POST-MATCH | NOTTS COUNTY 1-2 WALSALL | LUKE WILLIAMS

[@banbrotam]

Bradford fan in peace!! Best first half I've witnessed from any team, when you battered us 4-0 and I've always liked Williams attitude to the game. However, if he thinks you or the likes of Swindon are going to get promoted, simply by scoring lots of goal and condeding, say 70, he's deluding himself. Look back at the clubs that got promoted in recent seasons and you'll see that they all had a pragmatic toughness to them first and in some cases, i.e. Orient last season occasions of classy football. Teams simply get better at defending as the season goes on, which of course coincides with worse pitches, less energy from the attackers and more injuries. Remember, Williams has form with this naive style - he played it at Swindon. And they got relegated (granted it was L1) Good luck with the rest of the season.

[@charliebroughton2407]

Unfortunately starting to sound the same after each interview...😮

[@paulbrain9804]

Players on their way out, better coming in. Bring on January. In Luke we trust. COYP

[@sabretooth8056]

That 2nd half was terrible to a man..... teams have worked out that pressing Notts constantly you'll get a draw minimum.... Luke will sort it, need some new players

[@robertmorley3609]

It's not unusual for players to be found wanting after a move up to a higher division. Clearly the January window will be critical and the folks who matter will know.

[@Paul.Arnold]

Ever game we don’t come out 2nd half, Luke’s right they steamrolled over us 2nd half. Any team that is physical against us will win as we can’t or won’t tackle. And what is it with players always playing backwards

[@ruin3397]

January transfer window is critical

[@nigelbosworth5692]

l am sorry Luke you need a new keeper and for stone is not good enough

[@iang953]

Stop being so nicey, nicey Luke We were garbage today and it wants saying. No fight in us. They were always going to put the ball in the box with the wind off their backs and that caused us most of the issues. A keeper who can distribute and has presence is a must, both ours can do neither. Didzy is dead by 70 minutes . They went man for man on us and deserved the win. Dont be blinded by stats, they certainly can lie. We need to be able to change it up when teams dont expect it if we dont want to end up mid table come end of January.

[@wendyholmes3445]

He says we scored plenty,yes but they’ve shipped many . Not many teams in Division 2 with a worse goals against.

[@johnwheat5199]

You aren't supposed to notice the defence is Absolute garbage, nobody wants to know!

[@redbarndevelopments-yorklt7106]

Think you’re all forgetting that we’ve just been promoted and are already sat in 2nd place. Need to build on what we’ve done and have. That doesn’t happen overnight. Yes defensive changes are a must, very poor, pretty sure Luke knows that. But let’s not also forget he will be governed by the budgets and wages etc, he is offered by the club. The club needs to provide him what he needs to make those changes asap and bring in the lads we need. COYP

[@stevenstevenson5615]

Sort it out luke stop making excuses

[@brianwilkinson2810]

No chance of regular clean sheets unless we change squad defenders in first days of window.

[@clj.4874]

He keeps banging on about the same thing when notts lose, Bravery and so on. Surely that is his job to have sorted it then ? cant use same excuses every time a defeat comes.

[@davesmith5845]

The squad is way too small, who do you drop its like for like. There will be exits in January and probably not the ones you want to go. I like Luke , but I dislike managers who don't have a plan b

[@SteveStone-d5y]

Boss needs to change defence give people on the bench a chance boldwin goal will ern him another 20 games

[@cheesy1224]

we need a whole new defence. End of.

[@abirobson8222]

Keep macari… really great guy

[@cheesy1224]

hes a loanee rn so we dont have anything over him@@abirobson8222

[@raymondmunroe5459]

Absolutely dreadful defence

[@johnwheat5199]

All the excuses in the world aren't going to change the facts, this defence is rubbish, and we're going nowhere, except down the table, until it's sorted!

[@SouthwestTee62]

Absolutely disgusting performance today. No urgency, no fight, no pride, nothing. Passing the ball around at 89 minutes like WE were the ones who were 2-1 up. Subbed of Macari who was the best defensive player of the match. The subs come on and don’t know what they’re doing as the lads on the pitch don’t know what they are doing. Missed a massive opportunity today with other matches postponed, 3 points would have put the pressure back on other teams. Players should be embarrassed. Kyle Cameron talked about defence in his presser….yeah we know Kyle, we watch the defensive sh*t show every week. As captain it’s time for you to be accountable and your defenders. Sort it out fast!!!

[@Hartley_Hare]

That was the worst performance I've seen in a long, long time. Apathetic and, in the fleeting moments when they went forward, they had no ideas. Most of the time, they went sideways, repeatedly, and watched them attack. Gutless.

[@BET352wxm]

you are only 1 point off 2nd not a bad start to life back in the efl

[@philkirk4571]

You’re right but the position doesn’t tell the whole story. Playing awful at times, no decent keeper or defence. We are in a false position.

[@BET352wxm]

good luck , hope you sort it out !👍@@philkirk4571

[@banbrotam]

It never stays like that unless a defence tightens up. Look at those who have got automatic in the last few seasons, none of them conceded more than 50. Last season none of the top 6 conceded more than 43.

[@abirobson8222]

Macari is great. Rest of the defence aren’t even good enough for Sunday league. This is ridiculous.

[@PGJ0]

well this just isn't true, you wouldn't last 10 mins in a L2 game :L

[@philkirk4571]

Notts have been sussed. Luke needs to sort this out quick. Why are we a different team? Some fans losing the love Luke.

[@perrymiller6109]

COME ON YOU (NEW) DEFENDERS

[@NicholasJackson-j2b]

At the start of the season I didn't think we would be this high up the league. Rubbish today but I think Luke needs to weflect on a system that embeds backwards passes especially to the keeper rather than look for a forward pass, there were plenty available today but ignored for the supposedly safe backwards pass which actually just draws in pressure.

[@carlharbidge5870]

No answer to saddlers game plan

[@SteveStone-d5y]

Conditions same for both they were better all over the field keeper is very poor don't know who watched him before coming to notts worst signing in a long time

[@lyndalou1016]

So many negative comments 😢

[@stevenstevenson5615]

We need a new defence aide stone get rid Cameron get rid waste of space we need a big sort out

[@TheSwiftFamily-g2w]

Sort the defence out in Jan! Probs new keeper maybe

[@phildavies100]

Running out ideas now…nice chap…but a one trick pony ..

[@johnmyers245]

He keeps telling us what we already know, but not how he intends to solve issues. Patience is running out with him.