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Darragh MacAnthony says nobody's job is safe at Peterborough

Cristian Gamboa battles for the ball with Andrew Fox
Image: Peterborough reached the fourth round of the FA Cup

Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony has warned that no one at the club is guaranteed a job next season unless they show they "mean business".

Posh were beaten at home by Rochdale last weekend, and now sit 14th in Sky Bet League 1, having earlier in the campaign looked set for a play-off push.

They also reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, where they were beaten by Barclays Premier League side West Brom.

Irish entrepreneur MacAnthony did not hold back in an interview with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, labelling the team's recent capitulation "horrific" and claiming he was "an angry man" determined to put things right.

"I employ over 300 people at Peterborough United... not one of those employees right now has a job in the summer," he said.

"Every single person who works for me at that football club from the tea lady to the youth players, I want to see that they mean business for next season, because if I don't see it, they're gone.

"I back every manager I have. I bring players into the club, I spend money on a stadium I don't own, I spend money on a training ground. I do nothing but good things for the city and Peterborough United.

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"Do you know what? I want something in return. I want success and I want it next season. In fact, I demand it.

"When you put that kind of money in you do expect the people who work for you to do their jobs properly. It's not my first rodeo. I'm not wrong. I know what I'm talking about."

MacAnthony added: "I promise everybody wholeheartedly this isn't going to happen again.

"I'm done with capitulations. I'm done with the choking and the underperformances of the last two years."

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