The Super Clarets vs Preston Match Thread

[Croydon Claret]

You’re being generous there. A decent striker gobbles that up.

I know. Trying to stay positive but not being very convincing

[ralph8]

Blew it

[Acting Claret]

Now I understand why Anthony didn’t make the same pass earlier and took the shot himself.

[xxmunkyennuixx]

Pitch is a cabbage patch and if a player bursts past they have been able to pull us down. It is making us look less than fluent. Need a change up of style.

[CoolClaret]

No point in the attacking midfielder on this pitch for me. Dribbling/short passing in the middle of this pitch is practically a non starter.

Ideal game for Barnes and two up top with wingers sticking it in the mixer. All the chance in the game have come from speculative balls over the top.

[rexe78202]

Has Foster scored since Luton in the league?

With the players we have now in the squad, we can’t be making excuses for certain players anymore.

We’re getting towards crunch time, and if players aren’t up to it, they are out.

So because he played well against Oxford and Hull we now suddenly turn on him after 45 minutes?

[dvalley69]

The effects of playing only 60 hours ago is showing for our creative line, yet we've still had a few chances. Overally, a very sloppy half for us, lacking intensity, and we're happy to sit in and let PNE have the ball. Subs needed at HT to bring some life and urgency to our play. Thought Hannibal was our best player that half, apart from the usual lot in defence.

[MG70]

No excuse for that miss.

[Bosscat]

Pretty much even stevens on the stats front ...

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[Clive 1960]

no excuses we need to up our game in the second half and make substitutions early..

[Kgun5]

Golazo in the US is showing last week's halftime show.

[NickBFC]

Not a great half, sloppy and guilty with a couple of bad misses/decision making. Hopefully raise it in the second half because this is a game we should be winning if we're serious about the top two. Despite the poor surface, I still think we can out football Preston - no point in going direct like for like as they're a big bunch.

[KRBFC]

League Two standard that. Unbelievable.

How dare you compare Super Lyle's technical ability with that of a League Two player! Hes the best striker in this league!

[fatboy47]

No point in a strong bench if you dont give it time. All the signs are that we need to change this.

Not sure about Barnes as this ref lets everything go.

[burnleymik]

Made hard work of that. Might need some early changes here as a couple just seem a bit off it today.

[boatshed bill]

Meat and drink for the moaners on here, this type of game

[jojomk1]

We are not losing so would not expect any changes in the short term

[KRBFC]

Has Foster scored since Luton in the league?

With the players we have now in the squad, we can’t be making excuses for certain players anymore.

We’re getting towards crunch time, and if players aren’t up to it, they are out.

He didn't score against Luton

[willsclarets]

No point in the attacking midfielder on this pitch for me. Dribbling/short passing in the middle of this pitch is practically a non starter.

Ideal game for Barnes and two up top with wingers sticking it in the mixer. All the chance in the game have come from speculative balls over the top.

Not a game for Sarmiento. I think Edwards has the quality to make a difference, and Shelvey would be a shout to pick out some longer passes. Those two plus Barnes would be my changes

[Safron]

Let's just hope that miss isn't still the talking point at full time

[beddie]

So many players these days seem to stab at the ball rather than get their head over it and almost pass it into the net, you see it happening week in week out. In our case we need a finishing coach.

[me01jh]

This does have a similar feel to previous nil nils, whereby it's very tight but we still create the best chance of the game. Substitutions will be absolutely critical on this cabbage patch.

[Elizabeth]

So because he played well against Oxford and Hull we now suddenly turn on him after 45 minutes?

I think it's just frustration as the chance came at the perfect moment of the match and we should have gone in 1-0.
He has a chance to redeem himself but it was a terrible miss when goals are hard to come by for this team.
At least Parker can't be blamed

[TsarBomba]

So because he played well against Oxford and Hull we now suddenly turn on him after 45 minutes?

No-one is turning on Foster, but 1 goal in 18 this season isn’t good enough, and not enough to keep him in the starting 11 with the options we now have.

[willsclarets]

So many players these days seem to stab at the ball rather than get their head over it and almost pass it into the net, you see it happening week in week out. In our case we need a finishing coach.

I know especially on a bobbly pitch. Shearer instep, strike through the ball. He lacked any sort of conviction there I don't think he knew what we wanted to do.

[CoolClaret]

Not a game for Sarmiento. I think Edwards has the quality to make a difference, and Shelvey would be a shout to pick out some longer passes. Those two plus Barnes would be my changes

Yep - I'd go with that as well, Wills.

[rexe78202]

No-one is turning on Foster, but 1 goal in 18 this season isn’t good enough, and not enough to keep him in the starting 11 with the options we now have.

1. He's playing left midfield.
2. He played well vs Oxford
3. He played well vs Hull

Give him a break.

[Commy]

I think his confidence is shot. Might be better off coming on from the bench for a few games.

[HahaYeah]

Good ball from Flemming to Foster but he fluffed it and his reaction said it all.

[rexe78202]

The space in central midfield is larger than normal. What we did vs Hull is a lot more short passes.

[DCWat]

Can see that McCall identified Cullen as an area to nullify when watched us against Hull. He’s had a lot less opportunity to dictate the tempo.

[BigGaz]

Oh, Lyle.

[DCWat]

WTF Foster!

[Casper2]

How crap can someone be

[Murger]

How many times ffs?

[CoolClaret]

FOSTER FOR **** SAKE

[Enola Gay]

Unbelievable.

[HahaYeah]

OMG he's fluffed 2 chances in 30 seconds.

[ISpeds00]

sub needed

[tally]

ffs Foster you numpty

[TPClaret]

Can’t blame Foster there he did everything right. Keeper closing him down quickly

[Cazaris]

Get him off the pitch ffs

[Bosscat]

Porteous has been targetting Hannibal all game

[willsclarets]

He does so well to dummy the defender. But unfortunately he can't kick the ball between the two white posts

[rosswallacefreekick]

Unbelievable

[Commy]

Trying to put the kiss of death on us now mentioning it's now 16 hours since we conceded.

[ElectroClaret]

Absolutely useless.

[Buxtonclaret]

Porteous has been targetting Hannibal all game

Trying to get a rise from the off.

[rexe78202]

Trying to put the kiss of death on us now mentioning it's now 16 hours since we conceded.

They are trying their best.

[ElectroClaret]

Can’t blame Foster there he did everything right. Keeper closing him down quickly