Preston are applying the same tactics other clever managers have used against us. When we have the ball they are man-marking us all over the pitch and force us to make sloppy passes. When they have the ball they can do whatever they want because we are not pressing them at all. Mostly, they hoof it and use their physicality to win the ball in our half.
Many of our players have been poor and shaky and we are not moving on and off the ball enough. When we have the ball we don't run with it and always try to pass it to players who are under pressure.
I can't accept any more that continuous scapegoating of Lowe. Ayew and Whittaker have been as poor as Lowe. What have they done to deserve staying on the pitch? Same with Fulton and Hourihane. Roberts is invisible as well.
Here are SofaScore ratings:
And here are Whoscored ratings:
Ayew, Whittaker, Fulton and Hourihane have been poor, and Lowe is one of our better rated players.