Fans' Forum tonight

[slack_pie]

On the comments about our budget being upper-midtable - how do we know what other clubs are spending? Is it public knowledge, or is this just an educated guess?

Amazing if true, especially considering that we're seen as one of the big spenders in L2.

[thefulltenyards]

It's a good stadium and certainly one to be proud of but if you have been to matches elsewhere around the country you will know that isn't even close to being true.

Add Bradford City AFC and Reading FC to the list.

As for our beloved Meadow Lane it's without doubt Championship quality, it's just a bit barren and bare. With a serious lick of paint, some brightening up (especially all stands bar the Derek Pavis), and some basic improvements, which have already begun, I think it can can be transformed to something pretty special and much improved. Probably unwise to encourage our new CEO, who can help make those improvement happen, to leave. He was part of an impressive panel at the Fans Forum. Far better than the ones in the 90s and 00s I attended.

Also Meadow Lane is in a great location, walkable to the city centre, close to the train station, located between a depressed and a very affluent area next to lovely canals, lots of nice pubs, the River Trent, and a stones throw from a beautiful Test cricket and some other large football stadium. Compared to the majority of other ground locations (surrounded by terrace houses or in the middle of nowhere on a retail park) it's a gem of a location.

[thefulltenyards]

In response to the question above about club budgets I recently read that EFL clubs get the list/rankings provided by the EFL. They get the figures directly from submissions by each club in League Two.

I am not involved in the process so this is second hand information but does not seem far fetched at all that clubs know rankings rather than exact figures.

If Notts are indeed 8-11th, and with this being out first season back at this level for a wee while. It strongly suggests we have really overachieved to date and a play off spot come end of season would be a good achievement.

[BigFatPie]

They are welcome. If more women (or other groups that are underrepresented) don't come to watch Notts, it's probably because they don't want to rather than something we're doing wrong.

Generally speaking, you can't appeal to everyone, because we don't all like the same things.

Unless you belong to one of those underrepresented groups, you likely have no idea why they don’t come to matches, Joe Palmer being a bit clueless about the state of the ladies toilets being a prime example. My missus and daughter have a passing interest in Notts, came with us to MK and both commented what a nicer experience than Meadow Lane it was.

I think I’ve seen about two Asian heritage faces at Notts, you’d have to be mightily incurious as to why that might be or how it can be improved.

[Magpies1959]

Maybe people of Asian heritage are not interested in football. I haven't noticed any signs outside the ground saying Asians not welcome.
Equal numbers of *** and race does make the experience any better or worse, it is up to those that choose to go, to decide whether they enjoy the experience or not.

[Dspig]

There is a transcribe button on youtube which gives this:

Caren hicklin has asked or has stated I understand that we take short Corners I would think due to lack of height in the box but these don't result in goals. How can we improve on this?

Luke - okay right I'm going to tell you the truth now okay we have the most shots on target from corner in efl. One in four corners results in a shot on target is the best by a long way. We've actually scored the most goals in the division from corners but you don't know they're from Corners do you because unless we whack it in a box it's not a corner okay. But we take a corner we pass the ball until that ball is turned over and we give it away or it goes off the pitch it's still a corner, still a corner, okay and we are extremely successful at Corners. I am sorry to break your hearts but it's the truth because, uh, I made sure we've done the research and of course look and I'm being serious now. Corners have a very low success rate across football worldwide, you know putting the ball into the box, but of course when somebody runs through the crowd and heads the ball, smashes into the back of the net, we remember it. We don't remember 50 Corners that just got caught by the goalkeeper, hit the side netting, headed away, we just forget and we also forget that when the ball comes into the pitch immediately and he's passed five times and then crossed from the other side, we think it was open play that it was just a part of the game, but it wasn't it was from a corner. Okay then, when you play against Notts County, one of the issues that you have is that the ball is in play for longer than any other game in the EFL. So,you will notice that the players have been instructed that they Sprint Paul it wazer he (???) Sprints, gets the ball puts it, down pass it immediately so you don't get a break. Some of the Defenders, many, many of the Defenders, they love Corners cuz they can have a rest. They're six foot three so they don't want Dan Crowley running at them, or as a running behind them. They definitely don't want macka in the Box free and scoring 42 goals from open play. Right so we take the ball, put it down immediately, pass the ball and the defender, ah again Nots County, come on just kick it into the goalkeeper hands, so we can smash it the length for the pitch and break, no not going to happen I'm afraid, I'm sorry, and we kicked one last season directly into the box and macca scored. You know why? Cuz everybody was at the corner trying to stop us playing short. So I'm sorry to break everyone's hearts, but this is the reality that we are extremely successful from Corners.

[thefulltenyards]

That is a thing of beauty!

I would encourage ALL to read such an enlightening response from our head coach to such a commonly posed question from supporters.

Also thank you Dspig, I was unaware of such a feature. Could prove very useful moving forward.

[cher1]

Maybe people of Asian heritage are not interested in football. I haven't noticed any signs outside the ground saying Asians not welcome.
Equal numbers of *** and race does make the experience any better or worse, it is up to those that choose to go, to decide whether they enjoy the experience or not.

Surely it's blindingly obvious that getting people who aren't currently interested in watching Notts, to come along, can only be a good thing. It's about making Notts attractive to as many people as possible. If therw are demographics who don't come, why not? Can we do something to get them to come? The bigger the fanbase the better.

[SongBird]

The short corner speech was brilliant, don't just read it find it and watch it. The sheer passion of LW is well worth it. In fact watch the whole forum, the panel paint a bright future for Notts County.

Very impressed with Palmer and Montague and reassured by Williams who we all know is already doing a great job.

Please don't moan on here about this and that until you have watched as your question will likely have been addressed.

[ancientpie]

That is a thing of beauty!

I would encourage ALL to read such an enlightening response from our head coach to such a commonly posed question from supporters.

Also thank you Dspig, I was unaware of such a feature. Could prove very useful moving forward.

Still bloody frustrating at times though innit ?