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Decent start!

Decent start!

JohnPNE said:
I don't get all this owner bashing when Bury and almost Bolton were put out of business for having shit owners and there will be more to follow. I see Blackburn being in the shit in a few years time.

It's time fans started giving this squad more credit. They aren't over working. They are playing as some fans know they can perform. Before the season I read a comment from a fan stating Blackburn and Wigan had better squads than us (probably because they linked it with the money they spent) Moore cost 3/4 million and Gallagher cost 5 mil. A striker costing that much you would expect goals right even after 6 games of the season? I've read comments saying we will definitely be bottom 6 and we will finish bottom half. Yet our squad is very very good. It's time fans started giving us the credit we deserve. We drew because of an offside goal today.
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Blackburn and Derby have spent like maniacs and will eventually have it catch up with them. Reckless spending is not the way forward. We don't want

Clever spending, however, is exactly what we want. We need a new left back? Let's find a few targets, see who could make a profit in years to come and who we can sensibly afford. The likes of Max Lowe fit that and of course the Olssons represent proven quality quick fixes while Earl stays out on loan. Either route would be fine. We needed a new striker, same idea, go for someone with resale value to complement and learn from Nugent and co while having the attributes to step in for a few games and be effective if needed. We failed to do that.

We've built a great squad, but the owner is holding us back. I disdain for anyone who can't see that.
 
JK said:
We played well for most of the game today but it was a soft goal to give away

However considering injuries with square pegs in round holes it’s another decent point.

We are joint 6th going jnto the first international break which given our poor transfer window, and more worrying injuries it’s a decent start.

Hopefully get some numbers back over the break.

Hopefully with the City game coming up we can respond better than the window at the end of last season.

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My only comment would be to ask why people think it was a poor window,
 
Danielson said:
My only comment would be to ask why people think it was a poor window,
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  • We needed a keeper that was an upgrade on Rudd and Ripley. We thankfully missed out on Muric then decided that was it.
  • We needed a left back. We asked about Lowe, were given a fair price but decided just Hughes was enough.
  • We needed a striker. We have good options, but no real star. What we're doing is working for now but only having 1 fit out and out striker is a bit embarrassing.
  • Personally: a right back if we knew Rafferty could play on the left. Clarke isn't a right back and we should have gone for another one. Don't forget Rafferty wasn't first choice himself, just a panic buy when Hemmings found out he'd have to pay actual money for one.
Overall, a crap window.
 
A very decent start and good to get off the mark away from home.

3 home wins is a good start in improving the home form (much needed) and I think it’s 10 different scorers as well which is a major positive.

5 points dropped from winning positions and injuries stocking up already are the negatives. It feels like a good time to have a couple of weeks off.
 
Yes, we are only 6 games into the season and what a start, after all the negative comments before the season got underway.
We did not like the transfer activity, no new striker, that after selling Robbo, no new left back and then loaning out Josh Earl, to leave us with just the one!
Then the transfers we brought in did not suit, Nugent is loved at PNE, but him being injured and his age, did not go down well with everyone and Green, Bayliss too young, when experience was needed!
The only one that seemed to suit was Bauer, who fitted in well with what we needed.

Well, 6 games in, 3 wins at home, through the first 2 rounds of the cup, a home game v the Champions to come, we haven’t started too badly!
With no signed striker, have we missed one?
I would say not, goals have come throughout the team, 17 goals, 12 different scorers and a striker injured in our third game.
Injuries have not helped, again!!
Fisher, Hughes, Clarke and Bauer, all missed games, we have had no RB, no LB and players have had to play out of position.
With all the changes, we have only conceded 9 goals, this is good considering the amount of changes the defence has had.
To me, we have had a great start, full marks to the manager, his team and the squad of players and just hope it continues.
Last season it was October when we collected double figures in points!
Like I comment, only 6 games gone, but things look good at this time, get a fully fit squad, carry on scoring, get the fans in and who knows how good this season could be!!!
 
Tino said:
A very decent start and good to get off the mark away from home.

3 home wins is a good start in improving the home form (much needed) and I think it’s 10 different scorers as well which is a major positive.

5 points dropped from winning positions and injuries stocking up already are the negatives. It feels like a good time to have a couple of weeks off.
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Next away game is against brum. They haven’t been awful, but think it’s a good opportunity to get out first 3 points
 
europne said:
Ok all you lot going on about us not signing a forward and a full back.

Exactly who could or should we have signed without paying over the odds on wages and transfer fees.

Hugill on £30k a week? I don’t think so, far too stupid a wage for us.
Cunningham again on Prem wages? Only reason Rovers got him was that they got the overpaid Mulgrew off their wage list.
Keiffer Moore? Silly transfer fee and wages for a donkey of a player?

Ok fellas........who , tell me who....?
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How many times have you seen Kieffer Moore play? I can only assume not many.

Whether you rate him or not he was the manager’s no.1 target since the Burton game in May 2018, and he was available at an affordable price.
 
Really pleased with our start and didn't expect us to do this well. We seem to have a good, deep squad other than full backs and upfront. If Hughes, Fisher and Rafferty can stay fit we'll be fine at full back. If Nugent comes back, fills in the gap up front and fires us to promotion I'll lose my shit.
 
The reason we are doing as well as we are is very simple. Pearson has played every league game. If that stays the case we will end up somewhere in the top 6.
 
Walrus said:
The reason we are doing as well as we are is very simple. Pearson has played every league game. If that stays the case we will end up somewhere in the top 6.
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Very impressed by him not getting booked today. Got levelled 3 times by very poor, lazy challenges that he could understandably have reacted to. Not entirely sure how Sow wasn’t sent off, was he clipped before taking Ben out?
 
kingpne said:
How many times have you seen Kieffer Moore play? I can only assume not many.

Whether you rate him or not he was the manager’s no.1 target since the Burton game in May 2018, and he was available at an affordable price.
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Not seen him much in the Championship, he hasn’t played much has he.

And the other stuff is unsubstantiated gossip, didn’t happen.
 
europne said:
Not seen him much in the Championship, he hasn’t played much has he.

And the other stuff is unsubstantiated gossip, didn’t happen.
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Neil wanted Moore.

We bid over a million for him. We thought we had a deal and then Barnsley tried for a little bit more and Trevor spat his dummy out so it never happened.

We signed Stockley!
 
LancasterRed said:
  • We needed a keeper that was an upgrade on Rudd and Ripley. We thankfully missed out on Muric then decided that was it.
  • We needed a left back. We asked about Lowe, were given a fair price but decided just Hughes was enough.
  • We needed a striker. We have good options, but no real star. What we're doing is working for now but only having 1 fit out and out striker is a bit embarrassing.
  • Personally: a right back if we knew Rafferty could play on the left. Clarke isn't a right back and we should have gone for another one. Don't forget Rafferty wasn't first choice himself, just a panic buy when Hemmings found out he'd have to pay actual money for one.
Overall, a crap window.
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just to confirm AGAIN that Rafferty wasnt a panic buy...

But we were clamouring for this Lowe lad to cover / be our LB and so far he has played RB for a poor Derby and cost at least 2 goals....which is 1 less than Muric cost Forest.....

only us could lose 4 central strikers to injury in 6 games.....
 
LancasterRed said:
  • We needed a keeper that was an upgrade on Rudd and Ripley. We thankfully missed out on Muric then decided that was it.
  • We needed a left back. We asked about Lowe, were given a fair price but decided just Hughes was enough.
  • We needed a striker. We have good options, but no real star. What we're doing is working for now but only having 1 fit out and out striker is a bit embarrassing.
  • Personally: a right back if we knew Rafferty could play on the left. Clarke isn't a right back and we should have gone for another one. Don't forget Rafferty wasn't first choice himself, just a panic buy when Hemmings found out he'd have to pay actual money for one.
Overall, a crap window.
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Today we had 3 injured full backs and 3 injured strikers.
Good performance and result today.

But you just want to moan.

Try looking for a few positives, it might make you feel better.
 
Chip Barm said:
Neil wanted Moore.

We bid over a million for him. We thought we had a deal and then Barnsley tried for a little bit more and Trevor spat his dummy out so it never happened.

We signed Stockley!
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‘Trevor spat his dummy out”?

Like you really know ?

And Stockley could prove yet to be the better signing as Moore has done nothing yet, but for a lot more money and wages.
 
Walrus said:
The reason we are doing as well as we are is very simple. Pearson has played every league game. If that stays the case we will end up somewhere in the top 6.
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He’s been outstanding so far this season, as he has been on the whole since signing. If he carries on playing like this (with no silly red cards) I think he’ll be playing in the Premier League next season with or without us.

The team has played well overall so far. My main concern is that, having yet again left ourselves short in certain areas, when the schedule ramps up in winter we could once again struggle with injuries and not have the sufficient cover to continue our good results. This has happened 2 years in a row and we’ve dropped down the table.
 
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