Preston North End v Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Round 4

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Under Lowe when have we ever 'given it a go' until going one down?...Maybe the last 20 mins when losing but that's it.

My advice is that whilst Lowe is the manager have low expectations...then instead of an (understandable) feeling of disappointment you'll feel nothing...another game gone, another opportunity not taken, but another low expectation met.

I grant that he can only play with the players he has got but he is managing to drain any excitement out of the game with the negative way the side is set up.

Only tactic from the back yesterday was to go long in the forlorn hope Evans could knock on the ball (but this frequently required Evans to drop off to look for the ball and Cannon was way too far apart to pick up anything). The fear of conceding again dominated whatever passed for a strategy. OK when we did open out a touch it created space Spurs had the pace and quality to exploit.......but , something that Lowe does not recognise, you have to shoot and score to win anything and that requires getting players forward and balls into the box (both Brady's and Browne's crossing yesterday was poor).

Other than backwards I don't know where we are going with this manager and squad.

PS Thought the screens covering the inability to finish Invincible stand was a much needed visual improvement.....how many years has it taken to do this? I believe the initiative came from fans...just shows the complete lack of imagination within the club.

Final thoughts from me. The best thing about yesterday's game was that you gave Sonny his confidence back. He's been a ghost, a shadow of his normal self all season. Last night's performance put the smile back on his face.

It's been a real pleasure to have been invited & welcomed into your forum for the past week. Get yourselves into the Premiership for godsake. See you again soon!

Cheers!

He talks a good game

Spot on 😂👍

I don't think anyone is whinging about loosing to a team such as Spurs, to a man, everyone realised it would be nigh on impossible to beat them under normal circumstances.

Not too sure many would complain of lack of effort.

Some would quite rightly point out our lack of quality.

Many would complain of what they saw as a poor tactical set up, one which was more about keeping the score respectable.

I watched some of the Accy game and some of the Reading effort and even though both lost they could be mostly proud of the way their team played.

If you play a team who is so superior in quality you have nothing to lose by taking the game to them.

I have been so disappointed in my football club for a few years now, we have had a succession of the either "up and not so coming" or "talk but can't walk" types.

Lowe is just the latest in a long line, Ridsdale can't be allowed to choose the next one especially if The Hemmings are controlling the budget.

Are the days gone where a Championship team can get the ball down and play it through midfield to a striker who can get a shot on target or am I asking too much.

I guess I would be christened a "bed wetter" on t'other site but I'm past caring at the moment.

Sadly I think that I will be on the next home game.

We have no creativity, are as dull as dishwater it’s a hard watch
Wrexham playing Sheff U at the mo on TV creating so much more than we have all season at Deepdale, stepovers, attacking football we have nothing 😫
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Contrast with Wrexham indeed. 1 down after a minute lose two players inside ten but score 3 against a side 3 divisions above them.

Class touch from a class player 👍

Very harsh
Ledson didn't think he was going to plant it in from there.
Lindsay? Slips turning.

Two class finishes.

Defence wise I thought we did quite well I honestly thought we would concede at least 5 against a side on a different planet to ourselves what was disappointing was the total lack of cohesion between the 2 strikers " not Evans fault by the way" and the midfield they could have played with 11 out field players and we wouldnt have threatened their goal we obviously dont do any shooting practice in training and dont get any instructions from the bench to try

Hi All,

Realise it’s a few days but…

Was a great occasion and good to see a proper club representing itself well. I thought you lot showed a bit too much respect to us and simply soaking up the pressure meant it was just a matter of time before we scored.

As a bit of an out of date old school legacy fan, I thought some of the behaviour from a minority of both sets of fans was a bit tragic. No need for any disrespect and we certainly had a few idiots in our ranks, but overall it was a good game with a decent atmosphere.

Social club near the away end was good for a pre match drink and getting away was easy. Sadly didn’t get up early enough to properly explore the recommended ale houses.

Good luck for the season to fellow lillywhites.

P.S. thinking you own the colour white is a bit tragic too is I’m being honest… some money wasted on banners there!

Cheers.