Preston North End at home - match day thread

[Super]

Grim stuff.  They had enough chances to have won. Didn't get team selection and changes were bizarre as well.

[And Its Smith]

If you are bright enough to accept we are a team in transition and need to build then you must also be bright enough to realise that this sort of performance will happen during that process.  

[BcfcRed3]

Just now, Numero Uno said:

You certainly are one of those, I'll give you that.

Keep watching from your sofa

[Porto Red]

1 hour ago, JamesBCFC said:

So today there is King vs Earl.

Surely King is the only winner there, clear superior in title.

Unless you're the Earl of Warwick

[Northern Red]

1 minute ago, BcfcRed3 said:

Muppet

Back again Lez/Londoner/Dog/Marco?

[Maltshoveller]

2 minutes ago, Redinthehead said:

Not terrible but not great. Fair result just about on the balance of play. 
 

Massengo, Pring and Weimann looked a class above the rest of the team but concerned about the defending in general.

That will be the story of this season i think Just average with a few real lows and few highs

[Numero Uno]

Just now, BcfcRed3 said:

Keep watching from your sofa

Season ticket holder since I gave up playing the game 15 years ago, have another go.

[Numero Uno]

1 minute ago, And Its Smith said:

If you are bright enough to accept we are a team in transition and need to build then you must also be bright enough to realise that this sort of performance will happen during that process.  

Nail. Head. Firmly hit.

[BcfcRed3]

1 minute ago, Northern Red said:

Back again Lez/Londoner/Dog/Marco?

All of the above

[Red Army 75]

Great to have a clean sheet. Fair result in the end. Hope George Tanner gets up to speed. IMO Vyner had an absolute shocker first half . It’s definitely a weak area

Edited September 11, 2021 by Red Army 75

[bexhill reds]

Just now, Numero Uno said:

Season ticket holder since I gave up playing the game 15 years ago, have another go.

Don’t bite, one of his previous posts was advising that the keyboard warriors would be having a go at another poster who shared his opinion…..

[BRIAN WILSON]

2 minutes ago, Porto Red said:

Unless you're the Earl of Warwick

or even The Duke Of York 

[GlastonburyRed]

A good bulk of people said, pre-season, that we are a mid table/average side and it appears that the crowd aren't wrong yet.

[JoeAman08]

Just now, Super said:

Grim stuff.  They had enough chances to have won. Didn't get team selection and changes were bizarre as well.

Agree. Imo Pearson got it wrong today. Playing same team because they done well two weeks ago in a completely different type of match which was also away. Sure clean sheet and all that but you could feel it in the crowd that we haven’t won at home in months. Semenyo and Dasilva from start I’d have done but oh well. Was not a disaster but probably lucky with the point

[Numero Uno]

3 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

It was a very tough game. Preston were very sharp and strong defensively, very compact. I think Weimann and Martin have been class so far this season but not too much of a problem today for the Preston defence.

I think tactically they were causing us problems. I still feel that Massengo central with Semenyo wide right might give us a bit more mobility in both areas of the pitch. But also Scott already looks so good, I was disappointed not to see him come on last 20.

Wells did well though wide left. Forced some corners and gave us some fresh legs and pace. Pring's legs seem to go after an hour or so.

I actually thought it was an entertaining 0-0. Probably a fair result, maybe they edged it. I thought Swansea game was a better performance but I think Preston are the more difficult team to play against.

Decent assessment of the game. You can spot the posters who think longer term and those who literally judge us a Brilliant or Absolute Shite from week to week depending on the result.

[AshtonGreat]

7 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Sorry i am realistic 

Fair enough. Depressing how far we've sunk in about three seasons though

[MelksRed]

On a positive.....

 

Massengo had a few class touches( and one hell of a hit) and Jay's perfectly weighted ball was a beautiful moment......

[Abraham Romanovich]

7 minutes ago, Selred said:

 Hopefully we can beat Luton and get this duck off our back. 

You've gone all Kevin Keegan surely we should keep the duck and get rid of the monkey.

"I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time."

 

[The Swan and Cemetery]

1 minute ago, JoeAman08 said:

Agree. Imo Pearson got it wrong today. Playing same team because they done well two weeks ago in a completely different type of match which was also away. Sure clean sheet and all that but you could feel it in the crowd that we haven’t won at home in months. Semenyo and Dasilva from start I’d have done but oh well. Was not a disaster but probably lucky with the point

Wouldn’t people have thought it bit odd if he’d left out Baker or Pring and Massengo or Weimann? 

[BCFCGav]

Rob Atkinson is f****** brilliant.

[Numero Uno]

4 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said:

Fair enough. Depressing how far we've sunk in about three seasons though

That's why we have to be patient. You've grasped it, where we are now has taken three years of good, solid incompetence at management level plus a big dash of inaction at Owner level to manufacture and it doesn't get turned round over a couple of months.

Edited September 11, 2021 by Numero Uno

[mozo]

From the little that my Robins TV connection let me see, we played pretty agricultural football and underperformed across the park.

People talking about whether it's a good result, but performance wise, was it not the first game that we were clearly second best in this season?

[WolfOfWestStreet]

9 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

Said the man who probably didn’t have that view when we played Cardiff.  Lots of forum melting going on this afternoon

I don't give a **** about Cardiff I've travelled the length and breadth if this island watching City. Out home record is horrific if it wasn't for an incredibly wasteful Preston team that would be another dog shit home performance to chalk of the massive list.

If you're happy with this then fine, I want better. 

[BcfcRed3]

10 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Season ticket holder since I gave up playing the game 15 years ago, have another go.

Key board warrior

[Numero Uno]

8 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

Don’t bite, one of his previous posts was advising that the keyboard warriors would be having a go at another poster who shared his opinion…..

He's disappeared since his insult was shown to match the rest of the shite he was talking.............

[joe jordans teeth]

18 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Any recommendations?

0-0, not the worst ever result. 

Is that a simpletons menu,only thing is doesnt tell you is what a knife and fork is 

[The Swan and Cemetery]

2 minutes ago, mozo said:

From the little that my Robins TV connection let me see, we played pretty agricultural football and underperformed across the park.

People talking about whether it's a good result, but performance wise, was it not the first game that we were clearly second best in this season?

Not sure we were clearly second best, but agree we weren’t great. Season to date has middle 8, maybe lower middle 8 rather than upper admittedly, written all over it. Nowhere near top end performances, but hardly clear relegation fodder either. As others have said, coming from where we’ve come from, that’s relative progress, even if the absolute outcome isn’t what we’re after. 

[Supersonic Robin]

Felt a winnable game before kick off, but one of our more disappointing performances so far this season IMO.

Seemed a real lack of quality from both teams at times. Thought we looked rather blunt going forward and a bit more leaky at the back than I'd have liked.

Suppose we were always going to have a few games like that this season. No disaster, but a bit underwhelming.

On a positive note - Massengo looked excellent again.

[Numero Uno]

Just now, BcfcRed3 said:

Key board warrior

Yeah, absolutely. I'll go back to my sofa and warrior some more.................

Keep trying, you're bound to come up with a decent insult at some point.

[Selred]

23 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Are we a better side than Preston,because we haven’t been for years 

It's not progression if we don't become better sides than others.