lawman Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 Devine could be the signing of the season!! Looks the real deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranmere Saintee Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 Kane has a slight knock and wasn’t risked, no idea about Gilmour. Cagey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranmere Saintee Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 One thing I will say after tonight’s excellent pre-season friendly, is to ask Callum to stop playing our defenders together. They were so good tonight I can only see it increasing the chance of decent bids coming in for several of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 What was the atmosphere like? Crowd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 What was the score ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlickDT Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 Thought the team looked very sharp tonight, with everyone very well drilled in their roles in the side- no matter who we get in Europe, we will be no Push over. The team lost its shape a little with the large amounts of subs later in the second half, but Devine was very impressive and I think he will add some threat down the left hand side- he was more than happy to press on, but did very well defensively. The lad from Milwall also looked decent and took plenty direction from Liam. Atmosphere was pretty muted, but it was just fantastic to be back in the park and getting the chance to watch a special set of players that have given the club so much. Johnny B, south inch and saintee in exile 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 I actually thought the atmosphere was surprisingly good - the cheer for the players when the team was read out, and then again for Rooney in 32 minutes, seemed loud to me. Maybe that was just because I've forgotten what it's like to be in a crowd! Found it hard to see the game very well as I had terrible seats (second-from-bottom row, right behind the goal nets), but I thought that was a really promising performance from Saints (albeit with some dodgy finishing). The whole team looked very fit, sharp and strong - I think that's been a hallmark of Davidson's team right from the start of last season, and I struggle to remember a Saints team that has looked fitter. To me it looked like a few of the players had bulked up physically since I last saw them too. Spoony and MOH were real thorns in PNE's side and I felt Devine, Muller and Ballantyne all stood out when they came on. On the whole I'd say we looked very comfortable and probably should have won it. Kane, Bryson and Gilmour were all missing from the squad - injured? (I saw Kane leaving the Main Stand in his tracksuit after the match). Johnny B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 11 hours ago, slf said: Benefit of season ticket holders Friendly matches aren't included on the season ticket, so they're giving us free extras with these games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted July 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 10 hours ago, lawman said: Devine could be the signing of the season!! Looks the real deal. I guess that might be a bonus of getting a player from such a huge club, they won't be swinging back in January to pick him up for their first team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrBored Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 Not sure that was a Preston side fully up to speed (if I was one of their support, I'd hope not). We more than held our own and deserved at least the draw from it. Cracking goal from their side of things. MOH did well to create the opportunity for Wotherspoon, who took his goal well. His pen, not so much. He better get the practice in. The likes of PSV could well hold us to extra time and pens in the European games. Thought Devine & Muller looked to fit in well. Brown looked much more comfortable going forward than he did last season. Hendry looked sharp when he came out, although that wee niggle in him is still there and the foul he got booked for was really needless. Need to see more of the two youngsters who came on...though they both looked to get on the ball, which is encouraging. Johnny B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 Was a really promising performance, Preston couldn't cope when we pressed them, and failed to ever break us down. Goal they got was incredible. Still not sure about MOH in this set up, but the goal is almost all him, and he then won the penalty too, so there's that. garydavidson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 3 hours ago, garydavidson said: That penalty was nearly as bad as macca at tannadice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted July 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 2 hours ago, RandomGuy said: Still not sure about MOH in this set up, but the goal is almost all him, and he then won the penalty too, so there's that. We could be doing with less of the assists and creating opportunities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 3 hours ago, RandomGuy said: Was a really promising performance, Preston couldn't cope when we pressed them, and failed to ever break us down. Goal they got was incredible. Still not sure about MOH in this set up, but the goal is almost all him, and he then won the penalty too, so there's that. What makes you unsure? Last night an assist and wins a penalty which should have been another assist. and to quote you "MoH vital to the goal and penalty" Last season numerous man of the match awards but he was his own worst enemy 2 sending offs and a bad injury against Celtic put him out of the team and the form of others prevented him coming straight back in, CD gave him a 2 year contract so he must be sure he fits into the set up. What makes you unsure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Johnny B said: What makes you unsure? Him and Rooney both want to run to the byline when high up the park, and didn't link well. Felt like that last season too. Defensively he's getting better but still needs constant direction on where to be and who to follow. He doesn't block off passing lanes nearly as well as Wotherspoon so there's often fairly simple passes in the centre of the park past him, which is a weakness for us in that shape. I'm not saying he was awful or anything, I though he played a stood as he has in that position when starting, just there's still weaknesses there that make you feel like he's likely to just be a squad player again. Edited July 14, 2021 by RandomGuy Johnny B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 25 minutes ago, RandomGuy said: you feel like he's likely to just be a squad player again. A 2 year contract and top wages for a squad player? Surely CD must see him as more than that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 PNE TV highlights mostly PNE https://www.pnefc.net/ifollow/latest-videos/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Johnny B said: A 2 year contract and top wages for a squad player? Surely CD must see him as more than that Who says he's on top wages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Johnny B said: A 2 year contract and top wages for a squad player? Surely CD must see him as more than that Why do you constantly persist with this "top wages" comment? How do you know how much he's on, let's also factor in he actually accepted a lower wage from us to stay for an additional year. Let's face it, he's not one of our so called top players and I doubt he's on anything that would put him close to the top of the wage bill these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, RandomGuy said: Who says he's on top wages? Common sense says, would have signed for less money on your expiring contract. It was reported we pushed the boat out to get him in the January transfer window on his return from Melbourne when a number of clubs were interested. Tommy wanted him. Also reported other teams interested before he re-signed a few weeks ago Edited July 14, 2021 by Johnny B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 23 minutes ago, Widge said: let's also factor in he actually accepted a lower wage from us to stay for an additional year. Who or where was it said he accepted a lower wage the only thing I read was he knocked back a higher one, Also again where was it stated he was getting offered only 1 year contracts from other clubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Johnny B said: Common sense says, would have signed for less money on your expiring contract. It was reported we pushed the boat out to get him in the January transfer window on his return from Melbourne when a number of clubs were interested. Tommy wanted him. Also reported other teams interested before he re-signed a few weeks ago We pushed out the boat as it was a last minute signing and he was available i.e. we had already committed our budget. Never at any point did the Club say they had broken their wage structure or make him a high earner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-montrosesaintee Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 Not to worry, he and May are gonna find their best form and make us genuine top 4 contenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-montrosesaintee Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Johnny B said: PNE TV highlights mostly PNE https://www.pnefc.net/ifollow/latest-videos/ Love the penalty commentary 'wotherspoon electing to go for height' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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