STEADYING THE SHIP

Posted on May 14, 2013 in Millwall

Preston North End manager Simon Grayson has revealed that his players should be at their best when the club takes on Sheffield United in the next league match. Preston were struggling in the division before the arrival of Grayson, but he has managed to steady the ship in recent weeks. The club as expected to challenge for promotion spot at the start of the campaign, but they have been a major disappointment. As he builds the team for next season, Grayson has said that it is also important to concentrate on the match against Sheffield United.

The former Huddersfield Town manager already has the experience of beating United, but told the top football blog he needs to pick up his players recently suffered a defeat against Crawley town. The 1-0 defeat has meant that Preston are currently 14th in the table. As a result, there is nothing left to play for in the final match of the season for Preston. Despite this, Grayson wants a good end to the season in order to begin the next on positively. Grayson has said that the team could have had a positive end to the season had they been more energetic in the opening few minutes against Crawley. He has said that the poor start led to the defeat.

“We said to the players don’t go down with a whimper, make sure you give it your all because it is a long way for our supporters to travel. I felt disappointed because we want to win every game we are involved in. I thought we started the game poorly, allowed Crawley to dictate for the first 15 minutes and they got the goal in that time. Crawley looked a good team, they popped it around well and caused us a few problems, but we were a bit lethargic,” said Grayson.