NL v League 2

[keldsyke]

Absolute nonsense -I dont care about possession, long ball, hoof ball, defensive Ball or bullying ball, all that matters is whether its effective, as Warnock once said- what type of football do you bring- Warnock said winning football

think you missed the sarcasm / irony of the post (I’m agreeing with you)!

[countygump]

Maybe I phrased it wrongly but I wasn't implying we were unfit.

All of our team are quite slightly built. The majority of their players were very well built, fast, and technically accomplished. As I said before, quite scary if that's genuinely a 14th placed team.

This^^^

We looked like a team of kids in comparison.

[Davy500]

think you missed the sarcasm / irony of the post (I’m agreeing with you)!

Well i do appreciate that Keldsyke - but I think Notts are a lot better than that - i hope they are lol

[keldsyke]

Well i do appreciate that Keldsyke - but I think Notts are a lot better than that - i hope they are lol

Whatever it takes to keep us up this season I will be happy with, imo we need to be a bit more switched on and mix it up when necessary, I think we are to predictable with an average at best back line.

[irish_pie]

Just seen Camerons interview and first thing he did was to apologise to the fans and say it was not good enough... a little bit of truth I suppose but that was shocking on so many levels...we don't have the likes of Dorking and Maidstone to play around with anymore but if that is a sign of things to come we could be playing them again... I trust LW in what he is doing, he has to roast them for that complete debacle but i think he might be might too lovey dovey with the players to call them out...massive improvement needed at the lane next week.

[hissingdwarf]

I don’t think the gap between the two leagues is massive, but it was important to build over the summer to bulk up the team.
We made a few shrewd signings considering we lost RR, but let’s be honest, you’ll struggle to find a Notts fan who wouldn’t agree with the statement “we need a dominating CB and a new keeper.”
Cameron is marmite. Tonight he’s on the nasty taste side. I’m not a fan, I know others are, due to his running out with the ball. Didn’t do us much good today though.

They out muscled us man for man. They went long when needed. We didn’t. They had pace. We didn’t.

Stone is a difficult one as not seen enough (and won’t now for a few weeks!) to judge whether he is a long term replacement. I’d imagine Mair would be upset with todays performance and I’m sure he would have made mistakes, but I’d have taken him in a heart beat.

The lack of will to compete was the difference, not the 10 men. The fact their players looked like they’d run through brick walls from the first kick off showed the difference.
Add into that the step up in ability…now we see the possible differences between the two leagues.

[Elite_Pie]

The lack of will to compete was the difference, not the 10 men.

Summed up in a nutshell. They wanted it more than we did, and I said just that as early as the first goal. Last season we matched the opposition's workrate and let our superior skill show through. Today we just didn't match their workrate, and that was the main reason we deservedly got stuffed.

[forwardmagpie]

The defence is the major problem,

Rawlinson hasn’t got the pace to live with lively forwards (he was easily outpaced and had to give away a corner for the first goal).

Brindley is a nice footballer but lacks the physical side of the game that he will come up against in this division.

Cameron is good on the ball and I like his play but as we all know he has always got a mistake waiting to happen.

Baldwin should always be a starter but he seems to struggle to stay fit for long periods.

I hope the young lad from Wolves has some pace and physicality

COYP

[tommopie8]

Frustrating as we never gave ourselves a chance in that match. You give a goal and a man away in the opening 12 minutes against any team and you give yourselves a mountain to climb.

Rawlinson and Brindley should be back-ups. We started with the only changes from last season being Stone and McGoldrick. I think you could argue that it isn't any stronger.

If the brothers have any money and their recruitment is everything it's cracked up to be surely we can find a centre half who is an improvement on the two above.

An injury prone fullback (Fisher) and a loanee from Wolves aren't the answer.

Having said this - it's a disappointing dose of reality but I don't think 11v11 the game plays out anything like that.

[durhampie]

Just seen Camerons interview and first thing he did was to apologise to the fans and say it was not good enough... a little bit of truth I suppose but that was shocking on so many levels...we don't have the likes of Dorking and Maidstone to play around with anymore but if that is a sign of things to come we could be playing them again... I trust LW in what he is doing, he has to roast them for that complete debacle but i think he might be might too lovey dovey with the players to call them out...massive improvement needed at the lane next week.

We need to stop shoehorning players into positions that are alien to them..