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Nolan happy with Notts County’s improving defence

Magpies boss was disappointed with team’s opening day 3-0 loss to Coventry.

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By Alex Beard

wasn’t happy when he walked off the pitch after his side opened the season with a 3-0 defeat at City.

He hadn’t seen enough guts, enough desire, enough defensive resilience. So he called his players on it. They had a ‘chat’.

“We want clean sheets and at Coventry we didn’t see that desire to stop the opposition from scoring,” the boss said.

“We didn’t throw bodies on the line and we had a chat about it. Since that day we’ve got better at it and as time goes on we will continue to improve.”

Since then results have picked up for Nolan’s men. They beat 2-0 in their next game, and then won a goal-fest at 4-2. A 2-2 draw with Accrington was then followed by a 1-0 victory over last time out.

Nolan is impressed with the turnaround: “It’s something we are working hard at and I think we will get good, positive clean-sheet performances from now until the end of the season.

“We didn’t have many when I walked in the door, but if you stop the opposition from scoring and can nick a goal, then you win the game.”

County are fifth in the nascent table, and host struggling on Saturday.

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