Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson felt his team’s display was “nowhere near good enough” as they were beaten 3-0 by the Blues at the Weston Homes Stadium.

Wes Burns, Conor Chaplin and Freddie Ladapo scored the goals as Town recorded their first ever league win at London Road.

“We were nowhere near good enough to win a game of that magnitude,” he told the Peterborough Telegraph. “We needed an eight out of ten for everyone but today we just didn’t do that.

“I’m really annoyed and disappointed that we didn’t perform better on the big stage and it looked like we’re so inferior to them. Today we were but I don’t like that because I don’t think that’s the case.

“We have to find a way of getting a bigger desire to win these games. We need more fight and character. We played well for maybe 15 minutes but we were 2-0 down, it’s too late then.

“We didn’t deserve anything out of the game, I’ve seen too many performances like that now at this place, I don’t like it.

“We have to be stronger mentally, we have to be better on the ball and we have to be braver.

“We’re better than that, it was just like the Derby game in the first half, we were all over the place until we changed things.

“We have to be better than this in these kinds of games, this is what we’re in it for. These are the games you have to enjoy.

“We never got any control, they had so much more composure. We didn’t win enough headers or second balls.

“The goals are horrendous. You can have a bad game but to concede from a throw-in and then the third one, it’s just gone into the box, the centre-half has missed a header and the other one has been bullied out of the way.

“The second one, Hector [Kyprianou]’s got the ball, there’s no one anywhere near him and he boots it out of play and they go up the pitch and score. That sort of thing happened too often today.”

Ferguson was annoyed by referee Gavin Ward's decision to book Oliver Norburn for chopping down Sam Morsy, having eventually been forced to substitute the midfielder at half-time after the former Shrewsbury man had later been spoken to at length by the official.

He added: “If Ollie or any of my players go and top someone or make a horrendous challenge I’d be more frustrated but when he’s got booked for that, I can’t. The referee wanted to make it about him.

“He then sets a precedent that he’s got to book everyone. Morsy had five fouls before he got booked. I’m disappointed that I’ve got to bring him off because I’m worried he’s going to get sent off.

“It’s a poor decision and he was the only one that was tackling. You’ve got to tackle in a game of football. We didn’t win enough tackles, headers or second balls.”

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FromReuserWithLove added 18:59 - Apr 22 Urgh a typical Ferguson spouting utter self obsessed nonsense. Lucky we caught the great Posh on a bad day huh.
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Warkystache added 19:01 - Apr 22 Sounds like the grapes are sour tonight, Fergie! Just like your old man. The far better team wins and you deny it. Good luck reaching the play-offs.
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Warkystache added 19:02 - Apr 22 Mind you, you're not just like your old man when it comes to success on the pitch, are you?
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HighgateBlue added 19:05 - Apr 22 They bumped into a team which, since the transfer window, has been far too good for this division. They should go easier on themselves, and also give more credit to the opposition when it is due. It is due.
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itsonlyme added 19:15 - Apr 22 Your like your old man, if things don't go right for you it's everybody else's fault!
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dyersdream added 19:16 - Apr 22 Your team should have had at least 1 player sent off talk cr@p ferguson as usual
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joyousblue added 19:16 - Apr 22 No respect , every other manager has praised us, not a single praise , but if your a dead end manager whos only wanted by posh , thats what you get sn idiot
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EricGatesShinpad added 19:21 - Apr 22 I am waiting for MacAnthony to chime up soon about our yankee dollars. He has tried to fleece uscseveral times so I will be glad when we are up and away and no longer need any of his half hearted, spittle filled fools !!!
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Umros added 19:22 - Apr 22 Spouting crap like your dad used to. Ref was poor today, more so in terms of decisions for us not you? All a matter of prospective ! Next !
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Bert added 19:23 - Apr 22 …… oh, he forgot to say how good we were which is why they failed !
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Taricco_Fan added 19:29 - Apr 22 Meh, who cares.
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BlueBlood90 added 19:30 - Apr 22 The bitter and desperate ramblings of a deluded idiot who was convincingly beaten. We were brilliant from start to finish and looked levels above them today. The funniest bit of that analysis was moaning about Norburn being booked when he could've had 5 yellows before being substituted!
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tivo added 19:41 - Apr 22 Norburn was booked for winding up players not the fouls (one wasn't even given as a foul) from my amazing lip reading.
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ArnieM added 20:01 - Apr 22 Not happy is he, lol!
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dyersdream added 20:04 - Apr 22 How the hell is Clarke Harris league one top scorer he's been pony in both games against us
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pennblue added 20:17 - Apr 22 I actually thought Peterborough were ok, they certainly had some chances and if Walton was not on his A game would have scored a couple at least, and that could have been a very different game. They did have a 12th man in the referee, would love to see the stats - 40 decisions for them, 2 for us?
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Rorschach added 20:44 - Apr 22 Well I suppose the obvious retort is no, you weren't better than that…
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barrystedmunds added 20:56 - Apr 22 I wonder if he's considered that we didn't allow them to be?
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Ebantiass added 21:04 - Apr 22 Sour grapes and nothing else. Sore looser. BLUEARMY ⚽️💙⚽️💙
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ronnyd added 21:27 - Apr 22 pennblue, 11 against us, 8 for us. BBC stats.
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essexccc added 21:28 - Apr 22 To paraphrase Ferguson: “We were beaten by a much better team from a much bigger club with a miles better manager.” Enough said.
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Gogs added 21:31 - Apr 22 The bitter salty tears of a deluded nobody. Suck it up, ya berk. We're better than you, by a mile.
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coolcat added 21:33 - Apr 22 They weren't terrible. We were just better. Sore loser.
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bringonbrazil added 22:11 - Apr 22 Come on fella. You were outclassed in every position. Apart from Clarke-Harris who can warm our bench one day.
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ThaiBlue added 22:17 - Apr 22 Just like the old man moan moan moan
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