Preston North End home match thread

[Ivorguy]

Let’s just get to ht and let Pearson loose!

 

 

[Lanterne Rouge]

A long season awaits for QPR I fear. Four down at Watford in forty minutes.

[Spike]

Williams redeemed himself on that free kick, fair play, great defending that.

[Not Banksy]

This is rubbish

[Ivorguy]

Looking forward to a great second half from City

[bexhill reds]

1 minute ago, Not Banksy said:

This is rubbish

Not the most enthralling half of football I’ve ever seen

[Spike]

The defence are doing well, some great challenges and a lot of commitment but Preston are dominating this game for the most part, we really cannot keep hold of the ball and no matter how well the defence plays if we can't take the pressure off and get a hold of the ball we're going to concede. 
We really need a goal against the run of play before Preston get one as I can see them running away with the game if they get the opener.

[Ivorguy]

If last night’s dream was a look into the future we will win 1-0 with a Cam goal in 90th minute!!

[Not Banksy]

1 minute ago, Spike said:

The defence are doing well, some great challenges and a lot of commitment but Preston are dominating this game for the most part, we really cannot keep hold of the ball and no matter how well the defence plays if we can't take the pressure off and get a hold of the ball we're going to concede. 
We really need a goal against the run of play before Preston get one as I can see them running away with the game if they get the opener.

Don’t know what game you are watching mate … Preston dominating .. you’re having a laugh… two poor teams and we should be 1 up

[Spike]

Dickie looks solid when challenging for the ball in the air, something we've looked quite shaky at last season, he looks like a solid signing if this is what we expect to see every game.

[old_eastender]

2 minutes ago, Spike said:

The defence are doing well, some great challenges and a lot of commitment but Preston are dominating this game for the most part, we really cannot keep hold of the ball and no matter how well the defence plays if we can't take the pressure off and get a hold of the ball we're going to concede. 
We really need a goal against the run of play before Preston get one as I can see them running away with the game if they get the opener.

sadly spot on.

[The Nest Egg]

Meh. Not terrible, not great. Lively couple of minutes at the end, maybe we are growing into the game 

[MelksRed]

Not entirely sure we should have expected them to come out of the traps firing on all cylinders. 

We have been strong in defence...defended well at times. 

Midfield constantly looks for the options to the left....Tanner always on space on the right but this avenue requires  Cornick to not be sucked more centrally to give him a decent option to pass to....currently Tanner has no option but to pass back.  The left is congested.. Bell is covered as soon as the ball is played to him.

Knight looking lively....good couple of turns and playing to Feet in thr final third (albeit once).

Need a decent play maker in the mid-field....not non-existent but non- effective at present.

Positives....Still 0-0 all to play for. 

COYRS

Edited August 5, 2023 by MelksRed

[ChippenhamRed]

Such a Preston game

[Super]

We look totally disjointed. Cornick has been so bad hopefully see Sykes 2nd half.

[And Its Smith]

We’ve definitely been the better side. One clear cut chance and a few moments where the ball hasn’t fallen right.  Much to improve on though 

[RUSSEL85]

Positives - No goals conceded, we have had 100% of the shots, we will get better 2nd half and we are not QPR.

[ExiledAjax]

1 minute ago, Not Banksy said:

Don’t know what game you are watching mate … Preston dominating .. you’re having a laugh… two poor teams and we should be 1 up

As you say. Both poor. Neither team with much more than 70% pass completion. Weak.

[Ivorguy]

I rather gather we don’t look Premier League bound?  But the season is a very long one and we have 45 mins second half to come.

[nickolas]

Just now, Super said:

We look totally disjointed. Cornick has been so bad hopefully see Sykes 2nd half.

Still looks like he won a contract in a raffle. Bloody awful. 

[cityexile]

Well, if ever a game deserved a 0-0 at half time...

Disappointing. Preston looking more comfortable on the ball, but overall a poor match. Only one chance of note all half.

There to be won. Let’s hope we improve!

[Spike]

Just now, Not Banksy said:

Don’t know what game you are watching mate … Preston dominating .. you’re having a laugh… two poor teams and we should be 1 up

Dominating the midfield, probably worded poorly. We've definitely had the only chance and we're certainly growing into it now but the last 30 minutes it's mostly been Preston making good passing moves, they've just not produced anything due to solid defending. 

In terms of the passing game we've been second best, in terms of creating chances we've had a few and they've had none. As long as the defence continues to perform as they have we'll get a clean sheet as they've been great but the attack has been very underwhelming and the one key chance was a very poor finish. Last season the difference between a win and a loss was the opposition finishing their chances well with us being wasteful, we need to take those key chances.

[Daniro]

Well.   If we were match sharp we'd not have missed that chance and would be 1 -0 up, so we'll take 0 0 at half time.  But ... wtf was that about?!

[bexhill reds]

Cornick should have done better in the box at the death 

No one has really played that well, Vyner and Dickie solid enough.

Don’t need Preston scoring, think they will be quite effective at parking the bus

[IThinkThatOnesRooney]

1 minute ago, MelksRed said:

Not entirely sure we should have expected them to come out of the traps firing on all cylinders. 

We have been strong in defence...defended well at times. 

Midfield constantly looks for the options to the left....Tanner always on space on the right but this avenue requires  Cornick to not be sucked more centrally to give him a decent option to pass to....currently Tanner has no option but to pass back.  The right is congested.. Bell is covered as soon as the ball is played to him.

Knight looking lively....good couple of turns and playing to Feet in thr final third (albeit once).

Need a decent play maker in the mid-field....not non-existent but non- effective at present.

Positives....Still 0-0 all to play for. 

COYRS

I'm no expert on Preston but I think they do tend to stifle teams and hope for a goal.

[Super]

I'd be interested to know how long the ball has been in play!

[BCFC Rich]

9 minutes ago, Spike said:

The defence are doing well, some great challenges and a lot of commitment but Preston are dominating this game for the most part, we really cannot keep hold of the ball and no matter how well the defence plays if we can't take the pressure off and get a hold of the ball we're going to concede. 
We really need a goal against the run of play before Preston get one as I can see them running away with the game if they get the opener.

Not a great game, but hardly being dominated. Neither side really doing much. Pretty much 50/50 and would imagine possion is the same + we had best chances (admittedly that's not saying much). 

 

Edit: slow typer! Just saw your response to @Not Banksy about word dominant.

Edited August 5, 2023 by BCFC Rich

[bexhill reds]

3 minutes ago, Super said:

We look totally disjointed. Cornick has been so bad hopefully see Sykes 2nd half.

As much as I want to see Cornick do well, I’d have to agree, probably need natural width out there which is not Cornick’s game

[transfer reader]

That half really showed how important Scott is to the way we play.

There were multiple times where the front 3 were 20+ yards from anyone else, but in those times it's usually Scott who makes the runs breaking the press and getting us further up the pitch.

 

Don't think it's as bad as some on here are making out, but certainly needs to improve in the final third.

[Spike]

5 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

As you say. Both poor. Neither team with much more than 70% pass completion. Weak.

Those stats don't tell the full story very well. Most of our successful passes have been across the back line, Preston have spent more time passing with intent. 
The attacking momentum tells a better story of what we've watched:



Those peaks don't show the fact that we've done better in the final third it does show that Preston have spent more time around our final third. The promising stat is that it's 0-0 and we've had the only real chance. 

Edited August 5, 2023 by Spike