I found this one very tricky, on a few occasions there were players I wouldn’t mind seeing dropped, Dan Butler for one, but the squad is so thin that I don’t fancy the replacement any more than who he would be replacing. Joe Tomlinson has made an enormous step-up and I question whether he is ready and I don’t particularly don’t want to find that out against ex-Premier League Bournemouth.
Siriki Dembele has not been risked because it’s a long season, he needs to be 100 percent right before he comes back in.
I am playing a 4-2-3-1 formation and as ever, this is my personal selection, not what I think Darren Ferguson will do.
9. SAMMIE SZMODICS
Sammie should be nice and fresh. I feel as if Posh will need his running and he is more of a finisher than Grant. There are unlikely to be many sniffs at goal, the ones there are have to go in.
10. JOE WARD
Hopefully he isn't still ill. With no Dembele, there are no other wide options I would want to start.
11. JONSON CLARKE-HARRIS
I take onboard the fact there are faults with this man but he is the only forward Posh has and it is on the players and coaches to find a way to utilise him properly. There is no sense is just dropping him.