⚽ Match Thread vs. Crawley Town FC 28.11.23 [EFL L2]

[jackal2]

Steve Thompson never got us relegated though. He did ok finishing around 8th with a team of ragamuffins..

Steve Thompson got us relegated from League One, finishing bottom, with several players who demonstrated, before and afterwards, that they were capable of performing far better. Steve Finnan for one. Thompson's football was putrid to watch, and he wasn't the only former Notts manager who seemed to forget that people go to football matches to be entertained.

I'll grant you that few (if any) fans complained about the entertainment value of Neil Warnock and Sam Allardyce's teams, despite both managers preferring a direct(ish) style, but right now we're pretty much achieving the Holy Grail: fantastically attractive football that's also winning a very high percentage of games.

[Davy500]

Steve Thompson got us relegated from League One, finishing bottom, with several players who demonstrated, before and afterwards, that they were capable of performing far better. Steve Finnan for one. Thompson's football was putrid to watch, and he wasn't the only former Notts manager who seemed to forget that people go to football matches to be entertained.

I'll grant you that few (if any) fans complained about the entertainment value of Neil Warnock and Sam Allardyce's teams, despite both managers preferring a direct(ish) style, but right now we're pretty much achieving the Holy Grail: fantastically attractive football that's also winning a very high percentage of games.

Neil was once asked what type of football will you bring - Neil said winning football.

[Kent Magpie]

Steve Thompson got us relegated from League One, finishing bottom, with several players who demonstrated, before and afterwards, that they were capable of performing far better. Steve Finnan for one. Thompson's football was putrid to watch, and he wasn't the only former Notts manager who seemed to forget that people go to football matches to be entertained.

I'll grant you that few (if any) fans complained about the entertainment value of Neil Warnock and Sam Allardyce's teams, despite both managers preferring a direct(ish) style, but right now we're pretty much achieving the Holy Grail: fantastically attractive football that's also winning a very high percentage of games.

MY late wife hated coming to watch Notts under Allardyce - she said it was too boring. I would pick and chose games that we could get to (we lived in Newport at the time) and would be tolerable to her.

My current partner hates football, but comes to watch Notts because of the entertaining style. We have been to more games in the last 12 months than we managed in 6 years in Cardiff. It's experiences like these which means we have bigger gates in L2 than we got in Division 1.

[matt_magpie]

MY late wife hated coming to watch Notts under Allardyce - she said it was too boring. I would pick and chose games that we could get to (we lived in Newport at the time) and would be tolerable to her.

My current partner hates football, but comes to watch Notts because of the entertaining style. We have been to more games in the last 12 months than we managed in 6 years in Cardiff. It's experiences like these which means we have bigger gates in L2 than we got in Division 1.

I felt like that under Nolan, was just starting to take my daughter and trying to get her into it and I felt embarrassed to what we were watching, luckily she stuck with it and eventually was rewarded at Wembley.
Under Warnock I never thought it was terrible as he did have some ball players and obviously they were good times.

[Davy500]

I felt like that under Nolan, was just starting to take my daughter and trying to get her into it and I felt embarrassed to what we were watching, luckily she stuck with it and eventually was rewarded at Wembley.
Under Warnock I never thought it was terrible as he did have some ball players and obviously they were good times.

Warnock was never boring, a man that liked the press ,the memeories like promotion to the top flight , beating man city in the FA cup, amongst many others are some of my best ever as a Notts Supporter , 5 years in the top 2 tiers , even after all these years nothing has come close for me

[Davy500]

Warnock was never boring, a man that liked the press ,the memeories like promotion to the top flight , beating man city in the FA cup, amongst many others are some of my best ever as a Notts Supporter , 5 years in the top 2 tiers , even after all these years nothing has come close for me

Thats what hooked me as a Notts supporter , and i am still going 35 years later lol, Hope the entertaining style combined with winning and progress forward in the last few seasons can do the same for the youngsters today, and hopefully turn them into life long suppoorters

[Kent Magpie]

I felt like that under Nolan, was just starting to take my daughter and trying to get her into it and I felt embarrassed to what we were watching, luckily she stuck with it and eventually was rewarded at Wembley.
Under Warnock I never thought it was terrible as he did have some ball players and obviously they were good times.

I remember the number of times Kevin Bartlett would just welly the ball past a defender and sprint past them to get 1 on 1 with the keeper... and then it was always a case of will he hit the goal or the corner flag (a bit of an exaggeration I know).

[Davy500]

I remember the number of times Kevin Bartlett would just welly the ball past a defender and sprint past them to get 1 on 1 with the keeper... and then it was always a case of will he hit the goal or the corner flag (a bit of an exaggeration I know).

I liked Barlett one of my favourite players and he was really quick wasnt he, also the fantastic tommy Johnson

[matt_magpie]

I liked Barlett one of my favourite players and he was really quick wasnt he, also the fantastic tommy Johnson

Tommy never seemed to miss, I’m sure he did though. Short and Yates at the back were absolutely rocks and the likes of Drapes and Don O’Riordan in the middle, I will never forget as a kid in the spurs away end that ball rocketing towards us from Donno it was never ever going to be saved, great times.

[Davy500]

Tommy never seemed to miss, I’m sure he did though. Short and Yates at the back were absolutely rocks and the likes of Drapes and Don O’Riordan in the middle, I will never forget as a kid in the spurs away end that ball rocketing towards us from Donno it was never ever going to be saved, great times.

I remember that great goal by O Riordon, shame he got injured and his career ended in our first match away at Man Utd

As for the Spurs match itself we were kind of swindled, we could have been 2-0 up but hit post, their first hit post and went in , as it was only the brillainnce of Paul Gascoine that beat us, and arguably he should have already been sent of after elbowing Harding in the face, but got away with it, these days he would have been off