I never want to see DJ played in anything but an advanced midfield role. He's by far the best '10' we have. He was immense today. He even played a good ball down the line with his right foot!
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I never want to see DJ played in anything but an advanced midfield role. He's by far the best '10' we have. He was immense today. He even played a good ball down the line with his right foot!
Johnson's always been a good player. Browne has been giving the ball away constantly for a good while, we look better without him.
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Funny - I tuned into that too. The small things 🙂
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Both are proven good players, it's just been a case of playing the right way to unlock those talents, and for them to live up to it.
At half time, as the players were leaving the field Gallagher was going from player to player, not just to say well done but to give coaching points while fresh in the memory. I'm sure more of the same was done in the dressing room. Powerful teamwork. Big, BIG improvement in attitude and professional application over the last few years.
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Someone said to me a couple of weeks ago that it looked like the squad had been overworked in preseason and it would take a couple of weeks to settle down, I must admit I brushed it off as a load of bollocks.
Today though we looked miles fitter than them so maybe they were right, we were still pressing them well into injury time. Very impressive.
Today though we looked miles fitter than them so maybe they were right, we were still pressing them well into injury time. Very impressive.
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We’re exciting to watch. I know it’s against two teams who haven’t sat deep, but just seeing us try and get the ball down and play, little triangles with wing backs pushing up. Combine that with the high press, and we appear to have an identity. Something we didn’t have at the start
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DJ has been a joy to watch. Totally nailed on number 10, great movement and forward passing. I think the form of lots has just fallen into sync though: Ledson, Sepp, Earl, the return of Bauer. DJ is back to as good as I have seen him at PNE though.
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FM can breath a bit easier now. 2 wins (well, 3) going into the international break. And hopefully a bit of player movement in the next few days too.
All in all, it's a far rosier picture for him. Better than a huge losing streak and sweating on it for 2 weeks.
All in all, it's a far rosier picture for him. Better than a huge losing streak and sweating on it for 2 weeks.
The return of Bauer has been massive. Hughes and Storey were both very good again today, Bauer is constantly on at them. I think with that team we had out today we'd have beaten Hull on day one.
There is no way in a million years that AN would have brought Sinclair on when winning 3-1. Nice to see some positive attacking intent at Deepdale.
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They had a load of players out with injury/covid to be fair.
No Cabango and Connor Roberts hurt them a lot
Granted they were a weakened team but we did take advantage, ...somethng we have failed to do against weaker teams for years!
As has been mentioned, Bauer returning has been huge. The defence is higher than with Lindsay in there.
I really like Alan Browne, but we’ve looked so much better without him being crowbarred in. Time for him to have a spell out of the team - his form has warranted that over the past couple of years.
The 4 games after the international break will give us a better idea where we are. We had a good set of fixtures until now, 4 of the 5 teams are lower than ourselves in the league.
Last 3 games certainly are encouraging, but improvement is certainly needed. Looking forward to going Bristol City away in a few weeks.
Last 3 games certainly are encouraging, but improvement is certainly needed. Looking forward to going Bristol City away in a few weeks.
Evans, Browne, Barky for us. Today let's just enjoy how good we were, because we were excellent.
Frankie got it spot on today.
Absolutely. Though I would also favour Potts over Evans. Maybe even Ripley...
For me it's not about backing Frankie it's about backing the club and squad. I like Frankie and open minded for what he can achieve and what he can deliver but it's about giving the man in charge, whoever that is the tools to be able to deliver the goods.
That requires solid quality investment, you've got to give the man in charge the tools necessary to be a success in the championship, again whoever is in the hot seat.