it hurts to say it but posh were ok but how many saves did ben foster have to make? we had many more shots on target and could easily have won 4-0 or 4-1.did mr.shearer mention that at all while giving his glowing assessments? remember that we won,look in the record books in 12 months time it will say wba won and into 5th round ,not how great posh were and tell that to their ignorant and disrespectful chairman, manager and durham.
Remember you were playing a team who just lost their main goal threat, and a new signing who was cuptied. Couilthirst had only played about three games for the Posh having been there less than three weeks, and Angol hasn't scored in months, and was in and out of the squad. Couilthirst was not that great last night either. The player who came on Coulibaly I fear his career at posh is now over being behind Angol, Nichols, Couilthirst and probably Nabi and Samuelson in a more advanced position when up to speed
Had you been playing against Washington, or against us with those players 4 months down the line - I think we'd have won, as it was we looked a bit blunt and inexperienced up front. It is easy to talk about how you got through, and you had a patched up side, but so did posh - and the most expensive player on the pitch was quite a bit less than £1 mill with addons, Baldwin and Bostwick)
I know the result is technically all that matters on the night, but over the season I fear some of your fans are a bit blinkered when being critical of the inevitable media bias, that posh didn't have a major goal threat is not a reason to think things are OK (and both teams had a make shift defence on display)
If Pulis was at posh we'd have less than 4,000 fans turning up, and almost certain he would have lasted less than 6 months - still if he keeps you in the prem, maybe that's enough, but you can't call conspiracy and bias because you don't like what other people think of the style of play and energy levels.
Personally you don't look like a premier league side, and don't think for a minute we are a top two league one side, because we are top six at best until our front six or so players have developed enough for two to stand out as league one starters on a regular basis.
I read a lot on here about your fans supportive of Pulis not liking the bias, and dismissing any criticism - but sometimes it is warranted even though it hurts. We managed to get a muppet Dave Robertson replaced for the same poor results and non football, where our most skilled players were told they could leave, now they start week in and week out, we score three times more goals and get twice as many points. Players like Boswick looked like some of yours do now, a manager that sucks the life out of the football eventually damages the players will to play, no attacker wants to defend for 90 minutes.
It seems some of the fans on here have some sort of victim mentality, if this style gets you results, then that is all good, but you must understand people are going to be critical, and with context on Posh's also patched up attack and defence - the excuses don't wash when you consider the budgetary differences between the two clubs.
These games are never easy, but there are no circumstances where Posh should have been so easy on the eye against a premier league team for such long periods of the match, and that warrants questions being asked however uncomfortable on the direction and performances of WBA.
Given the quality of players in the FL personally I don't get why so many managers still go for journeymen, big money Europeans, and sell all their youth assets, when you could buy players 2 years before they are ready and loan them to the championship to get them ready - look at Jamie Vardy, Rondon look a joke for a 26 year old, at least ours have only played a handful of matches with their whole career ahead of them.
Cutting I know, but I'm trying to help some of your fans take the victim blinkers off.
