I didn't ignore Maguire, I wasn't disputing your opinion of him. Having said that, given Cardiff wanted him in January. So while he isn't a great option to have, he would be starting in League Two.
Lowe
Out of his depth……
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Clearly missing the brains Schumacher. It will end it tears, it always does!
Archer came in January, you prize plum.
Which means that Lowe, who had been in the job just 3 or 4 weeks, had the shite off the 2 previous managers to contend with.
You sound like you think it was a bad thing Lowe getting in Archer.
Weak agenda.
Archer signed on the 24th January. Season finished 7th May. Which is the 3/4 month period l said is it not!?
We were very fortunate to sign a player like Archer. Which of course was great for us as a club at the time. But our reliance on him last season, has caused Lowe a huge problem this season as he's not found a successful way to play without him. We're awful to watch, we struggle to score and win little.
And sadly Archer's replacement in Parrott has flopped. The club have failed to provide another alternative as we never signed the 2nd striker we clearly needed. And Lowe stubbornly won't change his formation even though our performances and results overall aren't that good.
You say that Lowe cannot find a successful way to play without Archer.
When the budget only allows you to bring in Parrott, then you know that you're fucked. Everyone knows the limitations of Evans and Maguire, what was he supposed to do, pay them both off and be left with just Riis and Parrott or maybe sign (shudder) Cole Stockton?
I get your angst towards the club and whilst all managers have faults, you're directing your ire at the wrong dept at Deepdale. Try those bellends in the suits.
You have a right to be angry, I am angry too but 90% of it has to be directed at "The Family" and "their employee".
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Personally, I'd sell Evans to Bradford (The Bantams), I reckon we'd only get a paltry amount for him though.
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Pray for Bradford fans then at this difficult time
Pardon my ignorance JJ but have Bradford been linked with Evans….
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Not to my knowledge, although their manager is Mark Hughes, a fellow Welsh man and would've known Ched from his time at Man City.
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That’s chicken feed.
Clucking hell, somebody will finish up with egg on their face if Bradford shell out a fee 🙂
He'd probably even be way down the 'pecking' order there!!
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Surely you mean Bradford Park Avenue and not the team in league two?
I am sure there are some Sunday league sides who would take a punt on ched.
yet you just admitted Archer did.....
fact is we have 2 strikers (so called) who the rest of the team cant pass into any quicker.........
As I posted last year at around this time....... force Frankie out and many want the next guy sacked by Christmas 2022 whoever the next guy is...
I don't think Archer would carry on with the same record to be honest. Even he would struggle to score under our current set up. At least Haaland not scoring has made us less of a laughing stock on social media this weekend!
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But archer did score in our current set up. I don’t really get your point. You say lowe’s record is bad without archer. Well conte’s record would be pretty bad without harry kane and son.
If you take your best sources of goals away you are going to struggle. Now I’m not saying we had a chance to get archer. But we have literally no one who can get on the ball and take people on. People wonder why our play is so slow. We must have the slowest squad in the league.
Someone like Robinson - not a natural scorer but at least he would excite fans. Name me one player in this team who can get the ball and run at players. I’ll start…. No one.
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Also worth pointing out that confidence is usually carried by everyone, so would probably improve the overall standard of play through sheer will.
Lowe has still has to play his part - and he's made mistakes that need addressing.
I think if we don't get a result against Huddersfield, then (God forbid) we lose to Shitpool things could then quite toxic.
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Odd quote from Lowe in the LEP this morning. Did he start to criticise the players and then stop himself?
"He said: “We have players that we've got because they're under contract and they're good enough, to what level I don't know because, you know, can they go again? Are they better than what we've got?
"We've got a good squad of players that can compete with each other but at the end of the day, whoever was in the backline those chances and goals would have still happened potentially."
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"He said: “We have players that we've got because they're under contract and they're good enough, to what level I don't know because, you know, can they go again? Are they better than what we've got?
"We've got a good squad of players that can compete with each other but at the end of the day, whoever was in the backline those chances and goals would have still happened potentially."
PNE boss Lowe 'massively disappointed' with goal conceded against Stoke and has questions for defenders
Ryan Lowe was disappointed with the way Preston North End conceded the second goal in their 2-0 defeat to Stoke City that all but ended the game.
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That quote from Lowe doesn’t make any sense