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Superb Match

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Incredible stuff. That game had everything. It was real end to end stuff. Nash pulled off the save of the season when Ellington's goalbound 25 yarder was tipped over the bar at the last second. Then Agyemang topped it with a contender for goal of the season with his sublime overhead kick.

This was fast flowing football by both sides and we just edged it. Whaley was given instructions to stand on the by line when receiving the ball and attack with speed. St.Ledger continues his outstanding progress and even Chilvers looked a little more assured tonight.

The one worrying aspect is we still aren't seeing Pugh mount any attacks down the left and if it's true he's not a left winger then why don't we move for George Boyd of Stevenage Borough ?

Make no mistake though this is a different brand of football we are beginning to see. It's much more adventurous than under Davies although we did sit back a little too much in the second half to allow West Brom to come at us.

Thoroughly entertaining. Long may it continue chaps.
 
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it was a very entertaining match tonight. end to end and i thought preston deserved to win it. every player who played tonight gave 100%. st ledger - what a last gasp clearance from zoltan gera. absolute class.
 
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For once I agree with a lot of what you say.

An open game that was indeed end to end stuff.

Your thoughts on the Colossus of Hammersmith's performance tonight would be interesting though?
 
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When Simmo arrived he said he wanted to give us entertaining football and if what I just saw was what he was on about then I am loving it loving it loving it!!

That said West Brom also contributed and while I am over the moon that we won, there would have been no injustice in them taking a share of the points.

Samba Sedgewick, you keep on dancing in the middle of the park my friend, you are looking reborn.
 
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The Colossus was, by his standards, quite reasonable tonight. He laid off for once a few accurate headers BUT that in no way makes up for his ongoing goal drought. Indeed I cannot remember the last time he actually put a shot in on target ?

Mellor will be his replacement and that will be it. We are all expecting great things from this Nugent/Mellor partnership so I hope we aren't let down.

This really is entertaining football and alot of that must be attributed to using a flying winger as he should be i.e. hogging the by line and taking on his full back with pace. That has the effect of spreading out the opposing defence and leaves gaps for us in the middle which hopefully Mellor and Nugent will fully exploit.

Bleedin' ell I'm so rejuvenated by all this that I'm off to Derby to hurl my abuse at that Dwarf who threw the game v Leeds.
 
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Voldemort said:
Incredible stuff. That game had everything. It was real end to end stuff. Nash pulled off the save of the season when Ellington's goalbound 25 yarder was tipped over the bar at the last second. Then Agyemang topped it with a contender for goal of the season with his sublime overhead kick.

This was fast flowing football by both sides and we just edged it. Whaley was given instructions to stand on the by line when receiving the ball and attack with speed. St.Ledger continues his outstanding progress and even Chilvers looked a little more assured tonight.

The one worrying aspect is we still aren't seeing Pugh mount any attacks down the left and if it's true he's not a left winger then why don't we move for George Boyd of Stevenage Borough ?

Make no mistake though this is a different brand of football we are beginning to see. It's much more adventurous than under Davies although we did sit back a little too much in the second half to allow West Brom to come at us.

Thoroughly entertaining. Long may it continue chaps.
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Couldnt agee more, fantastic game, I'm exhausted.....🙂 🙂
 
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Great game, good football from both sides. Agree with the comments re - sedgwick. What praise for Simpson though ? walked into a right mess here, and was dumped on by all of the coaching staff and look at the way he's turning things round. Credit to Simpson and the team for the way they have all reacted. And just think we still have money to spend in the Jan window as well !!!
 
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I thought Dichio did well tonight but when it came to actually scoring he always seemed to behind his marker, unable to get his body into a shooting stance whilst the ball was at his feet or get his head to the ball.

As Kes said, hopefully Mellor will bring in Dichio's game hopefully with the goalscoring element added to it.

Exciting times ahead, lets hope the stayaways realise.

tg
 
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Agree with everything that's been said. Awesome game . Our lads were great. WBA contributed fully and probably will count themselves unlucky not to leave with a point but that goal deserved to be a winner!!
 
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I thought it was one of the most exiting games I have seen for a long time at deepdale. Credit to WBA who played well also. On the whole we just edged it. Superb night and again Sedge is re born in the middle of the park. Lets hope we continue the trend on Saturday and shut the dwarf up!
 
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Voldemort said:
Incredible stuff. That game had everything. It was real end to end stuff. Nash pulled off the save of the season when Ellington's goalbound 25 yarder was tipped over the bar at the last second. Then Agyemang topped it with a contender for goal of the season with his sublime overhead kick.

This was fast flowing football by both sides and we just edged it. Whaley was given instructions to stand on the by line when receiving the ball and attack with speed. St.Ledger continues his outstanding progress and even Chilvers looked a little more assured tonight.

The one worrying aspect is we still aren't seeing Pugh mount any attacks down the left and if it's true he's not a left winger then why don't we move for George Boyd of Stevenage Borough ?

Make no mistake though this is a different brand of football we are beginning to see. It's much more adventurous than under Davies although we did sit back a little too much in the second half to allow West Brom to come at us.

Thoroughly entertaining. Long may it continue chaps.
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Top post, was just a fantastic game of football all round.
 
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Wish I'd been there, although I can recommend "Rabbit" at Trafalgar Studios 2, Whitehall.

See you at Derby - it promises to be legendary....
 
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Deepdale roar said:
Really enjoyed that tonight. Keep it up Simmo !

A big plus was the absence of feigning injury and time wasting by two attack minded sides.
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Top shout.

It was real football. Say what you like about Hartson (and I dislike him a lot) but there was no tarting from him or any of his WBA colleagues. I saw Phillips go down a couple of times and get straight back up when others (hello Cardiff!!!!😱 ) would have made a meal of it.

Fair play to them and not in the ludicrous way FIFA see 'fair play'.

It really was a superb game and if this is what Simspon is aiming for we are in for some fantastic entertainment. I haven't enjoyed a game so much in years - but I can't agree WBA deserved a draw.

We slaughtered 'em 1-0!
 
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Last night was what watching/supporting North End was and is all about.
A real quality match hardly any stopages and a few pints after just enthusing about a good night at Deepdale.
Qualit.
 
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Fantastic football and a great game. The football is much more fluid and entertaining under Simmo and I was also told last night that in his first training session with the team, none of them would shoot. Allegedly, Davies had told them not to shoot unless they were sure they would score. Certainly explains why we were so goal shy last season if true! Hopefully he will be employing the same philosophy at Civil Ceremony Park!
 
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