Peterborough post match reflections

[Back of the net]

Form is clearly a worry. More of a concern (personally speaking) is the availability shifts. Agbaire suddenly back, Nombe completely absent, Gore missing... hard to avoid speculation when this happens.

Defensive experiment needs pausing, we need to be able to operate with a 4. Midfield sorely missed Gore. Pace missing all over and it hurt our forward options as well as leaving us exposed at the back (their left winger was absolutely rapid). Hugill needs a break. Subbing Etete off on 52 minutes seemed odd timing, but other subs then turned out to be equally odd.

Not a good time, but I'm not convinced the team most were much happier with at the start of December is suddenly beyond repair. Obviously problems, also clear a handful have been waiting for a poor run to push whatever the agenda is.... both will pass. TS seemingly giving no fu**s about the club is more worrying to me as we head into January, filling me with concerns that our better players may be given away cheaply.

I’m not sure if you count me in this? I’ve got no agenda. I go on what I see. A disorganised team and clueless in game management. I can’t speak for others but I wanted MH to succeed. He won’t he’s not got enough experience. That’s clear.
As for TS his failings are coming home to roost unfortunately.
The agenda for me seems to be diverting away from the obvious issue of the manager by some who will not have anything said against him. The same loyalty wasn’t given to the last manager who again imo needed to go.

[great_fire]

How do you go from being the team with the last unbeaten record to losing every game? What changed?

[NorthWestCorner]

A) why would either of those two want to come to a sinking ship captained by an autocrat?
what makes you think TS would be prepared (or is able) to pay compensation to their existing employers?

How do you know that to be the case?
Have the details of their compensation packages been made public?

How do you go from being the team with the last unbeaten record to losing every game? What changed?

That’s a very good question. Two things for me. Firstly, the run was very fortunate. I don’t recall particularly good performances and several of the result were fortunately - like Barnsley for example.

Secondly, I think it comes down to player belief in the manager. There were several unnecessary changes made when players returned. For example, shoehorning Holmes back in to the side. These things unsettle teams and player belief erodes. And now unbelievably the saviour Holmes has now disappeared. I’m sure the squad have little confidence in the manager now.

[Beaufighter]

Nothing to add to that. It's his signings so only him to blame. Got to be the worst squad of players we've had in my time watching us. 65 to the present day.

The team that included Paolo Vernazza and Bradley Sandeman was comfortably worse, but it?s not really a level we should be aspiring to

[Scum-Triumphant]

Some communication would be nice.
Gore out but nothing to tell us why? Just a social media post that someone saw him at the ground.
Douglas? We all know he is injured but nothing from the club.


James is one of our better players. But taken off for Martha at half time? Their first goal comes from an absent left back presence.

When confidence is low it is time to go back to basics. 442. Everyone knows their jobs. Yearwood has the pace of a darts player, McWilliams looks like he has given up and Powell seems to have forgotten he is a ball player.

I don?t wanna see hammy sacked. It took Ronnie 4 years to get us out of the 4th division and sacking managers only eats into the playing budget.

But I think we need to regroup and get back to basics. Long balls, long throws, set pieces. Whatever it takes.

[Heliosphan78]

How do you go from being the team with the last unbeaten record to losing every game? What changed?

Not a lot really. As NWC just said, performances were not great in that run. We robbed Barnsley. We played well against Lincoln but scored two goals from outside the box. On another day, the keeper saves those. We played Luton away around that time too and never laid a glove on them. We drew 0-0 and people on here were describing it as a tactical masterclass...because we didn't lose.

Bolton would have been described as a good away performance had we held on for a point but because we ended up losing the manager is an idiot.

I know football is a results business and I can fully understand people wanting the manager gone but we have to try looking past results all the time.

[Back of the net]

Some communication would be nice.
Gore out but nothing to tell us why? Just a social media post that someone saw him at the ground.
Douglas? We all know he is injured but nothing from the club.


James is one of our better players. But taken off for Martha at half time? Their first goal comes from an absent left back presence.

When confidence is low it is time to go back to basics. 442. Everyone knows their jobs. Yearwood has the pace of a darts player, McWilliams looks like he has given up and Powell seems to have forgotten he is a ball player.

I don?t wanna see hammy sacked. It took Ronnie 4 years to get us out of the 4th division and sacking managers only eats into the playing budget.

But I think we need to regroup and get back to basics. Long balls, long throws, set pieces. Whatever it takes.

He won?t change his defensive set up.
As for basics we can?t pass or retain possession. Hardly technical parts of the game.
Hoof it and hope for the best.

[Heliosphan78]

Look at the team today.

Hugill and Etete up front. They've scored two goals between them all season and one of those was a penalty. It's laughable.

No Nombe. No Spence. No Gore. No Benson. No Reece James from halftime. That's half the team out. It now looks like Denzel Hall is injured too. Add Hamish Douglas to that and you can see exactly where the next issue is going to be.

Seriously, what chance does Hamshaw have? What chance does any manager have?

[caytonmiller]

Hamshaw shot himself in the foot today. First half whilst painfully dreary with both teams canceling each other out. We held our own and looked solid

James off and Martha on and my comment was. We may as well go home now cos we are down to 10 men without a left sided defender.
Peterborough did exactly the same the 2nd half as they did in the first half but more easily...

If Hamshaw continue to include Martha, he deserves to get the sack.

[Back of the net]

Look at the team today.

Hugill and Etete up front. They've scored two goals between them all season and one of those was a penalty. It's laughable.

No Nombe. No Spence. No Gore. No Benson. No Reece James from halftime. That's half the team out.

It now looks like Denzel Hall is injured too. Add Hamish Douglas to that and you can see exactly where the next issue is going to be.

Seriously, what chance does Hamshaw have? What chance does any manager have?

I think it’s fair to say he’s been unlucky with injuries.
Injuries doesn’t stop us going 4-4-2 or 4-5-1
Injuries doesn’t mean Powell takes the set pieces
Injuries doesn’t me we hoof it and give away possession every game
Injuries didn't take Yearwood off for some reason.
Injuries doesn’t mean he had to bring in Tom Holmes which cost us points
I could go on.