Is Lowe evolving?
Very unconvincingly though, our chance conversion was a complete anomaly and the likes of Plymouth and Sunderland missed chances for fun.
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Whatmough isn't the answer to a shite defence, crikey
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Plymouth did have few chances in 2nd half.
Depends what you define as a chance, the ball was flashed across our goal constantly in both games.
Sunderland didn't have an available striker that day.
They were both very lucky wins.
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Scoring twice from our only two shots on target, one goal deflecting off a striker's arse and the other being created by a defender hitting it against the striker's shins?
No he is back-up to Lindsay - he doesn't have the agility to play in that slightly wider position.
Think you're being unkind to the second goal, was a good goal by Browne.
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If that had been Liam Lindsay fluffing the clearance like that you'd have been apoplectic.
It was almost a good pass by Browne, but it was cut out and hit on to Keane's shins for the assist.
We didn't deserve to beat them, we were under the cosh for large periods.
Sunderland, we scored our goals via two lucky deflections.
The papered over cracks from that run are now clearly visible.
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I really couldn't give a shit about highlights to be honest.
I care about 99% of teams coming to Deepdale and dominating us, having us camped in our own half, our attacking midfielders being completely wasted, and our strikers living off scraps.
Plymouth are 19th and it's the only example anyone can put forward of us having better chances, yet they were better than us for 70 minutes of the game and deserved a point.
So you don't give a shit about highlights because it has a possibility of negating your opinion which the rest of your post is, it's purely subjective.
99% of teams haven't come to Deepdale and dominated us, had us camped in our own half for most of the game, that is a negative subjective view of someone who now is being caused stress for having their opinion questioned.
Swansea didn't dominate us, Southampton had more of the ball but no better chances and scraped a draw after we should have had a pen, Birmingham better first half even second half.
Watch the Plymouth highlights, we had better chances.
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Despite the negative stuff that a lot of fans would agree on - poor performances, players not being played in the positions they're better suited to, poor tactical decisions, too much defensive play etc. etc. it's good to see that a few people haven't entirely given up on the vision of Preston getting into the Premiership one day.
Admittedly, at this moment in time, it seems far, far away - some would say out of sight over the horizon.
But it's surprising how little things can make a difference to peoples' outlook.
Supposing for instance that Southampton hadn't scored that scabby goal in the dying seconds to deny us what should have been our 3 points.
Supposing that Brownie had got his penalty on Saturday and the game had finished 1-1 instead of 1-0 to Hull.
Would we be feeling that little bit more upbeat about things right now?
Maybe - then again maybe not. It all depends whether you're a glass half-full or glass half-empty sort of person.
For some, things will never be right until we have a different manager in place - one who has different ideas and knows how to get the absolute best out of the squad we've got.
Certainly I think we've reached a crucial juncture - if we lose against both Coventry and Blackburn, after everything else that's happened recently, then I think RL's days are definitely numbered. If we manage to come away with 4 points on the board (some would say we need all 6 but I'll settle for 4) then he'll probably live to fight another day.
I think what I'm saying is, whether it's with Lowe or another manager; whether it's with the current squad we've got or with some new faces brought in during the next transfer windows, every club needs, in addition to a good manager and a talented squad, a little bit of luck and for fortune to work in it's favour.
If we can improve our performances on the pitch and start playing more consistently in the way we know we are capable of playing (and I'm thinking second half against Southampton when the stadium was absolutely rocking) then we've done our bit.
All we need then is for some proper refereeing decisions which award us what we're properly entitled to and to stop conceding those absolute heartbreaker goals right at the end of games which deny us the points we should rightfully have had.
If we can get all of this right then who knows where it might take us - the Premiership may be a little bit nearer than we think.
Admittedly, at this moment in time, it seems far, far away - some would say out of sight over the horizon.
But it's surprising how little things can make a difference to peoples' outlook.
Supposing for instance that Southampton hadn't scored that scabby goal in the dying seconds to deny us what should have been our 3 points.
Supposing that Brownie had got his penalty on Saturday and the game had finished 1-1 instead of 1-0 to Hull.
Would we be feeling that little bit more upbeat about things right now?
Maybe - then again maybe not. It all depends whether you're a glass half-full or glass half-empty sort of person.
For some, things will never be right until we have a different manager in place - one who has different ideas and knows how to get the absolute best out of the squad we've got.
Certainly I think we've reached a crucial juncture - if we lose against both Coventry and Blackburn, after everything else that's happened recently, then I think RL's days are definitely numbered. If we manage to come away with 4 points on the board (some would say we need all 6 but I'll settle for 4) then he'll probably live to fight another day.
I think what I'm saying is, whether it's with Lowe or another manager; whether it's with the current squad we've got or with some new faces brought in during the next transfer windows, every club needs, in addition to a good manager and a talented squad, a little bit of luck and for fortune to work in it's favour.
If we can improve our performances on the pitch and start playing more consistently in the way we know we are capable of playing (and I'm thinking second half against Southampton when the stadium was absolutely rocking) then we've done our bit.
All we need then is for some proper refereeing decisions which award us what we're properly entitled to and to stop conceding those absolute heartbreaker goals right at the end of games which deny us the points we should rightfully have had.
If we can get all of this right then who knows where it might take us - the Premiership may be a little bit nearer than we think.