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Keeping Brady out there instead of sending Alvaro on was a very brave call, but it was definitely the right one in that situation.

Lowe actually only made the one unenforced substitution this evening by taking Riis off for Woodburn. At the time there were a fair few calling for him to change something to stop the pressure they were putting us under, but in hindsight I really don't think he could have made a change that strengthened us for what we needed in that scenario.

We're 7th, yes there are games in hand that others have on us, but that's still a noteworthy achievement for Lowe, given the malaise surrounding the club at the moment and how little he has to work with in comparison to the rest of the league.

The frightening bit is that if we'd just been a little more clinical with one chance each against Wigan, Hull and Rotherham - 6 more points that we should have gotten, but for wastefulness in front of goal - then we would currently be in an automatic promotion spot in the Championship as of the 1st of November.

Like him or loathe him, he's not the main problem at this club and if he doesn't get backed in January - or in any other window, for that matter - it will be yet another massive wasted opportunity for PNE.
 
Ron Burgundy said:
Are we an awful squad though?
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It's not an "awful" squad in terms of the majority of individuals we've got- it lacks any depth. We've got 14/15 players who make most Championship squads but the matchday 18 tends to pick itself depending on who's fit. Two or three quality additions in January and we're challenging for the playoffs. Won't happen though.
 
I think it's crazy how Lowe has copped a load of stick given the personnel at his disposal. The fact of the matter is we need to be pragmatic & resolute to get results in this league with our squad. It's a mediocre squad at best & we're actually punching above our weight wrt league position. So fair play Lowe & the coaching team 👏

Got it right tonight, especially loosing Whiteman so early. Bloody good 3 pts was that.

As ever we are 3 or 4 good players short of a decent squad that can last the pace of a long, tough championship season.

If the board are not prepared to back Lowe fully now then I'm not sure what will convince them.

Shout out to Brady who had a good game. Disciplined, resolute & worked his bollocks off.

Two big games now before the break! COYW!
 
MattPNE17 said:
Lowe actually only made the one unenforced substitution this evening by taking Riis off for Woodburn. At the time there were a fair few calling for him to change something to stop the pressure they were putting us under, but in hindsight I really don't think he could have made a change that strengthened us for what we needed in that scenario.
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I didn't have problem with that change. Our defence needed the pressure taking off them by the ball sticking up front a bit, which it simply wasn't going to do with Teflon Riis up there. Woodburn came on and at least won a few headers and gave the Swans defence something to think about. That's no slight on Riis by the way, he just has his obvious limitations with what he can do to help the team out when they're under the cosh.
 
It seems a lot of people are wandering why a letter was made to the club despite sitting in 7th place currently. I think we need to look at the bigger picture here. This club are over achieving imo, we rely massively on a defence that leaked goals for fun last season and that included the fantastic SVDB. This season we are really up against it because of the poor transfer window we all had to endure, whilst the players we brought in have been mostly great it should never have been enough to sustain ourselves for a successful campaign. With only 1 striker that can actually hit the net we should be way down the league table but because of the brilliance of 3-4 players we’ve kept ourselves alive.

Not sure why funds should suddenly become available in January when there was nothing much to play with in the summer, we will have to see about that. I still see the way things were handled was incredibly inept and incompetent. Delighted for the fans though, they deserve this and the longer we stay in contention the better, even if it is against all odds.
 
This management team is working miracles with what's available to them and, like Schumacher at Plymouth, Mike Marsh deserves just as much credit.

I'm not a particular fan of Lowe's Westleyish style of management however if he's being all showy and mouth to the cameras, and it means the tactically astute coach can quietly go about his business behind the scenes and we keep grinding out ugly wins then I'm all for it!

Thankfully it is only a minority (less than 4% in the survey) of fans were calling for his head anyway, most people see where the real issues at the club lie. Imagine where we'd be with those two extra players, and still having saved millions on last year's budget. Some of our performances this season have produced the best football I've seen from PNE and that's huge credit to Lowe and Marsh, we just didn't have someone to create a bit of magic on the right or an experienced finisher to convert our draws in to wins.

Now the performances have tailed off we are still managing to pick up results, arguably that's even more important.
 
Bobbage said:
This management team is working miracles with what's available to them and, like Schumacher at Plymouth, Mike Marsh deserves just as much credit.

I'm not a particular fan of Lowe's Westleyish style of management however if he's being all showy and mouth to the cameras, and it means the tactically astute coach can quietly go about his business behind the scenes and we keep grinding out ugly wins then I'm all for it!

Thankfully it is only a minority (less than 4% in the survey) of fans were calling for his head anyway, most people see where the real issues at the club lie. Imagine where we'd be with those two extra players, and still having saved millions on last year's budget. Some of our performances this season have produced the best football I've seen from PNE and that's huge credit to Lowe and Marsh, we just didn't have someone to create a bit of magic on the right or an experienced finisher to convert our draws in to wins.

Now the performances have tailed off we are still managing to pick up results, arguably that's even more important.
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Imagine the McGeady of 2017 running riot in this team!...
 
He's doing his best.

I said it elsewhere last night and I know he's a regular starter for them usually but imagine Lowe having the option of an Obafemi type striker to bring off the bench for certain games. Or actually start him alongside Riis.

That's the final third options a legitimate play off contender needs. Can't say Swansea wooed me that much last night but ultimately they've worked their way up championship table and will be in the mix for 6th-10th positions.

Swansea signed him for 1.5m so that's where this club is failing with present strategy. Given his age he'll either score the goals to get them an 80m + windfall or they'll just sell him for 3-4 times that amount in two years time if they don't go up.

We'll see what does or dosen't happen in January I guess....
 
MattPNE17 said:
At the time there were a fair few calling for him to change something to stop the pressure they were putting us under, but in hindsight I really don't think he could have made a change that strengthened us for what we needed in that scenario.
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I thought that bringing on Johnson for his ability to keep possession in place of McCann who was energetic but ill-disciplined in his passing might have been a worthwhile ploy. But thanks to a lot of hard work and a couple of moments of real brilliance by Woodman we kept them at bay. It was a superb three points.
 
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