Tom Weal gone.

[BigFatPie]

Don't be silly!. This doesn't fit in with the agenda that some here want SM and his stooges gone. I think personally they would rather see us lose every week than God forbid SM be a success.!!Crazy i know !.

I don’t rate Maynard at all and think he should have gone after those 5 home defeats, but I’m still about to spend 400 quid on season tickets. The idea that me or anyone else would rather see us lose is weird.

I’ll be ecstatic if he proves all the doubters wrong.

[Woodypie]

I’d view it like us releasing players such as Baldwin and Bostock because, even though they’d been great servants and helped us out of the NL, we decided they hadn’t done the job last season.

The goalkeeping situation was a shambles all year so it’s probably no surprise that the head of goalkeeping appears to have been shoved. We conceded millions of late goals and had loads of injuries, the best indicators you’re going to get of fitness and conditioning, so again.. no huge surprise there’s a change being made there.

Our owners have this nice and calm public persona but they’re pretty ruthless. SM and his team will go the same way if the first half of next season doesn’t go well.

Let's hope so.

[slack_pie]

It's clear from this thread that some fans will jump on SM the moment we lose a game or concede a goal.

[caj85]

Anyone know how well Books did on loan to Rochdale?

[slack_pie]

Anyone know how well Books did on loan to Rochdale?

I heard just snippets online, but it sounds like he impressed as a shot-stopper at times, but his distribution and overall command of his area let him down. I think he saved a penalty as well.

He might be a decent backup option, but we need a quality, experienced GK to come in ahead of him.

[Notts78]

I heard just snippets online, but it sounds like he impressed as a shot-stopper at times, but his distribution and overall command of his area let him down. I think he saved a penalty as well.

He might be a decent backup option, but we need a quality, experienced GK to come in ahead of him.

Personally, if we are going to carry on playing the way we do, he needs to go. I’d suggest that the no.1 attribute a keeper needs is his ability with ball at feet. What I find frustrating is that the number of keepers that struggle with ball at feet is frightening. The idea we can sign an experienced keeper who is good with his distribution won’t happen. We are so low on the food chain that any decent keeper with good distribution is unlikely to pitch up at Notts.
We need to be looking at u23 keepers at clubs whose playing style is like ours. It’s a selling point for us.

[slack_pie]

Personally, if we are going to carry on playing the way we do, he needs to go. I’d suggest that the no.1 attribute a keeper needs is his ability with ball at feet. What I find frustrating is that the number of keepers that struggle with ball at feet is frightening. The idea we can sign an experienced keeper who is good with his distribution won’t happen. We are so low on the food chain that any decent keeper with good distribution is unlikely to pitch up at Notts.
We need to be looking at u23 keepers at clubs whose playing style is like ours. It’s a selling point for us.

This is the problem with our style of play. At this level, you simply can't find CBs and goalkeepers who are excellent at the basics of their roles and comfortable with the ball at their feet under pressure. If you prioritise the latter over the former, you end up with a defence that can't defend.

[1955pie]

Anyone know how well Books did on loan to Rochdale?

12 appearances
21 goals against
1 clean sheet
Didn’t start last 4 games - don’t know if he was injured or back at Notts.

[Woodypie]

Don't be silly!. This doesn't fit in with the agenda that some here want SM and his stooges gone. I think personally they would rather see us lose every week than God forbid SM be a success.!!Crazy i know !.

I certainly want to see Notts win. The problem is that it happens all too infrequently under the "three stooges". And people mangle all kinds of ridiculous excuses together because they think that everything Bros do must be right.