In terms of challenges in your first ever match in senior management, they don’t come much bigger than this for Matthew Etherington.
He will be hoping to get a tune out of the players though, in a similar way the club did against Fulham in the home meeting when they were undeservedly beaten.
Mark Beevers and Jack Taylor remain out injured but Harrison Burrows is available again.
I have stuck with the 4-3-3 formation but tweaked some of the personnel.
9. CALLUM MORTON
Ferguson may have been onto something bringing Morton into the team and playing him up with Jonson Clarke-Harris on the left of a three. Unfortunately, Ferguson took off the wrong man when Coulson was dismissed as Morton posesses far more useful attributes to the side than Marriott, particularly in that match. Photo: www.jmpuk.com
10. JONSON CLARKE-HARRIS
The much-maligned centre forward has done ok in his past couple of games. If he is winning his headers but there is no-one around him to pick up the ball, then all the blame can't be laid at his door. Having Morton close may help. Photo: Peterborough Press and PR
11. RICKY-JADE JONES
Why not give Ricky a go? Posh face an almost impossible task so why not take a chance on giving him a start. Fulham are going to be on the front foot for almost all of the match so Posh's best bet for catching them out may well be a mistake created by Ricky latching onto a ball pumped forwards. He terrifies defenders with his pace and he will surely have plenty of space to run in to. Photo: www.jmpuk.com
12. THE SUBSTITUTES
Szmodics is worth a place on the bench as an option but it should be pointed out that he is benefitting from the common phenomenon of anyone not in a struggling side being remembered by fans as far better than they actually are. For the rest of the bench, I'm going Cornell, Edwards, Ward, Fuchs, Burrows, Marriott. Photo: Midlands