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RE: PNE news - themaclad - 01-08-2018
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Sean Maguire and Billy Bodin have both suffered injuries ahead of the 2018/19 season.
Striker Sean Maguire was substituted in PNE's final pre-season game of the summer on Saturday, and scans have revealed damage to his hamstring.
The Irishman will be out of action for a matter of weeks as he recovers from the injury.
Billy Bodin will be missing for a significant period of time after suffering a knee ligament injury in training earlier this week.
Speaking about the injuries to both players, manager Alex Neil said: “Sean was taken off as a precaution, we didn’t think much of it. Because of his history, we got him scanned and it’s come back a lot worse than what we thought. He will be missing for the best part of a couple of months.
“It’s really bad luck, he was feeling the best he’s ever felt physically and now this has happened which is a huge blow for us and the club.
“Another injury that has unfortunately happened in training is that Billy Bodin has popped his knee and he will be out for the best part of six months.
"His foot got stuck in the ground and as he turned, he has damaged his ACL [anterior cruciate ligament]. It’s devastating for Billy.
“They are both strong lads, both physically and mentally and they will be back as soon as they can.
“It’s not great news but we have been in this situation before and we have had to deal with setbacks in the past, but it presents other players with an opportunity now and it’s up to them to step up to the plate.
"It’s taken me a couple of days to get my head around it but you can’t be too pessimistic because that feeds through everybody, we still have to believe and like I say it gives others a chance.”
Everyone at the club would like to wish both players a speedy recovery.
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 06-08-2018
PNE U18 2 Wigan Athletic U18 4
5 August 2018
Two goals in six second half minutes condemned Preston North End’s youth team to a 4-2 home defeat against Wigan Athletic in their opening league match of the season.
Brad Roberts gave the visitors a sixth minute lead, but North End responded admirably with Darren Brannigan and Tyrhys Dolan turning the scoreline around by the midpoint of the first half.
The Lilywhites looked worthy of a half time lead as the break approached, but Joe Gelhardt earned his side a spot kick three minutes before the interval, Victor Maffeo successfully converting from it.
In a second half where the hosts had more attempts on goal than in the first, North End were punished for their failure to keep up their ruthless streak, Adam Long scoring from a set piece just after the hour and Divin Baningime doubling the visitors’ advantage with 20 minutes remaining.
A competitive affair throughout, both sides looked sharp early on but it was the visitors that made the quicker start in terms of chances, making it 1-0 with six minutes on the clock.
Forward Charlie Jolley had his header palmed away by Jimmy Corcoran in the North End goal, but Brad Roberts followed in well, neatly tucking it back inside the bottom left corner with his right foot.
Wigan almost had a second goal two minutes later as Gelhardt took aim from the edge of the box, his shot hitting the outside of the bottom right hand post.
With a quarter of an hour played, though, North End drew level. It was a superbly worked goal, Ethan Walker’s fine reverse pass sending Jerome Jolly into space down the left flank, the latter crossing low for Brannigan to slot it home with a cool first time finish.
The young Lilywhites had a number of corners but could not muster annother effort on goal until the 23rd minute – that the strike which gave them the lead. It came from some more fine link-up play down the left, Jack Baxter this time playing the pass down the flank for Jack Armer, skipping past his man to cross for Dolan, who finished past ‘keeper Bobby Jones from close range.
Gelhardt curled over from distance on the half hour after his free-kick was blocked and he was involved once more just over ten minutes later, controlling a pass into the area where he was brought down by Charlie Lyons as the referee pointed to the spot.
Full back Victor Maffeo stepped up and converted the penalty and Wigan found the net again before the half-time whistle blew, but Emeka Obi’s header was disallowed for offside.
The Lilywhites had more opportunites after the break but the first fell for Wigan’s Jolley, who found the near side netting from the left side of the box.
Lyons was doing really well to get on the end of a number of corners, the first of those a header wide from Walker’s delivery early in the second half.
Either side of the hour saw Dolan go close, his effort unfortunately blocked at the back post after Adam O’Reilly and Walker had combined well to get the cross to him, before Baxter’s exuberant overhead kick flashed wide.
With 63 minutes played, the visitors restored their lead. Long took down a free-kick in the box and prodded it past Corcoran for the game’s fifth goal.
The scoring was complete on 69 minutes when Corcoran failed to gather a cross in from the left and Baningime capitalised by poking home inside the six yard box.
The Lilywhites finished the game really well and had a host of chances, Lyons heavily involved again with three more headers in the final 20 minutes, the last of which hitting the crossbar in the final moments.
O’Reilly curled a free-kick marginally over late on as well as PNE tasted defeat in their first league match of the season.
Academy manager Nick Harrison remained upbeat about his side’s performance but stressed that there is work to be done for the players.
“It was a fast-flowing game, both teams played to win and I thought we played our part in that,” he told PNE.com. “We passed the ball very well at times and created a number of chances that we could’ve done better with.
“When we passed it quickly and passed it well, I thought we looked better than Wigan. We’ve told the boys after the game that that’s our strength and we’ve got to pass it quickly and move on and off the ball to open teams up.
“I thought in the first half we took our chances well and in the second half, as much as we created some really good chances, we just weren’t clinical really. If Tyrhys [Dolan] puts the ball away at 2-2 the game might be different. The pleasing thing is that we’ve created those chances – what the players need to work on now is being a lot more clinical and ruthless in front of goal.
“Overall, we’re pleased with the performance for the majority of the game and what the players need to take from that is that if they pass the ball well and move quickly, we will create chances. The players can be pleased with their performance, we just need to be less naïve in order to win games.
“We also need to learn that we cant make these individual errors that have resulted in at least three of their goals; we gave away a sloppy penalty and the second half goals are two individual errors.”
PNE line-up: Corcoran; Simmons, Ngongo, Lyons, Armer; O’Reilly, Baxter; Walker, Dolan (McManus, 70), Jolly (Potts, 78); Brannigan. Subs not used: Williams, Lenton, Pollard.
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 13-08-2018
PNE U18 4 Wrexham U18 2
Adam O’Reilly, Charlie Lyons, Ethan Walker and Jack Baxter were all on target in the youth team’s 4-2 win against Wrexham.
O’Reilly and Lyons netted to make it 2-0 at the end of a comfortable first half, but the Lilywhites were reduced to ten men just after the half hour when Tyrhys Dolan was sent off.
Cameron McGregor scored a brace for the visitors after the interval but his efforts were cancelled out by direct free-kicks from Walker and Baxter.
North End were the dominant side throughout and that was evident straightaway, as the lively Walker flashed a low delivery across the box, Darren Brannigan just unable to meet it, the former also having efforts from a free-kick and header going wide inside the opening five minutes.
O’Reilly latched onto a loose ball with a quarter of an hour on the clock, following another Walker corner, connecting well enough but striking over.
Walker was first to hit the target a minute later after Brannigan regained possession and held it up brilliantly before teeing up his team-mate, goalkeeper Max Williams pushing his low shot wide and then denying O’Reilly from similar range.
Lyons probably had North End’s best chance just before the half hour when he met Walker’s corner at the back post but headed marginally wide, but the hosts soon got took an overdue lead.
It was in the 32nd minute that Jerome Jolly, who had won the ball back initially to kickstart the move, beat his man down the right and squared it for O’Reilly to finish confidently at the near post.
The Lilywhites had the goal advantage but in the following minute, Wrexham had the upper hand in terms of bodies, after Dolan saw red for an off the ball incident, having won PNE a free-kick.
That did not affect the hosts’ control of the game, though, Brannigan having a goal disallowed for offside after O’Reilly’s shot had been deflected into his path.
Wrexham’s first effort five minutes before the break saw Bobby Beaumont glance a header over but the majority of the chances continued to fall the hosts’ way, Lyons taking one of those just before half-time.
It came from another Jolly cross, this time a free-kick from deep on the right, which perfectly picked out the Irishman to side foot into the bottom corner after 44 minutes.
The visitors saw much more of the ball in the opening stages of the second half and they made that possession count in the 49th minute. It was the first of three successful free-kicks after the interval, McGregor curling over the wall and into the bottom left corner.
The Lilywhites were so close to restoring their two-goal lead on the hour after Baxter and Walker both saw their efforts blocked, the ball falling on the volley for Brannigan, whose instinctive effort skimmed the crossbar on its way over.
Wrexham were just as close seven minutes later when a corner was cleared to the edge of the box, the midfielder’s first time effort heading for the bottom corner but for PNE clearing off the line.
Walker’s 76th minute free-kick then brought about an entertaining final quarter of the game.
After the North End men had curled in for 3-1, with the help of the inside of the post and a touch off Williams in the Wrexham goal, McGregor struck again for his and his team’s second after 84 minutes.
Beaumont played the pass through for McGregor down the left side of the area, his first time strike finding the far bottom corner.
Any concern of the visitors mounting a comeback was shut down almost immediately, however, as Baxter rifled a 20-yard free-kick under the wall and into the bottom left corner with three minutes of normal time remaining.
Brian McManus might have extended the lead in stoppage time, drawing a fine close range save from Williams, but the Lilywhites had already done more than enough for their victory.
PNE line-up: Cottam; Simmons, Williams, Lyons, Armer; Baxter, O’Reilly; Jolly, Dolan, Walker, Brannigan (McManus, 65). Subs not used: Ngongo, Lenton, Pollard, Potts.
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 20-08-2018
Gallagher 3 game ban for trying to re arrange Joe Allen's face
RE: PNE news - St Charles Owl - 20-08-2018
(20-08-2018, 18:35)themaclad Wrote: Gallagher 3 game ban for trying to re arrange Joe Allen's face
As I said on the match thread he was lucky to nowt get a straight red for that challenge, so I suppose the punishments fits the crime had the referee called it right.
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 23-08-2018
Fresh from committing his future to the club, Daniel Johnson is now focused on getting in to manager Alex Neil's starting Xl.
The midfielder, who joined the club in January 2015, put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension ahead of the trip to Norwich City, and he is delighted to finally get the deal over the line.
It's been a long, ongoing conversation but I'm happy to have to have finally got it done and I want to hit the ground running now, I'm delighted.
"One of the most important things personally is that security for myself and my family to know where my future lies so I am delighted that it is done now and I want to earn my place in the team and work hard."
With his immediate future now secure, the 25-year-old is hoping to be able to take any opportunities that come his way to ensure he is involved on a matchday.
"It is down to me to perform in training and get myself in the team and perform when I get the chance to make sure that I stay in the team. I have got a good relationship with all of the boys, it's been ok for me so far but hopefully I can get a bit more game time and get myself going.
"I don't have to think about the contract anymore, it's out of the way and it's about getting myself in the team, working hard and enjoying it with the boys.
With plenty of options for the manager in midfield, Johnson feels that will only push him and his teammates further as they compete for a starting spot.
"We have got a lot of competition for places in the team, we have brought in some really good talent and I'm really looking forward to competing for my place and I'm sure the other boys are too.
"There are two or three players for every position at the moment, it's good for us all and I think we all enjoy that because we all push each other to get the best out of us. It's good for us as players but it's good for the manager as well to have those options.
"My aim first and foremost is to get myself in to the team and get myself going, that is the main target for me."
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 27-08-2018
Browne, Robinson and Burke in Republic squad for upcoming internationals
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 28-08-2018
Lewis Simmons and Louis Potts became the seventh and eight different scorers for the youth team this season as they beat Port Vale 3-0 in their first Youth Alliance Cup group game.
Darren Brannigan was first on the scoresheet inside the opening quarter of an hour, Simmons doubling the advantage in style with fewer than ten minutes until the break and Potts completed the scoring with 20 minutes remaining.
After a fairly low-key start to proceedings the hosts began to take control as Jerome Jolly’s pass split open the Vale defence early on to send Potts through, only for goalkeeper Mawgan Blight to save with his feet.
Just two minutes later, North End took a 13th-minute advantage. Jolly exchanged passes with Josh Pollard down the left and crossed to Brannigan from the byline, the striker turning his defender on the edge of the six-yard box and poking into the far corner.
Joe Berks curled over from 20 yards at the other end with Tyler Williams doing well to outmuscle Maxwell Chimenes in the box moments later to prevent him from shooting.
James Cottam was forced into an important double save just before the half hour when he denied Chimenes with his feet from close range and then smothered Jack Wakefield’s rebound.
Both sides then had opportunities in quick succession as Brannigan took down Pollard’s chip into the area and shot wide on the bounce, while Hayden Campbell found Lucas Green-Birch who fired over.
The hosts finished the half strongly, boosted by Simmons’ superb effort to make it 2-0 on 37 minutes.
Jolly had miskicked Potts’ cross on the edge of the box but Brannigan salvaged the attack down the right and teed it up perfectly for Simmons at full pelt, his run culminating with a first-time curling shot which was destined for the top left corner from the moment he hit it.
Brannigan might have doubled his tally in the next attack when he stretched to get onto the end of Brian McManus’ cross but volleyed wide.
Jolly had a shot beaten away by Blight late in the half and Jack Baxter’s rebound trickled just wide.
The visitors threatened to mount a comeback early in the second half when Chimenes lashed wide of Cottam’s near post before North End resumed control.
Jolly swung wide from Jack Armer’s cross before Baxter’s effort was sent wide by Blight’s legs, Charlie Lyons having his header saved from the subsequent corner before nodding into the side netting from substitute Ethan Walker’s free-kick.
Potts made it comfortable on 70 minutes when he robbed possession from a Vale centre-back 20 yards from goal, charged into the box and finished low beyond Blight in composed fashion.
Vale substitute Nelson Aikpitanyi had a half-hearted penalty appeal dismissed while Jolly set up Potts and then Walker in the same position down the left side of the box, both missing the target.
Walker drifted inside from the left and drew a simple stop from Blight while Cottam saved Campbell’s speculative effort at the second attempt, the nearest the visitors came to reducing the deserved three-goal margin of the young Lilywhites’ fine victory.
Academy manager Nick Harrison’s only minor disappointment was that his side did not convert more of their chances on goal.
“We’re delighted to win the game because it’s a cup competition and although we’re a part of a group, we wanted to treat it like a knockout competition, so it was important that we won the game,” said Harrison.
“I thought we played well in most parts of the game and we said to the players at the end that we’re delighted they’ve kept a clean sheet as well because we haven’t done so for some time. We controlled the game, our possession was very good and we created numerous clear cut chances.
“The players showed that they really wanted to win the game, the only frustrating thing is that we’ve only won the game 3-0 when we’ve had a lot more clear cut chances that we’ve got to be more clinical with.”
Expanding upon that point, Harrison said his players would continue to work on converting their chances and that the approaching midweek game away to Shrewsbury Town, back in league action, would provide an opportunity for them to show a greater ruthlessness in front of goal.
“We have to remember that these are young players who are still learning and developing, and we have to help them to do that,” he continued.
“The goals we scored were very good but we’ve counted that we’ve had 12 clear cut chances from almost inside the six yard box and we’ve not scored. We were delighted to win 3-0, we’ve scored three goals and kept a clean sheet but I certainly feel we should’ve won it by a lot more than that.
“We just want to challenge the players when they have the opportunity to score more to do that and that’s what we will continue to strive for.
“I’m sure the players will already be looking forward to Wednesday and we’ll have a few training sessions before that game, so we’ll keep working hard with the players to improve and hopefully then the things that we’ve talked about and showed them on the video, they can put right in the next game. That’s certainly the approach that all the players need to have.”
PNE line-up: Cottam; Simmons, Williams, (Ngongo, 71), Lyons, (McFayden, 84), Armer; McManus (Earl, 71), Baxter; Jolly, Pollard, Potts; Brannigan (Walker, 59). Subs not used: Lenton.
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 10-09-2018
PNE U18 3 Accrington Stanley U18 0
Jack Baxter played a starring role as the U18s comfortably beat Accrington Stanley U18s 3-0.
A penalty in each half gave Baxter two on the day, with Charlie Lyons adding a third late in the game.
Although North End were the stronger side, they couldn’t create too many chances in the opening exchanges.
It would be 35 minutes before a real chance came the Lilywhites’ way. After swapping wings with Jerome Jolly, Ethan Walker was down the right and it was his work that won a PNE corner. The former’s cross was met by Precioux Ngongo whose downward header was just off target.
Then came the breakthrough, Adam O’Reilly carried the ball forward after winning it back high up the pitch before sliding a pass through to Jerome Jolly, who was felled by the Accrington full back in the box and the referee pointed to the spot.
Jack Baxter stepped up but his side footed strike was saved, initially, before the midfielder followed up and made up for his error, just a minute before the interval to give PNE the lead.
The second half was a more open affair, with PNE enjoying more expansive possession, mainly through the two central midfielders.
Both teams were playing more attacking and that also led to counter attacks – O’Reilly bursting forward for North End, being brought down, forcing a booking in the 53rd minute.
At the other end, just two minutes later, Accrington had a counter of their own; Lewis Simmons was up against two Stanley forwards. The right back bided his time and committed a perfect slide tackle to stop the attack.
Just after the hour North End began a flurry of chances, with Brian McManus laying off Jerome Jolly. Jolly’s first time effort was bobbling towards the far corner but the Stanley stopper was able to get down to turn it around the post.
In the 63rd minute PNE found the net, but Potts finish was ruled out for offside.Adam O’Reilly won the ball in midfield and drove forward, he entered the penalty area and his low effort from right to left was saved – into the path of Potts who was adjudged offside.
The visiting ‘keeper was in action again in 70th minute, Jack Armer pushed forward down the left and his cross was deflected as it reached the six-yard box. It forced a good reflex save and Potts’ follow up header was blocked by a covering defender.
PNE and Jack Baxter would have their second goals of the day soon after though, in the 73rd minute, with Louis Potts to thank for his part in creating it.
Accrington pushed forward trying to find a way back into the game and O’Reilly’s excellent interception and pass went straight to the No.9’s feet. Potts then rolled his man and ran from the edge of his own half into the Stanley box before being brought down rounding the ‘keeper.
Baxter stepped up again and made no mistake this time, confidently powering his effort into the bottom right corner, sending the Stanley ‘keeper the wrong way.
It was an excellent display from the whole team, and it was a defender’s turn to make an impact at the top end of the pitch just three minutes from time.
To add to a clean sheet, Charlie Lyons rose well to meet Ethan Walker’s free kick and nod the ball into the back of the net to seal the win for the Lilywhites.
Academy manager Nick Harrison was pleased with the nature of the performance but still believes there is room to improve for his side.
Speaking to PNE.Com after the game, Nick said: “It’s always good to win games and it’s always good to keep a clean sheet. From that perspective it’s fantastic.
“I didn’t think we played to our best. They made it difficult for us by putting lots of bodies behind the ball but we knew that anyway.
“I’m delighted we scored three goals, we should have had more, that’s the frustration but they’re young players. I’m pleased they showed great character throughout the game to go on and win the game.
“As the game went on we did get better and, really, we could have had another three goals in the second half.
“That came from scoring the first goal. It was good timing, just before half-time, and I felt that we looked a lot better in terms of how we passed the ball, the movement looked a lot more threatening. We started to open up a bit more which then created more chances.”
It came down to a few individual moments to make the difference for PNE, with Jack Baxter scoring twice from the spot – after excellent work from Jolly and Potts to win them – and Charlie Lyons meeting Walker’s inviting free kick.
Despite seeing his first penalty saved, Baxter scored the rebound and confidently dispatched his second, which pleased Harrison.
“Jack’s got an abundance of ability and technique and that’s why he’s on penalties. He does well on them in training and it was a brilliant reaction from him to score the first one - in terms of not being disappointed it’s saved. The second one just shows you what Jack Baxter can do in terms of his finishing.
“I thought our crosses, because we thought we’d get a lot of chances from wide areas today, which was proven, the deliveries were just the wrong type of deliveries.
“Their ‘keeper was over 6 foot and I thought our type of delivery was wrong because we played into his hands.
“It was a fantastic delivery for the third goal, Charlie did well to get on the end of it. It was a really good header and he needs to do that more.”
Looking ahead to their next game, the U18s face Huddersfield in the EFL Youth Alliance Cup next week, a challenge and format the manager is relishing.
“The last time we played Huddersfield was in a pre-season game a year ago, which was an U17 game, but we very rarely play Huddersfield.
“It’s a cup game, which will be good, I think it will be a really good test for us. They’ve got really good players and it’s one that we’re all looking forward to and the players should be as well.
“Hopefully we can continue with scoring the goals we are, creating the chances and keeping the clean sheets where we can.”
RE: PNE news - Devongone - 12-09-2018
Championship club Preston North End have been forced to cancel and forfeit a county cup tie because they were unable to field enough players due to injuries, suspensions and international call-ups. (Lancashire Post)
How can this happen when you have all these promising young players? Why not just let them do their best?
This sounds like Chesterfield (except for the international call-ups) not Preston. From this distance it looks like either an insult to the County FA, or them out to get you.