Preston North End v Swindon Town Official Matchday Thread

[Empathy Sloth]

McEveley's turning into a liability.

[nochee]

 

[Empathy Sloth]

Another early goal from the start of the half.

[FormerlyPlymRed]

That's that then.

[Berniman]

Ward needs to knock Kevin Davies out...  somebody needs to, he's been getting away with it for far too long.

[RedLadyBucks]

McEveley's turning into a liability.

Agreed - the weakest link in our team at the mo

[Empathy Sloth]

9296 (386)

[sonicyouth]

McEveley doing his best to prove my point. Cheers Jay.

[Dr Pierre Chang]

Sounds as bad as Shrewsbury was. I feel for those who have made the trip.

Our away form will cost us, probably have to settle for the play offs rather than automatic.

[ghanimah]

"defending is over-the-eyes stuff". Oh dear

[@mwooly63]

9296 (386)

Was very nearly (387)
Thank fuck I didnt

[Gnasher]

It's a small squad. Without Ranger and Mason we're a bit shit because our shape goes pear like.

[Empathy Sloth]

May as well bring off N'Guessan and give El Gabbas a try.

[Ardiles]

Was very nearly (387)
Thank fuck I didnt

That's well down on what Preston were getting a few seasons ago - and, not surprisingly, a fairly sparse following from our lot given the week we've had.

Becoming a bit of a bogey ground for us.  I was thinking for a while that maybe some of the early season commentary about our squad was OTT and that, in reality, we're a standard mid-table side this season.  And in truth, I'd be happy with a mid-table finish I think, so long as Cooper had a clear plan to take it up a notch and have a decent challenge in his second season.

BUT, we'll have got our away games vs Wolves, Peterborough, Preston and Franchise out of the way before the end of September (even if the 4 games will have produced a return of 'nil points')...and I think that counts for something.  Even if we lose today, I still think we can realistically aim for a top 6 place as things stand.

[joteddyred]

We sound awful defensively.  Perhaps we need to consider bringing Archibald-Henville back and seeing how he does.

The concern for me is the ever growing injury list and the lack of choices to bring in.  I believe McEveley is playing with an injury and possibly if we had cover, would have been rested.  The size of the squad was always going to be a problem when we started to pick up a few injuries.