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[magpie_mania]

It's a hatchet job from two close allies of the former manager. The slow paced opening Oscar's length monologue from the host was hardly balanced.

You can't take Leigh Curtis seriously when he started off saying "the one thing I've noticed on social media is the fanbase is now split since the change in manager" Lol what a joke. I gave up not long after.

Obviously doesn't read NCM because there has been a clear and obvious split all season long, oh and last season. Either that or he's just decided to ignore the extremely lengthy and infamous Ardley In/Out on here.

He spoke about getting Ardley on. That would not be helpful at all at the moment.

MOD NOTE: Apologies MM but I think I have just inadvertently deleted part of your post! So sorry.

[HAPPYMAGPIEHAPPY]

This is the same Paul Mace that was a board member during the most unsuccessful period in the club’s history under Alan Hardy, have you noticed he calls everyone out but never speaks about the decision making that was made whilst he was a board member, surely he had a lot of input in meetings etc so I’m not sure how he can criticise the Reedtz brothers recruitment and choice of manager.
Paul needs to go back to interviewing ex players which was very interesting instead of mud slinging at the new management team and what little they have achieved in the past.

[SwalePie]

This is the same Paul Mace that was a board member during the most unsuccessful period in the club’s history under Alan Hardy, have you noticed he calls everyone out but never speaks about the decision making that was made whilst he was a board member, surely he had a lot of input in meetings etc so I’m not sure how he can criticise the Reedtz brothers recruitment and choice of manager.
Paul needs to go back to interviewing ex players which was very interesting instead of mud slinging at the new management team and what little they have achieved in the past.

One exception was the time he described the board meeting discussing transfers under Alan Hardy which was fascinating if a little gobsmacking.

[upthemaggies]

This is the same Paul Mace that was a board member during the most unsuccessful period in the club’s history
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I wouldn't have thought the collapse under Hardy had anything much to do with Mace. The problem at board level was Hardy no longer having the funds and Fletcher apparently being in charge of recruitment, Mace was presumably on board to represent supporter interest as well as his connections and I'm pretty sure he stepped down within a few weeks of Hardy exposing himself, when things seriously began to go wrong.

What he's said in this podcast is not what I want to hear, it's not what any Notts fan would want to hear, but it makes a lot of sense. We shouldn't fall into the trap of smearing the 'whistle blower' in the misguided belief that it invalidates the claims.
Burchnall is a very bizarre appointment. He could still come good, but there's a very sound reason why fans are beginning to freak out and IMHO Mace's podcast does as decent a job as anything else to explain why that is happening.

[countygump]

I wouldn't have thought the collapse under Hardy had anything much to do with Mace. The problem at board level was Hardy no longer having the funds and Fletcher apparently being in charge of recruitment, Mace was presumably on board to represent supporter interest as well as his connections and I'm pretty sure he stepped down within a few weeks of Hardy exposing himself, when things seriously began to go wrong.

What he's said in this podcast is not what I want to hear, it's not what any Notts fan would want to hear, but it makes a lot of sense. We shouldn't fall into the trap of smearing the 'whistle blower' in the misguided belief that it invalidates the claims.
Burchnall is a very bizarre appointment. He could still come good, but there's a very sound reason why fans are beginning to freak out and IMHO Mace's podcast does as decent a job as anything else to explain why that is happening.

It's the typical reaction of blaming the messenger, because you don't like the content of the message, UTM.

[HAPPYMAGPIEHAPPY]

I watched the last one, which had Leigh Curtis on, and had to switch it off after half an hour to ring the Samaritans.

I’m surprised you gave it half an hour
I’ve got better things to do than listen to a Liverpool fc fan rambling on about the mistakes that Notts have made.

[HAPPYMAGPIEHAPPY]

Well if that's a good watch, I think I will give it a miss in future.

I was in the 'Give Ardley the season but it's promotion or the door' and I am really disappointed at the start we have made under IB. I don't think it warrants this kind of criticism though.

I Completely agree and so do the Notts fans that i speak to.

[magpie_mania]

He spoke about getting Ardley on. That would not be helpful at all at the moment.

MOD NOTE: Apologies MM but I think I have just inadvertently deleted part of your post! So sorry.

Was it that bad?!

[60YearsAPie]

I enjoy the programmes that have past players on. The likes of Bob Worthington, Brian Stubbs, Raddy, Tommy Johnson, Mark Draper, all the other ex-players and managers. Great listens, even with having to put up with Mace’s awful delivery style and annoying habit of saying everything twice.

As for his match previews, although I’ve watched most of them in the past, I think this will be the last one. As someone else has said, he seems to be doing a hatchet job on the current owners and coach, which I don’t think is very helpful. And how can you take seriously a guy who comes on with a mop of hair like Leigh’s, who then spends most of the programme scratching himself.

I was starting to think that Mace must have a hidden agenda, believing him, wrongly it seems, to be a mate of AH. I’d much sooner listen to the lads’ views on Notts County Talk.

[HAPPYMAGPIEHAPPY]

And how can you take seriously a guy who comes on with a mop of hair like Leigh’s, who then spends most of the programme scratching himself.

I’ve just sat down with a full mug of coffee which has now spilt due to laughing so much, he does tend to itch/scratch a lot