Match Thread PNE Vs Burnley 13/9/22

Phantom I love your optimism I think they will move up a gear second half the gulf to me is enormous. Not our fault they have money we don’t it is that simple their body language just suggests we have this have we had a shot? Their keeper slipped as he was switched off, no surprise he must have been thinking about Netflix he had nothing else to do!

Unfortunately I hadn't realised that the game was today and due to work commitments I couldn't attend Deepdale tonight, so watching on TV.

Happy with the performance so far against clearly a more talented team.

However, I do wonder what Parrott offers other than getting as many yellows (and hopefully not reds) as his namesake John. No doubt my judgement of players is poor (I said similar about Andy Carroll when he was on loan and look how his career turned out). But I feel that there's a far better understanding between Riis and Evans.

Just annoying that I arranged a client appointment in Wigan at 6pm tonight on a match I'd have loved to attended. And with reffing grassroots football one of the few I can. For some reason I thought it was tomorrow night.

Good point against a quality side. I’ll take that . I Can’t understand why Alvaro doesn’t start???

He can't oust Brady with good reason, but why he can't be right wingback? He seems just as comfortable on his right foot.

However, Potts didn't let himself down at right wingback. But looking at him now, what a player Brownhill has become. He got a lot of stick at Deepdale, but for me he was the player of the match.

Decent point but we a long way off Burnley. Massive gulf in class shown tonight. But matched them for effort.

Dont think we’l be seeing £7 mil offers for Riis again. Basic skills for this level are non existence, can’t hold the ball up at all. Loses the ball 90% of the time and worst of all are the half arsed attempts at closing down. No excuse for not running yourself into the ground.

First televised game in the rule of King Charles the 3rd
Could have secured a win late on, we did score a goal at Deepdale, need to get Alvarez on sooner, forwards need support sat far too deep for long spells in the game. Burnley had class that we can only dream of but did have a bad habit of falling over and conning the Ref, saying that Freddie didn’t have a shot to save second half

Motm for me

20 212 in attendance. We are averaging over 16k.

We have a goal difference of +1. We are the lowest scoring and lowest conceding. Need a striker in January. Riis, Parrott, Evans and Maguire won’t get 20 between them.

Lots of statements of the obvious on here...not a criticism but a reflection that we are mostly all seeing the same thing.

Defence is good, even better when Hughes is on for Cunninghma.

Riis, rocket, rectum.

It's the midfield that's disconcerting...creating very little. Not helped tonight by McCann's early yellow and substitution...thought he was having a decent game.

But given the persistence with 3 at the back when up against a technically superior side it means the wbs have to hang back...they created nothing tonight until Alvarez came on (got to find a place for this lad). With a another defensive midfielder brought on for McCannn and DJ trying avoid having any influence on the match by falling over on the rare occasion he was near the ball, it is not surprising that we created nothing until Browne came on and got forward.


Parrot? Praised him recently for his work rate but he is nowhere near being a Championship striker.


I's all disconcerting....there really isn't much between us and a plunge down the table if we don't start winning some games...but with the formation and team selection at the front there's as much chance of scoring as of winning the Cup.

A tough game to watch and get excited by.
Maybe it was mcannes early yellow, DJ doing nothing or was it the minutes silence? The place was rocking before that.
Who knows?
Mcann whiteman and ledson need to make the midfield work as our captains seem to be off the pace.
Defence looks solid and I'm happy with front line at the moment. They can't live of hopeful punts up field.

What was the delay after their goal? Sky commentators just seemed to ignore what ever was going on.

I've seen a video of them letting a flare off in the crowded concourse of the Shankly Kop.

www.lep.co.uk/sport/football/preston-north-end/watch-preston-north-end-and-burnley-observe-minutes-silence-before-russell-watson-sings-god-save-the-king-3842225


Best performers of the night...Russell Watson and, hate to say it, Josh Brownhill (ran the midfield).