Ferguson set to juggle squad ahead of busy period

Posted Friday, September 13, 2019 by PA

Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson will juggle his squad over the next week with three games coming up, starting with Saturday’s Sky Bet League One home match against Rochdale.

Without a fixture last weekend due to scheduled opponents Shrewsbury having three international call-ups, the break allowed players with niggles to return to full fitness.

Left-back Frazer Blake-Tracy remains unavailable with a muscle problem, but could feature on Saturday week.

The former King’s Lynn defender is expected to return to first-team training on Monday and will target a return at some point this month.

Rochdale continue to be without a number of players and Tyler Magloire is back at his parent club Blackburn to receive treatment.

The on-loan defender picked up an injury in training and manager Brian Barry-Murphy believes he will be out for “an extended period of time”.

Forward Aaron Wilbraham is close to rejoining the first-team fold again after a calf injury but will miss Saturday’s match.

Peter Thomas, 15, became Rochdale’s youngest ever player on Wednesday in the Leasing.com Trophy tie against Manchester City Under-21s, although is not expected to play at Peterborough.