⚽ Match Thread vs. Gateshead FC 16.08.22 [NL]

[crazyfists]

Just spoke to my Dad who is a season ticket holder, goes to some away games with me and been going to Notts for over 60 years. He's the complete opposite of a drama queen or negative, he's always positive. Even he's slightly concerned about the fact LW doesn't seem to know his best team yet or a formation to get the best out of them. He says he doesn't feel LW inspires them as when IB was here, if we were crap in the first half we normally came out better in the second half which doesn't seem to be the case. He always ends with oh well we'll keep going and see what happens!

Early days yet though so we'll see on Saturday if things pick up.

[the_anticlough]

That kit needs throwing in the skip.. Whoever selected that was taking the p*ss

We can afford a skip?

[hissingdwarf]

Got to be the worst away kit for a while in a practical sense. Clash is terrible. I’m sure it sells well in the club shop for street wear, but when a non league league club has fans saying we need a third kit due to a clash, then the people making the decisions need to take a long hard look at themselves.
Highlights were difficult enough to watch, so last thing we need is total clash!

[ncfcog]

Have to say I'm in agreement over the away shirt. We should only ever have three colours for our away kits and that's yellow, green or blue. Lots of fancy stuff you can do even with just those three colours to make it enticing for the fans to buy. We've had mint and now lavender, hopefully next season will be daffodil!

[slack_pie]

Have to say I'm in agreement over the away shirt. We should only ever have three colours for our away kits and that's yellow, green or blue. Lots of fancy stuff you can do even with just those three colours to make it enticing for the fans to buy. We've had mint and now lavender, hopefully next season will be daffodil!

I liked last season's mint number. This season's a bit too close to pink for me, but I think the whole kit would look better with white shorts. The combination of pink and grey-ish purple is just weird.

[durhampie]

I liked last season's mint number. This season's a bit too close to pink for me, but I think the whole kit would look better with white shorts. The combination of pink and grey-ish purple is just weird.

Could it be to reflect on the bunch of pansies wearing it???

[jacobncfc]

It was interesting to read the Chesterfield assistant brought up how impressive he thought we were against Gateshead in his pre-match presser.

I think it’s probably true from a manager/coach point of view because Notts completely controlled the game, created enough to win and the only chances we gave up were from two horrible unforced errors. But, with how Notts have been over the last 18 months, as fans we’re going to absolutely zero in on those mistakes because it feels like more of the same.

[BigFatPie]

It was interesting to read the Chesterfield assistant brought up how impressive he thought we were against Gateshead in his pre-match presser.

I think it’s probably true from a manager/coach point of view because Notts completely controlled the game, created enough to win and the only chances we gave up were from two horrible unforced errors. But, with how Notts have been over the last 18 months, as fans we’re going to absolutely zero in on those mistakes because it feels like more of the same.

Would be a bit weird if he said in public as always we needlessly fanny about with it and if they press them up the pitch they’ll get something sooner or later. In private though..

[Elite_Pie]

Would be a bit weird if he said in public as always we needlessly fanny about with it and if they press them up the pitch they’ll get something sooner or later. In private though..

Yep, instead of him saying "they're a really good footballing side", I suspect his pre-match team talk will be more along the lines of "get stuck into them and they'll struggle".

[nw6pie]

It was interesting to read the Chesterfield assistant brought up how impressive he thought we were against Gateshead in his pre-match presser.

I think it’s probably true from a manager/coach point of view because Notts completely controlled the game, created enough to win and the only chances we gave up were from two horrible unforced errors. But, with how Notts have been over the last 18 months, as fans we’re going to absolutely zero in on those mistakes because it feels like more of the same.

Each head coach that comes in under the new owners will get less and less time, and less goodwill, from fans while we're stuck in this league. The frustration with the lack of progress on the pitch (i.e., promotion) will always trump the very clear signs of progress off the pitch (my mum came to the Maidenhead game, which was her first visit in probably five or six years, and was very impressed by how good the ground/pitch looked; then there's the excellent training facilities).

Let's hope we get a more energetic, in-their-faces performance and less of the heart attack-inducing, self-inflicted mistakes on Saturday.