I went to the game with my daughter and a mate who live's in Peterborough and who also supports them, i was in E1 so we split up during the game as he went in the away end but his take on it like so many was that posh were robbed of a penalty and had a better first half but never carried it on in the 2nd, he wasn't impressed with their forward Sinclair but he also had memories of when Mclean played for posh, he scored alot but for every one goal he scored he missed about 40!
Ferguson Jnr is as deluded as his father: "The players shouldn`t take much picking up anyway as they were excellent at Hull. We were the better team over the 90 minutes and I told them that after the game." First 20 minutes, maybe. We were streets ahead for the next 70. http://www.peterborough.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=269356
he knows that really but what's he going to say? "you're all ****, Hull are miles better than us and you'll never be that good"?? it's called confidence building, he's a good manager.. who cares anyway, we won the game.. let them look at their positives.. they won't go down.
It's a fine line between success & mediocrity in this league. We are not street aheads of Peterborough and were it not for Robbie Koren we wouldn't have won that game. Yes we created chances but so did they, i thought Peterborough looked a good side
Can't call Fryatt an out and out striker, he is never around for crosses and isn't brave enough to make the ball his in a 50/50 in the box. My you McLean is worse he just doesn't seem to be determined enough to make the ball his when defenders are around him in the box. They are both good when clear chances fall to them but sometimes it takes comittment to get the ball, they don't have enough of it.
I think it's just one of those games - a bit like when we were at 'boro. You play pretty well, miss some good chances, the other team plays well and they score one. You lose and your manager doesn't want the team to start doubting themselves/his tactics/team selection etc. So it's a case of 'big up the lads, you should have won, you were the better team etc'. As we all know, what really matters is winning, and how you react to a defeat. We will finish well above Peterborough this season, and that is all that actually matters quite frankly. Simples!
As I've said on other threads, that 'penalty' claim was nothing other than cheating. He kicked the ball off the pitch and then tried to be bumped into. If you watch it and think about what would have happened if Mannone didn't touch him, it'd have still just trickld off the pitch because Kearns had already given up on it and was just trying to win a pen. The other one where he gave a free kick just looked like a typical weak ref decision to me. I got the impression from the players' reaction that it was inside the box but the ref wasn't sure whether to give a pen or not so he just bottled it (like they so often do) and went halvsies with a free kick. Agree with most of this. The Evans thing was completely 50/50 and definitely not a yellow card. But refs will always deal with things like this in the same way. They have this attitude that if they wrongly allow a goal that shouldn't stand because of a foul on the 'keeper it would be a big problem and highly embarrassing for them, but that if they do the opposite and disallow a perfectly good goal it won't matter as much. God knows why they have to be so negative in those situations. I keep saying it but finishing really is the difference between us and the top 2. We've consistently created plenty of chances all season (must have been about 50 shots in the last 3 league games) but just can't put them away. You watch a team like Southampton and they do the same things we do, but have two big buggers up front who can shoot. That's the difference. But a penalty or free kick should only ever be given as compensation for being unfairly stopped in an attempt to play the game properly. If you are kicking the ball off the pitch and trying to be fouled as he is, then it isn't an attempt to play the game, it's cheating the system and no better than diving IMO. No one who is looking for a free kick or penalty should ever be given one. After the last time we beat Peterborough Ferguson was all pissy about it and basically said we didn't deserve to score. He needs to grow up IMO, people knock his dad but he can admit when an opposition have played well. People are comparing this game to the Derby, Burnley and Boro ones, sorry but I can't see the similarity. In those games we had loads of chances, failed to score and conceded goals against the run of play. In this game, P'Boro had 2 or 3 chances in the first 10 minutes and our good defending/goalkeeping stopped them scoring, because we have good defenders and goalkeeper, no luck involved. We dominated the rest of the game, had a perfectly good goal disallowed and somehow hit the inside of the post and didn't score. I'm sure we still had more chances than them. I bet Ferguson just says that whenever the score is 1-0.
Only watched the first half so far on I Player, and we did start a bit slow; without some good defending would have been a goal or two down early on. What stood out for me as well as Korens goal was that fantastic tackle by Chester in our box, PL class or what. Worth the ticket price on it's own.
That's what I mean, people are making out we were lucky not to be a goal or two down. Not so, it was entirely down to great saving tackles and saves. That's not luck, that's skill.
Well he has to say something for Peterboros consumption. But i agree with you, City were by far the better team by the end. Nevermind the penalty, what about Mcleans disallowed goal ? Evans challenge was fair and it was a 50/50 ball.
