Blackwell praise for battling Blades

22 November 2009 10:30
A goal for Henri Camara on his full debut for the club was enough to give the Blades all three points as Peterborough were left to rue a penalty miss from George Boyd.[LNB]"I thought they all acquitted themselves very well," said Blackwell.[LNB]"I give credit to the lads, especially the likes of Lee Williamson, Henri Camara and Jamie Ward who've all only recently returned to action. We knew they were going to tire."[LNB]Blackwell was also delighted with the performance of penalty-saving goalkeeper Mark Bunn.[LNB]"Bunny's had it tough lately because he's found how difficult it is to play for a big club, but I thought he put in an accomplished performance. I'm delighted for him because he's a smashing lad."[LNB]New Peterborough boss Mark Cooper, who took charge of the side for the first time since replacing Darren Ferguson, felt they were unlucky to leave Bramall Lane empty-handed.[LNB]He said: "We definitely deserved a point. It was a pretty even first half and I thought we were the better team in the second half.[LNB]"We looked quite solid as a team - especially at the back and in the middle - so there was plenty to be pleased with."[LNB]Cooper refused to blame Boyd for his failure from the spot, commenting: "We're not going to criticise George because I'm sure he'll win us plenty of games."[LNB]Despite remaining rock-bottom of the Championship, Cooper feels he can steer Posh to safety.[LNB]"I'm more confident after seeing that than I was during the week," he said.[LNB]Peterborough threatened early on with a low drive from Boyd flashing narrowly wide of Bunn's left-hand post and Chris Whelpdale putting a 20-yard effort just over.[LNB]Blades striker Ched Evans went close to opening the scoring when his shot crashed against the underside of the bar before bouncing away.[LNB]The only goal of the game came on 42 minutes when Camara followed up to turn home the rebound after Evans saw his effort parried by Lewis.[LNB]Peterborough threatened Bunn's goal on several occasions after the break.[LNB]Craig Mackail-Smith created space for himself inside the area, but he only managed a tame shot which was easily kept out.[LNB]Mackail-Smith was again in the thick of the action, heading wide from a Scott Griffiths cross.[LNB]Peterborough's best chance to score came in the 67th minute when they were awarded a penalty after Mackail-Smith was fouled by Andrew Davies inside the area.[LNB]Boyd's spot-kick had plenty of power, but it was kept out by Bunn who made a good save low to his left.[LNB][LNB][LNB]

Source: Team_Talk