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AN out.

AN out.

6 more league games until the end of october ,with 4 of them at home. Think AN deserves up until then (15 games total) .If the decline continues beyond that ,then it would be a lot more difficult for someone else coming in to turn it around.
ITs a difficult one for those making the decisions - sack him too early and we could lose a good manager going threw a bad spell ; sack him too late and he could drag us into league one. Lets just hope he can turn things around soon.
 
PNEroulette said:
6 more league games until the end of october ,with 4 of them at home. Think AN deserves up until then (15 games total) .If the decline continues beyond that ,then it would be a lot more difficult for someone else coming in to turn it around.
ITs a difficult one for those making the decisions - sack him too early and we could lose a good manager going threw a bad spell ; sack him too late and he could drag us into league one. Lets just hope he can turn things around soon.
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When is Maguire fit
 
PNEroulette said:
6 more league games until the end of october ,with 4 of them at home. Think AN deserves up until then (15 games total) .If the decline continues beyond that ,then it would be a lot more difficult for someone else coming in to turn it around.
ITs a difficult one for those making the decisions - sack him too early and we could lose a good manager going threw a bad spell ; sack him too late and he could drag us into league one. Lets just hope he can turn things around soon.
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When are you gonna give jk pr th 15 games?
 
The lack of game management and inconsistent selections give me grave concern that we will be relegated by January unless improvement is forthcoming. But the real issue is that the club needs to be sold to people who will significantly invest to gain success - but would you put your money in a football club. We are lacking in every department and the lot of them need to take the responsibility.
 
The next international break could be the making or breaking of Alex Neil at PNE. Before then we have West Brom at home which is likely to be a defeat, Villa away should be a defeat, although Bruce is under pressure and Wigan at home. I would expect Wigan’s pace, quality and confidence to be too much for us. It seems extremely likely that by the break, with a quarter of the season gone we will be still in the bottom 3.

In some aspects I feel Neil has been dealt a bum hand with poor signings and injuries. Unfortunately as well as missing players I think the way he plays has been countered by many teams and right now we look a mess.

I think Grayson had reached the end of the line with the bargain bucket signings with Boyle and O’Connor being examples of players signed by the owner/advisor rather than the manager. I believe Moult and Burke to be similar with Neil having little say in them coming in. If we were serious about progressing this summer we needed to up the quality, cost and bring in experienced players who may have little or no future value. Wigan and Blackburn have left us standing with the quality they have got. Apart from their playing qualities I think the personalities and character of Hugill and Cunningham around the club are a huge miss.

Last season wins at Deepdale were hard to come by and some of the football was dull, this has continued this season. I have yet to buy a ticket for the cup game which is most unlike me but I am finding the motivation to drag myself to Deepdale on Tuesday night tough.

From the outside it looks like the owner is trying to run the club to cost him as little as possible with no evidence that he is keen to push on. It would be helpful to know if the club stays within his companies when he finishes with it or how it goes forward with new ownership.

Neil looks like a broken man with little idea what to do next. One thing for certain is relegation to League One will cost the club millions in lost revenue, although a fire sale will mitigate that. I could not see us doing a Bolton, Wigan or Blackburn however and bouncing straight back, because our owner prefers to slash rather than maintain costs. If that happens I can see my 30 years plus run of season tickets ending as I am losing my enthusiasm for both North End and the game where players scream to get free kicks, time wasting is acceptable and untried kids earn millions without playing until they are 25.

A further concern about Neil is that he seems to lack any friends and contacts in the game and the lack of an experienced goalkeeping coach seems to illustrate that, although it may be another penny pinching measure that has been imposed on him from the owner.

So for me Neil has the next 3 League games to show he is not floundering despite all the issues he faces, because I believe that despite the bum hand he has been given, he still has to get the best out of what he has got. Actions like the chopping and changing of defence, continued selection of Barkhuizen and dull tactics at home are his responsibility.

There are plenty of out of work managers and the experienced trio of Moyes, McCarthy or Big Sam may do a job, but the budget will probably strangle them and although we may not be relegated I have a feeling we would be dull. The brothers at Lincoln could be an interesting choice they have got that city buzzing and their crowds are only 2,000 or so short of our home attendances.
 
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Having slept on it Ive actually woken up today feeling an awful lot more positive. Turning point, yesterday, was the introduction of DJ, suddenly the team stopped looking laboured and began looking like the team we have got used to. We pulled 2 goals back and were going for the win when we got caught out.

I think once Pearson and Maguire are back we`ll start to see the true PNE.

So, for me, its not AN out right now.
 
raefil said:
Having slept on it Ive actually woken up today feeling an awful lot more positive. Turning point, yesterday, was the introduction of DJ, suddenly the team stopped looking laboured and began looking like the team we have got used to. We pulled 2 goals back and were going for the win when we got caught out.

I think once Pearson and Maguire are back we`ll start to see the true PNE.

So, for me, its not AN out right now.
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Yep absolutely right raef
 
raefil said:
Having slept on it Ive actually woken up today feeling an awful lot more positive. Turning point, yesterday, was the introduction of DJ, suddenly the team stopped looking laboured and began looking like the team we have got used to. We pulled 2 goals back and were going for the win when we got caught out.

I think once Pearson and Maguire are back we`ll start to see the true PNE.

So, for me, its not AN out right now.
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Love your optimism, but just can't see it. Sheff Utd changed their tactics yesterday and this let us back in the game (Colin Greenhall on Radio Lancs called it as soon as they changed, before we even scored). OK so we took advantage, but I feel that was down to Sheff Utd just as much as us. It was also interesting that both our goals came as a result of having some width for once.

You know, it's sad to say but we might be too far adrift by the time Maguire starts to have an effect. Also, his fitness may or may not hold up, so it's touch and go whether he will have the impact we require or not.

It is going to be EXTREMELY tough to get out of the situation we currently find ourselves in, never mind make the playoff's (which was our minimum aim before the season started). Such a shame that this season is pretty much a write off and we're not even into October yet. It could all have been so different.
 
raefil said:
Having slept on it Ive actually woken up today feeling an awful lot more positive. Turning point, yesterday, was the introduction of DJ, suddenly the team stopped looking laboured and began looking like the team we have got used to. We pulled 2 goals back and were going for the win when we got caught out.

I think once Pearson and Maguire are back we`ll start to see the true PNE.

So, for me, its not AN out right now.
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The first thing DJ did when he came on was have a touch then fizz a pass into the forwards feet and we were suddenly 20 yards further forward. When he plays with that pace and directness he’s a great player but for some reason seems to play slower and safer at home.

DJ, and Barker who startedcommitting defenders, made a big difference yesterday regardless of anything Sheff Utd may have done.
 
Tugg Speedman said:
Love your optimism, but just can't see it. Sheff Utd changed their tactics yesterday and this let us back in the game (Colin Greenhall on Radio Lancs called it as soon as they changed, before we even scored). OK so we took advantage, but I feel that was down to Sheff Utd just as much as us. It was also interesting that both our goals came as a result of having some width for once.

You know, it's sad to say but we might be too far adrift by the time Maguire starts to have an effect. Also, his fitness may or may not hold up, so it's touch and go whether he will have the impact we require or not.

It is going to be EXTREMELY tough to get out of the situation we currently find ourselves in, never mind make the playoff's (which was our minimum aim before the season started). Such a shame that this season is pretty much a write off and we're not even into October yet. It could all have been so different.
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A lot of people are putting a lot of hope on the return of Maguire.
Scoring is only one half of the problem and the defence for me is the real concern.
Even if he stays fit with the defending as it stands we need to score 3 to have a chance of winning.
 
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