⚽Match Thread vs. Oldham Athletic 01.01.23 [NL]

[Jampie]

Disappointing not to take a win there.

[keldsyke]

I Hope the reason for the switch with Chiksen and Cameron was illness / injury and not trying to tinker with the team / system and trying to accommodate Cameron, got away with it today but should have been 3-2.

[ArabianNotts]

Well, that’s the advantage over Wrexham gone. I fully expect them to take control over the next half of the season… Notts need to maintain that second spot and playoff advantage.

If they can stop making stupid mistakes and keep Cheaterfurlough at distance, it should (on paper) be comfortable.

Doesn’t take long for the inbuilt pessimism to emerge. There’s a long way to go and there’s no guarantee that Wrexham will win their games in hand.
Look what happened to Man City yesterday.

[Eastcoastultra1977]

I watch most of the NL highlights and out of Notts and Wrexham it is Notts who will slip up more often than not.

Defensively we are atrocious.

I just don't see Wrexham slipping up very often.

[countygump]

Doesn’t take long for the inbuilt pessimism to emerge. There’s a long way to go and there’s no guarantee that Wrexham will win their games in hand.
Look what happened to Man City yesterday.

Meh, many a slip twixt cup and lip. I had a feeling we might lose this one, but on we go...

[jackal2]

We didn't deserve to win that game - arrogance, complacency, wastefulness, no urgency at all.

It starts with the tinkerman team selection - arrogant in itself, as well as negative. Why can't we play 2 strikers all of a sudden? Against a team in the relegation zone? Did we buy Langstaff and Scott just to alternate them?
Bostock and Palmer is duplication. Yeah Cameron at LWB didn't work - poor composure on his crosses.
All in all, how not to go about getting a frontrunning win away to a team at the bottom.

Fair criticism. Dropping two points today won't be terminal, but not learning from it could be. Hopefully the short-term pain leads to long-term gain!

[GranthamPie]

Time will tell. We haven’t dropped many points all season so far ourselves. We have no idea whether Notts plan to strengthen. Even if we don’t, these players deserve a crack at the rest of the season given what they have done in the first 25 games.
Even if we don’t go up as champions, I have no doubt that if everyone is fit we will be too good in the playoffs. I hope Notts players don’t raise the white flag up as easily as you and concede the title without giving it a damn good go.

Drawing too many games imhaho… and making stupid stupid mistakes will cost us the title. Still… as you say, I think Notts will be too good in the playoffs.

[Eastcoastultra1977]

Three things in life are certain.

Death, taxes, and an Eastcoastultra rant after we drop points!

JUSTIFIED tho'...were you there?

[Elite_Pie]

Well, that’s the advantage over Wrexham gone. I fully expect them to take control over the next half of the season… Notts need to maintain that second spot and playoff advantage.

If they can stop making stupid mistakes and keep Cheaterfurlough at distance, it should (on paper) be comfortable.

There's no real difference in finishing 2nd or 3rd, the reward is the same.

It would be nice to see Woking drop a few points to give us a safety net.

[Eastcoastultra1977]

The play offs are a ****ing lottery.
The NL refs are piss poor.
Decisions from some of those clowns can cost you promotion no matter how well you play.

.....and the small matter of having to defend properly. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN SORTED FOR YEARS.