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FERGIE GETS HIS TACTICS WRONG

Match Verdict
DARREN Ferguson’s decision to deploy a midfield diamond backfired as Peterborough United’s poor recent run of form continued.
Ferguson opted to start Sammie Szmodics at the tip, with Louis Reed in front of the back four and Jack Taylor and Ethan Hamilton as narrow wingers.

But the system, derided by Posh fans on social media even before kick-off, only succeeded in handing Portsmouth the initiative as the hosts ran out deserved victors.
Peterborough never managed to get a foothold in the game and the defeat, their fourth in five games, will pile mor...

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