Back from the game - Preston

[AthleticoSpizz]

I said to my bruv that from Bryn's cameo perfomance I am convinced he is offski this summer.

He seemed to be shooting on sight and determined to score yesterday, his appearance had a real smack of wanting to go out with a home goal. I reckon he is off to Bristol City on a 2 year deal. I hope I'm wring and a real shame if it turns out to be true, a model pro and bloody nice bloke who still has a lot to offer us next season but place in RFC folklore assured.

hope that you are wrong


but agree with everything else....................always our Cinderella that never gave back the glass shoe....top all-round good old fashioned player.

[shaka's shorts]

I too thought Bryn's appearance was a chance to say goodbye and his demeanour in the lap of honour seemed to confirm that - lots of lingering and posing for photos with the kids. A couple of people mentioned Shane Long didn't go on the lap, he did - he went on with his very young baby at the end.

[old woman]

Great game to watch and all the goals were fantastic.

I think it is the last we will see of Feds as I have heard he is off to Newcastle. Contract signed already.

Can't quite see this.
Steve Harper has been at the club since the year dot and has played all but 1 game plus 2 when he's come off injured.Think there would be hell on if he was denied premier league games.
Tim Krul the reserve keeper is well thought off- played against QPR in the last game of the season. could be wailing and gnashing of teeth if he is let go.
Fraser Forster has been out on loan this season at Norwich and voted their player of the season.
Which one of these is Afed replacing?

[brendywendy]

Well McD promised a performance, and we got it.

Very good team performance, nice crisp passing, good energy, some bits of individual brilliance and we coped well with the physical presence PNE had up front.

Only negative was that we still can't deal with a simple long ball over the top, there were 3 or 4 miss timed headers and bad judgement of the trajectory of the ball.

Fed 7 - did nothing wrong made a couple of cracking saves. Won't be surprised to see him go this summer seeing as we have some very good keepers coming through.

Griffin 9 - Brilliant. my MOTM. sad to see him go. Best of luck to him
Mills 8 - Solid, composed and well worth the investment.
Pearce 7 - Hard as a rock, won a lot of headers, did well against Parkin and his distribution from the back was good too.
Bertrand 8 - Played awesome, he'll be playing in the prem next season, whether it's with Chelsea or on loan. Best of luck to him.

Kebe 8 - He's on a different planet when he runs with the ball, no-one can seem to touch him. Great wing play and goal!
Howard 6 - Lots of energy, but tried to be too clever with his passses and lost the ball. I was also disappointed when he completly ignored tabb who was shouting at him to track a man back.
Tabb 7 - lots of energy, some great intercerptions, loved his run in the first half! But got caught on the ball on a couple of occasions.
Sigg 7 - He found it difficult being man marked and you couuld see he was getting frustrated but he gave a good performance and put in a couple of great through balls too. Nice goal!
McAnuff 8 - Same as Kebe really, but loves to drop the shoulder rather than do someone for pace.

Long 5 - I thought he was god awful. He works hard (which anyone can do) and his link up play was ok, but for a striker he can't finish to save his life! Those 5 games he played where he was bagning them in were a flash in the pan by the looks of things and I hope we get rid of him in the summer.

Subs
Church 7- needs to start more games! Great goal!
Karacan 6 - put himself about.
Gunnarsson 7 - composed, great throughball too!

Also pleased to see Jake Taylor make the bench he's another player who will be making an impact in the next couple of years at the club.

I thought Long had a good but torrid perfomance.
On what do you base your assertion that Jake Taylor will be making an impact in the immenent future ?

On the basis that I've seen him play in a lot the ressies and youth matches. He's a bloody good player and I know the club highly rate this kid.

I take it you disagree,

many people think he is the best of our academy products potentially. and given the others we have had recently thats an exciting prospect. would love to see him get a few starts next year

[flintyboy73]

I think what we saw on Sunday was conclusive proof that Stella Ferguson isn't cut out for a championship manager. Still it made us shine.

[Wax Jacket]

we're still looking for that magic formula to make the ball go in the right direction off Shane Long's lower limbs

[BobKnows]

I too thought Bryn's appearance was a chance to say goodbye and his demeanour in the lap of honour seemed to confirm that - lots of lingering and posing for photos with the kids. A couple of people mentioned Shane Long didn't go on the lap, he did - he went on with his very young baby at the end.

Not sure I would read into any of this as a definite goodbye from Bryn. For starters, he has always brought the kids out. Seconders, it was a high scoring end-of-season game, why wouldn't he have a punt at scoring???? It's not like he hasn't tried that before....

Cod psychoLOLgy at it's best

[Man Friday]

Wasn't at the game yesterday. Could anybody tell me what sort of reception Griffin got when he was subbed? And what about the lap of honour?

Very exuberant standing ovation from all corners of the ground. Lap of appreciation a tad tedious as one would expect when it's not celebratory.