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Darren Ferguson doesn’t hold back with furious reaction to Peterborough losing 5-1 at Lincoln

Darren Ferguson doesn’t hold back with a furious reaction to Peterborough United losing 5-1 at Lincoln City on Saturday afternoon.

The Posh boss expressed significant frustration and disappointment, describing the performance as “embarrassing” and “a complete mess,” highlighting a lack of desire and effort from his players.

He went as far as to call this squad the “softest” he has ever managed, watching his side concede 5 times to an Imps side who had scored just once in 468 minutes of league football.

Michael Skubala’s Lincoln close the gap with the top six to four points, while Peterborough are just 6 points above the League One drop zone.

“I am embarrassed,” Ferguson said, per Peterborough Telegraph. “That was an embarrassing performance, and I have never seen that from a Peterborough United team at this level. Embarrassing.

“The game started quite hectic, but you get that in most games, then they get the first goal, it’s a free header and it’s ‘just go and score’ basically. Just go and do what you want.

“The second goal we gave a foul away when we should be tackling, and it was a mess, a complete mess.

“But if you don’t do the basics, if you don’t run, don’t tackle, don’t head the ball, and don’t have the desire, the real desire, to turn up every game, and that is the problem with this group of players.

“They haven’t got the desire as a group. We don’t run, don’t tackle, don’t head. When we do tackle it’s always a foul as we don’t tackle properly, and that was a shambles. A mess.

“I don’t often say that about my team, but I am sorry, I have to be honest and say this group of players is the softest group of players I have ever had in my whole managerial career.

“We changed the shape and are hoping to start the second half well, but we give away a horrendous penalty.

“It’s a clear penalty, what is he (Cian Hayes) doing? Is anybody talking to him?

“Then we get back in the game with Ricky, and he at least looked lively and scored, but we then just gave another goal away.

“It is my group of players, but I am embarrassed by that, and sometimes you think you are just wasting your time.

“When more than half of your fans have left before the end of the game, that tells its own story. I knew it would be a big turnout, we have sold out, and they are wasting their time.”

On if he has to be careful with amount of criticism he gives to a team full of young players, he said: “Not any more. What have I go to lose?

“Let’s be honest, the players are young but they have got to have a career, and they have absolutely no chance of having a career.

“Come on! Show some fight and desire, that is what it’s about and we haven’t got it.

“We will have to get on with it tomorrow and pick another team for Tuesday to see if we get another reaction, because the reality is if we play like that we are in trouble.”

Lincoln boss Michael Skubala said: “It was a great performance, especially without the ball. We really went after them and I thought we dominated them from start to finish.

“Tom Bayliss was great. We know his quality, what he’s got on the ball and we saw from his free-kick what he can bring to this squad.

“The team has been working so hard. This group has got great character and I think we saw that with how we dominated them. We have to keep pushing and improving – if we play like that every week we’ll be in a good spot.

“Trying to build momentum in this league is important. If you can get another win and get on a run it moves you up the table. It’s another three points but it’ll be a completely different game on Tuesday.”

Darren Ferguson doesn’t hold back with a furious reaction to Peterborough losing 5-1 at Lincoln, here’s how fans reacted…

@G_Forcellati: 52 goals conceded in 27 games yet we have a chairman who still won’t admit he’s got it horribly wrong

@Bencook101_: Can we focus on a rebrand on the pitch instead of off the pitch #pufc

@DamnDaniel_6: If the players can’t be arsed every week, neither can I 👍 #pufc

@JackMaddison_91: Get Grant McCann on the 📞

@Nige1Chapman: It’s bad when Burton, Cobblers and Cambridge are catching us. We’re in deep and appearing to have little fight. #pufc

@PufcSimmo14: Cant defend Ferguson after that. Dont think its been his fault overall but players looked and dont care. Any other manager would be sacked by now and any other clubs would of sacked theirs if they were where we are #pufc

@DE180YPOSH: That was fucking embarrassing. No defending that.

@JLUTJPL: Don’t worry everyone, we might be playing league 2 football, but at least we’ll have our own font

@MrSmileEsq: Management & and manager have lost the fans. Despite selling out the away end, there was no singing or atmosphere at all. There was a desperate, depressed and despondent air of doom around the whole club.

@Lisa7Barletta: Worse performance ive seen, absolutely awful? Think ill do overtime at work next sunday 😳

@BR_22__: The fact we are now 4/1 to be relegated from league one shows you just how fucked we actually are. All on dmac this season. We need an owner who actually cares about the progression of our club. #pufc

@Dylan58750642: My head is on mars. Absolutely embarrassing. #pufc

@Storrinho:
Spineless bunch of pricks
Fergie clueless
Fergie out
If not we will be relegated
#pufc

@charliekeegan: Surely this cannot continue much longer for Peterborough United? 🫣 14 losses now, which is 2 more than last season already, and 52 goals conceded, which is 9 less than last season’s total. Just the one clean sheet in 27 games too. Six points above the drop zone. Poor. #pufc

@Bradley_PUFC: Fergie out and Dmac out. Clubs in a downward spiral👍🏻 #pufc

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