Have to say that the reason Preston lost two points was blatant time wasting of which their nos 11 was by far the worst. I should also add that we were much the better team in the second half. ' not too good in the first but too me, it felt like a win at the end
Couldn't agree more!!
Thought Cairney made a big difference when he came on for the second half.
Thought Preston played us perfectly and should have won it. Can't see how we got a point. It looked like men against boys. They were fitter, hungrier and had good shape. I think this league may have worked us out.
Preston had the beating of us in the first half hour, their through balls and quick attacks were working well but in the second half, with Cairney in our attack, we looked so much better and deserved the three points.
Interesting to see a replay of their first goal, it looked well offside from where I was sitting.
The ref. failed to get to grips with the Preston gamesmanship.
Quote from: One Martin Thomas on October 14, 2017, 06:52:48 PM
Thought Preston played us perfectly and should have won it. Can't see how we got a point. It looked like men against boys. They were fitter, hungrier and had good shape. I think this league may have worked us out.
Agree teams have seen how we play now and their managers then know what to do.
Thank god Cairney came on,just his presence made others up their game..
Quote from: One Martin Thomas on October 14, 2017, 06:52:48 PM
Thought Preston played us perfectly and should have won it. Can't see how we got a point. It looked like men against boys. They were fitter, hungrier and had good shape. I think this league may have worked us out.
Not really fitter - 3 of their players had cramp after 70 minutes, they were out on their feet at the end
We had a lot more chances than they did and over all the result should have been a win to us or a draw. They didn't deserve all three points
It was a moral victory at the very least. In a way I am glad we are away next week.
Quote from: One Martin Thomas on October 14, 2017, 06:52:48 PM
Thought Preston played us perfectly and should have won it. Can't see how we got a point. It looked like men against boys. They were fitter, hungrier and had good shape. I think this league may have worked us out.
Couldn't agree less. Men against boys? Have a word! Their first goal was miles offside, second goal gifted. They WEREN'T fitter OR hungrier (hence them going down with cramp and them VERY visibly wilting last 10 minutes whilst we poured it on). We played really well second half and displayed both courage and togetherness. Anything less than a point would have been a robbery.
We'll agree to disagree then.
We should of been 2 - 0 up before their first goal
Quote from: Count Flapula on October 14, 2017, 07:44:08 PM
Quote from: One Martin Thomas on October 14, 2017, 06:52:48 PM
Thought Preston played us perfectly and should have won it. Can't see how we got a point. It looked like men against boys. They were fitter, hungrier and had good shape. I think this league may have worked us out.
Couldn't agree less. Men against boys? Have a word! Their first goal was miles offside, second goal gifted. They WEREN'T fitter OR hungrier (hence them going down with cramp and them VERY visibly wilting last 10 minutes whilst we poured it on). We played really well second half and displayed both courage and togetherness. Anything less than a point would have been a robbery.
Think we should get used to teams playing like pne, route one physical stuff. Thought the ref was poor today when he didn't card either of the 2 professional fouls in the first few minutes gave them license to play football, only it was the type they play in America in the NFL.
a big physical snide side get in our faces disrupt our flow timewaste ,foul,block timewaste somemore stop our flow then midfield get over run preston score not once but twice and a perfect way to beat fulham .
Thankfully we kept going and got a desrved piont.
Feel we have to man up from the start of games at the cottage and dominate from the off.
Quote from: snarks on October 14, 2017, 07:13:03 PM
Quote from: One Martin Thomas on October 14, 2017, 06:52:48 PM
Thought Preston played us perfectly and should have won it. Can't see how we got a point. It looked like men against boys. They were fitter, hungrier and had good shape. I think this league may have worked us out.
Not really fitter - 3 of their players had cramp after 70 minutes, they were out on their feet at the end
And perhaps the effort they put in to shut us down in the first half was not sustainable over 90 minutes. But we still created good chances in the first half. We need to put these away.
Fonte had a poor, ineffectual first half. However, he was a lot livelier in the second and I am hoping that Cairney may be the player to bring the best out of him.
Feels like a win to me and morally certainly.
PNE played us the way many teams will do in this division and the Ref's in this league will let things go. We do have to play with more Steel and play the Ref as other clubs do!
But does feel like a win so happy with that. Great to see Cairney back.
I think overall we deserved more than the 1 point. Cheats & thugs should never prosper. We may not win every game but at least we play with honesty & in the manner the game was intended.
