Our home form for under AN is terrible - we play as if we are the away team, everyone back for corners. Game was there to be won against Sheffield Utd but we didnt go for it. Long ball up to Maguire ain’t never going to work. Just don’t get our tatics. Away it works on the counter attack when we attack down the wings and to feet but need a new mindset and formation at home. No wonder we don’t get the crowds think he has only won about 15 games at home out of 41 correct if I’m wrong. Saw a few stay away fans on Saturday saying it was crap and boring football.
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It's not crap and it"s not boring. Anyway, I'm sure the stay away fans will be back in numbers if we get promoted.
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Do you have the stats over 2 seasons of home games.....I’m sure someone will put it up
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It's 16 wins from 43 league games over the past 2 seasons. 9/23 last season, 7/20 this season, so far. I don't know the stats for draws/defeats.
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Whether it's crap or boring or not, people will have their own views on that. I don't think anybody would disagree though that our points return from home games over the last 2 years hasn't been good enough and needs looking at. If that means a change of tactics at home then so be it.
That is 37% home win.
Fans pay money to watch their team beat others and for those with aspirations of promotion this is not good enough. Tactics need revision somewhere and injuries do not help which is why a root and branch review of training is ESSENTIAL!
Fortress Deepdale?..........Jim Royal! ........ If only! That IS what the fans want.
Fans pay money to watch their team beat others and for those with aspirations of promotion this is not good enough. Tactics need revision somewhere and injuries do not help which is why a root and branch review of training is ESSENTIAL!
Fortress Deepdale?..........Jim Royal! ........ If only! That IS what the fans want.
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Neils tactics at home are sometimes debatable...with only maguire upfront we rely on robbo and nmecha to be the attacking support. robbo just back from injury and nmecha can be a bit hit and miss. stockley or moult are probably better target men than seany we have relied to much on goals from midfield and i think we probably need to attack leeds from the off (like rovers at home) and baggies on sat to stand an outside chance of the play offs
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"puts on tin hat "
Maguire is not the messiah who will lead us to the promised land.
Not when played as lone striker.
Baluga has the 10 spot and imo Maguire can't do the defensive stuff AN expects from his wide men.
To get the best out of a very talented striker needs a change of formation which AN won't do unless we are chasing the game.
Tonight we are chasing a play off spot: lose and it's gone,win and it's still alive.
Time to throw caution to the wind and if we lose at least we tried.
Maguire is not the messiah who will lead us to the promised land.
Not when played as lone striker.
Baluga has the 10 spot and imo Maguire can't do the defensive stuff AN expects from his wide men.
To get the best out of a very talented striker needs a change of formation which AN won't do unless we are chasing the game.
Tonight we are chasing a play off spot: lose and it's gone,win and it's still alive.
Time to throw caution to the wind and if we lose at least we tried.
Our game plan v Sheff Utd nearly reaped early goals several times. I think we're unlucky at times; The plan is right.
I'm sorry but 7/20 wins at home is nothing like right. A different approach or different players are needed next season. Even if we won our last 3 home games it would still only be 19 home wins in 2 seasons. Hardly enough to keep current supporters coming back let alone improve gates.
This season we’ve drawn 9 and lost 4 at home. Last season W9 D8 L6.
Championship - home and away tables - historical 2018
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It's not a great record is it?
What's the point in talking about home or away records, specifically? Why not the overall record?
We're the 10th best team in the league with a small budget after being bummed by injury all season. Lots of criticism placed on the manager over the last few days, whereas a week or so ago there was an impending meltdown because he might be going to West Brom. Fickle and pretty childish reactions.
We've probably had the most unsettled team in the entire league this season with injuries to key attacking players, I don't think it's any surprise we've struggled to kill teams off. Our system probably is more suited to playing away from home but a lack of personnel is one of the main reasons we've not been able to punish teams at home.
For a large part of the season we've been relying on an untested 19/20yr old as a key player and we've had no settled wide options with Bodin missing the entire season, Robinson missing a large chunk and now Barkhuizen having his season ended. The January additions of Stockley & Potts should have also been made in the summer.
The only time we've had a settled team this season we went 12 unbeaten.
We're the 10th best team in the league with a small budget after being bummed by injury all season. Lots of criticism placed on the manager over the last few days, whereas a week or so ago there was an impending meltdown because he might be going to West Brom. Fickle and pretty childish reactions.
We've probably had the most unsettled team in the entire league this season with injuries to key attacking players, I don't think it's any surprise we've struggled to kill teams off. Our system probably is more suited to playing away from home but a lack of personnel is one of the main reasons we've not been able to punish teams at home.
For a large part of the season we've been relying on an untested 19/20yr old as a key player and we've had no settled wide options with Bodin missing the entire season, Robinson missing a large chunk and now Barkhuizen having his season ended. The January additions of Stockley & Potts should have also been made in the summer.
The only time we've had a settled team this season we went 12 unbeaten.
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The problem is opposition managers have worked out strategies to stop us playing. AN probably wants to play the way you have described but if the opposition sets up to prevent that happening things start to become difficult. AN does switch players around a lot during games to try different approaches but at this level it's not easy breaking down teams.
At home you need players who have that extra bit of skill to break the dead lock ,like Mcgeady did. Bodin my well have been useful this season in doing that. Nmecha and Barker at times show signs of producing that extra bit of skill needed.
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home form is poor at best, away form is incredible tho (and promotion stuff). For whatever reason AN still hasn't found the formula for home, but one things for sure AN knows that.
He's done the hard bit first, hopefully over the summer and a couple more incoming he will find a way to make it work both away and home.
Mean time I've been to 12 away games this season, my most in about 10 years and they have been brilliant.
He's done the hard bit first, hopefully over the summer and a couple more incoming he will find a way to make it work both away and home.
Mean time I've been to 12 away games this season, my most in about 10 years and they have been brilliant.
I've missed a few games due to holidays and every one I've missed we've won. Can't remember when I actually saw us win at home.
Ok, ignore all the other points just so you can continue moaning.
More than enough chances created to beat Derby and forest & Bristol city were fair results, even then, Browne should have buried his header to beat Bristol.