Darren Ferguson has once again quit the club stating that they are destined for relegation and there must be more to life than managing this team. So in steps Me!
I live and breathe Peterborough United so having a passion for a club always makes it better as you know the squad, stadium, chairman, and what to expect from the club.
Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Their home ground is London Road and the club nickname is The Posh. Peterborough gained promotion to the 2011-12 Football League Championship via the League One play-offs, beating Huddersfield Town 3–0 in the final at Old Trafford. Their highest finishing position in the Football League ladder was 10th in the Championship. Last season the finished 18th in the Championship after a promising start but struggled towardfs the end of the season.
EXPECTATIONS
My season's expectations are simply to consolidate in the Championship. Obviously I want to avoid relegation but I've got to be realistic about things. It will be difficult as Peterborough are a League 1 club punching above their weight plus Ferguson had brought in the following:
Bobby Olejnik (goalkeeper) from Torquay for 300k
Danny Swanson (attacking midfielder) from Dundee United on a Free Transfer
Michael Bostwick (central midfielder) from Stevenage for 500k
Nathaniel Knight-Percival (central defender) from Wrexham on a Free Transfer
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (right winger) from Wolves for 100k
This leaves me a transfer budget of 300k, not a lot so may look at making some changes to the team.
Goalkeepers
Bobby Olejnik
Joe Day
The goalkeeper area is one which will need to be improved as Joe Day is only a reserve keeper, an alternative option is definitely needed.
Defence
Gabby Zakuani (C) CB
Shaun Brisley CB
Kgosi Ntlhe LB
Tommy Rowe LB/LM/CM
Craig Alcock RB/LB
Mark Little RB
Nathaniel Knight Percival CB
Scott Griffiths - LCB
The defence is reasonable but I will consider shaking things up in this area, Zakuani is the club captain and a decent bloke too. I tend to look to the future and buy young hungry players like Ferguson does. Tommy Rowe can play at left back but is better in midfield, he works hard and I will be hoping to keep him for years to come, plus he is only 24
Midfield
George Boyd CM/LM
Tommy Rowe LM/CM
Danny Swanson - RCM
Michael Bostwick - CM
Joe Newell - LCM
Lee Frecklington - CM
Daniel Kearns - RM
Grant McCann - CM
The midfield is generally strong, probably the strongest area of the team to be honest. Boyd is undecided on a new contract so need to keep him or sell him for a good price. Swansoon and Bostwick are both strong and Im looking forward to seeing how they get on. Not a fan of Frecklington since he said Lincoln to Peterborough would be a sideways move and then he signed 2 years later when we were on the way up (Not that I bear grudges)
Forwards
Tyrong Barnett
Lee Tomlin
Dave Hibbert
Emile Sinclair
Barnett is Peterborough's most expensive signing 1.1M from Crawley. Tomlin was well thought of by Fergie and he is a good suppotingn attacker. Hibbert is a waste of space and I'm not a fan of Sinclair.
I live and breathe Peterborough United so having a passion for a club always makes it better as you know the squad, stadium, chairman, and what to expect from the club.
THE CLUB
Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Their home ground is London Road and the club nickname is The Posh. Peterborough gained promotion to the 2011-12 Football League Championship via the League One play-offs, beating Huddersfield Town 3–0 in the final at Old Trafford. Their highest finishing position in the Football League ladder was 10th in the Championship. Last season the finished 18th in the Championship after a promising start but struggled towardfs the end of the season.
EXPECTATIONS
My season's expectations are simply to consolidate in the Championship. Obviously I want to avoid relegation but I've got to be realistic about things. It will be difficult as Peterborough are a League 1 club punching above their weight plus Ferguson had brought in the following:
Bobby Olejnik (goalkeeper) from Torquay for 300k
Danny Swanson (attacking midfielder) from Dundee United on a Free Transfer
Michael Bostwick (central midfielder) from Stevenage for 500k
Nathaniel Knight-Percival (central defender) from Wrexham on a Free Transfer
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (right winger) from Wolves for 100k
This leaves me a transfer budget of 300k, not a lot so may look at making some changes to the team.
THE TEAM
So lets look at the team in detail:
Goalkeepers
Bobby Olejnik
Joe Day
The goalkeeper area is one which will need to be improved as Joe Day is only a reserve keeper, an alternative option is definitely needed.
Defence
Gabby Zakuani (C) CB
Shaun Brisley CB
Kgosi Ntlhe LB
Tommy Rowe LB/LM/CM
Craig Alcock RB/LB
Mark Little RB
Nathaniel Knight Percival CB
Scott Griffiths - LCB
The defence is reasonable but I will consider shaking things up in this area, Zakuani is the club captain and a decent bloke too. I tend to look to the future and buy young hungry players like Ferguson does. Tommy Rowe can play at left back but is better in midfield, he works hard and I will be hoping to keep him for years to come, plus he is only 24
Midfield
George Boyd CM/LM
Tommy Rowe LM/CM
Danny Swanson - RCM
Michael Bostwick - CM
Joe Newell - LCM
Lee Frecklington - CM
Daniel Kearns - RM
Grant McCann - CM
The midfield is generally strong, probably the strongest area of the team to be honest. Boyd is undecided on a new contract so need to keep him or sell him for a good price. Swansoon and Bostwick are both strong and Im looking forward to seeing how they get on. Not a fan of Frecklington since he said Lincoln to Peterborough would be a sideways move and then he signed 2 years later when we were on the way up (Not that I bear grudges)
Forwards
Tyrong Barnett
Lee Tomlin
Dave Hibbert
Emile Sinclair
Barnett is Peterborough's most expensive signing 1.1M from Crawley. Tomlin was well thought of by Fergie and he is a good suppotingn attacker. Hibbert is a waste of space and I'm not a fan of Sinclair.