Peterborough United boss says the expectation this season is to get promoted

The Posh manager echoed his chairman’s characteristic upbeat frame of mind when heading into a new season when he spoke to the media on Thursday (August 6).

He insisted that he had full faith in the squad already in the building to prove their value and for new heroes to step forward this season following the loss of Kyrell Lisbie, Jimmy-Jay Morgan and Archie Collins.

Williams did insist that it was all systems go behind the scenes to try and gt new players in but that it was “unlikely” anyone would arrive before Posh travel to Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup first round on Saturday.

Williams said: “There are targets set and the expectation is always to get promotion. We are trying our hardest to get prepared to get competitive and win as many games as we can. Promotion is always the goal.

“There’s no point being in it if we don’t think we can do anything at all. We have to be positive and believe we can do something special.

“We’ve added some really good characters, some quality and some pace. I’m really happy with that so far.

“Most clubs would say they would have liked to have more in by now and there’s only a few that will be really happy now. We always would like more business done but it’s not the real world, we’re pleased with the situation we’re in.

"Guys in this group will come to the surface as top performers. We just don’t know it yet because we didn’t get the chance to see them perform so well. There was a time Kyrell Lisbie or Jimmy weren’t considered top performers. Jimmy told me had already been snubbed by a few League One clubs before he arrived here and I guess they’d take him in a heartbeat now.

“I look forward to guys in this group proving that they are top performers in League One. There’s so many young players that didn’t complete a full season and last season would have been huge for them. I’m so impressed and proud of them that they came through such a tough season and stood up. It’s a really tough level out there. I love them, I think they are amazing, they are an inspiration to me. Watch what they do this season. Some of them are really going to show people the players they are going to be in the future, the quality they have and how much they have grown. It’s going to be great.

"It’s a really tough market place and I’m sure there are a number of guys doing their interview today answering the same way. Quite often there is a chain reaction in football and you can never say when in a season that happens. We have brought players in, the work continues and we are confident that what we have in the building is enough and more players will arrive.

“If there isn’t (more players arriving), it won’t be for the want of trying. What we don’t want is the wrong person or player. I have complete faith who are going to be instrumental in bringing players in.”