Preston North End at home match thread

[The Original OTIB]

49 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said:

Can we get Scott off set pieces please

Swallows, summers ... happy to have jinxed it, but needs consistency, as does the rest of them. Glad for the win, showed graft if not quality.

[winsaw]

That was so much better, we dominant a very disciplined Preston side and gave nothing from open play, everyone of our players looked up for it tonight, they all worked hard and we looked good, fair play to the management for turning the players around after the weekend, 

On another note that set a new standard tonight for the worst display from a ref I have ever seen at the gate, how is he still a league ref 

[petehinton]

To come back in the way we did, scoring soon after conceding given our recent form, shows a huge character imo 

[Midred]

5 hours ago, Midred said:

I'm torn between wanting to watch it but giving city a chance to win if I don't watch! 

I did watch and until our second goal I did think I'd jinxed it for city! 

[The dastardly red]

36 minutes ago, prankerd said:

That ref was a right bell end, i knew he would go over the actual 7 mins of stoppage time, the yellow cards were inconsistent 

An irritating pip squeak is what he is.

[E.G.Red]

Glad we got the win and showed some confidence that has been lacking recently for whatever reason. Still got an issue with set pieces though both when they are ours and when it's the opposition.

Edited October 12, 2022 by E.G.Red

[And Its Smith]

O Leary 6
Vyner 7
Klose 8
Atkinson 9
Sykes 6
Williams 7
Scott 7
Dasilva 5

Weimann 5
Semenyo 7
Conway 5

Overall a decent display. Good effort levels. Final third was poor. Defensively sound. Bit open in midfield at times but Preston not good enough to punish us

Edited October 12, 2022 by And Its Smith

[AppyDAZE]

Stroud didn't start too badly, and over time he started to become Keith Stroud. Getting in the way of attacks, calling fouls where there weren't any, not giving them when there were.

Then 7 minutes added time (although to be fair, it could have been that much because there were a lot of stoppages.)

Who cares, we did it!

Well done to all... Now tame the Lions.

Edited October 12, 2022 by AppyDAZE

[The Original OTIB]

Just now, AppyDAZE said:

Stroud didn't start too badly, and over time he started to become Keith Stroud. Getting in the way of attacks, calling fouls where there weren't any, not giving them when there were.

Then 7 minutes added time (although to be fair, it could have been that much because there were a lot of stoppages.

Who cares, we did it!

Well done to all... Now tame the Lions.

Over 8 mins in the end.

[Taylor10]

5 minutes ago, petehinton said:

To come back in the way we did, scoring soon after conceding given our recent form, shows a huge character imo 

Powder dry Peter! Big 3 points tonight though!!

[E.G.Red]

3 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

O Leary 6
Vyner 7
Klose 7
Atkinson 9
Sykes 6
Williams 7
Scott 7
Dasilva 5

Weimann 5
Semenyo 7
Conway 5

Overall a decent display. Good effort levels. Final third was poor. Defensively sound. Bit open in midfield at times but Preston not good enough to punish us

Bit harsh on Jay 

[Barrs Court Red]

Worthy winners overall, and I wasn’t worried at 1-1 that we couldn’t find a second; which was a nice change over the last couple of years. 

[Lew-T]

7 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

O Leary 6
Vyner 7
Klose 8
Atkinson 9
Sykes 6
Williams 7
Scott 7
Dasilva 5

Weimann 5
Semenyo 7
Conway 5

Overall a decent display. Good effort levels. Final third was poor. Defensively sound. Bit open in midfield at times but Preston not good enough to punish us

Fair scores I’d say. Maybe Max a 7

[frenchred]

5 minutes ago, E.G.Red said:

Bit harsh on Jay 

really? did you watch his attempts at passing and crossing?

[Better Red]

2 minutes ago, E.G.Red said:

Bit harsh on Jay 

Bit generous for Sykes

Give Klose 9 he was MoM for me

Also Preston looked awful team and never really looked like scoring.

Worst team I have seen all season.

[Dan Robin]

Great football night for me: Inter almost won at Camp Nou, and three points for the mighty Robins.   

From what I saw, in the first half we showed good attitude, more ball possession and clever defending but our decision making/accuracy in attacking areas was awful...whereas in the second half we were better in attack, especially after the first goal, and Preston's goal was quite lucky.

Good to see some changes in the starting XI and a positive impact by some players (Klose in particular).

[slartibartfast]

56 minutes ago, cityexile said:

Sometimes when yon a bad run, you just need to find a way to win a game, anyway, anyhow. It was not the prettiest game but in fairness to them they found a way against a team on a decent run.

 

..........anyway, right now .

 

Who sung that ?

[Rocking Red Cyril]

No post match  interview from NP yet! ?

 

 

[AppyDAZE]

5 minutes ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

No post match  interview from NP yet! ?

 

 

I heard one on R. Bristol.

In pretty good spirits without getting carried away.

Even said thanks, Ed at the end of it  :laugh:

Edited October 12, 2022 by AppyDAZE

[Rocking Red Cyril]

1 minute ago, AppyDAZE said:

I heard one on R. Bristol

Okies one normally floating about on video 

[And Its Smith]

5 minutes ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

No post match  interview from NP yet! ?

 

 

Summary

satisfied with outcome

players responded, good commitment

got to see what happens now, can’t be an up and down side. Looking forward to see if can get back to back wins

players coming in staked a claim

pleased for Atkinson who needed a response after recent games. Not been at his best.  Played well

Can’t expect strikers to always come up with the goods. 
Good front foot football. That’s what we want. 
 

Defended with commitment. Good organisation 

[eardun]

4 minutes ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Okies one normally floating about on video 

 

[firstdivision]

Great result obvs. But the determination was there tonight. 
We’ll lose games in this league but we must not lose them like we did at Birmingham. 

[alexukhc]

Semenyo still trying to find the flow but also his shooting boots again, we all know he’s a confidence player, xx very well all the same, just needs a goal, nice to try him with Conway which TC didn’t do bad but wasn’t great, but 3 points COYR

Edited October 12, 2022 by alexukhc

[Ska Junkie]

25 minutes ago, Better Red said:

 

Also Preston looked awful team and never really looked like scoring.

Worst team I have seen all season.

I refer you to our away performance at St Andrews, we were 5h1te!

[Fjmcity]

Ya know.. when they call it, they do they “a minimum of xx added time”

no Keith Stroud fan (awful) but in reality way more stoppage time should always be played than there is

[Redtucks]

1 hour ago, prankerd said:

That ref was a right bell end, i knew he would go over the actual 7 mins of stoppage time, the yellow cards were inconsistent 

Considering there was an injury on 90 minutes, and then the game didn't restart for another couple of minutes, the 7 minutes only began from the restart!

 

[Champfan45]

Keith Stroud is one of the worst referees in the country. I'm pretty sure he gave the Leeds manager a straight red for swearing a couple weeks ago

[Offside]

Much better performance tonight and we deserve the much needed win. It was clear from the outset that the players were trying to pass more quickly. We struggled to create much in the first half, but in the scone half we had more chances.

Klose, Semenyo and Scott were our best performers. O’Leary looked assured too.

It was disappointing to concede from another set piece, but their delivery from the free kick looked very good. 

And who’d have thought that our goals would come from crosses. 

 

[2015]

We really needed a win tonight to stop the run we were on and we deservedly won in my opinion, so a good night i'd say