6th February 2021 - PNE vs Rotherham

I was just quoting top 6 sides versus your bottom 3 line - there have been a few more - Boro at home springs to mind.

Paul Cook? Would we not be trading a manager who has been promoted to the prem to a League one specialist?

Not sure id want Paul.cook but I'm trying to make a point as to how good our squad is and anyone but Neil would have these lads playing better than what they are. Boro at home yes we shall make that 5 .

Sums up twitter and one online this tweet .



The majority are looking at the manager .

I would have played a poorly sick Browne ahead of him

I don't understand why we are paying cunnigham 9k a week and he didn't start.
I said when we signed whiteman and watched his passing last week against owls that he's going to be a good one, good to hear he did well today .

Might explain the 1 year extension , plus a testimonial as he's been excellent for pne .

We should not have lost that game and plenty of positives to take.

Sloppy silly goal to give away which put us on the back foot straight away. AN as much I can’t stand him surely cannot legislate for an opening goal like that. Given our previous I couldn’t see a way back into the game but to my surprise we played really well in that first half, created some really good chances but need to be more clinical. Should have been 3-1 or 4-1 up by half time no bother. Totally different game then. Their keeper played well. That’s the best half of football I’ve seen us play in ages, really enjoyable for a change.

One of my biggest gripes with AN has been his set up at home and his reluctance for change or solutions. Always going 4-2-3-1 expecting different results even though we’ve been hopeless. Today to his credit we went 4-3-3 and looked much better going forward. That’s all you can ask for, trying to find a solution to things that are not working. I can live with that.

Whiteman’s best game for us easily, thought he was excellent at times, reading the game well, bursting forward, dropping his shoulder beating men, worked tremendously hard, box to box, forward passes and very unlucky with that free kick, was a cracker.

Molumby likewise was very very good. Both these two have given us something very different in our midfield, more bite and drive. Very happy to have both of these on board.

Evans lead the line really well, linked up well and deserves his goal. Think he ran out of steam towards the end but that’s understandable.

Agree with Dawson that our full backs will really hold us back, desperately needs addressing. Fisher doesn’t look all that bad now does he. We will miss him more than people will let on.

Gordon looks a live wire, always wanting the ball, looking to make things happen, quality on the ball when he gets it. Exciting player who I imagine will only get better with more games. Lacks a bit of composure but he’s young.

Disappointed not to see Riis. I think when Evans got tired he should have come on.

Lindsay steady enough on his debut.

Wasn’t convinced with AN’s substitutions personnel wise and think Gordon came off too early.

I know we got beat but I don’t feel as annoyed as other defeats where we were shocking for 90 mins, Micky rightly points out how many shockers we have been subjected too. If we can play with that tempo, desire and positivity for the rest of the season we will only get better as they all gel however one swallow doe not make a summer.

My sentiments exactly, looks like px6 saw it the same way as well.

Ordinarily losing ruins my Sat nights but I can take that today because there were more positives than negatives.

I'll just leave this here

He’s played 9 games in two seasons. Give it some time.

The fall out should we get hammered by the plastics on Friday will be off the scale.
I’ve wanted to see the back of AN for quite some time for various different reasons but today was a performance I feel positive about and if it’s a sign of things to come then I can mute my dislike for AN and hopefully we can turn the corner.
We can beat Rovers, they are not the formidable force we all thought they might be early this season. Watford are struggling. I watched them today and Coventry were by far the better side. Watford for all their good players looked very average. We can beat them too on their current form.
Although it looks highly unlikely that we could reach the play offs it’s not mathematically out of the question if we can get these lads to gel.
Defensively we look weak, Fisher and Davies are big losses. We might not miss Fisher too much if we had found a quality replacement but Rafferty can not be described as that on current form.
Either way it doesn’t concern me if AN was to be potted. If he goes then great but if he succeeds then even better. Make no mistake there will be loads of quality applicants wanting his position.

Too many opinions to catch up on. I thought it was a decent game and a really positive performance from us. Impressed by Evans, Whiteman and Gordon. Defensive frailties an obvious concern. Too many new players may have caused that?

Taken a couple of hours before posting...

Mickypne love your passion and share your frustration.

That said, I agree with dawsonsjs that today we were quite good considering that:

Davies has gone, Fisher has gone and the replacement for Davi hasn’t played for a year and, due to Browne being injured, Rafferty played. Weirdly I thought apart from costing us two goals, Rafferty had a decent game. Passing was good, he got forward and won some very important tackles. Whiteman had his best game yet and I seriously rate Molumby.

Watched Watford today. They were crap, we can get something there and next Friday against the chicken boys, anything could happen.

My take is that playing as few new players as possible would have been my choice, but the Browne injury really hampered us. Gordon, for all his class, gave the ball away a few times in silly areas and with hindsight, Scott Sinclair should have started.

Keep posting everyone, keep it passionate, but please try to avoid any personal digs at the same time. Let’s stick together, tough times in the world overall and we all want the same thing.

Not wishing to fall out with you but I have no confidence in a Manager that allows his Team to play the way they are playing currently. Successfully move the ball backwards from their Penalty area to our Goallie, lump it forwards and lose possession - might as well have lost it trying to make a Killer pass. Always pass to a stationery player, not into space.Can't see/mark players in our own Box and everyone follows the same ball/man. Its schoolboy football. Does the Manager not recognise this and , if so, what is he doing about it? Don't believe he had any part of Fisher going and that has left us exposed. At the end of today's match, he was trying to play 5 at the back with Barky as RWB. Not his fault to my mind.