Get off your arses says Posh Chairman

Peterborough Chairman Darragh MacAnthony has backed manager Darren Ferguson despite the club being 22nd in the Championship. Just two seasons ago Posh were in League Two with Hereford United.

"Right now as a football club we have approached a crossroads. We have lost 50 per cent of our league games and made a lot of mistakes in losing them," said MacAnthony.

"Our gates are poor and people locally do appear to have lost some faith as shown with a pathetic attendance of 6,500 (Posh fans) on Tuesday night.

"Our ground is falling down and we pay a load of rent and spend money improving it when we all know that within four seasons we will be gone from here.

"So I guess we all have a choice to make at this crossroads. Do we say, ah sod it, let's sell some assets and throw in the towel and go back to the lower leagues where people feel we belong?

"NOT A CHANCE IN HELL. We use these circumstances around us to come together, fight together and get ourselves out of this hole as quick as possible and ignore what's been said outside of our four (rented) walls.

"We did not come to this league to be laughed at or be known as the whipping boys, we came to compete and to entertain and to excel ourselves and go even further.

"This is what my team is all about and they have not let me down yet and have not started now. They belong here and they will get us out of our current situation and there is no better manager in this country to do this with them than the one we already employ.

"So I challenge the Posh fans out there to get off their arses on Saturday, make the Forest game a sell-out, not for financial reasons but for team spirit reasons, and make it a horrible place for Forest to play at and let's get our season back on track quickly.

"As for any person out there who is asking for our manager to leave or is tipping us for relegation, go support Lincoln or Northampton as I am sure they could do with your positive vibes around their clubs."

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