The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Fergie urges players to leave nothing behind at Blackpool or Shrewsbury
Posh - Big match preview as Peterborough United face two tough away matches
Peterborough United players will leave nothing behind on the pitch when they make back-to-back League One away trips to Blackpool (Saturday) and Shrewsbury (Tuesday, November 5).
Following the trip to the New Meadow, Posh don’t play another League One match for 18 days because they were due to host Bury, who were expelled from the Football League before the season started, on November 16.
Posh boss Darren Ferguson believes his side will have to get positive results from two tough matches to maintain, or better, their current position of third.
“We have two cup ties before we play in League One again after Tuesday and the league is our bread and butter and therefore our priority,” Ferguson stated.
“We won’t lack for motivation in two tough away matches and there is no reason for any player to hold anything back in either match.
“It’s a tight division and if we drop points we will probably drop places.
“We are not kidding ourselves that we have anything other than two very hard games. Blackpool started the season well and have been very hard to beat. They have an excellent and very experienced manager in Simon Grayson who knows the way to promotion from this division.
“They have strong, physical attacking players like Armand Gnanduillet and excellent wide players like Liam Feeney.
“We have to expect teams to play two strikers up against us now because they will have seen how hard Gillingham and Coventry made it for us by doing just that, but we will work out the best way of coping and we will try and make sure we impose our game on them.”
Posh have no injury concerns.
FOUR LEAGUE ONE PROMOTIONS
Blackpoolpulledoffamanagerial coup in persuading Simon Grayson to return to the club as manager in the summer.
Grayson started his managerial career at Bloomfield Road in 2007 and led the club to promotion from League
One.
Grayson has subsequently steered Leeds United, Huddersfield and Preston into the Championship.
KEY PLAYER MISSING
Key Blackpool defender Curtis Tilt will miss his first League One match of the season this weekend after picking up a red card in last Saturday’s goalless draw at Burton Albion.
Giant forward Armand Gnanduillet is Pool’s top scorer with six goals this season. Ex-Cambridge United forward Sullay Kaikai is next best with three goals.
OUT-OF-FORM
Blackpool haven’t won any of their last four League One matches.
Rotherham and even MK Dons have won at Bloomfield Road this season.
BIG MATCH ODDS
Posh are 13/10 favourites to win at Blackpool with Sky Bet. The home side are priced at 9/5 with the draw available at 12/5.
LAST SEASON
Marcus Maddison scored the only goal in a 1-0 Posh win.
Blackpool boss Simon Grayson has won four promotions from League One as a manager