27-11-2024, 10:27
Stoke City 0 Preston North End 0
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Attendance: 19,805 (873 PNE fans).
Referee: Mr M Donohue
That was not the crowd, quite a few didn't attend but hey season tickets
Can they do t on a cold November Tuesday night in Stoke, not quite, a useful points all the same and with the draw my 100 % winning run at te Bet 365 comes to an end although in the seven visits there have only seen us conceded one goal a 40 yard worldie by Rhys Wilmot.
Luckily it was dark when we got there always great have the City covered in darkness, can only imagine the misery of it's poor citizens.
Abandoned in a car park milles from the ground, to some a five minute walk is miles from the ground is miles away. Three changes from Saturday's less than entertaining games. The first half was a pretty low key affair, we started better, then a period of 15 minutes where they looked likely to score mainly from corners as the hapless Woodman flapped and crapped every time a ball was lobbed into the six yard box, like at Portsmouth a weak punch nearly led to a goal at the back post, only good defensivve work stop us from going one down.
Better from us towards half time Osmajic should probably have scored, free at the back post only succeeded into forcing Johannsson into a save.
Stoke were on a prettydecent run of results although in truth didn't look to be anything special, Bae started well but gradually faded from the game.
Second period more open game, of the two we looked the more likelier to win it, only two Stoke efforts of notes, header from Burger which deflected off Whatmough and just dribbled the wrong side of the post and a overhead attempt by Wilmot.
Whiteman had two defelected efforts, the excellent Phillips blocked a Potts effort, on another day might have sneaked it but we still came as close as you can to self destructing late on, ball over the top defenders left it to Woodman, who left it to Tom Cannon to try and steal the ball, Woodman goes down and handles outside his area to stop Cannon going through on goal. He wasn't even close to being in his area, clueless utterly clueless, kind of summed up his night, he had already been booked but got a straight red for basically being an idiot. On came Cornell, didn't have anything to do as we pushed down the other end.
Take the point, better ish performance Boing Boing boys next and we rarely beat them at home
What the Heck
Paul Heckingbottom felt his side put in a “pretty strong” performance in the goalless draw against Stoke City.
Both teams had big chances to break the deadlock in the first half, with Wouter Burger hitting the post for the Potters, before Milutin Osmajić was denied from just a few yards out.
North End then had further opportunities in the second half while limiting the hosts to very little, although there was late drama as Freddie Woodman was sent off.
Asked about the team’s performance, Hecky said: “Pretty strong. In the first half, we were good without the ball. We restricted Stoke all game to almost nothing, but we weren't good enough with the ball in the first half.
“We were a little bit loose. We were loose in the second half as well at moments but we didn't put enough demands on ourselves to get on the ball in the first half. We showed when we did that in the second half, we controlled long periods.
“But then for that possession, for those corners, those set plays, when we had them pinned in around their box – they'll say they defended their box well, but we'll always look at what we do. We didn't do enough to create enough chances.
“I’m pleased with the point, pleased with the effort, pleased with the energy. I thought second half we were the better team.”
There were a few chances in the second 45 where the ball just didn’t drop right for the Lilywhites, as Ben Whiteman and Brad Potts both had efforts deflected just wide, when on another day they may have ricocheted in.
Hecky said: “No, it's not [going our way], but players in real confidence when we're performing really, really well – we will make sure that we make that happen. We’ll make that go in.
“At the minute, it's not quite going our way, but it's something we've improved on over the weeks. Teams are treating us a little bit differently, which is a good sign for us, and we don't mind that. If we want to get up to the top end of the league, listen we'll do it gradually, but if we want to get up to the top end of the league, we need to be able to break defiant teams down as well.
“I'll take the point. I'm pleased with the performance and pleased with the mentality of the players and pleased with the way that we affected the game positively as it went on.”
Stoke City head coach Narcis Pelach told BBC Radio Stoke:
"This was not our best performance. We can perform much better.
"They are a competitive side. Set plays, second balls, full of experienced players.
"We had a sloppy game, I'm not okay with that. We didn't find the rhythm that we want to implement in games. We had some ball possession but, without depth and finding the verticality that we want
Attendance: 19,805 (873 PNE fans).
Referee: Mr M Donohue
That was not the crowd, quite a few didn't attend but hey season tickets
Can they do t on a cold November Tuesday night in Stoke, not quite, a useful points all the same and with the draw my 100 % winning run at te Bet 365 comes to an end although in the seven visits there have only seen us conceded one goal a 40 yard worldie by Rhys Wilmot.
Luckily it was dark when we got there always great have the City covered in darkness, can only imagine the misery of it's poor citizens.
Abandoned in a car park milles from the ground, to some a five minute walk is miles from the ground is miles away. Three changes from Saturday's less than entertaining games. The first half was a pretty low key affair, we started better, then a period of 15 minutes where they looked likely to score mainly from corners as the hapless Woodman flapped and crapped every time a ball was lobbed into the six yard box, like at Portsmouth a weak punch nearly led to a goal at the back post, only good defensivve work stop us from going one down.
Better from us towards half time Osmajic should probably have scored, free at the back post only succeeded into forcing Johannsson into a save.
Stoke were on a prettydecent run of results although in truth didn't look to be anything special, Bae started well but gradually faded from the game.
Second period more open game, of the two we looked the more likelier to win it, only two Stoke efforts of notes, header from Burger which deflected off Whatmough and just dribbled the wrong side of the post and a overhead attempt by Wilmot.
Whiteman had two defelected efforts, the excellent Phillips blocked a Potts effort, on another day might have sneaked it but we still came as close as you can to self destructing late on, ball over the top defenders left it to Woodman, who left it to Tom Cannon to try and steal the ball, Woodman goes down and handles outside his area to stop Cannon going through on goal. He wasn't even close to being in his area, clueless utterly clueless, kind of summed up his night, he had already been booked but got a straight red for basically being an idiot. On came Cornell, didn't have anything to do as we pushed down the other end.
Take the point, better ish performance Boing Boing boys next and we rarely beat them at home
What the Heck
Paul Heckingbottom felt his side put in a “pretty strong” performance in the goalless draw against Stoke City.
Both teams had big chances to break the deadlock in the first half, with Wouter Burger hitting the post for the Potters, before Milutin Osmajić was denied from just a few yards out.
North End then had further opportunities in the second half while limiting the hosts to very little, although there was late drama as Freddie Woodman was sent off.
Asked about the team’s performance, Hecky said: “Pretty strong. In the first half, we were good without the ball. We restricted Stoke all game to almost nothing, but we weren't good enough with the ball in the first half.
“We were a little bit loose. We were loose in the second half as well at moments but we didn't put enough demands on ourselves to get on the ball in the first half. We showed when we did that in the second half, we controlled long periods.
“But then for that possession, for those corners, those set plays, when we had them pinned in around their box – they'll say they defended their box well, but we'll always look at what we do. We didn't do enough to create enough chances.
“I’m pleased with the point, pleased with the effort, pleased with the energy. I thought second half we were the better team.”
There were a few chances in the second 45 where the ball just didn’t drop right for the Lilywhites, as Ben Whiteman and Brad Potts both had efforts deflected just wide, when on another day they may have ricocheted in.
Hecky said: “No, it's not [going our way], but players in real confidence when we're performing really, really well – we will make sure that we make that happen. We’ll make that go in.
“At the minute, it's not quite going our way, but it's something we've improved on over the weeks. Teams are treating us a little bit differently, which is a good sign for us, and we don't mind that. If we want to get up to the top end of the league, listen we'll do it gradually, but if we want to get up to the top end of the league, we need to be able to break defiant teams down as well.
“I'll take the point. I'm pleased with the performance and pleased with the mentality of the players and pleased with the way that we affected the game positively as it went on.”
Stoke City head coach Narcis Pelach told BBC Radio Stoke:
"This was not our best performance. We can perform much better.
"They are a competitive side. Set plays, second balls, full of experienced players.
"We had a sloppy game, I'm not okay with that. We didn't find the rhythm that we want to implement in games. We had some ball possession but, without depth and finding the verticality that we want
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