Numb

[MancMagpie]

Feeling so sad today. I had a inkling we would get beat and I knew we would be nervy, but for it to happen in the fashion that it did has left me so numb.

Think my body is just trying to switch off the pain. That first half was so hard to take.

Maybe it could work to our advantage for next season as it has exposed all the bottlers and has beens, at least we have time to change.

Time to get rid of captain ****wit. He should be the first out the door in my opinion. Never really liked him.

Brindley has to go. Always preferred Dion anyway.

Ardley thought that experience would see us through in that game and it didn't.

If Turner stays he needs to use that awful display as a springboard for next season and try and right the wrongs.

Have to keep Robert's for any chance of automatic.

God, it's a right **** being a Notts fan innit.

[sidders]

If Turner stays he needs to use that awful display as a springboard for next season and try and right the wrongs.

Remember, form is only temporary; class is permanent.

[ireallyhateforest]

The most annoying thing for me is that we did not even turn (apart 15 minutes in the second half).

I strongly believe if we had played some of the good football we have this season we would have won, but we just froze and chucked it away.

I was actually really gutted about not being able to go yesterday, but I am glad I couldn't in the end.

[slack_pie]

The most annoying thing for me is that we did not even turn (apart 15 minutes in the second half).

I strongly believe if we had played some of the good football we have this season we would have won, but we just froze and chucked it away.

I was actually really gutted about not being able to go yesterday, but I am glad I couldn't in the end.

I disagree. I think Harrogate looked really good. I know we were bloody awful, but I have a feeling we may have lost even if we'd played to our normal standard. Like we've discussed on other threads, they wanted it more.

[Robertomac]

I've lost count of the number of times I've said "It's not the defeat, it's the manner of the defeat". I can take losing, but when we just don't show up it's hard to accept. You can carry one player having a bad game, maybe two, but more than that and it's always going to be an uphill struggle.

After watching Harrogate against Borehamwood, I still cannot believe that with a week to prepare we weren't ready for their high energy game. We should have had the skill and guile in our squad to counter this but we just froze. They had far more desire to win that game, throughout the team. Collectively, we just didn't want it enough. Very disappointing in that regard.

Next season we need to be intent on nothing less than the top spot.

[countygump]

I've lost count of the number of times I've said "It's not the defeat, it's the manner of the defeat". I can take losing, but when we just don't show up it's hard to accept. You can carry one player having a bad game, maybe two, but more than that and it's always going to be an uphill struggle.

After watching Harrogate against Borehamwood, I still cannot believe that with a week to prepare we weren't ready for their high energy game. We should have had the skill and guile in our squad to counter this but we just froze. They had far more desire to win that game, throughout the team. Collectively, we just didn't want it enough. Very disappointing in that regard.

Next season we need to be intent on nothing less than the top spot.

This^^^

Automatic this year or get rid. Makes you wonder how the game would have panned out with if Rawlinson, Kelly-Evans, Bojo and Thomas had have started, maybe even Crawford.

[BigFatPie]

I've lost count of the number of times I've said "It's not the defeat, it's the manner of the defeat". I can take losing, but when we just don't show up it's hard to accept. You can carry one player having a bad game, maybe two, but more than that and it's always going to be an uphill struggle.

After watching Harrogate against Borehamwood, I still cannot believe that with a week to prepare we weren't ready for their high energy game. We should have had the skill and guile in our squad to counter this but we just froze. They had far more desire to win that game, throughout the team. Collectively, we just didn't want it enough. Very disappointing in that regard.

Next season we need to be intent on nothing less than the top spot.

100% correct. I saw Harrogate’s game last week and worried that we didn’t have the legs in midfield to cope with their style of play. Then I saw us play Barnet and was a reassured that we’d maintained the form from pre lockdown. With hindsight, it’s clear that Borehamwood, by staying strong and not making individual errors, did well to restrict Harrogate to no more than half chances, and in the end they only scored from a set piece. I also think that in reality Barnet were a poor team who’d lost many of their good players to injury or transfer. Leigh Curtis’s ratings of 9 for every player last week were a joke.

We were like a team dads chasing shadows against a team of lads. The moment that summed up yesterday was when Jon Stead, a player I associate with 4 years of failure at Notts, waltzed past 2 of our players in the build up to the 3rd goal like they weren’t there. A failed player for us coming on for a club not much bigger than Arnold and he was able to just take the piss. Truly embarrassing.

[jackal2]

We were like a team dads chasing shadows against a team of lads.

Good call BFP. Yesterday in a sentence.

Most of Harrogate's players were chasing the first real glory of their career. Too many of ours were trying to rediscover past glories.

But signings like Wootton, Roberts, Lacey and Kelly-Evans show us the way forward. We're on the verge of something better but we need to commit fully to it. And why wouldn't we, when through Football Radar we have a scouting network far superior to our level?

[MancMagpie]

The most annoying thing for me is that we did not even turn (apart 15 minutes in the second half).

I strongly believe if we had played some of the good football we have this season we would have won, but we just froze and chucked it away.

I was actually really gutted about not being able to go yesterday, but I am glad I couldn't in the end.

Yep. Defo annoying that we didn't turn up first half. Seemed like we were **** scared of Harrogate starting quickly. Gave them too much respect. That is down to Ardley. We needed to come out as the bigger threat. Negative tactics only win you finals if you're Mourinho about 10 years ago.

[MancMagpie]

This^^^

Automatic this year or get rid. Makes you wonder how the game would have panned out with if Rawlinson, Kelly-Evans, Bojo and Thomas had have started, maybe even Crawford.

I said at the beginning of the game to my mate. "Turner has a mistake in him". I've been a fan of Rawlinson all season. Occasion too big for Bagan, Brindley did nothing.

Dennis deserved his start though.