Loss frustrates Buckley
26 Mar 2007 - 16:52:47
Grimsby Town manager Alan Buckley blamed a lack of first-half creativity for his side's 2-0 defeat to improving Peterborough United.
Second-half goals by George Boyd and Alan White helped the Posh secure all three points from a game in which they only had two shots on target.
"It was a frustrating afternoon," admitted the Mariners boss.
"I felt we dominated the first half and our goalkeeper didn't have anything to do. They didn't look like cutting a way through us to create any opportunities.
"At half-time, I thought we'd wasted 45 minutes because had we had made more of our approach play then the game could have been put to bed.
"We've been beaten by a side now four points off the play-offs but they aren't the best team we've played in the last nine games.
"Credit to them, though, they can say they came here to do a job and they went away with the points."