Notts County v Swindon Town Match Day Thread

[Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG]

Post match:

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

[Jimmy Quinn]

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[DV]

That’s good, isnt it?

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)

[Oaksey Moonraker]

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.

[Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG]

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

Fucking hell yeah, that is crucial.

[Batch]

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

[DV]

Fucking hell yeah, that is crucial.

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

[Jimmy Quinn]

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

[FormerlyPlymRed]

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.

[No Longer Posh Red]

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

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.

[THE FLASH]

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.

[Pericardinho]

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.

[Anonymous77]

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 😉

[adje]

You’ve described Tyreece Simpson 😉

He's just described Aaron Drinan

[adje]

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.

Spot on assessment of Tshimanga(and Glatzel)