Marriott would miss Maddison

One man sure to miss Marcus Maddison should the star midfielder depart the ABAX Stadium before the transfer deadline today will be Jack Marriott.

The Posh hot-shot expressed supreme gratitude to the service provided to him by Maddison at Sixfields on Saturday.

Maddison set up several clear goalscoring opportunities for Posh’s leading scorer and laid on the third goal for him.

Marriott said: “Maddison was superb. He’s been superb all year. It was a great ball through, I opened it out and managed to slot it past the ‘keeper.

“Maybe I should have had two or three, but to get one in a 4-1 win is pleasing.”

Marriott was also delighted to upset a few of his mates on Saturday.

The goalscoring machine made it six in three with his low finish in the second half.

But if that wasn’t sweet enough the former Luton Town striker had some of his best friends watching him in action, albeit they were supporting the Cobblers.

Marriott said: “A few of my mates are Northampton fans and they were sat in the Northampton end so it was nice to score in front of them. We probably won’t be mates any more!”

A fourth win from four league games leaves Posh top of League One, but Marriott said he was not surprised by his new club’s stunning start to the season.

He added: “As starts to the season go it’s probably the Carlsberg one. But the team that we’ve got, we expect that.

“We have very high standards and demand it from everyone. I think that result personified that.

“Four wins out of four is terrific and we’re absolutely delighted, but we take each game as it comes and we’re looking forward to the next one.”

“It was nice to score in front of my mates supporting Cobblers”