Posh could rest a couple of regular starters though after the management staff studied some comprehensive player data, while young goalkeeper Nicholas Bilokapic is expected to lose his place to Jed Steer.
“We have to make sure last week is not a defining one for our season,” Posh boss Darren Ferguson, who will start a two-match touchline ban tomorrow, said. “It’s never nice to suffer a week like that, but it can happen quickly when you play Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday.
“But we need to take a breath and remind ourselves we have still enjoyed a good season. We are fifth in the league, four points off the top two and in a cup semi-final.
“I’ve spoken to friends who have been watching Posh for 40 years who insist they have never seen football like we’ve been playing. It’s been very easy on the eye and the improvements in some players has been startling which is why we’ve just sold one for £4.5 million and had bids for several others.
“We’ve had one bad week of football which can happen and we’ve taken a big punch on the nose, but this time last season we were seven points off a play-off place so the comparison between then and now is chalk and cheese.
“We must however get back to keeping clean sheets. We’ve conceded too many soft goals and letting in 10 in three matches is never going to work.
“But we will stick with how we want to play. That’s not going to change and it’s good we have Ephron and Kwame back again. Not having Kwame is not only why we have lost three games in a row, although we’ve not just missed one of our best players, he’s one of the best players in League One.
“Everyone is back now. Jeando Fuchs is back after his partner gave birth over the weekend and Michael Olakigbe is back from suspension and I will pick the freshest team I can.
