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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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North End are a noble club and I will always support them rather than the Nation State networks at Man City or Newcastle.
Every Championship team fancied Callum Robinson at £1.5 million, but he chose Cardiff. Before January, all Championship teams will be eyeing up the same loans from the Premier League, the same Championship misfits and the same players who are turning it on in Leagues 1 & 2. North End will probably be outbid for the cream of this crop.
Mr Lowe may prove successful at pulling the odd transfer rabbit out of the hat- we've done well to get McCann and Woodman. However to be successful across the season, it is his coaching and team management that will make the difference. So far, he has enabled Potts, Storey, Lindsay and Hughes to overachieve- they have become established £750,000 Championship players. His big challenge is to make Ledson or Maguire or Woodburn make a similar leap- if he achieves that, then play offs are a realistic possibility in a weary Championship season.
 
Thracia said:
RL: "January comes, you can maybe freshen the group up by getting a couple of players in and a couple of players might go out to play some games. We won't have millions of pounds to spend and will have to be cute and clever with what we try to do - whether it's loans - well it probably will be loans."

"Cute and clever" must be the new "work smarter and harder" - when in fact the club has shown no aptitude for any of these things.

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Ridsdales been trying that for years and never managed it yet... Hardly his forte is it?
 
Pink Panther Flag said:
Still say were a Riis Injury away from being in very serious trouble.
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I don't think there's any chance we go down this season. Even if we were playing Woodburn, Parrott, or Maguire up top, I still think we'd nick enough 1-0s.

Next season is a worry though, Riis and probably Woodman will have suitors, and Lindsay & Brady will probably be offered more money elsewhere.
 
lesfry said:
North End are a noble club and I will always support them rather than the Nation State networks at Man City or Newcastle.
Every Championship team fancied Callum Robinson at £1.5 million, but he chose Cardiff. Before January, all Championship teams will be eyeing up the same loans from the Premier League, the same Championship misfits and the same players who are turning it on in Leagues 1 & 2. North End will probably be outbid for the cream of this crop.
Mr Lowe may prove successful at pulling the odd transfer rabbit out of the hat- we've done well to get McCann and Woodman. However to be successful across the season, it is his coaching and team management that will make the difference. So far, he has enabled Potts, Storey, Lindsay and Hughes to overachieve- they have become established £750,000 Championship players. His big challenge is to make Ledson or Maguire or Woodburn make a similar leap- if he achieves that, then play offs are a realistic possibility in a weary Championship season.
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Not true. We chose to sit back and wait to see if we could get him for free. That was also our strategy for signing Nahki Wells.


And McAvoy signed McCann.
 
lesfry said:
North End are a noble club and I will always support them rather than the Nation State networks at Man City or Newcastle.
Every Championship team fancied Callum Robinson at £1.5 million, but he chose Cardiff. Before January, all Championship teams will be eyeing up the same loans from the Premier League, the same Championship misfits and the same players who are turning it on in Leagues 1 & 2. North End will probably be outbid for the cream of this crop.
Mr Lowe may prove successful at pulling the odd transfer rabbit out of the hat- we've done well to get McCann and Woodman. However to be successful across the season, it is his coaching and team management that will make the difference. So far, he has enabled Potts, Storey, Lindsay and Hughes to overachieve- they have become established £750,000 Championship players. His big challenge is to make Ledson or Maguire or Woodburn make a similar leap- if he achieves that, then play offs are a realistic possibility in a weary Championship season.
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If he can achieve that with Maguire, he will be feeding thousands with a few fish a loaves of bread and parting the Irish sea to allow our next new Irish findings to walk to Deepdale. 🤔
 
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OB1 said:
Important result yesterday for Lowe. A lot of harsh criticism aimed at him, but there has been rightfully questions about his tactical awareness. Nailed it yesterday though
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I think he deserves a lot of credit for the Boro game too. Had a massive decision to make: play Bambo in a 3 or revert to 4 (which he seems to dread). Got both games spot on despite lots of criticism of selection pre game. I know I've criticised his comments on players but fucking hell, the league table is eye watering when you look at what is one of the thinnest, weakest squads we've had at this level.

It's not pretty at times but I don't give a shit now, he literally can't do more with this squad and this style is playing to the limited strengths of the squad.

If he's not given support in January it's time to get all of our dogs to shit on the lawns of Craig and Peter.
 
Durutti said:
I think he deserves a lot of credit for the Boro game too. Had a massive decision to make: play Bambo in a 3 or revert to 4 (which he seems to dread). Got both games spot on despite lots of criticism of selection pre game. I know I've criticised his comments on players but fucking hell, the league table is eye watering when you look at what is one of the thinnest, weakest squads we've had at this level.

It's not pretty at times but I don't give a shit now, he literally can't do more with this squad and this style is playing to the limited strengths of the squad.

If he's not given support in January it's time to get all of our dogs to shit on the lawns of Craig and Peter.
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Please Please Please repeat this after tomorrow nights game.... 🙂

I hate playing Reading and fear the worst..
 
Ron Burgundy said:
Not true.
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I'd thought it was pretty common knowledge that North End wanted Robinson, Robinson wanted North End and West Brom wanted a fee for him.

We were too cheap to pay the fee that they were requesting so the deal died a death, he ended up in the land of the sheep-botherers and we all cried over how Andre Gray and Callum Robinson had turned into Ched Evans and Sean Maguire.

What's inaccurate there?
 
Fucking hell, against all odds again. Looked good again. League position totally deserved. Please god don't let this be another historic moment in our history where the manger working miricles isn't backed for the final push. We have nothing to fear in this league now, it's shite.
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ell done all involved again tonight. If you can win there you can anywhere.
 
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