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The issue of that is the law is ambiguous, take last night’s incident, there was contact, so you could say it was pen and that Bayliss had the right to go down. Players now do go down whenever there is contact, at all levels. Whether Bayliss was, as MR said, avoiding a ‘meaty challenge’ or...

Surely the pragmatist in you sees the utility of being cynical? We have Doyle in our team! An extreme example of ‘taking one for the team’ is Suarez in the 2010 World Cup, saves a shot (that would’ve been a goal) with his hands to deny Ghana a winner. Gets a red card and Uruguay win in...

Well, goals from midfield hasn’t been much of a problem in the last quarter of the season. But overall, it has been a bit of a problem. But yes, I’m in total agreement about the defence, however, last night Grimmer and Davies cane close to scoring. So it wasn’t a problem last night, which I...

I’d consider starting JCH myself, thought he looked a threat carrying the ball and when he wanted to stay upright, he did. That’s the only change I’d make. I think playing 4-3-3 messes with our shape too much. It’ll most likely put McNulty on the wing, which limits our best player. IF we were...

He shouldn’t be retrospectively banned just because it was a televised game. Richard Duffy said he apologised to him and Davies said it was an accident. If the EFL or FA want to bring in citing committees in the future to deal with incidents like last night or Rhead’s, then fine, I’m for it...

The game was on Sky... A lot of people probably would’ve opted to watch it at the local pub or in the comfort of their own home. With the rain? Can’t really blame some of them...

My response was the exact same as their right backs. I couldn’t believe it was given, especially with more obvious challenges not given! Isn’t the first time he’s gone down easily in the box, and won’t be the last, same with McNulty. Referees are stupid enough to fall for it at all levels. He...

The pitch was playable, definitely wasn’t worth calling the game off. We didn’t play the conditions that well, sometimes we tried to play a lot of short passes and it just wasn’t the conditions for it. That said, we had 2 very good chances that should’ve put us in the lead before HT. The...

I think we were unlucky with the conditions, I think that played into Notts County’s favour as controlling the ball was difficult for both sides. Burge, 6 - wasn’t really tested, nearly caught out by a looping header, beat by a fantastic goal Grimmer, 6 - bottled the tackle that lead to their...

I think we’re going to win this game by 1 goal.

We’ll get 40-45k at Wembley if we get there. Why is anyone worrying about priority? Anyone who wants a ticket, will be able to get one. You’d have to leave it ridiculously late not to get one.

We definitely don’t ‘need’ to win by two goals. Obviously it’s prefable, but, as long as we win, we go into the away leg in very favouarable circumstances. I’d be content with a draw, and that’s what he’s getting at... Notts County May have only lost 2 games at home, but they’ve also drew a lot...

I wonder why we’ve banned them. Perhaps the cultural context could be the Bradford City stadium fire? Has another major Western European nation had a similar incident to Hilsborough or Bradford?

It'll be interesting to see how we approach this game, Robins remembers that two-legged game vs Crewe and said: "I remember the game against Crewe in the Football League Trophy a few years ago and the Ricoh was a full house. We just wanted to score on every attack and then three counter-attack...

Sounds like a good signing. I'm on the cautious side because he's billed as a Bayliss like-for-like, I hope that doesn't mean he's leaving.

Their average home attendance is about 7,900-odd... I think they'll more or less sell it out, just not as quickly as we have.

Save some tickets for me! I can’t purchase any until the 15th haha!

Me too, Notts County are very good at not losing at home, losing only 2/23, but have also drawn 7 games which is a quite lot. Looking at some of these stats (link provided), Notts County is very reliant on their home form; 64% of their points came from home, and 61% of their goals scored, and...

We had both against Exeter, Lincoln and Notts County... We lost all 3 games without Jones. That said, considering the 2-1 loss was a bottle job and should've ended as a draw at their place, I think home advantage is good for us. But, if we go into the away leg needing a win, I'm going to be worried.

In my experience, that’s not the case... Even at the ticket office, I bought a concession ticket, which is 18-21, told them I was 21, yet... when I told them my account details (active from my days as a ST holder), it would say I’m 23. I am a student, so I’m a concession anyway... When I had a...