THE last three home games have seen us take on three of the division’s top four sides – Portsmouth, Barnsley and Sunderland.

We have come out of that little run unbeaten and a little bit frustrated not to have won all of them.

We beat Portsmouth, were 2-0 up against Barnsley before drawing 2-2 and then last weekend I think everyone agreed we were the better team against Sunderland.

We went behind to their first real effort at goal, but refused to crumble and gradually kept piling on the pressure until Marcus Browne got us a draw with a very late equaliser.

Someone asked me after the game whether I thought it was just going to be one of those days where we didn’t get our reward. But I never think like that.

I had absolute faith that we were going to get one more good chance, and the noise when the goal went in was probably the loudest I have heard at the Kassam Stadium.

All credit to Jerome Sinclair for coming off the bench and unselfishly setting the goal up when he could have been tempted to shoot.

But also all credit to our great fans because they stuck with us throughout and roared the team on.

That honestly makes such a difference.

We get a chance to extend that little run today, but it will be another really difficult game against Peterborough who have a hugely talented squad and a really good manager in Darren Ferguson.

Ignore their recent form. We have watched them and know that the performances have been better than results suggest; something we suffered from ourselves earlier in the season.

That makes them a very dangerous side to be facing.

They will be thinking much the same about us.

I think since the turn of the year we have looked more dangerous, and statistically that is proved.

In the last ten games we have had 132 shots at goal, which is around ten per cent more than the previous ten matches, and comes when we have been playing the top teams.

That only tells you half the story though. You can’t produce stats for commitment, confidence and belief and I see all three of those qualities really growing game by game.

Sunderland was a great occasion, but today is just as important for us.

We know there won’t be 10,000 people there, but if you are coming along then you can try to make just as much noise, knowing that we are going to give it just as much effort.

I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the Under 23 game at Thame the other night against Hull.

The youngsters deserved their win and there was so much promise.

But I also want to highlight the role that three senior players – Jack Stevens, Sam Long and Samir Carruthers – had on the game.

All three set the very highest of standards for those around them.

Jack made some great saves late on, Sam is a natural leader and Samir was by far the best player on the pitch.

It’s a squad game and my challenge to anyone who hasn’t been playing is always to show me that you are ready and desperate to do well when you do get your chance.

Everyone involved on Tuesday night did just that, and I include the younger players in that – their time really isn’t too far away.