“We’re a bit everywhere at the moment” – Preston’s former City tenant intervenes
Former Norwich City on-loan striker Ched Evans is feeling the heat with Preston ahead of Saturday’s Championship trip to Carrow Road (Image: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd) Ched Evans warns his Preston team-mates they must stop the rot at Norwich City on Saturday.
The North End pacesetters head to Carrow Road following a third consecutive defeat at home to QPR, where they were booed by the Deepdale crowd. Ryan Lowe’s side won six at the start of the season but just as the Canaries dropped from 12 after two wins.
Now veteran striker Evans, who scored 10 goals in 28 loan appearances for Norwich as a teenager, believes the time has come to stop the deficit for eighth-placed Preston.“From my point of view it is not acceptable. I raise my hand, this is not acceptable to me. Boys are all the same.
Things have to change because it’s not us, it’s not Preston,” he said in an interview with BBC Sport Lancashire. “We seem to be feeling reasonably well. We’re a little lost at the moment.
It’s not good enough.”We work hard as a team, but we’re not creating, we’re not defending, we’re in a no man’s land and it’s not us. It’s something we need to deal with, and quickly. It’s beyond our boundaries.” character.
I don’t know how to explain it. “The second goal (against QPR) was because the people on the pitch were not in the right position. It’s a lack of leadership.
The leaders are there, they just need to believe in it. The manager can tell us until we’re blue in the face, but he can’t keep shoving it down our throats.“Ultimately, it’s up to us.” He’s shoving it down our throats, demanding more, expecting more.
The only people who can change this situation are on the ground.“Next game we face Norwich and it will be a difficult game, so there is no better opportunity to show what we can do.
You go back to the beginning of the season when we were doing so well and this is a matter of belief and believing that we are a good team that can compete to get to the play-offs.”