Preston

[Putney Blade]

Whatever you think of their style of play, difficult not to be impressed by their goal scoring. Beckford & Garner scored over 40 goals between them. Beckford's goal today was outrageous.

Note to Nigel:
Playing two strikers up-front increases the chance of scoring goals.

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[alcoblade]

Whatever you think of their style of play, difficult not to be impressed by their goal scoring. Beckford & Garner scored over 40 goals between them. Beckford's goal today was outrageous.

Note to Nigel:
Playing two strikers up-front increases the chance of scoring goals.

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What's wrong with their style of play?

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[wizadry]

I thought they were poor today but like you say, their goalscoring gets them out of the shit. If we were to somehow get through i wouldn't fear them, i noticed they had a few tired players and also 2 players came off injured, one of them being Gallagher, whoever gets through out of us and Swindon i fancy will prevail in the final.

 

[JohnDenver]

What's wrong with their style of play?

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PNE fans don't like it despite finishing third. Very much like Blackwell with us.

Apparently they always sit back on 1-0 leads.

 

[JohnDenver]

I thought they were poor today but like you say, their goalscoring gets them out of the shit.

Exactly that. They can afford to play 7 defensive cloggers because they've such striking power. They're the opposite of Swindon's elegant football and lack of strikers.

 

[alcoblade]

PNE fans don't like it despite finishing third. Very much like Blackwell with us.

Apparently they always sit back on 1-0 leads.

So they were as bored us but with seven extra wins under their belt?

I'd swap any day of the week.

There's a manager who, unlike Clough, has proved he knows how to get clubs promoted.

But then there's the ethos.......

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[JohnDenver]

So they were as bored us but with seven extra wins under their belt?

I'd swap any day of the week.

There's a manager who, unlike Clough, has proved he knows how to get clubs promoted.

But then there's the ethos.......

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I never said they were as bored as us. Just that if you play in the Blackwell/Grayson style then you're given less rope by the fans. And rightly so.

 

[Blade58]

They are pretty good at shutting up shop, especially once they take the lead

I'm sure they've had quite a number of 1-0 wins this season

 

[alcoblade]

I never said they were as bored as us. Just that if you play in the Blackwell/Grayson style then you're given less rope by the fans. And rightly so.

O doubt they are s bored as us. But it's really no different to our style. We've just sprinkled the turd in glitter.

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[JohnDenver]

O doubt they are s bored as us. But it's really no different to our style. We've just sprinkled the turd in glitter.

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I think you've come to the wrong room for an argument.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Note to Nigel:
Playing two strikers up-front increases the chance of scoring goals.

If you're overrun by a 4-5-1 midfield then they'll pass it around, through, and over your 4 at the back and score a hatful, meanwhile your two up front won't get to see the ball.

Most formations have their pluses and minuses.

 

[dublin 10 blade]

By some quirk of fate was listening to radio Lancashire while doing a bit of work in the garden between rain showers, one of our own "Jamie Hoyland " was in the commentary box, they were getting texts in from PNE fans from around the world, when someone texted in saying how he was on his way to his mother in laws in Leeds , and was looking forward to playing them next year it was from a pig fan , sad bastard jumping on someone else's glory .

 

[1889]

I thought they were poor today but like you say, their goalscoring gets them out of the shit. If we were to somehow get through i wouldn't fear them, i noticed they had a few tired players and also 2 players came off injured, one of them being Gallagher, whoever gets through out of us and Swindon i fancy will prevail in the final.

I wish I could share your optimism, but what concerns me, is that when facing them at The Lane this season, in our favoured 'Cup scenario', with just a home tie against Man Utd at stake, they absolutely battered us and cantered into the next round. Never before or since have I seen our physical inadequacies quite so exposed.

 

[wizadry]

I wish I could share your optimism, but what concerns me, is that when facing them at The Lane this season, in our favoured 'Cup scenario', with just a home tie against Man Utd at stake, they absolutely battered us and cantered into the next round. Never before or since have I seen our physical inadequacies quite so exposed.

I'm going merely on how knackered they looked and taking the injuries into account, having said that we look knackered ourselves and also have injuries.

We were poor that night against Preston more than they were good, we played quite well at their place though and we were more than a match for them so all is not lost, we have a small task of getting past Swindon first but if we don't then i think Swindon will beat them in the final, maybe i need some medication, who knows

 

[FTPE]

I appreciate the optimism but after seeing tonight's score (albeit not the game) I now think, meh-what's the point in going through tomorrow night

 

[wizadry]

I appreciate the optimism but after seeing tonight's score (albeit not the game) I now think, meh-what's the point in going through tomorrow night

The scoreline doesn't tell the whole story over the two legs, Chezzie apparently pummelled them at home but couldn't finish and today they missed a golden oppurtunity at one end then 80 seconds later Preston went up the other end and scored to make it 2-0 on aggregate instead of it being 1-1, that's the fine margins we're talking about when in the playoffs.

I was gutted after Thursday night but now i've had time to reflect we're not out of this and i wouldn't fear Preston one bit.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

Note to Nigel:
Playing two strikers up-front increases the chance of scoring goals.

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We had 5 midfielders against Chesterfield and Swindon and both teams passed us to death in midfield.

Don't have a problem with 2 up front - I have a massive issue with our present midfield squad that can't even hold their own in a game with 5 in midfield. Take Scoogs and Holt - ran around chasing shadows doing virtually nothing positive v Swindon - complete waste of time.

There is a way to beat Swindon, Clough just has to be brave but I doubt he will be brave.

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[Kenilworth]

It's because all our midfield play behind one lone striker and only have the option to play it side ways or backwards. I have noticed that Chessie, Swindon et al have at least 3 players in forward positions when they are passing and looking to create an opening. That means that when they get it wide there are three players in the box to attack the cross. Contrast that with our singularity. It's no wonder we can't fecking score more than one goal a game.

 

[JohnDenver]

Contrast that with our singularity.

One notorious poster always maintained football isn't rocket science. But you've just brought theoretical physics into it.

Kudos.

 

[Kenilworth]

One notorious poster always maintained football isn't rocket science. But you've just brought theoretical physics into it.

Kudos.

It's all relative

And we ain't got a rocket that can reach one of them, never mind get itself out of the space beyond the event horizon.

Actually the General Theory of Relativity by Einstein falls over at the point of a singularity of a black hole. It's too small but has humongous mass - his theory predicts it to be infinitesimally small with infinite mass at that point.

There are moves afoot to see if Quantum mechanics can be merged with Einsteins general theory of relativity in a theory called quantum gravity - since quantum mechanics is all about the sub atomic level i.e. Very very small stuff. Thing is the mathaticians can't get the two to merge and I am such a dullard I wouldn't even begin to attempt the maths. Having said that I am sure that we have a Quantum midfield

There's a supermassive black hole at the centre of every galaxy and many 1000's more standard black holes dotted around all galaxy's - the result of dying stars.

Gravity is the force that keeps the universe together. It seems that black holes are the core of gravity as they can bend space and time and absorb light. Once passed the event horizons even light cannot escape.

But where does it go?

Nobody knows but it's a similar conundrum with the number of goals we score. Our play is so negative it's like a black hole in that any quality going forward is sucked back over the half way line as it wants to go back to our goal and stay there safe and cushty.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

I thought they were poor today but like you say, their goalscoring gets them out of the shit. If we were to somehow get through i wouldn't fear them, i noticed they had a few tired players and also 2 players came off injured, one of them being Gallagher, whoever gets through out of us and Swindon i fancy will prevail in the final.

They were poor at home in the cup

 

[Bladesway]

So they were as bored us but with seven extra wins under their belt?

I'd swap any day of the week.

There's a manager who, unlike Clough, has proved he knows how to get clubs promoted.

But then there's the ethos.......

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You are the anti Pinchy!

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

It's all relative

And we ain't got a rocket that can reach one of them, never mind get itself out of the space beyond the event horizon.

Actually the General Theory of Relativity by Einstein falls over at the point of a singularity of a black hole. It's too small but has humongous mass - his theory predicts it to be infinitesimally small with infinite mass at that point.

There are moves afoot to see if Quantum mechanics can be merged with Einsteins general theory of relativity in a theory called quantum gravity - since quantum mechanics is all about the sub atomic level i.e. Very very small stuff. Thing is the mathaticians can't get the two to merge and I am such a dullard I wouldn't even begin to attempt the maths. Having said that I am sure that we have a Quantum midfield

There's a supermassive black hole at the centre of every galaxy and many 1000's more standard black holes dotted around all galaxy's - the result of dying stars.

Gravity is the force that keeps the universe together. It seems that black holes are the core of gravity as they can bend space and time and absorb light. Once passed the event horizons even light cannot escape.

But where does it go?

Nobody knows but it's a similar conundrum with the number of goals we score. Our play is so negative it's like a black hole in that any quality going forward is sucked back over the half way line as it wants to go back to our goal and stay there safe and cushty.

Would triple like this (at least) if I could. I haven't a clue what the hell you're on about, but this has to be post of the season ! Loving it.

PNE fans don't like it despite finishing third. Very much like Blackwell with us.

Not sure they're quite as brutal or one-dimensional as Blackwell ? They remind me and Badbuy jr more of a Warnock side. Our sliding scale says Blackwell was a cut-price Warnock, and Adams was a cut price Blackwell. I reckon Grayson's Preston are 3rd division Warnock-lite

I wish I could share your optimism, but what concerns me, is that when facing them at The Lane this season, in our favoured 'Cup scenario', with just a home tie against Man Utd at stake, they absolutely battered us and cantered into the next round. Never before or since have I seen our physical inadequacies quite so exposed.

Mine and jr's feelings exactly, I'm afraid.

The only thing giving me any hope for tomorrow night at Swindon is the possibility that the Football Gods might just be gearing up for something really special this year. Preston have 10 play off failures to our 7 (are those stats right ?). Is there anything that would fit the macabre calling of your average Football God better than a Blades/Preston final ?

 

[Worksop_Blade]

It's all relative
Our play is so negative it's like a black hole in that any quality going forward is sucked back over the half way line as it wants to go back to our goal and stay there safe and cushty.

This should be read aloud in the boardroom to Nigel Clough at the end of season review meeting, it's the quote of the season.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

a Quantum midfield

...would be very useful: being in two places at once and all that.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

There's a supermassive black hole at the centre of every galaxy and many 1000's more standard black holes dotted around all galaxy's - the result of dying stars.

Almost every galaxy.

There are estimates of ~100m black holes just in our galaxy.

For clarity: Not all stars become black holes, some become white dwarfs or neutron stars for instance.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

football isn't rocket science.

Someone once said to me rocket science is easy: Blow up a balloon, let go, and watch it fart its way loudly and randomly around the room*. There you have a (crude) rocket.

Rocket engineering, that's the hard part.



*Any comparison to Blades midfielders past or present is entirely coincidental.

 

[alcoblade]

Almost every galaxy.

There are estimates of ~100m black holes just in our galaxy.
.

Which one is Simmo's penalty in at the minute?

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[Kenilworth]

...would be very useful: being in two places at once and all that.

That's not Quantum mechanics though WHF - you can know it's velocity but cannot pinpoint where it is - actually that sounds far more like our midfield than your duality comment

 

[super_pig]

Rocket engineering, that's the hard part.

indeed the science has been around for ages