Alex Neil (Again)

[raefil]

Just gets more and more positive.

“The future is bright for the club, I think it is negligent if you don’t plan for the future but it is amazing how many clubs don’t. “I will tell you the reason why some don’t, it is because many managers see that they only have the job for two or three seasons, often less.

“If you can only plan for one season at a time, why would you go out of your way to sign someone who is only going to play in four years’ time when you aren’t there any more?

“The way we work here, we are building.

“The day I leave, whenever that might be and for whatever reason, I want to be able to look back and think I have left the place in good nick and the team is potentially excellent for the next five, six, seven or eight years.

“My remit here is to make every player better and to win games and I work very hard to do that.”

https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/footbal...pment-of-pne-striker-connor-simpson-1-9079470

sounds like AN really believes hes here for the long run 🙂

 

[The Saint]

Needs another thread??

 

[Jack Daniels]

Just gets more and more positive.



https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/footbal...pment-of-pne-striker-connor-simpson-1-9079470

sounds like AN really believes hes here for the long run 🙂

Why wouldn't he be here for the long run?

Grayson got 4 1/2 years, I can see - poaching aside - AN being here for at least that length of time. He is only 36 and will only get better in the job. Scary when you see what he has already accomplished at both Hamilton and Norwich.

The good vibes from Trev towards Alex lead me to believe that Trev will trust him with a good % of the Hugill money this summer - whether we are in this division or the division above.

Good times ahead.

 

[raefil]

Needs another thread??

🙂

 

[IrishNorthEnder93]

Be interesting to see who will be extending their contract this afternoon, hopefully it's either Cunningham or Pearson.

 

[White123]

Be interesting to see who will be extending their contract this afternoon, hopefully it's either Cunningham or Pearson.

Pearson is already here until 2021 - so doubt it will be him. So probably Cunningham.

 

[Mancunian White]

Forget Davies, Pearson, Maguire, Earl or Browne. Alex Neil is our biggest asset, he's worth more to this club than all of them combined, potentially hundreds of millions. How many 36 year old managers are there command the absolute loyalty of the entire squad, have the chairman's and owner's trust, plan so far ahead for the future of the club AND have the work ethic of Neil?

He's taking us to knew heights, on the pitch and off it. I was one of the many who questioned his appointment and began to lose faith in during the bad run but he's completely won me over. Probably the best manager we've ever had.

 

[europne]

Needs another thread??

Yes it does!!!

What’s this paranoia about thread merging?

 

[Waddie]

Yes it does!!!

What’s this paranoia about thread merging?

😛lusone:

 

[FootballcrazyP_]

Needs another thread??

Yes, but I like your thinking, Merge all negative threads and at the end of every game, start a new one and delete the old one. You can never have to many positive threads. Things are have been changing at Deepdale, fan initiatives have dropped, but everywhere else you just see positive in truck loads. Long may it continue. Hemmings and Riddler have the club moving the right way, we have players that really want to be here and a Manager that believes. But I want More more.

 

[marsbars]

Alex Neil is magnificent. Personally I think he'll be with us for longer than Grayson was and lets face it we all want that to be the case. If he does get us up into the promised land and the almost inevitable following relegation I still don't think he'd be sacked.

 

[Jack Daniels]

Alex Neil is magnificent. Personally I think he'll be with us for longer than Grayson was and lets face it we all want that to be the case. If he does get us up into the promised land and the almost inevitable following relegation I still don't think he'd be sacked.

We have to go the Burnley / Dyche way cha.

 

[marsbars]

We have to go the Burnley / Dyche way cha.

Absobloodylutely mate.

 

[Stanneswhite]

Be interesting to see who will be extending their contract this afternoon, hopefully it's either Cunningham or Pearson.

There’s an extension tonight? As well as Davies?

 

[White123]

Alex Neil is magnificent. Personally I think he'll be with us for longer than Grayson was and lets face it we all want that to be the case. If he does get us up into the promised land and the almost inevitable following relegation I still don't think he'd be sacked.

I honestly don’t think relegation is inevitable or close if we went up. If we went up team spirit is key and we have that in abundance. It’s teams who don’t have that team spirit that usually struggle. We’ll be written off by many and the media will probably predict us having less points then Derby did, but I am confident with five/six key signings then I am confident it is very achievable.

 

[NG White]

I honestly don’t think relegation is inevitable or close if we went up. If we went up team spirit is key and we have that in abundance. It’s teams who don’t have that team spirit that usually struggle. We’ll be written off by many and the media will probably predict us having less points then Derby did, but I am confident with five/six key signings then I am confident it is very achievable.

I think exactly the same, its a big if, but if were to get in the play offs and win them which I genuinely believe is possible, then I think we would stay up.

 

[Nobber]

We have to go the Burnley / Dyche way cha.

Every North End fan I know is saying the same.

Patience is everything.

 

[Metal]

Is he on a lucrative contract and would pne do everything in their power to stop him being head hunted? If he's serious, then we could possibly go a long way with this fella. Add to that, the better style of football should increase the football loving public of Preston, that perhaps we have something special going on and maybe the public will turn out in bigger numbers than of late.

 

[diggerb]

Is he on a lucrative contract and would pne do everything in their power to stop him being head hunted? If he's serious, then we could possibly go a long way with this fella. Add to that, the better style of football should increase the football loving public of Preston, that perhaps we have something special going on and maybe the public will turn out in bigger numbers than of late.

Sadly, i think that ship has sailed, other than the genuine hard core fans, 10k or so who are amazing, the Preston football supporting public are a disgrace, only come out of the woodwork if there is a premier league team in town, in fact they are not football fans, they are premiership hangers on !!!

 

[europne]

Sadly, i think that ship has sailed, other than the genuine hard core fans, 10k or so who are amazing, the Preston football supporting public are a disgrace, only come out of the woodwork if there is a premier league team in town, in fact they are not football fans, they are premiership hangers on !!!

Not quite as simple as that I think.

The world has changed, the potential is still there but you just have to bring up to date your offer to attract them, big subject that.

In the final analysis success is the key to bringing fans in.