Cameron Archer at Preston North End: How’s it gone so far? What issues does the Aston Villa man face? What’s next?

Cameron Archer likely couldn’t have dreamed of a better start than the one he has had at Preston North End so far.

Having joined the Lilywhites on a loan deal from Aston Villa in the January transfer window, the youngster will no doubt have been eager to get going and finally get his teeth into regular competitive action.

He’s already thriving and has bagged two goals for his new team already.

Ryan Lowe will be hoping that his new star can continue to plunder the goals on a regular basis as the season continues – and the fans have certainly fallen for him already.

So how has it gone for the player so far? What could come for the forward down the line?

How’s it gone so far?

Much better than anyone could have expected.

There was a lot of praise piled on the striker upon his move to PNE from Aston Villa fans, with supporters of the Premier League outfit claiming that he was the real deal and that Preston could expect goals and excitement from Archer.

It’s easy to get carried away and some players don’t always adapt to playing regular competitive football either – so there was every chance the youngster might not have hit the ground running.

It took the forward barely any time to bag his first North End goal though. He was on the field for 32 minutes in total against West Brom, as he came off the bench and fired in his first goal to help give his new team the win. After starting against Bristol City but failing to find the net, he was then put back onto the bench against Millwall and had to make do with another cameo.

Given a start again against Hull though and he was back amongst the goals. Archer hasn’t just been good in terms of his production though – his overall game has been superb.

Even when he wasn’t amongst the