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I was thinking a draw initially but having looked at Stokes recent form, especially at home, I think we'll struggle to get that.
I've even changed my prediction to a defeat.
A bloody plastic has been texting me about how well they played tonight and now my nerves are shot!!!!!
 
Paul Szacsky said:
I was thinking a draw initially but having looked at Stokes recent form, especially at home, I think we'll struggle to get that.
I've even changed my prediction to a defeat.
A bloody plastic has been texting me about how well they played tonight and now my nerves are shot!!!!!
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Have faith in AN’s tactics!
I usually leave my prediction until I see the team sheets but if we play more or less the same team as against Wigan and Swansea, we can beat Stoke. Good runs come to an end, especially in the Championship! 😁
 
I’ve just been looking at Stoke’s recent results and they’re not as good as I thought. The win at West Brom and 5-2 away at Huddersfield stand out but they’ve been average at best otherwise. We can beat them!
 
kingpne said:
Do you not think we’d open up teams with movement and nicely weighted passes every game if it was that easy? Why wouldn’t we want to do that?

As for no sideways or backwards passing, saying things like that just makes you sound stupid.
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Who mentioned anything about sideways or backwards passing?? I didn't mention that did I? I'm saying that we look more of a potent threat when we keep the ball on the ground. We're not a big side height wise, certainly not up the top end of the pitch, barring Stockley, who is used sparingly at best
 
Delaney said:
There's 11 other players on the pitch whose job it is to stop us doing that though. Everyone can come up with general statements like 'play it on the floor', no one comes up with a way to make it happen and negate the influence of the 11 players trying to stop us. It certainly aint 'simples'
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I'm not saying play that way all the time! I think our pattern of play is a mixed bag. We can play good football with lots of interchanging an movement. We can be direct at times also. We press high in some games, less so in other games, depending how the opposition sets up against us. What is obvious though, is that we're not one of the biggest of sides in height, in terms of our attacking players, barring Stockley an he's hardly first name on the team sheet is he?! In the 2nd half at Wigan, we were a bit more direct when we dropped deeper, hence the ball kept coming straight back, inviting pressure. To our credit though, we defended well but that might not always be the case.
 
Great rallying call from Alex Neil published in the LEP this morning. It is all about mentality now. Tonight's game is a great opportunity-there are 15 such opportunities left. Come on you whites!
 
LostinSpace said:
I’ve just been looking at Stoke’s recent results and they’re not as good as I thought. The win at West Brom and 5-2 away at Huddersfield stand out but they’ve been average at best otherwise. We can beat them!
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In the last 8 they've beaten Sheff Wed, Huddersfield, West Brom, Swansea and Charlton. Only Charlton there probably looked winnable to them 8 games ago. Their only defeats in those 8 came at Derby and Fulham.

It's probably a tougher 8 games than we've had. Really tough game tonight. But yes we can beat them.
 
kingpne said:
Do you not think we’d open up teams with movement and nicely weighted passes every game if it was that easy? Why wouldn’t we want to do that?

As for no sideways or backwards passing, saying things like that just makes you sound stupid.
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There seems to be a new idea around Deepdale that when a sideways or backwards pass is played, loads of moaning needs to be fire at the players. The amount of our fans who expect all action Hollywood passes in laughable at times. Makes me want to rip my hair out sitting on the town end with some of the dross people come out with
 
BallyPNE said:
There seems to be a new idea around Deepdale that when a sideways or backwards pass is played, loads of moaning needs to be fire at the players. The amount of our fans who expect all action Hollywood passes in laughable at times. Makes me want to rip my hair out sitting on the town end with some of the dross people come out with
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Depends on the context really.

If we're 0-2 down and just took a corner...
 
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