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Heckingbottom highlights the need for flexibility at the back
Lancashire Evening Post
|October 17, 2025
Paul Heckingbottom has explained his outlook on playing with a back four.
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Paul Heckingbottom has a word with Ali McCann during a break in play
Ever since the 48-year-old took charge at Deepdale, the Lilywhites have continued to utilise wing-backs.
This season, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson and Andrew Hughes have been the go-to back three, with Thierry Small on one flank and either Pol Valentin or Andrija Vukcevic on the other.
This story is from the October 17, 2025 edition of Lancashire Evening Post.
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