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Looking like same old

Looking like same old

He also said when we were 2nd in the league a fews months back that the team is the best he has since he has been here and they are there on merit.

It would be a shame if it all falls apart and we start sliding down the table.

Its hard to stomach the last 2 defeats at home and not score single goal!
 
york white said:
Well, the article in the LEP this morning certainly reads like same old, same old. Neil knows where the problems lie and we'd like to do some business "if we can" but in his opinion the big issue is DJ's absence. I may still be in a post defeat bad mood but Neil's comments read to me like we won't be able to bring in players he wants and we'll just have to wait for DJ to recover.
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Yep, the headline and this exciting quote provides all the transfer window anticipation the fans need:

AN: "I’m not going to mention where we’re going to try and strengthen if we are going to strengthen at all. That's going to stay in-house."

We partyin' now...

Article: Preston North End boss Alex Neil is keeping his January transfer plans to himself | LEP
 
Severiano said:
So you bought a season ticket in 1990 when we had real investment? ....go onto Companies House Beta and take a look at the accounts. TH has invested over £40m so far.....how about he extends that to £160m which is where the Venkys are at....for what? You really didn't buy a ticket because of lack of real investment?
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I think you'll find a fair few who haven't bought a season ticket this season, due to lack of investment
 
If anybody went to the Reading and Middlesbrough games as their first ever matches they may be deterred for life or certainly for a good while.
If I'd taken somebody on for the first time I would have been cringing. Up until the last 3 home matches the games have been good but just passing the ball
sideways and backwards, misplacing easy passes and mishitting shots and crosses you just do not want to see at this level or any level of football.
We are capable of much better and need to start showing it again.
 
We are really struggling against teams who set up defensively and appear incapable of recovering if we concede the first goal. In the 10 games in which this has happened this season we’ve failed to score in 8 of them. I can’t confess I’ve compared this with others in the league but it seems a shocking statistic and we need to find a way to change this as clearly we won’t always score first/ early.

Looking at it with the glass half full however we had a dreadful run this time last year and were 17th with 29pts, but from this point went unbeaten in 12 winning eight. If history is to repeat itself however you may want to give the cup game a miss on Sat, as it might not be anything to crow(e) about.
 
65on said:
Tell our wide players to emulate what Boro's no7 did yesterday. Marcus Tavernier ran North End ragged.Best player on the park by a mile.We couldn't get near him. He showed that being DIRECT can be very effective. Barky used to do it but no longer seems either willing or capable. We currently are predictable and relatively easy to defend against. If we mixed it up a bit our forwards would benefit.
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He did have a good game but it’s easy to run into space playing on the break. If you’re facing a team with 9 or 10 players behind the ball there’s not much space left and you inevitably lose the ball... to a chorus of jeers from certain sections.
 
Pilot said:
He did have a good game but it’s easy to run into space playing on the break. If you’re facing a team with 9 or 10 players behind the ball there’s not much space left and you inevitably lose the ball... to a chorus of jeers from certain sections.
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That doesn't mean to say that you could actually try an take the player on instead of taking the easy option an passing it sideways!
 
Kenmare_White said:
Disappointing few days but come on, we’re 4 points off Brentford in 3rd place.
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It will be a walk over playing them lot in the play-offs
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Kenmare_White said:
Disappointing few days but come on, we’re 4 points off Brentford in 3rd place.
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Thanks for these words of sanity and reassurance.....

I'm sure those with the facts will know the last time we started a New Year only 4 points off 3rd place.

Its a very even league with everybody having bad spells similar to what we are now (2 defeats) and did when we had all the injuries to defenders (4 defeats on the trot)..

Forest went 5 without a win incl 3 defeats
Fulham have just lost 3 on the trot
Swansea went 6 games without a win incl 3 defeats
Millwall went 7 games on the trot without a win
Hull are very hit and miss#
S Weds lost 3 on the trot then 5 without a win

All of these are above us at present but have all been below us too. They are no more consistent than we are..

Bristol have been above us but are currently on a run of 5 losses from 6...

This team has proved, when fully fit, it can get to top 3 and so I'm certain it is capable of staying top 6 in the long run.....
If we repeat the Jan - March form of 2019 these next 3 months then this might be a happier forum...
 
sports rehab said:
Thanks for these words of sanity and reassurance.....

I'm sure those with the facts will know the last time we started a New Year only 4 points off 3rd place.

Its a very even league with everybody having bad spells similar to what we are now (2 defeats) and did when we had all the injuries to defenders (4 defeats on the trot)..

Forest went 5 without a win incl 3 defeats
Fulham have just lost 3 on the trot
Swansea went 6 games without a win incl 3 defeats
Millwall went 7 games on the trot without a win
Hull are very hit and miss#
S Weds lost 3 on the trot then 5 without a win

All of these are above us at present but have all been below us too. They are no more consistent than we are..

Bristol have been above us but are currently on a run of 5 losses from 6...

This team has proved, when fully fit, it can get to top 3 and so I'm certain it is capable of staying top 6 in the long run.....
If we repeat the Jan - March form of 2019 these next 3 months then this might be a happier forum...
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Nope
It started at derby I think when we started to get found out, and since then to a degree we’ve been unable to change our strategy.
Too many players to mention are one dimensional hence we are on paper getting good possession and a shot ratio but sadly no end product.
Of course we want to hope and of course we want as fans to see us in the play offs but there’s the horrible reality that it seems a very tall order and we are dropping all too quickly down the league, we seem to have forgotten how to win
 
Naughton's moustache said:
I think you'll find a fair few who haven't bought a season ticket this season, due to lack of investment
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FredElseFlyer said:
And I think you will find that many more will do the same next season.
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There are many reasons not to renew Season Tickets. I have had one for last 3 or 4 Seasons, previously didn't for a couple, before that did.
That's a Mixture of Circumstances and some Seasons of just wanting to pick and choose (that one becomes more prevalent as you get older) but I Can't for the life of me see why anybody under 65 uses lack of investment as a reason for not renewing when investment is largely higher than as it has been for the past 60 Years.
Not sure why PNE fans EXPECT something they have never had (albeit that would be great if TH did have one real fling at it)
Only time we have had similar contribution from Owner/Board was under Baxi at firstly a lower level and before mega investments/large parachute payments came into play.
It would of course be nice to have one maybe two quality signings this Window rather than 3 or 4 Squad Players. I think the overall Squad is as good as its been for a long time.
Real quality though costs roughly what we would get for a Pearson, Davies etc circa 10mill.
Frustrating as it can be I like our model of buying the Pearsons, Robinsons etc for nominal fees.
 
deepdaledreamer said:
There are many reasons not to renew Season Tickets. I have had one for last 3 or 4 Seasons, previously didn't for a couple, before that did.
That's a Mixture of Circumstances and some Seasons of just wanting to pick and choose (that one becomes more prevalent as you get older) but I Can't for the life of me see why anybody under 65 uses lack of investment as a reason for not renewing when investment is largely higher than as it has been for the past 60 Years.
Not sure why PNE fans EXPECT something they have never had (albeit that would be great if TH did have one real fling at it)
Only time we have had similar contribution from Owner/Board was under Baxi at firstly a lower level and before mega investments/large parachute payments came into play.
It would of course be nice to have one maybe two quality signings this Window rather than 3 or 4 Squad Players. I think the overall Squad is as good as its been for a long time.
Real quality though costs roughly what we would get for a Pearson, Davies etc circa 10mill.
Frustrating as it can be I like our model of buying the Pearsons, Robinsons etc for nominal fees.
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Yes, there probably is more money being put into the club than for many years but it's all relative isn't it? The fact is, the majority of Championship clubs are paying bigger wages and buying better players. Neil's budget is probably the 3rd or 4th lowest in the division. (And yes, we're probably also 3rd or 4th lowest for attendances too and don't have the benefit of parachute payments like some clubs do). So Neil and Grayson before him have done well to achieve the finished they have.

The fact is, though, Hemmings has stated that the aim is to progress year on year and to reach the Premier League. That aim has also been the basis of season ticket marketing. So, surely it's not unreasonable to expect the sole owner of the club to provide sufficient funds to enable that stated aim to be fulfilled? It's the fact that what Hemmings has said doesn't seem to be reflected by his actions - the training ground fiasco/scam being another example - that frustrates people and gives the strong impression that the club lacks real ambition.
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