Samuel Murray

Right Midfielder - Free Agent
2 Apr 2045
Sunday
Process

Marked for Samuel Murray

944 Edition

The Preston Chronicle

29 Aug 2044
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Luke Richardson: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Preston have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Preston

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Market

Rick De Ligt puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Preston, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Preston

Edward Henderson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Words at Preston training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thierry Small is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

Preston come up short against Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Adam Jozwiak

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adam Jozwiak, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Javier Sosa

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Luke Richardson ran the game

Chances created: 6. Not on the scoresheet and not remotely anonymous — a passing performance that pulled a defence apart without leaving a mark on the column that gets read.

In brief