The Pitch, Davies and Our Team of Elves

[The Bohemian]

To my mind Cloughie is usually tactically astute but he got it wrong last night.

The pitch was awful and trying to pass around the Lancashire brutes was always going to prove difficult, notwithstanding how abysmally we played. So why pick our 'pass and move' midget team and surrender a hugely significant strength and height advantage?

Preston simply bypassed the midfield and played off Davies, who dominated our back line thorughout. Defending set pieces was a disaster waiting to happen - we even had Baxter marking Davies at one free kick! I accept we are not blessed with many 6' plus players, but surely Higdon (was he injured?), Kennedy and Alcock should have started. We were generally out fought and out muscled.

Our lack of a domineering centre-half (remember those days?) was exposed again and Cloughie needs to think long and hard about this because Preston beat us pretty easily last night through Route One and pure physicality.

 

[dingledog]

getting a new £1 million pitch in the summer, unless......someone outbids us

 

[super_pig]

getting a new £1 million pitch in the summer, unless......someone outbids us

we could buy five crap ones instead and keep swapping them around

 

[COME BACK CHED]

To my mind Cloughie is usually tactically astute but he got it wrong last night.

The pitch was awful and trying to pass around the Lancashire brutes was always going to prove difficult, notwithstanding how abysmally we played. So why pick our 'pass and move' midget team and surrender a hugely significant strength and height advantage?

Preston simply bypassed the midfield and played off Davies, who dominated our back line thorughout. Defending set pieces was a disaster waiting to happen - we even had Baxter marking Davies at one free kick! I accept we are not blessed with many 6' plus players, but surely Higdon (was he injured?), Kennedy and Alcock should have started. We were generally out fought and out muscled.

Our lack of a domineering centre-half (remember those days?) was exposed again and Cloughie needs to think long and hard about this because Preston beat us pretty easily last night through Route One and pure physicality.

I agree Collins would have put Davies in his pocket last night , we pay him use him , but it is very easy after the event and no one gets it right all the time .

 

[Fulwood Blade]

To my mind Cloughie is usually tactically astute but he got it wrong last night.

The pitch was awful and trying to pass around the Lancashire brutes was always going to prove difficult, notwithstanding how abysmally we played. So why pick our 'pass and move' midget team and surrender a hugely significant strength and height advantage?

Preston simply bypassed the midfield and played off Davies, who dominated our back line thorughout. Defending set pieces was a disaster waiting to happen - we even had Baxter marking Davies at one free kick! I accept we are not blessed with many 6' plus players, but surely Higdon (was he injured?), Kennedy and Alcock should have started. We were generally out fought and out muscled.

Our lack of a domineering centre-half (remember those days?) was exposed again and Cloughie needs to think long and hard about this because Preston beat us pretty easily last night through Route One and pure physicality.

The pitch was noticeably bobbly last night and has been for a few games now. It has lasted longer than previous season, but it now doesn't seem to be a pitch for the purists - oh dear................hooooofffff.

UTB

 

[super_pig]

i was watching brentford with their beautiful pitch on sky on saturday and was pretty shocked by how poor our pitch was when i got to the lane an hour later

 

[The Bohemian]

The pitch was noticeably bobbly last night and has been for a few games now. It has lasted longer than previous season, but it now doesn't seem to be a pitch for the purists - oh dear................hooooofffff.

UTB

I guess the ideal is having the flexibility within the squad to adapt to different circumstance - pitch, opposition etc. Sometimes we need to hoof it or at least be capable of dealing with opponents who do. Last night was maybe such an occasion, but hindsight is a pure science.

 

[SandyMcBlade]

I know let's sign a few more players.........?

 

[SwissBlade]

i was watching brentford with their beautiful pitch on sky on saturday and was pretty shocked by how poor our pitch was when i got to the lane an hour later

Weathers been worse in the north and we've played a lot of games- jpt, lg cup, fa cup on ours

 

[super_pig]

I know let's sign a few more players.........?

preferably midfielders
sorry couldn't resist

 

[boo radley]

Anyone seen Bradfords lately? Thank goodness we've already played there.

 

[super_pig]

blackpools is the worst.. they may as well transfer games to the beach

 

[Aston max]

blackpools is the worst.. they may as well transfer games to the beach

wish I had a pound for every game I have played on blackpool beach
I could by a decent striker for United