⚽Match Thread vs. Oldham Athletic 01.01.23 [NL]

[jackal2]

JUSTIFIED tho'...were you there?

I didn't say it wasn't justified!

[magpie_mania]

Three things in life are certain.

Death, taxes, and an Eastcoastultra rant after we drop points!

No need to look it Notts have won, just look for a post from Eastcoast and you know they haven't!

Disappointing today, but not the end of the world. Can't expect us to win every game or never make a mistake.

[jackal2]

The NL refs are piss poor.

To be fair, that's not a rant. It's an understatement!

[magpie_mania]

There's no real difference in finishing 2nd or 3rd, the reward is the same.

It would be nice to see Woking drop a few points to give us a safety net.

I suppose it depends on who finishes 6th and 7th.

Let's hope we don't have to worry about that. We haven't become a bad team just because we dropped 2 points today. We are top of the league for a reason.

[upthemaggies]

Max possible pts - current PPG - projected final pts tally.............

1. Notts County - 121 __ 2.32 __ 107
2. Wrexham - 122 __ 2.30 __ 106
3. Chesterfield - 118 __ 2.13 __ 98
4. Woking - 112 __ 1.92 __ 88
5. Barnet - 111 __ 1.77 __ 82
6. Dagenham & R. - 107 __ 1.52 __ 70
7. Solihull M. - 105 __ 1.50 __ 69

Will Wrexham - with the January transfer window - be able to improve slightly more than Notts in the remainder of this season?

[nw6pie]

Wrexham beat Oldham 2-1 at Boundary Park and took three points. We need to take three points away from there as well.

Swings and roundabouts. We beat York away where Wrexham only drew. Clearly, not beating a team in the bottom four is a poor result, but these things happen and we'd be deluded to think we're going to play like champions every week. (Boundary Park isn't a place I remember Notts winning at too often, either.) At least we didn't lose; now we need to beat Aldershot on Saturday and get back on track. Then do the same against Boreham Wood.

We also need to forget about Wrexham - they may well overtake us as some point, but we just need to concentrate on our own performances. 58 points after 25 games is still phenomenal, and hopefully it will be 64 from 27 by January 10.

[Eastcoastultra1977]

I know Wrexham have spent more money than anyone else but with a few exceptions this seaon when they take the lead home or away the game is over and I fully expect them to win comfatably at SM tomorrow.

[bule1]

Poor result yes but lets get some perspective, every team has bad days (ask any Man Gity fan after yesterday). Who would have been disappointed 9:00am on August 6th if told we would have 58 points after 25 matches?

[magpie_mania]

Max possible pts - current PPG - projected final pts tally.............

1. Notts County - 121 __ 2.32 __ 107
2. Wrexham - 122 __ 2.30 __ 106
3. Chesterfield - 118 __ 2.13 __ 98
4. Woking - 112 __ 1.92 __ 88
5. Barnet - 111 __ 1.77 __ 82
6. Dagenham & R. - 107 __ 1.52 __ 70
7. Solihull M. - 105 __ 1.50 __ 69

Will Wrexham - with the January transfer window - be able to improve slightly more than Notts in the remainder of this season?

If Wrexham win their two games in hand then this would change and they would be above us. Ridiculous though to think that 2nd are 37 points above 7th, but 7th could go up.

[jackal2]

I know Wrexham have spent more money than anyone else but with a few exceptions this seaon when they take the lead home or away the game is over and I fully expect them to win comfatably at SM tomorrow.

That's what money buys you if you spend it wisely. The better the player, the fewer the mistakes. The bottom line is that Wrexham should win this league and we're unlucky to be up against such a 'freak' opponent.

That said, we're giving them a bloody good run for their money and you just never know. The weight of expectation on their shoulders could yet become a burden later in the season. We just have to win as many games as we can and try to learn from days like today. It might be good enough, it might not.