⚽Match Thread v Salford 15.09.23 [EFL L2]

[Mapperleypie]

An excellent display tonight.

I thought before these two away matches against MK and Salford that these would be the acid test as to just where we stand in this league. The signs are very positive indeed.

I thought top 10 before the start of the season and now I’m going for top 9!

[ajojones]

We bossed the game again.

All credit to us, but anyone else think NL teams had more personality than these very forgettable L2 teams?

I can hardly recall a player from Donny, Accy, Tranmere, Morecambe, Salford, even MK they all seem clone-like and instantly forgetable.

Good points, would rate Wrexhams players from last year better than anything I saw tonight, admittedly on Screen.

[matt_magpie]

Someone said we would know how our season is shaping after MK and Salford.
Well, it seems to be shaping just fine. I'm sure we will have a wobble, but momentum continues, Manager and promoted squad easily good enough, great additions to the squad, style more than good enough. Blimey, can we start to dream?

People told me to wake up and smell the coffee 2 games in that we were in trouble, is that 5-1 defeat now going to be looked back as the best result of the season at the end of this one? I think it possibly could be.

[Jampie]

Caught myself frowning for a moment thinking "If Gillingham win their game in hand they're ahead of us" and then I remembered there isn't just a single automatic promotion spot in this league.

I'm really happy with how things are going right now.

[queenslandpie]

Well they were a horrible dirty side with largely one dimensional play. Ugly. And we comfortably beat them. Bit of a black mark with Aaron but three points and top of the league again. Lovely. What a signing Dan Crowley is.

[Elite_Pie]

Why? He got caught out positionally, there was no cover. He had to do it IMO. Just lucky he didn’t do it a smidge later as it looked borderline a penalty.

The ****ing rocket he deserves is for the first yellow, not the second. I've never said a word of criticism against Luke Williams since the day he was appointed, but it has to be his fault that we have failed so dismally to get a grip on the new guidance. Last season you could get away with it, this season you can't. Right from the start I've said that these many pointless yellows we have picked up by ignoring the guidance will eventually turn to red if we commit a 'proper' foul. Sort it out Luke, you are usually one step ahead rather than one step behind. Luckily it had no bearing on the result tonight, but it will have one day.

Rant over, that was a comprehensive win. Great to see us dominate possession away from home as much as we did in the NL, we are making teams play our way rather than their way.

[tied_up_in_notts]

What a signing Dan Crowley is.

Rúben who?

[Mapperleypie]

Rúben who?

Say it very quietly and it might be a tad premature but we are not missing him at the mo.

[meoldlaner]

Aaron couldn't get into the game first half and didn't look his normal self so to be sent off just about summed his night up.
Big shout out to the Notts fans tonight. Very vocal all night and I've finally learnt the words to some of the songs.

[kill_the_drum]

The ****ing rocket he deserves is for the first yellow, not the second. I've never said a word of criticism against Luke Williams since the day he was appointed, but it has to be his fault that we have failed so dismally to get a grip on the new guidance. Last season you could get away with it, this season you can't. Right from the start I've said that these many pointless yellows we have picked up by ignoring the guidance will eventually turn to red if we commit a 'proper' foul. Sort it out Luke, you are usually one step ahead rather than one step behind. Luckily it had no bearing on the result tonight, but it will have one day.

Rant over, that was a comprehensive win. Great to see us dominate possession away from home as much as we did in the NL, we are making teams play our way rather than their way.

I don’t actually think Nemane was time wasting. I think he was just being Nemane.