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Libertine said:
Bigger picture here. You’d have taken this league position at the start of the season all day long. Lest we forget Ryan is in his first job at this level and still learning his trade. He needs backing.
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the12thman said:
I assume you were replying to my post (just click reply). To repeat, what would you have done? Not what wouldn’t you have done?

By the way, I think that we have the same opinions:
- I assume you wouldn’t have taken Browne and Brady off? Me neither - they were our two best players in my opinion
- alvaro probably could have come on for Potts, with Brady moving over to the right
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Brady should have started on the right with Alvaro on the left. Both players are not scared of making a decent tackle - which ‘Pottsy’ is !
 
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Brady should have started on the right with Alvaro on the left. Both players are not scared of making a decent tackle - which ‘Pottsy’ is !
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Brady has been tried on the right and has been largely ineffective. I still don't think Potts is a right wing back, but he's the best we've got.
 
Thracia said:
Yeah, these I guess:

"They ... had a goal scorer in Flemming who they paid £1.7million for. He scored three goals and sometimes they are the fine margins.​
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"Gary has just told me about him and they got Voglsammer too. They paid money for them and that's that little bit of quality - Gary has just said that they've definitely helped them, for where they are. We aren't quite in that position, but if we can add a little bit of something different I'm sure we will be. They might've been found before the (work permit rules) but they are out there, of course. Gary said he’s been after them for 3 years, so he’s had to wait.​
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"But no, my lads have been great and we had chances to score goals. Just because you pay £1.7million for someone, it doesn't always turn out. The lad got his hat-trick today and we knew he was one of their danger players, but you have to give Millwall credit as well because they came here and did a job. I felt that we would've won had we got that goal in the second half."​

Lowe also confirms Evans was subbed because his hamstring was tight, saying "I thought he was well worthy of a hat-trick".

But the fact is, it was the guy who cost £1.7m who actually got the hat-trick, while the guy(s) who cost considerably less couldn't "get that goal in the second half". Playing the £1.7m guy may not always work, but it'd be nice to at least have the option if we intend sticking around the top 12.

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Ryan Lowe's biggest disappointment in PNE's 2-4 loss to Millwall

Preston North End manager Ryan Lowe was left to rue 'criminal' defending for Millwall's goals as the Lions won 2-4 at Deepdale on Saturday.
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Does that mean we’ve got to wait another 2 years before we get Cole Stockton?
 
Here it is, If you Play well you get hooked off, If you don't play well, you don't. The lads want to be on the Pitch, but there is no incentive perform, if its going to get you subbed. I really don't want to attack individual players, because I agree with what Lowe said in the Weekend Warm up, its a TEAM game, but Riis has been poor for a few games now, Maybe needs a break I don't know.

But if true, that Browne and Brady reacted badly to being Subbed and they had every right. Then Lowe could be on the Verge of losing the Dressing room.
Look I don't care what anyone says, these lads can hold their own in the Championship. But they are not suited to Lowe's Tactics and we all know the Board are skin flint and so on. But Lowe should by now have worked out 2 or 3 systems he can play these lads in, to get the best out of them. We are playing some good football, but we are lacking confidence, Because apart from Riis the Midfield and other Forward players know they getting pulled. Millwall brought on Subs and changed their game for the Better, We made subs for the sake of it, panicky Subs and none of the subs made where to change formation or to better the side because as we all saw the lesser performers today stayed on. Its often been the case.

Like with Franky I want to be proved wrong, because I want a successful Manager at PNE, because I want to see PNE in the Prem before my Days come to an end. Defeats happen, but its the manor and the lack of acceptance that makes me believe we got the wrong man from Plymouth and Lowe is a Plan A guy and if its isn't working, Plan B is just Plan A with players dumped in. Its over to Lowe to prove me and others wrong. Nick from the Estate Agents is a West Ham fan, he watches PNE games when he can because of me. He said we have good players, that perform well, but don't seem to be Gelling under the Tactics and he is often baffled at the subs.
 
mercer said:
Never been so shocked by subs as I was for Brady & Browne today. Yes, Browne slightly at fault for the third goal, but Christ he was the most effective central midfielder on the pitch for us by a country mile this afternoon. Brady likewise had done nothing wrong.

I've felt on a couple of occasions this season, particularly Rotherham at home when we were by far the better side for the majority of the game, Lowe's subs have killed any momentum we had. I believe that night he hooked Browne (again) and DJ, could be wrong, but we lost all rhythm as we did today and the game fizzled out to 0-0.

I wonder whether the ability to make 5 subs has actually hindered us more often than its helped. Lowe strikes me as a manager who is quite emotional and reactionary with his substitutions and the fact he can make more of them means he feels he needs to.
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His multi substitutions always leave us looking less of a threat. He seems to think using 5 is obligatory not optional
 
Schemer said:
Brady has been tried on the right and has been largely ineffective. I still don't think Potts is a right wing back, but he's the best we've got.
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One of our best wins this season was beating Norwich 3-2 away.
Brady , from the RIGHT wing, floated a lovely cross with his RIGHT foot and Riis headed it in. He also provided good crosses ,with his left foot, from the right.
Brady tries to get the ball moving forward whereas Potts , by continually passing the ball back is really passing responsibility.
Currently, it’s no wonder with the current team selection, that our best attacks go down the left.
 
I am amazed/glad that we have 31 points as this looked impossible just a couple of weeks ago, the "heat" on the ownership and Ridsdale will have reduced for some of our fans but not those who have a genuine desire to see progression.
I was really pissed off yesterday with our defending at the freekick for their second, so close as to make a shot over the wall impossible so go under the "jumping" wall with nobody lying behind the wall to prevent this and bingo (does Lowe not see this).
Lindsay was found out yesterday (after performing surprisingly well this season), he was bullied and left so many gaps, Brady is useless in defence and Potts struggled again defensively, this insistence of 3 at the back with 2 wingbacks (neither of whom are wingbacks) leaves up so open to forceful attacking teams and reduces our options going forward, all down to Lowe I am afraid.
Fernandez must wonder what he is doing here, he gives us so many more options because of his pace, Riis apart we have very little pace in the squad.

How can Lowe turn a 20 goal striker into a bit part player in just a few months, one who looks so pissed off with what's on offer???

I really don't get the Lowe love in, he is a one trick pony at best living off some scrappy unexpected wins IMHO.
 
Mel Tottoh said:
His multi substitutions always leave us looking less of a threat. He seems to think using 5 is obligatory not optional
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I'm not sure that he does, given this is how many subs he's used in the last half a dozen games:

Millwall - 4 (1 of which was Evans asking to come off)
Reading - 3
Swansea - 3 (2 of which were enforced by injuries)
Middlesbrough - 4
Blackpool - 5
Huddersfield - 2

I don't know what you think of our squad as a whole, but I'd argue that the reason his substitutions may not give us more of a threat is due to the quality of the players that he can call upon, rather than his poor decision-making.

I'm not saying Lowe gets everything right, there are things that I've even questioned on this thread - but at the end of the day if you put a manager of the calibre of Guardiola in charge of this team, then like Lowe he'd also be limited to subbing on the likes of Woodburn and Maguire to try and make a difference.

It's PNE - you get what you pay for.
 
I wonder if they'd have to pay Fernandez a higher £-rate, depending on his actual starts rather than coming on by subbing. (?)
 
It'll take at least three more Seasons to forge a Team to Lowe's complete satisfaction - it's going to be a long, bumpy ride, but I hope one of gradual improvement.
The Senior Management could hasten the Progress without making much of a dint in the Family Silverware, too!
 
Libertine said:
Does he have the players on the bench to answer the questions?
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Not only do they change the players after about 60 mins but normally the formation as well. Havent made any comment on Lowe here but to be honest consider he is doing better than i thought he would. Thought championship managers would outthink him tactically and his stubborness would bring about failure
 
“Brains of the operation” Steven Schumacher just lost 2-0 to Port Vale, losing top of the league to Ipswich in the process

They’ll drop out of automatics completely if Sheff W beat Derby

Edit: last minute equaliser at Ipswich so they’ve been saved. Side note, that top 3 fight is crazy, they’ve left the rest of the league behind
 
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