⚽ Match Thread vs. Southend Utd. 21.02.23 [NL]

[queenslandpie]

I can't remember the last time I have seen us play better than that. Fantastic every part of the pitch. Interested in Durhams comments on Bostock who I thought was absolutely superb along with Jones both look inspired signings. Every player put in a shift and we simply played Southend off the park in every single area. Couple of dicey moments at the end but I was left wondering if this is actually Notts County I was watching at the end. As it looked more like Barcelona. Fantastic stuff.

[GranthamPie]

Just got in from the nightmare detour on the A52… still can’t believe how good we were tonight. Malachie has now overtaken Tommy Lawton’s record and is on course to beat Tom Keetleys 1930 record of 39 league goals.

What a player.

[Glad2BeAPie]

All the hype on the score prediction thread, on how we're going to struggle against sarfend, with posters actually predicting an away win. It was the easiest win of the last 3 games.

[Chicken Balti Pie]

Got to be honest, after that, I think Bridge's value just dropped. Hope Jodi Jones remembers to let him out his pocket! A number 10 kept him at bay, a player who has barely played football in several years

[tied_up_in_notts]

Got to be honest, after that, I think Bridge's value just dropped.

On the evidence of tonight's performance it is very difficult to see what he would bring to our team.

[GranthamPie]

Got to be honest, after that, I think Bridge's value just dropped. Hope Jodi Jones remembers to let him out his pocket! A number 10 kept him at bay, a player who has barely played football in several years

I was a bit surprised by how ordinary Bridge was… completely ineffective.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

On to the game and result and it's clear to see that this team are amazing and all the ingredients are there for this to go down as a special season if we can go on and finish the job and get promoted. The challenge is as tough as it's been and will continue to be from now until the end but we have to keep going and going hard taking each game one at a time. Seven wins in a row and it's starting to have all the signs of the Cotteril run that we had in 09/10 at the business end of the season.

Our goal difference is moving ahead of Wrexham and that's a positive as that really could be a worth an extra point. So while we have scored four goals in the past three games it is still only +5 over Wrexham and this shows how stiff the competition is. We just have to hope that if we drop points they do, and if they drop points we don't.

I can't think of a season like it and I doubt we will ever see a season like it again. One automatic promotion place, two teams relentless going at it. 1 defeat in 34 games, 25 games unbeaten.

Let's hope the psychology of Wrexham being 2nd no matter what they do remains as long as possible especially while they still have games in hand. Wexham's first game in hand to be played is next Tuesday at home to Chesterfield. So we need to win on Saturday and maintain at least a five point cushion.

[jackal2]

What a performance that was tonight. Superb finishes by Langstaff. Possibly our most underrated player Sam Austin got his reward too. Bostock now he's fully match fit and with more freedom to go forward looks like the player we hoped we had signed. Jodi Jones was a constant threat and looked genuinely capable defensively as well. And Matt Palmer was imperious. That's not to ignore the performance of any of the other players, all of whom were at 7/8 out of 10 level, but the ones I've named were particularly noticeable.

Southend actually aren't a bad side, but we were at them from all angles. They were 2-0 down before they really got a foot on the ball.

[Proactive not Reactive]

On the evidence of tonight's performance it is very difficult to see what he would bring to our team.

I think he would be better with Notts passing game and would be an addition to the squad,I did think he was left footed rather than right footed though 🤷🏻
Probably the controversy leading up to this game spooked him
Thought the skipper in the middle of the park that Wrexham are supposedly after looked good

[BigFatPie]

19 wins on the trot to win the league. On tonight’s evidence I wouldn’t rule it out, fckin brilliant.
Edit; fair goes to the Southend fans as well, they were fckin brilliant too.