[Archived] Pne V Rovers Psf Away

[Tim Southampton Rover]

3-5-2 again

I'm not sure whether I should be worried about 3-5-2 being our tactic for next season or not.

[budha]

3-5-2 again

I'm not sure whether I should be worried about 3-5-2 being our tactic for next season or not.

I kind of like it. Only thing is that we're missing a couple of strikers.

[67splitscreen]

The official match blog reckons around 2000 there and in fine voice.

[dazmaz]

1-0 pne

[Tom]

More worryingly is Olsson has gone off injured.

[Doaksie]

1-0 pne

And we revert back to 4-4-1-1 after going behind. Experiment over??

[Tom]

More likely to do with pedersen replacing Ollson on the left and judge going out right.

[budha]

And we revert back to 4-4-1-1 after going behind. Experiment over??

We reverted to 4-4-2 after Samba injured against Sturm Graz, but continued with 3-5-2 in the next game. It's weird if we need to change formation when a player is taken off, seems that we have very limited amount of players suitable for 3-5-2.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Maybe it's just a case of trying a plan B just in case we need to play with 3 at the back & he probably wanted to see what Olsson was like as a wing back. He's got pace and energy to burn and maybe it would have suited him better than a left winger. No point carrying on if we don't have the players to play in it.

Nice play by Preston down the right, Givet blocks the centre for a corner. The home fans want handball. This results in the Rovers fans chanting handball at every opportunity thereafter, very amusing.

[67splitscreen]

In the Preston list of subs, above, Andreas, on the official board he is named as, Arestidou, putting them together is he the Greek keeper we signed a couple of years back.

[Tom]

That moment against United at Ewood last season was brilliant especially the crechendo of noise when Pedersen picked the ball up for a throw

[Doaksie]

It's weird if we need to change formation when a player is taken off, seems that we have very limited amount of players suitable for 3-5-2.

And this is why the formation will never work for us. Apart from a back-up I suppose. With our limited funds we'll never be able to bring in new players which will suit into this formation, especially at this stage of the pre-seaason.

It seems that Sam is content to go into the season with a very limited squad, hence why he is trying to get as much pre-season minutes into as much of the squad as possible. Having 2 games in such close proximity will enable us to get more players up to speed and more familiar with the first team.

[RevidgeBlue]

PNE: Lonegan, Gray, St. Ledger, Morgan, Davidson, Jones, Mayor, Coutts, C. Brown, Hayes, Treacy.

Subs: W. Brown, Andreas, Dougan, McLaughlin, Miller, Douglas, Collins.

Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Olsson, Jones, Chimbonda, Givet, Andrews, Dunn, Hoillet, Nzonzi, Pederson.

Subs: Aley, Fielding, Branco, Marrow, Morris, Pearson, Potts, Judge.

Good grief.

A starting line up consisting of 5 defenders, three midfielders and two wingers.

Uncle Jack must be spinning in his grave.

[Florida Rover]

down 0-2

[Laurence]

This isn't going to plan is it?

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

Whenever we win all our pre season games we usually get relegated or close to it.

It matters not.

[Paul]

We are very poor. Nothing positive in the play and creating nothing. Awful

[MarkBRFC71]

At PNE. Started 3-5-2, Olsson off injured and gone back to 4-5-1. No matter which formation, we've been dire.

I know it's only a friendly but Andrews looks out of his depth, Hoilett is never going to be a Prem player, Chimbonda is still lazy, and although at least Pedersen is putting the effort in for a change, his delivery is as bad as ever.

We look all over the place on the pitch, and things seem to be the same off it at present.

Need to get the takeover sorted one way or another - the longer the uncertainty drags the more detrimental effect it's going to have on our season.

BTW anyone know why Roberts isn't playing?

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Its' our away following you have to feel for tonight,thank god I changed my mind at the last minute!

Why no recognised striker?

[Paul]

We are very poor. Nothing positive in the play and creating nothing. Awful

[budha]

BTW anyone know why Roberts isn't playing?

I assume the likes of Roberts, Rigters, Hanley, Teymourian, Linganzi etc are going to feature tomorrow.

[MarkBRFC71]

That moment against United at Ewood last season was brilliant especially the crechendo of noise when Pedersen picked the ball up for a throw

Yeah, my missus could hear the groans of despair from Oakdale ....

Oh, and Pedersen played well in about 3 games in the middle - the rest he was ploughing the depths of mediocrity.

[CrazyIvan]

Yeah, this game is crap. Playing Junior up front on his own is like putting your pants on outside your trousers, pointless and you look stupid... yep, pointless and we look utterly toothless and stupid. If you've got no strikers though...

Yeah, this game is crap. Playing Junior up front on his own is like putting your pants on outside your trousers, pointless and you look stupid... yep, pointless and we look utterly toothless and stupid. If you've got no strikers though...

[RevidgeBlue]

Whenever we win all our pre season games we usually get relegated or close to it.

It matters not.

I seem to recall people saying the same thing before the World Cup when England were dire in the friendlies.

[champions1995]

As a few other posters have pointed out, pre season really does not give any indication on how the team or individual players are going to perform in the upcoming season. The game at League One side Huddersfield in 2007-08 pre season was the perfect example, as rovers were very poor that day and lost 2-1, but we still started the season with 1 defeat in our first 11 games and lost just 10 all season (our joint lowest number of defeats since our return to the top flight). It's incredibly frustrating when pre season results do not go as expected and performances are not to the required standard but it is not about results but a work-out for the players.