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All starts again. Sometimes people aren't fully physically or mentally fit. Lets hope we are on it from the off.
 
dontask said:
First piece with PNE's No.44 here - sounds like he's used lockdown very well and has got himself in a good place.

"I've gone away, cleared my head and worked on things I knew I needed to improve on."

Are you sold on him or not?

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"When I was at Blackpool it was when they had no fans going to the games so that wasn't great, playing at home in front of a largely empty stadium."

Sorry, but he's going to have to be a bit more specific. When was this?
 
He's an effective player, not easy on the eye but i'd hazard a guess that our points return with him in the team is pretty good.

Neil always trusts him to play in the biggest games too, Leeds, Fulham etc.
 
When he came in, for A jan signing he did well and helped with the then exposed Fisher. Then ibiza and a poor start to the season and injuries. Think he offers something different than the other cm and in the last 9 games hoping for impact from the bench.
 
Good player, especially when given space to run into, so deadly against 10 men and against attacking teams.

However, guilty of putting in lazy performances at times and needs to stamp it out and give every game 100%.
 
My one-man and remarkably fickle jury is still out on Potts. Great engibe, likes a tackle and has a very good strike on him. Makes decent late runs into the box.

However, he isn't the best technically or at linking play, isn't reliable enough for a responsible holdng role, isn;t better than Browne or Johnson as a 10, and has a bit of an attitude at times.

The next 6 months will make or break him. I hope he does well.
 
BigMarkLeonard said:
My one-man and remarkably fickle jury is still out on Potts. Great engibe, likes a tackle and has a very good strike on him. Makes decent late runs into the box.

However, he isn't the best technically or at linking play, isn't reliable enough for a responsible holdng role, isn;t better than Browne or Johnson as a 10, and has a bit of an attitude at times.

The next 6 months will make or break him. I hope he does well.
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Agree entirely, but I'd say he's got the rest of the season rather than the next 6 months. If he doesn't step up now, when the games will be suited to him against more tired legs than usual, how will he cope in a higher division or even against fitter players?

He's good enough and needs to show it.
 
A frustrating player because he has shown at times he‘s got it and others he just doesn’t turn up. this is his chance to show he can perform regularly or in my view is a luxury we can do without
 
After some injury problems this season seemed like v Fulham he was finally getting close to some his performances last season. Hope he’s used the time Off wisely. He could be a big player for us.
 
Very much a season of inconsistancy. Thought he was excellent at Leeds when pressing was the main gameplan and he was superb at disrupting likes of Phillips. Poor in other games though and not scored this season which is disappointing considering he scored two early on after signing in January and seemed to chip in regularly at Barnsley.

Still rather have him off the bench with 15 minutes left in a game winning 1-0 than Ledson.
 
Sid Snot said:
Cause for optimism. I like Ernie and I hope his head is now in a better place.
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Getting a bit of deja vu here... but do you mean Eric? (my deja vu thing has you coming back and explaining why you really did mean Ernie).

Anyway, when I saw the headline I immediately thought of Eric... Maybe it's an age thing, but Brad had completely slipped my mind! Therefore I have to say... Brad needs to make more impact 😗
 
Ran the game for me at Elland Road, was key to the high pressing, intense game we played. Showed that he can do it against the best team in the league whose midfield is probably their strongest department.

Think he was hampered by injury and a bit of excess weight from the summer which was no doubt harder to shift because of the injury.

Happy to see him given more chances if he can hit the heights we know he can. Our runners in Browne, Pearson and Potts might be our key to promotion, if they’ve kept fit and sharp during the downtime, it could make all the difference.
 
The last thing I would say about Potts is that he likes a tackle, I would go as far as to say that for a guy his size “getting stuck in” is the farthest thing from his mind.

The only thing I can think of is that maybe he was happy at Barnsley and regretted moving to Preston and maybe has struggled to settle in.

Let’s hope that he has had time to reflect and we now get to see the player we thought we were getting.
 
Has the ability, needs to knuckle down and show it. Harrop used to be in the same bracket but he's starting to deliver.
Make or break time.
 
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