There’s a lot of competition in the squad this year, do you ever find that hard being a goalkeeper, especially with Andy Lonergan back in training this season?
Sami Clegg, Longridge, Preston
I don’t really find it hard. Obviously with Andy coming back then there is going to be three of us vying for a first team place, that’s good for competition and it makes us work harder.

What’s your favourite country and why?
Billy Meredith, Manchester
My favourite country would be Bali because you can pretty much do anything you want there. The beaches are great, everything is great about the country, the people are nice, so I would have to say Bali.

Do you speak in foreign languages?
Duncan Adams, Preston
My main language is Italian as people might know from last week’s bit on the website. I also speak a little bit of French and a little bit of German, I did A’ Level German.

Having been a keeper for a number of years do you find that modern-day balls have made your job much tougher in terms of the dip/swerve players now seem to be able to get from them, and has this affected your style of play?
Simon Hornby
The new balls do move about a lot more, I just find that these days there is a lot more concentration involved, you have got to watch the ball right into your hands.

Carlo why did you choose to come to PNE?
Mark Pickles
The reason I came to PNE was because I was on the bench a lot at Middlesbrough and no matter where I have been I have always wanted to play. There was a chance to come down here and play games and that has continued to be my aim really.

How does Preston rate compared to your previous clubs?
Steve Jenkinson, Australia
Obviously the Premiership clubs that I have been involved with because of the money situation they have had more facilities but as far as the club goes as a whole, the players are magnificent, we all get on great and it is a nice club to play for. The fans are brilliant and the manager is very ambitious and hopefully he can take us where we belong, back in the Premiership.

What is it like coming out to thousands of fans every week and signing autographs?
PNE Babe 254eva
Coming out to all those people and signing autographs is a dream come true. If you would have asked me years ago what I wanted to be and it would be a professional footballer so it’s great.

Who did you support as a boy?
Mark Rees, Chorley
Everton was my team when I was younger basically because my next door neighbour was one of the players’ brothers and he used to take me to the games. It was Billy Wright so it was a long time ago, it was before Neville Southall, I think Jim Arnold was in goal.

If an outfield Preston player was forced to play in goal then who would be the best choice?
Tom Wilcock, Euxton, Chorley
It would probably be Danny Dichio based on his height.

What are you going to do when you retire from football?
John Kirkland
When I retire from football I hope to stay in the game if I can, either on the coaching side or maybe even assistant manager or something like that. I’ve not really decided yet, I do obviously want to do my coaching badges, I’m going to do my UEFA B this year.

On the play-off final game how did you feel when the final whistle went and you realised you were the best player in that game?
David Holland
Being the best player in that game doesn’t mean anything because we didn’t win the match. I was absolutely gutted for everyone in the team and at the club as well, the good thing is that we can learn from the experience and try and improve on that this year and hopefully try and get automatic promotion.

What kind of car do you drive?
Darren McDuff
At the moment I’m driving a BMW 120 diesel.

Do you think a fairer allocation of TV revenue would allow all professional players to earn a fair wage or do you think market forces will always mean the top players earn obscene amounts and the players in League Two struggle?
Tristan McCooey
To be honest as far as wages go there is a big gap between Premiership wages and even Championship wages, it is only the top sides that seem to yo-yo up and down that tend to pay the bigger wages. It isn’t just League Two, a lot of people have this idea that even Championship players are on a lot of money but in fact that is not actually true. A fairer spread of the TV money would balance that up but it is always difficult because that is regulated by what people want to watch, people want to watch the top players in the top division.