Hey Presto (n) another match thread

[mkowl]

Here it is, saves Tee nagging.

Given the forecast hope he does not wear his wig 

[Reesh]

Miller or Crann have already highlighted the fact Preston haven't won away this season in the league.

 

We know what's coming.

[Reesh]

We need to be beating teams like this mind if our ambitious tilt towards that play off spot is to happen we know it is unlikely but to be in with a sniff is a huge turnaround in 12 months and could set up a good transfer window.

[Andyben]

Reckon it'll be called off?

[Reesh]

10 minutes ago, Andyben said:

Reckon it'll be called off?

Not based on the fact when I took the dog out the surface water we saw yesterday was all but gone and the wind is drying out the grass less than half a mile from the ground.

[holmesfield_owl]

Looking at the weather all over the place tomorrow there could be a few comedy goals around the country.

I'm going for a professional 2-0 win, get crosses onto Smith's head, keepers won't like the wind shifts crosses left right and centre 

[HoylandOwl]

5 hours ago, mkowl said:

Here it is, saves Tee nagging.

Given the forecast hope he does not wear his wig 

Well, you’re unbeaten. Those are the rules 

[HoylandOwl]

 

[Owling_Wolf]

10 hours ago, holmesfield_owl said:

Looking at the weather all over the place tomorrow there could be a few comedy goals around the country.

I'm going for a professional 2-0 win, get crosses onto Smith's head, keepers won't like the wind shifts crosses left right and centre 

I've just looked at the Beeb's weather forecast specifically for Hillsborough: 48 hours of mostly light rain already started earlier.  50mph-ish winds starting pre-game and continuing into Sunday afternoon. 

Not the worst, compared to other areas, but how the hell are you supposed to play football in it?  

[HoylandOwl]

 

[holmesfield_owl]

29 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said:

I've just looked at the Beeb's weather forecast specifically for Hillsborough: 48 hours of mostly light rain already started earlier.  50mph-ish winds starting pre-game and continuing into Sunday afternoon. 

Not the worst, compared to other areas, but how the hell are you supposed to play football in it?  

Exactly, patience and probably any sort of win spite of performance will do

[Paul from Wisewood]

Hate these 1230 ko’s

[DirtyOwl]

Expecting a scrappy 1-0 win but Preston draw a lot of games so wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a boring 0-0 

[Skamp]

Hope they fight amongst themselves again.  That was fun.

[Skamp]

Bloody Hell, 8 years ago this corresponding weekend

 

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/10682767/preston-players-fight-each-other

 

[Andyben]

BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!

[HoylandOwl]

[holmesfield_owl]

Shame Pato not available today, his sort of conditions 

[Owling_Wolf]

34 minutes ago, holmesfield_owl said:

Shame Pato not available today, his sort of conditions 

Why isn't he, Holmes?

[Kaveman]

So when I press the Wednesday game in the sky sports app I get the Leeds game.  Brilliant....

Edit- cracked it now. 

Edited December 7, 2024 by Kaveman

[Skamp]

Fast asleep to the oldest trick in the book of assuming an apparant offside position at a throw in.

Edited December 7, 2024 by Skamp

[Tylluan]

Watching on TV so admittedly not seeing the full pitch but are we expecting Gassama to be be playing right wing back? 

Cos we're getting raped down that side of the pitch. Why isn't Pol playing there? 

[Theman]

Missing Bannan 👍

[Tylluan]

5 minutes ago, Theman said:

Missing Bannan 👍

It's what happens when you play Palmerdinho in midfield. 

Windass in the hole isn't working as we can't get the ball into him as much as we should be. 

 

[Andyben]

Big half time needed here.

Chalobah for Pob.

Ingelsson / J-Lo for Smith or Ugbo.

Pol V for Gassama.

 

 

[owl4ever1867]

I'm surprised that Inglesson didn't start in place of Bannan to be honest

[holmesfield_owl]

1 hour ago, Owling_Wolf said:

Why isn't he, Holmes?

I'm assuming it's a knock as don't think McNeil would be on the bench instead of him, might be wrong 

[owl71]

34 minutes ago, Tylluan said:

Watching on TV so admittedly not seeing the full pitch but are we expecting Gassama to be be playing right wing back? 

Cos we're getting raped down that side of the pitch. Why isn't Pol playing there? 

Looks like we’re trying to play 4-2-2-2.  

[Emre]

Shirley the second half can't be as bad as that first half. 

[Andyben]

21 minutes ago, Andyben said:

Big half time needed here.

Chalobah for Pob.

Ingelsson / J-Lo for Smith or Ugbo.

Pol V for Gassama.

 

 

2/3 with Musaba coming on 

[Skamp]

Laugh a fucking minute

[owl4ever1867]

Missing penalties really doesnt help our cause does it

[Chelters]

Got ‘one of those days’ written all over it this

[owl4ever1867]

Why didn't Smith take it? 

 

[Andyben]

Coaching masterclass from Röhl today.

Lots will be made of no BB starting but WTF team did he pick and the subs didn't address the issues from the first half.

 

[Andyben]

Fucking clueless.

Chalobah coming in 72mins too late 

[Andyben]

Smudge......

[Skamp]

Musaba tackling himself.

 

Anyway, goal Smith

[Teddy Nickelarse]

22 minutes ago, owl4ever1867 said:

Why didn't Smith take it? 

 

Good question.

[Chelters]

Ref doesn’t need much of an excuse to give a free kick does he

[Skamp]

25 minutes ago, owl4ever1867 said:

Why didn't Smith take it? 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Teddy Nickelarse said:

Good question.

Because Windass scored one at Hull as a guess.

[Chelters]

Have to take that today. Preston low quality but well organised and a horrible day to play football. 

[owl4ever1867]

18 minutes ago, Skamp said:

 

Because Windass scored one at Hull as a guess.

I get that he scored the 1 at Ull but Smith is the best penalty taker at the club, he should've been on it.

[DirtyOwl]

Will take a point, they probably had the better chances & Beadle made some great saves as per. 

Rohl got it wrong with the initial lineup and Palmer can’t start in the midfield again. He does a job from 75th onwards to close a game out though if we need some legs. 

Musaba as a player was summed up in those two runs, first one takes about 5 touches too many & then the next one super composed pass for the goal 

[Andyben]

I still can't imagine what Röhl has seen since the last time he tried Palmer in Midfield to think he'd be worthy of a starting shirt today 

[Teddy Nickelarse]

23 minutes ago, Skamp said:

 

Because Windass scored one at Hull as a guess.

Probably but if on the pitch Smith should be our penalty taker. 

[Tomtomclub]

15 minutes ago, Andyben said:

I still can't imagine what Röhl has seen since the last time he tried Palmer in Midfield to think he'd be worthy of a starting shirt today 

Or Ugbo starting in attack. 🙄

[TheExile]

Starting midfield a real head scratcher. A turgid game on a turgid day, when they scored it had the feeling of a 1 nil about it but ultimately we should have won that with a penalty and enough time to then apply some pressure which never materialised. 
 

Whilst I know some aren’t convinced by Bannan these days I think that’s further evidence of how reliant this team is on him to link things. There were a few times at the end where they’d clear a ball to the edge of the box and that’s where Bannan would pick it up and retain possession/help us apply pressure but in his absence we didn’t really keep the ball 

[Andyben]

6 minutes ago, TheExile said:

Whilst I know some aren’t convinced by Bannan these days I think that’s further evidence of how reliant this team is on him to link things. There were a few times at the end where they’d clear a ball to the edge of the box and that’s where Bannan would pick it up and retain possession/help us apply pressure but in his absence we didn’t really keep the ball 

 

1 hour ago, Andyben said:

Coaching masterclass from Röhl today.

Lots will be made of no BB starting but WTF team did he pick and the subs didn't address the issues from the first half.

 

See above @TheExile

If Chalobah had started, Charles could have played as the more advanced of the two and he 100% knows how and when to pick a pass plus is significantly more mobile than BB.

Also J-Lo or preferably Inglesson in the left would have helped Johnson more, as would Pol V on the right instead of Gassama.

 

[KrolMong]

It was a bit crap to watch. We looked really off it when we didn’t have the ball. Especially with Gassama and Valery on that right side. Valery was dreadful, Johnson and Charles were really poor today, Palmer was poor.

Despite that, we created some good chances, although we owed a point to two great Beadle stops and a howler of a miss.

The pen from Windass was a rotter of a spot kick.

Positives? Chalobah when he came on, Smith was our best player and deserved his goal.

Oh, I’ll call out the ref too. I thought he was really good. Tried to let it flow, and then when the game got nitpicky, gave the right fouls, booked at the right time and tried to play advantage.

Point gained today.