Ferguson heaps praise on Parkin

Parkin, nicknamed 'The Beast', opened the scoring in Saturday's Championship clash at Deepdale with a penalty in the 30th minute and then showed delightful footwork to rifle home number two nine minutes after the break.Parkin's second goal and his 12th of the season came just moments after North End midfielder Paul Coutts was shown his second yellow card.Despite their numerical disadvantage, Preston added a third in the 86th minute when substitute Chris Brown lobbed home a brilliant effort.Parkin was denied a hat-trick by a post and Ferguson beamed: "Jon took Cardiff to the cleaners and absolutely battered them."The second and third goals, I don't think you'll see better goals all day."John is a big lad, size-wise, but technically he's as good as anyone."He's been spot on and has taken his chance. All credit should go to John."But it was a great afternoon for us; three goals and a clean sheet, so the lads deserve a hell of a lot of credit."Preston opened the scoring in the 30th minute when Bluebirds defender Paul Quinn needlessly shoved Ross Wallace off the ball.Referee Andy Hall consulted his assistant and a spot-kick was awarded which Parkin dispatched with a low right-foot shot into the bottom left-hand corner.And Parkin seized centre stage again in the 54th minute with a superb turn and shot after Coutts had been shown his second yellow card moments earlier."The key moments went our way - the penalty and the second goal just after the sending off," acknowledged Ferguson."But I think we played 38 minutes with 10 men and have scored three goals and a got a clean sheet."The turning point was when Parky got the second so soon after the sending off."But the lads, to a man, stuck their heads and bodes in there and it was a great team performance."Cardiff were thumped 6-0 on this ground last April, a morale-sapping loss which kickstarted a slide in their fortunes as Preston pipped them to the sixth and final play-off spot on the final day of the season.They offered precious little again and boss Dave Jones pointed an accusing finger at Quinn for conceding the penalty."Giving away a penalty was a piece of stupidity," said Jones."There was a push and it was definitely a penalty. It was a horrendous mistake and stupidity costs you."We've not done the right thing. There was a lot of stupidity and a lot of my players need to take a long, hard look at themselves."

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