Despite the disappointment of last night's result, Gary Breen has come out fighting.

The skipper admits the team let themselves and the fans down at Preston but insists the club will still make the play-offs.

Games are fast running out but the experienced defender is determined to instil a positive attitude in the camp.

He says: "We looked in control of last night's game until the penalty. The second goal was particularly disappointing because to allow their player to ghost in and have a free shot on goal is not good enough.

"I think we've let ourselves down, and our manager and the supporters who keep coming and travelling to watch us.

"I said earlier in the season, because we're a generally young and inexperienced team, that there were going to be ups and downs.

"But we'd have hoped at this stage of the season that those lessons would have been learned.

"It's really disappointing and I feel for the supporters who've come here in their numbers and were fantastic.

"I know I keep saying it but it needs saying because we're not great to watch at the moment yet they still come to watch us.

"We're eternally grateful to them for that and just desperate to get some points on the board for them.

"We can still make the play-offs, no doubt about it.

"All this hoping to make the play-offs, that's rubbish.

"We will make the play-offs, we'll get there, that's the mindset we should be in and I'm sure it will be.

"There are still ten games left and so many points to play for."

i think he's crackers to be honest the way we are playing we will end up mid table

performances, especially away, have improved since this game