Peterborough Sports boss remains positive despite a disappointing home draw

The city side are stuck in the relegation zone and need wins to have any chance of staying up this season. They have a tough assignment on Saturday when fifth-placed Darlington are in town (3pm kick off).

But Gash, while not ignoring his side’s shortcomings, still spoke positively to Peterborough Community Radio after the Marine draw. It was a second game unbeaten courtesy of back-to-back clean sheets from a side that remained unchanged for the first time this season.

Sports v Marine report

"Obviously we came into the game looking for a win,” Gash said. “We knew it would be another tough battle, but we were ready for that having prepared for it as best we could,

"Unfortunately we didn’t win because we lacked that bit of quality in pretty much everything we did. We didn’t create enough and too many passes, long and short, didn’t hit the target. They were picking up most loose balls and when we did break away we suffered from bad touches or made an extra pass that was intercepted.

“The finer details let us down as a collective and we know we will have to improve on that. We have to win games to stay in this division, but we will take this point and move on. It’s still momentum to have kept two clean sheets in a row, something we haven’t had in a while.

"We are frustrated and disappointed with the result, but it’s important we don't get too downhearted. We gave our all and we didn’t lose. We have a centre-back pairing that looks very strong. We are still in their fighting.

"It’s another tough game on Saturday against a Darlington team who also have plenty to fight for. It’s an important time of the season for both teams so they have pressure just like we have. They are a good footballing side, but also one that can battle.”

Veteran Anthony Stewart and young Watford loanee Ian Kamga are the Sports central defenders.