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Mahwell skel said:
We do seem to play much better in front oft he Town End so I am worried that the lack of crowd will not help us either!
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That's a point. I wonder if when we win the coin toss we choose an end dependent on the sun/weather rather than the standard preference of playing towards the Town End in the 2nd half.
 
JohnPNE said:
There are some teams who will benefit not having a crowd and some who won't. Relegation threatened teams are probably going to suffer the worse.

For us, I think not having a crowd will help. AN and the players have been quite vocal about our support this season and I do feel that at times some fans can be overly critical of players in games. I feel not having the fans there will allow us to play our natural game. And obviously I don't mean all fans but even the odd moaners in a game can affect the players.
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Bang on the nail there John, it has been a bit poisonous at times on Deepdale but I do wonder how at times our players can be so inept. Is it really down to the supporters reactions?
 
StevieB said:
Bang on the nail there John, it has been a bit poisonous at times on Deepdale but I do wonder how at times our players can be so inept. Is it really down to the supporters reactions?
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Keep seeing this thing about Deepdale being "poisonous."

Its a nonsense.

Our fans are no better or worse than anywhere else.

One fan having a run in with Rudd and the odd backwards pass grumble does not make it poisonous. Yes it could be louder and yes the atmosphere would be better at times but this myth that our fans hamper the team is bollocks.

Now under Westley it became a horrible place to be buy he brought all that on himself.
 
I think Deepdale has been a very patient crowd under Grayson & Neil. People have obviously never seen the likes of Villa, Wolves, Forest etc when they're losing.
 
sf said:
I think Deepdale has been a very patient crowd under Grayson & Neil. People have obviously never seen the likes of Villa, Wolves, Forest etc when they're losing.
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Never known anywhere like Moulinex for turning on thier team.

Back when we used to go there and beat them booing was common place.
 
JK said:
Keep seeing this thing about Deepdale being "poisonous."

Its a nonsense.

Our fans are no better or worse than anywhere else.

One fan having a run in with Rudd and the odd backwards pass grumble does not make it poisonous. Yes it could be louder and yes the atmosphere would be better at times but this myth that our fans hamper the team is bollocks.

Now under Westley it became a horrible place to be buy he brought all that on himself.
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I disagree it’s a ‘myth.’ See you’ve Said it was the ‘odd grumble’ because of a backwards pass which for me is complete none sense.

booing at half time, moaning at individual players, shouting abuse.

Yes under Westley our supporters turned but we was struggling at the time. We are competing for promotion to the prem and our fans quickly turn on the players every time we go 1-0 down. People may not be happy with what I’m saying but they are usually the ones doing all the booing...
 
JK said:
Never known anywhere like Moulinex for turning on thier team.

Back when we used to go there and beat them booing was common place.
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As someone said earlier swings and roundabouts, look at Wolves now it must be a joy to go their as a home fan the atmosphere is incredible.
 
JohnPNE said:
I disagree it’s a ‘myth.’ See you’ve Said it was the ‘odd grumble’ because of a backwards pass which for me is complete none sense.

booing at half time, moaning at individual players, shouting abuse.

Yes under Westley our supporters turned but we was struggling at the time. We are competing for promotion to the prem and our fans quickly turn on the players every time we go 1-0 down. People may not be happy with what I’m saying but they are usually the ones doing all the booing...
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It's no worse than any ground i've ever been to.
 
sf said:
It's no worse than any ground i've ever been to.
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no but the vast vast majority of these sides aren’t clubs overachieving trying to get in the prem.

I would probably understand it if we was in the bottom half but we aren’t. We are sixth.
 
JohnPNE said:
no but the vast vast majority of these sides aren’t clubs overachieving trying to get in the prem.

I would probably understand it if we was in the bottom half but we aren’t. We are sixth.
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A club that has been starved of success for 60 years, lost nine consecutive play-offs and nearly went out of existence in the 80s isn't going to have the most happy-go-lucky fan base. I think moaning is a big Preston thing in general.

I agree some of the criticism and impatience can be unnecessary at times but if these players can't handle it at Deepdale then they've no chance at a bigger club.
 
sf said:
A club that has been starved of success for 60 years, lost nine consecutive play-offs and nearly went out of existence in the 80s isn't going to have the most happy-go-lucky fan base. I think moaning is a big Preston thing in general.

I agree some of the criticism and impatience can be unnecessary at times but if these players can't handle it at Deepdale then they've no chance at a bigger club.
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We are a moaning bunch - myself included.

I do agree. And I think another thing associated with Preston is handling pressure as we are usually diabolical at that.
 
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