PNE 4 - 1 Blackburn

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Scoreline flattered us a bit but was a comfortable win.

Can't get off to a better start than we did but wasn't happy that we sat off at 2-0 up, Blackburn had some good chances and it could have easily been level at half time with some better finishing. Second half they score a set piece right away and it looked like we might wobble but it was a professional performance and we saw it out with no problems, didn't feel at all troubled by Blackburn. Took our chances but Blackburn's defenders look dog shit, it has to be said.

Alan Browne deservedly man of the match, what a player, 2 goals and an assist, glad he seems to go under the radar of other clubs.

Robinson goes off with what looks like a hamstring injury, soured the day, can't believe our luck this season. At least Barker & Moult impressed off the bench.

 

[SMH]

I’m assuming it’s back to “Venkys out” for the next few days then? roversfan2001

 

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DJ is only going to be out for 4-6 weeks according to Neil.

Confirmed its Robinson's hamstring though, massive loss.

Bodin, DJ, Robinson & Maguire. That's 4 key men unavailable. Fuck this season.

 

[TomPNE94]

DJ is only going to be out for 4-6 weeks according to Neil.

Confirmed its Robinson's hamstring though, massive loss.

Bodin, DJ, Robinson & Maguire. That's 4 key men unavailable. Fuck this season.

Hope Martin O’Neill gets AIDS tbh. That was a piece of piss, did Dack play?

 

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Hope Martin O’Neill gets AIDS tbh. That was a piece of piss, did Dack play?

Supposedly, so did that guy we nearly spunked £3m on.

 

[LeylandWhite]

DJ is only going to be out for 4-6 weeks according to Neil.

Confirmed its Robinson's hamstring though, massive loss.

Bodin, DJ, Robinson & Maguire. That's 4 key men unavailable. Fuck this season.

That's a quality front 4 aswell, throw in Harrop aswell and it's amazing we're still managing to score goals. He's had no luck at all since being appointed, last season it was the defenders constantly injured, this season the attackers.

Quality that yesterday, Pearson, Browne, Robinson, Barkhuizen were outstanding and Moult did well off the bench.

Another tough game on Tuesday, same team again for me apart for Barker in for Robinson. As good as Moult was off the bench and he probably does deserve a start, I'd still keep him as an impact player, he'd get bullied by Pulis's giants if he were to start I reckon.

 

[roversfan2001]

I’m assuming it’s back to “Venkys out” for the next few days then? roversfan2001

Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’ve been consistently Venky’s out for 8 years now.

 

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Love this man.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1066793163489255427

 

[epic73]

How long is Maguire out?

 

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How long is Maguire out?

Probably back mid January.

Another 3 weeks for him to find his sharpness, then injured again.

 

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Robinson out for a minimum of 3 months.

I'm fucking sick of this.

 

[LeylandWhite]

3 months out for Robinson, taking the absolute piss now all these injuries.

 

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3 months out for Robinson, taking the absolute piss now all these injuries.

You knew it was a long one as soon as he pulled up.

Our best player and top scorer out for pretty much the entire season now, Alex Neil deserves manager of the year if we stay up.

 

[LeylandWhite]

You knew it was a long one as soon as he pulled up.

Our best player and top scorer out for pretty much the entire season now, Alex Neil deserves manager of the year if we stay up.

Definetly, I can't think of a manager being handed a shitter hand than he has with injuries.

I noticed he had a little feel of his hamstring about 5 minutes before going down, he must have felt a little twinge then.

How long we reckoning before Pearson gets a season ending injury aswell? Can't be far off.

 

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Definetly, I can't think of a manager being handed a shitter hand than he has with injuries.

I noticed he had a little feel of his hamstring about 5 minutes before going down, he must have felt a little twinge then.

How long we reckoning before Pearson gets a season ending injury aswell? Can't be far off.

As soon as that happens my towel is well and truly going in.

 

[SMH]

Definetly, I can't think of a manager being handed a shitter hand than he has with injuries.

I noticed he had a little feel of his hamstring about 5 minutes before going down, he must have felt a little twinge then.

How long we reckoning before Pearson gets a season ending injury aswell? Can't be far off.

Think Paul Cook might have something to say about that. Currently six players of our first choice starting eleven are out. For the last two months or so we’ve been playing without at least three, if not all of our first choice attacking four. We were third in the league back in late September before all these injuries and we’ve dropped like a stone since as our strength in depth is non existent.

Blackburn aren’t a better team than us and certainly aren't even close to being better than PNE. They’ve just been lucky with avoiding injuries or else we’d both be above them in the table.

 

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Think Paul Cook might have something to say about that. Currently six players of our first choice starting eleven are out. For the last two months or so we’ve been playing without at least three, if not all of our first choice attacking four. We were third in the league back in late September before all these injuries and we’ve dropped like a stone since as our strength in depth is non existent.

Blackburn aren’t a better team than us and certainly aren't even close to being better than PNE. They’ve just been lucky with avoiding injuries or else we’d both be above them in the table.

Didn't realise it was so bad at Wigan, times like this when clubs like us our punished for not having multi-million pound squads.

West Brom for example, they can lose Gayle, Rodriguez, Barnes and Phillips and bring in the likes of Sako, Burke, Robson-Kanu & Hoolahan.

Villa - Grealish, Kodjia, Adomah & Abraham for Bolasie, Hogan, El Ghazi & Lansbury...

Imagine what that list of players are earning a week, combined.

 

[PrestonCha]

Not the news I was hoping for regarding Robinson. It's fucking unreal the amount of lengthy injuries to our top players we've had to endure over the past 2/3 seasons.

Could tell it was bad when he was sat on the floor. He had a proper serious look on his face and had gone pale. He was wriggling about trying to get to his feet but Gally flew over and told him to keep still.

Barker is a good replacement, but he doesn't have a consistent affect on the games like Robinson. Robinson has gone full beast mode this year but Barker is 2 seasons from being at his level.

Harrop, Bodin, Maguire, DJ and Robinson all long term absentees.....fuck off man.

Big big January needed.

 

[LeylandWhite]

Think Paul Cook might have something to say about that. Currently six players of our first choice starting eleven are out. For the last two months or so we’ve been playing without at least three, if not all of our first choice attacking four. We were third in the league back in late September before all these injuries and we’ve dropped like a stone since as our strength in depth is non existent.

Blackburn aren’t a better team than us and certainly aren't even close to being better than PNE. They’ve just been lucky with avoiding injuries or else we’d both be above them in the table.

Yeah I was meaning more North End related. He's had all these injuries to key attacking players this season and last season for about 2 months he didn't seem to have any fit defenders available.

I didn't realise how bad the injuries were at Wigan either, sounds like you're having some shitty luck like us.

 

[epic73]

Maguire was fine at Cork, think you need to sign Cork's physios as well.

 

[TomPNE94]

Maguire was fine at Cork, think you need to sign Cork's physios as well.

The Irish league doesn’t quite take the same toll on the body I would imagine

 

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Maguire was fine at Cork, think you need to sign Cork's physios as well.

Cork's training involved heads & volleys with a fly away.

 

[JJH]

Cork's training involved heads & volleys with a fly away.

A fucking fly away.... you northerners are something else, jesus.

 

[TomPNE94]

Cork's training involved heads & volleys with a fly away.

Got fucking slaughtered this week for calling it a flyaway, apparently the weird southern nonces call it a floater

 

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Got fucking slaughtered this week for calling it a flyaway, apparently the weird southern nonces call it a floater

So gay.

 

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I see some PC scum has changed my brilliant thread title.