Hasta

Could we have done worse though?

Surely that should be say "prove we are a better team," unless you are a Preston fan trolling away who hasn't been able to cover his tracks very well. It's a big game, just as Leeds is a big game. I'm looking forward to it. It's nowhere near as big as the Burnley game though for many of us, and doesn't attract the thousands of casual Rovers fans that turn out for that game.

Crosses? We put a few in yesterday but most games we now try and walk it into the box and create goals that way. It's our new 'style.of play'.

Gallagher looks less mobile and a worse player than he did 3 years ago. I see a Danny Cadamateri player here who was highly touted at a young age but gradually drops to find his level. What worries me is we are so obviously trying to get a return on investment nowadays that we will not play graham just to allow us to include inferior players. Therefore we are not felding our strongest team in order to win games, which is ridiculous. Now that may well have to be how the club is run nowadays, and I accept that to some level. However the problem has come because the two targets identified as strikers were so poor, and that's TM's fault entirely. Brereton was an unknown, but the majority of people on here had seen Gallagher for a season and could tell you he wasn't good enough (and did before he signed!!) Birmingham fans thought he was awful as well. So the club has to ask itself, if the model is to buy young and sell them on for a profit is Mowbray the right man to do this? Most evidence since we returned to the Championship says no.

How would supporters at the ground know that Ben Brereton was in tears on the bench?

Good job we didn't take that view in 2002.

Strange.

So you'd rather be out of the FA cup than have a replay?

Doubt anyone is going to come on and say we don't create any chances for Gallagher. I can think of 5 off the top of my head.

Gallagher is a mediocre player at this level but Brereton is a different level. He looks like he has been pulled out of the crowd to play.

It's nothing to do with PNE or the kick off time. This season we have put all away fans in the top tier. When that has sold out we have then opened the lower tier. We only do this with half of the stand if it's a smaller following, hence why Wigan filled half of the top tier, and then the bottom went on sale with the other half of the top tier being empty. Preston have been treated exactly the same as every other club at Ewood this year.

On Twitter their fans are saying it's a better starting XI than what they put out in their last league game.

I would expect this will be streamed live in the U.K. on Bet365 if you have a funded account.

If they are not releasing the next block in the top tier because there are individual and pair seats still left then that is ridiculous (which is what I read somewhere) However if you can get multiple,seats together at the moment and they just haven't sold out the upper tier then I don't see what their problem is. Also, many are saying the atmosphere is poor in the top tier and that the atmosphere will be better in the bottom tier, and then say they are going to go in th home ends where they won't be able to say or sing a damn thing. (although we have heard this many times over the years from bigger clubs than PNE and apart from City in 2001 and Celtic it's always been bollocks.

The problen is a pivotal part of Dacks 'role' has been to arrive in the box in space at the right time. Thats where his goals have come from. Holtby and Rothwell might be able to replace his build up play but they arent goal poachers in the same bracket as Dack. With him beung out we have two roles to fill.

https://griffinpark.org/forums/showthread.php?t=132179&page=18 Best keeper they've had by the sound of that.

Exactly. My point being that it is Forest who carried out the logical masterplan. I,d rather have took a punt on 3 or 4 from the lower leagues at 750k

Obviously not if you can find a mug buyer.

I agree in general. I just think his free kick delivery was so much better that we scored more goals from corners and free kicks into the box. Statistically that may be wrong.

We are still scoring away from home. Excluding the brum penalty, its just 2 goals from open play in last 4 game at Ewood.

The logic behind the Brereton transfer is incredibly sound. Young English striker. Develop him, get him to perform a bit in the Championship and then sell him on for a tidy profit. The problem is that we were the club that he got moved on to whilst Forest got the profit !

Enforced. He split his sides laughing at Walton.

? Walton

Yeah but we lost Dack..... blah...blah....blah.

It's clear now from the discussion regarding the accounts that Graham, despite clearly being the best striker we have, has no resale value so doesn't get game time.