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Match Day Thread Preston North End v Fulham Deepdale 27/11/2021

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  1. themaclad

    themaclad Well-Known Member

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    LAST TIME OUT



    MANAGER

    Coaching career
    Estoril
    On 10 June 2011, immediately after retiring, Silva was appointed director of football at Estoril. However, early into the season, he replaced Vinícius Eutrópio as manager,[10] with the Cascais team ranking tenth in the second tier.[11] His first game in charge was a 1–3 defeat at Penafiel[12] and, after losing only three matches in 24, he helped the club return to the top flight after seven years, as champions.[13] He ultimately was chosen as the league's Manager of the Year.[14]

    Silva made his debut in the Portuguese top division on 17 August 2012, in a 1–2 away defeat to S.C. Olhanense.[15] Estoril overachieved for a second best-ever fifth place in the table, with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Europa League, also a first. Highlights included not losing any of the games against Sporting CP (3–1 at home, 2–2 away),[16] and drawing at S.L. Benfica 1–1.[17]

    On 23 February 2014, Estoril achieved an historic first-time win at the Estádio do Dragão, the 1–0 victory – where he was sent off midway through the second half – being FC Porto's first home defeat since the 2–3 against Leixões S.C. in 2008.[18][19] He left his position on 12 May, after leading his team to the fourth position.[20]

    Sporting CP
    Silva agreed to a four-year contract with Sporting on 21 May 2014, replacing Leonardo Jardim who left for AS Monaco FC.[21] He led the team to the third place in the championship, also winning the Taça de Portugal by beating S.C. Braga 3–1 on penalties after a 2–2 draw in the final[22]– this was the club's first piece of silverware since the 2008 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

    On 4 June 2015, four days after winning the trophy, Sporting announced that Silva had been dismissed with just cause,[23][24] for not wearing their official suit in a cup match against F.C. Vizela.[25] The dismissal was necessary for president Bruno de Carvalho to bring in Jorge Jesus from rivals Benfica, and included a clause requiring Silva to pay Sporting should he join another Portuguese team.[26]

    Olympiacos
    On 8 July 2015, Silva was appointed the successor of countryman Vítor Pereira at Olympiacos FC, signing on a two-year contract.[27] His first competitive game occurred in the season opener in the Super League Greece, won 3–0 against Panionios FC. On 16 September, he played his first UEFA Champions League match with his new club, losing 0–3 at home to FC Bayern Munich in the group stage.[28]

    Silva subsequently guided the team to break the record of 11 consecutive league wins from the first matchday,[29][30] also recording a 3–2 victory at Arsenal in the Champions League group phase.[31] The Piraeus side's run of domestic wins ended at 17, a European record in the 21st century,[32] but they nonetheless won a record 43rd title with six games remaining.[33]

    Silva quit his job on 23 June 2016, alleging personal reasons.[34]

    Hull City
    On 5 January 2017, Silva was appointed as the head coach of Hull City until the end of the season, replacing Mike Phelan who was dismissed with the team bottom of the Premier League. Upon his appointment, vice-chairman Ehab Allam said: "He has a great track record and we feel this is a bold and exciting appointment in our aim to retain the club's Premier League status".[35] Silva brought in his own coaching team, including assistant João Pedro Sousa, first-team coach Gonçalo Pedro and goalkeeping coach Hugo Oliveira.[36]

    Two days after his appointment, Silva coached the side to a 2–0 win over Swansea City in the third round in the FA Cup.[37] His first league match in charge of the Tigers also ended in success, a 3–1 defeat of Bournemouth on 14 January.[38]

    On 26 January 2017, Silva's Hull defeated a Manchester United team, coached by Portuguese compatriot José Mourinho, 2–1 in the semi-finals of the EFL Cup, giving the club its first victory over that opponent since 1974.[39] However, due to the latter's 2–0 win in the first-leg of the tie, the former failed to advance to the final,[39] but on 4 February they beat Liverpool 2–0 in the domestic league, giving the coach four wins from his first four home matches as manager.[40]

    In March 2017, Silva stated that he wanted to end the groundshare agreement with rugby league club Hull F.C. at the KCOM Stadium, as the latter played on Friday and affected the pitch quality for his team at the weekend.[41] On 25 May, after the team's relegation, he resigned.[42]

    Watford
    On 27 May 2017, it was confirmed Silva would join Premier League club Watford as head coach on a two-year contract.[43] After a good start to the season, he was tracked for the vacant managerial position at Everton in November.[44] During this period and in the subsequent two months, the team's performances became increasingly poor (five points from 30 in ten Premier League matches), with fans citing his loss of focus as putting them at risk of relegation.[45][46]

    Silva was dismissed by Watford on 21 January 2018, with the club citing the "unwarranted approach by a Premier League rival" that caused "significant deterioration in both focus and results to the point where the long-term future of Watford FC has been jeopardised".[47][48] In February 2018, Everton agreed to pay Watford £4 million in compensation in response to this claim.[49]

    Everton
    Silva was confirmed as manager of Everton on 31 May 2018, on a three-year contract.[50][51] His first game in charge was a 22–0 win in a pre-season friendly over Austrian amateurs ATV Irdning.[52][53]

    On 21 April 2019, Silva guided his side to a 4–0 defeat of Manchester United, making this the Toffees' largest victory over that opposition in all competitions since their 5–0 victory in October 1984.[54] His first season at Goodison Park ended with an eighth-place finish, the same position that they achieved under Sam Allardyce a year earlier.[55]

    Silva was sacked on 5 December 2019, after a 5–2 defeat to city rivals Liverpool which left the team in 18th place.[56][57]

    Fulham
    On 1 July 2021, Silva was appointed at recently relegated Championship side Fulham on a three-year contract, after Scott Parker had left to join Bournemouth.[58] After leading them to 13 points out of a possible 15 in the first five matches of the season, he won the Manager of the Month award for August.[59]

    MACS FORM GUIDE

    PNE 13 FULHAM 17

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    PNE Team News

    In his pre-match press conference, Frankie McAvoy said that North End had suffered a few knocks in the midweek victory over Middlesbrough and they would be assessed in training on Thursday.

    Ched Evans made his return from injury in that game, finding himself on the scoresheet, and he could be looking to force his way into the starting XI for this fixture.

    Longer-term absentees Izzy Brown, Connor Wickham and Josh Murphy will miss out.

    The Opposition

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    After relegation from the Premier League last season, Scott Parker left his role as head coach and in to replace him came Marco Silva, formerly of Hull City, Watford and Everton.

    He’s done a fine job with the Cottagers so far, picking them up from last season’s disappointment to take them to the top of the Championship.

    They could have a depleted squad arriving at Deepdale on Saturday, though, with illness in the Fulham camp meaning many could miss out, including top scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic, Harry Wilson and club captain Tom Cairney.

    Key Stats

    Fulham have been free-scoring so far this campaign, bagging 48 goals in just 19 matches – that’s 14 more than the division’s next top scorers, AFC Bournemouth.

    Responsible for 21 of their goals is Serbian forward Aleksandar Mitrovic, and he’s always enjoyed playing against PNE, having netted seven times in his six matches against North End. He missed Wednesday’s draw with Derby through illness though, so may not be available for this game.

    The Cottagers have had fun on their travels so far this term, sitting second in the away table, and they’ve scored four or more goals on three occasions away from home so far, while conceding an average of one goal per game.

    Our Last Meeting





    Fulham came out 2-0 winners the last time North End faced the Cottagers, back in February 2020.

    PNE forward David Nugent broke the deadlock by inadvertently heading into the back of his own net, while a late Aboubakar Kamara goal sealed the three points for Scott Parker’s side, who would go on to earn promotion.

    Man In The Middle

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    There will be a Premier League referee in charge of Saturday’s fixture, with Chris Kavanagh taking the whistle.

    Kavanagh, who has been a Select Group 1 referee since the 2017/18 campaign, will officiate his first PNE game since September 2017 when the Lilywhites drew 2-2 with Simon Grayson’s Sunderland.

    The official has overseen nine matches so far this season – the majority of them being in the top flight – while two have come in European competition.

    MACS VIEW

    Big test tomorrow against probably the best team in the league maade mor interesting by the fact they may be slightly weaker due to a big which appears to be going through the camp and our wonderful ability to be abject most of the time. It's televised at the ungodly hour of 12.30 means away support will be low and the lack of atmosphere will be high. Given it's likely to be bitterly cold and blowing a gale can these soft flu ridden Southerners hack it up North answer probably
     
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    Preston North End 1 Evans Fulham 1 Ream

    PNE line-up: Iversen; van den Berg, Lindsay, Hughes (Cunningham, 90+4); Barkhuizen (Storey, 53), McCann, Whiteman, Browne, Earl; Maguire (Evans, 60), Riis. Subs not used: Hudson, Johnson, Ledson, Sinclair.

    Fulham line-up: Rodak; Robinson, Ream, Adarabioyo, Odoi; Reed, Seri (Onomah, 69); Kebano (Decordova-Reid, 69), Carvalho (Knockaert, 82), Wilson; Mitrovic. Subs not used: Gazzaniga, Tete, Hector, Muniz.

    Referee: Mr C Kavanagh

    Attendance: 9,838 (886 away fans)



    Preston North End 1 Evans Fulham 1 Ream

    PNE line-up: Iversen; van den Berg, Lindsay, Hughes (Cunningham, 90+4); Barkhuizen (Storey, 53), McCann, Whiteman, Browne, Earl; Maguire (Evans, 60), Riis. Subs not used: Hudson, Johnson, Ledson, Sinclair.

    Fulham line-up: Rodak; Robinson, Ream, Adarabioyo, Odoi; Reed, Seri (Onomah, 69); Kebano (Decordova-Reid, 69), Carvalho (Knockaert, 82), Wilson; Mitrovic. Subs not used: Gazzaniga, Tete, Hector, Muniz.

    Referee: Mr C Kavanagh

    Attendance: 9,838 (886 away fans)

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    On a rather chilly Lancastrian day North End shared the points with high flying Fulham, which at the beginning of the game I would have taken, only disappointment for me was the fact we didn't get into them at the start of the game, took us 30 minutes to realise that. Fulham strolled through those first thirty minutes apart from the occasional foray's by Riis. They had taken the lead from anotyher deadball that we have conceded from, Seri kick finding Ream past some non too good defending. For a while it looked like a practice match with a ground devoid of atmosphere say for the singing from the Fulham fans, it looked like the game was going into an all too familiar scenario.
    A mazy run by Van Den Berg changed that and we upped a gear and started to cause the Londoners problems although we kept giving cheap free kicks in and around our box which Fulham failed to exploit.
    Second half we dominated, an early Riis effort was well saved by Rodak, before what looked like a red card tackle by Robinson ended Barkhuizen's part in the game
    On came Storey who had a much better game than his appearence at Nottingham a couple of weeks ago, we scored from a corner Whiteman's ball in was headed by Evans against Riis arm and the rebound went back to Evans who shouldered the ball in, probably should have been disallowed but not complaining
    Apart from a late flurry from them they didn't seriously trouble us and in truth although we piled on teh pressure we never really looked like getting a second.
    Honourable mention too Lindsay, Whiteman and McCann, as for Riis he is becoming a seriously good player, Hughes also departed early bd Van Den Berg was booked think he may be suspended next week for the Plastics

    Preston boss Frankie McAvoy told BBC Radio Lancashire:

    "It was the least we deserved on the balance of play. I know there was a wee bit of controversy about our goal but I've seen it back and I'm not sure it was that bad.

    "You always get some decisions that go your way and some you don't. I thought the challenge on Tommy Barkhuizen might have been a red card, not a yellow. He might have to have an X-ray.

    "I'm just disappointed that we conceded from a set-piece. That puts you on the back foot. But I always thought we'd get chances - and it was great for Ched to come off the bench and score again. He's such a threat."

    Fulham boss Marco Silva:

    "That was a big mistake from the referee and the linesman. There was an elbow in there and then a clear handball before the ball goes over the line. It's difficult for us to accept, but again the referee had a bad performance.

    "We've ended up losing two points, and it's not been our fault again. We had a similar situation against Coventry. But it's still an important point.

    "It was a really tough game for us, but that's just what we expected. It's been a really difficult week for us, having to play until 10pm on Wednesday night and then coming here for an early Saturday match.

    "That isn't an excuse though. It should be up to us to create more problems for the opposition."
     
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    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    Are you the only Preston dude on here?
     
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    No. Just the two of us.
     
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    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    Ah well, at least you have each other.

    The Premier league board is an active place. You'd be welcome across there if you get lonely/bored on here.
     
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