Posh v Leyton Orient (Skybet L1 (35) Sat 7/3/15

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Funny old game innit! A couple of wins and suddenly Posh are looking up the table instead of down:

Petreborough United defender Gabriel Zakuani says the team have a new-found sense of freedom under caretaker boss Dave Robertson.

DR Congo international Zakuani marked his return to the side with a goal as they beat Bradford in their first game since the departure of Darren Ferguson.

"He has relieved a lot of pressure," Zakuani told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

"He just wants us to express ourselves a little bit more. It feels like a few shackles have been taken off."

The victory moved Posh up to 10th in the League One table and to within four points of a play-off place.

Zakuani, who featured four times for DR Congo as they finished third at the recent Africa Cup of Nations, has backed academy manager Robertson to take permanent charge of the League One side.

"I've known Dave a long time now - he is Peterborough through and through. He has done great work with youth lads and done well on a limited budget.

"He has come in and made a big impression on the players and all the players are behind him. As long as he is here we will play for him."

The 29-year-old also praised the return of former team-mate Grant McCann as Robertson's assistant.

"Grant is a legend at this club, we respect him a lot and he is someone we want to play for," said the former Fulham and Leyton Orient man. "He will be a very good coach."

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Caretaker boss Dave Robertson made it three straight wins as 10-man Peterborough's play-off push continued with a 1-0 victory over Leyton Orient.

After a scrappy start, Posh went ahead when Jon Taylor's wind-assisted cross dipped into Alex Cisak's net.

Ben Alnwick denied both Jobi McAnuff and Darius Henderson an equaliser, while Cisak saved from Jack Payne.

Marcus Maddison saw red late on for a foul on Luke O'Neill, but Posh moved up to eighth in the League One table.

Robertson, in temporary charge at the ABAX Stadium following Darren Ferguson's departure last month, has seen his side take nine points from three games to move level on points with sixth-placed Doncaster Rovers.

The O's, meanwhile, remained in the bottom four, but still only one point below Coventry following their home defeat by Port Vale.

Leyton Orient defender Scott Cuthbert told BBC Radio London 94.9:

"I think it was one of those days. It was a bit of a fluke goal, a cross that looks like it's going a mile over and then a gust of wind gets it and puts it in the top corner.

"After that I think we kind of huffed and puffed but never really created too many chances especially when we went down to 10 men.

"The frustrating thing is we didn't give their defence any real problems."

Peterborough United

27 Alnwick
02 Smith
25 Zakuani
22 Almeida Santos
03 Ntlhe
07 Taylor (Vassell - 73' )
08 Payne
06 Bostwick
17 Newell (Maddison - 45' Dismissed )
20 McLean (James - 66' )
14 Washington

Substitutes

09 James
12 Vassell
21 Burgess
23 Norris
30 Maddison
32 Henry
35 Beautyman

Att: 6,525

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Well this was a workmanlike if not spectacular performance by the Posh. The boys in blue definitely deserved their win and three wins in a week has definitely lifted the mood at London Road as Posh sit just outside of the play-off places by goal difference, and not by points. For anyone who was watching though, the team still lacks quality and I'm not sure that enthusiasm and team spirit will be enough if they do make the play-offs and push comes to shove. It's good to see the players looking happier though and the team playing in a positive fashion rather than the negative, sideways tedious stuff dished up by Ferguson's side of if my face fits players.