Peterborough still in play-offs 'fight' - Williams

Peterborough United manager Luke Williams insists his side are "still in the fight" as they push for a surprise play-off place in League One.

Posh were bottom of League One, five points adrift of safety, when the former Swansea City boss arrived in October.

They now sit 11th in the table, five points off the top six with 34 points from his 20 matches.

"We have a great opportunity to show we're still in the fight and still going," he told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

"Pushing them is my responsibility and my duty.

"I have to try and keep steering the group in the right direction to get them to recognise their potential.

"I believe in them all and I do hope that comes across. I want to be part of them being successful, and they have to feel that from me. I know it's challenging for them to keep hearing me preaching to them.

"I try and mix it up to help them deal with the pressures better, but there's no magic formula. It's about overcoming, enduring and striving forward."

Peterborough have a home game with Exeter City on Saturday on the back of three successive away trips in eight days, yielding three points from a possible nine.

"They are tired and it has been very tough," Williams added.

"There's a lot of players who won't have been through that before, so that's a good experience to learn.

"Hopefully we'll be a better version of ourselves next season, rather than looking at a group on the home stretch who haven't got much left in the tank and are looking to leave.

"We're looking at a group that has a good a future together, and can we add to the core of the group and make it stronger."

Exeter City interim manager Dan Green will continue to lead the Grecians after Gary Caldwell left to join Wigan last week.

They drew 1-1 at home to Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday, so is it hard for Williams to prepare to face a team under new management?

"It's always dangerous to look too much at the opposition," he said.

"They often change what they've done in previous games, so if we'd planned for that we'd have been bewildered on the day.

"We have to concentrate on doing certain things that we know are fundamental for any performance and we have to hit those correctly so we have a chance to be in any game.

"Then afterwards, if we can try and anticipate things to help the players with what we think the opppostion might do, then great."