Does this feel like our worst EVER season in our long history ?? Yes, I know it sounds over the top, but can anybody really say that finishing in the bottom 4 in the 3rd division in 1984/85 or finishing 91st out of 92 in the old 4th division in 1985/86, feels worse than this season ?? Going back to those years, we were paying peanuts for our players, coaching staff & manager, but with this lot, they're getting paid thousands & thousands per week & for what ?? We're a terrible team & half of the team isn't even our's !! I know I'll get criticised for being over dramatic, but another Sunday will arrive tomorrow, with me going to chat to my late father in the cemetery & telling him that we lost without much fight or ability. I told him last week about the Wycombe match & since then, we've lost another 2 matches, where we haven't scored (in the oppositions net, of course) & played like a park's team. Take Care all ❤
Does this feel like .... ???
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Christ, you young uns make me.laugh with this stuff. We have been far, far worse.
I actually thought the relegation season from the championship was the most embarrassing, pitiful season I have endured. This run is awful just because it's a statemate between the club and manager. We have been so much shitter than even then though, trust me.
I actually thought the relegation season from the championship was the most embarrassing, pitiful season I have endured. This run is awful just because it's a statemate between the club and manager. We have been so much shitter than even then though, trust me.
Relegation after Ferguson's misguided tenure was worse... many of us called it at the start of that season. At least we had some hope of a good finish starting this one!
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Let's face it, we're going down
When Ferguson was first hired, I knew we were going to be handed over to an inexperienced manager who was completely unproven at Championship level. I put those thoughts to one side and felt energised, however, by what he represented - a new era at Deepdale. Well, it turns out the grass isn't...
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I suspect you're overlaying the general shitness of life over the past 12 months onto North End (If you're not then you serious need to get a grip and a sense of perspective)
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What a “wrapped up in cotton wool world” you must be lucky enough to live.
If you’d been to watch PNE v Halifax , on a Tuesday night in 1981, at the Shay, in the pouring rain and bitterly cold weather, and losing, you might think differently!
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Relegation after Ferguson's misguided tenure was worse... many of us called it at the start of that season. At least we had some hope of a good finish starting this one!
Let's face it, we're going down
When Ferguson was first hired, I knew we were going to be handed over to an inexperienced manager who was completely unproven at Championship level. I put those thoughts to one side and felt energised, however, by what he represented - a new era at Deepdale. Well, it turns out the grass isn't...
Fucking hell, Durutti in give the manager time shocker! I need to toughen up and be less patient with whoever comes in. DF in hindsight was my least favourite PNE manager and been watching since the Beck days. 😂
No, it isnt anywhere near the worst season in our history, it's not even close to the worst season in my time watching PNE and that's rapidly approaching 60 seasons now.
This pales into insignificance when you take the Westley era into account. People call the current set up a shambles. Fuck me, I don't think it's possible for us to sink as low as we did under Medals. An utter embarrassment in every sense of the word.
I think in terms of levels of apathy though I think this season takes some beating. Obviously that is due to the fact we aren't there more than anything. Throw in the turgid football and terrible results of late and it becomes a perfect storm.
I think in terms of levels of apathy though I think this season takes some beating. Obviously that is due to the fact we aren't there more than anything. Throw in the turgid football and terrible results of late and it becomes a perfect storm.
Same owner and 'chairman' as then though.
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It feels like the worst because it's happening now. But the re-election season, for one, was comfortably worse:
P46 W11 D10 L25 GF54 GA89 Pts43
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PNE 2021: hold my beer...
I went to the Halifax match in 1981 & we won 2-1
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Well, we've already beaten the points tally - but could certainly exceed the number of defeats!
Worst season, no?
Did we not concede over 100 goals in a season once?
Did we go down with Beck when we had plenty of games to save ourselves?
Did we play games in the afternoon because we were too skint to fix the floodlights?
Did we employ that bastard Westley?
I could go on.
This season for us, like many other clubs, has highlighted the disconnect between club and fans. Problem is for us, we have an owner that has always shunned any interaction with the fans, and a guy serving him that very few of us trust. So the disconnect sticks out more than an old bloke who's O/Dd on viagra.
Neil is gone, it's just a matter of when. There are plenty of players at the club who can compete at this level, or at least put up a better showing than they are doing currently.
Shit season, not the worst though.
Did we not concede over 100 goals in a season once?
Did we go down with Beck when we had plenty of games to save ourselves?
Did we play games in the afternoon because we were too skint to fix the floodlights?
Did we employ that bastard Westley?
I could go on.
This season for us, like many other clubs, has highlighted the disconnect between club and fans. Problem is for us, we have an owner that has always shunned any interaction with the fans, and a guy serving him that very few of us trust. So the disconnect sticks out more than an old bloke who's O/Dd on viagra.
Neil is gone, it's just a matter of when. There are plenty of players at the club who can compete at this level, or at least put up a better showing than they are doing currently.
Shit season, not the worst though.
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Even after Allan Ball Snr had watered the pitch before the game.🤣
Could certainly equal that number of losses this year if things don’t change soon. If we have an utter capitulation and did get relegated this season would go down as one of the worst on record given our position at the end of 2020.