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BallyPNE

BallyPNE

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Anyone else a little nervous about the next 3 games?

I can't figure out if I have built these games up in my head to be more important than they actually are due to having this international break and stewing on what might happen.

Although I am confident, it is definitely possible that we could lose 2 out of 3 and be a little out of contention with how close the table is at the moment.

Its only October but I get a feeling these games could be big for our season.

Probably just overreacting a little?
 
I was listening to Neil this week and he spoke about looking back at blocks of games and the pointes gained rather than looking ahead and saying how many points we should get. Stating that if you lose the first one then you are putting pressure on for the next two games.

Last season when we played Reading we all got a bit carried away and looked at the following week when we had three games in a week. We lost at Reading and then had a shocker in the following three games.

Our record at Reading is poor and the last break aside our record after international breaks is poor so I am slightly apprehensive about tomorrow but excited at the prospect of us picking up another win.

That said so far this season has been excellent so no reason at all why we can't win this game and put ourselves in a really strong position going into the Leeds game.
 
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BallyPNE said:
Anyone else a little nervous about the next 3 games?

I can't figure out if I have built these games up in my head to be more important than they actually are due to having this international break and stewing on what might happen.

Although I am confident, it is definitely possible that we could lose 2 out of 3 and be a little out of contention with how close the table is at the moment.

Its only October but I get a feeling these games could be big for our season.

Probably just overreacting a little?
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You are ! 🙂 .... It's a long ride this season, there will be ups & downs & just enjoy the ride. Personally, I think we will come out of the next 3 games favourably. We have al almost fully fit , refreshed squad & we are the real deal at the moment. An improvement in our luck on the injury front over the last 2 seasons & things could get very interesting. Be glad that there is something to get nervous about
 
5pts & above would be fine over these next three games. It's not a sprint, just want to avoid any demoralising defeats.
 
When you think about what points target you'd be happy with in the next 3 then the main answer is probably 5 (1 win and 2 draws). Points wise we'd obviously be better winning 2 and losing 1, but you then have to factor in who the defeat would be against and how big an impact it would have.

Reading - bottom 3 and struggling
Leeds - play off rival
Rovers - local rival

I'd certainly take 5 or 6 from the next 3. So based on all that it's much easier to target 3 points tomorrow from a place we don't have a good record at and then look to Tuesday...

November looks tough, and December has 6 matches in it!
 
kingpne said:
I'm back in the UK for Leeds and Plastics so I'm just buzzing rather than nervous, to be honest.
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Reckon if this 3 game run in came in straight after the Barnsley game I'd be well up for all of them and I'd fancy us in each game. Just that extended period is leaving a little doubt
 
Over the past few seasons we have tended to:

*perform poorly straight after the international break.
*not do well when playing tomorrow's opponents at their place.
*not do well against next Tuesday's opponents - in the league at least - our match at their place in the league last season was possibly the
low point of AN's tenure as manager and while we played better later in the season at our place we were still fairly emphatically beaten.

Add in that the match a week tomorrow is a 'derby' where the extra intensity and atmosphere can make things a bit more difficult and you have an interesting looking eight days coming up. But there are no easy matches and the key thing about this season so far is that the whole squad is generally that bit more composed and resilient than last season. Personally I would not be unhappy with five points from these three games but if we can get all three points tomorrow then we could maybe even start the game top of the table and then it would be a case of seeing how the team reacted to that.
 
ernest said:
Over the past few seasons we have tended to:

*perform poorly straight after the international break.
*not do well when playing tomorrow's opponents at their place.
*not do well against next Tuesday's opponents - in the league at least - our match at their place in the league last season was possibly the
low point of AN's tenure as manager and while we played better later in the season at our place we were still fairly emphatically beaten.

Add in that the match a week tomorrow is a 'derby' where the extra intensity and atmosphere can make things a bit more difficult and you have an interesting looking eight days coming up. But there are no easy matches and the key thing about this season so far is that the whole squad is generally that bit more composed and resilient than last season. Personally I would not be unhappy with five points from these three games but if we can get all three points tomorrow then we could maybe even start the game top of the table and then it would be a case of seeing how the team reacted to that.
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No gets promoted in October.
Anything can happen like injuries (god forbid) so take each game as it comes and see where we end up.
P.S. We are playing well so I am a bit giddy........
 
I see no reason to be worried, this is the year of Alex Neil and Preston North End. Reading may be the odd one as they sacked their manager to avoid the PNE humiliation, but the new guy appointed himself so lets wait and see. Both Leeds & Plastics I'm sure A.N. will have studied and will know how to beat them. Points for the next three games then, 9 for me even with the 'Friend' on the whistle next Tuesday.And I honestly believe we will humiliate the Plastics (again).
UTW
 
SuffolknWhat said:
No gets promoted in October.
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Indeed they don't - though by about November you can be almost relegated which was the case with us last season. Odd how things can change so sharply. Let's see if we can make tomorrow's match one in which the tendency of the last couple of season in this particular fixture can be similarly reversed.
 
StevieB said:
I see no reason to be worried, this is the year of Alex Neil and Preston North End. Reading may be the odd one as they sacked their manager to avoid the PNE humiliation, but the new guy appointed himself so lets wait and see. Both Leeds & Plastics I'm sure A.N. will have studied and will know how to beat them. Points for the next three games then, 9 for me even with the 'Friend' on the whistle next Tuesday.And I honestly believe we will humiliate the Plastics (again).
UTW
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👍 I'd say on current form our 3 upcoming opponents have more reason to be worried about us than we are of them!
 
Reading away is a banana skin. Interesting that 90% of predictions give Pne a win. Hope they are right but decades of supporting PNE make me wary. Can we make it to the top flight, is this our year ? 3 teams are going to do it so why can’t it be us ?
 
We can look at our next 3 games but what about looking at Readings next 3? They have PNE (h), QPR (a) and Nottm Forest (a) so arguably, they will see the game against us as their best chance of picking up points. Loads of pressure for the new man in his first match in charge!
 
sf said:
5pts & above would be fine over these next three games. It's not a sprint, just want to avoid any demoralising defeats.
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I thought the same... beat Reading and draw against Rovers and Leeds.

They wouldn’t be the worst set of results..
 
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