Preston boss Darren Ferguson will again be without Paul Parry and Barry Nicholson for the FA Cup fourth-round clash at home to Chelsea.Former Cardiff winger Parry remains sidelined with a knee problem while midfielder Barry Nicholson (broken leg) is a long-term absentee.
However, defender Youl Mawene has been making steady progress after suffering knee ligament damage during the 1-0 defeat to Newcastle in November.He has trained this week and could come into contention for the 23,000 sell-out clash in new boss Ferguson's first home match in charge.
Preston defender Neal Trotman has completed his loan move to League One outfit Huddersfield until the end of the season.Ferguson said: "We are going to have to be at our maximum and Chelsea need to have an off day if we are to have a chance.''

Chelsea will be without left-back Ashley Cole.Cole is suffering from an ankle problem and will be replaced by Yury Zhirkov. Goalkeeper Hilario will replace the rested Petr Cech.Michael Essien has been ruled out for up to six weeks following the knee injury he sustained on duty with Ghana in the African Cup Of Nations.After Leeds' triumph over Manchester United and Reading's success over Liverpool, boss Carlo Ancelotti is mindful of the threat posed to the holders by Championship side Preston.

The side are now managed by Ferguson, son of Manchester United's Sir Alex, and Ancelotti expects the North End boss to have asked his father for some advice."I don't know Darren,'' added the Italian. "It's a good reason to meet him. I think it's possible he'll ask his father about us. Like a father, Alex can give him some advice or opinion about our play. That's normal."I don't know Preston very well, but I'm sure they will try to do hard work on the pitch and try to do the best."Because the FA Cup is the oldest competition in the world, I think that every team, also the small teams, want to do their best in this competition."The FA Cup is a very important competition here. There were strange results in the last round and we don't want to have a strange result in this round. It's an important aim for this season and we have to try to win.''

Preston- Cheksli

Kakuta and Danny impressed during the reserve match win over Wolves. Also, they both scored. Surely, they should start on Saturday.

The young players should be featured here.

This should be ours.

Up Blues, they will have an easy ride in this one

any link?

There sould be links all over the place.
It's on TV

It's a diamond today.
More like a Christmas tree.

These guys will score oooo

Preston looking excited. . . .chelsea shouldnt be intimidated

nateevs:

There sould be links all over the place.
It's on TV

yeah!
http://www.iraqgoals.net/ch5.html

nice run by Zirkov

Ferreira is just such a joke. .
He's started with these crazy crosses again.

wot was dat from PF

Zhirkov is some player.

Yuriiiii, nice one

I am going to start looking at how many crosses Paulo makes correctly

Belletti is injured.

nateevs:

Belletti is injured.

Malouda coming on

Belleti out Malouda in

What's the shape going to be now. . ?

I think MB will will sit back

Is the ref mad?
It's a goal. . . .

Which kain thing be dis?

oops, signal lost

pls update

This is wrong. . . We scored a goal.
Why couldn't the fella play advantage?

nateevs:

This is wrong. . . We scored a goal.
Why couldn't the fella play advantage?

bad decision by ref?

Danny's confidence is growing by the minute. .
I like it.

This Alex can shoot the ball.

nateevs:

Danny's confidence is growing by the minute. .
I like it.

yes u can say dat again

nateevs:

This is wrong. . . We scored a goal.
Why couldn't the fella play advantage?

ys u right , just see d replay

we need goal now

Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllll

Anelkaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Anelkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll