality to maintain the possession that Ardley's style of play demands. Just wait for the regular miss-placed pass out of defence and jump in. A high press game is a winning game against us and has been this season and last. The only reason we are up where we are is because other clubs haven't got the manager to work this out or the players aren't good enough to work it out for themselves.