Notts County Manager Neal Ardley has displayed his excitement of getting back down to business as he and his side approach the final few days of \u2018match week\u2019 for the first time in over four months.<\/p>\n
The Magpies host Barnet in the Playoff semi-finals at Meadow Lane on Saturday and Ardley stated \u201cIt\u2019s great, we\u2019re trying to keep everyone calm, everyone watched the game on Saturday and it just gets the juices flowing knowing our league is back on a roll and it\u2019s all going to happen over the next couple of weeks\u201d.<\/p>\n
He relayed \u201cIt\u2019s hard, you want everyone to be excited but not too excited, you need a sense of calm and we\u2019ve tried to make sure training reflects that and by the time we get to Saturday everyone should know their jobs and what we are about to face and if we can keep the lads relaxed I think that\u2019s going to be the best way for them to go out and perform.\u201d<\/p>\n
On facing up against Saturday\u2019s opponents Barnet, Ardley said \u201cI know they rode their luck at times (at Yeovil) but they defended with so much passion and resilience that they earned their luck\u201d with a number of changes expected in the Bees line-up this weekend, Ardley stated \u201cwho knows, they could even come up with a plan that\u2019s different but we\u2019ve got flexibility in ours too\u201d.<\/p>\n
Having trained on Monday and Tuesday, Notts players enjoy a rest day today but Ardley\u2019s side will be back in on Thursday as the big game day approaches with finishing touches to tactics in mind. Ardley said \u201cwe\u2019ve just kept it quite fresh and generic (so far this week), we\u2019ve done some match analysis and reflected on the friendlies we\u2019ve been able to have\u201d Furthering \u201cWe need to keep everyone in a good place, we want them to be excited but we want them to be excited with looking forward to the game, not feeling the pressure of what the games about\u201d.<\/p>\n