Preston North End Home - Match thread

[cityfanlee23]

3 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

They have created more than us?!?

True, but that's because we have created nothing

[oxtonfox]

1 minute ago, SecretPro said:

Why are people bedwetting all over this thread. Trust the system. If you changed everything everything someone came to the KP and parked the bus then we wouldn't have a system! 

 

People claiming Emzos system doesn't work really need to learn to breath.

Not saying that the system doesnt work. You are right we need to be patient but we need to be quicker and take a few more risks in their half, not our own! Hope Conor doesnt drop a clanger in defence though.

[StriderHiryu]

2 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

I'd much rather see us take risks. We have far more quality than PNE and if we take risks to open up the game a bit more, we may well give them opportunities, but atleast it allows the spaces to open up for us to hit them on the break. This cannot work continuing how we are. PNE won't get tired at this tempo. We've given them a free 45 mins here. If we are planning to make the ball work for us, and tire out PNE through passing it around them, we are failing miserably in that respect.

TBH the game is going exactly the way I expected it too. We will probably start ramping up the pressure at about 60 minutes.

 

Should we do it sooner than that? Yeah we probably should. It didn't take a genius to figure out they would play this way.

 

All that said, as frustrating as it is for us, this is difficult for ANY team to break down.

[Babylon]

3 minutes ago, kyleolly said:

Come on Enzo think what would Pep do

Spend another billion

[J.Lisemore]

Patience, we'll break them down. 

[steveb]

1 minute ago, Simonb said:

It'll finish 4-0 😉

Yeah but we`ll all be asleep and miss the goals

[weller54]

3 minutes ago, steveb said:

boring, boring, boring, i`d rather talk to the wife than watch this

Don't be so ridiculous!!!!..

Nothing is as bad as that.

[Tom12345]

3 minutes ago, trabuch said:

Must be more tiring out of possession.

Actually they are doing pretty well. They are not really pressing. They are just keeping their shape and sitting back. They are doing it pretty easy at the moment so we should not count on them tiring. Instead, we need more variety than just going to the wide men all the time.  We need to bring Nacho on for Ndidi or Justin.

[Dahnsouff]

Just now, oxtonfox said:

Not saying that the system doesnt work. You are right we need to be patient but we need to be quicker and take a few more risks in their half, not our own! Hope Conor doesnt drop a clanger in defence though.

Guess the response to that, as tedious as it may be, is it better to bust a gut when they are not tiring or when they are?

[MPH]

Feel like we need more of a holding target down the middle to link the play a bit more. Nacho on for Vardy for me.

Edited 4 October 2023 by MPH

[SecretPro]

Just now, oxtonfox said:

Not saying that the system doesnt work. You are right we need to be patient but we need to be quicker and take a few more risks in their half, not our own! Hope Conor doesnt drop a clanger in defence though.

Correct, there's things we can do better, there always is! We will come out and do that second half, no doubt.

 

We aren't ever going to go long or play on the counter attack with 30% possession under Enzo. People need to get used to it and understand those days are done! 

[cityfanlee23]

Just now, StriderHiryu said:

TBH the game is going exactly the way I expected it too. We will probably start ramping up the pressure at about 60 minutes.

 

Should we do it sooner than that? Yeah we probably should. It didn't take a genius to figure out they would play this way.

 

All that said, as frustrating as it is for us, this is difficult for ANY team to break down.

100% this is always hard to break down for any teams, all we can do is continue what we are doing because we don't have the players to get on the end of crosses. Apart from taking more risks trying to play through them, all we can do is continue what we are doing but with a bit more urgency.

[Sly]

A game is 90 minutes look. 
 

We have better quality in our substitutions than they have on the pitch. 
 

Fresh legs will be the answer if we can score. It will most likely be a late goal again. 

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, FoxesWalk said:

Interesting. Hadn't noticed that. Any ideas? 

possibly to counter what we expected from their players ?

 

we’ve already seen that when Mavadidi drops wilf in that he can’t cross on his left side. Maybe we’ll change that second half 

[sylofox]

5 minutes ago, steveb said:

boring, boring, boring, i`d rather talk to the wife than watch this

Just screen shorted this and sent it to her.

[54 Silver Fox]

Just now, Col city fan said:

Iwan’s got it right just now on Foxes Player.

What we are seeing is what we’ve seen from City in most games this season.

This is how we play. Grind sides down who sit back and limit space.

It’s of zero surprise 

Slow build up doesn't suit Jamie's game. He wants quick ball into space behind defenders.

[Simonb]

Come on Leicester. Goal in the first 10 

[fazzyfox]

Best chance to get in seems to be Mavididi beating his man or a CB heading in a corner.

[Strokes]

2 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Spend another billion

It’s a good plan to be fair.

[cityfanlee23]

Maybe we can just bore them into a lapse of judgement?

[Tuna]

Come on Leicester much better second half needed please

[Finnegan]

I'm glad we're not reliant on having centre mids scoring from outside the box anymore. 

 

But could definitely use one capable of doing so now. 

Edited 4 October 2023 by Finnegan

[Tuna]

Look how long they take their goal kicks 

[MPH]

“Ndidi bursting into the box” is not a phrase I will ever get used to hearing..

[Tuna]

Poor mistake