Notts County head coach Luke Williams labelled Stockport the best League Two team that he has ever seen after Brandon Colon Jersey his side lost 2-1 at Edgeley Park. Goals from front Kyle Wootton and Paddy Madden put the Hatters in control, but a late David McGoldrick strike set up a nervy finish. Stockport remain six points clear at the top of the table. Williams said: They are the best League Two team Ive ever seen because even when youre playing, dominating and putting the pre sure on them, they dont crumble. When you watch them when they get a foothold in the game like we saw them last week and many times before this season, they can just crush a team. In order to be a really top team, you have to be able to be consistent and you have to be able to play when youre the second-best team on the pitch for a moment, and to weather the storm, not crumble and come back and be the best team on the pitch. Or you can take the scruff of the game by the scruff of the neck and run away with it. They can do everything like that. I think when a team win 12 league games back-to-back, its hard to imagine that theyre not an incredible team. After earning promotion from the National League last season just as Stockport did in 2021/22 Williams believes that his side can learn a lot from Friday nights opponents. He said: Theres a lot of comparisons but we have to make our own path. Theyre incredible at what theyve done. Each coach and club is different but there will be things we can learn from them for sure and we can use them as an inspiration. Dave Challinor has been at the helm throughout and after guiding Stockport to the play-off final last term, he is hoping to go one better this time around. After playing everyone in the league once up until this point, Challinor has made his mind up about which team are the strongest Stockport have faced so far. The Hatters bo s said: Its really nice of Luke to say that and Id then flip it the other way. I think theyre the best team that well Marc Reininger Jersey play this season and I would love to play against their team with our full-strength team and their full-strength team. It would be a fantastic game. Were efficient as a League Two team, we have different ways of doing things. We showed a different string to our bow. In the second half, weve had to accept that with us being aggre sive, we were being played through. We had to play a different way to try and get a result and ma sive credit to the players for doing that. Despite being top at Christmas, Challinor has to ensure his side do not get carried away. He added: We wont get complacent. For us tonight, thats a brilliant three points and a brilliant learning experience in terms of where we are currently and where we aspire to be. I think we can improve, but we won 12 games on the bounce and from that point onwards we won one, drew two and lost one and it was the end of the world. Since that weve won two so we know how football works. We have a group that know where were at.
Notts County head coach Luke Williams labelled Stockport the best League Two team that he has ever seen after Brandon Colon Jersey his side lost 2-1 at Edgeley Park. Goals from front Kyle Wootton and Paddy Madden put the Hatters in control, but a late David McGoldrick strike set up a nervy finish. Stockport remain six points clear at the top of the table. Williams said: They are the best League Two team Ive ever seen because even when youre playing, dominating and putting the pre sure on them, they dont crumble. When you watch them when they get a foothold in the game like we saw them last week and many times before this season, they can just crush a team. In order to be a really top team, you have to be able to be consistent and you have to be able to play when youre the second-best team on the pitch for a moment, and to weather the storm, not crumble and come back and be the best team on the pitch. Or you can take the scruff of the game by the scruff of the neck and run away with it. They can do everything like that. I think when a team win 12 league games back-to-back, its hard to imagine that theyre not an incredible team. After earning promotion from the National League last season just as Stockport did in 2021/22 Williams believes that his side can learn a lot from Friday nights opponents. He said: Theres a lot of comparisons but we have to make our own path. Theyre incredible at what theyve done. Each coach and club is different but there will be things we can learn from them for sure and we can use them as an inspiration. Dave Challinor has been at the helm throughout and after guiding Stockport to the play-off final last term, he is hoping to go one better this time around. After playing everyone in the league once up until this point, Challinor has made his mind up about which team are the strongest Stockport have faced so far. The Hatters bo s said: Its really nice of Luke to say that and Id then flip it the other way. I think theyre the best team that well Marc Reininger Jersey play this season and I would love to play against their team with our full-strength team and their full-strength team. It would be a fantastic game. Were efficient as a League Two team, we have different ways of doing things. We showed a different string to our bow. In the second half, weve had to accept that with us being aggre sive, we were being played through. We had to play a different way to try and get a result and ma sive credit to the players for doing that. Despite being top at Christmas, Challinor has to ensure his side do not get carried away. He added: We wont get complacent. For us tonight, thats a brilliant three points and a brilliant learning experience in terms of where we are currently and where we aspire to be. I think we can improve, but we won 12 games on the bounce and from that point onwards we won one, drew two and lost one and it was the end of the world. Since that weve won two so we know how football works. We have a group that know where were at.