So we need eight points from four games instead.
Preston beat us tonight by the odd goal and to rub salt into a painful wound the ever irritating Simon Gregan got the winner. Not a classic by any means but that would have mattered little had we managed to scrape a point from somewhere.
The truth is we didn’t look like getting anything out of the game and Preston were worthy winners.
Sure we had a goal disallowed for offside when the Preston defenders hadn’t tried for offside and the referee didn’t give us anything all night but we just didn’t play. The goal came courtesy of a crossed free kick and an unlucky bounce off Ada which fell nicely to Gregan six yards out. He did what he had to and twenty minutes later Brissett did what he shouldn’t have.
Following a disputed corner call which clearly came off the full back Alexander, Brissett turned round, exchanged verbals and concluded the brief chat by chinning the PNE full back. hopefully he was showered, changed and well clear of the dressing room by the time Mr Graydon entered it.