Irvine delighted at Preston's second half performance

1:22pm Monday 25th August 2008

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Preston boss Alan Irvine was pleased with his side's second half performance at Sheffield Wednesday, which saw North End come back from a goal down to take a point with a Richard Chaplow goal.

He said: “We didn’t work well enough [in the first half] and they deserved the lead at half time.

"We didn’t play at the right tempo and pass the ball like we have been doing and we gave the ball away far too cheaply.

“The second half was a lot better and we definitely finished the game the stronger and perhaps could well have won it.”

Irvine also spoke of the impact the second half substitutes made, especially Ross Wallace: “I felt that we needed to make the changes and I toyed with the idea of doing it at half time. Fortunately they helped us today and Wallace particularly showed his quality.

“We just need to get him up to the level of fitness the rest of the lads are at which isn’t his fault as he started training 10 days behind everyone else.”

Chris Sedgwick, playing against his boyhood club said: “Obviously you want to do well in every game but maybe in the back of your mind you know that it’s where you’re from.

"I’m delighted we managed to get a point as we want to keep our good run going.”