Posh v Carlisle (FAC1) Sat 8/11/14

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FA Cup first-round draw

Mansfield v Concord
Gosport v Colchester
Yeovil v Crawley
York v AFC Wimbledon
Walsall v Shrewsbury
Notts County v Accrington Stanley
Chorley or FC Halifax v Bradford City
Warrington Town v Exeter City
Eastleigh v Alfreton or Lincoln City
Basingstoke or Harrow Borough v Spennymoor or AFC Telford
Dagenham and Redbridge v Tamworth or Southport
Weston-Super-Mare v Doncaster
Peterborough v Carlisle
Cheltenham v Swindon
Bromley v Dartford
Weymouth or Braintree v Chesterfield
Chelmsford or Barnet v Wycombe
Gillingham v Bristol City
Portsmouth v Aldershot
Norton or Shildon v Gateshead
Crewe v Sheffield United
Grimsby v Oxford United
Tranmere v Bristol Rovers
Southend v Chester FC
Luton v Newport County
Stevenage v Maidstone United
Bury v Nuneaton or Hemel Hempstead
Cambridge v Fleetwood
Northampton v Rochdale
Eastbourne or Dover v Morecambe
Port Vale v MK Dons
Macclesfield or Wrexham v Woking
Plymouth v AFC Fylde
Barnsley v Burton
Hartlepool v East Thurrock
Coventry v Worcester City
Oldham v Leyton Orient
Canvey Island or Havant & Waterlooville v Preston
Blyth Spartans v Altrincham
Forest Green v Scunthorpe

Ties to be played on 7, 8, 9, 10 November 2014

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A reminder of ticket prices for Saturday's FA Cup first round tie with Carlisle United.

Peterborough United will entertain Carlisle United in the first round of the FA Cup at London Road on Saturday 8th November (3pm) and tickets are on sale at www.theposhtickets.com, via the Ticketmaster Hotline [phone] and in person at the London Road Box Office.

Tickets have been priced at £15 for adults, £10 for senior citizens (60+) and 18-21-year-olds and £5 for under 18s for sitting or standing. Match day prices are £20 for adults, £10 for senior citizens (60+) and 18-21-year-olds and £5 for under 18s.

Season ticket holder seats will be held until Friday 7th November at 5pm. Caroline Hand Executive Suite prices are £25 for adults and £15 for concessions (free programme, tea, coffee and cake). Executive Suite tickets must be bought prior to match day.

Read more at www.theposh.com/news/article/20141105-fa-cup-ticket-details-2046862.aspx#pHTq3g7TLPRWru5B.99

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Manager Keith Curle spoke more today about the weekend result at Portsmouth and the steps being taken to put things right ahead of the weekend FA Cup trip to Peterborough.

“We didn’t do our jobs collectively or individually and that has to change,” he said. “Everybody needs to be on the same page in everything we do, right from the kick off. We have to work as hard as we can from the first whistle to get something out of every fixture. That has to remain our minimum requirement.

“As we saw on Saturday, sometimes the best laid plans are put to bed as soon as you’ve conceded a goal within 90 seconds. Then you have to switch to plan B which is the simple case of sticking to your job and making sure you work hard to regain a foothold.”

“It was disappointing on Saturday because there are things we work on in training, particularly how to counter the counter-attack, and we didn’t get to grips with it,” he added. “We tell the players if they can’t affect the first ball then hold back. Don’t go and sell yourself.

“We also need them to understand, when people are breaking on you, when to mark the man and when to mark space. Players are getting things slightly wrong at the moment and that means we take it back to the training ground.”

“Monday was about doing video analysis but in no way was it about pointing fingers or identifying glaring errors,” he told us. “The mistakes are there but it’s about using them as a tool. It’s about handing it over to the players to get them to identify things which they see going wrong.

“The camera doesn’t lie and you find that players might tell you about what they thought happened during an incident. I find that as soon as you hear the word ‘thought’ the next thing to follow is an excuse.”

“I knew we were an inexperienced team but I was quite excited by that,” he commented. “It was a chance for them to go out in front of a big crowd against a team which has a lot of experience and appearances under its belt.

“It’s a place where you have to get the crowd on their backs and then you see how they react. We did the exact opposite. We went there and we gave them something to cheer about. We just didn’t give ourselves a starting point at all.

“I’ll be honest, I was ready to go when I got into the dressing room on Saturday after the game. But, as I said, I can make myself feel better by telling players exactly how it is and what they did wrong. All that does is add to the agony for them.

“I’d have lost the connection I have with them and I need to maintain that. For me to be successful I need the players on board and for them not to have any fear. I will never slaughter players because they make mistakes. Mistakes are the nature of the industry we’re in.”

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Actually bumped into the original/existing Mylo on the way out and the Posh die-hard wasn't too complimentary about this performance despite the win. It was dull, slow and disjointed with our chocolate defence and toothless attack (despite the return of Vassell), but it's been like that for a while though and the sparse 3,168 attendance on a relatively mild November day says a lot IMO about what fans (especially season ticket holders) think of it ATM!

Peterborough United

27 Alnwick
02 Smith
22 Almeida Santos
21 Burgess
17 Newell
19 Mendez-Laing (Oztumer - 66' )
08 Payne
06 Bostwick
07 Taylor
12 Vassell Booked
14 Washington

Substitutes

09 James
10 Oztumer
11 McCann
15 Anderson
18 Ferdinand
20 McEvoy
32 Henry

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