Morecambe 0 Preston North End 3

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Updates on official site this afternoon
sun threatening to show its face and its a bit breezy
pitch luscious and green.....
mark s just arriving............

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team news on official site now

[Shrimpman]

where

[Shrimpman]

found it here

http://www.pnefc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/N ... 12,00.html

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on there now andrew
derek updating all afdternoon
teams out
bright sunshine now
chris turner triallist in shrimps starting line up
morecambe at 4 4 2
barry roche in all orange!!!!
christie the cat missing where the moggy?????

[Shrimpman]

cheers sean ,

cant make the game today , but will be there Tuesday

Oracle & Head Junior groundsman are there though

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Preston 2 up after 11 mins

[c_lilly]

New to this board!

Any more news on the game or the team that is playing. How are we playing?

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3 0 preston
and dominatinggame from start to finish
hunter on for turner 39th min

[Keith]

should be more than three apparently Roach made a couple of good saves and they hit the bar.

Still, pre-season friendlies are all about fitness

[Shrimpman]

minute by minute texts from the PNE site

http://www.pnefc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/N ... 12,00.html

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drummond for stanley blinkhorn for carr and artell for mcstay at start of second half
attendance 1674

[Keith]

...bringing Artell, Blinkhorn and Drummond into the action. The PA announcer hasn't bothered to tell us who has made way...

How very tinpot!

50 mins - 1,674 is the official attendance, only just a few hundred more than came to watch the game at Bamber Bridge on Tuesday.

oohhh, get her!

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andy parrish for jim bentley 61 mins

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Barry Roche impressive in the shrimps goal today

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official site updated shortly with Derek Quinn's report from Christie Park
finished 0 3

[Mark S]

...bringing Artell, Blinkhorn and Drummond into the action. The PA announcer hasn't bothered to tell us who has made way...

How very tinpot!

50 mins - 1,674 is the official attendance, only just a few hundred more than came to watch the game at Bamber Bridge on Tuesday.

oohhh, get her!

Thanks for pointing that out Keith. As you can imagine that led to a 'word' with the guys who were sat outside taking advantage of our hospitality.

I apologised 10 minutes later!

There were six of us in the pressbox trying to figure out who went off for the three substitutes. No board put up.

I hate pre season!

Wainwright and Roche had great games despite the scoreline. Roche stopped it being six. Wainwright is great at whipping crosses in.

[Keith]

Thanks for pointing that out Keith. As you can imagine that led to a 'word' with the guys who were sat outside taking advantage of our hospitality.

I apologised 10 minutes later!

There were six of us in the pressbox trying to figure out who went off for the three substitutes. No board put up.

I hate pre season!

I was just coming back to say...

MarkS redeemed himself because they've also said...

Great to hear the PA announcer wishing North End the best of luck in the coming season, and from everyone at North End we all hope it's another succesful 2008/09 seasonin League Two for Morecambe.

Didn't realise it was because you'd gone looking for them!!!

[comingthrough]

Thought Wayne was best player for us today.got himself involved and wasn't scared to run at them.Roche impressed as well.some very good saves near to the end.Preston just too strong early on.their superior fitness showed.

[Martin]

Unlike last season, Preston showed their class today. It seemed, early on, one or two of them had a point to prove.

I agree that Wayne was our best player throughout the game and Michael Howard also played well. Barry Roche again was impressive; he marshalls the defence, is confident and made one or two really good stops.

Defensively we looked weak down the right hand side with McCann not in the game at all. On today's performance I have to question his positioning; he seemed to be all over the place. I don't think it was a coincidence that their three goals all stemmed from moves down their left hand side.

We put together some better moves in the second half that showed more of what we are capable of. Wainwright continues to impress, particularly when he plays down the right.

Although we were comprehensively beaten today, I think you have to take into account the class of the opposition. There's still a lot of tinkering to do to produce our strongest team, but that's what the friendlies are for.

[Christies Child]

Unlike last season, Preston showed their class today. It seemed, early on, one or two of them had a point to prove.

I agree that Wayne was our best player throughout the game and Michael Howard also played well. Barry Roche again was impressive; he marshalls the defence, is confident and made one or two really good stops.

Defensively we looked weak down the right hand side with McCann not in the game at all. On today's performance I have to question his positioning; he seemed to be all over the place. I don't think it was a coincidence that their three goals all stemmed from moves down their left hand side.

We put together some better moves in the second half that showed more of what we are capable of. Wainwright continues to impress, particularly when he plays down the right.

Although we were comprehensively beaten today, I think you have to take into account the class of the opposition. There's still a lot of tinkering to do to produce our strongest team, but that's what the friendlies are for.

In fairness to McCann, he prefers playing midfield and I wouldn't argue with him!

Typical pre-season game but still don't like loosing 3-0 to anybody.

Slight improvement in the last 45 minutes.

Is Carl still injured.....?

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after a good rest it was good to be back at the pie today
good performance by pne with a full strength team out too so value for money there
good workout in th esecond half from the boys
thought roche and wainwright again did well
early days yet with 3 weeks left till season starts
looking forward to tuesday evening

[John L]

chris turner triallist in shrimps starting line up

Thought he played well today. Anyone know more about him, eg. where he's come from?

[Heysham_Shrimp]

Barry Roche was superb today.
Commanded his box and was quick out to collect the ball.
Looks like Sammy has found a gem.
Desperately in need of a striker though.

[admiral47]

I thought Roche played very solidly - no Jellal moments when kicking the ball and has already been said prevented the score being 6.0 nil. I thought Wainwright had good spells but was second to the ball too much, and appeared to lack a little commitment when going for 50-50 balls- or was it is fitness levels? Wayne worked his socks off to no avail and O’Carroll worked hard without looking like scoring. Agree with a previous post regarding our right back leaving lots of space and frequently being caught out. Looked a more solid side in the second half and I liked the look of Parish when he came on. I thought we would have been more solid defensively with Danny Adams even if he is the fattest footballer in league football! It might have helped if the players played to the numbers in the programme to prevent any confusion regarding the new players on show.