Sheffield United vs Preston North End

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Ryan Lowe
MANAGER SAYS
Preston manager Ryan Lowe and Crewe in a playing career that
has urged his players to included over 700 appearances.
ensure they keep their season He has gone on to lead Bury and
alive heading into the final weekend. Plymouth to promotion from League
Victory here at Bramall Lane Two and is now aiming for the
would ensure Preston head into their ultimate promotion with Preston.
last match at home to Sunderland The 1-1 draw against Blackburn last
with all to play for in the push for a weekend kept their play-off ambitions
top six finish.
alive, with the late equaliser that
That Preston still have so much to earned a point deserved in the
play for is a credit to Lowe and his view of Lowe.
players, who have served up a series “I thought we deserved a point,
of impressive performances on the and we shaded a lot of the first half,”
road this season that has resulted in reflected the Preston boss. “We
10 away wins.
potentially could have scored one
“We don’t want the season to or two goals but didn’t get our shots
peter out,” says the former Bury and away quick enough.
Plymouth manager. “We could have “They made a couple of secondhalf
changes and I thought we
been lying in mid-table with nothing
to play for at this point, but we’ve got adapted well to those. I was
something to play for and we have to disappointed with the way we
keep going and keep believing. conceded the goal, but the lads
“For us to have an opportunity of showed real character to keep going
making the play-offs with two games until the end, to give ourselves a
to go, we’d have bitten your hand shout like we’ve done many times
off to be in with a shout at the start this season.
of the season.
“I thought the lads were fantastic.
“If we can get a positive result at We got back late from Swansea on
Sheffield United, then it all boils down Wednesday night and then the lads
to the final game of the season against were in on Thursday to recover, and
Sunderland. There’s probably about we had some time to work with them.”
six teams all vying for that top six spot. With so much on the line over the
Who knows what could happen.” next week, a promising season for
Lowe played for Shrewsbury, Preston could still be pushed into
Chester, Crewe, Bury, Sheffield overtime if they find a couple of wins
Wednesday, MK Dons, Tranmere from their last two fixtures.
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