Quote Originally Posted by laddo View Post

The overall change is primarily due to IB replacing NA, that's clear for all to see. The midfield options to the manager hasn't changed but perfomances clearly have. This applies to quite a few Notts players so all credit to Burchnall.
This is the key bit for me. As someone who’s previously slated Doyle and O’Brien, I think I was entirely justified. For a lot of their time at Notts they’ve looked immobile, pedestrian and turgid. And yes, past it.

The Doyle I saw on Saturday was an entirely different character. Forward looking, dynamic, and always looking for an attacking ball, even if it sometimes meant giving it away. O’Brien scored a hat trick the other week. As it turned out, along with quite a few others, the problem wasn’t with the players.