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PNE ski per Alan Browne is cha lenged by Ha ry Souttar which brough the Stoke defender a red card
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Point at the Potteries
Stalemate leaves North End with work still to do in survival bid
something I had to do during To cover Liam Lindsay not
this one. Hopefu ly there being available, McAvoy put
won’t be many times when I Sepp van den Berg in the back
have to do that.”
three nex to Jordan Storey
Bearing in mind that and Hughes.
Frankie McAvoy admitted he they needed a bit of a rocket, The Dutch t enager came
had to ‘lose his rag’ during McAvoy wasn’t unhappy with to PNE on loan as a central
half-time to get Preston the point co lected, although defender but had in the main
the right track against Stoke. fel their second-half play been used at right-back and as
The Lilywhite secured a could have merited victory. a wing-back.
goa less draw at the bet365 The clean sh et pleased “I thought Se p did we l,”
Stadium to inch closer to him, it coming just a w ek said McAvoy.
Championship safety.
after conceding five against “There were a couple of
But in the first half they Brentford.
times when I thought he was
had very much b en on the McAvoy said: “It’s great a bit over-eager trying to steal
back foot, o fering nothing when you don’t concede, it’s it on the front f ot and their
going forward.
great for the defence and the young boy Christian Norton
The interim head coach’s group as a whole.
pu led him in di ped in
stern words worked to the “Coming o f the back of behind him.
extent that North End carried that defeat last week, it was “Overa l though, Sepp did
more of a threat.
important to get something fine and I was comfortable
Andrew Hughes hi the from this game for morale. with the thr e boys we had at
post with a fr e-kick in the “The intention from us was centre-back.”
second half and Alan Browne to be as positive for the whole McAvoy welcomed back
got clear goal with thr e game as we were in the second Greg Cu ningham and Sean
minutes left only to be tri ped half but obviously it didn’t Maguire from injury, Maguire
by Ha ry Sou tar which work that way in the first half. named on the bench at the
earned the Potters centre-half “The fact we lost heavily expense of Louis Moult.
a red card.
the previous w ek might “With Sean back I had to
McAvoy said: “I’m honest have made an impact on their make a ca l and I just thought
with the lads as a group and I minds to start with.
he was more match-ready
what I don’t wan to do is lose “I understand that but the than Louis who has b en out
my rag half-time but that is first half wasn’t g od enough.” a long time,” said McAvoy.
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Frankie McAvoy will have the
season’s kick-off in mind when
Preston North End are put to
the test against Manchester
City this evening.
The Lilywhites head coach
is to start pushing the players
towards 90-minute run outs in
the three friendlies this week,
starting with the visit to City’s
Academy Stadium.
North End go to Wigan
on Friday night and then
host Manchester United
at Deepdale the following
afternoon.
There is scope to use the
full squad in the three games
but instead of a 60/30 split in
terms of minutes, McAvoy
needs some of the players
going for longer.
Something resembling the
team he has in mind to face
Hull on the opening day of the
season, should also be seen at
some point this week.
McAvoy says ‘five or six’
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Preston recorded their first victory D epdale of 2021, convincingly beating
Hu dersfield Town 3-0. Brad Potts, Ched
Evans and Scott Sinclair found the net in an
entertaining clash, the visitors making a
g od fight of it the first half before North
End got on top in the second.
a terrier-ific result!
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Demanding better
North End guaranteed themselves
Championship football with a 1-0 victory
over Coventry City at St Andrew’s.
Alan Browne’s 67th-minute penalty settled
this clash in the Lilywhites’ favour, the
skipper scoring after Ched Evans had been
fouled by Sky Blues goalkeeper Ben Wilson.
McAvoy’s half-time message
played a part in PNE’s draw
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McAvoy said: “In these
games we will be close to
where we see the starting XI
being. This will give us an idea
of where we are at.
“It goes without saying that
Manchester City will be tough
even though they won’t have
all their players available.
“It’s likely for a good
portion of the game we won’t
have the ball much.
“What we have to do then
is make sure we are really
structured behind it,
“When we do have the ball
we need to be courageous and
brave enough to make passes
to get us up the pitch and offer
a threat in the final third.
“It’s behind closed doors
which takes something away
from it but we need to follow
protocol.
“Manchester City feel that
is the best way to go with it.
“The important thing is
that we get more game time
into the guys’ legs and see how
we are progressing.”
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One PNE player who needs
more action is Alan Browne,
the skipper having played his
first 45 minutes of pre-season
in last Saturday’s 1-1 draw with
Accrington Stanley.
Browne has revealed he
had keyhole surgery on a hip
injury at the end of last season
and his rehab meant he was
only able to start training
towards the end of the squad’s
time in Scotland.
With that first bit of action
under his belt, the midfielder
will now be looking to give his
match fitness a boost.
Tonight’s game (7pm) could
pit three Preston players
against their former club.
Ched Evans started his
career at City, while City paid
£6.2m to land Scott Sinclair
from Swansea nine years ago.
Greg Cunningham’s first
taste of English football was
with City, the Irish left-back
playing four times for them
after being a trainee.
The games this week will
come too early for Matthew
Olosunde as he recovers from
an Achilles tendon knock.
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