Luke Williams delivered an injury update on his Notts County squad following their FA Trophy exit at the hands of Maidstone on Sunday.
The Magpies came from two goals down to take the game to penalties, with Regan Booty's spot-kick and Roarie Deacon's strike cancelled out by Adam Chicksen's eighth goal of the season and Sam Austin's fourth in cup competitions this campaign.
But ultimately it was Tom Hadler in the Maidstone goal producing the penalty shootout heroics, diving low to his left to deny Matty Palmer' and give George Elokobi his first win in charge of the Stones.
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In a side featuring six changes to the one that drew with Boreham Wood on Tuesday evening, newest recruit Archie Mair was handed his Notts debut after signing on-loan for the rest of the season from Championship side Norwich City.
The 21-year-old was involved in two pivotal moments in the game, first bringing down Jack Barham inside the Notts area after a poor first touch from Aden Baldwin, resulting in Booty putting the visitors ahead.
And while his involvement in the opener was not entirely his fault, his actions for the second were solely down to the inexperience of a young goalkeeper as he gave away possession inside his own half.
Commenting on his newest recruit after the game, Notts manager Williams told BBC Radio Nottingham: "On the whole it [his performance] was good, but of course he was involved in two moments where I think the decisions he made were wrong.
"I didn't expect him to play perfectly in his first game with the short amount of time he had to work with us but at the same time, [regular keeper] Sam Slocombe has played a huge amount of games for us and it was a welcome rest for him."
Both Aaron Nemane and Chicksen kept their places in the wingback positions this afternoon after their last National League outing, with both reduced to minor involvements for the majority of the encounter.
It felt as though an injection of directness was needed and it came in the form of U19's midfielder Madou Cisse, who enjoyed a solid debut out on the right-hand side.
But with Tobi Adebayo-Rowling unavailable for selection this afternoon, the Magpies boss explained how his rehabilitation was going ahead of Notts game at Chesterfield on Saturday (5.20pm kick-off).
"Tobi is another one that trained today, but he is one that we have to be careful with," explained Williams.
"Because he is such an explosive athlete, if he is not ready potentially we can re-injure him, and of course, we do not want that outcome. But I think it will be a matter of two weeks tops, which is my estimation because he is back on the grass."
With a trip to the Spireites beckoning, it was arguably the ideal opportunity to give some first-team players a rest, especially with Paul Cook's side playing a midweek FA Cup replay against West Brom.
But with the likes of Cedwyn Scott, John Bostock, and Richard Brindley not named in the matchday squad for the Maidstone clash, Williams explained the reasoning behind their absence and emphasised the importance of the game at Chesterfield next week.
He said: "In the grand scheme of things, we know that game is going to be very tough and we need to have as many players available for selection for that game.
"Today we had Ruben training but he was unable to make the squad because he has been very unwell. Cedwyn trained but wouldn't be able to play in a competitive game because he is not ready for that, and John Bostock was feeling some discomfort so we needed to be very careful with him.
"Brindley is in a similar situation as he felt something that could develop into a little bit more serious but, with rest, he is going to be okay. We could have fielded more first-team players, but the risk would have outweighed the benefit."
