, Steve Evans delivers scathing review of his Posh players after 0-2 defeat – insists players will be sold

Steve Evans delivers scathing review of his Posh players after 0-2 defeat – insists players will be sold

Peterborough United manager Steve Evans pulled no punches in his post-match interview, after his side were defeated 2-0 at home by Scunthorpe United on Tuesday afternoon.

Speaking to the Peterborough Telegraph, Peterborough United manager Steve Evans laid in to his players, after a dreadful display at London Road got The Posh off to a poor start to 2019.

Mistakes from Joe Ward and Louie Reed gave Scunthorpe United attacker Lee Novak two late Christmas presents, as Evans’ side failed to register a single shot on target on New Years Day.

Evans named an unchanged side from their 4-0 victory over Accrington Stanley, but they delivered a vastly different performance for the Peterborough United faithful.

“That was poor,” Evans admitted. “Individual errors from a variety of players are killing us at home and it happened again. I have no idea what Joe Ward was doing for the first goal nor what Louis Reed was doing for the second goal, but they were horrendous errors.

“We sort of recovered from the first one and enjoyed a bit of pressure, but the second goal stopped any momentum we had. The players lack confidence at home and starting each half like we did was decisive. We were miles off it today.

“The commitment levels dropped from Saturday and the way we started the game made me wonder what some of the players were up to on New Year’s Eve. I have nothing to back that up, but it was just a thought because if you don’t prepare properly you will get found out in the opening 15-20 minutes and we did.”

“They almost scored twice before they did score. It was an uncharacteristic error, but a huge one, from Joe Ward, but we were still in the game at half time and we could have been level as Ivan Toney has missed a good chance to equalise.

“But the error from Louis for the second goal deflated us. It was a playground error. We were about to make two positive substitutions to try and effect the game, but we never gave ourselves the chance.

“The goals looked bad at first viewing, but after seeing them back they looked even worse. When you’re not playing well you have stay in the game, but we couldn’t even manage that. We lost the midfield battle today and that always makes things difficult.”

Evans continued his roasting of his players, saying that some of the players who played today could be shown the door in the near future as he looks to reinforce his side for a League One promotion dogfight.

“We’re now out of the top six for the first time this season and we have no-one else to blame but ourselves.

“It’s been obvious for a few weeks now that we are short of being a top six side. Some players came here expecting to be part of a promotion push, but they have been found out. Some of those who played today won’t be here for long.

“We have identified the three or four replacements that will make us much better and hopefully they will join us before we play another league game. We are sure to be involved in the race for the top six and with the right additions we can be successful.

“I’m glad we have a gap before the next League One match and I’m glad about that. I’d have been glad even if we’d managed to win and stayed in the top six because to me our shortcomings are obvious.”

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