Peterborough dressing-room lock-in
DARREN
FERGUSON kept his Peterborough United players in the dressing room for more than 45 minutes after their defeat at Pompey.
The manager demanded the Posh ‘start showing some character’ following their fifth loss in six matches.
Ferguson felt
Peterborough deserved to return to London Road empty-handed after being put to the sword by the Blues in a 2-0 defeat.
He told the Peterborough Telegraph: ‘What was said in the dressing room will stay in there.
‘We discussed certain things obviously, but the bottom line now is to start showing some character.
‘We deserved to be beaten as we didn’t create enough and we conceded another goal to a set-piece.
‘We had no rhythm from the start. There wasn’t a lot between the teams in the first half, but they got on top, got in front and we didn’t respond well enough.
‘We have too many individuals out of form and our confidence has now been affected. This is now a big problem.
‘Promotions are never easy and winning them is often down to how you respond to setbacks.
‘We enjoyed an outstanding October, but since we lost at Crewe at the start of November, we have played well in one game out of six.
‘It’s now time we showed some mettle. We need to show some character and resolve and end this poor run of form. But then it’s easy to talk about it, we have to go out and do it.
‘We’ve shown already this season we have the ability. The issue for me now is mental. We need to dig deep and start performing again.’
Kenny Jackett’s men were the better team throughout as goals from Jack Whatmough and Tom Naylor crashed secured the points.