Match Thread vs. Wrexham 30.08.21 [NL]

[Killerkline]

The next five games......

Based on last seasons final positions.

21st at home (Aldershot)
14th away (Weymouth)
18th at home (Wealdstone)
6th at home (Maidenhead)
12th away (Altrincham)

Then it gets a bit tricky from the start of October.
So an important month coming up if we are serious about challenging.

As long as we approach the games in the right mindset and play with the right intensity, I’m confident we can take maximum points from those games. One game at a time though.

[MancMagpie]

Could have watched this game on BT Sports. Glad I didn't - sounds like we were krap & lucky again.

Always the doomboy

[MAD_MAGPIE]

For once I'm more than willing to ''respect the point''. There''ll be easier challenges ahead, but I dare say there won't be many harder.

Yes both tonight and Torquay are the times where we have to respect the point. More so when you play Wrexham away from home in the current circumstances with all the hype surrounding them.

In Wrexham and Torquay we have had the two toughest test's we are likely to face this season and we've come out of both games with two points and remain unbeaten. These are the points that will be pivotal come the end of the season in terms of it meaning that they both currently have two points less than they could have had after playing us. Plus we maintain our unbeaten start to the season.

I would have taken the point before kick off tonight. We have 5 points (1.67ppg) and to be automatic promotion contenders we need to be averaging 2 points a game. So we are only a point short of that.

It's the games coming up against the likes of Aldershot, Wealdstone and Weymouth where we need to be winning and gaining some points and momentum. The results against the lesser teams like these will have a far bigger bearing on our season than a point gained against the likes of Torquay and Wrexham.

[crazyfists]

Too vague. Which was it?
If both, please give percentage or ratio

Run 65%
Walk 20%
Ardley 15%

[Elite_Pie]

Very different. You don’t have to win to give an excellent performance. You also need to take into account the opposition.

I suppose it's all about expectations. If you rate a performance where we took our only real chance to get a point as excellent because we were playing the mighty Wrexham, you will probably see us finishing 10th as a good season. I just wonder what word you will use when in my opinion we really are excellent. We were decent today, we certainly weren't "excellent".


Excellent
adjective
extremely good; outstanding.

[upthemaggies]

Last Notts manager to win 1 and draw 2 of the opening 3 league games.........



Steve Thompson.

[Elite_Pie]

Yes both tonight and Torquay are the times where we have to respect the point. In Wrexham and Torquay we have had the two toughest test's we are likely to face this season.

Time will tell, but I'm struggling to see how playing Torquay (1 point from 9) at home with a man advantage for 75% of the game will be one of our toughest two fixtures. Maybe I expect too much.

[Killerkline]

I suppose it's all about expectations. If you rate a performance where we took our only real chance to get a point as excellent because we were playing the mighty Wrexham, you will probably see us finishing 10th as a good season. I just wonder what word you will use when in my opinion we really are excellent. We were decent today, we certainly weren't "excellent".


Excellent
adjective
extremely good; outstanding.

So based on your view, because I thought tonight was an excellent performance, I’ll be happy with a 10th place finish? Not at all.

What a silly comment ‘mighty Wrexham’. In terms of our league, they are mighty.

There are different reasons a performance can be viewed as excellent. Tactical, positional discipline. We’ve shown a different side to our footballing capabilities. Maybe I’m a tiny bit excited, but my overriding view of the performance, was excellent.

[queenslandpie]

Last Notts manager to win 1 and draw 2 of the opening 3 league games.........



Steve Thompson.

Last Manager to be top of the league after 1 game. Ian Mcparland.

[upthemaggies]

Time will tell, but I'm struggling to see how playing Torquay (1 point from 9) at home with a man advantage for 75% of the game will be one of our toughest two fixtures. Maybe I expect too much.

You could have put their opening day home defeat to Alty down as a bit of a fluke, but the 0-4 today certainly raises an eyebrow and puts a different slant on our result against them. Losing your opening two at home having been top for the best part of last season and gone so close is bad enough, but 0-4 to a team that had just lost at home two days earlier is more than just a random result. Looks like a major play off hangover.