Appearances: 18
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Goals: 0
Best moment: Beating off fierce competition to be selected in Steve Thompson's three man midfield for the start of the season.
Worst moment: Losing out to best mate and former Brentford team mate Jay Smith when non-league Havant & Waterlooville shocked Notts to win 1-0 at Meadow Lane.
Verdict: A season that Somner won't remember at all fondly, as it never took off before he was dropped by new boss Ian McParland back in December, never to play again. Since released, Somner started the season with his usual tenacity, but a lack of overall quality and effectiveness rendered his role insignificant under McParland.
Rating: 4 (out of 10).
Jay Smith
Appearances: 21
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Goals: 0
Best moment: Keeping playmaker Neil MacKenzie out of the side when he returned from injury to become a McParland regular before injury struck again.
Worst moment: All of his injuries that have restricted his appearances, and made him far from fully fit when he has played, therefore limiting his abilities.
Verdict: A hard season for Smith who so much was expected of after an excellent loan spell at the end of the 2006/07 season. But a succession of injuries forced him from the reckoning, and when he played he didn't deliver anywhere near the high standards he had set himself. No goals, no assists and minimal impact. He did seem to add an extra steel and battling qualities into his game however.
Rating: 5.
Neil MacKenzie
Appearances: 32
Goals: 6
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Best moment: Hitting two free-kick winners late on in Notts' 2-1 home wins over Wrexham and Shrewsbury.
Worst moment: Suffering from an hernia which twice forced him to Germany for operations, disrupting him at vital times in the season.
Verdict: Thompson's first summer signing from Championship-bound Scunthorpe, MacKenzie was expected to be the playmaker for Notts and in the opening months of the campaign he delivered. From August until October he was Notts' best player, scoring vital goals and creating more with his set-pieces particularly effective. However, a couple of hernia operations forced him out of action at certain times, and he eventually lost his place under McParland until the end of the campaign. Superb at the start, but equally as poor at the end, question marks hang over his future with McParland not always using him, although he does still have a year left.
Rating: 7.5
Felix Bastians
Appearances: 5
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Goals: 0
Best moment: Hitting the post on his debut in which he demonstrated real promise.
Worst moment: His sour departure. After initially agreeing to stay on loan from Nottingham Forest, he turned his back on McParland to join MK Dons.
Verdict: Much was expected of the German wideman after rave reviews from across the River, and a superb loan spell at League Two rivals Chesterfield. His debut was good, but he failed to live up to the hype, and didn't create or score the goals he'd been broguht in to do. That said, during his spell he was a threat, and at a time when Notts badly struggled, provided some entertainment. His move to the Dons didn't herald a single appearance, perhaps he should have stayed put.
Rating: 5
Ali Gibb
Appearances: 9
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Goals: 0
Best moment: Supplying Danny Crow's winner at Chester City with a peach of a cross from the right wing.
Worst moment: Being booed by the home support at Meadow Lane after an ineffective showing in the 1-0 defeat to Darlington.
Verdict: The experienced right-sided player came in on loan from Hartlepool during January until the end of the season, expected to provide balance to the Magpies midfield and come up with a few assists. He came up with one vital one as Crow's header picked up a precious three points at the Deva, but other than that failed to deliver. Looked lightweight and lacking in any real quality. Hard working, but with litle end product, preffering the simple ball far too often, infuriating Notts fans.
Rating: 4
Gary Silk
Appearances: 36
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Goals: 2
Best moment: Hitting Notts' NCM-voted 'goal of the season' as the Magpies crashed 2-1 at Lincoln City. A sweet 25-yard curler hit with the inside of his right boot.
Worst moment: Being released at the end of the season must rankle as his worst time, but being jeered by Notts fans must be up there.
Verdict: Started the season as a popular right-back, ended it as a derided holding midfielder. Once Silk lost the support of the fans with a couple of ineffective displays in midfield, it was always going to be difficult. He works hard and puts himself about, but can't pass the ball and gets bypassed in the midfield because he lacks real quality. Rightly released, Silk should be commended for his work rate and Imps goal, if nothing else.
Rating: 6
Wayne Corden
Appearances: 9
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Goals: 0
Best moment: A superb dribble from the right hand side cutting in to create Michael Johnson's winner at home to Rochdale.
Worst moment: Finding himself on the bench for three of the most important games in Notts' history as they battled relegation, owing to some ineffective games.
Verdict: Arrived on loan from Leyton Orient in March, with a hot reputation as a gifted winger who could create and score goals. He failed to find the net, but did instigate a fair amount of Notts opportunities, particularly during his first three or four appearances when he looked a class act. Then, all of a sudden, his form badly dipped and he became totally anonymous perhaps costing him the chance of a permanent deal this summer.
Rating: 6
Richard Butcher
Appearances: 49
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Goals: 12
Best moment: Hitting the winner as Notts defeated Wycombe 1-0 at Meadow Lane to preserve Football League status with just one game left.
Worst moment: Finding himself shunted onto the wing to accomodate other central midfielders at a time where he was in good form through the middle.
Verdict: You can have noting but praise for Butcher in a season where Notts' so-called strikers haven't delivered anything like the amount of goals deemed sufficient. Butcher has with a superb 12 from midfield, many of them crucial even if only the Wycombe one provided three points. The clubs only ever present in the league, infact he missed just one of Notts' 50 games all season, the Johnstone's Paint defeat to Orient, Butcher always plays with determination and passion. Not always the best ball player, but extremely effective, and a matchwinner.
Rating: 9
Andy Parkinson
Appearances: 24
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Goals: 0
Best moment: Brilliantly fashioning a Butcher goal as Notts opened the scoring at home to MK Dons, turning two markers and curling a vicious centre.
Worst moment: The fact that half of his appearances over the season came off the bench, meaning getting into his stride was always going to be difficult.
Verdict: The diminutive wideman had an excellent pre-season, both scoring and creating goals, and many anticipated him to regain the form that brought him back to the club. But he flattered to decieve under Thompson at the start of the season, and subsequently tumbled out of favour when McParland came in. Hard working but too easily dispossessed and he simply didn't do what a wideman should, create and score goals.
Rating: 4
Gavin Strachan
Appearances: 7
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Goals: 0
Best moment: Being rescued from his Peterborough nightmare to agree an 18-month contract at Meadow Lane in January.
Worst moment: Limping out of Notts' 1-0 home defeat to Darlington with a hamstring problem, forcing him to miss the final 15 matches of the season.
Verdict: Strachan has earned a fair bit of praise from the Notts support desite only briefly appearing in the first team. He appears intelligent, disciplined and simplistic in his play and many predict he will be a key performer next season. Injury ruined his campaign but he did enough to suggest he may play a bigger part next term if fit.
Rating: 6
Stef Frost
Appearances: 3
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Goals: 0
Best moment: Surprisingly earning a new contract at the end of a season in which he was twice shipped into non-league on loan by McParland.
Worst moment: Breaking his leg during his second loan spell at Matlock Town.
Verdict: After breaking into the side with some force at the back end of the 2005/06 season, much has been expected of Frost but he hasn't hardly featured ever since, making his contract renewal a surprise to many. But he must be doing something right, regardless of the fact Notts will want to nurture him through his recovery.
Rating: n/a
Myles Weston
Appearances: 27
Goals: 0
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Best moment: A truly virtuoso display as Notts beat Wycombe, in which he terrorised the Chairboys, fashioning the winner with a trademark run.
Worst moment: Suffering with several hamstring problems which kept him out of large chunks of the campaign.
Verdict: Another who found a lot of expectation on his young shoulders when the season began, but he started with a hamstring injury, that punctuated his form and appearances right through. It meant he was never able to get in his stride, although he did come up with a few promosing showings every now and again, before getting injured again. He finally got a run at the very end, and demonstrated his abilities with some superb efforts full of pace and power to create several openings for the Magpies.
Rating: 6.5