The Table…

[marky]

October is a really hard month for us, I can practically guarantee that we will lose at least once that month, just hope it's not on October 14th.

[matt_magpie]

October is a really hard month for us, I can practically guarantee that we will lose at least once that month, just hope it's not on October 14th.

It’s still quite hard to know exactly where we are at the moment as only 2 of the teams are in the top 14 we’ve played so far but having said the we’ve had 5 away games out of 8.
If we play like we did Friday I have absolutely no doubt we’d be top 3 by the end of the season but that’s the challenge to keep playing at that level.

[thefulltenyards]

Did I read on here someone produce the alarming stat around the time of the Sutton game that Notts have never or very rarely been promoted when we've lost the first game of the season?

[upthemaggies]

Did I read on here someone produce the alarming stat around the time of the Sutton game that Notts have never or very rarely been promoted when we've lost the first game of the season?

11 promotion seasons began with a win
3 began with a draw
none have begun with a loss.

Always a first time of course, but the figures above suggest there's much more than a random pattern to this. No team that's failed to win either of their opening two games has ever been promoted, so there's clearly a lot to be said for "setting your stall out early".

[matt_magpie]

One table that’s slightly concerning me is the champ and Swansea's position in it, 3rd from bottom and winless.

They are the one club that on the whole target progressive managers and seem to be run ok.
LW was there a few months with Russell Martin but he left a few months before joining us, no idea why.

I can’t see LW just going to anyone but this one would genuinely worry me if they were in the market for a manager.

[SwalePie]

11 promotion seasons began with a win
3 began with a draw
none have begun with a loss.

Always a first time of course, but the figures above suggest there's much more than a random pattern to this. No team that's failed to win either of their opening two games has ever been promoted, so there's clearly a lot to be said for "setting your stall out early".

It's a completely random stat. Those teams were not made up of the same players and the same coaches playing the same identical opposition etc.

Of course it is always interesting and fun to know these long-term trend stats but they are not useful for predicting future outcomes.

[ncfcog]

I wouldn't worry about that stat, this team have already put to bed many similar bogey stats, it means very little now.

[thefulltenyards]

Rest assured I am not worried about that stat. I am just happy clapping with what I see on the field, I have been pretty much ever since Luke Williams and Ryan Harley arrived.

[hissingdwarf]

3+1 it is then. Must have been a mental block due to the seasons in the conference and only 1 up auto! 4 up seems a sensible amount for all leagues imo.
Let’s see where we are at Christmas!

[Chicken Balti Pie]

One table that’s slightly concerning me is the champ and Swansea's position in it, 3rd from bottom and winless.

They are the one club that on the whole target progressive managers and seem to be run ok.
LW was there a few months with Russell Martin but he left a few months before joining us, no idea why.

I can’t see LW just going to anyone but this one would genuinely worry me if they were in the market for a manager.

He left Swansea as he was spending a lot of time away from his family. The fact he signed a long term contract with Notts says to me he wants to put some roots down and can't see him leaving. More likely to end up picking Russell Martin back up after Southampton's last two results