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Home form has to improve next season what ever happens if we want to get our attendances up even the most hardened north Enders must have found it difficult to watch at times.
 
Today was my first game since the Sunderland game - I couldn't believe how poor we were....

Lacklustre all over the pitch...

We should have been going at them from the first whistle , but we didn't !!!

Did the players not understand how important the game was ???
 
Lol Ando today was good ,you should have been on home game against Ipswich now that was bad.

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May I suggest that if you haven't been on since Sunderland its not for you to suggest the players weren't up for it. They have been giving it their all and sometimes it falls short of the required standard. I don't usually post but am fed up to the back teeth with people offering opinions on something they haven't seen.
 
Typical home game. We huff and we puff, but can’t get the goal. We were, once again, the better team. Their goalie must have been bored shitless. Robbo and Barry are not front men. We desperately need 2 very good strikers. Otherwise we will play well but keep on huffing and puffing, and get nowhere
 
But seen nothing since Sunderland, so not able to offer an informed opinion on previous home performances?
It strikes me that some people on this forum want to see us struggle/fail. Let me know if you want a lift from Euxton to help your long term assessment skills.
 
Ayemackone said:
Let me know if you want a lift from Euxton to help your long term assessment skills.
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I was not providing an opinion on previous performances , I was merely talking about today and the fact that they did not look like they needed to win......

I have supported North End for 50 years and nobody wants them to succeed more than me - I just felt that with so much at stake , they didn't apply themselves today.
 
Ayemackone said:
May I suggest that if you haven't been on since Sunderland its not for you to suggest the players weren't up for it. They have been giving it their all and sometimes it falls short of the required standard. I don't usually post but am fed up to the back teeth with people offering opinions on something they haven't seen.
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I agree with your sentiments and often feel the same as you, but more so from the people who have watched the game on iFollow ie tv. Totally different game, but then it is watching from the Town End or STFS, and that's why we can get totally different comments on the same game.

However from my high vantage point in the STFS I believe that I have one of the best views of the game and it definately was, but after watching it a few times it perhaps wasn't :confused 😉😕:
 
There needs to be more focus on moving the ball around with some purpose rather than possession for the sake of it. The players have got to move the ball quicker, with fewer touches, otherwise we get nowhere fast. For me, the team selection and the tactics weren't right today and that's the responsibility of the manager.

The players have definitely dropped off though, and whatever the reason, it needs sorting out.
 
I honestly think that it would really help our home form if the full backs were given the green light to push on from the first whistle. Having watched Fulham last night their full backs caused Millwall major problems and were a big factor in their victory.
 
PNEFC_2004 said:
There needs to be more focus on moving the ball around with some purpose rather than possession for the sake of it. The players have got to move the ball quicker, with fewer touches, otherwise we get nowhere fast. For me, the team selection and the tactics weren't right today and that's the responsibility of the manager.

The players have definitely dropped off though, and whatever the reason, it needs sorting out.
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Paul Gallagher gives us the experiance in midfield but I feel he slows the game down far to much. We need to up the pace of the game at home which we did second half. Week link for me along with Barkhuizen. Harrop for me next season
 
bowlandwhites said:
Paul Gallagher gives us the experiance in midfield but I feel he slows the game down far to much. We need to up the pace of the game at home which we did second half. Week link for me along with Barkhuizen. Harrop for me next season
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No doubting what a good footballer he is but I agree. Seems to happen quite a lot where he plays okay at home but we have to bring on a more forward thinking/agile player to give us more oomph going forward from midfield after an hour or so.

Not sure Barkhuizen's attributes are particularly aligned to home games in our system.

Also, our full backs need to get forward more.
 
PNEFC_2004 said:
There needs to be more focus on moving the ball around with some purpose rather than possession for the sake of it. The players have got to move the ball quicker, with fewer touches, otherwise we get nowhere fast. For me, the team selection and the tactics weren't right today and that's the responsibility of the manager.

The players have definitely dropped off though, and whatever the reason, it needs sorting out.
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Paul Gallagher gives us the experiance in midfield but I feel he slows the game down far to much. We need to up the pace of the game at home which we did second half. Week link for me along with Barkhuizen. Harrop for me next season
 
Ando60 said:
I was not providing an opinion on previous performances , I was merely talking about today and the fact that they did not look like they needed to win......

I have supported North End for 50 years and nobody wants them to succeed more than me - I just felt that with so much at stake , they didn't apply themselves today.
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Well according to some on here it was season over weeks ago so to be in with a shout the players deserve a lot of credit but once again the fickle fans slate the players after a bad performance. Well done north end - you have done well this season don’t listen to these fickle idiots. 50 years supporting them yet still very very fickle.
 
White123 said:
Well according to some on here it was season over weeks ago so to be in with a shout the players deserve a lot of credit but once again the fickle fans slate the players after a bad performance. Well done north end - you have done well this season don’t listen to these fickle idiots. 50 years supporting them yet still very very fickle.
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The lads deserve a lot of credit this season. But I think we should of been in the play offs weeks ago. After getting in a great position a number of times only to be let down by our home form. People may laugh but I think we have messed up big style.
 
White123 said:
Well according to some on here it was season over weeks ago so to be in with a shout the players deserve a lot of credit but once again the fickle fans slate the players after a bad performance. Well done north end - you have done well this season don’t listen to these fickle idiots. 50 years supporting them yet still very very fickle.
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Get back to us when you have supported the club for 50 years.
 
White123 said:
Well according to some on here it was season over weeks ago so to be in with a shout the players deserve a lot of credit but once again the fickle fans slate the players after a bad performance. Well done north end - you have done well this season don’t listen to these fickle idiots. 50 years supporting them yet still very very fickle.
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I’m not sure anyone could be accused of being fickle after 50 years of support. It’s a bit of a daft thing to say is that.
 
We’ve only beaten one of the top 8 teams (Cardiff) and lost to 5 of them Fulham, Villa, Boro, Derby and Brentford.
We’ve drawn against 4 of the bottom 5 teams, Sunderland, Bolton, Barnsley,Birmingham, and still have Burton to play. Most of the top teams beat the bottom teams at home, and this is where we need to seriously improve.
 
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