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I had a good record of us winning in match day threads I posted last season and just won our first this season, so I'm going again.

12:30 kick off.

Tranmere face Carlisle in another game where one of them have to drop points, so another big opportunity to gain ground.

Thread title should be Notts County v Swindon Town :hmmm:

After this game we would have played 11 games at home and 14 away which may become an advantage later on in the season.

Ah, the game that was the beginning of the end for Flynn last season.

So it should (and now does)

When someone said couldn't see us losing all season?

That would of been Remeao Hutton as I recall.  :hmmm: 

Who's performance dropped off and got his big move to Gillingham. :bye:

Oh the irony, I’m going to Bradford Saturday for our company Christmas party. I could go to this being 12.30 kick off. Mrs. LL is not so keen.

Its a nice couple of hours break on the drive up.

In the freezing cold. Pulled that stunt before 🤣

Is it likely to be on with the freezing weather and snow this weekend  - would not be the worst thing if it was called off

should be about 2 tomorrow in Nottingham, only below freezing in the very morning. I would say likely on but not a huge shock if it was called off.

I had a look at whether Meadow Lane has undersoil heating. During the summer they laid pipes, but they aren't connected to anything. So that's a no.

I look forward to us getting undersoil heating in about 2057.

Could really do with this being off, Delaney and Sobowale have knocks so we have one fit centre back, as well as Smith having a broken face.

Holloway (jokingly) suggested playing Gunning in the presser.

In-deph as usual😁
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaVL9g4d9l4

Wouldn’t surprise me at all to see at least one of them in the starting XI.

Clarke hada sore groin too, that would be a big miss. Offy also struggling.

At least, according to Ollie. Maybe he's gone all mind games!

You would want Delaney to stick to Jatta, who is big and strong, even if he doesn’t have a first touch. Their new forward/left winger Josh Martin is a real livewire too. That’s before you get onto McGoldrick and Jodi Jones, who is now back from injury. Then there’s Dan Crowley pulling all the strings (who Ofoborh should stick to like glue). It’s a proper squad, playing good football. I’m surprised they aren’t walking the league with the players at their disposal.

If Delaney can’t start, you’d expect Clarke to drop into the back three with Kirkman and Wright, and Kilkenny to slot back into midfield.

Come on you reds!!

Pre match lack of pert buttocks jiggling around in tight orange hot pants in The Roebuck Inn.
Went to Hooters after the game last season, can't remember what I ordered but must have been ok.

Only Minturn remains of that matchday squad although Khan & Uwakwe are still nominally ours, but probably not for long if everyone gets their way.

Will give the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem pub a miss today.
Turns out that it might not even be the oldest pub in Nottingham let alone the country.
Still, anything with Ye Olde in it will guarantee that the tourists will keep coming.

Having a go at a slightly dry January this year.
The mindset probably needs changing but will give it a go.

The home game was one of the better performances under Kennedy and we were a little unlucky to come away with nothing.

Under Holloway we are a different kettle of fish entirely & should present a whole new can of worms for County today and I can't think of a cliché to save my life.

Ultra possession based passing teams can be relatively easy to play against at this level, but the opposing side needs to be very well organised with a specific gameplan.

One clean sheet away from home & 14 league games since the last one.
A tall order to keep County out today, but maybe we are due a successful defence of the onion bag.

If we are struggling with knocks then so must they be, after what is this today, the 5th game in 14 days?

A smash & grab daylight robbery of the relatively rich by Ian & his Merry Men would go down very well with the impoverished (football wise) Town fans watching today.

Although the majority in the away end & possibly also those in their warm or maybe chilly chateau's bear more of a resemblance to Friar Tuck these days, we can still bang out the tunes that would make Alan-a-Dale proud.
And much like the Hooters Girls we also look good in orange, if only from a distance.

Hopefully a content & safe getaway for the travellers before the weather arrives.

3-1 Notts County

I just cant see us coping well against their power and pace. Might be one of those crash back down to earth performances.

Definitely on then we think? Team could be a bit scrapped together at the back.

I think we'll lose reasonably heavily today. I don't think that's a disaster based on how the Christmas period has gone otherwise.

Chilly with no sign of any frost up here.

Should be good to go.

Expecting Jatta and McGoldrick (if they play) to keep our defence honest today.

2-0 defeat.

Whoever spends less time on the deck today out of Tshimanga & Jodi Jones will be the deciding factor.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgchZLXX0AAeWNB?format=jpg&name=medium)

No Smith that isnt great, no attacking options other than Ameen on the bench.

Well definitely struggle to score without Smith, which is a shame.

Nonsense, Drinan's on fire, their defence is terrified!

Good day for last January's Glatzel to re-emerge.

I thought Ofoborh would have kept his place after last match, may Holloway is just managing his minutes

Carrying an injury apparently.

I cant see where the goals are coming from today TBH, but who knows!

Notts County, I fear!

(I hope to be wrong, and I think our last few results mean it doesn't matter hugely, but I think we're in for a bit of a kicking today)

Strange as we have 3 strikers on the pitch, but as said previously, really unsure how we break down Notts County today with that line-up. Hope I’m proven wrong but the three up top tactic has not worked for us when tried this season

Is there any point in having injured players on the bench?🤷‍♂️

I agree, but TBH we have picked up more points than I expected over the Xmas period, nobody at all really expects us to win today so theres not really any pressure on them today.

I guess some of them can probably manage 20 minutes, but not 90, is the thinking. If we're still in the game at 70 minutes, maybe Clarke comes on. If the game is dead, probably not.

Feel the same way. Bit of a free run at today, picked up the points needed over Xmas. Sadly in our position, outside of today, we can’t afford too many free hits

Comments about fans forum, etc. and not getting what is happening. He really doesn't have a clue of the problems above, does he? haha. It's quite endearing in a weird way when he doesn't make silly comments.

I can - Notts Co!  :(

I'm happy the way the team is going but I just can't listen to him any more

Very much so its a free hit, but, County are by no means unbeatable, its just we rarely win away there often with just 2 wins there in the last 9 meetings.

Not got great home form either (14th in the ‘home’ table) but sadly our away record probably cancels that out

The strangeness of the only away win all season being at Cheltenham where we never win.

I think this is where our run ends today

Decent start, Tshimanga needs to stay on his feet tho.

notts hit the bar

County hit the bar from an unmarked header by McGoldrick, Barden beaten.

Not sure why Barden was watching that onto the bar!

He knew he was well beaten.

In other news, water is wet.

I swear there is a player in there if he stays on his feet rather than looking for the foul to be given.

Because he’s useless

I do think thats a bit unfair, hes not useless, hes just not a good all round keeper, hes still better than Kovar for me but nowhere near good enough to be a 1st team keeper yet, he struggles jumping and claiming high balls.

Corner to Town.

Notts look a different animal to basically every other side we've played under Holloway. Would snatch your hand off for a point.

This. He isn't up to it but he isn't a Kovar, who is apparently doing ok now for some reason.

Decent delivery from Cotterill but we didnt attack the near post.

Nice play by Drinan who lays it inside to Glatzel but his shot is high and wide, good movement.

We’ve looked better than I thought we would. A bit frenetic .

Lacks quality, but I do like Drinan. Gives it 110%

County dont like being pressed, which we are doing well so far.

A decent turnout

Looks about 500ish to me.

That’s why I was thinking and a really good turnout considering the kick off time etc.

0-1

Struggled with their crosses there.

not deserved imo

3-4 moments of quality in the buildup to that goal. County are good.

Great! 😢

Barden not trying to come out and claim the cross there. OG by Delaney.

For fuck sake honestly, GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY OF THE CLEARANCE COTTERILL!!!!!

We don't concede there if he does.

Shite defending wasn't it

We were doing ok up to that but not created

McGoldrick way better than anything we've got.

Barden should be coming to claim at least one of them crosses in my opinion.

That is so fucking clumsy from Cotterill. Its a clearance and looks like he is trying to get a foot on it. Get the fuck out of the way of it.

TBF hes probably the best quality striker in the entire division.

Agree. Even if he cant claim it try and make a punch.

McGoldrick is 37 maybe we should have kept Charlie to warm the bench.

County do look a decent side, this was always going to be tough today.

In the two games I have seen of McGoldrick this season, he has shown far more than Austin ever showed on his return

McGoldrick is 3 or 4 times the player that Austin was last season. Hes still got some pace, quality and desire unlike Charlie.

I still reckon he could have poached a few goals if brought on with 20 minutes to go.

For me we are missing Clarke or Ofoborh sitting outside the box picking up the runners and loose balls from midfield.

I disagree mate, Austin is well past it.

Drinan long shot just over the bar.

Drinan whacked that one! Shame it was high and wide

Jesus! Though Drinan had equalized! Gave off a little shout! 😢

Drinan nearly clear through and his shot is well wide with just the keeper to beat.

Good side going forward, not so much at the back. Unfortunately we don’t have the options up front today to trouble them enough.

Glatzel really a shadow of the player he was last season sadly.
Just does not suit our system at all

Palmer with a blatant dive should have been a yellow card.

Only conceded seven goals at home all season so there must be something in the defence for them. Think their keeper is good...

Lost our way since the goal

Glaz is pissing me off trying to force the ball. Go 2 up dvd and put on an extra mid

This.

Delaney is a panicker when hes under a bit of pressure.

Glatz so badly needs a goal to get some confidence back.

Nearly a good cross from Cox to Glatzel.

This unfortunately. Best for all if he gets a move in this window and we can replace with something else.

Drinan lovely break but lets it down with a very poor pass to Tshimanga.

0-2

2.0

Superb goal, unfortunately.

McGoldrick has just showed what a bit of composure up top looks like

great pass TBF

Write this one off.

McGoldrick 2 Kirkman 0

McGoldrick looks like a pro playing Sunday league for a laugh.

Ah well. They look a class above compared to what we’ve faced in recent weeks

Competitive budget v 'Competitive budget'

TBH I wrote this one off before the game kicked off, we have done better than I thought so far but McGoldrick is the best striker in the division by a country mile.

Just getting done by a better team aren’t we.

Yup, just that simple. Not a lack of effort or disastrous tactics, they're just better.

Always going to be that outcome when someone with 5 league games comes up against a player with 620 games behind him.

Notts have a different style of play (passing the ball) that will always make it look like they have more control. However we have been in a number of dangerous positions but have lacked the quality to make them count.

Massive shame really as I genuinely think with Smith we’d have caused them quite a few problems

Exactly, we havent played badly we just dont have the quality they have. Its easy to blame Kirkman or Barden but we just literally arent at their level and McGoldrick is easily a division better in quality than any of our players.

HT 0-2

First half largely as feared. They're just better than a tired, depleted Town side.

Kirkman really struggling against McGoldrick but many better CBs will.

Well, that was a lesson.

We now look tired and well beaten.

Shame, as there was lots of effort and endeavour.

I've seen far worse this season. I think we've defended relatively well (two obvious examples apart).

I don't think we've been too bad overall, Mcgoldrick running the show and is such a classy player. Without him, they haven't done much.

Definitely a goal in this for us.

Definitely seen worse.

A stark reminder there is a gap between us and the top teams.

But the mission is survival. This is a shame but not unexpected

Must get a midfielder on and Glatzel or preferably Tshimanga off. Thought we'd seen the back of that 3 up top shite. There are oceans of space in our midfield. Not out of it yet. By the way,people criticising Cotterill for that goal, come on. That's ultra harsh

We look done to me

Yeah this is damage limitation now. No injuries and no humiliation.

Need to get Ofoborh on to man mark McGoldrick, albeit it may be too late now.

We are if we don't change it,agreed

Naive from Ollie putting Kirkman on McGoldrick surely can see need more experience there

McGoldrick is class and out of our reach with these owners

Looking for the  biggest comeback since Lazarus in the second half.

Below par keeping and a silly mistake from Cotterill if he has genuinely tried to play that there instead of letting it get away, other than that it really is just coming up against a better side.

Sadly at least one of Tranmere or Carlisle will likely gain ground on us today.

Might be better Carlisle winning as with the money they're spending they'll probably end up pulling themselves out of this anyway, whereas Tranmere appear to be in near freefall.

You can clearly see Cotterill trying to get out of the way.

Triple change. Not giving up. Not sure it's not too late already but giving it a go.

Crikey!

Sobowale, Clarke and Butterworth on
Glatzel, Cox and Kilkenny off

442/4222 looks like

Love to see the changes make a real impact but think we are chasing a bit of a lost cause, however you never know.

It makes sense to just go for this but it does seem unlikely.

Such shame STFC is simply not good enough

Butterworth always wants 1 touch too many.

Cotterill not having a very good game I would bring on Ofoborh.

Butterworth is bobbins. So frustrating

Downsize of chasing it is we're open at the back. No surprise, part and parcel of trying to compete still.

Bad foul by Delaney.

Clarke (i think) tries to scoop it away and actually plays them in there and Delaney fouls on the edge of the box.

We seem to be setting them up a few times today, its not falling for us at all.

He's made changes, I would have too

It's got worse

Foul by Kirkman now in the same position.

Kirkman is struggling today, just given away a free kick on edge of the box. Second in as many minutes we've given away.

We fail to get out of the way of our own clearance again and put ourselves under pressure again.

Sobowale then actually plays them in.


football version of this three or four times today


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bffdHxiuSCI

TBF to him hes only about 5 or 6 first team starts into his career, it is expected and against the quality of County players understandable.

Absolutely. This is the first time he's even looked inexperienced.

Learning curve today.

Sobo does his best to give McGoldrick the hattrick.

Hopefully he learns from it too.

I would take a 2-0 defeat now if you offered me it.

Notts Co are what Swindon used to be, and we haven't been since Wellens unfortunately, and I see no chance of us getting back there any time soon. Our aim as a football club have now reached the heady heights of longing to be capable of just being a decent league 2 side..

Sad state of affairs..

This is wank now

Poles apart

This is going to give Holloway an aneurysm if we keep struggling to clear it to a safe area and/or red shirted player.  

I dream of this happening again.

Bycroft time by the looks

Bycroft on for Barden.

County think it's won, obviously. Come On!!!!

Come on Holloway get Ameen on for Tshimanga

Sobowale surrenders posession again.

This is a stinker from someone who has been solid lately.

Exactly, now a Divvy 4 side making up the numbers and flirting with relegation, not the first team it has happened to but not something I ever envisioned us being in the same situation not so many years ago.

I would rather see Ofoborh for Cotterill now we have just 1 sub left.

Was going to post something similar too.

Fresh blood needed fast we are shocking today. :crash:

Surely we still have 2 as the GK one would be a concussion sub?

Could be. If it is then get Ameen on for Tshimanga too.

Fuck sake I don't think that was going in but Thsimanga clears it. Fucking hell we are our own worse enemy today.

Corner. Need a goal now really to have a chance of scraping a point.

2nd corner

Cotterill or Clarke not sure too with a heavy as fuck touch completely ruining the attack.

I’ll be honest…not watching the second half but first half felt like we had a lot of luck all bad being our own worst enemy rather than playing shit, doing stupid turns on the edge of box own worst enemy…

If that makes sense…

Tshimanga has a moment of looking like a strong target man out of nowhere winning a throw.

Definitely been misfortune in there, along with bad decision making.

634 Town fans there today.

Yeah, not our day today.

Ameen on for Tshimanga.

D'you know what Ameen!

Ameen Amout.

Good save by Bycroft.

For effort alone I would probably give Drinan MotM today.

Not a long list of contenders.

Gonna be a difficult one.

Feels like a 7/10 for effort & a 5/10 for football (largely through no fault of their own, just playing a better team) from literally everyone…

Definately no lack of effort today but as you say a distinct lack of quality all round.

Think that touch from Butterworth just summed up todays game for us.

Corrected :)

7 mins added.

7 mins. Shame we couldn't nick one before and make something of it.

McGoldrick tries an acrobatic bit of showboating volley but it goes well wide.

Well, that too.

I mean he has moments like that goal at Accrington & the pass to Drinan against a Colchester but they are few & far between.

It’s like having a striker who scores 1 in 10 but that 1 is a goal of the season contender…

If your name is Hinchy, what is your football nickname? Do you have to be Hinchy-y?

A few nice touches from Ameen there.

Inchy...its 1 letter less :D

Reality check here today. A lot to do to secure safety.

Lovely tackle by Sobowale.

Great tackle from Sobowale but terrible awareness-  the game is gone, the only thing that matters is DO NOT GET A RED. But he got it right, so I suppose it's fine.

FT 0-2

Lots of effort little quality.

Free hit this game I suppose but baffles me why he leaves our best MFs benched against McGoldrick i

Strider

Second best start to finish.
Not because the tactics were wrong, not because the formation was wrong, not because we made individual mistakes, not because our players were rubbish, not because we played badly.

Notts County were simply a level above us man for man all over the pitch.

Not something we need to dwell on, not something we need to over analyse & pick the bones out of.

Hold our hands up - accept we couldn’t compete with Notts County & move on. Notts were Significantly better than Wimbledon (who are above Notts) Grimsby (level on points before todays game) & Bromley

Shame McGoldrick didn’t get a hat trick. A pleasure to watch that sort of quality.

We tried hard, but are nowhere near the same calibre as Notts County.

Just think, Luke Williams could have created that here!

Do broadly agree, and think it was probably enforced, but going away from three midfielders two strikers which has worked over the last few weeks wasn't ideal.

But yes, forget that game, onto Crewe.

Yeah, fair point.
Not sure it would have made much of a difference overall though

With a depleted(whether necessary or not I don't know) side,against a team that I think are the best in this division, that's not disastrous. Also, those 2 saves will do Bycroft good. Drinan MOM and Wright once again solid. Can't understand the starting formation though

The recent resurgence has been characterised by bite in midfield and winning the physical battle. The set up and personnel seemed to take that away from us today - but if Clarke was ten years younger, and Ofoborh and Smith weren’t injured (assuming Ofoborh wasn’t fully fit - because if he was, he has to play) perhaps that would have been different. I wasn’t expecting a result today, but it was a shame we didn’t really compete.

Actions for this week: a new (experienced, calm, dominating) keeper, some pace and some width. Lose some of the flab from the squad.

Agree. Those were a factor in the defeat and shouldn't be ignored

Just not at the races...

Could easily have been 4 or 5 nil

I thought our squad was too big?  :hmmm:

All of this. Realistically we’re capable of being a mid-table side with the current squad, but not a side that rocks up to promotion contenders with players missing and can take something from it. Dust ourselves off and move on.

They were plain better than us and worthy of a routine win. McGoldrick could have had 4.

Shows how reliant we are on Smith too. The rest of the forward line is utter wank

Holloway:
- Learned how goot Notyts Co were. And how practice makes perfect
- We did stop them at times. We broke them down. We didn't have the edge up top
- Not like Holloway's forwards. Probably due to them dominating possession
- McGoldrick could have graced 2 or more levels above
- We did some things really well, but didn't capitalise on it
- Smith wanted to play. Holloway didnt feel it was right. Will get him on the grass to train
- We didnt do anything in the final 1/3
- Expected us to counter attack
- Those 'might ofs' cost us today
- Lots of is was 'OK'. Lots was right. But once we won it, we weren't sharp enough
- A bit disappointing
- Barden got 'kicked in the face'. Wasn't concussion. So doesn't have to be out for 2 weeks
- Well done to Notts Co. One day we might be saying that about Holloway's team
- Glad to get this period out of the way. But this game spoiled it a bit
- Not that disappointed. We move on
- We were playing like we had Smith. We needed to play out a bit more
- Changed it from a 5 to a 4 in the second half. Should ghave started that way, but didn't, as they didn't have chance to practice it in training
- If we had McGoldrick, then we could have scored a couple today
- He's a Notts Co fan? Maybe we should roll out Charlie Austin (said in jest)
- Almost everything we tried didn't come off
- More than happy with the period we've had. Move on.
 

 outclassed today .  If we continue to grind out decent results against other less able sides, a 20th place finish is realistic . Lots of teams with games in hand though.

Have played two more away than at home, so my guess is 18th which would be above the Clem Line.

8 points from the 5 games is an ok return.

Losing at Notts County isn’t a disaster, but today shows how much we miss Smith up front.

Holloway has done a lot right in the last few weeks, today he got it wrong. I’m sure he will learn from it & hopefully not make the same mistake again.

I make it 4 wins in our last 37 away league games

3 away games in 10 days, still 640 of us for a 12:30 game 3 hours away on the TV.

Superb effort :clap:

Accrington and Tranny winning  :doh:

I don’t mind Tranmere beating Carlisle. The further we can get away from the bottom two the better.

And now Harrogate  ???

Don't mind Colchester losing at home at the Jobsworth stadium.

That’s good, isnt it?

Tranmere have been in freefall lately so no and Carlisle are spending money and we probably can't rely on them being the same team come Feb 1st.

Accrington are closer to us than Colchester who would feasibly get dragged in to it, although their fans still think they're nailed on for the play offs.

Post match:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1NgI6eYxCc

Agree it's not disastrous as we've had a decent run, but it puts us exactly where we were when Holloway took over,22nd 4 points off the drop.
To be honest, I thought he had learned that 3 up top doesn't work for us, but apparently not

Interviewing him in the bogs?

Back to 22nd with a crash.

Said pretty much what I would have said, to be honest.

.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=799LyoCV7pY

I mean it takes Harrogate, Accrington & Tranmere above us on one hand which isn’t good.

It stops Carlisle (6pta behind) gaining on us & stops Colchester (3pts ahead) & Barrpw (4pts ahead) getting any further away. Which on the other hand is ok.

Much of a muchness probably. Doesn’t help that some teams have one, two or even 3 games in hand on us. Impossible to know if they’ll pick up points there & which teams might hit form & pull away versus which team might drop like a stone & getting dragged into it

That three game run at the end of January looks to be massively important. Newport (a) Tranmere (h) Carlisle (a)

I think that showed Notts County are another level above the teams we have picked up points against recently like Wimbledon, Grimsby and Bromley.

The pressing and moving the ball forward quickly didn't work against a team who could keep working the possession and finding the gaps.

We need to find other ways to win than a wind assisted, pressure the opposition and get a 2 or 3 goal lead to hang onto. We don't keep clean sheets to sneak 1-0 wins so we need other ways.

The last few games are encouraging in that we can compete and pick up points against most in the division with a fully fit team.

Fucking hell yeah, that is crucial.

I'd say Crewe (h) and barrow (h) are pretty vital and by no means easy games for points.

As Batch says Barrow at home the Saturday before Newport away (on the Friday) adds to that vital run of games

I can’t believe how Salford have shot up to second.

Crewe (H) - 7th
Barrow (H) - 15th (4pts ahead - 4th worst away record)
Newport (A) - 18th (2pts ahead)
Tranmere (H) - 20th (1 pt ahead - worst away record)
Carlisle (A) - 24th (6pts behind - 2nd worst home record)
Vale (H) - 3rd
Harrogate (A) - 21st (1 pt ahead - 3rd worst home record)

The next 7 games are absolutely vital for our season.

Not sure I fully agree, the difference that not having Harry Smith and playing a man short in midfield made also didn’t help today.

The one thing I would agree is that McGoldrick is clearly better than anyone we’ve played against in those games.

Havent read back.

Im meh about today.

We did better than at Bradford i suppose.

Second goal looked offside but they missed a bucketful of chances and hit the bar, so not bothered by that.

Outplayed by a better side full stop.

Drinans goes in and it could be different but even then i still dont think we would of got anything toady.

The mini run ends, so on to the next game!

Umbongo had a poor one...always doing the wrong thing and even got in the way of Cox.

Tshimanga is not good enough for the EFL. Well, certainly not for a team down the bottom anyway.

If he’s not falling over, he’s miscontrolling the ball. He’s no threat in the air, is often half a yard short of winning a 50/50 and for me really feels like we are playing with 10 sometimes.

I can’t mock his work rate, and when he is presented with an opportunity he might be capable of sticking it away, but these situations  are becoming rarer and rarer. I can only assume he plays so much because otherwise we have to pay Pboro more?

All this game time he gets, id rather was invested in Glatzel to get him a proper run going. Yes Glatzel has been shite, but he’s proven he can do it at this level and he’s also our ‘asset’  it doesn’t help when he’s constantly in and out the side.

Ideal solution is to send Tshimanga back and get a fast, strong striker who can battle for all these Smith flick ons.

You’ve described Tyreece Simpson 😉

He's just described Aaron Drinan

Spot on assessment of Tshimanga(and Glatzel)

The thing that drives me mad with Tshimanga is when he stands up strong & battles for the ball, like he did vs Grimsby & Col U he looks so dangerous.
Why the hell his default style of play is to fall over whenever the ball comes near him I don't know.
 
He's not won a single freekick & has cost us all forward momentum time & again doing it. Which, indeed has meant it's felt like we're down to 10 whenever he's on the pitch.


Yes Glatzel is badly out of form but even yesterday his battling in the first half alongside Drinan kept them pinned back the majority of the time, despite the 2 goals. The subs at half time just opened up space for Notts & they had an easy time of the 2nd half.
Not sure Tshimanga going off instead of Glatzel would have made a difference as the change to 4-4-2 was the big mistake but at least Drinan & Glatzel had been chasing everything down.

I can, still got a massive budget on minimal income.

Apart from the free kick vs Colchester, for the first goal (although, I get your point…). When he decides to try and hold up play, he’s not bad at it at all, he just doesn’t do it enough.