Saturday 7th March – Crystal Palace 2 PNE 1. Tuesday 10th March – PNE 1 Sheff Wed 1. Not exactly promotion form. Neither opponent had been doing well. Add in Notts Forest last week and the story isn’t too great. 1-0 up at Crystal Palace in the 29th minute then 2-1 down in the 34th. 1-0 down against Sheff Wed until the 92nd minute, then 1-1. Can’t comment much but the papers seem to think PNE were the poorer team in all the games.
This may read a bit negative when normally I’m positive but I don’t have the feeling that there are the players that other clubs want at Deepdale at the moment. That worry of poachers is often a good guide to the quality of the squad. Then again a team of players just under that threshold playing well for each other under a good manager can do well. That is how I see PNE. Since Alan Irvine said they are safe from relegation they havn’t done too well but the whole division is inconsistent.