North End stars handed welcome rest

Irvine believes his promotion-chasing side have gone off the boil in recent games and hopes a few days away from the club will leave them refreshed in time for the weekend trip to Charlton."The lads are a bit tired at the moment," Irvine told the Lancashire Evening Post."And it is not surprising really. We've had to use a very small group of players throughout the season and, as a result of that, the demands made on that very small group have been very high."They are looking a bit tired, so I've given them a couple of days off, a little bit of a break."Hopefully that will freshen them back up again and they will be right for the remaining games of the season."

Source: Team_Talk